"Zeon, why don't we inform the old man, maybe he can help us with something?" Li asked Zeon as he wasn't sure that their operation would go smoothly without any problem.
Zeon trying to think of some excuse to answer Li's question. After discussing things with Toast, he doesn't want to attract unwanted attention to what they're gonna do next. It's okay if grandpa Capricorn will help them, but his kindness will only make Zeon feel reluctant and burdened by it. He just met the old man for a few hours and he already helped them a lot, Zeon didn't want the old man to babysit them the whole night.
"Li, investigating expenditure reports of the west branch church is our own purpose in coming here. Grandpa Capricorn has his own job tomorrow. You should have remembered that he said to us he needed to have a business meeting with his business partner tomorrow. He needs to rest so the meeting can go smoothly. If we're getting caught, we can just reveal our real identity, we cannot drag grandpa Capricorn in this mess. He's already helpful enough."
Zeon, Li, and Toast go into the direction of the back church beside their current guest dorm. There's a single house that was quite big for multiple people to live in. The church usually didn't have a dedicated house, except if the leader of the church wanted to live in it himself. There are no more deacons patrolling the area as they should have been sleeping already at this time. At midnight the house is still brightly lit, there are still people talking to each other even at this time.
The three kids walked slowly, afraid to be noticed by those people in the house. There is a window that is half opened, Zeon walks in that direction and hides near the window. He didn't dare to take a peek because some people were still talking with each other not far from that window. Zeon opened his communication device and started recording the conversation of the people inside the house in case he needed some evidence that he needed to submit in his investigation reports of the west branch church later to grandpa Auguste.
"Bishop Haris, as we discussed earlier, you will give us a portion of the church donation money to our organization and in exchange we will transfer the SC amount that we previously agreed upon to you."
"Haha.. Of course, of course, we are really lucky today. The old man and the three kids that come to the church to stay the night earlier are donating a lot of money. I can give half of them to you, but you need to add some SC to the previous amount that we agreed upon. Why don't you add some bonus this time, this season I already amassed a lot of money to give to your organization behind the church back. I've already worked very hard to not get noticed by the church investigation team every time we are submitting our church expenditure reports. When I become an archbishop later, your organization can get more benefit from our cooperation. How about that? Will you give me some bonus SC this time?"
"We can add some SC and you give all the money that the old man previously gifted to us. As for bonus, don't joke around! Do you think SC grows from your grandmother's backyard tree? Don't play around with us Bishop Haris! Don't you worry that your prosperous life will be ended if you ever offended our organization?"
"Haha.. I'm just joking, you can have all the old man money. Here I put all of the agreed amount of this season's church donation into this big case. This one bag is from the old man, inside of it is a pile of money that he donated earlier. Don't worry, I didn't take any money from it. Now it's your turn to transfer to the SC as usual.
"How many years have we been cooperating already? If I remember correctly, it should be around 2 years. Don't worry, The Dusk protocol these days is adapting through the ages, we also learn a little from The Darkwave members who defected to our organization that we need a lot of funding if we want our organization to make more SC properly and become stronger faster. It has been rough for some years, but our days have become better after the current highest leader took the command of the organization."
"It's been a long time since we have been working together. I'm also thankful to your organization. I can reach my current position because of your little help with the previous bishop who led this branch church. If I am ever in a tough position someday, I will request some help from your organization so my position is not shaken."
"Well that middle aged bishop previously is too righteous and definitely won't cooperate with us even if we asked. Sadly that man's life is not that long, he got into some little accident while on the street. Haha.. You should know what will happen if you ever betray our organization, right? We have already kind enough these past years by minimizing our terrorizing and bombing activities. I'm more curious about the problem that you have in mind that needs our help."
"It's actually not a big problem but the implication behind their action is quite troubling. Do they think that I'm not realizing some of the deacons started to have some rebellious thoughts toward me? Ridiculous! When they just started as a deacon and needed some money for their family I've given them a lot of help. Now that they realized that those money comes from people's donations for those orphans, they started to feel guilty and backed off. The only thing that keeps them from selling me out to the church is their family. Do they think that the church will let them and their family off if our deeds are exposed?"
"Well.. You need to take care of it yourself. We can't have that many people suddenly gone or dying because of an incident, right? Just use the same tactic to make them afraid."
"Actually I only need all of you to take care of someone. This person in the image is deacon Bob. Although on the surface he is my most trusted aidee, I've always wanted to eliminate this person since some time ago. He's the one who I'm worried about the most. He's the one who's always opposed my plan to accept more orphans so we can get a lot more funds allocation from the orphans expenditure. I can only compromise as his influence among the young deacons in this branch church is the highest."
"Just send him on some errand outside the church tomorrow, we'll do the rest for you. This is the perfect time as the pope already retired. The movement of church personnel must be hampered after this incident. Our plan to eliminate this deacon Bob can run smoothly without any problems."
"Alright, I have already received the agreed SC amount plus the extra SC from the old man's money. I will send deacon Bob tomorrow to the convenience store at the crossroad near this location tomorrow, you and your team only need to wait there and eliminate him. I will be leaving first."
"Okay, we will go tomorrow morning, there are always some patrol teams at night wandering around the street. We will meet again next season at the usual date. I expect nothing more than a bigger amount of money collected. This is the best time to embezzle church funds, don't miss this opportunity."
Bishop Haris is getting back to his own room to sleep. Zeon and his friends who hid in the bush near the window stared at the back of the bishop who walked away with fire burning in his eyes. If looks can burn someone then bishop Haris would be burned to ash right now. Li has already summoned his shotgun, ready to shoot the bishop but gets stopped by Zeon. Zeon started to communicate with his friend through a message in their communication device.
[Generating Choice]
[1.Stay for 10 minutes. Reward : +0.5 STR]
[2.Following Bishop Haris. Reward : +2.0 STR]
[Countdown Time Begin]
[60.. 59.. 58..]
Zeon chose option 1. Continuing to tail bishop Haris right now is too risky as the people inside the house still haven't gotten into their room to sleep. He still wasn't sure about continuing to his next destination right now. He needs to discuss things first with Li and Toast before executing the next action.
[Zeon: Li, first you need to stay calm and put your gun back into your dimensional pocket. We didn't want to make any noise. We're not sure how strong those people stayed inside the special guest house. They said that they are part of The Dusk criminal organization. This is quite dangerous.]