Muli had been waiting on the courtyard bench since early that morning. When he saw Kallen emerge, he immediately stood and reported:
"Yesterday evening, we staged an accident on Vicolai's way home. The Gengdi Squad's pursuit of the suspect Philomina brought them face-to-face with Vicolai's car.
"At first, Vicolai stayed inside the car. Philomina passed through his car, slicing open the hood. Vicolai jumped out and retreated, then Philomina kept running, and the Gengdi Squad continued chasing her away."
"And that was it?"
"Yes, because Alfred instructed Philomina that it was enough and told her to leave quickly.
"Through Succubus Eyes, Alfred had already seen several drastic changes in Vicolai's aura. The fluctuations in this man's spiritual energy reached as high as Arbiter level and dropped as low as Divine Revelation level.
"Throughout the process, he probably weighed his options and prepared to act several times, but ultimately chose not to. He has absolutely no confidence in his own strength."
"It looks like his rank is fabricated, and his Spiritual Power was infused into him too. Does the Nadun Family really have no one left, to push a junior like him into that position?"
"Captain, I think there must be deeper, more complicated reasons behind this."
"We can leave that for a thorough analysis once we've brought him in. In any case, we've now established Vicolai's connection to that establishment."
"Yes, Captain."
"Where's Vic?"
"Having breakfast in the kitchen. I was eating wontons in there earlier, and he asked Xili to cook him a bowl too."
"Call him over. It's time we left."
"Yes, Captain."
Muli drove, Vic sat in the back, and Kallen took the front passenger seat.
In similar circumstances in the past, after a sleepless night, Kallen would have closed his eyes for a nap by now,