The Speedrun Manual of Miss Witch
Chapter 204 - "Playgirl" Great "Detective", Ciel (1/4)

“Future Days.”

“No.0.”

Blazing silver light enveloped Ciel, until all colors before her eyes were assimilated by silver.

...

【Future Days】

【Holy Year 741, July 20th, 18:21】

【Countdown – 23:59:59】

Ciel slowly opened her eyes.

At this moment, she was in an unfamiliar room.

Ciel looked around. This room was about half the size of the hotel suite, but it was certainly not small in Ansu City, where land was expensive.

Although the room was not large, the furniture and furnishings were very tasteful. They were almost all solid wood antiques, very well maintained. A faint fragrance lingered in her nose—this was the smell drifting from the oil lamp beside her.

At this moment, she was sitting at a desk. Before her were a notebook, two newspapers, and a bottle of potion.

The potion emitted a faint blue glow. Inside, two eyeballs of unknown animals, about the size of a fingernail, were floating. They were slowly rotating within the clear blue liquid, like two planets orbiting each other.

The goal Ciel left for her simulated self was very simple.

Prepare the “Detective” potion and meticulously record the changes of these few days. Besides the major newspapers, she also had to inquire about news from Lucy every day.

Lucy, who had been working hard in Ansu City for many years, with her intelligence network, would certainly make investigation easier than Ciel doing it herself.

Moreover, with Lucy’s status as future director, she might be able to obtain a lot of intelligence that only high-ranking officials of Deton Manor knew.

Ciel opened the notebook and looked at the information left by her simulated self.

【July 17th, eight o’clock in the evening】

【This time there is indeed a big discrepancy with the simulation. Not only the North District, but parts of the East District have also implemented a strict curfew】

【According to Lucy, she received information that it seems the royal family, in order to investigate the mastermind of the bombing, has increased police presence and controlled entry and exit from the city】

【In the previous simulation, the royal family’s investigation was not this extensive. I suspect they are just using the expanded situation as a cover to secretly investigate the Society of Merriment and the Keyman】

【I had Tara cut off contact with the Chaos Squad to avoid getting involved with the Chaos Squad here】

【As for the Chaos Squad—I can only wish them good luck】

【July 18th, four o’clock in the afternoon】

【Except for Avena, everyone else has successfully moved to a new place. Everyone’s residences are basically around St. Itherine Garden, so they can look out for each other. Even going to Adele’s, who is the furthest, takes no more than 5 minutes on foot】

【However, the only problem is that the members of the Chaos Squad are also basically distributed in the Mayfair District—after all, their apparent identities are either great painters or wealthy merchants and nobles】

【Fortunately, they have been cut off in advance. Even if they are investigated, it’s impossible to pry any information about the Keyman from them—because they themselves don’t have much information about the Keyman】

【I am going to discuss with Lucy now and send Lichie to the Redemption Society’s sanatorium as soon as possible. At least in the simulation, Lichie was always very safe there】

【July 19th, ten o’clock in the morning】

【Lichie has left Ansu City. Lucy, under her own name, placed an order with the Redemption Society for a treatment package that is almost the most expensive for ordinary people. At the same time, Lucy also sent the “Gardener” potion】

【This simulation can only use one potion, so I didn’t keep the “Gardener” potion. I gave it directly to Amy, along with the reconstitution ritual】

【I looked at the reconstitution ritual. It is not a problem for Amy. She had already unknowingly completed it through her past experiences, but this reconstitution ritual is not suitable for me—if I have time, I can look for a shortcut to the ‘Gardener’ reconstitution ritual.】

【If that doesn’t work, I can directly use the “Coroner”‘s save file, transfer to Tier 2 of Gardener and save again. There is no need to be restricted to “Gardener” which takes a lot of time. I have already asked Lucy to help collect intelligence about Tier 2 of “Gardener”】

【July 19th, nine o’clock in the evening】

【The curfew has been lifted... The news announced that the Roswell family has found the planners and perpetrators of the Royal Medical Association bombing, arresting more than twenty people...】

【Just like in the simulation, the “mastermind” is a gang from the Holy Church District. The reason is stealing precious medical instruments for sale, but incorrect operation caused the explosion—only ghosts would believe that】

【Other than that, there is not much news about any actions of the royal family...】

【Is Forte not in a hurry at all? Or did he leave some information that I don’t know about through “Uniqueness”?】

【Completely clueless...】

【July 20th, five o’clock in the afternoon】

【Check the newspapers, there are changes】

Ciel closed the notebook and picked up the newspapers beside it.

【North Ansu Problem: Debate on Autonomy Begins in the House of Commons】

Second copy.

【William Winston Murder Case: Sensational Retaliation from the Orlando Republican Army】

【Queen Vitalis Addresses Parliament: New Plan for North Ansu Governance】

William Winston?

Avena’s uncle?

Why? There was no news about his murder in the previous simulation. All she knew was that he went to North Ansu.

Moreover, when Ciel started the simulation, William had even returned to Ansu City. He hadn’t died at all.

The disturbance of “Uniqueness” on Forte still stirred up some storms that had never occurred before.

Furthermore, Queen Vitalis took the opportunity to announce further measures for North Ansu... Not only cutting off civilian aid to North Ansu, but also sending troops there.

Is this... going in to stir up trouble?

One must know that it was highly possible that a high-ranking member of the Society of Merriment was performing a reconstitution ritual in North Ansu. The Queen’s action was undoubtedly a provocation to the Society of Merriment.

Ciel knew that this must be Forte’s plan.