The sky gradually darkened.
After accepting the invitation.
Ronald and Audrey walked the streets of Berlingwich at night.
All the while, the nun had maintained the slight smile on her lips and her silence.
After successfully inviting Ronald to accompany her to the train station, Audrey seed like a car out of gas, only moving forward by inertia, with all other functions seemingly inoperative.
About halfway there, Ronald could no longer hold back and spoke:
"Audrey, inviting to the train station at this ti can’t be just for a re stroll, can it?"
Hearing Ronald’s inquiry, the nun’s smile seed to genuinely brighten.
Tilting her head slightly toward Ronald, she casually replied,
"Of course, tonight is not rely a stroll."
"Faced with a powerful original text controller, our church hopes to extend as much goodwill as possible, as there might be an opportunity for cooperation afterward."
"There is a reason for inviting you at this ti."
"..."
Upon hearing Audrey’s response, Ronald imdiately lapsed into silence.
So that’s how it is...
Although he couldn’t judge the specifics now.
However, based on what he’d observed since ti traveling, Ronald had a rough conjecture in mind.
Perhaps it was due to the very close nature of their powers, or perhaps the church’s ability to gather intelligence was strong—just like that mysterious organization that had sent him an invitation.
The church also knew he was a controller of original texts.
And one worth courting.
As Ronald thought, Audrey raised a new question:
"Mr. Ronald, have you seen the recent ’Urban Daily’?"
"..."
Hearing this unexpected question, Ronald first widened his eyes to carefully observe the nun’s expression, confirming that he couldn’t discern any more useful information before he pretended to be generous and shook his head:
"No, I don’t usually read that paper."
—Actually, that was a lie.
—Ronald, of course, did read the "Urban Daily."
Even though Mrs. Hudson didn’t subscribe to it, one must know it was currently the largest circulating newspaper!
For this world, "Urban Daily’’ was like the "Sun" was to Earth. Faced with a young lady, Ronald was embarrassed to admit that he also read it.
When Ronald steadfastly denied it, Audrey’s expression inevitably beca a bit peculiar.
Examining the man beside her with a scrutinizing gaze, the church’s nun remained silent for a few seconds before she continued:
"Well, you are quite the gentleman."
Ronald thickened his skin and nodded:
"Thank you for the complint."
"..."
Another mont of silence passed between them.
After advancing about fifty ters more, Audrey couldn’t help but speak again:
"I’ll just say it then, Mr. Ronald."
"In this largest circulating newspaper of Berlingwich, a notice was recently published about streetlight maintenance, requesting the citizens of Berlingwich not to approach the construction area during nightti maintenance to avoid the risk of electrocution."
Nightti maintenance of streetlights...
And even notifying the nearby residents not to approach the construction area...
At this ti, at this place, issuing such a notice.
One could easily associate it with everything tonight.
After so thought, a bold idea sprang up in Ronald’s mind.
With a hint of probing in his tone, he turned to the nun beside him and asked:
"Is this notice... issued by the investigator bureau?"
Audrey seed very happy and imdiately nodded with a smile,
"Mr. Ronald, you indeed are a suitable person to have a conversation with. You are right, this notice was directly issued by the Bureau contacting the newly established power station."
Hearing that his previous guess was correct, Ronald continued to ask,
"So, by purposely creating unpopulated areas at night in the city, the Bureau must be preparing for so major action, right?"
Hearing this, the nun’s smile brightened even further,
"You haven’t guessed wrong at all."
"That such an event is happening, I must also thank you for the information you previously revealed to the church. After we tried to contact Miss Lumir, there was an astonishing discovery!"
At this point, Audrey deliberately paused her narrative,
Instead, she quietly shifted her gaze toward Ronald.
Seeing that the nun had disclosed information to this extent, Ronald understood that it was ti to communicate openly, so he straightforwardly said,
"You discovered she is not human?"
Audrey seed relieved and then freely admitted,
"You indeed know about this."
Hearing this, Ronald couldn’t avoid a question.
So, he imdiately asked,
"Since you gradually understood everything, why then did you let the two priests be imprisoned in the dungeons by the warden, was all this happening with your tacit consent?"
Facing Ronald’s inquiry, Audrey’s smile disappeared montarily.
However, Miss Nun quickly adjusted her expression and then calmly said,
"There is a reason for that."
"I cannot disclose the specifics, but you can understand it as a choice we made to prevent certain accidents, a choice that both of those church mbers accepted as well."
"..."
Hearing Audrey’s response, Ronald wisely did not continue to press further.
After walking for a bit longer, he brought the conversation back,
"Since you confird that the warden is problematic, does that an everything I saw at the Bureau was pre-communicated and then acted out by you?"
"I hope you don’t misunderstand that," Audrey imdiately shook her head and explained, "For soone in the warden’s position, moving against him requires very thorough preparation, among which concealing information is crucial."
"Any level of carelessness could alert him to the scent."
"And for this confidentiality..."
Saying this, Audrey paused for a few seconds before continuing,
"Let’s take the example of the Bureau."
"Of all the investigators in Berengaria, less than five are clear about the key aspects of this matter, the other investigators at best are just shuffled in timing, focusing stronger personnel to work at night."
Could it be that the actions of myself, Nicole, and Swift had unwittingly alerted the quarry?
Ronald’s feelings subtly continued,
"In that case, has the Bureau already received orders to deploy?"
Audrey smiled and shook her head,
"I’m not very clear on the details."
"However, based on what I know about the habits of that group of investigators, they would probably prepare a code-like order that, once a senior personnel concludes negotiations with the headquarters in Springs, this senior person will issue the code, after which everything will imdiately start to move."
"..."
At that mont, Ronald rembered Mrs. Mapple’s reaction a quarter-hour ago.
The ti spent on the second floor of the Bureau was likely contacting headquarters, and within the words given to Investigator Kate...
There must have been the order Audrey ntioned!
According to the nun’s current statent, it was likely that as he and she were heading to the train station, the Bureau’s actions against the warden were already fully underway!
So naturally, Ronald asked the remaining question he had,
"Then under these circumstances, what is our real purpose in going to the train station?"
The nun spoke in a very calm tone, with a smile,
"We...?"
"We naturally need to retrieve that original text."
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