infodatos Chapter 92 Life Transformation Association
Chapter 92 Life Transformation Association
This report, which deliberately skirts the edge of eroticism, almost entirely recounts the grievances and entanglements between Viscount Cecilius's first six wives, even focusing on the steamy scenes between his sixth wife and her nephew.
It wasn't until the very last paragraph that the mayor reluctantly apologized to the public for the Cecilius family's carelessness and resigned, with the mayoral election scheduled for Wednesday.
As for Viscount Cecilius himself, he is described as a "victim" who was blinded by beauty, thus being seduced by the foolish "stupid beauty" Bernice and coming into contact with cultists, and thus falling into depravity.
Not to mention Viscount Cecilius, even Bernice was not accused or implied to have any connection with a cult. This newspaper really knows how to use euphemisms.
The other "Eastern Frontier Monthly Report" was much more normal, with more official language. However, it did not mention Viscount Cecilius, but only made a few remarks about the mayor of the Eastern Frontier Port. It was still in official jargon and contained no useful information.
As Zag flipped through the newspaper, he unconsciously walked toward the association's headquarters.
He hesitated for a moment, but still chose to push the door open and enter.
"Good day, Sentinel... uh, Zag."
The association's office in East Port was much larger than the one in Cabbage Town, and Liam was also there in addition to the regular rotating investigators.
He looked much better, and his expression seemed even more... hard to describe, even more expressionless than before. It wasn't indifferent, nor was it calm; he was just expressionless like a robot, which gave Zag a bit of an uncanny valley effect.
Good day, Mr. Liam.
Zag greeted him, and then Liam saw the two newspapers that Zag was holding in his hands.
Liam suddenly realized: "So you saw the report about Viscount Cecilius?"
Zag nodded readily, then pressed, "Yes, I'm still a little curious, is it really true that he has nothing to do with this?"
Liam replied, "To be honest, I initially thought the 'Life Transformation Association' was being supported by the Viscount behind the scenes, but after reviewing the files at the Golden Palace and examining the Viscount's body, I discovered that this matter was indeed unrelated to him, and there were clear signs that his mind was being controlled..."
Before he could finish speaking, Lyra, who had just come out of the inner room, interrupted and began to ramble on: "Yes, it sounds unbelievable, but we have to admit that we have taken a lot of measures to test him, and Viscount Cecilius is 'temporarily' innocent. I use the word 'temporarily' because I have never really believed in definitive conclusions based solely on evidence. Well, that's why I always have to write self-criticisms..."
"Ahem, I digress. Anyway, let's get back to this 'Life Transformation Association,' this cult. It was actually founded by a mage apprentice who was expelled from the Tower of Solitude. It appeared several times over the past ten years and was active for a while, but at that time, its impact was limited to the town of Painedon in the Tower of Solitude. It wasn't large-scale, and no one died. So, at that time, the Golden Palace only classified it as a Level 4 serious cult incident and organization based on its harm and danger level, and the ringleader was hanged, and that was it. Of course, they didn't appear again after that... I didn't expect them to reappear ten years later and cause such a big commotion! It's really strange!"
Zag listened to Leila's explanation, still somewhat dazed, then took a breath and pressed on, "What about Bernice? Is she alright too?"
"According to my investigation, there really isn't anything wrong with her. This girl does seem to lack common sense. She inherited a huge fortune from her aunt and is desperate to prove herself... Hmm, I heard that she was not only swindled out of a huge sum of money by this 'Life Transformation Association,' but she also tried to get some high-end alchemical potions from Mrs. Weyland's aromatherapy shop to sell on Quinn Island—you know what? She doesn't even have any connections!"
Lyra emphasized exaggeratedly, "Not only that, it's said that she and Viscount Cecilius 'fell in love'—good heavens, I really don't want to say that to a pile of fat, but the girl's explanation is that because the Viscount wanted to build a magic school, she thought the ideal was too lofty, so she fell in love with him..."
"Thank God, I've never heard a more absurd reason for falling in love!"
Zag's lips twitched. Compared to Leila, he had seen all sorts of bizarre romances online before his transmigration, including quite a few involving Ran Dong. Bernice's was relatively ordinary, but...
"But how do you explain that 'Life Transformation Association' promoting Bernice as their 'president'? And..." Zag said, turning to Liam, adding, "You remember, back at the rally, someone said Bernice would often give speeches at the rallies!"
"Yes, but we got all the members of the cult we've captured to talk, and they all said that Bernice only joined the gathering in the last week. As for the former leader, it was that escaped alchemist named Peter, Peter Bevins, at least that's what they think."
"And Bernice became president just a week ago. In fact, they hold meetings every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evening, with only Fridays being designated for a sacrificial ceremony..."
At this point, Lyra glanced at Zag with sympathy, paused, and continued, "Yes, the sacrifice was you. Every Friday during their ritual, they had to offer flesh and blood as sacrifices. At first, it was magical creatures, mainly werewolves—neither the original werewolves nor lesser werewolves, but 'inferior werewolves' who failed in their experiments with the life-transformation potion. That's what they called them. In reality, they were all victims. However, after testing, neither Bernice nor Viscount Cecilius knew this; they thought they were just ordinary lesser werewolves..."
"If it weren't for Liam, and you had gone to that gathering alone, you might have been forced to undergo a life-transformation experiment and then become a sacrifice."
"Of course, they don't perform flesh sacrifices every Friday, but at least for the past few weeks, they have... well, maybe it's because you seem easy to fool, so you can be used as a sacrifice..."
After listening to Lyra's long-winded explanation, Zag's first thought was—
"That guy's name really is 'Peter'!?"
"Why is your focus so strange?" Leila asked in shock, then added, "That's just the name he uses in the Life Transformation Association. Who knows if it's his real name? You know, there are probably dozens of people named 'Peter' in East Port alone!"
At this moment, Liam, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke, but not about the name 'Peter.' Instead, he resolved a long-standing, unspoken question that had been lingering in Zag's mind—
"Actually, it was because his spirituality was terrifyingly high that Peter had his eye on him from the moment he met him, intending to try to conduct a life transformation experiment with a person with extremely high spirituality to see the effect, because in the past they had failed in experiments with ordinary people."
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【Life Transformation Association】: One of the notorious cult organizations, rated as Level 4 danger by the Golden Palace. They worship an unknown evil god. The association's ultimate goal is to transform the lives of Mordo (mortals) into a higher form of existence, but their methods are extremely cruel.