Chapter 312: Arc 5, - 6: Father and Daughter
"Around two weeks after you left, I found some leads about the Deuctus Cult resuming operations."
"Where have I heard that name before?" Hotaru’s ears flickered.
"From me," Fumeko answered. "That’s the cult you stopped, isn’t it?" she squinted.
"The Deuctus Cult came to an end fourteen years ago after I caught the then leader. A lot of the cult went into hiding; that’s not the important detail right now.
At the time after you left, I got given a tipoff about some suspicious activity. My assumption was that it was just a few cult members who were not caught and were still lingering about.
So, I followed a few other leads and tracked down two targets to Cape Iris, east of Dolpool. I went to a small two-storey house by the seaside.
And at that point... I pretty much figured that the cult was recontinuing their operations by intuition, I just lacked sufficient evidence to back up the claim."
"What made you come to that conclusion?" Jotou knitted her brows.
"The entire house was set on fire."
"Okay, that’s pretty bad, but why’s that relevant to the cult?" Fumeko queried.
"I don’t blame you for not remembering kiddo, you were pretty young when I told you," he sighed. "The Deuctus Cult is the reason the Great Fire of Burnetrout started."
Fumeko went silent and stared to the floor in pondering... She closed her eyes and took a deep breath; Jotou right next to her on the two-seater sofa calmed her nerves a little, "Yeah, I kinda remember you saying something like that—barely."