Modern World Warlock-Chapter 71: The Detectives’ Report

A few days after Clara’s recovery, the news about the thousands of people who had died of the unknown disease around the same time was spread around Novaria.

The only survivor of said disease was Clara Pearce, whose name was deleted from the hospital records by Camille’s men so she wouldn’t attract any attention.

During one afternoon, Camille was reading through some documents in her office when she received a visit.

["Boss, Detective Morris and her companion came to see you,"] said a man on Camille’s speaker phone.

"Let them in… I already know why they are here," Camille replied.

When the detectives arrived, they were served a cup of tea by one of Camille’s servants, but before they could take a sip, the handler gave them a sealed folder.

"Here…This is what you are looking for," Camille said.

Detective Alice silently took the folder and opened its contents, widening her eyes in shock as she read the documents.

*Sigh* "We never had a chance to figure this out on our own, did we?" Alice asked the handler.

"Mhmm, if you couldn’t analyze the drug, there was no way you could analyze that thing…" Camille replied.

The senior detective passed the documents to her companion, June, who read its contents attentively, not wanting to miss any details.

After Alice and June brought Turner’s deformed body to the police laboratory, the forensics department couldn’t figure out what chemicals had caused the man to become a monster.

Since the experts weren’t allowed to analyze certain illegal drugs, they couldn’t recognize the substances inside Turner’s body, leaving the detectives with an almost blank statement.

However, Camille’s documents provided a fully detailed explanation of how and why those changes occurred.

’I can’t believe this…’ June thought, but she didn’t mean the report on the demon’s blood. She was more surprised at the fact that Camille already had the results with her.

"Cami, can you elaborate already?" Alice asked the handler.

"Hmm, let’s see… Where to begin?" Camille pondered aloud.

"I suppose you should know that Red River and the Scarlett Bullets are dead," the handler said.

Rookie Detective June widened her eyes in shock as two of the most dangerous gangs in Novis had been eradicated, giving her a sense of impotence.

In June’s mind, the police should have taken care of the gang problem, so she wasn’t a fan of Camille’s activities. Nonetheless, she was still impressed.

The information in the report was hard to believe, and June knew that the police department wouldn’t be able to do anything about it as it delved into the supernatural.

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"The report says they used ’traditional dark magic’ rituals to summon the demons…" June commented, explaining that there wasn’t a law against demonic rituals since they weren’t supposed to be real.

"Ah, but what if they were sacrificing people for these rituals?" Camille implied.

"That would be murder…" June replied with a serious tone, understanding what the handler meant.

Still, the most surprising part of the report was found on the second page, where they read about the thousands of people who had died the previous day of the unknown disease and realized that they had been drugged with demon’s blood.

June hastily stood up from her seat in shock while Alice stared at Camille with a hint of worry.

"Is it time? Is that why you are telling us all of this?" The senior detective asked.

"I’m not sure if it’s time or not, but this conflict is only going to get messier from here on out… So, I thought it would be better if you guys know what’s truly happening," Camille replied confidently.

"Cami, how did you even figure this out…?" Alice asked.

She knew that the information on the report wasn’t something that her scientists could have compiled without the help of an expert on the matter.

"Ah, that I can’t tell you…" The handler replied with a gentle smile on her face.

Understanding that Camille wouldn’t give them anything more than what was on the report, the detectives thanked the handler and left her office with the documents in hand.

"What should we do now?" June asked her superior.

"We’ll investigate the case as mass murder. That way, we’ll be able to borrow more men and resources…" Alice replied.

She explained to June that if they reported the case as a demon attack, it would be considered a supernatural occurrence and could potentially be discarded from the investigation.

However, if they said that a gang was drugging and killing people with the intent of doing something supernatural, then the case would get more track with the department.

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After Camille finished her meeting with the detectives, she took the elevator down to the laboratory, where Paige studied Clara’s abilities.

The redhead woman was inside the MET room, with Dante and Paige watching from the spectators’ room.

Contrary to Megan and Zac’s training, the woman was sitting comfortably in a chair with a large desk in front of her.

The table had a few objects of different sizes and weights on top of it, and Clara was waving her hand as if trying to move them with telepathy to no avail.

"How’s the test going?" Camille asked the pair.

"Quite interesting…" Dante replied, keeping his gaze on Clara in the other room.

"Dante’s theory is that Astaroth’s blood must have had a side effect on their victims. But since Clara is the only survivor, we can’t really confirm that hypothesis…" Paige commented, her focus solely on the redhead woman.

"And what’s she doing right now?" Camille kept asking, seeing the woman still trying to move the objects with her mind.

"We are testing to see if she can control the umbra she sees…" said the scientist.

The warlock explained that when a person was able to perceive umbra and mana, it was much easier to learn how to control them.

Now that Clara could clearly see the energy that flowed from living beings, he believed there was a high chance that the woman would be able to control some of that power.