The Speedrun Manual of Miss Witch-Chapter 100 - Fawning Archbishop and the Rusty Faceless Angel (3/4)

As for Archbishop Tara, Ciel had seen descriptions of her several times in the notebook.

Tara seemed to have already found Amy and started protecting her secretly. While protecting Amy, she continuously investigated Ciel’s whereabouts.

The simulated Ciel encountered Tara twice. The first time, Ciel didn’t recognize her as a cultist, and she didn’t pay attention to Ciel.

The second meeting, according to the notebook, was on the street.

That day, Ciel’s leg bone was fractured, and she was recuperating at home. Amy came to visit. When Ciel was seeing Amy off, misfortune struck abruptly. Bullets from a gang fight shot towards Ciel and Amy, triggering the seal on Amy’s back.

The divine servant instantly cut down all the bullets, then bowed respectfully towards Ciel. This brief scene was captured by Tara.

Immediately after, she rushed over without a word, knelt beside Ciel, hugged her leg, and unleashed a torrent of tears, leaving the simulated Ciel speechless.

After confirming with Tara that only she knew about the divine servant’s message, the simulated Ciel tricked her into hiding temporarily within the city. Ciel needed her to obtain internal information from the Divine Advent Church.

However, because the Divine Advent Church stronghold here had already been wiped out by Ciel, Tara hadn’t been of much use yet.

Thinking back now, after encountering Tara, she immediately suffered a misfortune that required using a transformation save file ability to barely dodge... Tara’s side could be investigated again.

According to the notebook’s description, Tara seemed extremely fanatical towards her, to the point where she would believe anything Ciel said. That’s why her simulated self kept her as an informant, also utilizing her identity and resources for convenience.

Moreover, Tara was clearly a higher rank than Bishop Braque, yet her potion digestion only reached “Missionary,” her actual strength only second-tier.

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It seemed her promotion wasn’t based on strength, but rather on extremely vast knowledge and her deconstruction of the Church of the Savior Goddess doctrines. These abilities earned her a high position within the Divine Advent Church.

Recalling Tara’s location described in the notebook, Ciel determined her next course of action.

If investigating Tara yielded nothing, she could also consult Tara about the “misfortune” under the guise of “I have a friend,” see if the knowledgeable Tara could provide an answer.

If the investigation there yielded no results, then she would find Avena and Adele again, contact Oppold and Professor Ashford through them, and continue investigating.

Ciel quickly reached the second floor. As she walked down the central staircase towards the main hall, she saw Redemption Society members slowly carrying a stretcher towards the entrance. They moved extremely slowly to avoid causing secondary injuries.

Lucy lay on the stretcher. A large group of Deton Manor employees followed behind. Their faces were hidden by masks, but their movements indicated they were even more nervous than the Redemption Society members.

After all, the people at Deton Manor were quite superstitious about “luck.” If even the strongly lucky “Favored” Lucy met with an accident here, they would probably quit or strike rather than continue working here.

But as Ciel descended the stairs, her brow furrowed slightly.

Because she heard an extremely painful and desperate whisper echo in her mind.

Looking up, the source of the whisper was actually Commissioner Lucy.

Just moments ago, when her head was nearly crushed by the giant stone, she showed little pain or despair. But now, after being given medicine to keep her alive, she began showing despair?

Ciel faintly felt that Lucy’s despair might be the key to investigating the misfortune; she definitely knew something.

If this were reality, Ciel might strategize before acting.

But in the simulation, she only had 24 hours of activity time. She had to act without hesitation. If there was any possibility of obtaining intelligence, she had to strike decisively.

A black shadow rapidly shot along the carpet like a swimming fish towards the stretcher, then slowly rose in front of it.

A “Physician” noticed the anomaly and immediately shouted, “Stop!”

The burning black shadow distorted before the “Physicians.” After a few flickers, Ciel’s figure appeared in front of the group, blocking their path.

“Your Excellency, what is this...” The leading “Physician” asked doubtfully. He naturally knew this was someone from the Church of the Savior Goddess but didn’t understand why she was blocking their way.

“Wait a moment.” Ciel raised her hand, interrupting his words. She took a few steps towards the stretcher and leaned slightly closer, listening intently.

Lucy’s eyeballs had completely rolled back, entirely bloodshot. Even so, she kept moving her throat and lips, speaking, even though her teeth and jawbone were shattered.

“Let me... gurgle...”

“Go back...”

“Let me...”

“Go...”