Chapter 394 A Ploy
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"hmph, so you really are here because you need our help," the Oracle turned and left. His words resounding in the void. By now, all the trust the Oracle had in the world spirit was gone and his anger was the opposite. It had risen to the point that he couldn't even stand straight without cursing a few times over and over again.
"Sighh… I hope you would be able to find a way to escape you predicament because I'm sure we all are going to be out of here soon enough," the dean said his words and left as well, so did Loid.
Within moments, only the World Spirit was left in the Void, tears dripping down her cheeks as she raised her head and looked at the illusion of the world before the metamorphosis.
Suddenly, as if sensing something; a dreaded expression overcame her face as she opened her mouth to scream but no sound came. Only chains appeared around her as they tightened around her body, making her squirm in pain and anguish, she was sucked out of the void. As for what had happened to her, no one cared.
Within the study, the three opened their eyes and looked at each other. The Oracle was still fuming with anger as he raised his fist and banged it down at the table in front of him.
Though, nothing happened, the table was very sturdy and could easily withstand the attacks of an old man whose specialty was in the matters of unknown and not his own body strength.
"I need a drink," the Oracle muttered and walk to a shelf. The others also agreed and sat down on the sofa while the Oracle took out a few bottles and brought them to the sofa along with the glasses.
"These were a local specialty before the world changed and me being a lover of fine wine, I had stashed a lot of them. Have a sip and then tell how it tastes," Saying so, the Oracle poured the wine, handing a glass to both Loid and the Dean.
While the two slowly took their sips, the Oracle simply raised the bottle and took a deep swig, exhaling in relief only after he had gulped a generous amount of alcohol.
"You good?" Loid asked, a bit worried that the alcohol might affect the Oracle but the dean held him back,
"Dont worry, he will be fine. Its been tough on him," the dean whispered and then continued to drink, feeling the flavorful wine slowly wash away the burdens he currently felt.
"What do we do now?" Asked the dean, his gaze facing the Oracle, a serious expression on his face. After all, the Oracle represented one of the highest points of authority for the humans and the dean felt that he was quite qualified to make the decision.
"Well, we do some serious work now," the Oracle answered, opening another bottle and pouring the wine into a glass. This time slowly savoring the flavors of the wine.
"Thats true but what work do we do?" Loid asked, a bit confused at what the other two were talking about.
"About the vampires, some of them have infiltrated the council of elders; posing as heads of different departments," Answering, the Oracle drank even more.
"What? And we are doing nothing about that? What about the head of defense, why isn't he doing something?" Loid asked, panic and worry appearing on his face.
"Dont worry, the Disciplinary Committee is working on it and as for the head of defense, Im afraid that he is the biggest suspect of them all. Only the three amongst us, your team and the grand elder along with members of the disciplinary Committee are not suspects. Other than that, the settlement can be Vampires and we wont know, so it's best that we wait for the right time,"
Finishing his words, the Oracle seemed quite tired as he put down his glass and pulled out a pack cigarettes from his pocket. Taking out a stick, he lit it up and took a puff, a calm expression appearing over his face.
"Didn't know you smoked," the dean commented and took out a stick from the pack on his own accord.
"Tough times make a man do whatnot, Im just smoking a bit," the Oracle replied, handing the lighter up for the dean to light up his stick.
The dean nodded and took a puff as well. The day had been nothing short of hectic, it wasn't the work that he was doing but the sheer amount of information that had been told to him had managed to give his head a good run for its money.
"I guess, we wait," Loid muttered before he let himself sink into the sofa, casually sipping the wine, feeling the tiredness take over his body.
While the three took a moment to relax themselves, the disciplinary committee worked within the shadows, their people left the base and went from one building to another. Hidden in darkness, their figures were unnoticed as they gathered the evidence.
The killings and the disappearances, they were all made by the vampires and by the end of the day, the head of the disciplinary committee only felt his headaches increasing. The sheer number of vampires that had been reported already crossed 5 percent of the total population, not to mention the fact that the vampires were usually a notch stronger than the average person in the city.
Meaning, it were actually their more talented people who had been converted to the other side. However, that wasn't the only part of his headache, the main problem was identifying the vampires but that was almost impossible now.
The vampires all used various disguises and the ones they had captured weren't strong enough either in strength or in status to tell them useful information, leaving them with crumps they couldn't follow.
"Bastards, they think they are so clever as if to deceive me," slamming the report on the table, the head of disciplinary committee walked out of his room and called for all members to assemble for a meeting right away.
As the members gathered, the head only observed the list of others heads of various departments. He had an inkling that a few higher ups had been converted because that was exactly how the vampires operated. They would go on and slowly infiltrate a settlement, starting from the uppermost echelons of the place but not those with the key positions right away. They would either target their families or their close associates and then play a long game, kiting everyone into becoming a vampire and then using them to turn others as well.
"Everyone, change of perspective. We focus on the upper classes, their families, friends and work partners. Since we don't have much time, we will do everything as fast as we could," saying so, the head of disciplinary committee asked everyone to leave while he himself contacted the Grand Elder.
A hologram of the Grand Elder appeared in front of the head of disciplinary committee, he seemed to be having food,
"Hmm, what is it? Did you find anything?" The grand elder asked, putting down his fork and picking up a glass to have some water.
"Not much but the situation is even worse than I thought, they have infiltrated all the key departments at least," the head spoke, taking out a sheet of paper, he showed it to the grand elder, it was a graph that contained the statistics of all the people in the settlement and it showed that there was around 80 percent probability that atleast one person form every department had been turned.
"So what do we do?" The grand elder asked, putting down the glass and looking at the head of disciplinary committee solemnly. He understood that if they acted right now, it would only sow panic that would lead to chaos and further deaths of innocent people.
And so, he knew that they had to handle everything with utmost care, not letting the vampires know that they were after them.
"Well, they know we are collecting evidence, so lets do one thing. Capture a few of them tomorrow and make them into a warning. Though, be sure that the ones you capture are some of the bottom feeders, this way, the higher ones wont be afraid. It will make them a bit careful but not too much and so, we will have bought some time to investigate," the Grand Elder spoke, suggesting the plan, he seemed to have thought of something as he added,
"Also, make sure to keep your powers hidden. Probably ask some subordinate of yours to do the work for you. I will ask the Oracle to help you on this, he had found something to help us deal with a lot of stuff and is busy in that matter but I'm sure he would be able to help you out,"
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