Part 4 The Undead Chapter 208 A Story
After exiting the local “night watchman” stronghold disguised as a private detective agency, Leonard looked over at Daley Simone, who had offered to team up with him:
”Where do we start? What do you suggest?”
Daley, who was dressed with a demonic beauty and sophistication, pulled up the hood of her psychic black robe and glanced at Leonard Mitchell:
”This is the time to show a gentleman’s initiative and style.”
Leonard glanced at the red glove he wore on his left palm and deliberated:
”We’ll start as Captain Solstice has arranged; it may turn up certain clues, but it may not be useful, and I suspect that Her Excellency, the ‘Eye of the Goddess’, knows this as well, and is simply just looking for something for us to do, to confuse Ince Zangwill.”
”Why do you say that?” Daley didn’t joke, her expression was rarely serious.
Leonard glanced from side to side, his voice becoming unconsciously low:
”As far as I know, ‘0-08’ has the trait of ‘if you know it, it knows you’, although we don’t know its real name and ability, using only self-named codenames that should have been free of any influence, on the periphery of its sphere of attention, but as the ‘Red Glove’ squad that is pursuing the matters of the Spirit Order, the ‘Red Glove’ squad that has repeatedly discussed the issue of Ince Zangwill, I think that our situation may have been ‘ 0-08’ grasp, so that Ince Zangwill would be able to know that the wrongness of his state has been exposed, thus consciously creating coincidences and making evasions.”
Daley nodded as she recalled the information related to Ince Zangwill:
”Solstice also mentioned this at the very beginning, only it wasn’t as understandable and clear as you made it out to be, and it was still at the stage of extrapolating possible factors backwards from the results of failure.
”So, while His Excellency the ‘Eye of the Goddess’ has asked us to investigate the situation of the ‘hunter’ pathway extraordinarys and materials in the surrounding area, pretending that things are still undetermined, she’s already preparing to utilize the appropriate items and set up traps to Waiting for Inns Zangwill to show up of his own accord when the Evil Spirit has the upper hand?”
Leonard turned his body around and said as he walked:
”Probably, but I suspect that this will likely not be hidden from ‘0-08’……”
Daley followed diagonally behind, thoughtfully:
”I think there’s still hope for success, and don’t forget that one of the Goddess’s honorific names is, Mother of Secrecy.”
”This can restrain ‘0-08’? The Church has a high level or seal that can restrain ‘0-08’? No wonder ‘0-08’ was once obtained by the Church and sealed at the bottom of the sanctuary ……” Leonard’s green eyes lit up and his spirits steeped.
Daley nodded her head with a small amplitude, her expression then softened.
After a few seconds, her eyes narrowed abruptly and she blurted out:
”The discussion we just had will not be known by ‘0-08’?”
Leonard looked stunned, not daring to be sure or shake his head, and looked at me with Daley for a brief moment, but no one spoke.
……
Somewhere in the room, a slightly pale palm turned the notebook laid on the desk to the front, page after page back to browse:
”…… After leaving Banshee Harbor, Soren Einhorn Medici, who had been given a certain item, was no longer only paranoid, no longer instinctively always weaving plots, and after repeated tugs of war and resistance, Inns Zangwill reached a tentative rapprochement with him, even deciding to cooperate on a limited basis in order for each to fulfill their heart’s desires.
”For an evil spirit of the ‘Red Priest’ path, such a promise was not guaranteed to work, but Ince Zangwill had no choice.
”In his mind, there were many coincidences in this series of events, but in essence, it was a necessity; at the very least, Søren Einhorn Medici was several times as good at constructing stories as he was.
”…… After determining that his destination was East Byron on the southern continent, Innes Zangwill took a ship to the Berserk Sea …… Each time, he entered the colonial islands of Intis, irrationally inviting official forces to hunt the ‘hunter’ avenues of the extraordinary, and regained his senses in time to cover his tracks and escape to a faraway place before danger struck.
”This seems to be coincidence, but the question is, would it be too much of a coincidence to have the same coincidence every time?
”From the point of view of logic and reason, too many coincidences imply that a certain factor or law secretly exists, and the reason why Ince was able to do it was because he wrote the passage above, and with the power of the ‘Pen of Alsouhod’, he naturally allowed himself to be in the position of ‘Evil Spirit Possession’ and ‘Self-dominant’ states, what a sinister fellow, this doesn’t just refer to Ince Zangwill, but also to Soren Einhorn Medici, who have clearly made peace with each other, but still pretend to be at odds with each other, and look like they are relying on an external force to reach some sort of balance.
”…… Innes Zangwill has purchased additional extraordinary materials for the ‘Songwriter’ and ‘Warrior’ pathways, which makes perfect sense, as he wants to cover up the Evil Spirit’s use of him to collect various items for the ‘Hunter’ pathway from anyone else’s notice that it was all with his tacit approval and no attempt to fight back, and besides, the ‘Songwriter’ and ‘Warrior’ Both pathways have the ability to fight against the undead to drive out evil spirits, and an intelligent person who thinks hard enough will undoubtedly find this out, thus corroborating his own judgment of Ince Zangwill’s evil spirit possession.
”…… After experiencing many provocations, Tony Down of the Iron Blooded Crusade finally locked onto Ince Zangwill and launched a manhunt for him, a process in which the aspiring ‘conqueror’ of the ‘Bishop of War’ unabashedly flaunted his abilities, especially when a storm happened to block his pursuit, and he made a magnificent entrance in front of a boatload of ordinary people to uncover the guy pretending to be Ince Zangwill.
”It’s a bit of a coincidence, but it’s not surprising, because the Iron Cross philosophy is that the transcendent is present and above the ordinary, and Tony Down is brash and arrogant, always breaking others’ doubts with his abilities time and time again, with a superb self-confidence, so there’s not a bit of a problem with him behaving like that.
”Likewise, he was so overconfident that he overlooked the possibility that Ince Zangwill was also on that ship, which didn’t fit well with his hunting instincts, but in this world, anyone can make a mistake!
”Ince Zangwill had noticed the stares from the first class cabin as he disembarked from the mid-range island, but he didn’t care, it was exactly the effect he was trying to achieve, and the fact that there happened to be someone among the passengers who recognized him was the best development! Well, it just so happens that ……
”…… Not too early, not too late, Ince Zangwill took action with the Spirit Order Artificial Death faction’s ‘Pale Hand’ before Sost’s ‘Red Glove’ squad took action ‘ Palenque Tassieb to meet up and hopefully get their help in exorcising the evil spirits ……
(Scribbling the scratched out marks)
”…… Things are going a bit strangely, and Daley Simone and Leonard Mitchell of the Soest ‘Red Glove’ squad seem to have come to a conclusion before there are enough clues to extrapolate, and this from Renette Tinnicore A letter sent to ……
”What exactly went wrong? Ince Zangwill was quite puzzled by this, and it seemed to him that no one could come to a conclusion that quickly unless they could get their hands on Palenque Tassib or other key personnel of the Spirit Order directly.
”It made his preparations a little hasty, but fortunately the result was what he wanted.
”The ‘Red Glove’ squad led by …… Thorst had picked up on Ince Zangwill’s anomalies in the telegrams coming back from all over the world, and Daley Simone used this to put forward the hypothesis of malevolent spirit possession, which was met with more unanimous approval.
”She claimed it was a reasonable guess, but had actually known something about it, from Leonard Mitchell, who had a ‘parasite’, and who could the sender be, when Leonard Mitchell’s information had originated in a letter sent by Renette Tignicole?
”Meanwhile, Leonard Mitchell and Daley Simone are already suspecting that the evil spirit possessing Ince Zangwill belongs to the ‘Hunter’ pathway ……”
”But is that what’s going on? Will everything turn out as Daley Simone, Leonard Mitchell, as the Soest ‘Red Glove’ team expected?
”…… After a discussion with the one from the Serenity Church, Senior Deacon of the Church of Darkness, Illyria, believed in Daley’s speculation and decided to use a ‘Hunter’ pathway ‘1 ‘ grade seal as bait, so that Ince Zangwill, when possessed by the evil spirit, would step into the trap of his own accord.
”In order to conceal this purpose, she had the Sost ‘Red Glove’ squad continue to investigate the appropriate leads.
”Unfortunately, they all got the premise wrong that Ince Zangwill, although he was indeed possessed by an evil spirit, his actions were not affected by it! Everything he did before was an act, a performance done at the suggestion of Søren Einhorn Medici, in order to confuse the people of the Church of Darkness, in order to get Illyria to strike blindly, and a ‘Red Angel’ evil spirit willing to help and cooperate was enough to change the tide of battle.
”Ince Zangwill’s real purpose for coming to the Southern Continent is actually:
”to hunt Illyria, a senior deacon of the Church of Darkness, to acquire her extraordinary traits in preparation for his own promotion!
”He wants to prove to everyone how foolish the Black Night Church’s decision to abandon him in the first place was!
”Of course, before embarking on this course of action, Ince Zangwill had to satisfy Soren Einhorn Medici’s thirst for the High Sequence of Extraordinary Traits in the ‘Hunter’ Pathway in advance, and for the sake of secrecy, he wasn’t going to hunt locally, preparing to go farther afield.
”When the undead creature nature of the Evil Spirit, the bit of the ‘Red Angel’, and the specialization of the ‘Caretaker’ combine, Innes Zangwill possesses the ‘Reaper ‘ pathway higher sequence ‘Spirit World Shuttle’ ability, enough to go to faraway places and come back in a short period of time, which he had deliberately concealed before.
”Waiting until he had satisfied Soren Einhorn Medici, Ince Zangwill decided to start by killing Daley Simone and Leonard Mitchell, pretending to be vaguely aware of the Dark Church’s setup, forcing a counterattack, and then losing his mind and traveling to the ‘Trap’.
”He doesn’t intend to leave anything unsettled, and the Avengers who walk away from Tingen must all die!”
The notebook flipped to a blank space and a pale palm grabbed a quill and continued the sentence afterward:
”Everything will go well today.”
……
West Byron, Uttar Pradesh, Kukwa City.
”Your investigation isn’t over yet?” Anderson asked Daniz, who was walking next to him in boredom.
”Soon!” Daniz replied with a slight lack of concentration, “What’s up with you?”
At that moment, Anderson pulled out a map and a stack of information and said with a smile:
”I’ve figured out the general location of an ancient mausoleum, and according to the customs of the East and West Byron, there must be a large amount of treasure inside, where death is not the end, but only the beginning of a new beginning, so there are a lot of burial goods.”
Daniz froze for a moment, stunned, and asked:
”I thought you didn’t know Duttan?”
How do you gather information?
Anderson gave a hefty laugh, raised his black-gloved left palm and stretched his five fingers, saying:
”I don’t understand it, but I can temporarily steal their language ability until I finish gathering information.”
”…… I knew you guys wouldn’t be able to do nothing!” Daniz said with a slight bit of gnashing of teeth before pointing to the street next to the square, “See you later!”
Anderson didn’t bother to stop, smiling as he watched him stride sideways.
It was at this time that both men simultaneously noticed a figure coming this way in the other direction.
The silhouette was holding a classical quill, wearing a black clergyman’s robe, with dark blonde hair, no wrinkles, and features like a classical sculpture, with one eye deep blue and nearly black, and one crawling with tiny veins, and was taking a step closer to Anderson and Danez.
Anderson didn’t recognize the middle-aged man, but his body shivered for no reason, like he was facing a natural enemy.
Within his mind, the premonition of danger exploded, and his pupils dilated dramatically!
Suddenly, a gentle voice rang in his ears:
”No need to be nervous.”
Who …… Anderson bewilderedly sidestepped, only to see that beside himself, where there was originally no one, there was strangely an additional figure.
This silhouette seemed to have always been there, but was always ignored.
He was wearing an unusually simple white robe, with a light golden beard that covered the lower half of his face, his eyes were clear and simple like a child’s, and his expression was warm and introverted.
Looking across at the quill in the hands of Ince Zangwill, this middle-aged man dressed as an ordinary priest, half closed his eyes, raised his right hand, and made four consecutive nods in front of him.
There dangled a silver cross pendant.