Chapter 699: Chapter 418 Mr. Swaphead Corante (5400 words, asking for monthly passes!) Chapter 699: Chapter 418 Mr. Swaphead Corante (5400 words, asking for monthly passes!) As the founder of the Exorcist Organization of Ressa, Sandi’s initial intention was to contribute his strength to the exorcism cause of Saint Gala City.
But he despised the philosophy of the Half Moon Association, believing that although they were exorcizing Great Capital USA, their selfish and greedy true intentions could not be hidden.
Therefore, Sandi kept tight control of the Ressa Organization, which currently only consisted of five like-minded exorcists including himself and thus did not allow others to join, which kept it from reaching the level of concern for the Half Moon Association.
As for Mr. Swaphead Corante, who recently appeared in the northern district of Saint Gala City and caused a great commotion, Sandi’s organization had already locked onto him.
Because, for the ti being, Corante’s “cri rate” as a strangeness was extrely high, appearing almost every night with very few slip-ups.
The Ressa Organization originally focused on solving other strangenesses, but due to the ergence of Mr. Swaphead Corante, they had had to make adjustnts to their priorities, with Sandi currently leading his team to focus on dealing with this gentleman fond of decapitating others.
As early as yesterday, the Ressa Organization had already pinpointed two locations where Corante was likely to appear.
The first was the green playground near Ocean Park, where Corante had appeared twice, but each ti without finding suitable prey.
Based on his pattern, Sandi suspected that the fellow was very likely to reappear there.
The second place prone to Corante’s appearances was Golden Boulevard, for Sandi, being a local with a wide range of information sources, had collected data indicating that Corante had appeared there three tis, successfully harvesting two heads, with the third attempt being thwarted by the presence of exorcists from the Half Moon Association.
However, the three exorcists who were ambushed the next day were found in a garbage alley off Red Wine Street next to Golden Boulevard, having turned into three headless corpses.
Sandi and Ressa’s n split into two groups, ensuring that both suspicious routes were covered. He and Felton stayed on Golden Boulevard, while three other mbers of the organization went to the green playground at Ocean Park.
If one side spotted Mr. Swaphead Corante first, they were to imdiately notify the other group to provide support.
In the evening, Sandi was stationed at the end of Golden Boulevard, patrolling toward the middle of the street, while Felton did the sa from the street corner.
Porfi Hotel was located near the street corner on Golden Boulevard.
Soon after midnight, Felton, hidden in the shadows of the street, spotted a man in a black tailcoat wearing a conspicuous tall top hat, neatly tailored straight trousers, a pair of shiny pointy leather shoes, and carrying a cane, walking at a normal pace towards the center of the deserted street.
Felton secreted himself under the eaves of a house across the street, slowly following the man, who was highly suspect of being Mr. Swaphead.
When he reached the entrance to Porfi Hotel, the top-hatted man walked straight in.
At that late hour, there was no doorman to greet him, and after the man entered, no one seed to notice him, or perhaps others simply couldn’t see him.
Felton watched from across the street as the man made a beeline for the elevator, seemingly very familiar with the place.
He imdiately called Sandi to report that a man highly suspect of being Mr. Swaphead Corante had entered Porfi Hotel.
After hanging up the phone, he crossed the deserted street, stepped up the stairs, and walked into the hotel.
When he reached the elevator, it was already ascending and soon stopped on the fourth floor.
Felton quickly pressed a button to call another elevator, stepped inside, and likewise pressed the button for the fourth floor.
Shortly after, the elevator ca to a halt on the fourth floor, opening its doors to reveal the corridor.
Felton stood still inside the elevator, observing carefully without moving.
From his position, he couldn’t yet see the tall-hatted man who had co up earlier.
Just before the elevator doors were about to close, Felton stepped forward, and the sensor detected his movent, causing the doors to open again.
Felton exited the elevator.
He stood at the entrance, looking around, but there was no sign of Corante. Then he heard a slow, rhythmic tapping sound, “tap, tap, tap,” coming from inside the stairwell not far from the elevator.
Felton pulled out his tal stick (the magnetic field disruptor) from his pocket. Although it wasn’t as powerful as the tal sticks developed by the Half Moon Association, it was the weapon their exorcists felt most comfortable using.
Of course, they were also equipped with Strangeness Shielders.
The door to the stairwell was half-open, but the lights inside were off, making it impossible to see anything at a glance.
Felton hesitated at the door for a mont, debating whether to enter the stairwell and turn on the sound-activated light.
At present, the rhythmic tapping was too soft to activate the sound control light. Or perhaps, the light was simply broken.
Pushing the door slightly open, Felton strained his eyes, trying to locate the source of the sound.
However, at that mont, a low and soft voice spoke from the darkness near the stairwell door, “Hello, my na is Corante. Are you looking for ?”
As he spoke, a man in a tall top hat leaned forward, revealing half of his upper body from the darkness into the corridor light, with his hat brimd eyes staring unblinkingly at a pale-faced Felton.
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