Wade leaned closer, his fingertips brushing the edges of the scratches as he measured the distances between them with his knuckles.
"Werewolf," he said softly, with certainty.
"We also found this."
The young man in the hoodie walked over, holding a slender glass vial containing grayish-green powder scraped from the cracks in the floor, along with several hairs.
"I compared the data for over a hundred kinds of Alchemical Materials. I can roughly confirm that these things most likely came from a troll... well, the probability is above seventy percent?"
"Werewolf... and troll?"
Wade murmured, a faint smile appearing on his face. "I have a very interesting association."
At that moment, the three Golems in the room simultaneously showed similar smiles.
"How interesting."
The Truck Driver removed his hat and casually patted the dust from it.
"If this guess is true, then I can hardly wait to meet the mastermind behind the Scourers."
"But they've been hiding for so many years. They won't be easy to find," Viktor said. "We still need to be careful. We can't rule out other possibilities."
The Hoodie nodded. "For example... they might also be connected to that organization from before that tried to mass-produce werewolves and vampires. They may have even included trolls in their experiments."
Viktor said, "Isn't Cornelius replicating that Hormone? The one that can induce werewolves to transform before the full moon. I wonder if he's developed an inhibitor. If he has, we might be able to use it this time."
The Golems discussed the matter all at once, and every word they said represented Wade's own thoughts.
So, as always, Wade remained silent, thinking as he continued examining other parts of the base.
Suddenly, Wade's steps paused lightly.
He saw an unusually empty room. The only furniture in it was