"The Director of 'Cup' here?"
Inside the high-end guest room, Geffrey, sitting on a chair, thought for a while after hearing Oswan's words, then replied.
"Perhaps... When I was toying with those Black Dogs, another Extraordinary did intervene. I might have been found by him. After my location was exposed, I was bitten by the Black Dogs." Geffrey said through gritted teeth. Then, after taking a bottle of wine from a nearby cabinet and taking a sip, he continued.
"That might have been a 'Cup'... capable of manipulating Corpse Puppets. But I don't know the specific Rank, though it should be at least Black Rank." Geffrey said this. Although he never saw the hidden 'Cup' Extraordinary from beginning to end, he believed that since the other party could make him, a Black Rank, suffer such a great loss, they must also be at least a Black Rank.
"'Cup'... A Director of 'Cup' is not common among the Black Dogs. Their mainstream should be'Shadow'... But you fought with them for so long, didn't any'Stone' abilities interfere? According to our previous speculation, the target might be behind that kid..." Listening to Geffrey's words, Oswan frowned slightly, thinking, and continued.
"No'Stone'. From beginning to end, I didn't see any other'Stone' interfere besides me. Either that old guy is too patient and won't act until that kid is truly threatened, or he has no relationship with that kid at all, and our speculation is wrong!"
Geffrey said irritably. For him, being injured by the Hunter's counterattack in this operation was secondary; the key was that his goal was not achieved.
Capture Anna, check if there are traces of being healed by'Stone' on her, and then use Anna as a clue to find the healer. Or, during the process of threatening Anna, draw out the potential'Stone' Extraordinary behind her to confirm their existence. This was Geffrey's main goal, but it was not achieved in the end. He neither captured Anna nor drew out the interference of'Stone'. Therefore, he is very angry now.
Seeing his companion hit a wall in his investigation direction, although Oswan didn't say anything, he was secretly laughing in his heart.
"Investigation, it's inevitable to encounter obstacles. Your side doesn't seem to be going smoothly, so how about listening to the results of my side?" Oswan also found a chair and sat down, saying to his companion. They each had their own investigation direction, and they were both proceeding simultaneously.
"You've made progress on your side?" Geffrey said in surprise, listening to Oswan's words, while Oswan smiled, nodded, and spoke.
"Sort of. I tried using some less extraordinary methods to investigate, and I actually found some clues."
"Less extraordinary methods..." Geffrey's expression was somewhat confused, listening to Oswan's words. Oswan picked up a stack of documents from a nearby table and handed them to Geffrey.
"You can look at this."
Geffrey took the documents and read them carefully. He found that they were several orders. After looking closely, Geffrey realized that these were all stone material orders.
"Stone material orders? Where did you find these? What are you doing with this?" Looking at the stone material orders in his hand, Geffrey asked somewhat puzzled, while Oswan explained.
"These orders were all found at the stone processing plants in this city. They are responsible for cutting and processing the stones mined from the mountains into different specifications of stone materials, and then supplying them to places throughout the city that need them." As he spoke, Oswan lit a cigar, put it in his mouth, took two puffs, exhaled two clouds of smoke, and then continued.
"According to Mr. Deer Skull, the target we are looking for practices the path of'Spirits Sculpting'. This means he definitely needs to carve a large number of stone statues, and carving stone statues requires stone materials that meet specifications. Therefore, he is likely to need to purchase a large amount of stone materials for carving from stone factories."
Oswan slowly finished speaking, then flicked the ash into a nearby ashtray. Listening to Oswan's words, Geffrey was slightly stunned, then suddenly spoke.
"Yes... As long as we check the destination of the stone materials from the stone factory, remove those used for construction projects, and find those used for carving, we can roughly determine the location of that guy."
"That's right, I've already been to the stone factories here and looked through most of the order records there. I've filtered out all purchasers for non-engineering purposes. They... should all be buying them for carving. The orders are now in your hands."
Oswan continued to speak while smoking. Listening to Oswan's words, Geffrey began to flip through the orders in his hand one by one, finding that the purchasers were all some stone carving factories and monument carving factories. All these orders had already been marked with a red cross. Looking at these marks on the papers in his hand, Geffrey asked.
"You made marks? Have you verified all these places?"
"Yes, there was nothing special, so I crossed them all out, except for this place." As he spoke, Oswan took out an order from his pocket and handed it to Geffrey. Geffrey was quite surprised after looking at this order and spoke.
"Saint Amanda School?"
"Haha... A middle school actually has such a large demand for stone materials, and they are all high-grade stone materials. Isn't that surprising? This is different from other places." Looking at Geffrey's surprised expression, Oswan said with a smile, while Geffrey looked up and seriously looked at him, speaking.
"You think Mr. Deer Skull's great enemy is hidden within this school?"
"The probability is very high. I think... we can first report the results to Mr. Deer Skull and let him prepare." Taking a deep puff of the cigar in his hand, Oswan exhaled clouds of smoke and said with a smile.
...
Outside the high-end hotel, on a nearby street, a black carriage was parked by the dark road.
On the seat of the carriage, Dorothy slowly opened her eyes, her expression showing a slight look of surprise. Through the small Corpse Puppet that had infiltrated the guest room from afar, she had heard information that surprised her.
'I didn't expect... These guys' target is actually not Anna.'
With a look of surprise, Dorothy thought unexpectedly. She had originally wondered why Extraordinary were targeting Anna, but now it seems that targeting Anna was the result of a misjudgment, and their target was someone else.
And based on this newly acquired information, Dorothy knew exactly who that target was.
"It seems that the dear and amiable Principal Mr. seems to have run into trouble..."