Chapter 44: Char's Past
The Wizard's Bar.
The Scarlet Witch sat in a high chair by the bar, a glass of red wine in her hand, and her ruby eyes stared in the direction of the bar's door.
Whenever someone appeared in front of the bar, the Red Witch subconsciously straightened her back, although she pretended to be careless.
It was past midnight, and the Scarlet Witch was a little disappointed.
She was waiting for the hermit to appear.
However, the hermit did not visit the wizard's bar for the past few days, and seemed to have disappeared.
"The Hermit won't just disappear. I still need more information... It is possible to find the true identity of the hermit. The Red Witch was in a somewhat impatient mood, and gently shook her glass, the wine in which had already turned into a storm.
In the midst of her anxious waiting, the Scarlet Witch lost her patience, sighed, disconnected, and left Shadow Street, returning to her own personal space.
"Hermit... I must find the hermit. ”
"It's the only dream of my short life."
"However, the hermit is missing... Maybe after a while, he will appear again. But I don't have any more time..."
"Clues... I'm going to re-filter the information and find the clues left by the hermit! ”
The Scarlet Witch's fingers moved across the light screen, sifting through all the images of the hermit and what he had said.
In the end, there are only two words left: "Char"!
"Char, one of the survivors of the Castle William incident? I did suspect at one point that Char was the agent of the hermit. However, he was too weak to unconsciously become an agent of the hermit. So I interrupted the continued investigation into him. ”
The Red Witch bit her red lip, "However, the hermit suddenly disappeared, and Char became the only clue!" Although there is little hope, I can only follow Char's clue..."
The Scarlet Witch immediately investigates Char's information.
However... What the Red Witch didn't expect was that Char, a seemingly ordinary fifteen-year-old boy, actually had a lot of secrets hidden in him.
According to the information, Char was born in Hope City, his parents died young, and he grew up in an orphanage under the Starlight Society in the Southern District.
The Red Witch easily hacked into the orphanage's servers and found Char's information from the age of two to twelve in the database.
The information is very detailed, and even includes Char's birth certificate, as well as a birthday photo for each year.
But the Scarlet Witch's keen instincts told her that all of this information was fake.
The reason is simple.
The Red Witch knew a lot about the orphanage, and she knew what a dark and terrifying place it was.
In the photo, Char is smiling as a child blowing out the candles on the birthday cake.
The smile was innocent and full of joy.
The Red Witch had never seen such a smile on the faces of the children in the orphanage.
She had only seen numbness and despair!
"Char's personal information is fake. So where did he live before he was twelve? The Scarlet Witch was already a little tired, and the discovery made her excited.
In the age of online information, anyone's actions will leave traces.
The Scarlet Witch mobilized the resources at her disposal to search the entire web for information about Char before she was twelve years old.
However...
The results shocked the Scarlet Witch.
Xia Ya is clean, clean to the point of blank!
That's right!
Aside from Char's information at the orphanage in the southern district of Hope City, he left no trace anywhere.
If Char's experience in the orphanage is fake, then Char is like a person who suddenly jumped out of a stone and appeared in Hope City out of thin air one day!
A living person, even if only twelve years old.
There must also be a birth certificate, a school certificate, a shopping certificate, a medical certificate...
Char's proof is none.
He's like a mystery!
"There are only three possibilities." The Red Witch frowned and thought for a long time, then raised her hand to write her conjecture on the wall of her personal space.
"First, Char's experience before the age of twelve was erased. Those who possess this ability should be a huge force at the federal level. Or... The hermit is a great witch of this level. More likely a hermit... But why did the hermit erase all of Char's experiences? And forging a false certificate of his presence in the orphanage? ”
"The second, Char Ta... It's not a human at all, it's a android or a robot. Robots are unlikely, because robots can't dream and can't be dream builders. More likely android... Androids are born twelve-year-old. His memories before the age of twelve were all faked. But... If Char is an android, which company and research institute produced him? I'm sure I've never seen a model of a droid like Char..."
"Third, I was mistaken. Char was born in an orphanage. But I trust my own judgment! ”
Ultimately, the Red Witch leans more towards the first conjecture.
Regardless, the Red Witch is more interested in Char.
"Huh? Char enters Oneiroi Group? The Scarlet Witch continues to track down Char's whereabouts and discovers that he has just become a full-time employee of the Oneiroi Group.
"To continue the investigation, we need to break through the firewall of the Oneiroi Group. It's a bit complicated... However, it doesn't bother me! Because I'm the Red Witch! It took half an hour for the Scarlet Witch to break through the Firewall of the Oneiroi Group and slip in without even noticing.
"Basement 27, room 77."
The Red Witch found Char's apartment information, hacked the nanoscale camera installed on the ceiling of the apartment, and saw that Char was not sleeping and was fiddling with the holographic bracelet on the sofa.
"That's a new holographic bracelet produced by Renault, with the image of a virtual idol 'Li', as an artificial intelligence... It can't be such a coincidence! The Red Witch's eyes lit up and she muttered quietly.
The room behind the Red Witch is full of Li's posters, dolls, and COS costumes.
"Maybe..."
The Scarlet Witch thought of a possibility.
She covered up her infiltration and left the Oneiroi Syndicate's servers.
Breaking through the Firewall of the Oneiroi Group is also a very dangerous thing for the Red Witch.
It won't be a problem for a short time, but the longer it takes, the more risk the Red Witch will take.
The Scarlet Witch opted for a more direct approach, allowing Char to spy on Char at a low risk and up close.
Through the information source, the Red Witch quickly found the ID of Char's holographic bracelet, and it only took a few seconds to invade it.
At this moment, Char just activated the holographic bracelet.
"The hosts... I'm Leigh, do you need any help? ”
The Red Witch said with great skill in the slightly immature and dull voice of "Li".
Char didn't know that it was not the artificial intelligence "Li" who was talking to him at the moment.
Instead, they are bent on hunting their own "Red Witch"