Secrets: Priestess

Chapter 8 "Hunter"

Panic flashed through my heart.

Before, when Jiang Zhe heard that Tai Perslan was wanted, he was not too panicked.

Because her male body was taken away by her girlfriend.

No matter how many wanted notices the authorities issue, they can't find her...

But what if it was Claire who committed the crime... Thinking of this slightly crazy girlfriend, Jiang Zhe even maliciously speculated whether she would be thrown out by the other party to take the blame.

Seeing Jiang Zhe staring at Claire's name, Luo Shan laughed and said, "At first, the captain and the others did consider you a suspect, but then... well, around the time you disappeared, there were clues vaguely pointing to Ty Perslan."

"Especially in the past two days, the captain and his team have tracked down new clues."

Luo Shan explained some of the latest intelligence that hadn't yet been recorded: "Ty Poslan's true identity was seen while he was in contact with the underground gang. Therefore, it can be confirmed that the 'Night Cat' of the underground forces is Ty Poslan."

Luo Shan pulled out a stack of documents related to the "Gang Leader Attack Incident" and showed them to Jiang Zhe. "This, this...it's now confirmed that Ty Perslan was responsible for the gang leaders killed by Night Cat."

"Ty Poslan used disguised identities to earn bounties from rival gangs by killing gang leaders, and used covert actions to repeatedly instigate fights between multiple gangs."

The more Jiang Zhe watched, the more certain he became that the person who did these things must be Claire.

But these days, after Claire swapped bodies with her, she also took all the previous criminal records on Tai Poslan's head.

Jiang Zhe recalled the words in Claire's memory in his dream:
"I took everything from you, and left everything I could."

Jiang Zhe sighed.

It was becoming increasingly difficult for her to understand this woman's thoughts...

After reading these materials, my already complicated feelings towards that girlfriend have become even more confusing.

The initial admiration...the hatred after being betrayed...

Until now, Jiang Zhe has suppressed everything in his heart——

She couldn't guess what the crazy woman wanted to do, but she wanted her male body back.

Jiang Zhe sat here for a whole day, recording the case, analyzing and portraying Tai Poslan, and sorting out the various people and events behind the case.

Neither Roxanne nor Brett disturbed her and even brought her two meals during that time.

Finally, as Brett was helping Jiang Zhe organize the documents, he whispered, "Actually... while sorting through this, I realized that Tai wasn't a particularly evil person... Rather than being a vicious criminal, he was more like a vigilante with a clear sense of good and evil."

"Like the Tingen North District Elementary School Mass Murder Case, there was a student in that class who fell to his death after being bullied... Although it's just my guess, I think Tai Poslan wants to punish the murderers."

Jiang Zhe also read Captain Dunn's follow-up investigation report on that case:

The teacher of that class actually molested a male student multiple times, and the other students not only did not stop or report it, but instead joined in the ridicule and bullying.

It can be said that... everyone is a villain.

This isn't the only case... all cases not involving gangs have more or less similar situations.

When targeting gangs, Ty Poslan's methods are characterized by ruthlessness and unscrupulousness.

It's like stepping on a bedbug, no, it's worse than that!
Just playing around for fun!
Jiang Zhe smiled bitterly: "But from the perspective of the Night Watchmen, Tai Perslan can be called a cruel and insane cultist."

Jiang Zhe was flipping through the documents Brett had just brought her, when she suddenly came across a yellowed page that didn't fit in with the brand new paper.

Jiang Zhe touched the book with his fingers, wanting to remove the page.

But when she saw the words on the paper, her eyes were fixed on them, unable to move away. Jiang Zhe was in a daze for so long that Brett noticed something was wrong.

"Claire."

"Claire?"

"You look like you need a break."

Brett brought back Jiang Zhe's soul.

Jiang Zhe held down his trembling hands, tried to keep his voice calm, and asked Brett, "What is this paper?"

Brett carefully identified it and said uncertainly:

"This should be Russell Gustav's notes..."

"Because Emperor Roselle recorded his notes using special symbols, no one has been able to decipher them to this day. One of Old Neil's hobbies is studying how to decipher these symbols. He must have mixed some paper in here. Old Neil even said it was Emperor Roselle's diary... and he sounded quite serious about it."

Special symbols? Diary?
The people in this world cannot decipher this special symbol...

That old Neil whom I haven't met yet, no, Mr. Neil is truly an amazing researcher!
Jiang Zhe was amazed in his heart.

In Jiang Zhe's eyes, the handwriting on the yellowed pages was crooked and sloppy.

But there is no doubt that -

This is Simplified Chinese!
And this is indeed a diary!

The Emperor Roselle, whose name was recorded in history, was indeed a senior time traveler!
And he's a compatriot?!

Jiang Zhe tried his best to keep his emotions to himself and quickly read the diary:
"February 11th. Today I learned a secret of the Sauron family. Hahaha, I laughed to death! Hahaha!
It turns out that the 'Hunter' path they mastered causes gender change at Sequence 4. Men remain unchanged, while women become men! No wonder none of the high-sequence masters of the Sauron family I know are female. The 'Iron-Blooded Knight' is indeed a true man of iron!
Hahaha, if this secret wasn't so well-hidden, I'd be tempted to use it to mock Florent next time. The ancestor of the Solon family he resembles might have actually been a woman!
This potion is too bad, isn't it? I hope there won't be any strange changes after reaching the High Sequence of the 'Generalist'. I don't want to suddenly find out one day that I can't advance or must become a woman.

"Claire, can you see anything?" Brett asked doubtfully.

Jiang Zhe shook his head and smiled. "It's difficult to discern the patterns between these symbols based on just this one sample. I'm quite good at language studies, and I enjoy this kind of deciphering... Are there any other similar texts?"

Brett shook his head. "There aren't many of these manuscripts... The few originals stored here were just sent to the temple a few days ago. Copies should have been kept, but Old Neil made a mistake during his last ritual and destroyed the copies he had with him. Old Neil was even punished for it... I heard him say last morning that he was applying for new copies from the temple."

It’s a pity for Jiang Zhe.

For Emperor Roselle to become a man who will go down in history, his understanding and vision of the world must be far beyond that of ordinary people.

For example, this diary alone is enough to make Jiang Zhe think a lot.

Emperor Roselle is indeed a Beyonder, and he is on the "Generalist" path, and his sequence is even very high!
The Sauron family also controls the "Hunter" path, and this path can transform a female into a male at Sequence 4.

According to the history that Jiang Zhexue had studied, the Soran family was once the royal family of Intis, but was later overthrown by Roselle.

But after Roselle became emperor in his later years, he was assassinated by the Eternal Sun Church, the Soran family of the Ultis royal family and other nobles, and died in the White Maple Palace.

Today, the Soran family can only be regarded as an ordinary noble family in Intis, far less glorious than their ancestors.

The Soran family...

The path from female to male...

With his mind racing, Jiang Zhe sighed softly.

(End of this chapter)