"Detective Bryan, I have something to entrust you with," Maric said in a hoarse and deep voice as he looked over with his eyes that were filled with malice.
So direct? Don't they even need to make small talk or introduce themselves? Ebner was first taken aback before he felt relieved. Maric was a member of the temperance faction after all. Most of his attention was focused on resisting madness and desires. He probably didn't pay much attention to small matters.
As Ebner thought this, he turned to look at Kaspars. The latter immediately came to a realization and quickly left the house after bowing.
Seeing that the only ordinary person had left, Ebner heaved a sigh of relief. He then looked at the temperance faction duo in front of him seriously and asked, "Shouldn't you introduce them first?"
Even if he was being commissioned, he had to take the initiative and not be led away. After all, he was not weaker than the two people in front of him.
The pale but exquisite-looking lady looked at him and then at Judy who was fiddling with her hair. With a calm expression, she said,
"Sharron."
Maric also said simply, "Maric… I think you heard my name from Kaspars."
What's the difference between this introduction and not introducing? If I hadn't read the novel, I would have thought that you had used a fake name. Ebner grumbled, but on the surface, he asked, "Miss Sharron, Mr. Maric. Since you came to me, you should know me… I wonder what you want me to do?"
Maric saw that he couldn't suppress the other party in terms of aura. He wasn't good at controlling the pace of the conversation, so when he heard Ebner's question, he could only scratch his slightly messy hair and say,
"We heard some news and believe that you have some connections with the Church of Earth Mother… Therefore, our initial request was for you to introduce a Forsaken One or a bishop…"
Having said that, he saw the girl who was playing with her long brown hair stop. She continued,
"But now we've changed our minds."
The only factions that guess that I might be related to the Church of Earth Mother are the Mandated Punishers, the Machinery Hivemind, and Prince Edessak… Hmm, perhaps the Nighthawks and MI9 will also receive some news… Where did it leak to Sharron?
Yes, there was a high chance that the church's official team was fine. It was likely that the prince or MI9 had leaked the news…
Various thoughts raced through Ebner's mind, but he kept his composure and asked, "Why?"
"Because this lady and the Sanguine Viscount lying in ambush outside the house are both Forsaken Ones." Without waiting for Maric to reply, the blonde-haired, black regal dress Sharron answered with an ethereal voice.
Mr. Cullen, you have lived for so long in vain, yet you were discovered by someone directly! Ebner's calm face stiffened, but he immediately recovered. But before he could say anything, a group of black bats passed through the living room window and entered the room. They quickly pieced together and formed Cullen's figure.
He came out just like that… Was he that impatient? What happened to the light and darkness?
Ebner was dumbfounded. He felt that things were going out of control.
However, Cullen didn't have a smile on his face as usual. On the contrary, he looked at Sharron with an extremely serious expression and asked, "Why do you have her keepsake on you?"
Sharron, who was wearing a black regal dress, calmly replied, "Maric and I were nearly discovered by the Rose School of Thought demigods. She helped us."
Cullen nodded upon hearing this. His expression eased slightly, but he still said in disbelief, "She actually handed that thing to you? She clearly valued it very much in the past and refused to let it go easily."
"I don't know why either, but the premonition I got from the spirit world is that holding this thing won't do me any harm." Sharron fell silent for a moment before her illusory voice sounded again.
Ebner was confused by this conversation. He did not understand what they were talking about at all. He could not help but turn around to look at Judy, only to find that this girl was looking at Cullen with a gossipy expression as if she was imagining some touching plot.
Ebner didn't want to pry into Cullen's privacy. He pressed a hand to his forehead, determined to steer the question back to the right path, so he cleared his throat and said, "Ahem, excuse me, Miss Sharron. It's getting late, and I think we'd better get back to business… What exactly do you want to entrust me with?"
When Sharron heard that, she turned her head to look at Maric beside her. The latter immediately understood and ruffled her messy brown hair again. She said, "Sharron had previously followed Wraith Steve from the Rose School of Thought's indulgence faction. She discovered that he has made contact with a Demoness of Agony who believes in the Primordial Moon…"
He didn't specially explain what the Rose School of Thought was. After all, everyone present was a member of the Church of Earth Mother, so they shouldn't be unfamiliar with the Rose School of Thought.
Hearing this, Ebner and Judy looked at each other in surprise. They hadn't expected the clue they'd been looking for to show up here.
"The Rose School of Thought also has believers of the Primordial Moon, so Steve doesn't reject that Demoness of Afflictions… We aren't sure what they are plotting, but according to our investigations after the matter, Sharron and I are certain of one thing. That is, the Demoness of Agony wants to use the Indulgence Faction's demigod, Zatwen, to do something." Maric clasped his hands and tried his best to suppress his madness as he said,
"Regardless of what the Demoness' plan is, if she wants Zatwen to take action, then the bait she released must be real."
"And anything that might make Zatwen stronger must be destroyed!" Sharron opened her lips and added with an illusory voice.
So that's how it is. Their original plan was to get me to contact the Forsaken, then use the hands of the Forsaken to destroy the Demoness's plan, preventing the Rose School of Thought's demigod from becoming stronger…
But because I didn't act according to the plan and directly brought the Forsaken One to their doorsteps, they changed their strategy at the right time. Instead of calling it a commission, it was better to say that they were deliberately revealing information. Anyway, they were very certain that the Forsaken One wouldn't ignore the Primordial Moon believers…
Wait a minute… That's not right. If that's the case, wouldn't the commission be in vain? Not only did they not have to pay me the commission fee, but I even got a favor from Judy and Cullen… What a loss.
While Ebner was letting his imagination run wild, Viscount Cullen asked directly, "So, you just want to tell us about this matter and not actually have a commission?"
"We never expected Detective Bryan to have such a close relationship with the Forsaken One's…" Maric said as he clenched his teeth.
"Although there's no need for a commission, we will still pay for it!
"A gang controlled by Steve is helping him and Jason abduct living people to satisfy their desires.
"We will destroy this gang and rescue the survivors. Then, we can give the credit to Detective Bryan."