Chapter 741


    Chapter 741 Cassidy Took The Creatures Away


    “Should we inform Cassidy?” Rayna suggested as she buckled herself up.


    “You can decide on that,” came Curtis'' answer.


    Rayna pulled out her phone to call Cassidy, but thetter''s phone was switched off. After some thought,


    she decided to try thendline and see if anyone at home would pick up. To her surprise, a young


    voice, which sounded like it belonged to either Yasmin or Yuna, answered the call. “Hello.”


    “Yasmin?” Rayna asked uncertainly.


    “Oh, Ms. Belle,” Yasmin greeted her. “Why did you call?”


    “We''ll be arriving homete today. Are youfortable with being by yourself at the house while we


    are away?” Rayna questioned carefully.


    “Sure,” Yasmin replied.


    “Great. Remember to tell Cassidy if shees hometer,” Rayna told her. After hearing Yasmin''s


    reply, she then ended the call.


    “Yasmin is at home alone,” Rayna muttered under her breath. “What about Yuna? Where could she


    be?”


    Even though Yasmin didn''t mention specifically that Yuna wasn''t around, from the way she spoke, it


    was evident that she was alone.


    “Maybe someone picked her up and sent her home,” Curtis responded casually.


    “Cassidy isn''t home yet.” Rayna was concerned to learn that Cassidy was still with Andrew.


    “She''ll be fine. If anything were to happen, it would have urred earlier on. Andrew would not have


    been so patient as to wait until this point in time,” Curtisforted her as he was afraid she would be


    overly concerned.


    The car drove slowly into an alley. As it reached the end of the alley, it made a left turn, gliding onto the


    adjoining street.


    Rayna raised her head and spotted the signboard for the police station.


    After the car rolled to a stop at the entrance, they got out of the car and walked into the police station.


    Inside, Rayna saw the police officers she had encountered at Ashley''s house earlier.


    This time, their faces were drawn and taut with careful expressions when they saw Rayna and the like.


    “Where is the archives room?” Curtis asked solemnly.


    “This way, please.” A young police officer led the way to the archives room.


    After bringing them there, he was sensible enough to leave them alone.


    Rayna and Curtis stepped into the room. Their eyes were immediately drawn to the racks lined with


    files. Each one was carefullybeled with the date and category.


    J and Vance immediately started looking through the files. Seeing that, Rayna also joined in as well.


    Curtis followed behind her.


    They walked to the rack at the far corner of the room and noticed that the files on it werebeled with


    the year that Rayna had gone to Shvomhid Mountain.


    Out of curiosity, Rayna reached out and retrieved a file to read it.


    Curtis raked his gaze over the items ced in transparent files on the rack until he spotted a sample in


    one of the files. He retrieved it to get a better look at it.


    Rayna looked up and happened to notice the file in his hands. “Let me take a look at that.”


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    Hearing her words, Curtis offered the file to her readily.


    “This looks familiar,” Rayna remarked as she took a photo of the sample. “I think I saw this previously


    on Shvomhid Mountain.”


    “Are you sure?” Curtis questioned.


    Jayfort was situated at a considerable distance from Shvomhid Mountain, and these two locations had


    distinct climatic conditions.


    “They look simr. This was from a long time ago, so I''m not that sure.” Rayna observed the sample


    several times before returning it to the rack.


    “What about you? Did you find anything?” she asked J and Vance.


    “A little. During the span of three years, a great number of youth emigrated away from the town, with


    some purchasing properties in other ces. The townspeople weren''t rich, to begin with.” Vance


    handed a thick file to Rayna. “In the same period, many people died in this town. In turn, the families of


    the deceased departed the town to buy houses in the city or set up their own businesses.”


    Rayna took the file from him and began to skim through its contents. After flipping through two pages, a


    look of puzzlement crossed her face. “Wait a minute. Why would this be recorded? It''s normal to


    document the deaths of people, but why would there be an ount of the financial situation of these


    individuals?” she inquired, her eyebrows raised in surprise.


    Hearing that, Curtis took the file from her and went through it. He, too, had the feeling that something


    was not quite right. “It''s customary to keep a record of the poption but not of the financial situation.”


    He continued perusing the file and was surprised to find that the document also contained the current


    addresses of the people who had left the town.


    “Even if they were to document the addresses, it should be done so in a different file,” Rayna chimed


    in.


    “You''re right. It appears that the majority of the townspeople who left were paid for their involvement in


    the experiment. That''s why all of their information was documented here, and the police officers must


    have recorded all of it in ordance with the instructions of their superiors.” Curtis closed the file and


    nced at the archives room. “They had no way of knowing that this would happen, so they didn''t


    bother to hide the details.”


    “The powerful and influential people here colluded, giving them the freedom to do whatever they


    wanted,” Vance added. He then offered another file to Rayna. “Take a look at this. Could this be from


    Shvomhid Mountain as well?”


    Rayna observed the little bug carefully before realizing it was a hexagonaldybug. “Yes. This bug only


    appears there.”


    “Our guess was right. The people here had been to Shvomhid Mountain,” Vance said as he ced the


    file into his bag. “I''m taking this back to the research center. I''ll also take the bug that you found earlier.”


    Rayna gave the file, which she had taken a photo of, to him. “Are you going to examine it?”


    “Mm. We know what they are up to but don''t have enough evidence. That said, the more evidence we


    have, the easier it will be to make a solid case against them,” Vance exined. He took a pair of gloves


    from his briefcase and put them on. “I should make another copy of the evidence we have so far, just in


    case something goes wrong.”


    As Vance and J got to work, Curtis and Rayna didn''t disturb them and focused on going through the


    other information and files in the archives room.


    It waste at night when they returned to the Gilroy residence.


    The courtyard was brightly lit, and the door was wide open. Rayna walked into the house and


    discovered it was eerily silent. Hence, she called Yasmin''s name a few times.


    Yasmin soon walked out, looking sleepy. “Oh, it''s you. Where is Ms. Cassidy?”


    Rayna approached Yasmin and saw Yunaing out as well. She was surprised as she thought Yuna


    had already left. “Oh, I didn''t expect to see you here, Yuna!”


    “Well, Ms. Cassidy told Yuna to stay as she didn''t want to return to the mansion,” Yasmin exined.


    “Cassidy isn''t back yet.” Rayna nced at Curtis. “Could Mr. Zeller...”


    Curtis said nothing. He initially assumed Andrew wouldn''t hurt Cassidy, but he couldn''t be sure of that


    now.


    “Previously, Fernando said Andrew merely wanted to treat Cassidy to a meal. However, given that she


    has yet to return, I believe that there is more to the story,” Rayna revealed her thoughts. “Mr. Zeller isn''t


    that old, leading me to believe that he is not actually Fernando''s godfather.”


    Suddenly, a thought urred to Rayna. “Unless... Could Mr. Zeller and Cassidy—”


    Curtis interjected, “Let''s just wait and see. If she is still not backter, then we''ll have to decide what we


    want to do.” After saying this, he proceeded to drag her into the house.


    Robin stepped into the house behind Curtis and Rayna, who both got engrossed in their own tasks. He


    quietly made his way to his own bedroom.


    As he opened the door, he noticed something strange - the cage that confined two small creatures was


    standing open, and the animals were nowhere to be found.


    Rayna was sitting on the couch when she saw Robin dashing down the stairs. “What''s wrong?” she


    inquired.


    “The creatures are missing,” Robin reported anxiously.


    Rayna''s gazended on Yasmin and Yuna. “Were you both at home all the time today?” she asked, her


    voice even and steady.


    The children nodded in response.


    “Where did the creatures go? Did you notice where they went?” she continued in a soft voice.


    Yasmin and Yuna shook their heads.


    Rayna observed their reactions carefully before fixing her gaze on Yasmin. “Yasmin, tell me the truth.”


    Yasmin pursed her lips and stole a quick, furtive nce at Yuna from the corner of her eye. She replied


    hesitantly, “I...”


    “Ms. Cassidy took them with her,” Yuna cut in.