Raphael repeatedly stabbed Cazzari. He still groaned at the first two thrusts, but by the third, he could only twitch.
Raphael sat on the ground and caught his breath before returning the Chill Blade to Xio and beginning to clean up the battlefield.
First, Raphael lent Xio the Spirit Channeling Bracelet again, and together they channeled the spirit of the Disciplinary Paladin lying nearby.
Xio began by asking several questions about Feynapotter's intelligence agency. Only then did they learn that Paul and Cazzari had refused to abandon the Kent Machinery Factory because they had obtained blueprints for the Loen Ironclad's Steam Engine, along with several large, critical components.
The blueprints and components had been about to be smuggled out of Loen, but then war had unexpectedly broken out. Customs inspections had suddenly become much stricter, making it impossible to ship the components out.
After discovering that someone had investigated the Kent Machinery Factory, Paul and Cazzari had immediately become wary and wanted to withdraw at once.
But what they held was too important to Feynapotter, so their orders had been to eliminate everyone who knew about it and conceal their tracks as best they could.
That was why they had risked attacking the Mafia in person. To them, this was a way to work around their superiors' orders.
If they noticed anything amiss during the operation, they could withdraw of their own accord.
Even if they noticed nothing amiss, they would manufacture something.
That was why, contrary to their usual behavior, they had not retreated immediately when the Three Brothers Society was wiped out. Instead, they had tried to destroy Wilbert's corpse, giving themselves something to report to their superiors.
In any case, this was another major espionage case.
Raphael used the little Spirit Channeling time remaining to learn the