"Don't play dumb. You were there in Lungmen too."
Hoshino hadn't expected them to have actually investigated it. It seemed they had come prepared.
"I know who you mean, but I didn't expect to hear her name here. It caught me off guard for a moment."
"Do you know anything?"
Hoshino immediately assumed the mysterious air of a seasoned occult master and said in an impossibly elusive, airy tone, "Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future. Ask Theresa. She understands better than I do, and better than you do."
"A nun?"
Vampires and nuns were sworn enemies.
With that question in mind, Theresa was brought in for questioning. She had been touring Rhodes Island's communications hall at the time, and when she was called over, her face was full of displeasure, clearly unhappy that her visit had been abruptly interrupted.
"What is it?"
"We have no wish to interrupt your visit, but Rhodes Island is facing some problems right now and urgently needs your help."
Amiya spoke gently, but her attitude was firm, leaving Theresa no room to refuse.
Theresa sighed.
"Ask."
"Miss Theresa, how much do you know about Luna Kindred?"
Silence.
A long silence. The atmosphere was so oppressive it was suffocating. Amiya had not experienced that feeling in a long time. It reminded her of negotiating face-to-face with Wei Yenwu. On the surface, they could not have been more different, but at their core, they were the same.
This was a conversation between leaders. Amiya felt no pressure, only that she had become serious.
"I don't know her."
Of course, Amiya could tell that Theresa was lying.
"Personally, I believe that since our conversation does not involve any exchange of interests, but is simply an exchange of information between two people, it must