Chapter 2668: Disappearance Within the City, Judgment of Reality

However, the investigation had not yet begun, and no one, including Xia Duo, was in the mood for conversation; they merely maintained superficial pleasantries to avoid an awkward silence.

After waiting for nearly half an hour, the final four investigators arrived fashionably late; Sikaote was one of them, and there was also a High Mage from Keman.

"Everyone is here, so let's set off!"

Mage Bulaide from Evereska, the public-facing head of the Demon Descendant Intelligence Research Lab and one of the leaders of this investigation, said immediately.

The others had no objections, so the investigation team, composed of Elves, humans, and Dwarves, began boarding the ship one after another.

This Magic Ship was not much different from the one Xia Duo had previously ridden in Keman; it was nothing more than a flight vehicle, and because time was tight this time, the Magic Ship mobilized on short notice was not very comfortable.

The fact that not a single person boarded early while waiting for the last four investigators also illustrated this point.

The flight process itself was unremarkable, but what caught Xia Duo's attention was that every time the Magic Ship passed through the range of a Mythallar, it would communicate with the Mythallar to obtain Permission Level, rather than one Permission Level granting access to all.

From this, it could be seen that although Yierlan's Unified Mythallar already had a prototype, there was likely still a long way to go before it was completely finished.

Soon, the Magic Ship stopped above a small town in southern Yierlan, and the Crown King of Yierlan and the Council Envoy, who were accompanying the investigation team for the entire journey, were the first to disembark.

After communicating something with the town below, it wasn't long before Dumu received notification that they could disembark and move freely within a limited range, but were not allowed to harass local residents at will.

If there was a genuine need for an Inquiry, they could contact the Envoy first, and only after communication and confirmation could an Inquiry be conducted.

Upon reaching the ground, Dumu immediately contacted the investigator who had been sent here according to fixed procedures after the incident yesterday; it was an Elf investigator from Evereska.

Under the guidance of that Evereska Elf investigator, the members of the investigation team who had come this time went directly to the place where the Arrow Wind Squad had previously reported.

It was an ordinary residence and also the temporary accommodation for the Arrow Wind Squad when they were executing their mission; Xia Duo noticed that there were still many traces of daily life left here, as well as traces of the Arrow Wind Squad maintaining their daily training.

However, the final disappearance location of the Arrow Wind Squad was definitely not here, because after this, the Arrow Wind Squad did not transmit their location back again, which required the investigators to look into it.

"Have you tracked the subsequent activity route of the Arrow Wind Squad?" Dumu asked the investigator who had arrived yesterday.

"Yes, we found traces of the Arrow Wind Squad packing up and leaving in an orderly fashion, and we also collected some eyewitness accounts from nearby residents at the time. Based on this, we judge that the Arrow Wind Squad left here after reporting to Headquarters, took the trade route to the southwest, and went to the next location."

"Where is the next location?"

"It is the small town of Sikana in the south. We also investigated there; the Arrow Wind Squad did not stay there long, they just bought some local specialties and then left."

"Bought some local specialties? What specialties?"

"It was the perfume that is a specialty of Sikana. They couldn't come into contact with such things when executing missions, but this time, because of the mission transfer, they received temporary leave, so they successfully went to buy some."

"Is this your deduction?"

"Yes, it is just a deduction; the reality still requires further investigation."

"Then where did they go after leaving Sikana?"

"After leaving Sikana, the Arrow Wind Squad moved east. Judging by their direction, they should have been heading to Metelier in the east, where they could apply for cross-domain teleportation Permission Level and then return directly to Evereska."

"So, they disappeared on the way to Metelier?"

"No, they ultimately arrived at Metelier, but before they could even submit an application, they suddenly disappeared mysteriously."

"They actually disappeared inside Metelier?!"

Although there had been many guesses before coming, when he heard that it was very likely the Arrow Wind Squad had disappeared inside Metelier, Dumu still couldn't help but raise his voice.

And this also attracted the attention of Xia Duo and the others; just as Dumu was questioning the investigator who arrived yesterday, Xia Duo and the other newly arrived investigators had already begun to inspect this residence.

Of course, during this process, Xia Duo was also paying attention to the content of Dumu's Inquiry.

When he heard that Evereska Elf investigator say that the Arrow Wind Squad had ultimately arrived at Metelier, not only Dumu, but even Xia Duo was quite shocked.

Because, in Yierlan, small towns aside, any place named after a city meant that a Mythallar was built there, and Metelier was such a case.

In fact, Metelier was a large city in the southeast of Yierlan that could perform cross-domain teleportation; it certainly could not be a small town.

That the Arrow Wind Squad had disappeared inexplicably in such a place was truly shocking.

At this moment, Xia Duo actually felt that Yierlan's suspicion had decreased; if they had really done it, such an operation would be too simple and crude, which did not match Yierlan's consistent style.

Of course, even if the disappearance of the Arrow Wind Squad had nothing to do with Yierlan, it did not mean that the previous disappearance incident was also unrelated to them.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo couldn't help but speed up his inspection, and by the time Dumu finished his questioning, the new investigators also had a preliminary result.

It did not differ much from the judgment of the investigator who arrived yesterday, only it was more detailed and included a judgment on the Reality of the clues remaining in this residence.

This was one of the main tasks for the new investigation team's arrival.

If the Reality of the clues could not be determined, then subsequent investigations based on these remaining clues would be meaningless, and to find the truth under the possible interference of Yierlan, an extraordinary joint investigation team was needed.

Soon, there was a conclusion about the last location the Arrow Wind Squad transmitted back; this was not the disappearance location, but it also left behind further clues.

Afterward, the investigation team boarded the Magic Ship and tracked the movement trajectory of the Arrow Wind Squad all the way to the small town of Sikana where the Arrow Wind Squad had stayed, but this was still not the disappearance location.

The Arrow Wind Squad that set off from here to Metelier should still have been themselves, at least their bodies were still their own.

As for their minds, they should also still have been their own; after all, when reporting to Headquarters, Headquarters would also check their status, and although it was only a routine check, it was enough to discover most Mind Magic.

The Northland Alliance Headquarters did not discover any abnormalities, at least that Node had not been controlled; for the rest of the journey, Xia Duo and the other newly arrived investigators also conducted a detailed inspection and confirmed that no traces of Mind Magic were found.