Chapter 72

Seventy-Second Chapter: Eavesdropping

In the dim bedroom, Brandon knelt on the ground, listening to the words coming from the bloody altar, his expression momentarily stunned.

“What… You mean for me to steal from the Seal Repository at the last moment? Mr. Buck, please think this through. While I can easily enter the Seal Repository and take things, it’s not so easy to leave with those items!” Opening his hands, Brandon continued in a helpless tone towards Buck.

“Unlike the Sacred Medicine, the items in the Seal Repository can be easily detected by the Radiance Lamp. Without sufficient secrecy measures, even being seen once would be disastrous. I might have just taken something out of the Seal Repository when the entire Bureau receives a warning. Under the encirclement of the Hunter squad, I wouldn’t be able to escape, Mr. Buck!”

Brandon urgently described the danger of the task, listening to which, Buck hummed lightly before continuing slowly.

“Don’t worry, I won’t let you take such a risk directly. We have corresponding actions planned to assist.”

Hearing this, Brandon paused slightly, then spoke incredulously.

“Assist? Mr. Buck, do you plan to send someone directly to help me?”

“No, my idea is to use that Mysterious Organization, leveraging their name to mobilize the An Yin Bureau…” Buck said straightforwardly, causing Brandon to be stunned.

“Mysterious Organization? Do you mean the one that hunted Mr. Burton recently?”

“Yes, exactly them. According to your intelligence, that organization revealed Burton’s hideout by sending flowers to the An Yin Bureau. So, I want to pretend to send flowers again to the An Yin Bureau, revealing a fake hideout to lure the Hunter squad out. This way, the defensive forces within the An Yin Bureau will be significantly weakened, and you can take advantage of this opportunity to steal the items.”

Listening to Buck’s explanation, Brandon nodded in agreement.

“Yes… If the Hunter squad could be lured out by flower intelligence once, they can be lured out again. Currently, the first and second squads of the Bureau are executing tasks outside Igewent, only the third and fourth squads remain. A single squad is definitely insufficient for a raid. If we choose a time when James himself is not present and move both squads away, stealing from the Bureau would be much easier.”

After hearing Buck’s words, Brandon muttered with a smile.

“Mr. Buck, James has been going to the Church of Radiance frequently lately, so he’s often not in the Bureau. As long as the Hunter squad isn’t there either, I guarantee I can steal the items from the Seal Repository.”

“Indeed… That’s why I need you to check the message and handwriting on that bunch of flowers. I need to mimic a similar bunch to send over. I had suspected that the Mysterious Organization might be a branch of the An Yin Bureau created by James. This is also an opportunity to confirm that.”

“The bunch of flowers is still kept in the evidence room. I can record the message on it for you tomorrow.” Brandon immediately responded, and Buck promptly agreed.

“Alright. If that organization is not a branch of the An Yin Bureau, then after receiving the flowers, the An Yin Bureau will certainly act. Remember to adapt accordingly, using the Mysterious Organization’s name. This time, not only will we make the An Yin Bureau lose more, but we’ll also make them shed bl**d. Hehe, perhaps their view of that organization might change…”

“Yes, sir is truly wise… I am already eager to officially join the Society.”

Kneeling before the altar, Brandon respectfully replied. At this moment, there was a small ear listening to this conspiracy from the window sill of his room.

…

On a night in Igewent, near a residential street, a carriage stood quietly. Dorothy, wearing a black dress, opened her eyes slowly inside the carriage and sighed deeply.

“Huh… quite a harvest… It seems the Holy Communion wants to stir up some big trouble this time…”

Dorothy murmured, realizing from her eavesdropping that the mole within the An Yin Bureau had sensed the unusual atmosphere and wanted to flee with stolen goods.

The leader of the Holy Communion, Buck, probably thought that Colif’s attempt to corrupt Gregor had gone smoothly, so he intended to let the increasingly dangerous Brandon steal some items and run away at the last moment.

Moreover, to create conditions for Brandon to steal and flee, they planned to replicate the operation of sending flowers, luring the Hunter squad out.

“This plan is well thought out… If I hadn’t heard everything today, it might have worked, but since I did hear it…”

As she pondered, Dorothy rubbed her chin, a faint smile appearing on her lips.

Indeed, Dorothy was now planning to intercept Brandon’s plan, enriching her own mysterious resource stockpile.

Smiling, Dorothy imagined how much she could gain from this black operation, but gradually, her smile faded.

At this moment, she recalled Buck’s last statement.

“Using the name of that Mysterious Organization, we can not only make the An Yin Bureau lose more, but also make them shed bl**d, and perhaps even change their view of that organization…”

Thinking about this, Dorothy suddenly realized that the Holy Communion’s action was not just about stealing; they might even want to make them bleed…

Why they would bleed, Dorothy quickly thought of a possibility, although Buck didn’t explicitly say it, it was definitely a possibility.

The Holy Communion wanted to ambush the Hunter squad…

If the Holy Communion mimicked Dorothy’s false report to the An Yin Bureau, the location mentioned in the letter would definitely be set by the Holy Communion. It wouldn’t make sense for them not to take advantage of this opportunity to trap the Hunter squad!

According to Dorothy’s speculation, the Holy Communion’s goal this time was not just to steal some items. They likely wanted to severely cripple the Hunter squad through an ambush.

More broadly, the Holy Communion might even try to frame someone, shifting the blame for the ambush and theft onto the “Mysterious Society,” which was Dorothy’s head. After all, these losses were caused by the intelligence provided by the Mysterious Society.

Even if the high-ranking officials of the An Yin Bureau suspected something later, faced with such significant losses, they would have to be wary of the “Mysterious Society” representing Dorothy and possibly conduct a search. If the situation developed favorably, the pressure on the Holy Communion in Igewent would be greatly reduced.

This was Dorothy’s interpretation of Buck’s statement about “changing views.”

“Goodness… They’re thinking of playing dirty too… These guys aren’t just crazy…”