The hospital Nicole mentioned is naturally the city hospital established by the [Nine Commandments secret society], and it’s the large building Ronald saw from the sky.

Then, Caselle Street No. 6 is the headquarters of the city’s patrol agency.

Within the organizational structure of the [Nine Commandments secret society], the head of the patrol agency not only handles the ordinary police work of city security management but also takes on intelligence gathering and external special operations work.

In the grand scheme of things, this unit is definitely a rather important department of the [Nine Commandments secret society] on the southern continent.

Ordinarily, the residents of the city call this the patrol headquarters.

However, because this department undertakes more discreet special responsibilities, the outside world usually doesn’t call it that. Instead, they refer to it by its location at Caselle Street No. 6, which ultimately led to that name.

The two places represent two different choices.

Honestly speaking, the hospital is clearly more suitable for an attack.

Compared to the thoroughly secured Caselle Street No. 6, hospitals don’t usually dispatch too many armed personnel. Especially amidst the current chaos in the city, there is a constant stream of citizens seeking help at the hospital.

Initiating a raid under such circumstances, everything will certainly be easily accomplished, yielding twice the result with half the effort.

However, Ronald hasn’t broken through his personal moral boundaries.

Even though those leading the hospital’s operations are certainly core members of the [Nine Commandments secret society], Ronald won’t interrupt work that concerns countless lives at this critical time for seeking treatment.

The current chaos in the city is caused by Ronald.

Adding more chaos to this foundation would no longer be a specific attack against the [Nine Commandments secret society] but rather indiscriminate harm against the entire city, including innocent residents!

"..."

"It’s decided, let’s take a look at Caselle Street No. 6!"

Ronald made his decision firmly, his tone indisputable.

Beside him, Costate certainly had no objections to his master’s decision.

Instead, Nicole immediately discerned the reason for Ronald’s choice, her face involuntarily smiling as she replied with a raised tone:

"Alright, no problem!"

"Let’s go to Caselle Street No. 6!"

Having expressed her support for the decision, Nicole quickly took two steps forward, moving from the central position in the team to the leading spot.

"Ronald, I’ll lead the way."

"The place isn’t far from us, it will take about fifteen minutes on foot."

During the days of lurking work, Nicole was already more familiar with the city, and Ronald naturally followed her lead.

Under the guidance of the investigator girl. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

The three of them navigated through the city and soon saw the Caselle Street sign.

The target was ahead, but problems also emerged.

Even though they knew this was the target location, in Ronald’s reconnaissance spell, he found there weren’t many people on the street. Though it remained within the normal urban scope, it definitely didn’t match the expected population of a patrol agency center.

What’s going on?

With questions, the trio arrived at Caselle Street No. 6.

What appeared before them was a large three-story brick building, with a vast area of attached buildings behind it. Its solemn appearance reflected its status in the city; passersby would likely feel a wave of awe and quickly look away if they glanced at this edifice.

Quietly standing in front of Caselle Street No. 6.

Ronald began to contemplate which spell to use to ’say hello’ to the other side.

But before he could act, Costate suddenly spoke, revealing her discovery from her perspective:

"Sir, there’s a highly concealed barrier here."

"It separates the interior and exterior of the building into two distinctly different realms, using a near-isolation method to prevent external prying or attacks."

"Should I intrude inside?"

Ronald raised both his hands in support of Costate’s proactive behavior.

He decisively abandoned the idea of chanting incantations and raised his hand to instruct the maid:

"Costate, we’ll leave our ’entry’ work to you."

The maid nodded slightly, then stepped forward.

The method Costate used to break through at Caselle Street No. 6 was not too different from her past way of breaking other barriers. She similarly held her hand in the air, indicating the barrier’s existence; a magical film soon materialized around it and intertwined with Costate’s Magic Power.

It only took a few seconds.

The originally intact barrier naturally opened up a hole large enough for a person to walk through.

Ronald and the others passed through the barrier without triggering any phenomena or alerting their enemies.

Thus, they pushed open the door and stepped inside Caselle Street No. 6, only to be greeted by a baffling phenomenon.

Despite the lights illuminating what should have been a patrol front hall with someone working the night shift.

Both the reception desk and the surrounding office waiting area were desolate, with no sign of anyone’s presence.

Upon closer examination of details, traces could be found where someone left in haste, accidentally knocking over files or decorations.

——This building is empty!

The staff of the [Nine Commandments secret society] seemed to have received advance notice, withdrawing entirely before the arrival of Ronald and the others!

"..."

Ronald stood still, blinking.

Before witnessing this scenario firsthand, he didn’t anticipate the enemies would flee so decisively, not even giving them a chance to intercept!

The inside of Caselle Street No. 6 was silent.

As the atmosphere grew awkward, it was instead Nicole who seemed to understand, stepping forward to pat Ronald’s shoulder:

"To be honest, you can’t blame anyone for this."

"If I were your enemy, seeing such exaggerated thunderbolts descending from the sky and turning an administrative building into rubble, I too wouldn’t stay securely in the investigation bureau waiting for the attack."

Ronald rolled his eyes directly at Nicole:

"Please, I’m worried for you, alright?"

"If you hadn’t come over to tell me that the ’Interpretation Book’ is still in this city, I would probably already be rushing out of the city with Costate to track down those departing [Nine Commandments] casters!"

"Don’t stress." Nicole chuckled lightly.

Her demeanor wasn’t due to a lack of concern but rather because, as an investigator, she harbored a deeper understanding of the [Nine Commandments secret society]’s withdrawal.

Indeed, upon witnessing this scene, her mind had already formed an assessment of the situation.

Thus, the investigator girl explained the current scene and her thoughts:

"The fact they managed to escape signifies their decisiveness."

"But in such a hurried and urgent operation, there must be things they couldn’t take with them, such as... prisoners held here?"