After returning home, Dong Tianyu didn’t enter the Cave but went back to his own room and lay down on his bed for a comfortable sleep.

When Dong Tianyu woke up, he scanned with Divine Sense and found that not only had Mrs. Thompson returned, but Mr. Thompson had also finished his work and come home.

Mrs. Thompson came to Dong Tianyu’s door, knocked, and said, "Son, get up, it’s time to eat."

Hearing Mrs. Thompson’s words, Dong Tianyu got straight out of bed, scratched his head, and then replied, "Got it, mom. You guys go ahead and eat, I’ll join you after I wash up."

After receiving Dong Tianyu’s response, Mrs. Thompson didn’t linger and went back to the kitchen to help Mr. Thompson.

By the time Dong Tianyu had finished washing up and arrived at the dining room, the food had just been served, and the family of three finally sat down together again.

At the Thompson Family’s dinner table, the rule ’Don’t talk while eating and don’t speak in bed’ was not observed. As Mrs. Thompson served the food, she asked Dong Tianyu directly, "How is Violet Walker doing? Did you two have some kind of argument? Otherwise, why are you always staying here?"

Hearing his mother’s question, Dong Tianyu was also somewhat speechless. Before and after the disaster, most parents worry about their children once they move out, yet when the children live with them, parents tend to dislike their children’s way of life.

Regarding his mother’s query, Dong Tianyu felt rather helpless. He couldn’t tell her the truth, so he had to stick to the excuse he had used before, "Mom, didn’t I tell you? Violet Walker is currently on a confidential mission, so she’s very busy these days. That’s why I came back here to keep you company. If you find me annoying, I’ll leave after dinner."

Upon hearing Dong Tianyu’s words, Mr. Thompson tapped his chopsticks on the edge of his plate and then spoke up, "Grandchildren will have their own luck. Don’t worry so much. Our son is grown up and has his own opinions on things."

Mrs. Thompson, who had wanted to say more, fell silent upon seeing the look in Mr. Thompson’s eyes and ended up saying nothing.

"I never imagined that a mission that should have remained secret would become the talk of the town. Luckily, it happened near the end of my mission. If this had occurred shortly after I left... eh, it’s hard to say what might have happened by then."

Hearing his father’s sigh, Dong Tianyu directly asked, "Dad, has the camp found the person spreading the rumors yet?"

"No, but since this matter has become quite serious, the Patrol Office is digging from the bottom up in the most foolish way to see who leaked the mission details."

Hearing her husband’s words, Mrs. Thompson’s curiosity seemed to be piqued, and she inquired with a hint of gossip, "The most foolish way? What’s that?"

To his mother’s bewilderment, Dong Tianyu replied before his father could speak, "The most foolish way is to find a gossip spreader and then get them to reveal where they heard the mission details from.

Once the accuracy of the arrested person’s statements is confirmed, you follow the lead and continue digging. As long as the source of the rumor isn’t found, by repeatedly asking the arrested person where they heard the information, you can trace the gossip back to its source."

Though this method may seem foolish, it was effective. It took only three days for the camp to identify the source of the rumors.

Even if the method is foolish, as long as it’s effective, that’s what counts. In just one day, and a day before Mr. Thompson returned home, the identity of the leak was finally known.

The first to leak the information was a member of a small hunting team. With the merger of Saxon County’s camps, many such small hunting teams appeared in the camps.

Some of these hunting teams, due to their small size, didn’t want to be slowed by others and preferred to be efficient. They consisted of a few close friends who impulsively decided to go out and hunt together.

The number of members in such hunting teams was often small, but their character varied greatly.

The person who spread the rumors perhaps received enough benefit to fear a reckoning come fall and therefore decided to take a definitive stand—leaving the camp altogether.

After all, Pengcheng was close to their camp, and at any time, as long as one had a special skill, they could find a job that suited them.

Since there was no network, even though a warrant was issued, its effectiveness was not that great.

However, according to the investigation conducted by the Patrol Office, after the monster’s siege ended, that Hunting Team thought they could take advantage of the situation and go out, but little did they expect, once they left, they have yet to return to this day.

Under normal circumstances, going out hunting and staying in the wilderness for two days is actually not a problem, but as of today, it’s been several days since the members of that team left.

If this had happened in the past, people might speculate there could have been some delay on the road during their outing.

It seems either a Hunting Team got the news and left early, or they were lured out of the camp by those behind the scenes and then physically silenced to keep the matter secret.

Having reached this point in the investigation, theoretically, it should be very difficult to continue delving further.

But in reality, there was an unexpected development, which turned out to be very beneficial for Robinson William; one of the team members, who had kept it a secret from his companions, found himself a girlfriend.

The rest of the situation became quite clear, that member was not only fond of bragging, but also of showing off in front of his girlfriend; in any case, he mentioned something casually.

His girlfriend didn’t pay much attention, after all, the words of the Hunting Team member seemed as fantastical as a legend, simply not possible in reality.

After all, taking down a member of the council is not a reliable endeavor in itself.

Moreover, Mr. Thompson’s position and power are not that significant; even if Mr. Thompson were to be dismissed from his position due to the task leak, it would have nothing to do with that member of the Hunting Team.

Even if Mr. Thompson were to be isolated due to the task leak, the member of the team who spread the rumors would not benefit from it, as the gap between the two parties is too great.

So there’s no need to think about it, this task leak must have been orchestrated by someone in the shadows, but right now, Zachary hasn’t figured out who would benefit from Mr. Thompson’s task leak.

As Zachary was eating and chatting with his parents about family matters, he was simultaneously pondering who would succeed his father’s position after his father’s dismissal.

After thinking for a long time, Zachary still had no clues.

Just when Zachary was at his wit’s end, an inspiration suddenly flashed through his mind, and the image of Butterfly appeared.

Although he didn’t know why her image would emerge in his mind, Zachary still felt that she was the most suspicious, but without evidence, this remained just his own conjecture.

After the three finished eating, Mrs. Thompson began to clean up the dining table, while Mr. Thompson pulled Zachary into the study.

He took a book from the shelf, opened it, and inside there was a Metal Ingot.

Zachary accepted the Metal Ingot passed to him by Mr. Thompson, and then heard Mr. Thompson introduce, "I don’t know what this thing is called, but it’s said to have many uses, and for those things, Kyoto is willing to pay a high price to purchase them. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

After learning about Kyoto’s high purchasing price, this mission was created. The one you have in your hand, I spent a long time contemplating how to acquire it.

Quickly see if it’s useful to you; if it is, I’ll find a way to get more, but if it’s not, then think of a way to hide the one you have and make sure it isn’t discovered by others."

Hearing Mr. Thompson say this, Zachary hurriedly asked, "Dad, don’t say you don’t understand anything about this thing. What is this Metal Ingot used for?"

"I’m really not too clear about the specifics of this Metal Ingot; I’ve spoken with the military folks a few times, and even they don’t know the uses for these Metal Ingots,"

This mission is shrouded in strangeness, inexplicably discovering an open-pit mine, which was under closed management, but unexpectedly, towards the end of their mission, it suddenly became public knowledge.

This is not normal."