Wizard Earl

Chapter 92: Ambitions Are Great (Please add to your favorites and vote!!!!)

Although he had joined the Society and come into contact with many of its members, the Society remained shrouded in mystery for Connor. While Dr. Gulsey claimed she wasn't a member, she did mention that her husband and son were, and that she herself had an agreement with the Society to train pharmacists. All of this indicated a close relationship between Dr. Gulsey and the Society.

Having discovered someone so openly connected to the secret society, how could Connor not want to dig deeper into her background?

On the surface, the information about Dr. Gulsi's private hospital and Dr. Gulsi appears to be completely clean, with no issues whatsoever, not even regarding secret societies or tax evasion.

However, if you know that Dr. Gulsi is connected to the secret society, you can work backwards and find some clues!

Firstly, regarding Dr. Gulsi's private hospital, Dr. Gulsi only owns 40% of the shares, while the remaining 60% is held by the Valencia Chamber of Commerce. Furthermore, all the approval procedures for the private hospital were completed with the assistance of the Valencia Chamber of Commerce.

In addition, the information provided by George also mentioned that the senior members of the Valencia Chamber of Commerce have private rooms at Dr. Gulsi's Private Hospital, and that more than 80% of the equipment at Dr. Gulsi's Private Hospital was purchased from the Valencia Chamber of Commerce.

On the surface, you might not notice anything wrong with these situations, since most private hospitals are backed by big investors. Knowing this, you might at most assume that the Valencia Chamber of Commerce is the financial backer of the Gulsi Private Hospital. But if you knew that the Gulsi Private Hospital is a branch of the Secret Society, wouldn't you connect the Secret Society with the Valencia Chamber of Commerce?

Aside from the hospital, Connor also found some intriguing aspects about Dr. Gulsi herself. Dr. Gulsi's resume stated that she was born in Frosinone. If the resume is true, then it means that Connor and she are from the same hometown, but of course, that's not the most important thing.

Importantly, after graduating from the Imperial University, Dr. Gulsi responded to the call of the Kaman Empire to expand its civilization and joined the Third Affiliated Hospital of the East Hoy Company in the New World. He stayed there for nearly ten years, rising from an intern to the vice president of the Third Affiliated Hospital and the chief physician of the pharmacy department. In the New World, he married a merchant named Tony and had a son.

Five years ago, or more precisely four and a half years ago, Dr. Gulsi returned to the Empire alone and founded the Dr. Gulsi Private Hospital in Rune. According to the information George gave to Connor, although the building where the hospital is located is a building, it was bought by the Valencia Chamber of Commerce seven years ago for nearly 1.5 times the price of the property at the time. After the purchase, renovations began. During the renovations, the Valencia Chamber of Commerce had extremely strict requirements, changed more than a dozen renovation teams, and it took nearly two years to complete the final renovations.

In the same month that the renovations were completed, Dr. Gulsi arrived in Rune and, with the help of the Valencia Chamber of Commerce, quickly passed through all the various approval procedures of the city council and opened a hospital.

Just like before, it seems reasonable on the surface that Dr. Gulsi is connected to the Valencia Chamber of Commerce, and the Valencia Chamber of Commerce bought the building to prepare for Dr. Gulsi. But if you know that Dr. Gulsi is connected to the Secret Society, then could the Valencia Chamber of Commerce, which is connected to Dr. Gulsi, also be connected to the Secret Society?

Perhaps the Valencia Chamber of Commerce, this economic behemoth on the west coast of the empire, is an asset of the secret society?

After carefully piecing together all the clues, Connor's judgment that his secret society was connected with the Valencia Chamber of Commerce seemed more and more likely. Saying that the Valencia Chamber of Commerce was a business of the secret society might be an exaggeration, but the high-ranking members of the Valencia Chamber of Commerce were definitely related to the secret society. That was almost certainly true.

As Connor pondered, his expression shifted between light and dark. The connection between Dr. Gulsi and the Valencia Chamber of Commerce seemed to be a catalyst, leading Connor to think more about the Secret Society in Rune. First, there was Reyes, a high-ranking member of the Secret Society, lurking in Rune. Second, there was the safe house. Connor remembered that Bispin used the word "one of" when describing the safe house in the cargo warehouse of Sassuolo Port.

The implication is nothing more than a safe house like the one under the warehouse in Sassuolo Port. The Secret Society has many such safe houses in Loen. Connor estimates that building a safe house like the one in Sassuolo Port would cost at least 20,000 gold pounds. So what is the Secret Society's purpose in building such an expensive safe house in Loen?

In addition to the Valencia Chamber of Commerce analyzed today, although Connor still doesn't understand whether there is any necessary connection between these three, he can think of one thing: the secret society has been lurking in Rune for many years, with great ambitions!

After racking his brains for a long time, Connor still couldn't come up with a reasonable explanation for the clues at hand. Since that was the case, he simply stopped thinking about it. In any case, he was now a member of the Secret Society, and if the Secret Society succeeded, he had no reason not to be happy.

Connor pulled a blueprint from his pocket and focused his attention on it.

"Integrate the chip database and search for the origin of the enchanted item depicted on the blueprint!" Connor silently commanded in his mind.

"Beep! In accordance with the will of the subject, the mission is being established, with an estimated time of one hour and five minutes!" The cool female voice of the auxiliary chip rang in Connor's mind.

Looking at the blueprints in his hand, Connor narrowed his eyes. If the enchanted items depicted in the blueprints were as simple as described, it wouldn't matter if he crafted them for that mysterious woman in purple robes. But if there was something fishy going on, then Connor would have to stop serving her.

One hour and five minutes later, the auxiliary chip delivered Connor's analysis report on time.

"The enchanted item depicted in the blueprints presented by the main body is remarkably similar to the Moretti Blood Curse, a combined enchanted item recorded in 'The Strange Tales of Marquis.' Based on the auxiliary chip, the similarity is at least 81%."

"The Adventures of Marquis?" Connor asked, somewhat surprised. If he remembered correctly, this was a book he had recorded into his chip in Reyes's secret chamber. It was a travelogue of a wizard named Marquis from the Byzantine era. Since most of the things it recorded had disappeared, Connor had only glanced at the contents before having the auxiliary chip record and store them. He never expected to use it here today!

(End of this chapter)