The shattered Golden Horn alloy container, and the thick blood oozing out from inside.
The director's experint failed again.
"It seems there is a limit to just adjusting the alloy ratio. Since we're dealing with a special Object, we'll need to prepare special materials on our side too."
Tapping his fingers on the desk, the director was lost in thought.
He was recalling the nurous Objects he had seen through the cracks of ti.
He randomly brought to mind the past or future Objects he had successfully observed that could be useful.
An Object at blocking the intrusion of 'Naless' that could be obtained imdiately.
And the director's thoughts turned to one event.
The 'Object Exhibition'.
He rembered that an extrely useful Object would appear there soon.
The director had his researchers prepare for participation in the exhibition under the na of the Bucheon Research Institute.
It was preparation to obtain an Object crucial for humanity.
***
Sehee POV:
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Looking up at the sky, it was unusually clear weather.
The warm sunlight pleasantly ward my skin, and the cool breeze blowing over it felt nice.
ow.
The ghostly(phantom) cat in my arms also seed to be in a good mood.
The cloud animals swam freely across the sky.
I even saw a rare cloud whale.
After unpacking the luggage the Sehee Research Institute brought, I should have a cold carbonated drink with the cloud whale as a snack.
This is the Object Exhibition venue.
The place Yerin made a fuss about being excited for.
It was a large festival with many dostic research institutes participating, and even so foreign ones joining.
Apparently many rare Objects were brought in too, so I had so expectations.
A place I had always wanted to visit was realized here.
What I always wanted to see was the 'Object Zoo'.
The 'Object Zoo' had been attempted more often than expected, but it had a sad jinx.
On the first day of opening, there was a mass casualty accident and it was canceled - that was the sad jinx.
After that jinx repeated a few tis, no more permits were issued, sadly ending it.
I hope this event can overco that jinx and conclude successfully.
I hoped the successful conclusion of the Object Exhibition would lead to a permit for establishing the Object Zoo.
I hoped for an enjoyable Object Exhibition.
Hehe.
***
As we entered the exhibition venue, a massive golden tree greeted us in the far corner.
"Wow, unnie(sister). What kind of tree is that? Was there a research institute isolating such a huge tree Object?"
I opened the guidebook to check Yerin's question, and could confirm the details.
"It says it's an Object brought by the Bucheon Research Institute. But wasn't the Bucheon Institute defunct?"
Well, maybe soone took it over and is operating it again?
I briefly wondered why anyone would need to acquire a defunct research institute, but quickly dismissed the thought.
On the way to the exhibition space assigned to the Sehee Research Institute, we could see the Bucheon Institute's booth.
Tired-looking staff were welcoming visitors.
Are they not letting the employees at that institute sleep? Why all look so exhausted?
Still, the massive, self-luminous tree was quite an impressive Object.
It was a bit strange that such an eye-catching Object had never been known before.
***
Detective's Junior POV:
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"Hello. Do you happen to have any requests?"
As I caught my breath, senior suddenly said sothing strange, cutting out all context.
If he just blurts that out, anyone would run away, especially an unconscious girl who has just woken up.
"Yes, I have a request!"
And sohow that worked again!
"I need to find my sister!"
Why do senior's strange words often work?
Since discussing the request outside in the drizzling rain would be difficult, we decided to first return to the detective office and hear him out.
Taking a taxi in the dead of night, we arrived at the detective office.
As I opened the door and entered the office, it had a completely different feel from usual.
The large window that always let in sunlight felt ominous as night fell, and the faint sound of rain hitting it was like a scene from a horror movie.
Even though Watson on the shelf looked no different than usual, there was an eerie feeling about it.
It felt like the gas lamp had been lit just a few seconds ago.
Senior seed accustod to this atmosphere in the office, naturally guiding the client to a seat and even handing over a large towel to the drenched client.
Wait, did the detective office have a towel like that? I've never seen it before.
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Senior skillfully brewed so warm coffee and offered a cup to the client.
Listening to the client's story, there was a reason the senior's outrageous suggestion worked.
The client had already seen senior on TV.
Well, a person wearing a yellow suit and carrying a pipe would certainly leave a deep impression even if seen just once on TV.
"I need to find my sister. She headed to Seoul, but...suddenly she's not responding."
The client rambled, as if their thoughts weren't organized either.
"Ah! Co to think of it, the broker who tried to kidnap said he kidnapped my sister too."
"Can...you find her?"
Summarizing the request, it seed quite a difficult one.
It was fortunate that not much ti had passed since the kidnapping, but the chances of survival were slim.
Most missing victims related to Golden Horns are killed within 10 hours.
As Golden Horn-related cris increased, sentences were drastically increased, leading to this trend.
If you commit a Golden Horn-related cri, you get a sentence equivalent to murder.
So they just kill the victim when cutting the horn, since they'll be ruined if caught anyway. It lowers the chances of getting caught if they just kill and bury the body sowhere.
The law may change again soon.
If you cut the horn and commit murder simultaneously, you may face an extrely heavy sentence.
"Then let's start by finding that broker!"
Senior accepted the request without any concern for such issues.
Wait, what about the fee, senior?
***
I dunno whose POV is this:
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The black agent was still in China.
While investigating the Research Institute where the Golden Horn was brought in, the black agent discovered sothing strange and remained in China to continue the investigation and confirm it.
"Mister, what are you still looking at?"
"There are many inconsistencies in the information about the Research Institute I investigated, so I'm verifying those parts."
Just looking at the recordings of the 'specialized delivery drivers who transported the Golden Horn' to this place, one could sense sothing was off.
There was sothing they all commonly said,
The second common point was that the employees were rude and looked depressed.
While I couldn't judge the employees I hadn't t, the Research Institute I directly inspected was far from such neatness.
A ruin, a building on the verge of collapse.
A severely dilapidated building from lack of maintenance.
As I investigated this strangeness more deeply, even stranger points were discovered.
The acquisition and establishnt process itself was strange.
The officials who permitted the acquisition and establishnt of that Research Institute could not rember it.
The landowner who sold the land for that Research Institute just signed the contract without receiving any money. They couldn't even rember selling that land.
Having vague mories was the sa symptom as the officials.
The black agent wrote down the questions in a notebook,
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