Chapter 131: Blood Feast
“Wilde?” Lin Jie was just putting away the used ropes under the counter when he raised his head upon hearing those words.
“Has Joseph still not found the whereabouts of his old friend?”
He still rembered that the original reason Joseph first ca to the bookstore was to reconcile with Wilde. Yet, it had already been a month, and perhaps his search hadn't been very effective.
Wilde, an 'empty nester' had already experienced the crisis of ‘having an unfilial child trying to seize his assets.' Of course, the possibility that Old Wil was hiding from Joseph couldn’t be eliminated either, considering the past argunts the two of them had in the past. Although Joseph had good intentions and made efforts to reconcile with Wilde, that didn’t necessarily an Wilde felt the sa.
“Uhm...yes.”
Beads of sweat broke out on Claude’s forehead. Old friend my *ss! Teacher's greatest desire is to rip out Wilde’s heart and lungs.
“But it isn’t like we gained absolutely nothing either. We’ve found so clues... A while ago, he appeared near Fifty-Second Avenue and stayed for so ti, at least for an entire day.”
Fifty-Second Avenue...
Lin Jie calculated the approximate location in his head and was startled by his realization. Wasn’t that the location of the second bombing accident that had occurred recently?
Although the incident in question had occurred a week ago, the dia was still reporting and following up with the story.
Apparently, the accident over there was more serious than the explosion caused by a gas leak on this street. It seed that rioters took advantage of the heavy rain and used that opportunity to plant explosives in the sewage system. The series of explosions resulted in the collapse of the base foundations.
Coupled with the flooded streets, the central valve of the sewage went completely out of control and the continuous flooding eventually flattened several streets. In addition to that, rioters also attacked and raided the scientific research institutions in the Central District. Perhaps it was their rampage through the Central District that made the Central District Police Unit take action and launch a large-scale clean-up operation.It was also related as to why a police cordon had been raised in the area so days back.Yet during all of this, Wilde had stayed near Fifty-Second Avenue for a whole day. Most of the residents had already been evacuated, and more importantly, that area had been the most severely affected by the flooding.
Normal people would have no reason to stay around in that area, much less for such a long ti. Lin Jie could tell from Claude’s deanor and tone that he was referring to the ti, or perhaps, the entire day of when the previous bombing attack occurred. Perhaps Old Wilde is connected to that attack! Li Jie arrived at this conclusion after observing how Claude expressed himself.
Could Old Wil have been so traumatized by the Charles incident that he joined so sort of hateful organization?
“Unfortunately, he hasn’t co to see since the last ti he returned his book.” Lin Jie beca uncomfortable at the thought that one of his old custors had chosen to go down the wrong path.
“Does it have to do with the events on Fifty-Second Avenue?” Li Jie asked. “There’s no need to hide anything, you can just tell .”
“Yes.” Claude heaved a sigh.
In truth, they had suspected that the bookstore’s owner was inciting the recent happenings regarding White Wolf, but it seed like that wasn’t the case.
But who could say that was the case with Wilde?
Although they were all guests, from the supposed tiline, Wilde had co the first. The gift that Wilde had given was still displayed on the counter. Asking the bookstore’s owner for help dealing with Wilde would highly likely fail. They could only hope that the bookstore owner would at least provide them with so small clues.
“Teacher has been attempting to track his whereabouts and we would like your help. We are willing to pay the price for it.”
Secret Rite Tower had already gotten hold of the altar within the sewers and had launched a full-scale investigation in the past four weeks.
First, they had found the aetheric traces left by Wilde near the battlefield. Secondly, the evidence of blood sacrifices used by those hunters seed to point at Wilde as well.
Joseph and Wilde had crossed paths multiple tis throughout their history, hence his understanding towards Wilde’s magic was close to perfection. This ant that if Joseph said that he detected Wilde’s magic, then it was almost entirely accurate.
Lin Jie frowned. If they’re already using the term “track”, then Old Wil has already beco a suspect in the case. Just what had he done?
“I’ll do my best. However, since I’m agreeing to this, I think there are so things that need to be discussed first. Over the call just now, you said that ‘Blood Feast’ was on the move, right? Are you tracking them?”
Claude nodded. “Yes. This organization has existed for a long ti, engaged in shady business. Because they’ve been established for so long, they have mbers scattered everywhere and records dating back several decades.
“We’ve been conducting our investigation without rest and recently found traces of their activity once again.”
A pyramid sche with a long history? Sounds evil indeed.
But if they had the power to make the Central Police Unit powerless for at least a decade or longer, then it must an that they were an extrely powerful criminal organization. Moreover, the background noises during the call seed like a fierce exchange had broken out. It seed that this wasn't just a simple pyramid sche that Lin Jie had assud it to be, but an ard terrorist organization instead.
“Old Wilde had ntioned to that ‘Blood Feast’ had invited him so ti ago. At that ti, I had stopped him... but I doubt he listened to .
“Recently, he ntioned that there was a feast going on soon, so I assu this is what he ant,” Lin Jie explained with a sigh.
Claude was taken aback for a mont before his eyes suddenly widened.
Destructive-rank black magician, “Faceless Black-scaled Man” Wilde was invited to join 'Blood Feast' in the past?! This is important information!
And "Blood Feast” sprang out shortly after Wilde reappeared after many years! Could it be that Wilde still joined the “Blood Feast” despite the advice from the bookstore’s owner?
This evil organization has existed in Norzin for a very long ti, with mbers for all the various factions. After a convene of mbers, an initiator would issue tasks and offer rewards which participants accomplished together, with a middle-man as witness and safeguards. Secret Rite Tower had suspected 'Blood Feast' to be the ones behind this recent incident.
They initially thought that Wilde would never join 'Blood Feast' given his character and status. If things had truly turned out this way, then 'Blood Feast' has surely summoned their mbers to action recently. Secret Rite Tower had to speed up their investigations!
“Thank you for your warnings.” Claude stood up and saluted gratefully. He finally understood the bookstore owner’s 'kindness'; Mr. Lin had even been willing to give a hint regarding such an important matter. It’s just...sigh, there weren’t many like the bookstore owner in this world... thought Claude to himself.Not only was the activities associated with the 'Blood Feast' bad enough, but several hunter organizations had gotten quite restless recently.
Of course, hunter organizations would be restless. The blood of dream beasts flowed through their veins. They were savage and violent by nature, always constantly prepared for any battle. Just the scent of one drop of blood was enough to incite them all to swarm. And now, the most tempting blood of them all had been placed on a picnic table — White Wolf's original blood formula. ———Ji Zhixu had already led the fledgling hunter organization, Spider, to take over most of White Wolf’s territory. In just three months, they had already experienced three large-scale battles and countless small skirmishes.
They never seed to sleep, constantly fighting again and again, all while becoming stronger. But disadvantages were bound to appear sooner or later. Ji Zhixiu received news that other hunter organizations were already planning a fourth attack, and this would be the most important one. Win, and Spider stands firm. Lose, and everything including their lives would be forfeited.
Two weeks after Ji Zhixiu had last visited the bookstore, “Pale Nightwatcher” Ackerman ca to an old White Wolf hideout and officially beca a mber of the Spider hunter organization.
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