Chapter 264: Invitation — We would like to invite you to join SAI
Everly did not let the praise from the two investigators go to her head. Instead, she immediately caught the key point and pressed back: “The truth?”
Gregory nodded. “That’s right. Just as you deduced, the Black Goat offspring you encountered was a defective, incomplete entity. According to the information we’ve gathered, that night, Dees successfully disrupted the ritual and prevented the descent of the Black Goat. However, the evil god still briefly connected to the ritual site and cast down a fragment of black cloud. That mass of black cloud devoured one of the cultists at the scene, and the two fused together, becoming the Black Goat offspring you encountered.”
Because the ritual was only half completed, the offspring’s development was incomplete.
Its body had many defects. For example, its goat hooves recovered far more slowly than the rest of its body. Also, when it used its whistle to bewitch humans, the hypnotic power in its sound was much weaker than in a normal state.
In order to repair these defects in the offspring, the cultists used Dees—who had been captured alive—as a focal point to construct the terrifying cognitive distortion trap.
All of the above was the truth reconstructed by SAI based on the fragments of evidence collected at the thunderstorm site.
“Um…” Hearing this, Everly couldn’t help but ask, “What you’re telling me… is this really something a normal person like me is supposed to hear?”
Remia blinked and exchanged a glance with Gregory.
The latter gave Remia a slight nod. Then, under Everly’s slightly frightened stare, Remia stood up and smiled as she extended a hand across the table: “Actually, Gregory and I both think you have great talent—whether it’s your sharp mind or your strong adaptability, you seem like someone born for investigative work. So we would like to invite you to join SAI. Would you be willing?”