NOVPUBNigel nodded and took out a Recording Crystal from his pocket, placing it into the projector on the other side of the office cabinet,
"According to the intelligence we have analyzed so far, the key to her becoming cursed stems from Miss Lixancy’s encounter with a mysterious man at the station platform when she first arrived in the Parriet region. According to her description, that man emanated an aura that made her skin crawl,"
By this time, the curtain he had drawn displayed the surveillance footage from the station they had obtained through the police’s Executioner Squad.
"He asked Miss Lixancy if she hated humans, and after hearing her answer, he simply smiled and walked past her,"
Nigel continued speaking as he operated the Recording Crystal’s footage.
"What did Miss Lixancy answer?"
Lanci also looked towards the footage that was beginning to play.
At this moment, the screen showed only Lixancy standing alone at the edge of the station platform.
The night was profound, and the angles on the platform in the camera’s view were somewhat blurred and unclear.
"She was full of fear, feeling that if she denied it, even her soul would be dragged into the abyss, so she answered yes,"
Nigel calmly recounted to Lanci the details of Lixancy’s interrogation by them.
Actually, Nigel could deeply understand Lixancy, a member of the Demon Race who grew up in the Poseen Kingdom.
Always trembling with caution, constantly remembering not to harm humans, even if she holds no malice she could still be labeled.
While it may be difficult to describe her feelings towards humans with simple like or hate, it would be impossible for her not to have experienced events that saddened her while growing up.
Thus, in an instant, she answered that she did hate them.
"From her testimony, she greatly envied humans, even wishing that she herself were human,"
Nigel added another line.
Some meek members of the Demon Race, compared to staying in the Demon World of Poseen, actually prefer the culture and way of life of Poseen’s humans, but when staying on the human side of the world, it’s ultimately impossible for them to be seen as true humans.
At this moment,
A change finally occurred on the curtain’s screen.
Under the dim lighting, the platform at the station was sparsely populated, and Lixancy, wearing a dress, stood in a corner holding a soon-to-expire train ticket, her figure carrying a touch of confusion and anxiety.
Suddenly, her gaze shifted towards the side of the platform.
Someone was slowly walking towards her.
This man, his face utterly ordinary, yet somehow stood out conspicuously on the platform.
He walked towards the young girl, each step seeming to cross an invisible boundary.
In the recording, it was hard to make out the specific sounds, only a buzzing noise.
"What are you waiting for?"
Came such a voice.
The man asked, his words devoid of any inflection, his voice both gentle and cold, like the midnight breeze brushing against a lonely soul.
In that instant, only fear ruthlessly tore through Lixancy’s heart, her body shivering with apprehension.
She tried to respond, but only a faint voice could be heard.
The man didn’t care about her response, it was as if he hadn’t even seen her, but he simply walked slowly past her.
Then, the train roared by, obscuring their figures.
Lixancy boarded the train, while the man’s figure disappeared and was no longer seen.
The footage ended with that, and Nigel turned off the projector.
"When you try to focus on his face, the details start to blur, you find yourself unable to remember his features, left only with deep fear and unease. He’s like a watcher in dreams, existing at the edge of consciousness, distant yet within reach,"
Nigel picked up a sheet of paper from the document box and began to read aloud.
"At the moment he passed by, my mind was chaotically scattered, an indescribable fear enveloped my entire body, my intuition told me this man did not belong to this world, his presence was an absolute harbinger of ill omen,"
These were Lixancy’s testimonies about the man she met that night.
"That surreal encounter was like an unfinished nightmare, becoming an indelible mark in my heart. As night falls, it’s as if the station lights come on again in my dreams, and that man’s words echo in my mind, reminding me of the memories of that night,"
With that, Nigel set down the paper, and looked at the two of them again.
"Regarding this man, after cross-referencing information, we found that he has been suspected of appearing in the Poseen Demon World recently as well. Based on his movements, there is a high probability that he is currently in the Demon World of Poseen. We’re close to grasping the tail of the Curse Spreader,"
Nigel believed that Lanci and Tata also understood the breakthrough progress in their investigation obtained through Lixancy’s information.
"So, does that mean our inadvertent intervention has actually severely disrupted the game between the Curse Spreader and The Senate?"
Lanci pondered a bit, and reached such a conclusion.
Perhaps The Senate had recently decided not to conceal information anymore, even at the risk of causing panic among the residents, planning to fully investigate the source of the Curse. In response, the Curse Spreader would certainly react to The Senate’s decision and hasten to achieve his objective.
However, both parties hadn’t anticipated that a portable third party Demon King would come running in midway, suppressing Lixancy’s Curse and allowing The Senate to gain insights far ahead of schedule.
Now, both sides’ actions might start to accelerate wildly.
"Exactly, we may soon conduct a search in the Poseen Demon World, and everything is beginning to fast-forward. And when the other party realizes something is wrong, there’s a high probability that both of your existences will be uncovered,"
