Zilier had no other choice.

Or rather, she did not dare to make another choice.

So in front of Ronald, the owner of the candy shop, she began to carefully relay the situation of her brother over the past month.

From the mouth of this sister.

Batty's actions over the past month were actually quite consistent with what Ronald already knew.

The first week of the destruction of the southeastern district.

Batty obtained most of the holy spirit's remains from Lalaie, and then began to focus on strengthening his own body and prolonging the process of life.

This phase took nearly ten days in total.

Afterward, Batty announced to the outside world, and also informed his own sister, that his lifespan had been greatly extended, his strength had improved compared to before, and then he resumed his usual work routine as normal.

In the following two weeks of work.

Batty showed extreme enthusiasm for his work.

He frequently interacted with subordinates from various departments, and meticulously understood the changes within Waterfall City. As for this commercial street, which was a subordinate unit he directly managed, Batty would undoubtedly come to inspect it every three days.

But by the last week, or the final seven days.

The situation suddenly changed.

Batty's visits to the commercial district sharply decreased, only arriving here once on Friday afternoon.

Then he returned to the city hall, and hasn't appeared again to this day.

This was all personally experienced by Batty's sister—Zilier.

And following that...was tonight's visit from Ronald.

"..."

Ronald and Zilier discussed in detail Batty's patterns of activity.

Then he sat on the sofa with a grim expression, his right fingertip rhythmically tapping his knee.

Still no new discoveries.

The shops in the commercial district that were operating, he inspected one by one tonight, focusing even more on those frequently visited by Batty.

But until he returned to Zilier's candy shop.

Ronald still couldn't find any evidence of these operating stores hiding the true core organism...

Wait!

Operating stores!

Ronald's movements suddenly stopped as he pondered.

——He realized he had overlooked something tonight.

Since it was nighttime, most shops in the commercial district had ceased operations and closed their doors. In this situation, Ronald naturally took care in identifying exceptions, distinguishing the stores that were operating normally.

It should not follow the usual investigative approach now!

If the store related to the true core organism was not operating.

And what if there's not even any guard at night?

A store still under preparation, empty and unguarded at night, yet harboring a lurking true core organism!

Need to know, Ronald's large-scale spell was specialized in human targets.

If this truly were the case.

Then he likely missed investigating the true core organism for this reason.

"Ms. Zilier, in the past month...no! The past two to three weeks, have any stores in the commercial district prepared to start operations?"

"Stores preparing to open?"

Upon hearing Ronald's question, Zilier's expression changed.

However, before the owner of the candy shop could respond, Oak, who was sitting next to Ronald, spoke first:

"Mr. Ronald, I actually know this. To mention the stores preparing to open in the commercial district recently, the most famous must be Kabo Ice Cream Shop!"

Huh?

Ice cream shop?

Ronald's expression froze, then immediately turned tense:

"Oak, tell me in detail?"

The operative was not aware of the specific situation and naturally didn't understand Ronald's sudden tension.

But after observing Ronald's expression carefully, he truthfully explained:

"If you follow River Road Avenue for 400 meters, there's a store called Kabo Ice Cream Shop that plans to open soon. Recently in the neighborhood around the shopping street, their advertising is the most intense, and according to a few people who have tried their products, the ice cream tastes quite good indeed."

"..."

Deep within, a sixth sense told Ronald—he had found the target.

Yet this conclusion was too terrifying.

It even reminded him of a movie he had seen in childhood.

In that movie, people discovered a delicious white substance gushing from the ground and began making ice cream out of it to sell, attempting to make money that way—but in reality, the white substance was an alien organism capable of corroding human bodies.

And thus it turned into an extremely dangerous horror story.

At this moment, Ronald felt that strong sense of déjà vu.

This was once a scene from a movie, and now it seemed to be recreating in a different world!

"Where's that ice cream shop? Let's head there immediately!"

Facing such a scenario.

Ronald naturally couldn't continue sitting in the parlor chatting with Zilier.

He stood up immediately, dragged Oak along, and headed out, with their figures disappearing from the doorway as his voice echoed down the hallway into the parlor:

"Ms. Zilier, please forgive my intrusion tonight!"

"But this matter indeed concerns the safety of the entire Waterfall City, and I am compelled to act so rudely due to necessity!"

With that said, Ronald didn't wait for Zilier's reply.

With one hand clutching the commandeered agent Oak, the two of them sprinted down the stairs and hurriedly left the shop through the doorway.

Then under the cover of night.

Oak was dragged forward by Ronald at a full sprint.

After the two had crossed over a distance of a hundred meters, the agent finally struggled to speak:

"Mr. Ronald, do you think there could be something wrong with that ice cream shop?"

Ronald answered with certainty:

"It's not could be a problem; there definitely is a problem!"

The confidence in his words came from the earlier investigation.

In tonight's first round of checks, Ronald thoroughly examined every storefront in the shopping street showing signs of activity.

Yet this ice cream shop wasn't among them.

So a shop preparing to open, even holding large promotional events before officially opening, had no one guarding it at night!

Where is it feasible for normal people to do such a thing?

The only possible explanation is that store's employees were parasitized by the true core organism, and even the nighttime guard is not normal anymore!

"Ah..."

Seeing the response Ronald gave him.

Oak knew he was in trouble, and his expression naturally turned extremely grim.

But power speaks.

As a night watch agent of Waterfall City, encountering such a situation means he's been drafted, and he could only work earnestly.

Immediately, Orco adopted a serious work attitude.

Anticipating forthcoming danger, he first activated his defensive spell, then took the lead to guide Ronald.

At their excessively fast travel pace.

In just a few minutes, they arrived at the location of the shop called Kabo Ice Cream Shop.

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