Marcus let out a sigh of relief, but also of . He took a look at Keryn, who shook her head and shrugged at him, he looked Luo Zhuge in his eyes and added to his earlier answer: “We don’t know for sure yet. But MY current theory, or specution is - that some kind of teology was ied with ritualistic power in mind that could serve as a general area of effect suppressor of paranormal energy. But this effect, this power is diluting, waning and losing its effect.”
“Yeah, yeah, if it ever worked. No shit.” Luo Zhuge shook his head. He scratched his: “But - I think it makes sense now - all of this - ” He scoffed, at himself this time: “I guess I was just too - too buried ihing to actually see it.”
“What do you mean?” Marcus asked.
“It - it doesn’t matter now.” Luo Zhuge shook his head.
“Well it kinda does.” Keryn insisted: “You mentioned murmurs and cries, is that what you hear when you’re w at the power corporation? What else do you see when you work there?”
“Shadows, spirits, voices that are both distant and terrifying. At first I thought it was just me, because I came into the power pany with the iion of looking into it. At first I could not find anything, and then people started seeing things. People became haunted, work stations became haunted. My iigation also hit a dead end. So even though I got something, I was still stu others. Then the pany told us to take a night shift. ” Luo Zhuge sighed before he proceeded to expin: “I tried to talk them out of it. But - you know what happened.”
“You’ve been in the pany for a while, right? You ever find anything - suspicious?” Keryn took a look at Marcus before asking.
“Not as long as I’d like. But also, too long for me to take anyway.” Luo Zhuge sighed: “I’ve spent a lot of my time navigating the pce. I don’t know about other panies, but S&S Corp is really a stickler for the rules and processes. They did not eve me touch a circuit box on-prem. And I’ve finally worked my to - a seniineer. And even in that position, I have limited vision of what is going on.”
“But - you surely have seen something? Otherwise you wouldn’t have tried to warn your colleagues. Besides basistind hunches, and those things you’ve seen, what else do you know? What made you leave? Why did you choose to hide?” Marcus asked. “For example, we figured out that the power panies are a part of the whole ritual in keeping the appearance of the un entities in che the two districts. You seem to know things before we told you that - ”
“You caught that, huh?” Luo Zhuge shook his head with a wry smile: “I guess - might as well - do you know that there was a grimoire stored in an underground facility iy? It was sort of a bounty of the city forces when they ihe South-Eastern District during that flict.”
“Yes.” Keryn nodded and looked: “What about it?”
“Judging by the fact that you’re not surprised or fused at all, I’d assume you both know that it is missing, no?” Luo Zhuge gave Marcus a side eye, then chuckled at Keryn.
her Keryn nor Marcus wao respht away. Luo Zhuge just sat there, rexed and id ba his seat, still chug.
“Alright, this is no fun if you’re not gonna participate. But I’m right, aren’t I?” Luo Zhuge finally budged and waved his hands: “Now - what is it that you guys called it? Secret Folder? No - its name’s got a color in it - purple folder?”
“Blue Envelope.” Keryn and Marcus answered at the same time, through their teeth.
“Yeah - yeah, Blue Envelope.” Luo Zhuge cpped his hand and sat straight: “And - the dirty secret to the Blue Envelope cases is - they be just cover ups for certain powerful and well ected people who want to dabble in dark rituals. And the fact that the grimoire was missing, and that the city had no updates on its case, is because there is a group of people - powerful people, possibly ected to the ones who have been doing all of this shit around the city, have had the actual copy of it all along.”
“What?!” Kevin and Mick let out an audible gasp from the other room.
Luo Zhuge chuckled and squeezed his nose bridge: “It’s okay, officers. I know there are more people here, because the spell I put on that doll, I see orace leading up to the inner room. Please feel no obligation to e out.”
“What do you mean? A group of people have had it?” Kevin did not eveate before ing out: “How long have they had it?”
“I’d say - at least two decades.” Luo Zhuge shrugged: “And it was only reported because a schor from the South-Eastern District made a request to take a look at the grimoire. Ho folks, they were only trying to do research.”
“How did you know this? ” Kevin narrowed his eyes.
“Well. Long story short.” Luo Zhuge adjusted his posture, ready to drop a major bombshell. His eyebrows twitched, his voice was shaking and his shoulders were trembling: “Because my family is among these people. Our parents performed the rituals with them.”
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