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Judging by the assistant's corpse, which lay shattered across the floor, this was a particularly vicious murder. Klein was therefore questioned for longer, and the questions were more rigorous. However, with a licensed lawyer accompanying him and his own conscience clear, the questioning proceeded smoothly.
Klein volunteered everything about his correspondence with Isengard and their arrangement to meet. The police inspectors also successfully found the relevant letters at his residence, but none of this was enough to clear him of suspicion of murder. Fortunately, they had not found Isengard Stanton's body in the house. As long as they could locate the victim and have him testify, there was still a chance to turn things around.
At this thought, Klein promptly told the officers, "Mr. Isengard Stanton and I were once hired by the Backlund Police Department to investigate the earlier serial murders."
"The killer behind those serial murders used brutal methods. Judging by Mr. Isengard's assistant, the victim, this killer is very likely connected to the previous one. They might even be an accomplice seeking revenge for their companion."
These thoughts had occurred to him after he saw the book Devil Legends of the Sivillas Region lying on the sitting room floor. His intuition had precisely grasped the connection between this incident and a Devil. That was why, when he notified Jurgen to get him out, he had thought to ask Mr. Edward to come as well.
When an officer opened the door to go and search his residence for the letters, Klein glanced outside. Sitting upright at one end of the long corridor was the Angel who hailed from the same homeland as him, head slightly lowered and eyes closed, seemingly taking a brief nap while he waited.
After all, there was no telling when he would get