Does Ivus really need to use rituals to identify suspects?

In fact, not really.

When he heard Captain Camus offer to "copy the document", he had already identified the suspect in his heart.

The logic is very simple.

Because the document handed over to Captain Camus is not a "top-secret diplomatic letter" whose contents are unknown to everyone, but "substantial evidence" that everyone has known the contents for a long time. It was the letter they had first intercepted from the spy.

In other words, this is "the core evidence that locks Arest's identity". And almost everyone knows about it.

While Her Majesty had warned her not to keep the matter from going further, the Principal Secretary to the Lord of the Admiralty asked Captain Camus to copy a copy......

This has in fact exposed the attitude of the Minister of the Admiralty.

To put it simply, Her Majesty's attitude towards the Round Table was inclined to conceal the past. Then there is a high probability that the letter will "disappear unexpectedly" or "replace the contents". And the disappearance or discarding of this letter is the direction that the royal family wants.

In this case, go through the process and go through the process, just in case...... It is needless to say who is actually trying to block it.

Moreover, Captain Camus also inadvertently mentioned that he was a "hunter".

This is another important detail.

If this incident gets bigger and continues to ferment, what will happen in the end?

There is no doubt that Captain Camus will be held accountable as the only one responsible.

He would argue with his arguments and explain that he hadn't seen anyone – he would repeatedly emphasize that he hadn't seen anyone pass the stairs the whole time as a "hunter".

In other words, either the thief quietly enters from the window to take things and leave, or he is able to steal the sharp perception of the third-level hunter and force his way into his house and steal important things.

But things are lost. Lost is lost.

No matter how he explains, he can only lead to two public opinion results-

First, these new generation of "non-authoritarian" transcendents lack the obedience and discipline necessary to hold important positions.

Second, hunters who have reached the third level are still of little use, and they can't even find out if someone steals something. These forces of "other-way, other-worldly" people who are encouraged under the "Sophia Policy" beyond the path of "authoritarianism, dedication, and balance" do not have the necessity to encourage development.

As a result, the ministers who are authorized by Queen Sophia to be independent of the ministry will meet the new generation of officers who were born because of the "Sophia policy". If Ivus doesn't attack, it means he's going to suffer the loss; If Ivas attacked, they could lead the matter to the legacy of the "Sophia Policy" left over from the Queen's path reforms.

Pushing back from the direction of the winner, it is natural to know who is behind the scenes.

- It must be those knights who are on the path of authoritarianism.

Do you still need a ritual to track down the identity of the thief and then follow the clues to investigate?

Not at all.

It is only necessary to know who is behind the scenes, and it doesn't matter who did it.

Although Ivas doesn't usually like reasoning, it doesn't mean that he doesn't have this ability. He just likes to solve problems in a more straightforward way.

Ivas was one of the few friends Sherlock recognized, not just because he knew something about miscellaneous knowledge that he wouldn't need for the time being...... After all, erudition and intelligence are two different things.

But on the flip side, Ivus needed to let others know that he had used the ritual.

However, the search ritual is bound to fail.

The person who stole the object must have done anti-divination treatment, or he has already gotten rid of it. And once it changes hands too many times, it will be difficult to find the lost item if it is contaminated with the breath of too many people and the search ritual.

Ivas didn't have the interest of being dragged around the city like a dog by clues of truth or falsehood, and being seen as a joke.

- Since there is a good chance that the clue will be erased.

It's better to create the evidence yourself.

Ivas took the ceremony materials out of his satchel and began to prepare for the ceremony in front of Captain Camus.

A bottle of benzoin essential oil, a bottle of clary sage essential oil, a small fluff of the kitten's feet, snakeskin cream, and scale powder of moths. There is also the snake venom ointment refined by Yulia that Lily did not use in the battle before, and the blood of Ivus, who has added Lily's mana.

These are all materials that Ievas collected, bought, or made last night.

Essential oils are fresh from the "king". The scale powder of moths is a commonly used ritual material...... It's not easy to find kittens for shearing.

As for the snakeskin ointment, it is a typical healing ointment adapted to the path of manufacture.

It needs to be slowly roasted with scaled snake skin, and some herbs to stop bleeding and build muscles, and finally boiled into a sticky black soup. Then it is cooled and air-dried, crushed into powder, and then mixed with sesame oil and honey to stir into a paste, which can be stored for a long time.

Such a plaster can be used to stop bleeding and build muscle...... Of course, the effect is definitely not as good as the alchemy concoction and the witch's potion. Only transcendents who are adapted to the path can eat up the full effect. Adventurers and archaeologists who travel in remote areas away from town will bring some with them.

Under the watchful eye of Captain Camus, Ivus drips the blood infused with Lily's mana into the phosphorus powder of the moth, gently shaking and stirring well. The cat's fluff is then soaked in repose essential oil, then the snakeskin paste is mixed with snake venom and half of the clary sage essential oil is added to melt it.

So Ivas got three tubes of liquid of different colors.

Dark brown, dark red, dark green.

Ivas injected his dark mana into each of them, and then poured the three bottles of liquid in front of his eyes, allowing them to flow into three pools of liquid, which gradually blended together.

He believed that Captain Camus must not have understood the ritual and the material.

Because what Ivus is going to do is not a finding ritual at all.

Ivus's lips opened lightly and said silently, "I ask the Gray Celestial Division to ......"

"The Celestial Division that is neither true nor false, the Celestial Division that is silent and speechless-

"Make me as light as a cat, as fluttering as a moth, and as vicious as a snake......

"Please give me a vague and silent lie!"

As Ivus sang silently, the three pools of liquid in front of him gradually evaporated and mixed in front of him.

Three clouds of smoke of different colors come together and eventually turn into a dull grayish-white color.

Ivas inhaled the smoke deeply, and then stared ahead as if he had fallen into some kind of illusion. The pupils were covered in a gray haze.

But in fact, Ivus did not fall into a hallucination.

This ritual is called "Centipede's Steps" and is a ritual recorded in Lily's Tantric book. The most important of these materials is the "breath of lies", which is Lily's blood, or mana, or the illusory spider silk she has created.

Its effect is simple and effective, which is to hide Ivas from the dimensions of prophecy and divination.

Ivas briefly lost his mind because he now needed to carefully weave his "false destinations".

For the duration of this ritual, prophecy and divination methods at the fourth level and below will be disrupted.

If anyone probes Ivus's use of rituals for the duration of the time, they will see the "false act" he has woven at this moment. The more unreasonable the false act is, and the greater the deviation from the real logic, the shorter the duration.

From the moment Ivus arrives at Captain Camus's study, his true whereabouts are hidden.

And the "lie" woven by Ivas is very simple - that is, after Ivus has found out the information, he left and went home on his own.

Before he could reach his home, he was attacked, seriously injured and kidnapped by "Aleister" lurking in the shadows.

In the presence of Captain Camus, Ivas completed his ritual.

"How?"

Seeing Ivus open his eyes, the captain nervously and expectantly asked, "Did you find it?" ”

"Found it."

Ivus sighed and whispered.

"What's wrong?"

The captain was a little nervous: "Is there any trouble?" ”

He had witnessed Evas's "divination" and was able to testify to Ivus's information as a result of divination—he certainly wasn't lying, because he really thought so. No one's polygraph can identify it.

"It's the Lord of the Admiralty."

Evas, in a low mood, as if feeling betrayed, replied softly, "The letter is with him." And he seems to be with Miss Alest...... Quite familiar. ”

(End of chapter)