Supporters!
When Mary's mother sensed that something was wrong, she had written letters asking others for help.
Anyone Mary's mother had turned to for help would naturally have been an acquaintance.
And Galeat was clearly suspicious that Mary's mother's death was connected to those people, which was why he suspected Qin Ran.
Qin Ran was not angry about this.
He was even somewhat grateful to Galeat.
The man's attitude gave him more to speculate about.
Mary's mother was not weak; that was a fact. And how weak could the people she had sought help from possibly have been?
Yet two corpses had been hanging outside Tita Town.
Qin Ran did not believe that the five cavalrymen from before had been capable of killing experts of that caliber.
So there was the question!
Who had killed those two supporters?
"Who did Mary's mother send requests for help to?"
"Or rather... how many people did she ask for help?"
Qin Ran asked directly.
"Three!"
"Harvey, Poole, and Andy—you must be the disciple Andy mentioned in his letter!"
"I can see that you inherited Andy's teachings. He must have died without regrets."
Galeat thought for a moment before slowly answering.
Qin Ran could tell that Galeat did not want to answer his question.
There was even an indescribable hint of mockery in his words.
But the answer forced Qin Ran to press further.
As for the identity arranged by the system?
Qin Ran, who possessed no memories at all, chose to avoid that subject.
"Three?"
"As far as I know, two fresh corpses are hanging outside Tita Town..."
"Without realizing it, hasn't my suspicion only grown greater?"
Qin Ran spoke as though talking to himself.
Galeat watched Qin Ran warily, while Mary furrowed her brow. A strange expression appeared on her face, one