The villainous young master just wants to live a Buddhist-like life.

　Fern Morse had not yet awakened, and the root of the "Cerebrolysm" had been taken away by Dark and the others, so he could only drink some tea and wait patiently.

　Sister Kallian has been quite busy, and hasn't stopped since the beginning.

　Professor Cazell had been quite relaxed, but when he saw Professor Lily following Dark and Sylph in, he suddenly felt uneasy. However, his attention was quickly drawn to the "Cerebrolysm" in Lily's hand.

　He immediately put down his teacup, stood up, and said, "Found it?"

　Professor Sylph shook her head and quickly said, "Although we don't know what this 'Cerebrolyst' is all about, Lily caught it before we found it."

　Professor Cazell: "So when Lily caught it, did she notice anything suspicious?"

　Upon hearing this, Professor Sylph immediately glared at Lily.

　But Lily acted completely unfazed, like a dead pig not afraid of boiling water: "But I don't know that—"

　Professor Cazell immediately realized that she wasn't incapable of finding clues, but rather that she hadn't even considered looking for them, which caused potential leads to slip away.

　Perhaps while she was catching the "brain fluid demon," the mastermind behind it all was secretly pacing anxiously...

　Professor Cazell said with a hint of helplessness, "There's nothing we can do about it, is there? Anyway, let me take a look at that 'Cerebrolysmic Demon' you have."

　Lily immediately beamed and picked up the "brain fluid demon" from the bag.

　After Professor Cazell took over the "Cerebrolysmic Demon," his eyes narrowed slightly, and he said, "A complete 'Cerebrolysmic Demon' is extremely rare!"

　……

　However, now was not a good time to conduct research. Professor Cazell was not one to disregard time; he merely confirmed the birth time of this "Cerebrolysmic Demon" through simple experiments, and then remarked with slight surprise, "This 'Cerebrolysmic Demon' is less than half a month old?"

　Upon hearing this, Professor Sylph had an idea and said, "I will go and count whether anyone has entered or left in the past two weeks."

　Professor Kazel nodded and said, "Since we can't find it directly using Dark's slime, we'll have to check everything."

　Professor Sylph said, "If no one goes out, it means the creator of this 'Cerebrolysmic Demon' must still be at the academy, which is very important."

　Professor Cazell said, "Narrowing down the search area is indeed necessary. Since Lily found the 'Cerebrolysmic Demon' near the Knights' Academy tower, let's start the investigation from the Knights' Academy first."

　"Shouldn't we check on the professors' condition first?" Darke suddenly said.

　Professor Cazell turned his head and smiled, "Of course, it's Professor Cazell."

　Within St. Marian Academy, if there is any group that poses the greatest threat, it would be the professors.

　It's hard to feel at ease without first confirming that the professors are not involved in this matter.

　The three of them quickly confirmed the order of the investigation with just a few words, and then Professor Sylph immediately took flight and went to check the records of people leaving the area.

　After Professor Sylph left quickly, Professor Cazell and Dark exchanged glances, and then Professor Cazell immediately said, "In that case, let's start with us."

　"Hmm? Start with what?" Professor Lily asked curiously.

　Professor Cazell glanced at her and said, "It's confirmed that neither of us did this."

　"Does this even need confirmation?" Professor Lily immediately pouted in dissatisfaction.

　But the investigation still began.

　Professor Cazell said, "First, we need to clarify one event."

　Dark asked, "What is it?"

　Professor Cazell stated, "Cultivating 'Cerebrolysmic Demons' isn't a serious violation of discipline. The real violation lies in the cultivators implanting these demons into the brains of other people. In other words, we don't care what they research, only what they use that research for. It's like a swordsman forging a butcher's blade, but a butcher using that blade to slaughter a city."

　Dak nodded, agreeing wholeheartedly.

　While cultivating "brain fluid demons" is one thing, the matter of refining magical spirits such as demons and demon species is obviously much more serious.

　St. Marian College will not treat these students differently because of this.

　Seeing that he understood, Professor Cazell continued, "This matter itself is not a big deal, and Fern Morse is in very good health—we need to use the above concepts to clarify this current statement, thereby stabilizing people's hearts."

　Dak nodded again, indicating that he understood.

　A correct concept is used as a basis to lead to a wrong assumption.

　The purpose is to prevent the "breeders" from resorting to desperate measures.

　Professor Cazell asked, "Do you have any other ideas?"

　Dark thought for a moment, then suddenly said, "Then, during the investigation, why not bring the 'Cerebrolysmic Monster' with us to show the Academy's lenient attitude towards this kind of training? I mean, we could temporarily treat it as a magical creature belonging to the Magical Zoan Club."

　Professor Cazell picked up the "Brain Fluid Demon" and shook it, saying, "It's feasible."

　Dark immediately revealed a sly smile: "I will lend it to you, Professor, for your research later."

　Professor Kazel laughed heartily: "Then let's leave it at that for now. I'll ask you a few questions first."

　Dak immediately sat up straight and said, "Ask away."

　Professor Kazel nodded and said, "Don't use 'Netherworld God Magic.' How much do you know about 'Cerebrolysmic Demons'?"

　Dark said, "It's very simple."

　“Then the second question,” Professor Cazell said, “before today, had you ever seen the ‘Cerebrolysmic Demon’ in person?”

　Dark shook his head and said, "I haven't seen it with my own eyes."

　Professor Cazell then asked, "Before today, had you ever considered breeding a 'Cerebrolysmic Demon'?"

　Dark shook his head again: "No."

　Professor Cazell then asked gently, "So, one last question. Did you cultivate this 'Cerebrolyst'?"

　Dark shook his head and said, "Of course not."

　Professor Cazell nodded and said, "Is there anything else that needs to be added?"

　Dark thought for a moment and said, "Let's add one more. Do you know Fern Morse?"

　Professor Cazell blinked, then suddenly said, "That's a good question! So, do you know Fern Morse?"

　Dark said, "Of course I know."

　If the answer is "I don't know," then there's a real problem.

　……

　Professor Kazel said, "Then let's end it here. Summon your magical spirit, I mean, the one that can read minds."

　Dark concentrated slightly, then quickly chanted to release the "Goddess of the Mind's Eye" from the summons and summon her back to his side.

　The "Goddess of the Mind" was clearly a little uncomfortable with this behavior, but she quickly adjusted and looked at Dark.

　Dark introduced it to Professor Kazel: "This is my newly created magical spirit—'Goddess of the Mind's Eye,' whose mind's eye can see through hearts."

　Professor Kazel asked with slight surprise, "Is it the 'Card of God'?"

　Dark smiled and said, "That depends on how you define it."

　Kazel shook his head and said, "Now it's your turn to ask me questions."

　Dak then asked him the same set of questions, slightly modified.

　Professor Kazel answered each question in turn.

　After he finished answering, Dark stood up and offered his seat to the "Goddess of the Mind's Eye." Then he let Professor Lily sit opposite him, and the "Goddess of the Mind's Eye" conducted the questioning.

　As she asked questions, Dak explained things to her, gradually helping her understand the situation.

　Then, Dark summoned another "Goddess of the Mind's Eye" that lacked sentience to try it out.

　But it didn't work.

　Once the investigation begins, the "breeders" will definitely prepare for it, and the issues will need to be changed at any time.

　Without intelligence, it would be difficult to cope.

　……

　When Professor Sylph returned, the four people in the infirmary had already completed their self-screening.

　Everyone looked at Professor Sylph, awaiting her decision.

　Professor Sylph said, "We've been lucky; not many people have come and gone from the academy in the last two weeks. But we'll probably have to investigate the merchants in Traveler's Street as well."

　The workload doubled instantly!

　……

　[The situation arose suddenly, so I had to take two extra days off. I'm very sorry. I'll start catching up on this month's updates once my laptop arrives. I still have 180,000 words left to reach December's 200,000-word goal! Let's go!]

Chapter 672 Request for Subscription: Darkdemon's Great Investigation

　The merchants in Traveler's Street are often overlooked, but they are actually part of the academy.

　Moreover, unlike professors and students who rarely leave the academy, merchants travel between Traveler's Street and the academy town every week.

　Therefore, they are the most mobile group.

　The only saving grace was that, with the exception of a select few, merchants were not allowed to enter the castle through the teleportation hub.

　This means that the possibility of them being the breeders of the "Brain Fluid Demon" is extremely low.

　In this urgent situation, Professor Sylph decided to first investigate the merchants who could enter the castle, including Eve.

　"Start with the campus staff who have visited the campus this month, then investigate the merchants on Traveler's Street, and then begin with the professors..."

　Professor Sylph quickly devised a plan and immediately began to implement it!

　……

　It was even faster than Darko had anticipated.

　At 3:30 p.m., the first group of people who needed to be screened were taken to the main hall (banquet hall) on the first floor.

　He and Professor Cazell, as the main force in charge of the investigation, sat in the faculty section, with Professor Lily and Sister Karen as their assistants.

　The staff and merchants who were brought to the auditorium were still completely confused, as Professor Sylph did not reveal any information to them.

　For this group of people, Professors Dak and Kazel used the simplest and quickest screening method.

　They placed the complete "Cerebrolysm" in the middle of the table. Then, they placed a desk in front of each of them, and Professor Lily manipulated the goblins to place pre-printed answer sheets on the desks. Once someone finished answering, a new answer sheet was placed on top, and this process was repeated.

　Those who needed to be screened lined up in two rows behind those two desks and sat down one by one to answer the questions.

　In this way, Professors Dark and Cazell would not need to waste their breath or worry about the answers being leaked—although whether they were leaked or not was irrelevant, they did need to project a certain message to the outside world.

　This misled people into believing that they were conducting screening through answering questions, and not through anything else.

　In particular, they must not let anyone know that they possess the ability to "read minds"!

　……

　The investigation is progressing relatively smoothly.

　The first answer that Professors Dak and Cazell wrote on their answer sheets was: "What is the creature on the table?"

　"Cerebrolysm" was a term that instilled fear in countless people during the war. But it quickly disappeared after the war ended.

　In reality, very few people have actually seen the true form of the "Brain Fluid Demon".

　The vast majority of people, including the warriors of the demon race who had been implanted with the "brain fluid demon," believed it to be something as hideous as a devil.

　And no one could have imagined that the "jellyfish" on the table, as pure as water, would be the true form of the "brain fluid demon".

　The merchants of Travellers Street and the general staff of the academy also rarely had enough knowledge to understand it.

　Therefore, almost no one can answer this first question.

　However, this has little to do with the current investigation.

　The other party is someone capable of cultivating "brain fluid demons." It wouldn't be an exaggeration to consider them a researcher with special knowledge of the brain.

　For this type of person, manipulating memories is probably just a minor skill.

　He most likely anticipated this investigation and then manipulated his own memories, completely sealing away his memories of the "brain fluid demon."

　In this way, his answer would be no different from that of an ordinary person.

　What Professors Dark and Cazell need to do is use their "mind-reading" ability to find flaws in the surface of their thoughts while they are answering questions!

　Of course, to be precise, it's the "Goddess of the Mind" and Professor Cazell.

　……

　Whether it's the "brain fluid demon" on the table or the questions on the answer sheet, they all exist solely to elicit thought.