The Cursed Bloodline
Arc Sora: Research

The morning was clear in Sora Village, it was so calm and peaceful, as if the fateful incident that happened here was just a nightmare

Rou, a bespectacled man in a Sora uniform complete with a purple scarf bearing the words 'Intel's Revisions and Sensors' embedded in his right arm.

He came to the former Sora Dormitory, which was only left with building debris due to a big explosion last night. Rou also entered the Dormitory building, armed with a large backpack on her back

The size of the building was terrible, some parts of the wall collapsed in the explosion, while all the goods and furniture were charred to ashes

Rou walked towards the second floor, where the Dormitory common kitchen was located. The place was suspected to be where the explosion occurred. But he had not yet climbed the first stairs to the second floor, a strange sound was heard

Crack.....

The strange sound came from the direction of the kitchen, hearing that Rou immediately ran to ascertain what the sound was

"Who is that? " rou said in a standby manner, knowing his men would not be able to conduct an investigation without his orders

Samar, he saw a long black haired woman. Hearing Rou coming, the woman turned her head towards him

" Mirai? What are you doing here? " ask Rou while raising her eyebrows

The long-haired woman was Mirai, she approached Rou, Mirai did not answer the question the man in front of her, she just looked at Rou flat

Rou only tekekeh looking at Mirai's face now, Mirai's face filled with black stains due to charcoal on each side

" hey.... Is there a pa with your face, Mirai? " said Rou while giving a handkerchief to Mirai

" You're sure you're the Chief Intelligence Officer? Why don't you assign someone to look after the CTF? Huh! " mirai was angry

" I've installed a special sensor, so not just anyone can get in..... Yep... Except for you" Rou said as she stared at Mirai Strange

"Kc.... You are so sloppy..... Then are you going to start investigating this place? "

" Hm.... Before investigating the victim's body, I had to study the CTF first" Rou said, wearing rubber gloves, not forgetting she gave Mirai a pair

"So..... What did you find? " rou said as he looked around the burnt-out kitchen

" The Sora side still considers Tsuki's side involved, especially with Hisui's silent attitude. If he opens his mouth, maybe he can give a little bit of information, at least as the only witness, right? " mirai said as she continued to research the room

" Right, the situation becomes complicated, what else is this about peace between Neighboring Countries. To that end, the meeting was forced to withdraw, but not more than 2 days

Mr. Hotaru also agreed to keep this incident a secret, but for Tsuki State, I still have doubts" Rou said

"For that, we're here early in the morning, right? " said Mirai

Mirai checked the back of the stove in the kitchen, gas is something to suspect if there was a sudden explosion incident

" What does Mirai think is possible with magic? I mean someone used his magic to blow this place up" Rou said

"Stop that....... But.... You forgot the most important thing" Mirai stopped her activities, she looked at Rou who was also busy checking things out

"My guy.... There is absolutely no motive. If this is really the work of a military man like Hisui, what is the motive?

If he holds a grudge against Sora Country isn't that strange? Considering Tsuki Country is known for its Neutral attitude?" mirai

"You're really smart Mirai, my opinion is the same.....

If I put the position to be the perpetrator, I will blow up the minimum of Sora's office or not mess up the meeting that will be held.

But.... Why is the perpetrator even after the Children's Dormitory?"

Mirai found something strange, in finding the Gas hose and pulling it, several times he checked the hose

"Ro... Looky..... Isn't this gas hose deliberately made to leak? Look at this fine incision? " mirai said as he showed the charred hose to Rou

A hose is intentionally in the syat, so that a gas leak occurs

" right...... If this is the cause.... Isn't this technique easy to guess? " said Rou while looking at Mirai

" The way is not important. Maybe the purpose of the explosion is the most important" Mirai said

"Whatchu mean? "

" The perpetrator wants to sway public opinion. Rude perpetrators want to pit Tsuki and Sora.......

Wasn't this tactic also used to divide Sora and Hoshi back then? " said Mirai

" We have to check it again" Rou said

Rou came out of it, and headed for the room where the children were trapped. Mirai just followed Rou where she was going

On the 4th floor of the building, is where the victim was found trapped in the room. The top of the building is the least damaged part

"Surprisingly..... If it was a gas explosion, it might just burn the 2nd and 1st floors. But look at the condition of this building, everything is flat on fire and more strangely all the access is out in the key from the inside" Rou said

"What are you doing? " ask Mirai

" I'm going to check if this place really exploded due to gas, or it could have been the work of a magic user

If the culprit is a Military person, I can read the traces of his strength with my abilities" Rou explained

He uses his powers by activating his Gyoku. Then put both his hands on the sealed box, and began to close his eyes

Rou is a speciality of Intel warriors, meaning that she can manipulate magic power, in finding evidence of a crime. Like a trace of magic power, reading one's memories, or seeing what happened by simply touching one's skin or hands

But Rou's strength also has strengths, one of which he cannot track objects or anything that is lifeless. To that end, he only read the rest of the magic power that might be around there

Rou began to open her eyes, as a result of using her vast amount of strength to the point of nothing

"What did you find? " said Mirai

" Huh.... Huh... There's..... I found traces of magic around here. But not so clear" he said

"What is Hisui's magic power? " said Mirai curiously

*The traces of Magic power that Rou is referring to are special abilities that can identify the color of magic as individuals

Although it cannot be a benchmark, because there may be similarities with others, but it can help an investigation

The color of the magic is different in every basic element of the owner, blue (water), white (wind), red (fire), and so on, brown (soil) and yellow (lightning) and can only be distinguished by someone with special abilities such as Rou, and if he has 2 elements then the basic color will be mixed*

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At Sora hospital, Yuhee and a young child are still unconscious. Although their lives were saved, but until now the two are still unconscious

Regggg......

Hanna who was taking care of her two small patients, heard the door of the room shift, someone seemed to visit them

"You came Aora." said Hanna softly.

Aora who looked pale, but clearly she had not slept at all, her gaze was now fixed on the two children who were lying in front of her

" How are they doing? " saying Aora

" They are in stable condition, but until now they have not been aware.

The Aora.... Have you had breakfast? Your face looks very tired, you must not sleep all night" said Hanna worried

Aora approached Yunhee, confirming the blankets of the girl who was still loyal slept in front of her. Then Aora looked at the little girl beside Yuhee

"How could I possibly eat breakfast or sleep in peace. When kids like them get hurt because of my incompetence? "

" It's not your fault.... Everyone's been working hard to protect the village"

In the middle of Hanna and Aora's conversation, the door to the room shifted again. Someone entered the room where Yuhee was being treated

Hanna and Aora were shocked, the one who came was Tanuki. With a faithful stick in his hand, the man with a bandage wrapped around one of his eyes approached Aora

"You're not really cool, how this incident happened, look at the children actually being victims" Tanuki said occasionally looking at Yuhee who was still lying

"Zen shouldn't trust a boy like you. How could he hand over the affairs of state to a small child.... Ckckckc"

"I admit it was all my fault, but you can't blame the Zen master, he's been helpful in realizing this impossible meeting" Aora said, not accepting that her teacher was underestimated by Tanuki

"Sora was supposed to be a powerful country with high authority. It is not appropriate to embarrass reputation, for the sake of boosting the economy. But Zen instead bowed his head and begged Hoshi and Tsuki their roots to cooperate.

If Sora wants, without such a meeting, we can attack Tsuki and Hoshi at any time, we can show what power we have" Tanuki said lightly, he thought war was the only way to break the problem

"So you advised Sora to break the peace and wage war?

No one should support your vision" Aora said with a sharp look

"At least, my vision does not make me subservient to other countries. Sora is a strong country, only it has weak leaders like you and Zen

Looky...... Your weakness reflects you, even protecting the lives of children like them, you can't " said Tanuki, a sneaky grin clearly visible in his watch

He turned around and walked out of the room

" If in 2 days you can't find the culprit, I'll assume Tsuki is the mastermind behind this incident. If the fire is ignited, the smoke can no longer be hidden

Isn't it currently, their leader has not been willing to open his mouth with what happened yesterday. Are they underestimating us?

If that happens, I'll take over myself and make the calculations with Tsuki" Tanuki said

Aora who heard the threat, could only clench her hands hard, trying to hold back her anger. After all, war cannot happen.