"Also for technical reasons, we don't want the Church to know... that we can detect all supernatural activity throughout the city. So this time, we've rented an entire building on the street opposite the Church. It's not only for surveillance; we also plan to dig a tunnel."
Due to the Kingdom's burial customs, every church has catacombs beneath it. This is especially true for an ancient one like Saint Miller, which has layer upon layer of catacombs underground, mostly filled with the higher-status deceased among the faithful.
Thus, the Star Robe Team and the Cultists from before had the exact same idea—to undermine the Church, you start from underground.
However, the convoy carrying their "tools of the trade" got stuck in traffic.
"These roads are getting worse and worse! The streets are packed with people and carriages!"
'No, those might be protestors...' Rorschach thought as he looked out the car window and saw a bakery by the roadside.
