infodatos Chapter 190 Cooperation with Azik: Luring the Snake Out of Its Hole
Chapter 190 Cooperation with Azik: Luring the Snake Out of Its Hole
Chapter 190 Cooperation with Azik: Luring the Snake Out of Its Hole
Having made his decision, Evan didn't delay any longer. He prepared to return to MI9 and personally push forward the investigation into Qilingus.
Just as Evan changed his clothes and was about to leave the apartment, he suddenly had a thought. He looked towards one corner of the room and saw a middle-aged man of medium build, with black hair, brown eyes, soft features, and bronze skin. It was Mr. Azik, an associate professor at Hoy University.
"Hello Mr. Azik, it's been a long time."
Although Evan studied ancient languages in college, history was also an elective for him, and he and Azik could be considered teacher and student.
Evan hadn't expected Mr. Azik to suddenly come to him. Although he had asked Klein to introduce him to Mr. Azik, he hadn't expected Klein to be so efficient.
Judging from the timeline, Klein wrote to Azik immediately after leaving the Tarot Club, and Azik came to him without hesitation after receiving the letter.
Azik looked at Evan in front of him, and for some reason felt that he could sense a familiar aura from him.
"Yes, it's been at least three months since we last met."
"When I last saw you three months ago, you were just an ordinary student. I never imagined that in just three months, you would become a Sequence 7 Extraordinary and a powerful figure in the intelligence department of the Kingdom of Rune."
Upon hearing this, Evan felt a chill. He knew that Azik had not been in Backlund for long, but he did not expect that in just a few days, Azik would know so much about his situation. Was he investigating him on purpose, or was MI9's defense too lax?
Perhaps sensing Evan's wariness, Azik smiled and offered an explanation.
"After all, I have lived in Tingen for a long time and have a certain understanding of the Horn family's influence, so before coming to Backlund, I had considered seeking your help."
Furthermore, the omnipresent "spirit" is a natural source of information for extraordinary individuals using the Death Path, so through my deliberate efforts, I learned a great deal.
At this point, Mr. Azik paused deliberately, looked at Evan meaningfully, and continued:
"Besides, you are now the new Baron of Rams Town."
After hearing Azik's explanation, Evan gradually lowered his guard.
He never expected that while he wanted to befriend Mr. Azik, Azik would also set his sights on him.
He couldn't help but smile bitterly to himself. These old guys, the longer they live, the more cunning they become. Nothing can escape their eyes.
Evan hesitated for a moment, then organized his thoughts and said with a smile:
"I did know a long time ago that you were the first Baron Rams, but I never told anyone else."
After all, I hadn't entered the extraordinary world yet, and I instinctively felt fear towards many things I couldn't understand. Please don't blame me for hiding things from you before.
Since Azik had already realized that he was deliberately requesting that Rams Town become his fiefdom, Evan went along with it and established a new persona for himself in Azik's eyes.
Sure enough, after hearing Evan's explanation, Azik's gaze softened considerably, and he even comforted Evan, saying:
"This is not your fault. After all, it would be terrifying for anyone to suddenly discover that a person from a thousand years ago is still alive and is standing in the classroom lecturing to you."
And I must thank you for not revealing my identity. If I'm not mistaken, it was you who guided Klein to help me regain my memories, wasn't it?
The most deadly thing is the unspoken filling in of the blanks in one's mind; Azik instantly filled in all the details of Evan's story in his mind.
"Klein and I both experienced extraordinary events and survived by sheer luck. I was also fortunate enough to perceive the enormous crisis behind Tingen, but I chose to run away, while Klein chose to face it."
Evan felt extremely ashamed in front of Azik and couldn't bear to face anyone.
Instead, Azik comforted Evan, saying:
"Don't blame yourself too much. This shouldn't have been a burden for you two low-sequence extraordinary individuals. Besides, everyone is different, and you should have given Klein a lot of help."
With Mr. Azik's comforting words, Evan put aside his shame and began to ask Mr. Azik questions:
"Klein's letter was vague, only saying that Mr. Azik had encountered some misfortune and lost his memory."
I've only recently regained some of my memories, and I've come back to Backlund to look into things from the past.
Based on the records and experiences of MI9, you should be a high-sequence powerhouse of the Death Path.
From what I understand, Sequence 4 of the Death Path is called "The Undying." Is it because you're in this stage that you keep restarting your life? And losing your memories?
Upon hearing this, Azik looked at Evan with some surprise. Apart from Klein, who knew about his identity as a Death God, he had never told anyone else.
Evan's direct pointing out of his abilities also shows that Evan, as a high-ranking intelligence officer in MI9, is not someone to be underestimated.
Azik thought for a moment, then shook his head and said:
"That shouldn't be the reason. The fragments of memory that appear in my mind from time to time tell me that I should have already passed this stage." (Because he saw the evil spirit of his child, Azik has recovered more memories than in the original story).
Evan nodded. He knew very well that Azik was Death's son and an angel on Death's path. He was just implying that he didn't know much more about him and only knew this much.
Seeing that he had achieved his goal in bringing up the topic, Evan didn't delve any further and changed the subject, asking:
"Mr. Azik, what is the main purpose of your visit to Backlund?"
Mr. Azik hesitated. The Horn family was a long-established and powerful family with a special relationship with the royal family. Although Klein had mentioned to himself that he could ask Evan for help, he first needed to find out if Evan was willing to help.
If you were willing, what would be the reason?
"I want to investigate why Dunn Augustus killed my child back then!"
However, after investigating at the Grand Library of Backlund, I found that the information about Duncan Augustus was very incomplete. Would you be willing to help me investigate relevant information about this person?
Evan hesitated for a moment, then said with feigned difficulty:
"Yes, I will find this information for you as soon as possible."
"The Horn family has close ties with the royal family, so why are you willing to help me with this?" Azik asked, staring intently into Evan's eyes.
"I recently learned something about the Augustus family and what they are planning, but I do not agree with their methods."
"I've already run away from the Tingen matter once, and I don't want to run away from the Backlund matter again. It's just that my strength is still too weak, so I need outside help." Evan looked directly into Azik's eyes and said without blinking.
"What is the Augustus family up to?" A single sentence was clearly not enough to convince Azik, so he pressed on.
"The Augustan royal family is cooperating with the Witch Cult, the specific purpose of which is unknown. All that is known is that they are preparing to cause a major disaster in Backlund in order to cover up their own conspiracy!"
The evidence of their cooperation is that they placed the vessel for the Primordial Witch's divine descent near the Third Prince, Edsak Augustus, and then meticulously protected the Red Rose Manor.
In order to gain Mr. Azik's trust, Evan dropped a bombshell on him.
Although Mr. Azik had not been in Backlund for very long, through the omnipresent "spirit,"
And through the natural connection between the Death Path and the extraordinary beings and the spirit world and the underworld, he also knows a lot of things, including the demigod war at the Red Rose Manor that caused such a stir some time ago.
It was this event, along with the subsequent assassination of Duke Negan, that created the tense situation in Backlund that continues to this day.
The official explanation for what happened at Red Rose Manor is that the Aurora Society wanted to assassinate Edsac Augustus, but anyone with a discerning eye can tell that it's a lie.
On the contrary, the inside story revealed by Evan today seems more like the truth.
Regardless of what the Augustus family intends to do, the mere fact that they placed the vessel for the Primordial Witch's divine descent in Backlund shows that they certainly aren't planning anything good. This also explains why Evan was willing to cooperate with him against the Augustus family.
Azik acknowledged Evan's sincerity in wanting to cooperate with him. It wasn't that Azik truly believed Evan wanted to save the people from their suffering, but rather that Evan had even revealed the matter of the Red Rose Manor, which was tantamount to handing him a handle against him.
If Azik had any ulterior motives, he only needed to anonymously send a letter of denunciation to the palace. Regardless of whether the whistleblower had any malicious intent, George III would treat him with the utmost severity because his collaboration with the Witch Cult had been exposed.
"Please help me find out about this as soon as possible. If you need my help in the future, you can ask me. I haven't fought with other high-sequence powerhouses, so I'm not sure how much my true strength has recovered. In short, it should be no worse than a regular Sequence 4."
Evan was delighted to receive Azik's promise. Although he could now use those three favors to mobilize Bernadette's power, those three favors were too precious, making Evan somewhat reluctant to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut. Azik's promise, however, allowed him to fill some gaps in his strength.
Suddenly, Evan remembered what had happened yesterday and said to Azik:
"Mr. Azik, would you be willing to attend a high-level gathering, the kind with demigods?"
Originally, after the two sides had reached an agreement, Azik was ready to leave, but after hearing what Evan said, he became somewhat interested.
Judging from his memories, he must have been a high-sequence extraordinary being who had lived for over a thousand years, and who lived through generations of his own arrangements.
It's difficult to ascertain one's identity on a secular level, but it's not so certain among high-sequence extraordinary beings. Perhaps among the existing demigods are old friends from all these years. So he asked Evan:
"How do I join, and how many demigods are among them?"
"I'm not entirely sure how many demigods there are. Not every demigod attends the gathering. I saw three demigods when I attended the gathering, and I heard from others that they had seen at least five."
As for how to join, I need to report to the organizer. I just attended the gathering yesterday, and it probably won't be held again anytime soon.
Mr. Azik nodded to indicate that he understood, then thought for a moment and suddenly picked up the pen on the coffee table.
Evan suddenly felt the surroundings become gloomy, and even the sunlight shining in through the window was refused entry.
Pale, gloomy green, and complex symbols and inscriptions appeared out of thin air, as if they were written by countless vengeful spirits, shadows, and souls.
They intertwined and combined in mid-air, forming a mysterious, illusory, and ancient bronze gate.
That bronze gate seemed to connect to another world, another deep, terrifying, and silent world.
The illusory gate shrank under Mr. Azik's control, eventually turning into a blur and landing on the pen in his hand.
The fountain pen, which was originally jet black, has been transformed into a design with white as the main color and green as an accent.
Azik handed the pen to Evan and said at the same time:
"From now on, this pen will be the token to summon my messenger. You can summon a messenger by infusing your spirit into the pen. You can try it."
After receiving the pen, Evan, following Mr. Azik's instructions, infused it with his spirituality.
Almost instantly, Evan felt the entire apartment room become unusually cold.
He activated his spiritual vision and saw that hazy, indistinct white bones were being thrown out from the floor beside him, forming a fountain of bones.
Within seconds, a phantom monster appeared in the room.
The monster was made entirely of bones and looked like a human, but it was much taller than a human, standing five or six meters tall, with its head touching the roof.
Dark flames flickered within its large eye sockets, and the white bones emitted a faint white light as it looked down at Evan.
Evan disliked being looked down upon, and a hint of displeasure flashed through his mind. However, he did not expect that the monster made of bones would immediately kneel down, its head pressed against the floor, not daring to lift it.
This scene was unexpected not only by Mr. Azik, but also by Ivan.
Evan was speechless. He looked at the monster in front of him, who was taller than him even when he was kneeling, and then at Azik, who was looking at him in astonishment. In the end, he could only scratch his head and pretend to be stupid.
Azik gave Evan a deep look, then turned and left.
In fact, just a moment ago, Wen sensed a familiar aura from Ai Wen. He was very curious, but he didn't delve into it.
Seeing Azik turn around and re-enter the spirit world, Evan breathed a sigh of relief.
Having stopped the spiritual infusion and sent the towering messenger back to the underworld, Evan began to ponder why Mr. Azik was so sensitive to the "City of Calamity" within him.
Since Evan was promoted to a dual-sequence 7 Beyonder, he has become inseparable from the "City of Calamity" and has become the true master of the City of Calamity. Therefore, his thoughts and ideas are the thoughts and ideas of the City of Calamity.
When he gets emotional, it directly affects the City of Calamity itself, something the monsters in the City of Calamity are best able to attest to.
Although Evan has never met an angel, he has seen several demigods, and so far, none of them have been able to detect the existence of the City of Calamity from Evan's emotions.
Although Azik is essentially an angel, his memories have not yet been restored. Therefore, Evan believes that his ability to sense the existence of the City of Calamity is not due to factors such as strength or rank, but simply because his memories are familiar with the aura of the City of Calamity.
The proof was that even the messenger, whose strength was at most Sequence 6, could sense the same aura and thus knelt down on the ground.
This suggests that Azik and the messenger share a common memory of this scent.
Evan quickly focused his attention on the already dead "Grim Reaper".
Azik was his biological son, and the messenger must have been a subordinate of the Underworld Legion in front of him, which is why they felt the same aura deep in their memories.
This basically proves Evan's previous conjecture, which is that the Grim Reaper took the greatest benefit after the war of the Four Emperors by fusing with the uniqueness and extraordinary characteristics of the Blood Emperor Tudor.
Why Death would take a potion through a different means has always been Evan's biggest question. Today, after confirming that Death took a potion through a different means back then, coupled with the City of Calamity's consistent corruption of all things, Evan has a bold guess.
Could it be that Death was corrupted by the City of Calamity, and was thus forced to digest the Blood Emperor's legacy?
Although there wasn't much evidence, Evan felt that his guess was pretty close to the truth.
The Red Priestess, the Red of War? A priestess of the essence of power?
Evan recalled the passage from Lord of Mysteries where Roselle wrote in his diary about Hermes's evaluation of the "Red Priestess".
I was reminded of the "Conqueror" mentioned by 008 when describing Tony Dunn, the "War Bishop" of the Ironblood Order.
This made Evan even more hopeful about the abilities and authority that the angels of the Hunter Path would possess in the future.
When Evan left the apartment and arrived at the headquarters of MI9 in the West District, he found the entire MI9 headquarters bustling with people.
This situation had actually been going on for several days; the arrival of Zilingus in Backlund had already been reported to MI9 by the Church of Storms.
Some time ago, MI9 had already been severely reprimanded by King George III for its unsuccessful search for the Witch Cult, the Gnostic Society, and the Aurora Society. Coupled with Robert's ruthless actions, they were already on edge. If they still couldn't find the dangerous individual Zilingus who was planning something this time, their fate would not be good.
But no matter what methods they used or how many undercover agents they employed, there were still too many strangers in the vast land of Backlund.
At first, they were able to gather some clues, but soon they could no longer find any trace of Zilingus.
Just as Evan reached the third floor and was about to enter his office, he suddenly saw Fors and Hugh, who had been reassigned to fieldwork, appearing at the door wearing golden masks and speaking mysteriously to him:
"We've found a lead on Zilingus!"
Evan looked at the two women with a strange expression, then knocked on the office door.
A pure and beautiful woman in military uniform, so stunning that even Hugh Deercha and Fors couldn't help but take a second look, opened the office door.
Evan went in first, took off his coat and handed it to the beautiful female secretary, then said:
"Pour us some chilled juice, and then don't let anyone bother us."
Yes~
The female secretary took Evan's coat and responded sweetly, almost making Fors and Hugh's bones melt.
Moreover, when the female secretary hung her coat on the hanger and passed by Evan, she deliberately brushed her firm, plump breasts against Evan's arm.
"Cough cough cough cough."
Evan glanced at his two subordinates and coughed awkwardly twice.
The secretary hung Evan's coat on the hanger, brought him three glasses of juice, and then left the office.
We arrived at the outer cubicle.
Evan, sitting on the sofa, took a sip of his juice and gestured for the two to relax and have some, then asked:
"Where did you find Qilingus's whereabouts? The others have been searching for days without a trace."
Fors and Hugh had obviously been running around all day, and it was August, so it was very hot and they were extremely thirsty. So they didn't stand on ceremony and took a big gulp of the iced juice in front of them, feeling extremely refreshed.
After putting down her cup, Fors, with her keen eye, immediately gave the credit to Evan:
"This is mainly thanks to the information you gave us. We found a great detective who is good at analysis and reasoning to help us analyze where he might live and the people he was targeting when feeding that sealed artifact."
By the way, that great detective is amazing. He analyzed a lot of things in less than ten minutes, and he's also an outer member of MI9.
Why don't you find out who recruited him and poach him? You definitely won't lose out.
Hugh Deercha, dressed in knight's attire, sat on the sofa with his feet off the ground, holding a glass of juice, and nodded in agreement, showing his deep appreciation for Fors's words.
She had previously thought that finding Qilingus would be a very difficult task, and had already prepared herself for a long battle.
Unexpectedly, with Eisinger Stanton's guidance, he was able to pinpoint the location of the target in just one day and one night, which made her realize the importance of having a smart teammate.
Evan smiled, guessing who the great detective they were talking about was, but he didn't say anything. He simply nodded to indicate that he knew, then frowned and said:
"You're probably going to use your old connections to find the missing homeless man, right? Zilingus is cunning, and your informants are all ordinary people; doing so could easily alert him!"
To Evan's surprise, the two women looked at each other and laughed, which puzzled him.
Finally, it was Hugh Deercha who spoke:
We're not the newbies we used to be; how could we possibly make such a mistake? We're just trying to scare them this time.
snake.
"Zilingus is a man who likes to take the initiative and is very vengeful. This time, we're going to lure him out!"