Chapter 147

Chapter 147: Target

“Director here?”

Inside the high-end guest room, upon hearing Oswan’s words, Godfrey, who was sitting in a chair, pondered for a moment before replying.

“Perhaps… While I was toying with those Black Dogs, another Extraordinary Being might have intervened. I may have been found by him. After my position was exposed, I was bitten by the Black Dogs.” Godfrey said through gritted teeth, then he took a bottle of wine from a nearby cabinet and took a sip before continuing.

“That could be a ‘Cup’… one capable of manipulating Flesh Puppets. However, I’m not sure about their exact tier, but they should at least be Black Tier.” Godfrey stated, although he had never actually seen the hidden ‘Cup’ Extraordinary Being, he believed that if someone could make a Black Tier like him suffer so much, they must also be at least Black Tier.

“A ‘Cup’… ‘Cups’ are not common among the Black Dogs. Their main type should be ‘Shadows’… But you’ve been fighting them for so long, wasn’t there any interference from a ‘Stone’?” Listening to Godfrey’s words, Oswan frowned slightly and continued.

“There was no ‘Stone’. From start to finish, I haven’t seen any other ‘Stones’ interfering except for me. Either that old man is too patient, and the little ghost hasn’t been truly threatened yet, or he has nothing to do with the little ghost, and our speculation was wrong!”

Godfrey said irritably. For him, being counterattacked by the Hunters was secondary; what mattered was that his goal had not been achieved.

Capturing Anna, checking her body for signs of ‘Stone’ treatment, and then finding the healer using Anna as a clue. Or during the process of threatening Anna, luring out the possible ‘Stone’ Extraordinary Being behind her to confirm their existence. This was Godfrey’s primary objective, but he failed to achieve it; he neither captured Anna nor provoked ‘Stone’ interference, so he was extremely angry now.

Seeing his companion hit a wall in their investigation direction, although Oswan did not say anything, he was secretly amused inside.

“Encountering obstacles in investigations is inevitable. Your side doesn’t seem to be going well, so would you like to hear about my progress?” Sitting down on a chair, Oswan said to his companion beside him. They both had their own investigation directions, and they were both working together.

“Your side made progress?” Hearing Oswan’s words, Godfrey said unexpectedly, while Oswan nodded with a smile and continued.

“Sort of. I tried using some non-Extraordinary means to investigate, and I actually found some clues.”

“Non-Extraordinary means…” Hearing Oswan’s words, Godfrey looked puzzled. Godfrey picked up a stack of documents from the table and handed them over to the present Godfrey.

“You can take a look at this.”

Godfrey took the documents and carefully read them, only to find that they were actually several orders. After examining them closely, he realized these were all orders for stone materials.

“Orders for stone materials? Where did you get these from? What are you using them for?” Looking at the stone material orders in his hand, Godfrey asked in confusion, while Oswan explained.

“These orders were all found from the stone processing factories in this city. They are responsible for cutting and processing stones mined from the mountains into different specifications and supplying them to various places in the city.” As he spoke, Oswan lit a cigar, took two puffs, and then continued.

“According to Mr. Lu Ke, the ‘Spiritual Sculpting’ path of the target we’re looking for means he must need a large amount of carved stone statues. Carving stone statues requires properly sized stone materials, so he likely needs to purchase a lot of stone materials from the stone factory for carving.”

Oswan finished slowly, then shook off the ash from his cigarette into an ashtray. Listening to Oswan’s words, Godfrey was slightly stunned and then realized.

“Yes… By checking where the stone materials from the stone factory go, removing those used for construction projects, and finding those used for carving, we can roughly determine where that guy is.”

“Exactly. I’ve already visited the stone factory here and reviewed most of their order records, filtering out all non-construction purchase parties. They… should all be buying for carving. The list is now in your hands.”

Oswan continued speaking while smoking. Listening to Oswan’s words, Godfrey began flipping through the orders in his hand, discovering that the purchasers were all stone sculpture factories and tombstone factories. These orders had already been marked with a red cross. Looking at these marks on the paper, Godfrey asked,

“Did you mark them? Did you verify all these places?”

“Yes, there was nothing special, so I crossed them out, except for this place.” Oswan said while taking out an order from his pocket and handing it to Godfrey. Godfrey was quite surprised after reading the order.

“Saint Amanda School?”

“Hehe… A middle school actually has such a huge demand for stone materials, and they’re all high-quality stone materials. That’s quite surprising, isn’t it? It’s very different from other places.”

Looking at Godfrey’s surprised expression, Oswan smiled, and Godfrey looked up seriously and said,

“Do you think Mr. Lu Ke’s great enemy is hiding in this school?”

“The probability is very high. I think… we should report our findings to Mr. Lu Ke first and let him prepare accordingly.”

Taking a deep drag on his cigar, Oswan exhaled smoke and smiled.

…

Outside the high-end hotel, on a nearby street, next to a dark road, a black carriage was parked here.

On the seat of the carriage, Dorothy slowly opened her eyes, revealing a slight surprise. Through the small zombie puppet that had sneaked into the guest room, she heard some surprising information.

“I didn’t expect… these guys’ target is not Anna.”

With a surprised expression, Dorothy thought to herself. She originally wondered why an Extraordinary Being would target Anna, but now it seemed that attacking Anna was a misjudgment, and their real target was someone else.

And according to the new information obtained, Dorothy knew exactly who the target was.

“It seems that the beloved and kind principal is in trouble… ”