Chapter 36: The Puppet and the ATM

"But your puppet malfunctioned."

"That was just an occasional technical adjustment."

"But your puppet malfunctioned."

"I already said that was just a technical adjustment!"

"A malfunction is a malfunction; what's so embarrassing about admitting it?"

"Hmph, I don't have the energy to explain these things to you."

Brenna turned away, and only after a good while did she continue: "In any case, after my puppet was snatched away, I sent people to investigate those fellows."

"It turned out they were all members of the Dark Night Church!"

"However, just as I caught them and intended to interrogate them further, their bodies suddenly underwent a violent mutation."

"Not only did they lose all reason, they turned into monsters that only knew bloodthirst; even if I fed them blood, they wouldn't regain their sanity. There was no other way, so I had to dispose of them all."

"Bloodthirsty monsters?" Yun Mu immediately thought of something.

"That's right, they were monsters that looked just like those corpses that resurrected in the Dried Corpse Murder Case," Brenna said.

Over the past two days, the Guard Hall had already spread the news through various media within Frostfall City that the victims' corpses from the Dried Corpse Murder Case might transform into monsters and resurrect.

As a princess, Brenna had obtained the first-hand information very early on, so it was not strange that she knew about this matter.

"Wait!" Yun Mu suddenly reacted: "If the Dried Corpse Murder Case is really related to the Church, then letting the Church participate in the investigation of the Dried Corpse Murder Case now is equivalent to..."

"Hmph, a thief crying 'stop thief'," Brenna gave a light huff and said: "The Guard Hall only has one Expert-level Transcendental of the 【Guard】 series; compared to the people from the Church, the numbers are far too few."

"In any case, I don't expect them to make any progress; as long as they can help me attract attention, that's enough."

Brenna looked as if she didn't trust the Guard Hall at all, and continued: "Fortunately, when I caught those fellows who stole my puppet, I didn't expose anything."

"Currently, the enemy is in the light and I am in the dark; it is the perfect time to make a move!"

"That still doesn't justify making me impersonate you while you go investigate for clues yourself," Yun Mu thought for a moment and suggested: "Can't you find a few experts skilled in infiltration to search for evidence inside the Church?"

"Anything you can think of, I have naturally already tried," Brenna replied after hearing Yun Mu's question.

"The Church of the Lady of the Dark Night is itself favored by the night; trying to infiltrate it is difficult beyond measure."

"Of course, some of my guards can infiltrate, but most places inside are blocked off by extremely complex magic locks."

"Only I can unlock these things, so my guards can only help me scout the terrain inside the Church in advance and note down those suspicious places."

"Didn't you say the local Dark Night Church has already apostatized? Why would the Lady of the Dark Night still bestow blessings?" Yun Mu asked again, like a curious baby.

"Sigh," Brenna sighed, feeling a bit weary, but still explained to her: "It's impossible for everyone in the Church to have apostatized; there will always be a majority who are completely unaware of this."

"Moreover, those apostates can also take up jobs in the 【Profane】 series, which can hide and mask the abnormal information of their own apostasy."

"It's not like the gods have nothing better to do than to carefully inspect every flower in their own garden every few days to see how it's growing or if it's crooked; when it rains, the dew will still be shared equally."

"I understand." Brenna's metaphor was very vivid, and it instantly allowed her to understand the other's meaning.

"So you intend to use the opportunity of the Sacred Night to enter the Church and check one by one what is inside those rooms blocked by magic locks?" She looked at Brenna and asked.

"That is the current plan," Brenna nodded: "The follow-up plan depends on what I can discover inside the Church."

She suddenly paused, then yawned with some weariness.

"Let's stop here for today; later, I will arrange for some palace tutors to teach you how to behave like a noble."

"The location is still here; you just need to come find me after six o'clock every evening."

After she finished speaking, she took out a metal card and handed it to Yun Mu, saying: "This is a new item launched by Frost Bank, called a Credit Card."

"This card contains a total of five hundred Gold Frost Coins and has already been bound to your Identity Card; no one else can use it."

"If you want to withdraw cash from it, just go to the ATM over there and swipe the card."

Brenna said, pointing her finger at the new machine in the corner of the bank.

"I'm a bit sleepy, so I'll go rest first; there are instructions for use on the ATM..."

"Haa~"

After she finished speaking, she yawned again and turned to walk toward the second floor of Frost Bank.

Looking at it this way, does Brenna live here now?

Yun Mu watched the white-haired young girl's back disappear around the corner of the stairs and looked down at the Credit Card in her hand.

"Already bound to my information?" She recalled what the other person had said before leaving.

"This person must have secretly investigated me."

She thought to herself.

She had earned five hundred Gold Frost Coins in one night, three hundred more than the two hundred originally agreed upon.

However, Yun Mu did not feel particularly happy at this moment.

Perhaps this was because the money was all stored in the card and she had no real sense of sudden wealth, or perhaps the amount of information she received tonight was too large, to the point where she hadn't recovered yet?

Or perhaps it was both?

Shaking her head, Yun Mu walked to the ATM in the corner.

"There's even an ATM in this other world."

She sighed slightly, then inserted the Credit Card and the card from her Identity Card into the slots on both sides according to the instructions in the manual.

Crunch crunch~

The machine emitted a slight exhaust sound and quickly passed the identity verification.

Yun Mu pressed the numeric keypad on the machine with her finger and entered the value 50000.

According to the usage introduction in the manual, this machine could currently only input the denomination of Gold Frost Coins; depending on the value, it would provide different currency.

For example, with the 50000 she entered just now, the cash outlet below the machine discharged 50 shiny Gold Frost Coins one by one.

And upon seeing these Gold Coins piled together, a smile finally appeared on her face.

"Time to go home."

After putting away the fifty Gold Frost Coins one by one, Yun Mu could not help but yawn.

It was right around this time that the game's notification sound rang in her mind.

【Because of the effect of the equipment Cat Bracelet (Blue), your Path of the Cat points +1.】

【Your current Paths are: Scarlet lv2 (0/30), Cat lv1 (9/10), Oil Painting lv1 (3/10)】

Seeing the notification in her mind, she was slightly stunned.

"No need to sleep, as long as it passes twelve o'clock, it adds 1 point?" She looked at the Cat Bracelet in her hand.

"Only one point away, and the Path of the Cat can also be upgraded."

The Path of Scarlet provided her with a large amount of attributes when it reached level two, and in addition to that, she also gained a new trait and skill; she wondered what the Path of the Cat would provide her after upgrading to lv2.

PS: The Supernatural system of the Guard series has only been gradually developed in recent years.

The Apprentice-tier profession is, of course, the 【Guard】.

And in the subsequent advancements, one can choose one of three from 【Sheriff】, 【Agent】, and 【Sharpshooter】.

As for the Expert-tier after that, there are these four types: 【Adjudicator】, 【Ace Agent】, 【Gunner】, and 【Sniper Expert】.

(End of this chapter)