Saori cursed to herself. Was the exhaustion finally getting to her? Even if getting it straight from the victims' mouths was the most direct method, she should've shown more tact. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be so crass. I would never belittle the value of life."

She tapped the side of her mug. "Even with the tech and magic we have, we can't piece together anything concrete. I think what's bugging me the most is how both yours and Ace's statements are different despite both of you being there at the same time. And considering magic is very much a thing here, some level of mind-control or even memory manipulation is at work. I can't think of a job that would grant such an ability though. I don't know about items, but I imagine they would be very hard to obtain or raise a red flag to sellers."