(201 - 400) Stay-at-home Dad's Restaurant In An Alternate World

Chapter 306: Fallen One Renounced by the Gods

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

The dark and foreboding Bastie Prison was like a massive beast that was lying dormant underground, extending a weirdly shaped horn in the darkness. It was guarding the southwestern corner of Chaos City, and maintaining order in its lawless night.

"Lord Brandli, we've already clarified the details of Gabriel's Black Iron Cross serial murders. The first crime took place three years ago, when an assistant knight test examiner's family of four was brutally murdered. Two years ago, a body was discovered in the sewers in the Southern region of the city, and there was a cross carved onto the arm of the body with a knife. Three months ago, three murders took place in Chaos City in quick succession, and the victims included two children under ten years of age. A black iron cross was left behind at all of the crime scenes."

In a dimly lit room, there was a man in a black jumpsuit, with a black cloth obscuring his face, revealing only his eyes. Facing Brandli, he had his head slightly bowed in a respectful manner, and reported, "After extensive comparisons, we discovered that the black iron cross that Gabriel was carrying has the same appearance as the ones left on the crime scenes, and is made of an identical material. After raiding Gabriel's residence, we discovered many more of those black iron crosses, as well as a victim's severed limb. We can determine from the aforementioned evidence that he is the serial murderer we are looking for."

Brandli nodded, and asked, "Do Devoe and Goodenia have anything to do with this? Why did they attack the Mamy Restaurant? What were their intentions?"

"The two of them most likely do not know anything about the string of murders, so at this stage we're almost certain that they have nothing to do with those crimes. However, Boss Devoe of the Devoe Tavern has many underlings that have been involved in shady dealings. Two years ago, the boss of a winery owed him some money, so he hired Gabriel to give his debtor a brutal beating, resulting in a permanent disability. After that, Devoe took over his winery. There have been many other instances of him hiring thugs to plunder riches from others; on one of those occasions, the victim succumbed to their injuries and died.

"Goodenia's situation is a little better. He only got into an altercation with the Mamy Restaurant over a bowl of tofu pudding. He felt like he had been humiliated in the restaurant, and went back with Devoe to start some trouble, only for the subsequent events to occur," the man in black hurriedly replied.

"If the Devoe Tavern has committed such atrocious crimes in the past, then why hasn't our Gray Temple done anything about them? They've committed murder!" Brandli asked with furrowed brows.

"About that..." The man in black was a little hesitant.

"Tell me," Brandli commanded with a sharp look.

"Prior to our investigation, the Devoe Tavern has already been reported to our Gray Temple on many occasions. However, due to some indeterminate reasons, none of those reports were followed up on. The earliest of those reports could be traced back to three years ago," the man in black replied in a low voice.

"Do we have a spy among our ranks?" Brandli mused.

The man in black shook his head, and replied, "We do not have the jurisdictive power to investigate such matters."

"Alright, I'll report this to the higher-ups," Brandli concluded with a nod. The hierarchy within the Gray Temple was very clear-cut, and without special permission, one couldn't investigate cases that were beyond their jurisdictive powers. That regulation effectively restricted the power of the workers on all levels, but made investigations very difficult at times.