"Sigh..."
After bathing, Miss Mary changed her clothes and left her room to go to the living room. She was flipping through her notebook, pondering the theme for her next book—an ingrained habit of hers. Although the adventures she had with Duanmu Huai were indeed thrilling, from the perspective of literature and art, some artistic embellishment was still necessary. Often, Mary would weave a story with the materials she had collected.
After all—this story is purely fictional, any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons is entirely coincidental.
For stories about Ghouls, she would omit the name of the city they were set in and invent a new name for organizations like the Tribunal, as a lot of details were classified. Even though it's common knowledge, you can't just write it out directly. Besides, if you want to publish such details, you'd need the authorization of the parties involved, which can be quite difficult...
"Hello, Mary."