Wizard Earl

Chapter 736 Nightingale's True Identity

Although Kevin Souza didn't speak, Nightingale understood the meaning behind his scrutinizing gaze. A bitter smile appeared on her meticulously made-up face as she spoke in a low voice, "I know you're wondering why I didn't come as agreed three days later. I can only tell you, my identity has been exposed! If I had left an hour later, you would never have seen me again!"

Upon hearing Nightingale's words, Kevin Sosa's eyes flickered, the doubt in them lessening somewhat. He then said in a low voice, "I will report your situation to my superiors, and the final decision will be made there! As for now, did you bring that important intelligence?"

Nightingale didn't speak, but nodded. Then, she carefully took out a jade box from her bosom, handed it to Kevin Sosa, and said, "According to the rules, I have placed the information I obtained into the jade box and activated the restriction. Please pass the jade box to your superiors!"

Kevin Sosa took the jade box from Nightingale's hand, but did not take it away immediately. Instead, he carefully examined the jade box. Several years ago, after the Rune riots, when Ms. Lena regained control of the Rune Storm Church's intelligence agency, she implemented a type of alchemical jade box to preserve intelligence. This alchemical jade box looked no different from an ordinary jade box.

However, the gold-plated jade box actually had a hidden secret. After obtaining intelligence, the undercover agent would put the intelligence into the jade box using specific methods, and then pass the gold-plated jade box to the rendezvous point. From there, the gold-plated jade box would be passed back to the intelligence agency headquarters. The advantage of doing this was that only the headquarters and the undercover agent knew the specific contents of the intelligence. Other personnel involved in the intermediate links could only access the gold-plated jade box and not the intelligence itself.

When the restriction is not activated, the alchemical jade box is no different from an ordinary jade box in opening and closing. However, once the restriction is activated and the jade box is closed, it can only be opened through special means known only to the intelligence agency of the Rune Storm Church. If the jade box is forcibly opened, it will automatically trigger the self-destruct restriction on the alchemical jade box, causing the jade box and the information contained inside to self-destruct and be destroyed. Since the use of this alchemical jade box to intercept intelligence, the secrecy of the Rune Storm Church's intelligence agency has been greatly improved, and there have been very few incidents of intelligence leakage.

A minute later, after confirming that the jade box was genuine—a special alchemical jade box belonging to the intelligence agency of the Church of Rune Storms—a satisfied smile finally appeared on Kevin Sosa's chubby face. He carefully placed the alchemical jade box in his pocket, then said in a deep voice to Nightingale beside him, "I should be safe here for now. You stay here. I'll go deliver the intelligence to the higher-ups now. As for your next arrangements, I'll inform you as soon as there's a response..."

Before Kevin Souza could finish speaking, the door to the secret room opened silently, and a blond young man slowly walked in.

The sudden appearance of the blond young man, Luke Shaw, clearly surprised Kevin Souza and Nightingale. However, as a seasoned veteran of decades in the intelligence service, his reaction was swift. He discreetly assumed a fighting stance, but still addressed the blond young man in a reprimanding tone: "Mr. Luke Shaw, this is our hotel premises, not open to the public. Please return to your room as soon as possible!"

Margaret, disguised as a blond young man, ignored Kevin Sosa's rebuke and focused her attention on Nightingale, the noblewoman who was hiding behind Kevin Sosa.

Just three minutes ago, after much contemplation, Margaret finally realized why the noblewoman who had suddenly arrived at Kevin's Hotel late at night gave her such a familiar feeling. If Margaret remembered correctly, this noblewoman's name was Jenna Moretti, the youngest daughter of a viscount from a branch of the Moretti family of the Kaman Empire. She graduated from the Kaman Empire University with a doctorate in law and was married to the eldest son of Endok, the current secretary-general of the Valencia Chamber of Commerce.

Five years ago, when Margaret was still an intermediate wizarding apprentice, the Church of Rune Storms organized a New Year's banquet. It was at that banquet that Margaret had a brief encounter with James Moretti and his wife, Young Endok. After discovering James Moretti's identity, and recalling the Nightingale, who was a spy planted by the church in the Valenciva Merchant Guild, and remembering James Moretti's hurried arrival at Kevin's Inn, Margaret felt that the answer to "Nightingale" was about to become clear.

Although she didn't understand why Jenna Moretti, as the Nightingale, broke the agreement and arrived at Kevin's Hotel three days early to make contact, Margaret firmly believed in her discovery: the Nightingale was Jenna Moretti, and Jenna Moretti was the Nightingale!

The nightingale has now arrived at Kevin's Hotel to meet with Kevin Sosa and exchange intelligence. So, in order to intercept the intelligence, Margaret did not hesitate and acted decisively. Judging from the current situation of Kevin Sosa and Jenna Moretti's secret meeting in this secret room, Margaret felt that she had made the right bet. The nightingale's meeting time with Kevin Sosa at Kevin's Hotel was indeed brought forward!

Seeing that Luke Shaw was only looking at Nightingale and ignoring him completely, the intelligence chief Kevin Souza maintained an angry expression on his face, but in his heart he sighed: "Damn it." Anna's intuition was right again. This Luke Shaw was indeed suspicious. And now that Luke Shaw was here, Anna, whom he had arranged to keep an eye on him in the next room, was probably in grave danger.

Upon realizing this, Kevin Souza's heart sank. He knew that while Luke Shaw's attention was focused on Nightingale, he had to do something, or he would lose his chance. Without further ado, Kevin Souza continued to be wary of Luke Shaw, and then, seizing the opportunity, he turned and rushed towards the crystal vase in the corner of the secret room.

In Kevin Souza's eyes, Luke Shaw's ability to open the secret room door through the carefully laid traps of Kevin's Inn and appear before him without his knowledge was undoubtedly beyond the scope of "knightly strength" and belonged to extraordinary power.

(End of this chapter)