Although Connor had joined the secret society and interacted with many of its members, the secret society was still a mystery to him. Although Dr. Goursey claimed that she was not a member of the secret society, she did mention that her husband and son were members of the secret society. She had also reached an agreement with the secret society to train potioneers. All of these proved that Dr. Goursey had a close relationship with the secret society.
After discovering such an obvious person who had a close relationship with the secret society, how could Connor not want to dig into her background?
The information about Dr. Goursey's Private Hospital and Dr. Goursey did not seem to have any problems on the surface. There was not even any tax evasion, let alone the secret society. It was very clean!
However, if one knew that Dr. Goursey was related to the secret society, one would be able to find some clues if one tried to reverse engineer the situation.
First of all, Dr. Goursey's Private Hospital only held 40% of the shares. The remaining 60% was owned by the Valencia Chamber of Commerce. The Valencia Chamber of Commerce also helped Dr. Goursey with the approval of the private hospital.
Other than that, the information provided by George also mentioned that the higher-ups of the Valencia Chamber of Commerce had their own private wards in Dr. Goursey's Private Hospital. More than 80% of the equipment in Dr. Goursey's Private Hospital was purchased from the Valencia Chamber of Commerce.
On the surface, one would not notice any problems. After all, most private hospitals were supported by big investors. If one knew about this, one would at most think that the Valencia Chamber of Commerce was the investor behind Dr. Goursey's Private Hospital. However, if one knew that Dr. Goursey's Private Hospital was a branch of the secret society, would one connect the secret society and the Valencia Chamber of Commerce together?
Apart from the hospital, Connor also felt that Dr. Goursey herself was somewhat intriguing. Dr. Goursey's resume stated that she was born in Flosinone City. If the resume was real, it meant that Connor and she were from the same hometown. Of course, this was not the most important thing.
Most importantly, after Dr. Gursy graduated from the Imperial University, he responded to the call of the Kaman Empire and joined the Third Affiliated Hospital of the East Hoy Company in the New World. He stayed there for nearly ten years, working from an intern to the Vice President and Chief Pharmacist of the Third Affiliated Hospital. He married a businessman named Tony in the New World and gave birth to a son.
Five years ago, or to be precise, four and a half years ago, Dr. Gursy returned to the Empire alone and came to Loen to establish Dr. Gursy's Private Hospital. According to the information George gave Connor, although the hospital was located in a large building, it was bought by the Valencia Chamber of Commerce seven years ago at a price that was 1.5 times higher than the property prices at that time. After buying it, they began renovating it. During the renovation period, the Valencia Chamber of Commerce was extremely strict. They changed more than ten renovation teams and took nearly two years to complete the final renovation work.
In the same month that the renovation was completed, Dr. Gursy came to Loen. With the help of the Valencia Chamber of Commerce, he quickly passed the various approval procedures of the City Council and opened the hospital.
Just like before, it seemed reasonable on the surface. Dr. Goursey was related to the Valencia Chamber of Commerce, and the Valencia Chamber of Commerce bought the building for Dr. Goursey. However, if Dr. Goursey was related to the secret society, would the Valencia Chamber of Commerce, which was related to Dr. Goursey, also be related to the secret society?
Perhaps the Valencia Chamber of Commerce, the economic behemoth of the Empire's West Coast, was an industry of the secret society?
After carefully linking all the clues together, Connor felt that the more he thought about it, the more likely it was that the secret society was related to the Valencia Chamber of Commerce. It might be an exaggeration to say that the Valencia Chamber of Commerce was an industry of the secret society, but the upper echelons of the Valencia Chamber of Commerce were definitely related to the secret society.
As he thought about it, Connor's expression couldn't help but change. The connection between Dr. Goursey and the Valencia Chamber of Commerce was like an opportunity that made Connor think of more matters regarding the secret society in Loen. Firstly, Reyes, an upper echelon of the secret society, was lurking in Loen. Secondly, Connor remembered that Bisping had used the term "one of" when describing the safe house under the warehouse at Sassuolo Port to him.
In other words, there were many other secret societies in Loen, just like the safe house under the warehouse at Sassuolo Port. Connor estimated that it would cost at least 20,000 pounds to build a safe house like the one at Sassuolo Port. So, what was the secret society's purpose in building such an expensive safe house in Loen?
Coupled with the analysis of the Valencia Chamber of Commerce today, although Connor didn't understand if there was any definite connection between the three, he could think of one thing. The secret society had been lurking in Loen for many years and was up to something big!
After racking his brains for a long time, Connor still couldn't come up with a reasonable explanation for the clues he had. Since that was the case, he decided to stop thinking about it. After all, he was now a member of the secret society. There was no reason for him to be unhappy with the secret society's success.
Connor took out a blueprint from his pocket and focused his attention on it.
"A.I. Chip, integrate the database and search for the origins of the magic artifact drawn on the blueprint!" Connor commanded inwardly.
[Beep! Following Host's will, initiating mission. Estimated time: one hour and five minutes!] The cold female voice of the auxiliary A.I. Chip sounded in Connor's mind.
Looking at the blueprint in his hand, Connor squinted his eyes. If the magical artifact drawn on the blueprint was really as simple as it was described, it wouldn't be a problem for him to refine it for that mysterious purple-robed lady. However, if there was something fishy about it, Connor would have to forgive himself for not serving her.
An hour and five minutes later, the auxiliary A.I. Chip gave Connor an analysis report on time.
The magic artifact drawn on the blueprint by the Host is very similar to the Moretti Blood Curse, a combination magic artifact recorded in 'Marquis's Anecdotes'. According to the auxiliary A.I. Chip, the similarity between the two is as high as 81%.
"Marquis's Anecdotes?" Connor asked in astonishment. If he didn't remember wrongly, this book was one of the books he'd recorded into the A.I. Chip in Reyes' secret room. It was about the travels of a Magus named Marquis from the Byzantine era. As most of the things recorded had already gone extinct, Connor had only skimmed through the contents and had the auxiliary A.I. Chip record it. He didn't expect it to come in handy today!
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