Chapter 253 Chapter 253 – His City
"Huh?" Nick uttered as he looked at Julian. "No, I didn't know about that."
Julian kept looking at Nick.
"I'm in contact with many different people within the city, and I also help out here and there," Julian said.
"But most of the time, I am walking around with the guards."
"About seven months ago, a Veteran vanished. Something like that isn't that unusual. A Veteran in the city vanishes about once every couple of years. Most of the time, they die to a Specter that surprised them."
"Because of that, nobody really cared."
"But then, a month later, another Veteran vanished."
"Sure, that was more than normal, but that could just be a coincidence."
"And then, another one vanished a month later."
Nick looked at Julian with worry. "That doesn't sound like a coincidence."
Julian chuckled. "I can assure you, it's not."
"Everyone became much more careful, and we also realized that there was a pattern."
"First, all the Veterans who vanished worked for the city guards."
"Second, a couple of days before they vanished, they acted very strangely."
"They didn't want to go to work, and they constantly talked about feeling like someone was following them."
"They started to stay away from anyone who knew them until they finally vanished." Trace the roots of this material to n0v★lbin
Nick's heart rate increased.
That sounded quite scary.
"Eventually, an Expert vanished," Julian said. "Just like the others, he worked for the city guards. He was a captain, and he was responsible for interrogating prisoners."
Nick felt like a cold shiver ran down his back.
The image of the captain who had interrogated Nick shot through his mind.
"And just two days ago," Julian continued, "another captain vanished. He was someone that I knew very well and someone who was very valuable to me."
After that, Julian described the captain's appearance.
The appearance perfectly matched the image Nick had of the captain that had interrogated him back then.
Obviously, they were talking about the same person.
"Do you two know each other?" Julian asked.
Nick nodded. "Yes, he was the one that interrogated me back then."
A quick light of realization shot through Julian's eyes.
"Why did he interrogate you?" Julian asked. "Just tell me everything surrounding the incident."
"Oh, sure," Nick said absentmindedly. "A while ago, I was investigating the Riker Strikers because I suspected that their leader was a Specter..."
Nick told everything that had happened to Julian.
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