She Professed Herself The Pupil Of The Wiseman

Chapter 178 - 112: Infiltration (1)

Mira and Sasori's objective was in a walled off section in the city outskirts. Inside there were many storage facilities.

「So far everyone claims this is a warehouse for Melville's most expensive merchandise, no one I spoke to even suggested something about ruins.」

They stood on the roof of a building outside the facility, looking at the entire area that was big enough for a small village to easily fit inside. Sasori's voice was subdued and quiet, she had prided herself in being able to gather reliable information anywhere, so she felt disappointed in herself for not noticing they were hiding something more inside there.

「It's still a conjecture, we have no concrete proof yet. And if we're correct, I'm sure you would have reached a similar conclusion with enough time. You did find those black mist stones after all.」

Even if Sasori had not run into Mira in that store, she would have bought the black mist stones and investigated its origins, and eventually learned about the Graveyard of War Memorials. Not to mention that the reason they had marked the warehouse facility as a target so quickly was thanks to Sasori's investigation.

With Mira cheering her up, Sasori quickly recovered herself and announced 「Get ready Melville, we're coming for you.」

「They claim to have valuable items inside, place heavy guard without suspicion, and successfully hide what they're truly doing. That's essentially the opposite of my methods.」

Worthramble spoke behind the two, looking with an entertained gaze at the facility.

The group jumped down from the roof and walked towards the facility. The gates were wide open, with armed guards stationed on either side.

To the sides of the entrance, Mira saw what looked like parabolic antennas mounted on glass balls lined up along the wall. She had never seen those devices before, so Sasori explained they were magic sensing alarms. They walked straight to the main gates, but the guards did not react at all.

Moments later they were so close they could hear the guards talking with each other. The guards were talking about dinner. One was saying how he wanted to eat fried chicken until he dropped, another wanted a flavor rich ramen, and another wanted some pork cutlet with rice.

Then an odd sound came from Mira's group. She turned around and saw Sasori averting her gaze.

「Well, let's see if our magic signatures are hidden as well as your stomach rumbling.」

Saying that, Mira continued walking to the gate, Worthramble and Sasori right behind her as they crossed between the guards. Nothing stopped them, and the alarms were not triggered. Mira and her group had gotten inside safely.

「Amazing! They did not notice at all!」

Sasori laughed happily after walking right in front of the guards without them seeing her.

「Only because you didn't do anything needless this time.」

Meanwhile Mira smiled teasingly while poking fun at the way Sasori threw a stone at someone before. The response was a silent pout.

「I wonder where the entrance to the Graveyard is.」

Trying to gloss over that event, Sasori switched topics.

Looking around again, they saw multiple brick buildings around. They were divided into groups of five, evenly spaced inside the walls. It was still night, but there were street lights everywhere so it was not too hard to make out the shape of the buildings. The ground was paved with flat stones, and further away they could see many guards patrolling the area.

On top of that, they were shrouded in complete silence, which gave the lanterns bobbing on the guards' hips in the distance a ghastly appearance.

「You said you saw a guard come out of a warehouse to sell the stones. Do you remember which building that was?」

Mira looked around, seeing that all the buildings were built identically and asked Sasori. If they

It was dark and hard to see, but Mira declared like a seasoned detective while pointing at a juvenile looking set of underwear. There might be some female guards there, but certainly no children.

「Are those… panties? And only girls of a certain age use them?」

The response to Mira's confident discovery was completely unexpected.

「But of course… right?」