Inside the meeting point of the Secret Knowledge Society at Royal Saint Crown University, Dorothy was controlling a gecko-shaped small Corpse Puppet, secretly listening to the conversation of the man called Mr. Ci Rong in her mind. At this moment, she had already heard important information that could not be ignored.
'Naifnis was seen when she entered No. 23? Yes, she came in through the main entrance. Her skin, her chest, her waist were all so distinctive, it's easy to leave an impression.'
'What should I do? Naifnis is still inside the meeting point. It would be bad if these two guys saw her.'
Listening to the conversation from afar, Dorothy, who was sitting in the library, thought this. Naifnis's features were quite obvious. If an undercover search was conducted on campus, assuming she was a Crown University student, she could actually be found. Furthermore, she herself was a member of the Secret Knowledge Society and was currently inside this meeting point.
Realizing that Naifnis was in a bad situation, Dorothy planned to warn her later. At this moment, the conversation between Ci Rong and his subordinate from outside the society resumed.
"A female student with slightly dark skin... and a good figure?" Listening to his subordinate's words, Ci Rong pondered for a moment, seemingly having thought of something, but upon careful thought, he couldn't recall it immediately; he had no impression.
Although Ci Rong and Naifnis were both in the Secret Knowledge Society, ever since Ci Rong completely controlled the society, he had been busy with other matters and rarely appeared in the society. The people who usually appeared before him were the most deeply infected by Spirit Sight and the most loyal society members. He hadn't seen Naifnis for almost four months, so it was normal for his impression to have weakened.
"Hmm... This is a clue. Since they say she might be a student of this school, investigate her discreetly. If her features are obvious, she'll be easy to find. However, leave this matter to Jade. You still have some matters concerning the underground. Let's go inside and talk."
As he spoke, Ci Rong pointed to the cobweb-covered corridor beside him. Dorothy's eyes lit up when she heard about the underground matters, and she controlled her gecko Corpse Puppet to follow.
Then, what appeared before the gecko was a layer of fine spider silk covering the top of the corridor. These spider webs were everywhere in the corridor, especially on the upper and lower parts of the walls, with a very thin and fine layer.
'How come there are suddenly so many spider webs? It was quite clean outside, wasn't it? Why are there so many spider webs in this corridor?'
Seeing the cobweb-covered passage before her eyes, a trace of doubt arose in Dorothy's heart. But when she saw Ci Rong and his subordinate about to reach the far end of the corridor, she couldn't afford to hesitate and controlled the gecko Corpse Puppet to follow.
The moment the gecko Corpse Puppet, moving along the top, touched the white silk threads, Ci Rong in front paused slightly, then continued to walk forward.
"Mr. Ci Rong, regarding the underground matters, what are you going to tell me now is..."
After reaching the depths of the corridor, the subordinate from outside the society asked Ci Rong, but Ci Rong interrupted him and replied.
"Oh, I remember now. The situation over there doesn't require help for the time being. You can go help Jade find that female student later..."
"Ah, I understand..." Listening to Ci Rong's words, the subordinate from outside the society showed some surprise, but after glancing at Ci Rong's eyes beside him, he didn't say anything more.
Next, Ci Rong and the subordinate from outside the society continued walking forward along the cobweb-covered corridor. During this time, Ci Rong had a serious expression and didn't say a word, while the subordinate from outside the society also followed with a puzzled expression. Dorothy's gecko Corpse Puppet followed behind, stepping on the spider webs. At this moment, she also had some questions in her heart.
'What's going on? These two guys suddenly became so silent...'
Ci Rong walked forward silently. As he moved, from an angle above and behind, unseen, he quietly took out a delicately crafted box from his pocket. After secretly opening it, two small black spiders crawled out. These two small spiders moved quickly. They quickly crawled onto Ci Rong's body, then went down, crawled down his legs to the ground, and immediately crawled onto the walls covered with spider webs on both sides, and onto the bottom.
Because of the intentionally arranged angle, Dorothy's Corpse Puppet gecko did not see any of these actions by Ci Rong.
Slowly, Ci Rong walked to a Stone door. He pulled the lever next to the Stone door, causing the Stone door to open automatically with a vibration. After Ci Rong and his subordinate quickly entered the Stone door, they triggered the mechanism inside again, and that Stone door closed with a boom once more.
This process was very fast, and Dorothy's gecko Corpse Puppet couldn't keep up at all. It could only watch the Stone door close. Moreover, there wasn't even a crack on that Stone door, making it impossible for Dorothy to control the gecko Corpse Puppet to squeeze in.
Afterward, Dorothy controlled the gecko Corpse Puppet to search everywhere for any other entrance into the Stone door, but found none. She stopped the Corpse Puppet by the door and waited for a while but did not see any sign of the Stone door opening again.
Dorothy had now lost track of Ci Rong.
'It seems... I can't continue tracking. The information obtained from this reconnaissance is really limited...'
Seeing this situation, Dorothy, sitting in the library, couldn't help but frown and think. The current situation made her feel a bit strange.
'Forget it, since the investigation is blocked now, I should quickly bring the Corpse Puppet back. I'll find Naifnis later and warn her that someone might already be looking for her.'
Thinking this, Dorothy controlled the Corpse Puppet inside the meeting point to return. The gecko Corpse Puppet continued to crawl along the cobweb-covered corridor, heading back.
At this moment, behind the gecko Corpse Puppet, in a corner of a Shadow, two black spiders crawled out and followed behind the departing Corpse Puppet gecko, trailing all the way forward.
Meanwhile, behind the closed Stone door, Ci Rong stood in place with his hands behind his back, murmuring with a hint of contempt.
"A small puppet for spying? Heh... just a petty trick... Now I'll use the same trick to find you."
As Ci Rong said this, the spiders he released had caught up with the Corpse Puppet gecko. With just one trailing, tracing back to the retriever of the Corpse Puppet gecko, Ci Rong would be able to inversely grasp the movements of the spy.
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Dorothy's gecko Corpse Puppet was on its way back. At this moment, she, sitting in the library, was controlling the actions of the distant Corpse Puppet gecko while thinking about something.
'The harvest from this reconnaissance is very small... It feels less than usual... That Ci Rong, I always feel some of his actions are a bit strange?'
Dorothy thought this. At this moment, she had a sense of strangeness in her heart, originating from some confusion.
'Why... did that Ci Rong clearly prepare to discuss the 'underground' matters with his subordinate, but suddenly stopped talking? Instead, he told that subordinate to go help find someone, and that subordinate's reaction seemed a bit surprised.
'Why did that Ci Rong enter the Stone door so quickly afterward, remaining silent the whole time? Why were there so many spider webs after that section of the corridor? Other places were clearly very clean, and why didn't they find a comfortable place to sit and talk about things, instead going to such a dirty and messy place?'
Dorothy continued to think, and various doubts gave rise to some possibilities in her heart.
Although it was just possibility without evidence, Dorothy had a method to verify possibilities without needing evidence.
From her pocket, Dorothy took out a golden coin. This was one of the 4 Light Storage Items Dorothy had obtained when brushing Luer before. She had used 3 before, and this was the last one.
'Has my reconnaissance been detected?'
Silently chanting the divination words, Dorothy tossed the coin.