A New Saint Tower Academy

The examination of the scenes and the autopsies yielded nothing more. Three large-scale massacres had taken place in a single night, and the killers had made no attempt to hide their tracks. There was no mystery to solve: the killers were two girls. All that remained was to find and capture them. Yet the two girls, neither particularly strong, had vanished into thin air. Even with his High Legendary strength, Nikolayevich could not find a single clue.

This troubled Nikolayevich deeply. It also stripped away the confidence and arrogance he had gained since advancing to High Legendary.

Nikolayevich frowned, his gaze drifting over Green and his two companions.

After Lieutenant Colonel Cynthia had sent them out on assignment last night, Green and the other two had been ordered to accompany Nikolayevich to examine the scenes again this morning.

Green felt Nikolayevich studying him and sneered inwardly. Keep looking. I've hidden Freya and Selina in the Graveyard. Let's see how Director Nikolayevich solves this one. Still, Nikolayevich's strength secretly shocked him. Green had not expected him to turn the benefits he had gained in Faerun City into power so quickly and advance to High Legendary. With strength like that, he would be a prominent figure even in the Royal Capital.

Nikolayevich's gaze passed over them. He did not trust the survivors from Faerun City; that was no secret in the newly formed Anomalies Bureau. But he had to admit that Green and his two companions were capable. If he could put them to work, they would take considerable pressure off him and send a friendly signal to the bureau's original personnel.

By now, Nikolayevich had largely finished putting his arrangements in place across the Anomalies Bureau and Northwest Province. He had gained considerable control over both, and it was time to