### Chapter 452 Obstruction
“According to reports in the newspaper, the museum’s stolen items are not significant, which proves that Garib’s theft had a specific target, namely the artifacts donated by Azamu. This also means… Garib possesses all the aliases used during Azamu’s donation… Museums generally put the donor’s name on the labels of the display cases; they just need to take back everything donated by Azamu…”
Looking at the newspaper in front of her, Doro pondered. She knew she was not the only one eyeing the divination tools; the current leader of the Boneyard Society, Garib, was also lurking in the shadows. The opponent’s strength and intelligence far exceeded her own, making it extremely difficult to seize the divination tools from them.
“According to the intelligence provided by Beverly… Garib accumulated rich resources from the Boneyard Society and completed a ritual he had prepared for years, successfully advancing to the Red Tier at the beginning of this year…”
“A Red Tier Extraordinary Being who controls a significant society is difficult for me to deal with. Trying to seize something from him would be very challenging…”
Furrowing her brows, Doro thought to herself. This action against a Red Tier adversary was a considerable challenge for her. Although this challenge seemed extremely dangerous, Doro still saw an opportunity within it.
This opportunity lay in Doro discovering an important key point.
“Garib, having just advanced to the Red Tier… holding a society’s resources, and knowing that Azamu’s last batch of donations is in the Pure Flow Church, has still not moved!? Garib advanced to Red Tier at the beginning of this year, and the donations from Azamu in the other six museums were all stolen last year, yet he hasn’t touched the donations here at the Pure Flow Church. It’s already mid-March, and Garib has waited one to two months without choosing to make a move on this last batch.”
“The Emmanuel Crown has strong extraordinary detection, but it’s not invincible. As long as there are enough ‘Shadows’, we can still ignore the Emmanuel Crown to steal. After all, the Emmanuel Crown is set there for citizens to admire, not specifically to prevent theft.”
“As the leader of a society and with close ties to the Dark Gold Society, Garib has no reason not to gather resources. Although the Pure Flow Church has an extraordinary treasure like the Emmanuel Crown, it essentially remains a museum. It would be relatively easy for a Red Tier to steal something here; however, Garib has done nothing and waited for two months.”
Continuing to look at the newspaper in her hands, Doro thought. She believed it would not be much harder for a Red Tier like Garib to steal the donations from the Pure Flow Church than from other ordinary museums. However, currently, there had been no news of any thefts at the Pure Flow Church. The reason for Garib’s inactivity over these past two months must surely exist, and Doro could guess what that reason might be.
Opening her bag again, Doro took out a booklet, which was the guide she had purchased at the Pure Flow Church earlier that day. It detailed the various situations of the Cleansing Flow Church Museum.
Doro opened the guide and quickly turned to a page that introduced the rotation exhibition system of the Pure Flow Church.
Due to the fame of the Emmanuel Crown, the Pure Flow Church received numerous donations every year, at a much higher frequency than other museums. As a result, over the years, the church’s collection had grown larger than the exhibition scale itself.
In other words, there were too many items in the Pure Flow Church; only a portion could be exhibited at a time. Once that portion was displayed, the next would rotate in, allowing citizens to see as many items as possible. Therefore, new items usually had to wait until the next rotation to be scheduled for exhibition.
The exhibitions at the Pure Flow Church changed approximately every six months. The most recent change had just occurred in early March, meaning that the divination tools likely had only recently arrived at the Pure Flow Church for display. Before that, all these donated items had been stored at the Church of Grace in Adria.
The Church of Grace was the newly built church after the Adria Church moved out of the Pure Flow Church. Unlike a museum, it currently served as the local church in Adria. Conducting reconnaissance or stealing items from there would be significantly more challenging than in the Pure Flow Church. Although Garib, as a newly advancing Red Tier, could manage an ordinary bishop-level church in Adria, an outright theft could provoke the upper church, causing trouble.
Thus, for Garib, it would be more practical to wait some time, allowing the Pure Flow Church to display the divination tools as exhibits and then stealing from the Pure Flow Church, as it essentially functioned as a museum rather than an extraordinary institution. The likelihood of encountering a severe extraordinary conflict over something appearing mundane there would be low.
After all, the cooldown for the divination tools would be finished in late March, while the replacements in the Pure Flow Church occurred in early March. Garib still had time to secure those items.
But… it was now already March 10, and time was well into mid-March, nearing the end of the cooldown. Why had Garib still not made a move?
Regarding this question, Doro had her own answer in mind.
Seated in her chair, Doro set down the newspaper and picked up another one to unfold. The black-and-white photo on this paper depicted an elderly man in a bishop’s robe, appearing kind and amiable. The headline read:
“Archbishop Antonio to Host a Grand Welcome Banquet Tomorrow at the Old Lord’s Mansion to Host Pilgrims Returning from Crisis. Archbishop Antonio Will Personally Attend the Banquet and Meet Sister Vania Chaffy… According to reports, after this banquet, Archbishop Antonio Will Conclude His Trip to Adria and Return to Peiji.”
Looking at the newspaper in her hands, a faint smile flitted across Doro’s face. She thought to herself how this incident involving XiasTree also unexpectedly caused significant ripples.
…
Late at night, by the edge of a waterway near the church square.
In the darkness, a man in a trench coat and hat quickly walked towards the water, leaping lightly into the stream and landing on a small boat. The boat began to move, rowed away from the church by a hooded figure.
“Have you figured out the inside situation?”
Without turning back, the boatman murmured softly, while the man in the trench coat adjusted the opening of his hat.
“Though I spent quite a bit of ‘Shadows’, I generally cleared up the situation. I saw outside that the donations under Azamu’s alias are placed in Crown Hall. As soon as Antonio leaves, we can make our move…”
“Well… according to various intelligence, Antonio is hosting the banquet tomorrow and leaving the day after. In that case… we can now notify the master to come down.”
Hearing the man’s words, the boatman nodded in agreement.
“Yes… as long as the master comes, everything will be fine. Really… if it weren’t for Antonio suddenly coming here, we would have been done by now…”
