Fir City, the former home of Enzo, now the Soul Returner' intelligence station.
The players gathered here because their shared quest was almost complete.
Over the past few days, lured by money, players have Incarnation Antiya Lisi's sasaeng fans, monitoring his residence 24/7.
Wherever the archbishop went, he was always followed by Soul Returner, some near and some far. In fact, to reduce his suspicions, some of them even voluntarily exposed themselves once or twice, allowing the archbishop to have the tree people tear them apart.
After this period of effort, the investigation into Antiya Lisi has finally yielded some preliminary results.
[ Howling Pothos ] sat at Enzo's dining table and concluded:
"It is now confirmed that Antiya Lisi is single, but does not live alone."
"Single but not living alone? Does he perhaps...?"
The voices of doubt sounded extremely noisy and jarring, like the sound of wood being torn apart.
The speaker was none other than [ Clear Soup Master ], who had completely Tree Transformation, and he was also qualified to participate in this meeting.
However, with his ironwood-like physique, entering this house would undoubtedly bring utter destruction to Enzo's hometown, so he was currently standing outside the window, listening to the meeting.
As a treant, [ Clear Soup Master ] is mainly responsible for Antiya Lisi's movements near the cathedral, so he has no ability to find out about the archbishop's private life.
Upon hearing [ Howling Pothos's ] summary, he inevitably had some thoughts that were not easy to express.
However, his idea was quickly overturned by [ Howling Pothos ]:
"It's not what you think, it's his servants, he has many servants."
[ Zhong Lele ] chimed in:
"That's right, Antiya Lisi's mansion is very large, and even from a few vantage points, you can see how exquisite it is. You can't expect an archbishop to personally clean his own mansion."
"Is the archbishop living in such a comfortable place?"
[ Clear Soup Master ] expressed his envy:
"Could this be the former residence of some great nobleman?"
"Possibly, but it's precisely because the renovations are so exquisite and the security, both inside and out, is so tight that it's difficult for us to figure out the layout of this mansion."
[ Howling Pothos ] said:
"We have already confirmed that there are more than twenty servants who look completely different from him, not counting the guards and other priests who visited him."
Everyone fell silent upon hearing this, while [ Clear Soup Master ] seemed to have developed a path dependency on it, saying:
"Disguise yourself and blend in."
[ Zhong Lele ] covered her face with her hands:
"When you infiltrated the Blood Corpse Blood Corpse, there were thousands of them, and nearly a hundred Treant Hunter. There are only a few dozen servants here, and everyone here is someone you know all the time. There's really no way around it, is there?"
[ Howling Pothos ] thought for a moment and said:
"Actually, if we only asked for the bare minimum of investigation, we've already completed it. After all, the client's minimum requirement was to find out Antiya Lisi's residence and living conditions. We've confirmed the location of the mansion and his single status, so we can close the case."
[ Zhong Lele ] shook his head in denial:
"That being said, I did contact the client, the one called [ Ginseng Rooster ], offline beforehand to find out his purpose in gathering this information."
[ Do Some Farm Work ], who had deliberately sneaked in from outside the city to listen to the meeting, asked:
What is his purpose?
[ Zhong Lele ], unable to suppress his laughter, said:
"He wants to wage a propaganda war, so he needs information about Antiya Lisi personally, the more the better."
"But looking at it now, there's nothing scandalous about it."
Why is it necessary to have negative information about someone?
[ Zhong Lele ] looked completely at ease:
"As long as there's enough real information, can't you just mass-produce smear material with a little processing?"
The attendees fell into deep thought, and after a while, [ Do Some Farm Work ] suddenly asked:
"You just said that Antiya Lisi's mansion has a very complex structure, so we can't get a lot of information about it, right?"
"That's right."
He then looked at [ Clear Soup Master ], who had previously complained about this:
"You previously said that the mansion might be an old residence of a nobleman?"
[ Clear Soup Master ] scratched the tree crown with a twig:
"It's just speculation. After all, he lives so well, and the entire building doesn't seem to have been built after the Demonic Tide; it doesn't have that chaotic feel."
[ On the Do Some Farm Work ] stroked his chin, pondered for a while, and suddenly said:
Do you remember Bennett?
"Who?"
" Bennett, that vampire count, the comedic boss who got his defenses broken by Xilǐ'er, then everyone swarmed him for a righteous beating, and finally ended up tied to the electric chair."
"I remember, so what?"
Do you remember his real name?
[ Howling Pothos ], who had defeated the BOSS, thought for a moment and said:
It should be Bennett Antos.
"Wrong."
[ Zhong Lele ] raised his hand to interrupt the other person and said:
"That's his name after he became Blood Corpse. I remember [ Aluode ] found out his real name before he became Blood Corpse: Bennett Aduolin."
"Um?"
Several players who didn't pay much attention to these details raised questions, and [ Zhong Lele ] continued to explain:
"I remember when Bennett was still human, the Aduolin Province was actually his marquess's fief. He surrendered and became Blood Corpse after failing to defend Fir City against Grand Duke Antos's attack."
[ Do Some Farm Work ] nodded frantically, adding:
"So, when you mentioned noble residences, I immediately remembered that Antiya Lisi is very likely living in Bennett's old mansion, and Bennett is still alive!"
[ Clear Soup Master ] asked in confusion:
"So what do you want? To let the Blood Corpse and the Fallen One fight over real estate? Or for us to hold a court hearing and act as judges?"
[ Do Some Farm Work ] looked at the Treant Hunter speechlessly, and after a long while uttered a sentence:
"Blockhead."
"To be precise, he's got a birchwood head."
"... You blockhead, have you ever considered that Bennett must know the exact layout of his house? As long as Antiya Lisi doesn't undertake major renovations to the mansion, we can get the blueprints from the Blood Corpse."
What if he refuses to give it to me?
"Then just wait to be electrocuted."
After some deliberation, the group felt that the significance of completing this plan outweighed the funds each person could receive, so they agreed to recruit the few people currently still in the Graycast Corridor Great Labyrinth City.
Bennett is now Gray's private property, and this is the only way they can indirectly obtain the floor plans of Antiya Lisi's mansion.
After discussing their next move, the group left Enzo's house in several directions. A dozen minutes later, the [ Traditional Eccentric Wheel ] in the real world received a private message.
At the same time, a certain Blood Corpse count, who was helping Gray adjust the output power of the Antasia, suddenly felt a shiver run through his body...