Life Game In Other World
Chapter 1163: Cult Ruins (Requesting Monthly Votes)

Chapter 1163: Chapter 1163: Cult Ruins (Requesting Monthly Votes)

Limen City·Office of the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

Knock knock knock—

A gentle knock came from outside the door.

"Come in."

The black-haired man, who was typing at his desk, lifted his head and looked towards the tightly shut door.

Click—

The door opened, and a somewhat balding man pushed it open, smiling, "Good afternoon, Director Sto."

"Director?!"

The black-haired man watched the figure entering through the door and immediately got up with a smile, "No, I should say the honorable Senator Thorin now. How come you have time to visit me here?"

"Now you’re the director,"

Thorin smiled. He looked up at the familiar arrangement of the office, sat down in the chair opposite the desk, placed his hand beside the phone on the desk and asked in a soft voice, "About those online rumors of Cultist Sect activities, have you got to the bottom of it?"

"We have sent people to check it out,"

Sto bent over, reached out to pick up a stack of documents from the side, and handed them to Thorin, "It should be ruins left by some Cultist Sect. There hasn’t been human activity there for a long time, just some residual pollution,

"We found traces of battle in the ruins. Our trace scholars believe that this Cultist Sect had a fierce fight with some kind of hostile organization, and it’s this Cultist Sect that finally lost, leaving the ruins abandoned."

"How long has it been since the abandonment?"

Thorin took the documents and asked softly.

"According to trace analysis, it should be more than thirty years ago,"

Sto answered slowly, "The Evil God worshiped by this wave of Cultist Sect seems quite obscure, and the damage to the ruins is severe. We haven’t found the corresponding deity name yet. However, the pollution left by this Evil God is extremely strong, and it dissipates slowly.

"Even after so many years, our dispatched investigators, despite being fully equipped and well-prepared, were almost affected.

"At present, we’ve quarantined the surrounding area and have set up warning signs."

"Who was the first to discover these ruins?"

While flipping through the documents in his hands, Thorin asked quietly.

"The first report we received was from a small company’s caravan,"

Sto recalled, "They encountered a snowstorm on their route, which delayed them; and to catch up with their delivery schedule, they deviated from the normal trade route, choosing to take a mountain path as a shortcut, which they had traveled several times before – it’s considered a safe ’side route’.

"But this time they encountered an attack from an exotic beast and had to divert their route, then they stumbled directly onto those ruins,

"In the end, out of the dozens of people in their caravan, only two survived, and both had some mental issues. They met a Wilderness Hunter outside who they paid to bring them back to Limen City and file a report with us."

At this point, he paused slightly, spoke more softly, "But the news circulating online was even faster than our report. By the time we quarantined those two people and the relevant individuals, there was already news on the internet."

"Wilderness Hunters are willing to sell any information for money,"

Thorin said softly, flipping through the documents, "Since the Fountain of Youth incident last time, the sensitivity of Limen City’s residents to Evil God events has greatly increased, any news of Cultist Sects increases the sense of insecurity among the citizens."

"You mean,"

Sto looked at Thorin, "someone is deliberately spreading these messages?"

He paused, then realized, "The senatorial elections are about to start, does someone not want to see you reelected?"

The normal senatorial election cycle is six years. However, Thorin became a Senator in a by-election after the former Senator Janos of Limen City died, inheriting Janos’s remaining term, which only had less than two years to go.

Thorin was able to become a Senator relying on the prestige he established from his investigations into Cult-related events such as the Fountain of Youth and Stars Pharma during his time as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

On the contrary, by exaggerating the Cult threat, highlighting Thorin’s ineptitude, allowing Cult resurgence, they are attempting to affect Thorin’s prestige and approval ratings.

If the Cult event is not handled well, Thorin’s prestige built upon it will also suffer backlash.

This is the real reason the former director paid a surprise visit today.

Sto frowned slightly, pondering, "Is it Stars Pharma? Or another consortium? Only they have the funds to spread rumors widely."

Then he raised his eyebrows with a hint of speechlessness, "But what’s the use of spreading these rumors? This Cult event was just an accident. There has been no one in those ruins for more than thirty years; what’s there to be afraid of."

"What matters is not the facts, but what people believe the ’facts’ are."

Thorin shook his head slightly as he read through the documents, then looked at Sto in front of him and said softly, "I may need to trouble you to hold a press conference, to briefly explain the situation of the ruins."

"Of course,"

Sto nodded, "It’s something I was going to do anyway."

"Hmm."

Thorin nodded lightly, then he gazed at the map opened in his hands, falling into deep thought.

"What’s the matter?"

Sto looked at him with some confusion.

"The location of these ruins is somewhat secluded,"

Thorin commented quietly, his gaze resting on the markers among the mountains.

"These cultists, like foxes, always find very hidden dens,"

Sto laughed, "Otherwise, we would have caught them out long ago."

"No one discovered this Cult ruin for over thirty years,"

Thorin’s hand rested on the map, slowly tracing along the route marked by the caravan, "but suddenly it was discovered these past few days."

"Are you worried there’s a trick behind this?"

Sto pondered aloud.

"Caution is paramount,"

Director Thorin put down the documents in his hand and spoke in a calm voice, "When you hold the press conference, don’t make definitive statements. Just say that the investigation is ongoing and in-depth. Those two ’survivors’ should also be closely monitored, and quarantine shouldn’t be lifted lightly."

"Alright."

Sto nodded lightly.

Having understood the situation, Director Thorin also let out a slight sigh of relief. He picked up the documents on the desk, "Then I’ll take this material with me."

Ding-a-ling——

Just then, the landline phone next to Thorin started to ring.

Bang——

He instinctively stretched out his hand and pressed down on the telephone’s receiver.

At that moment, he realized something and looked up to see Sto’s hand extended halfway in the air.

He felt a bit embarrassed and was about to withdraw his hand when he heard Sto laughing, "You answer it. As long as no names are reported, it doesn’t matter who picks up."

While speaking, Sto had already withdrawn his hand and sat back in his chair.

Director Thorin, observing his movements, said with a smile, "Then I’ll play the operator this time, Director Sto."

He wasn’t fussy, glanced at the telephone and saw it was an unfamiliar number.

But not everyone knows the phone number of the office of the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Those who can call this number should not be ordinary people.

He directly pressed the speakerphone button and chose the voice call option, saying, "This is the Limen City Federal Bureau of Investigation, may I ask who is calling?"

There was some silence on the other end of the phone, but soon, a calm voice resonated in the entire office, "Thorin, it’s me."

Hearing this voice, Thorin first froze, then suddenly his eyes widened, "Captain?"

Then he looked somewhat bewilderedly at Sto, who sat equally puzzled behind the desk, asking in confusion, "How did you know I am here?"

"I didn’t know,"

The other side replied with a bit of amusement in his voice, "I’m not God. I’m just trying to ask the Limen City Federal Bureau of Investigation about something."

"Then why did you call out my name···?"

Thorin paused, then realized he had asked a foolish question.

"If you can recognize my voice, and I can’t recognize yours, then what kind of captain would I have been?"

The voice on the other end chuckled hoarsely.

At this moment, Sto, who had been listening idly by, also began to catch on. He looked at Thorin, whose calm demeanor now revealed a hint of excitement.

It was said that Director Thorin had a ’former boss’ in Ains, who had recommended him for the position of director, and even supported Thorin’s run for Senator.

Is this the big shot ’former boss’?

"Cough cough."

At that moment, Thorin coughed twice and glanced at Sto, who was somewhat lost in thought.

He somewhat regretted pressing the speakerphone button earlier to prevent Sto from overthinking.

"Captain, do you have something you need?"

Director Thorin quickly shifted the topic.

"Are you currently with the Federal Bureau of Investigation? Is the current Limen City director next to you?"

The other side seemed to understand something, the tone became a bit more serious, speaking softly, "I just wanted to ask, has there been any activity in the wilderness nearby Limen City recently?"

"He’s here."

Director Thorin was slightly taken aback, then he raised his head to look at Sto.

Sto, who had heard the complete question, was somewhat at a loss.

"What kind of activity are you referring to, Captain?"

Director Thorin lowered his head to ask in detail.

"Something conspicuous, or done in secret, perhaps movements from a consortium."

The voice on the phone answered slowly.

Hearing the question, Sto shook his head in confusion, then suddenly he realized something, lowered his head, and pointed at the documents in front of Thorin.

"There doesn’t seem to be any activity on this end,"

Director Thorin looked at the document in front of him and said calmly, "Apart from someone stumbling upon a Cultist Sect ruin from over thirty years ago on the wilderness, the vicinity of Limen City is relatively peaceful."

"A cult ruin from over thirty years ago?"

There was some puzzlement on the other end.

"Yes, we haven’t yet identified which Cult it belongs to; it seems to be a minor Sect with scant information,"

Director Thorin explained quickly as he looked at the document, "This Sect seems to have suffered some kind of attack more than thirty years ago, then abandoned their base, leaving only a site where the pollution has not completely dissipated."

"Which direction of Limen City is this ruin in?"

The other side asked promptly.

"Let me see,"

Director Thorin was momentarily puzzled by the question; he opened the file and looked at the map inside, "To the west, near due west. There’s a mountain range, and it’s in those mountains."

"Send me a copy of the documents about this Cult ruin,"

The voice on the phone said quickly, "Don’t use the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s internal network."