Chapter 122: "Hooray! It's like opening a champagne!"
The club was filled with blood and body parts.
When Loria walked back in, she made the blood-hating Doris sit at the door and keep watch.
To be honest, she also hated these twisted and terrifying scenes, but when dealing with these people, only cruel methods can have a deterrent effect.
She carefully avoided the broken pieces of flesh and made her way to the club's office.
Along the way, her high heels made a clanking sound on the ground, but those tormented "slaves" were completely immersed in their own worlds and didn't even look at her.
There was neither fear nor joy from being saved, as if the people lying or sitting weren't humans, but sculptures.
"ε=(´ο｀*))) Sigh"
Loria sighed helplessly.
She wasn't a professional, but even she could tell that these victims would have a hard time living a normal life even if they survived.
"Unless they brainwash them."
Loria gently touched her own belly.
In her simulations, it seemed like she had the ability to brainwash people just by getting close to them.
But...
She never really understood what brainwashing meant.
Maybe it was just about charming the target with her body, making them feel uncomfortable if they weren't close to her.
If that's the case, it definitely wouldn't work on these victims.
"Let's talk about it later."
With sticky notes, it is thrilling to brainwash people. With Loria's current abilities, she can brainwash over 30 targets at once, but then she won't have time to do other things anymore.
Loria searched through the office, throwing everything around, even smashing the floor tiles and walls.
Around twenty minutes later, she successfully found two account books, as well as a cabinet full of purchase lists and letters.
These things were mostly hidden in very secretive places, showing that the club owner deliberately hid them.
"Did they intentionally leave evidence to use it at a critical moment?"
Loria carefully examined the account books, comparing the names that appeared with the list she obtained from the investigation team.
"Great, no one is falsely accused."
She silently nodded.
However, the negative aspect is that there are quite a few influential and powerful people mentioned in the account books, and even well-known adventurers.
If the list is made public, these people might be forced into a difficult situation, but she will definitely be the first one to be violently beaten up by them.
"We can't announce it yet. Most people probably don't know about the existence of these two account books, so let's keep them away for now."
Loria's fingers glided over the paper, preparing to close the account book, when suddenly a familiar name caught her eye.
[Coleridge Edmund]
"This is...?"
At first, Loria didn't realize it, but after staring for a while, she remembered that Edmund was Miss Plump Sheep's last name.
Coleridge Edmund, isn't this the famous magical professor and Miss Yukihime's father?
"！"
Loria's expression became extremely serious, and she quickly reopened the account book.
[3.12, Coleridge's Purchase]
[3.21, Coleridge's Purchase]
There were five similar records in total, starting three months ago and continuing intermittently until recently.
"Will the letter remember something?"
Loria reached out to search through the pile of letters, but after a while, she stopped.
Time was running out, it was not the right time to do this kind of thing.
In case someone else came, she and Doris might not be able to handle it.
Let's talk about it later when we go back.
Loria stuffed everything into the inventory, and then rummaged through the club, scavenging over ten thousand bits of loot.
Then, she took half of Proprietor Perry's letters and threw them on the ground.
"You guys."
Standing at the door, Loria hesitated as she looked at the motionless "slaves."
Of course, she wanted to leave with these people, but the goal was too big.
There are over thirty people here, where could she hide them?
You see, this is their home ground. If they show any weakness, they will all die.
Otherwise, for now, she could leave them here. Due to the disclosure of the incident, at least for a short time, they would be safe.
"I'll call the police, and in a few days, I'll come back to rescue you."
Loria said.
She didn't know if it was because she was leaving or because of what she said, but a few "slaves" closer to her finally looked up.
Their eyes didn't move, but there was still a little bit of light left.
Loria went back and gave the girl in the front a hug.
"I will definitely come back!"
She turned around and walked into the heavy rain, pulling Doris, who was squatting on the ground and poking the wall with her fingers, along.
"I'm going back."
Curiously, Doris asked, "Loria, aren't you going to take the injured people inside with you?"
Loria replied, "Saving people is a complicated matter. Many times, just knowing medical techniques isn't enough to save them."
Doris looked up, her eyes wide open. "Then how do we save people?"
"Learn to kill first."
Loria took off her raincoat outside, put it in her inventory, and as she took the next step, her clothes instantly transformed from a red cat-girl bodysuit into a dress outfit.
Looking at the suddenly adorable Loria, Doris couldn't understand it no matter how much she tried.
"Loria is very clever."
Loria paused, "You're the first person to say that I'm clever."
"Is that so?"
Doris laughed foolishly.
After all, she was still a child.
Loria couldn't help but shake her head.
Although Doris has been operating the healing puppet and mining puppet for more than 50 years, she only recently gained true wisdom.
When it comes to intelligence, she is probably not as smart as an ordinary ten-year-old girl.
Hmm.
She thought it was reasonable for me to think that I'm smart.
"After all, I'm not duller than a ten-year-old girl, am I?"
Loria casually swung a Coagulated Blood Blade behind them. The crescent-shaped fire arc shot out and exploded into a deep crater on the ground. Even though it was raining, the thunderous boom immediately caught the attention of everyone nearby.
Loria crouched nearby for a while, and only left when she saw several inspectors and enthusiastic bystanders rushing over.
Let's wait until tomorrow to gather the rest of the information.
She didn't want to get arrested like those criminals who like to return to the crime scene to check things out.
And now she has even more important things to pay attention to.
"Is Miss Plump Sheep's father also a customer of this club?"
Loria believes that Miss Plump Sheep, who devours adventure novels, is absolutely kind, but her father is hard to say.
"Should we show her this ledger?"
Loria is torn.
Unable to make up her mind, she can only go to the guildmaster for help first.
Luckily, Miss Plump Sheep is still by Luciene's side, giving her plenty of time to discuss strategies with the guildmaster.
"These letters don't have any content related to Miss Yukihime's father."
The guildmaster has a pile of freshly opened envelopes on her lap. She looks up at Loria with a calm expression.
"Should we tell Miss Yukihime?"
"Let's investigate first before deciding."
Loria nodded.
She thought the same way. After spending several days with Miss Plump Sheep, she knew that despite her frequent complaints about her strict father, deep down she truly loved him.
If she hastily told Miss Plump Sheep this unverified news, it might lead to undesirable consequences.
Loria said goodbye to the guildmaster and rushed to Luciene's house as fast as she could.
"Did it work?"
Miss Plump Sheep, who was standing at the doorstep, happily ran over to greet her.
"Hmm, it worked," Loria nodded. "Now, let's see how the media reports it."
Those "slaves" didn't die, it will be much harder for the media to spread false rumors.
But Loria wasn't expecting this either, now she is pinning her hopes on the Hidden Leader.
The enemy can also be used.
Once the Hidden Leader starts a civil war, Claren City will definitely be impacted, then she will have room to act.
After obtaining the reward for the Hidden Leader incident, Loria's confidence doubled.
As long as she successfully completes the "Where is the God?" incident, she may even have the power to directly behead the Minister of Finance's dog head.
The "Where is the God?" special incident was triggered when she was captured by Miss Plump Sheep's father as a succubus and then cruelly "tortured" by that female doctor. It seems that this incident can only be completed in Claren City.
"If I remember correctly, these two people are researching some extraordinary magic."
"Loria."
Loria was lost in thought when Luciene's worried cry awakened her.
"Miss." Loria quickly raised her head, "The owner, he..."
"Dead?"
Loria nodded.
From her perspective, she thought it was a time for celebration, with drums and joyful brass accompaniment.
Once the proprietor died, Luciene became free.
No longer worried about being treated violently, no longer distressed about living with someone she completely disliked, she could freely indulge in her desires.
However, she was not Luciene after all.
Luciene, who had experienced these past two years personally, had a remarkably complex expression on her face.
For a long time, she took a deep breath and sighed.
"I feel a little confused, as if I'm stepping on air, it feels strangely unreal."
Her body swayed slightly, and Loria quickly stepped forward to support her shoulder.
She didn't dare to support her waist, afraid that something might go wrong.
"Madam, please go back to your room and rest for a while. It's raining outside, don't catch a cold."
"Hmm."
With the help of Loria and Miss Plump Sheep, Luciene, whose limbs had gone weak, returned to the living room and sat down.
She said, "You don't have to stay here and watch over me. I'll be fine on my own. Tomorrow morning, someone will definitely come to interview me. If you stay here, it will only raise suspicion."
Hmm, seems like that might make sense.
Those reporters who enjoy stirring up trouble might write a made-up story in the newspaper about the tragic death of Perry the proprieter, claiming that Lady Luciene had a sex party at home with two women.
This kind of party did make Loria daydream, but since she never really attended one, she must not let anyone slander her.
In the end, after making sure Luciene had warm water for her bath, she still left the villa together with Miss Plump Sheep.
The night went by without any words.
Loria didn't tell Miss Plump Sheep about the account book.
When daylight came, the tragic incident at the red wine tasting club immediately caused a stir in the entire Claren City.
Through the spread of enthusiastic citizens and various tabloids, the citizens had a general idea of what happened in the club.
It is said that a stranger broke into that den of evil, like a walking magic saw, cutting all those who were torturing the girl slaves into pieces.
[It's a scene that would make people puke just by looking at it.]
[It's really gross.]
[Exactly, it's the same level of gross that I just mentioned.]
There was a big headline on the front page of the newspaper that said "Magic Saw Man," referring to him as the dark hero of the new era.
There was a whole page of shocking news in the newspaper. Just a while ago, everyone was gossiping about the Creek Town slave trading organization, but they never expected that the gossip would come right to their own homes.
The news spread so suddenly that even the finance minister didn't receive the news until the next morning, so he couldn't guide public opinion in time.
At eight o'clock in the morning, a large group of people flocked to the entrance of the club, holding newspapers.
Even high fences set up by inspectors couldn't stop these people, so eventually they had to open the "torture devices" in the club for everyone to see.
"It's too cruel."
"How can these people do such things? Don't they have family members of their own?"
"My daughter disappeared last year, did she suffer the same torture?"
"Kill them, kill them!"
"They are already dead."
"Then arrest and kill the person who runs this club, and there must be more than just these customers who come here regularly."
"Is Perry, the proprietor of the Midnight News, also involved in this?"
A big crowd of people arrived at the villa again, making a lot of noise as they wanted to interview Luciene.
There were also many people directly opening champagne.
"I guess! I guess!"
Without accurate statistics, champagne sales in Claren City increased fivefold that day.
Even Loria ran out to buy a bottle after returning the money to Miss Plump Sheep.
"It's more fun to have fun together, cheers!"
"What should we do next?"
Miss Plump Sheep was so excited that she wanted to rush to the treasurer and shoot him directly with water bullets.
"For now, we don't need to do anything. Let's just observe the treasurer's reaction and Hidden Leader's actions."
Loria paused for a moment.
Her current plan is to not move unless the enemy moves and to look for weaknesses when the enemy does.
After all, she is in the shadows, so there's no need for her to go to the front herself.
With that said, Loria suddenly stared directly at Miss Plump Sheep.
"Is there something on my face?"
Miss Plump Sheep nervously touched her cheek as she felt someone's gaze on her.
Loria said, "No, I just have something I want to ask for your help, Yukihime."
Miss Plump Sheep immediately agreed, "No problem!"
Loria said, "I want to fix Doris and I need a powerful magician and a skilled doctor. But I'm not familiar with Claren City, so I can only ask for your help."
It's impossible to truly fix him.
She hoped Doris would stay this way forever.
If Doris was fixed, where could she find a way to instantly get excited and lose stamina? She couldn't just wear a magic-powered toy on herself before every fight.
Miss Plump Sheep said, "A powerful magician? Leave it to me, I'll ask my father for help!"
Loria nodded with a smile.
After promising to go back and help the victims, she didn't want to break her word, so she needed to find a way to improve her abilities.
The fastest way was naturally to get in touch with Mr. Coleridge, Miss Plump Sheep's father, and try to solve the mystery of "Where is God?" while also finding out more about him.
"Even though waiting a little longer would mean the guildmaster could recover, we can't afford to wait any longer."
Lives were at stake, so Loria hurried forward at full speed.
