Mystery Detective of the Steam World

Chapter 447 Unexpected Discovery
After the fog cleared, the problem became quite simple for Li Wei.

"In short, that's the current situation."

Back on the airship, Levi explained the situation to Henry and the others, and Henry's expression turned serious after hearing Levi's explanation.

"So, Captain, where have all the residents of this town gone?"

"They're most likely in a monastery, but I can't be sure."

As Li Wei spoke, he glanced at the mountain path in the distance, where the silhouette of the monastery was clearly visible under the moonlight.

"In short, what we need to do next is to storm the monastery and then clear away all the trouble we see."

“I think we should make preparations first, Sir Levi.”

Sister Elizabeth then came over and offered her opinion.

"Now that we are certain that demons reside here, we should immediately report this to the Holy See..."

"Then by the time they finished their meeting, they had already run away."

Li Wei shook his head. Because of the Gamma Squad, the investigation team had no time for a sneak attack and went straight for a direct assault. In fact, the enemy's reaction was exactly as Li Wei had expected. Clearly, after the Gamma Squad investigated the area, the BOSS had completely sealed off the entire town, and it seemed that the townspeople were likely in grave danger.

If Li Wei hadn't broken through these illusions, his opponent might still have been confident enough to fight him head-on. But Li Wei has already dispelled the illusions, so unless they can't escape, they will definitely run away.

"Furthermore, if this is reported to the Vatican, what methods do you holy bishops have to deal with demons?"

"this……………"

Elizabeth was speechless for a moment. After a brief silence, she hesitantly spoke.

"Send paladins?"

"Sending paladins to the Empire at this time? Customs will definitely not let them in."

Although the Empire and Francis are not currently at war, the Queen is unlikely to take this opportunity to improve relations with Francis; she is more likely to take advantage of his misfortune. In fact, shipping routes between the Empire and Francis have already been significantly reduced, ostensibly due to the war.

But in fact, Li Wei knew that the Empire did this to prevent the Franciscans from seeking refuge there.

Anyone coming to the Empire from Francis would undergo a thorough and detailed interrogation at customs, and if anything was amiss, they would be sent back immediately.

The Holy Knights are even less likely to be involved.

"Besides, if we can't handle it, why should we let the Holy Bishop handle it? That's not good propaganda material."

The Holy See's headquarters are currently in Francis, and the Queen has already broken ties with Francis, so it's even less likely that she would allow the Holy See to send the Holy Knights to the Empire for exorcism.

Otherwise, what is the point of MI7?
So ultimately, this job still has to be done by Li Wei and his team.

"………………………"

Elizabeth opened her mouth but didn't speak; she just sighed.

"Haven't you studied exorcism?"

"I only have theoretical knowledge, but I have no practical experience."

That's true. Unlike medical students who can find a cadaver to learn more about the subject, if you learn exorcism magic but can't find the demon, it's useless, isn't it?
Or rather, you don't know if it will work or not.

"In any case, let's give it a try first."

It's impossible for Li Wei to agree to such an outrageous thing as having the Holy See send people, and even if the Holy See plays a significant role in it, the Queen probably wouldn't like to see it.

Once you've reached the level of expertise Li Wei has in handling cases, you need to consider things beyond the cases themselves.

"If possible, I hope you can organize the theories of exorcism; we'll use them later."

Levi said something to Elizabeth, then nodded to Kitty.

"Go and rest if you're tired. I'm going back to my room to rest for a while too."

"Ah, um... okay."

Katie yawned. She had barely slept the rest of the night, having been tormented by those monsters. Now that everything was over, she felt sleepy and went back to her room to sleep.

Li Wei returned to the captain's cabin, sat down at the table, picked up a pen and paper, and then skillfully switched perspectives—the next moment, his perspective changed to a humanoid bird flying in the air.

"Then, let's get started."

As Li Wei spoke, he squinted his eyes.

An army marches on its stomach; intelligence is paramount in warfare, and Li Wei believes he can apply the same approach to solving this mysterious case. Given the current situation, it's clear the enemy has already made preparations at the monastery, so his task is to ascertain the current situation within the monastery.

Even now, Levi still doesn't know what the Gamma team did in the monastery. However, judging from their reaction, they probably didn't investigate the town's situation but went directly to the monastery. The question now is, what exactly did they do in the monastery?
Based on the report and his own current experience, Li Wei is inclined to believe that they were very likely scammed.

In this team, only Susie is a medium, meaning the other three are ordinary people who do not possess any mystical powers.

So, if they encounter a mysterious event, their first reaction will definitely be to follow Susie's instructions. If Susie is okay, then the operation will be fine.

But what if Susie has a problem?

Li Weike remembered Elizabeth's strange behavior at the church; she had said that demons were adept at using illusions to mislead others. Judging from the three people's reactions after returning home, perhaps they had already realized something was wrong, or perhaps they had done something they deeply regretted because of the illusions…

In short, the person is already dead, and these three people didn't have the habit of writing diaries. But then again, they can't even write a proper investigation report, so what can you expect them to write a diary for... Oh well, we'll see how things go.

Li Wei put his thoughts aside and looked at what was in front of him.

In the immediate view, the puppet bird had already flown above the monastery.

The monastery looked exceptionally sturdy and tall; it was more like a massive fortress than a monastery.

Li Wei manipulated the puppet bird to circle around it once, then released its claws, and a twin-tailed sprite scurried into the vent and landed on the ground.

Next, Li Wei switched to "Camera Number Two" again, shifting the view to the sprite.

Then, Li Wei couldn't help but gasp.

The scene here is truly breathtaking.

In short, it was a scene of mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

In the vast room, the floor was covered in thick, sticky blood, and from the ceiling hung people—men and women, young and old. Each person wore an expression of agony; some were desperate, some wailing, some contorted in pain, and some screaming.

Their causes of death varied: some were slit in the throat, some were disemboweled, and some were cut in half like pork, hanging from the ceiling with their red and white chunks of flesh resembling pork hanging in a butcher shop, a sight that was nauseating.

But that's not all; there's something even worse on the ground.

Li Wei saw that on the blood-covered ground, women were rolling around and screaming, seemingly enjoying a spa treatment. Others held blood-stained blades, crying and laughing at the same time.

What the hell is this damn monastery up to?

To be honest, just watching this scene made Li Wei's scalp tingle. Indeed, the battlefield is quite bloody and disgusting, but overall, it's within a relatively acceptable range. After all, war inevitably results in death; guns and cannons have no eyes, and while it's tragic for a bomb to kill someone, it's still a understandable "normal death."

However, none of the corpses here could be considered to have died a natural death.

"Lord... Great Lord...!"

A nun suddenly shouted; she screamed, laughed, and even gave the impression of wailing.

"Give me strength, grant me peace!"

As she spoke, the nun suddenly gripped the dagger tightly and plunged it into her own throat!
"Pfft!"

Blood splattered as the nun gripped the dagger tightly, then pressed down hard, from her neck to her chest, and then to her stomach—most people would die just from having a dagger stuck in their neck, but this nun seemed oblivious to that. She kept cutting until she reached her stomach before reaching inside her body, pulling out her still-beating heart, and holding it high.

"Lord—all that I have is yours—!"

As she spoke, the nun collapsed to the ground. Then, her skin, her hair, her muscles, and her bones began to melt away, becoming part of the viscous blood that covered the entire hall floor.

However, none of this attracted the attention of the other nuns. They continued to writhe in the blood like pigs. Several nuns even crawled over on all fours as if they had smelled the blood, opened their mouths, stuck out their tongues, and desperately licked the pus and blood left behind after the nun had melted away.

At the same time, their eyes were glazed over, their faces were filled with excitement, and their bodies trembled uncontrollably, as if they had tasted some delicious delicacy.

Simply outrageous.

Even though Li Wei had seen many gore and horror movies, this scene still made him feel nauseous. He quickly glanced around and then noticed that the viscous blood was flowing down the sewer.

Could it be that…

Thinking of this, Li Wei also had an idea, and then he also manipulated the little elf to follow the flow of blood into the underground water pipe.

"—————————"

Thick, fresh blood enveloped the sprite, gradually flowing down the pipe. After a while, the sprite flew out of the pipe and then fell down with the blood.

"Tick."

The first thing that caught Li Wei's eye was the gaping maw. He quickly manipulated the little sprite to flap its wings and fly away, thus avoiding being swallowed up along with its blood.

Upon closer inspection, Li Wei realized that he seemed to be in a dimly lit secret room.

Before him, a woman knelt on the ground like a statue, tilting her head back, opening her mouth, and swallowing the dripping blood.

Upon seeing the woman, Li Wei immediately narrowed his eyes.

He knew who the other person was.

That was Susie, the psychic who had been reported dead during the mission.

(End of this chapter)