At the Tarot Club.
Leonard continued, "The victim spent most of his time living in Pritz Harbor. He only returned to Backlund yesterday afternoon and was taking a train back to Pritz Harbor that evening, but ended up dead in the VIP Waiting Hall.
"There were eight Beyonders inside and outside that waiting hall at the time. Some were bodyguards hired by the victim, while others had been sent by the Churches to protect him.
"But none of them sensed the killer's presence. They didn't even know when the victim died."
Judgment, Xio Derecha, asked, "How do the Churches plan to respond to the public's demands?"
She meant the public's demand that the police stop investigating the killer, which they had expressed through demonstrations.
Leonard spread his hands. "The Churches' Beyonders weren't particularly enthusiastic about this case to begin with."
"Why would the public react like that?" Moon, Emlyn, suddenly asked. "I still remember last year's serial murders. They practically brought Backlund's nightlife to a halt, and the police were lambasted just for being a little slow in solving the case.
"Why is everyone speaking up for the killer this time? Just because they belong to a different social class from the victims?"
He truly had some trouble understanding these humans' thoughts. Even if they belonged to a different class from the victims, surely praising the killer in private was enough. Why hold demonstrations in support of the killer?
As one of the investigators in the previous serial murder case, Klein was also taken aback to hear that people were actually siding with the killer. But then he realized that Backlund was like a powder keg at the moment. A single spark would make it explode.
Justice, Audrey, said, "Because people have accumulated far too much resentment.
"And the main