Mystery: Mr. Witch and Ms. Hunter

Chapter 383 Alternatives

While Adele was lost in thought, there was a knock on the door, and then Leila, wearing a police uniform, walked in.

There were two silver stars on her epaulettes, her clothes were slightly lifted by her chest, and she wore inconspicuous diamond earrings on her ears. Although her face still looked a bit childish, she also had a sense of competence.

In her hand she held another set of black and white checkered uniform, including leather boots. On her soft hat was an emblem of "crossed swords and a crown", and on her shoulder was a badge with a black and white background and three shining silver stars.

"This is the new uniform that the logistics department asked me to bring you."

Leila asked, "What do you want from me?"

After Adele's transfer order came down, in addition to her lieutenant rank in the army, she also had an additional rank in the police force, but she had not had time to reissue her police officer certificate and all-weapons license.

“Just put it over there.”

Adele responded casually. She originally wanted to ask Leila to help her predict the matter of Sothoth, but because the speed of spiritual recovery exceeded her expectations, she solved the matter herself. Now she really didn't know what to ask Leila to do.

However, the instigator's ability to find excuses was first-rate. It took Adele less than a second to think of what to give to Leila. Then she handed over the crumpled report in her hand and instructed Leila:
"Help me reorganize this report and send it to Lieutenant General White."

Adele instructed calmly, "You will be mainly responsible for paperwork from now on. You need to familiarize yourself with the details in advance."

"Paperwork?" Leila repeated doubtfully, as if she didn't understand what Adele meant.

"Just help me organize the results of the investigation, and then compile them into a report and submit it to Lieutenant General White."

Adele thought Leila didn't understand the meaning of "paperwork", a term that didn't appear often in the lives of witches, so she patiently explained it.

"No, I know. I mean, is this the only mission I need to do?"

Leila frowned her light gray eyebrows. "Mom told me that she was going to fight on the front line with Captain Tracy, and I really only need to do clerical work in the rear?"

"If you can go to college, you shouldn't even do paperwork."

Adele glanced at Leila and said, "There are many Beyonders and experienced warriors on the front line of the battlefield. You, who are not even a mid-sequence, will not be able to play an important role at the front line. I would rather let you find a place to go to college."

"However, during the war, it seems that there is no chance of this, so I have no choice but to let you do similar clerical work, at least you can't fall behind in grammar knowledge."

Adele said as a matter of course, "Take a good look at the report I gave you and learn how to use words and sentences in it. This stage of the investigation will not involve any dangerous tasks for the time being. At least there are no signs of danger yet. You must take this opportunity to learn something useful..."

When saying these words, Adele actually felt a little guilty. Her knowledge of grammar was actually far from the level of a college student. The only reason she could barely cope with her current job was because of the influence of Vinata, a real top student.

Leila opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something, but finally closed it wisely and concentrated on studying the report in her hand.

"If there's anything you don't understand, I'm here, you can ask me anytime."

I have to say that children who grew up in the East District are sensible and precocious...

After giving Leila her instructions, Adele sighed in her heart, not realizing that she was only less than ten years older than Leila.

Originally, in her subconscious, she thought Leila might be upset with her because she could not go to the battlefield to fight with her mother. She had prepared a lot of words of persuasion, but she did not expect that the other party was more sensible than she imagined, and was far from being as unreasonable as when she was upset with her before.

How did she change her gender recently?

Adele was a little confused, so she simply stopped thinking about it.

……

Since the two of them didn't eat early, they sat in their offices until one or two o'clock in the afternoon and did not go out for lunch.

During this period, Leila had been studying the document given to her by Adele, and occasionally asked Adele some detailed questions, such as the specific situation at the scene, the actual speculation about the identity of Sothoth and his group, etc.

At a quarter to three in the afternoon, Adele stretched herself, sent Leila to have afternoon tea, and took the excuse of taking a lunch break to find an opportunity to be alone. She then lay down on the rattan chair, waiting for today's Tarot meeting.

At 2:55, above the vague, boundless, gray and empty fog, a majestic temple stood tall, and an ancient bronze table was placed quietly.

The high-backed chair at the top of the long table was empty. The eternal gray fog surrounded the high-backed chair. Above it, the dim light further highlighted the shining stars corresponding to the other seats.

The moment Adele's figure appeared at the edge of the long table, she found that a figure appeared again on the high-back chair symbolizing "stars" and "judgment", which made her breathe a sigh of relief.

Last week, the sudden absence of "Star" and "Judgment" really made her nervous for a while. Even though Cattleya repeatedly assured everyone that Miss "Judgment"'s injuries were nothing unusual and that with the care of the "Mysterious Queen", the minor injuries were no problem at all, Adele still felt a little uneasy when she saw that two people were missing from the weekly meetings.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Fool."

Miss Justice led the group again. Everyone bowed to the empty high-backed chair at the top of the long bronze table. Then, Ms. Hermit spoke to them in a relatively brisk voice:

"Although we have heard enough bad news these days, first of all, we have to welcome Miss Judgment back from her injuries."

After saying that, the people in the gray fog clapped politely, making "Judge" Xio feel a little uncomfortable.

"All this is thanks to the help of the 'Queen of Mystery' and Ms. 'Hermit'." Xio hurriedly expressed gratitude to the people in the Tarot Club, his words sincere and without a trace of falsehood.

"In fact, it's mainly my mother's credit."

The Hermit Cattleya no longer concealed the fact that the Tarot Club was no longer an organization that needed to rely on internal concealment to ensure the convenience of its actions. They were already a semi-official organization, and the members now called each other by code names only out of habit.

The "trial" did not dwell on who actually deserved the credit, but went straight to the point.

"To make a long story short, although I have now recovered to the point where I can perform the ceremony normally, the Mysterious Queen still does not recommend that I continue to use my spiritual power for a long time."

Xio clenched his fists out of habit, "So, I will share with you the information I found before I got hurt as soon as possible."

"The Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom did use a magical item. The hunter Yegor who fought me accidentally revealed it. It is very likely 0-01."

Xio said briefly, "He didn't reveal much about 0-01. I only heard a vague name. In order to prevent forgetting, I wrote the name on my clothes before I passed out."

"The name he mentioned was, 'Banner of War'."

"Flag of War"...

Hearing this name, everyone in the Tarot Club fell into deep thought, and it seemed that they all understood many things.

It seems that this is indeed a magical item with authority in the field of war. It is very likely that it is the only way to be a "Red Priest"...

Adele felt a strange yearning in her heart, but it was not serious. She suppressed the thought after a moment's thought.

What the Hanged Man Alger was thinking about was the specific purpose of the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom taking out this sealed object, what the effect of this sealed object was, and other questions.

Audrey frowned slightly, and had already thought about which forces would be attracted by this magical item that was suspected to be the only one of the "Red Priest" path.

This range is actually not that large. Any force that has the ability and desire to compete for uniqueness must have at least one magical item or sealed object equivalent to the first level of sequence.

Before the war, of the three copies of the "Red Priest" path's Sequence 1 "Conqueror" feature, one was in the hands of the former Intis royal family, the Soran family, one was in the hands of the Feysac royal family, the Einhorn family, and the remaining one fell into the hands of the Loen royal family, the Augustus family, and was later given to the Witch Cult as a reward.

Of course, after the war, these circumstances may well have changed.

The Soran family had already declined during Roselle's time, and might not have retained the "Conqueror" extraordinary characteristic. It is very likely that it has been obtained by the Iron Cross.
The failure of the previous war caused considerable damage to the Einhorn family. It is possible that a high-ranking angel fell or a level 0 seal was lost.
The Conqueror trait that the Augustus family gave to the Witch Cult is the one with the clearest whereabouts at the moment, but the Red Angel Medici has been eyeing that trait, and from the news from Leonard it can be seen that the other party is already seeking to be promoted to Sequence 1, and it seems that he has succeeded.

"I think the only person who deserves the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom to devote a certain amount of 'uniqueness' to is the 'Red Angel', right?"

Leonard muttered to himself, drawing a round of approval from the crowd.

According to the information that "Sun" Derrick discovered when he was exploring the ruins of the City of Silver, today's God of Knowledge and Wisdom, the Red Angel Medici, belonged to the secret organization "Redemption Rose" formed by the Dark Angel Sasriel and the Goddess of Night in ancient times. It is not entirely unreasonable to say that they still retain the trust to do business with each other.

"But, in this case, their actions are somewhat unjustifiable..."

Audrey seemed to suddenly think of something, and her tone gradually became puzzled.

"The currently known alliances are the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom of the three countries of Lenburg, the Iron Blood Cross of Intis, and the Moss Ascetic Order. These forces only have one copy of the Sequence 1 characteristic. Even if the copy in the hands of the Red Angel himself is taken into account, it is still far from the level of being able to be promoted to a True God."

"According to the Red Angel's personality, he doesn't seem to be the type of person who would publicly tell others about his plans before winning. Now that it has gone to this extent, isn't it a bit rash?"

Everyone in the Tarot Club thought about it for a while and found that it did make sense. They all began to ponder it, and for a moment no one could explain it.

At this moment, Adele tentatively said:

"Based on my understanding of the Hunter Path, the plots they devise are often not complicated in reality. They just lack some key conditions. In other words, the reason why their plots seem incredible to their opponents is because there is an information gap between the two sides, which makes it impossible for the other side to infer their movements with the existing information."

"It's a very novel point of view. Is that what your girlfriend said?" Emlyn asked curiously. "However, I don't think this matter has anything to do with what we are considering. After all, Medici is now a real angel, and may even be the king of angels."

"But the principles of conspiracy are the same."

Adele insisted, "If you can't infer the other party's purpose from the conditions, then try the other way around."

"We now know that the other party's goal is to make the Red Angel Medici a god, and to become a god, he needs the three extraordinary characteristics of Sequence One."

"Among the several forces that may possess the Conqueror's Beyonder characteristics, the Witch Cult is naturally unlikely to hand over their Beyonder characteristics to the Red Angel. They have no motivation to cooperate."

"Although I have always had some suspicions, when I was with Katarina, I didn't see any signs from her that the Conqueror trait in the hands of the Witch Cult had been lost."

"As for the Einhorn family, they originally had no direct interest in Medici. However, if there is any force that needs a true god the most right now, it would probably be them as the royal family of the Feysac Empire."

Adele spoke happily, and the things she had summarized from integrating information from all parties during this period finally had someone to discuss with.

What kind of bargaining chips can the royal family of Feysac pay?
Even if Adele didn't say it, everyone in the Tarot Club understood what she meant:
For angels who want to be promoted to "Red Priests", apart from the uniqueness of "Red Priests", what gift could be more sincere than the Conqueror's characteristic?

"In addition, it is also worth noting that Intis has been aggressively purchasing magical items and Beyonder characteristics above the middle sequence of the Hunter Path across the continent."

When she said this, Adele's expression was a little hesitant, because she was not quite sure about this.

"I learned from Gagran that the demigods of the Red Priest Path are good at integrating the power of individuals into a whole. The seals made by relying on the uniqueness of this path are completely likely to produce effects similar to those of higher-level Beyonder characteristics through the accumulation of low-sequence Beyonder characteristics. We cannot rule out the possibility that the Witch Cult and the Einhorn Family are both alternative options for Medici."

(End of this chapter)