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Only after listening to Medici's report and confirming that he had adapted well to his new body did the True Creator lower his head slightly, look at Saint Tenebrous prostrated at his feet, and ask calmly:
"No results?"
Saint Tenebrous lowered his head even further. His failure, coupled with his proximity to the divine throne, left his thoughts in turmoil with panic and an indescribable sense of honor. He trembled uncontrollably, doing everything he could to contain his agitation:
"Lord, I beg-I beg your forgiveness."
"We failed, failed to find..."
Kisma swallowed, then spoke as though enduring tremendous humiliation:
"...the murderer who killed Mr. X, Lewis Wien."
Four days of searching had yielded absolutely nothing. The Aurora Order had even used spies to participate in the Church of Storms' hunt for this person, hoping to bring back some useful information, only to discover that the Church had found nothing either.
It was as though this murderer did not exist at all, or was merely a drop of water that had vanished into the sea.
Had Saint Tenebrous not witnessed the entire murder himself, he would now have been just as clueless as the Deep Blue High Priest.
Seeing that the Lord offered no comment, Saint Tenebrous paused, then steeled himself and continued his report:
"...The Beyonder gathering Mr. X organized gradually expanded through invitations extended by screened members. On the day of the incident, everyone underwent a thorough inspection. There should not have been any impostors."
The moment he said this, he realized his mistake-the incident had already happened, and had even caused an oracle's death. The death of Lewis Wien, a Sequence 5, was nothing in itself, but many Beyonders present had witnessed it, which would deal a certain blow to the Aurora Order's reputation. Kisma immediately corrected