Ironclad Group Chat: Red and Black Lists Engraved with Heroic Epics

[Potio: His precious company's top executives, the ten likes of Stoneheart, along with the sheriff, have teamed up with wanted criminals with hefty bounties from the company to target the company-funded Erudite Society? Who's on their side, and who's the enemy? I don't understand; your circle is truly chaotic.]

[Qingque: So, regardless of who wins, the company will suffer a huge loss?]

[Zhenzhu: ...This project is even more difficult than I expected.]

Undying Path said, "I always seek revenge, but the conspiracy behind this matter is too complicated. And Xiuye ​​and I are too close to Zhenzhu. If we are not careful, we will bring trouble to her."

[Fireworks: Too close? How close?]

[Potio: Old D... Old Detective, you're amazing! You actually managed to find a way to get close to the company's higher-ups?]

If it weren't for Sunday's Death Note, he might have been able to follow this path and take down Oswaldo!

The boss is indeed the boss; he managed to use the pretense of investigating a case to connect with the company. Impressive!

……

Kuchiba also explained, "Therefore, the three of you who have no connection with Nissou Paradise are the most suitable to investigate this case."

"Getting back to the point," Immortal Path said in a deep voice, "Scholar Nine Meows is dead, just this morning."

Silver Wolf frowned slightly: "Isn't this too much of a coincidence? How did he die?"

The withered leaf uttered two words indifferently: "Suicide."

Without thinking, Xing blurted out, "This is too unbelievable. He was silenced."

[Star: No, didn't we already defeat the boss and enter the final stage? Why does this sound like we're only in the middle of the game? Is there a mastermind behind this?]

[Bai'er: I have a bad feeling... In Onpharos, we also thought that successfully gathering all the sparks and starting the cycle of reincarnation would be the end. But it turned out that it was just one of countless beginnings.]

Upon hearing this, Xing's vision went black.

Come again?

[Star: I'm really... well, I'm kind of used to it. After playing in a high-level match once, is it really impossible to quit?]

[Silver Wolf: No relegation in ranked matches? That sounds pretty good at first glance.]

[Star: Never mind. Whether it's high-end or not is secondary; this isn't the first time I've withstood galactic-level pressure. The most important thing is... no one will have to leave alone again this time, right?!]

Walter: ...It's hard to say.

Especially after seeing the Star Descendant, a certain unease in his heart grew stronger.

……

"Now there's no way to prove it." Xing was slightly disappointed, then looked at Undying Path: "What kind of assistance were you going to provide?"

After pondering for a while, Immortal Path said, "To be honest, we're not sure if this thing can actually help you."

Xiuye ​​stroked his chin, speaking cautiously: "Someone quietly destroyed a large amount of evidence related to this case, and the building's surveillance system was also found to be completely destroyed after the incident."

She took out a computer and placed it on the coffee table.

"And this... is Scott's personal computer, but the data on it has obviously been deliberately deleted."

"Probably worried that destroying all the data would be too obvious, so the mastermind only deleted most of the work-related information, leaving only his personal information and... a huge amount of indecent entertainment works."

"This private information is useless to us, and even a bit of a mental drain. But Xing, you know Scott well. Maybe there's a breakthrough here that only you can discover." Undying Path shrugged, a deep weariness hidden in his eyes.

Clearly, looking into Scott's "privacy" is not exciting; on the contrary, it's an extremely heinous act.

[Qingque: ...It seems that having overly unusual hobbies isn't entirely a bad thing. At least, I don't have to rush to "leave a pure name in the world," and I might even randomly take away a pair of good eyes.]

[Star: Ah, this...]

She remembered it all clearly: that epic showdown in Golden Man Alley. Silver Wolf merely mentioned the names of two works, and Scott surrendered without a fight; Lone Wolf withdrew without a word. Even the galaxy seemed to tremble.

If he had several terabytes of study materials, he would probably have blown up her star core.

She's never been afraid of anything in her life, but this is something she's genuinely a little scared of.

But, but, this seems to be the only clue we have so far. The mastermind behind everything is one step ahead of them, and there's no other way but to look into it.

Then we'll just have to...

[Star: Silver Wolf, oh no, Aunt Wolf, Kaffa is my mother, so basically you're my aunt. You're the best at this kind of work, so you should do it.]

[Silver Wolf: To shirk this kind of responsibility, you'd even go so far as to call a minor "auntie"?]

[Star: I don't care, I've already shouted it, you can't just listen for nothing, right? Aunt Wolf, syrup!]

[Firefly: Silver Wolf, please help Ah Xing, she's exhausted.]

[Silver Wolf: I...do I look like I'm just bored? Prometheus, you go!]

[Prometheus: Me, me?]

[March 7th: After she finishes watching this, is this artificial intelligence still worth keeping?]

[ScrewGumm: Reasonable suspicion. There is a significant risk of data contamination.]

Undying Path winked at Hoshino and the other two: "Miss Kuchiba accidentally left this computer in this tea room. She'll be back to pick it up in five system hours. In the meantime, we're going to get some ramen. You guys go ahead and get busy."

[Tingyun: How thoughtful!]

[March 7th: Huh? Why did you throw away the dead leaves? Why didn't you say it was from the dead? And does it really take that long to eat a bowl of ramen? It can't be freshly ground flour, can it?]

[Star: March, if you looked at Scott's profile, you wouldn't be corrupted.]

"Don't go yet." Silver Wolf raised his hand to stop the two. "I've found something about Nine Meow... It might be safer to tell you with all five of us here."

Upon hearing this, Kuchiba stopped and asked, "Miss Silver Wolf, what have you found out?"

Silver Wolf took a deep breath: "During Nine Meow's time in Two-Phase Paradise, she sent many one-way encrypted documents. They were multi-layered encrypted and self-destructing after being read, so even I couldn't recover the contents."

"But I can find out where this information is sent—"

She paused, then said in an unprecedentedly heavy tone, "[Pearl]'s dedicated office channel."

Jade: ?

[Executives and frontline employees of companies like Sand Gold Topaz: Huh???]

[March 7th: Wait, what's going on now? A Death Demon, and a second Death Demon, is it all Zhenzhu's doing?]

[Yao Guang: Oh? What a thrilling werewolf game scenario! Our hacker seer's card-checking results are truly unpredictable.]

[Star: It's dark! It's dark in the Two-Phase Paradise! I never thought that even the thick-browed, big-eyed Pearl Lady would betray us!]

"..." Zhenzhu blinked her eyes, her face blank.

I?