Vanessa looked astonished too.
She had spent ages probing with [Spirit Vision] and still found nothing. Weren't the Machine Priests of the Reforging Flame supposed to be bad at investigation? "So... who was the real killer?"
"Um, they said it was an ordinary person who happened to hear that this family had quite a lot of money, so he climbed into their house at night and murdered them." "How did they do it? How did they catch him so quickly?" Dorothea still found it hard to believe. "All I saw them do was go for a walk, and they caught him just like that?"
Vanessa and the other two were all Supernatural people. With Vanessa's skill in reconnaissance and Dorothea's skill in analysis, even their lineup hadn't found any clues, yet the Machine Priests had caught him after a single circuit?
Was the Church really that good?
"Not exactly." Eleanor's expression grew complicated. "The Dome Institute caught the killer... After getting the money, he went to a tavern, got blind drunk, and bragged to everyone. The Dome Institute questioned the other patrons and found that the details he boasted about matched the murder scene here..." Dorothea's mouth fell open. "That actually worked!?"
"That's how the Dome Institute solves most cases." Eleanor spread her hands. "It wasn't nobles who died. Piecing together the truth was already pretty good." Only after saying that did she realize that her official identity seemed to be a Dome Institute patrol officer too, so she had apparently insulted herself as well... Eleanor immediately looked embarrassed and tried to salvage things:
"Ahem, of course you'd definitely get special treatment, Senior Dorothea. If your whole family ever gets murdered, I'll do everything I can to solve your case!" Dorothea: "..."
Clearly, Eleanor had quite a way with words.