Chapter 087

"All right. I have already informed the higher-ups about the possible tip against the Aurora Order. They have agreed for us to pursue. Now, each of you give me a report. Hannah, let's start with you" said Gordon.

Hannah nodded, and started saying, "Alright. We went to the address given by Alvin, and saw the things he described. The house itself or the surroundings have no problem. The things in there are all confirmed to be done by a Beyonder. The tears were from Shadow Manifestation by a Shadow Ascetic's powers, while the flesh blobs were probably some power manifestation by a Rose Bishop. As for the few other people's traces detected by Alvin," Hannah paused at this point, clearly uncomfortable. "They seem to be ordinary people, who were grazed by a Sheperd. We checked the police station records, and there are 5 missing people in the vicinity, corresponding to the 5 people's traces we detected. It seems like a Sheperd was blatantly demonstrating his different powers in there" she finished.

Gordon nodded, and then said, "Alvin, you go next"

"Well, the location where I perceived the malice ended up being a brothel in Eastern Borough called the Red Lily. Donald used hypnotism to confirm that it wasn't the base of the Aurora Order, after which we entered the dream of the matron of the brothel to see if she remembers the guy I saw. After Donald disguised himself as that person, she recognised him immediately, as he was apparently a regular. His name seems to be Gregory, and he works for some company called Red Cherry Trasport Services, whose other members are also regulars of the brothel apparently. And based on the fact that there must have been a trigger for the sudden malice, we figured he had a companion. And we were right. At the same time I felt the malice, he was at the brothel with this guy" said Alvin, manifesting the figure he saw with the help of the Dream World Hat. "His name is Lyod. He is also a regular, but he doesn't belong to the Red Cherry Travel Company, but he is friends with several people from there including Gregory"

Hannah suddenly exclaimed seeing the figure manifested.

"Do you recognise this Lyod?" asked Gordon.

"I do. When I was still a part of Captain Zachary's team I saw him several times" said Hannah hesitantly.

"Well, tell us" said Gordon.

"His name is Lyod Smith. He is a Nighthawk informant from the Death Pathway, a Sequence 7 Spirit Medium like me, as far as I know. Vinnie was in charge of him I think. He came with us on a few missions" said Hannah.

"Well, it seems that I have another issue I need to bring up with the higher-ups. They are not going to be happy" said Gordon looking displeased, but Alvin could see a ghost of a smile on his face.

"I had my people start looking into the Red Cherry Trasport Services. There will surely be some people in there that will give some information for some soli" said Alvin. "And Donald secretly requested any files on the Red Cherry Transport Company from the person we have inside the police department" said Alvin.

"Alright. Good work. Donald, you are in charge of the information from the police station. Hannah, you go with him. Rico or Raleigh, one of you talk to Alvin and help him with a Soul Calming Ritual. And Alvin, after the ritual, go through the information you can find. Let's meet again at Half Inch Bar at 7, where we can share and discuss all the follow-up information we can get" said Gordon.

Everyone acknowledged and left.

Rico approached Alvin and asked, "What do you need a Soul Calming Ritual for?"

"I have some minor tears on my soul according to the captain. It was detected when I was undergoing a ceremony to be free from the shackles of the secret. Apparently I will be fine as I don't use a lot of spirituality in the Hunter and Provoker stage. He said I would be fine as long as I undergo a ritual. How about you host this for me? I will pay for any materials and efforts" said Alvin.

Rico nodded, and said "It will be 200 pounds in total. I need some time to prepare. I will come by the bar at 6. We can finish before it's time for the meeting" said Rico.

Alvin agreed, and the two parted.

Alvin immediately went home, and opened the Red Castle. He then went into the Healing Room, and used its functions to check his injuries.

After a while, he walked out of the room.

"It's nothing serious, and as long as I don't use the flame abilities of the Pyromaniac, it should heal in a month or so. But if I have Rico heal it, the time should be reduced to 3-5 days. Definitely worth 200 pounds" thought Alvin, recalling the diagnosis by the Healing Room.

He could use the functions of the Healing Room to treat his soul injury, but it would consume the little power that had been generated after Frederick wasted most of it on the barrier over 6 weeks ago.

"Whew. It's finally finished. You should have completely healed in a few more days. This doesn't apply to you, but after this ritual, it is a bad idea to use any manifestable powers or others that consume serious spirituality, as it will aggravate the injury to your spirit body, and in more serious cases even rip your soul apart. But as long as you don't do something stupid, it's basically not a problem" said Rico.

"Thank you. It's almost 7. There are several suspicious people in that Red Cherry Trasport Services. I will report them to the captain. Also, here are 200 pounds" said Alvin handing over an envelope to Rico, who received it and then pocketed it.

Then, they both walked into the adjacent room and sat down. After a while, Donald, Hannah, Raleigh and Captain Gordon walked in.

"Alright. We are all here. Let's share what we have, and then we can discuss the plan" said Gordon.