"The Witch's Convent" by DaoistaHADNk
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"Uh..."
After reading for a while, Hawthorne paused, stretched his muscles, and prepared to relax his mind.
Though aided by two special abilities, learning a new language in seven days was still quite stressful.
Fortunately, he had been a diligent student in his past life; otherwise, he might not have completed it.
Behind him, upon hearing that he had stopped reading, Yuta hurried to rise, picked up a nearby teapot, poured a cup of hot tea, and brought it to his side. "Master, take a break."
Hawthorne took the cup, feeling warmth in his heart, then closed his eyes and asked, "How is the statistical analysis going on your end?"
Yuta expertly pressed her middle fingers against his temples, evenly massaging them while saying, "It's almost done. I've compared the total growth, net growth, growth rate, and growth rate of the growth rate using both horizontal and vertical comparisons, along with year-over-year and month-over-month analyses, and I've created over twenty line charts."
"In addition, I'm also working on pie charts for the expenses of Amazon Fisheries Company, market share ratios, and more..."
She struggled to articulate various terms and descriptions that Hawthorne had taught her over the past couple of days. Her explanations were not very professional, but they didn't need to be: he only needed to use this massive amount of data and analysis charts to make the employees at the Blue Dragon Bank believe "they were professionals," and that would be enough.
The Blue Dragon Bank had a characteristic of being financially abundant and nonchalant about returns. Compared to the Gold Dragons, who were meticulous and required representatives to conduct research and evaluate every investment's return rate, the Blue Dragons invested more to earn respect.
They were not lacking in funds; electric stone held a status in this era comparable to that of oil, coal, and natural gas, and the electric stones made from the Blue Dragon's Dragon Breath and scales were widely acknowledged to be of the highest quality...
In short, who wouldn't like to charm these wealthy and easygoing investors?
"Thank you for your hard work." Hawthorne opened his eyes and returned his gaze to the book in front of him, letting out a quiet sigh. "Whether this endeavor will succeed depends on whether I can secure a large investment from the Blue Dragons tomorrow."
This was his first time actually handling such a situation, so he couldn't help but feel nervous.
Just then, a mosquito flew in and landed by his ear. "Master, there are new developments in the slum."
"Recently, it seems a group of people has been deliberately spreading rumors that someone was seen in the slum on Witch's Night and had contact with the out-of-control Yuta. So far, over twenty people have been defamed this way, and the number is still increasing."
"I've checked, and quite a few of these people have had past grievances with the Dark Intelligence Network."
Hawthorne's expression shifted immediately.
"Where did the rumor originate?" he asked next.
However, Andinie expressed her inability to help. "I'm not sure. I didn't pay attention at first, but it became increasingly outrageous in the last couple of days, which made me realize someone was doing this deliberately."
"Isn't Alan stirring the pot?"
"No, Master. I specifically sent several mosquitoes to keep an eye on him in the tavern, and he has only been spreading the narrative that the Dark Intelligence Network is using the investigation team as scapegoats."
Hawthorne's brow furrowed immediately.
Hmm, how strange; could this mean someone is secretly helping me?
Or are they intentionally targeting the investigation team to delay their progress, causing them to return empty-handed?
Could it be aimed at the Dark Intelligence Network, provoking the investigation team's anger towards them?
Which possibility is it?
If it's the first, then I have no connection to it; why would anyone help me?
If it's the second, that raises the level of suspicion significantly. It could even be the political enemies of the investigation team's captain, which would have nothing to do with me.
As for the third possibility, there are indeed many enemies of the Dark Intelligence Network, but considering recent events...
And... this style of disrupting perceptions through a massive amount of false information...
Is it the Zhentarim Guild creating confusion?
They certainly have the capability and the motive to retaliate against the Dark Intelligence Network...
Shaking his head, Hawthorne worked to calm his tumultuous thoughts. "Andinie, keep investigating. If you discover anything new, report it to me immediately."
"The plan for tomorrow remains unchanged; I still intend to go to the Central District to secure an investment, and then discuss the course of action in the slum!"
At that moment, inside a dwelling in the slum, a tall girl with blonde hair and blue eyes, fair features clad in plate armor, holding a sword and shield, listened to her subordinate's latest report. Her silver teeth almost ground together in anger. "Why are these poor people deceiving us like this?!"
"Don't they understand that we are here to investigate magical creatures and eradicate evil cults for their sake?!"
The girl was Anno Amcathra, born into a noble family in Liberl Port, devoted to the god of justice, Tyr. From a young age, she had shown exceptional talent in martial arts and had been given a special tutor to train in combat skills.
At the age of fourteen, she was kidnapped by a group of tieflings serving a devil. In that critical moment, she swore an oath to the world to "avenge all the weak against Evil," becoming a Paladin of Vengeance. She defeated all of the cultists who had kidnapped her with ease and managed to drag her injured body back home, gaining fame for her heroic act.
Thanks to this, she was later recruited into a secret operations organization called the "Gray Hand" under the Black Staff Tower and, after undergoing various trials, became a squad leader on the eve of Witch's Night, commanding a total of fifteen elite Warriors selected from the various administrative districts' Security Forces.
Her task of investigating the traces of magical creatures and cultists in the South Harbor District was her first mission as a newly appointed leader. Filled with passion and a sense of justice, she endured the dirt and stench of the area, plunging in with her team, believing she could make quick progress in uncovering the truth and achieve another accomplishment.
However, she began to face repeated setbacks.
Every slum resident she stopped was silent as a mouse, appearing weak and overly respectful, but whenever she asked them questions, they either claimed ignorance with phrases like "I'm scared to death," "I don't know," or "I still need to fish," or offered vague terms like "maybe" and "probably," mumbling a string of unclear information that was completely unusable as a reference.
After so many days of inquiry, all she had to show for it was a piece of information about a "handsome boy from the Green-Silver Clan who could cast magic." However, as she continued to ask in the following days, she discovered that this was actually a smokescreen released by the Dark Intelligence Network, aiming to use her as a pawn to strike at their enemies!
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