In Antigonus put it to Bethel. Halfway through Abraham's notebook, a door of light stood out in the middle of the room, and when the cascading blue light faded, he saw the "mystic" of the Fool's house returning with a blonde girl and a handsome man.

The maiden raised the hem of her skirt with aristocratic etiquette to greet Antigonus, with a respectful but calm gesture. In contrast, the gesture of the man who had passed through the night to salute revealed a sense of rustiness and laziness.

He closed his notebook and bowed his head slightly in response, his gaze scanning over the two newcomers, not speaking, waiting for Firth's explanation.

"Your Highness," after being "appeased" by the audience in advance, Forth was finally able to resist his urge to open the door and run away in front of the angel of the adjacent path, and maintained the social smile on his face well, "These two are both members of the pre-divine council of Mr. 'Fool', Miss 'Justice' and Mr. 'Star'. ”

None of them are below the rank of angels...... This came as a surprise to Antigonus. Even if he has been relying on the support of Amanises and has only a short time to become a god, the "fools" will not be so short of manpower that they can only send saints to face the angels from outside, right? You must know that at this level, it is difficult for the number to make up for the gap in strength between the high and low sequences. Wall and the Abrahams are not good, and it is useless to bring a few more Sages.

Or is it the Lady of Amanisis who has been informed of this by the goddess? Antigonus couldn't understand it, and Antigonus chose to be silent, because he had not yet figured out the relationship between the gods of the Fifth Age, and he did not want to make useless conjectures, so he continued to wait patiently. The good thing about having enough sequence and status is that you don't have to open your mouth, and there will always be someone to explain everything for you.

So this time Leonard stood up and made another nondescript salute, but the old voice that did not match his face was spoken: "Long time no see, His Highness Antigonus." I miss working with you. ”

Hearing this voice, Antigonus's expression loosened slightly, and his deep eyes stared at the black-haired and blue-eyed Leonard in front of him, and looked at him carefully.

Although Leonard knew that it was not himself who was directly baptized by his gaze but the old man who was temporarily deeply parasitic, he still had a creepy feeling, and subconsciously tried to tense his body, and his spirit began to be restless with the mental pressure. Fortunately, Audrey, who had already landed on his mind island, used her ability in time to appease him to avoid unnecessary damage caused by Leonard's gaze from the angels.

"The 'thieves' other than Amon are by way of angels......" Antigonus didn't pay attention to their actions, and his tone was as soft as if talking to himself, "Paris. Zoroaster? Are you now serving the 'night' or the 'fool'? ”

"I am now the angel of the 'fools.'" Pales chuckled. He had little friendship with the son of the old gods in the Quaternary period, but as an adjacent sequence, he could not have a deep friendship, but he could not be ignorant. Meeting Antigonus through Leonard's body, although it exposed his weakness to a certain extent, in the face of the high-ranking people of the mysterious path who are known for their suspicion and prudence, a certain amount of frankness is conducive to the next exchange of information, and using Leonard's identity to reveal the fact that the goddess of the night is closely related to the "fool" is a subtle deterrent.

The demon wolf has long guessed about the state of Paris, with Amon here, there will be no comfortable "thief" path high sequence, and it is already very good to be able to leave a Pales who can be cherished with him.

However, although it is an old acquaintance, the two angels have a tacit understanding of friend and foe before talking about the past. In the face of Paris's inquiry, Antigonus had no intention of concealing it, and happily confessed his purpose: "I and A...... Having come to a tacit agreement with the Night, I needed a reasonable long-term presence in Beckland, and He instructed me to follow the new Fool. ”

The three members of the Tarot Society, who tried to act as a backdrop for this conversation, were secretly surprised by the angel's idea, according to the agreement between the church and the royal family that Leonard "Star" had popularized, neither side was allowed to station angelic-level members in Beckland for a long time, and if the Church of Fools wanted to obtain missionary rights in Beckland, they must also abide by these agreements.

Parles also obviously knew the tacit understanding between the gods and the royal families since the Fifth Age, and sighed and said, "I see...... But now that you know that the Fool is a new god, the Church is relatively weak, and is currently only located near the Ross Islands at sea. Even if you join the Fool, it will not be easy to wait for enough opportunities to enter Beckland. ”

"It's enough to have such an opportunity." Antigonus replied with a calm that was incomprehensible to ordinary people, "I have long been accustomed to waiting, and have waited too long. ”

They are all mythical creatures that have lived for thousands of years, and they know what they want to do. Instead of superfluous persuasion, Parles turned to a more practical question: "Then I will inform the 'fool' for you." However, since He is sleeping, he may be late to respond, so you can pray to Him more. What are your plans after this? Do you want to stay in Abraham's family? ”

Hearing this question, Firth immediately closed his eyes and prayed earnestly to Mr. Fool, praying that this man would never stay! An angel from an adjacent path was by her side, and she felt that sooner or later she would die young from heart disease and high blood pressure, and that she would have to write a will and carry it with her for later life.

Fortunately, Antigonus's answer did not disappoint Miss "The Magician". The demon wolf looked at the large map posted on the wall of the study, and his eyes wandered over the names of places familiar and unfamiliar: "No, I want to walk around, and I will visit the church of the 'Fool' one day." ”

"It's fine." It was not surprising to Pales that anyone who had slept for more than a thousand years would not be in a hurry to sell his freedom, as long as Antigonus did not come into conflict with other churches while wandering around. He gestured to Audrey and Firth, indicating that the rest of the conversation would contain something they shouldn't know and should be avoided.

After the two of them saluted and left, Paris informed Leonard, who had been borrowed, and stole the sight and hearing of the red gloves, and looked up to see that Antigonus, who was not present from outside, had already walked around the desk and sat down on the high-backed chair that had always belonged to the head of the Abrahamic family, rubbing the armrests of the chair quite freshly, and sighed: "I didn't expect the Abrahamic family to decay to this point." ”

There seems to be an extremely human nostalgia on the face that balances youth and aging, but this faint emotion is fleeting and quickly hidden. The demon wolf looked at Pales, who was sitting opposite him with a young man's skin, and snapped his fingers, causing a historical image of two cups of strong tea to appear on the table: "Then, please tell me about the current state of the gods." ”

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"So why are the other churches plus MI9 coming?"

"After all, this is not quite the same as the previous cases related to the 'Blood Worship Cult'. The 'Dark Side of the Universe' is a very low-key type of evil god, and there are almost no signs of activity since entering the Fifth Age, and there are many examples of 'Blood Worship' and 'Demons' creating serial murders by wild extraordinaries in order to be promoted, but there are very few cases of such crimes committed directly from the 'Dark Side of the Universe'. ”

"Really?"

"yes. This may mean that the state of the 'dark side of the universe' has changed compared to before, and it may interfere with reality and create more bloody cases through believers more frequently, so it is necessary to notify the major churches to be more vigilant against this kind of phenomenon, and timely liquidate and verify whether there are extraordinary factors involved behind similar cases, so as to avoid more victims. ”

"What are the MI9 people doing, isn't this kind of thing all under the control of the church?"

"Well...... this"

Before Antonia could answer the last question, the door to the conference room suddenly opened, and Father Schultz saw Douglas, who was muttering to the young Blood, and raised his voice to call him, "Douglas, come here." ”

"Huh?" Douglas, who was abruptly named, hurriedly put down the half-nibbled bread in his hand, thanks to the overtime work in the morning, he ate late for lunch today. He wiped the crumbs from the back of his hand as he walked over to Father Schultz and waited for orders.

Father Schultz patted him on the shoulder and motioned for him to follow him into the room. Before Douglas could ask, he was dragged directly into it by the powerful priest, staggered two steps, and looked up into the conference room full of confusion.

As a result, the Night Church "Night Watchman" sitting in the room, the Storm Church "Punisher" in a blue and white seaman's suit, the steam church "Machine Heart" with a mechanical triangle engraved on the bespectacled and polite pocket case, and the MI9 members wearing a dark uniform that resembles a military uniform are also watching him.

…… No, what are you doing, as soon as you enter the house, everyone is staring at you, what kind of social fear hell is this! Douglas stiffened for two seconds in a near-fall position before slowly standing up straight and trying to hide behind Father Schultz.

Unfortunately, the priest didn't grasp what he meant, and he held him firmly with one hand—Douglas complained in his heart for a long time, "Father Schultz looks like I can be my grandfather, how can I have so much strength," and then remembered that the priest was the "cultivator" of the path of sequence 6—and introduced to the others in the room: "This one is the first person to discover this case." ”

Then he turned to Douglas, who was frightened by the sudden public speaking mission, and his tone softened a little: "Don't be nervous, there are still some questions that need to be answered about the process of your discovery of this case." ”

"......" Douglas, who was so nervous that he was speechless, suddenly had a trace of doubt in his heart when he heard this.

This series of covert cases was discovered because Douglas was routinely attending an underground gathering two weeks ago when he encountered a commission to issue a tracing mission. The client, claiming that his family was missing, provided some information to all party attendees, emphasizing that this was an extraordinary incident and that he hoped to hire a powerful helper.

In view of the official attitude towards the Wild Extraordinary, it is normal for the Wild Extraordinary to choose to seek a solution in the underground gathering when encountering similar things, but the client does not know that there is an official undercover agent in the gathering. Douglas heard about the extraordinary case involving human life, of course, and reported it to the church for verification, and the suspected "demonic" murder case involving four victims came into the official eye.

Later, according to the church's intentions, Douglas contacted the client again through an underground meeting to pretend to take over the mission and had a limited exchange of information with the other party, which finally locked down an Andrellard member, found the lair of the "demons", and carried out a raid last night.

For two weeks, Douglas honestly wrote all the matters relating to this case into a report and submitted it to the church for approval. The church is aware of this process, so why should there be any doubts? Where is the doubt?

Anyway, I will rule out my own suspicions...... Douglas quickly went through the two weeks of work in his mind, making sure he hadn't made any fuss.

At this moment, MI9 members in dark uniforms got up from their seats and walked up to Douglas to look him directly. This gentleman is not very old, he wears a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, but his physique and posture are not as bookish as intellectuals, but more like he was born in the army, and his eyes are sharp, and he is very uncomfortable to look at.

Douglas, who had been very confident in his work, looked back again with some uncertainty in his eyes full of scrutiny. I really didn't do anything wrong...... He muttered in his heart, barely maintained the calmness of his face, and took the initiative to ask, "What parts do you have questions about, I will try to explain it to you." ”

"The client who issued the commission and provided the information," the MI9 member asked in a flat but unobtrusive tone, taking a portrait from his jacket pocket and unfolding it, "is this the person in the portrait?" ”

Douglas looked closely, and the man in the picture was about forty years old, with a haggard, loose-skinned face, messy short tan hair, and a gloomy expression. The portrait was extremely detailed, much like the one painted with the help of the gods during a psychic ritual, so Douglas nodded with certainty: "It's him, and the code name for his underground gathering is 'Nighthawk'." ”

Although the participants covered their faces at the underground gatherings, the client did not cover his faces during the two private meetings, so Douglas was impressed by his face.

"When was the last time you saw him? Is there an appointment for the next meeting? ”

"The last time we saw each other was April 2nd, last Thursday. The next meeting will be at eight o'clock tonight at a bar in the Beckland Bridge district......" Douglas paused in reply, and couldn't help but ask, "...... Is there a problem with the principal? ”

He did not take into account the client's innocence when he reviewed the case twice, because when he initially transferred the case information from the police station, it had been determined that the client was the family of the third victim, and the family relationship was not abnormal. Dealing with the matter of the Hidden Wild Extraordinaire was clearly prioritised after solving the case, and a more detailed investigation of the client was supposed to begin with this meeting tonight.

The MI9 member took in all the changes in Douglas's expression and movements, and after confirming that he was not lying, he put away the portrait and replied: "He died, just this morning, not long after your operation ended." ”