Mystery: The Undead Don't Die from Linking the Fire

Chapter 318 Information Exchange

In essence, a dinner party is just about dancing, eating, and chatting.

In this harmonious atmosphere, one by one the guests took their leave.

Mobert and Leonard boarded his recently purchased four-wheeled carriage and, illuminated by the dim yellow light of rows of gas lamps, drove into the darkness toward Pesfield Street.

Mobert looked at Leonard, who was sitting opposite him and seemed to be deep in thought, and asked curiously:

"What are you thinking about?"

Leonard Mitchell slowly raised his head and suddenly said:

"Where did you and Dawn Dantes meet?"

Mobert raised an eyebrow and replied with a smile:

"Dixie County, what's wrong?"

Leonard Mitchell stared intently into Mobert's eyes and said, enunciating each word clearly:

"You can use this rhetoric to fool others, but you can't fool me."

Mobert smiled but remained noncommittal, while Leonard Mitchell continued:

"You once said that you were trapped in a book for thousands of years and only recently escaped. Even the old man was a little surprised that you could live for thousands of years, because you are not even a demigod. Theoretically, you should have aged and died the moment you left that book."

"And according to you, someone saved you and asked you to believe in a certain being."

"And the person you said saved you is Ash Black."

Mobert was about to speak, but Leonard interrupted him and continued:

"He's an angel, even stronger than the old man, so it's not surprising he has this ability. And that's how you two met, which is why you acted so familiar with each other, and why you reassured the old man."

"And the old man also realized your relationship and that he was the one who saved you, so he simply stopped hiding it."

After a pause, Leonard continued:

"It's also possible that the old man felt there was no point in hiding, since he should have been discovered long ago, so he simply gave up. After all, the fact that you were able to accurately locate St. Samuel's Church back then must have been due to someone providing accurate information, and that person was Ash Black."

Mobert raised an eyebrow and said seriously:

"I think the second possibility is more likely."

"hehe!"

The aged voice in Leonard's mind sneered, but whether out of guilt or something else, he did not refute it.

Mobert chuckled and said:

"However, I have to correct something."

"It was indeed Ember who saved us, but he wasn't the one who told me about the old man."

"Um?"

Leonard gave Mobert a deep look.

His words revealed two meanings—he called Ash "Ember," although Ash Black was the name Ash was registered with the Church of the Night, but perhaps "Ember" was Ash's real name.

Of course, it's also possible that both are pseudonyms.

After all, she was an angel, and it was unlikely that she would reveal her real name.

Moreover, a name is just a label; there's no need to overthink it.

Another implication is that the other party is indirectly admitting that more than one person saved them from the "world in the book"!

Leonard quickly followed up with:

"That person is Dawn Dantes?"

Mobert smiled, neither confirming nor denying.

Lennar said calmly:

"It's okay if you don't tell me. You've been in the world of the book for over a thousand years. When you came out, you were in the Sunia Sea. After that, you took a cruise ship directly to Pulitzer and a steam train to Backlund. You've never been to Ducey County, and you couldn't possibly have met Dawn Dantes in Ducey County."

"So both of your identities are fake. If you didn't meet him in Dixi County, then it could only have been in the Sunia Sea."

"You know Dawn Dantès, and you know Ember, and he knows Ember too. This further proves that Dawn Dantès was present when Ember saved you from the book world."

"You should have arrived at Pulitzer Port at the same time, but you chose to return to Backlund, while he took a steam train to Duceyshire. So there was a few days' difference between your arrival in Backlund, during which time he should have been in Duceyshire preparing for the identity of Dawn Dantes."

Leonard spoke faster and faster, his tone becoming increasingly certain, almost convinced that this was the whole story!

Mobert shrugged and said:

"So what do you plan to do? Report us to the Church of the Night?"

Leonard glanced at him and said coldly:

"You know that's impossible."

Putting aside the fact that once Mobert is exposed, the old man inside him will also be exposed, making it difficult for him to maintain his position in the Church of the Night. Moreover, Mobert was saved by Ember, and Ember also knows about Dawn Dantes' false identity. Ironically, Ember is an angel with intricate connections to the Church of the Night.

In other words, the false identities of Mobert and Dawn Dantes were, to some extent, guaranteed by the angel Ember.

If he were to personally report this to Archbishop St. Anthony, the archbishop would most likely not resolve the issue but rather punish him, the one who raised the problem… Leonard understood this perfectly well, so even if it meant self-destruction, he would not attempt to report these two people.

Mobert stroked his chin, and asked, somewhat puzzled:

"Since you understand everything, why are you asking so many questions?"

Leonard fell silent, and Mobert didn't disturb him, just quietly watching him.

After a long pause, Leonard spoke in a complex tone:

"I worked in Tingen until last August. Tingen is a very small place, and the strongest official Beyonder there is only Sequence 7. I was only Sequence 8 at that time. But the danger there is also very small, and most of the time we can handle it easily."

"But in August, we were forced into a conspiracy. The mastermind behind the conspiracy was a traitorous archbishop from the Church of the Night. He stole a level 0 sealed artifact from the church and used it to orchestrate a crisis in which an evil god would descend."

"During that crisis, most of the extraordinary individuals were transferred away in advance, and only three people remained at headquarters, and I was one of them."

"Although we eventually succeeded in stopping the evil god from descending, they all sacrificed themselves, and I was the only one who survived by sheer luck."

Leonard clenched his fists, even though he still held a grudge about it!

Why wasn't it him who died?

Mobert, hearing the story for the first time, also fell silent. He understood Leonard's feelings and hesitantly asked:

"What does this have to do with your questioning of Don Dantès's identity?"

Leonard took a deep breath, composed himself, and said in a deep voice:

"Ember had been to Tingen before and had a good relationship with one of his deceased teammates. I suspect they already knew each other back then."

Mobert found it somewhat absurd and couldn't help but ask:

"You suspect Dawn Dantes was your deceased teammate?"

"Yes." Leonard made no attempt to hide his guess.

"How is that possible? Ember saved us, but only if we were still alive at that time. That's a completely different concept from being resurrected! And your teammate, didn't you already confirm his death?"

Lennar said calmly:

"I buried him myself."

"Then why are you even asking?"

Mobert was somewhat incredulous. Had he been parasitized by the old man for too long and his brain had gone mad?

Leonard said in a deep voice:

"When I was still Sequence 8, I met a Sequence 6 Night Watcher who was an Extraordinary via the Corpse Collector pathway. At that time, she was only Sequence 6, but she already had the ability to manipulate the dead and nature spirits, so I naively thought that demigods might have the ability to bring people back to life."

"But the old man told me that there are indeed abilities in this world that can bring people back to life, but demigods definitely can't do it. But the old man didn't say that only gods can do it, which means angels also have this ability, right?"

"And your and the old man's reactions both tell me that Ember is an angel!"

That's why he suspected that Dawn Dantes was his teammate who had been resurrected.

Mobert hesitated for two seconds before slowly asking:

What evidence do you have?

"Yes." Leonard nodded without hesitation.

Mobert made a strange expression and joked:

"You didn't dig up your teammate's grave, did you?"

Mobert expected Leonard to respond coldly with, "Am I that kind of person?", but Leonard instead showed a thoughtful expression—he seemed to be seriously considering the possibility of this.

Mobert's eye twitched; to be honest, this was indeed beyond his expectations.

Leonard pondered for a moment, then spoke:

"Shortly after my teammate's burial, Backlund gained a detective named Sherlock Moriarty, the timing is perfect. And most importantly, they look almost identical."

"Unfortunately, by the time I wanted to begin the investigation, the detective had already disappeared in an accident."

Mobert hesitated for two seconds, then asked:

"When?"

Two days before the New Year.

Having received the answer, Mobert lowered his brow slightly. He had done some research on that mad adventurer while at sea—

Although most pirates held this famous bounty hunter in awe and knew very little about him, the only certainty was that this mad adventurer first appeared in the Sunia Sea in January of this year!

Gehrman Sparrow first appeared in Pulitzer Bay, aboard the White Agate bound for the Rothschild Islands.

This information was given to him personally by Captain Airland of the White Agate.

Mobert's eyes flickered slightly:

"The timing is indeed very coincidental."

Leonard's teammate had just died, and Backlund gained a new detective named Sherlock Moriarty.

And just as this Sherlock detective ran into trouble, a new figure appeared at sea, Gehrman Sparrow, who struck fear into the hearts of pirates.

And just as Gehrman Sparrow disappeared from the sea, Backlund gained another one: Dawn Dantes.

Mobert didn't know if the two were equivalent, but he knew that Gehrman Sparrow was Dawn Dantes! It's no wonder Leonard suspected that Dawn Dantes was his deceased teammate; Mobert would probably have had the same suspicions.

Mobert suddenly asked:

"What does your teammate look like?"

Leonard thought for a moment, then took a photo out of his pocket and handed it over.

Mobert took the photo and glanced at it. The black and white photo showed a young man with a scholarly air.

Leonard suddenly asked:

Have you seen him?

"Never seen it before."

Mobert shook his head, his attitude incredibly frank.

Because he had never seen it before.

In fact, he didn't even know what Gehrman Sparrow looked like.

After all, he was a faceless man who could freely change his appearance. For such an extraordinary being, unless he wanted to, no one would know his true face. This was true for Mobert, and it was also true for the Iceberg General.

Well, Ember might be an exception, but they can't just ask Ember directly, can they?

Mobert then asked:

"What's his name?"

Leonard remained silent for a long time before speaking:

"Klein."

Mobert asked calmly:

"Which pathway did your friend take to become an Extraordinary?"

Leonard observed Mobert's expression and slowly said:

"The Diviner's Path, he died as a Sequence 8 Joker."

Mobert looked thoughtful, but deep down he was inexplicably surprised!

Unlike the extraordinary beings of the Fifth Age, Mobert, born in the Fourth Age and belonging to an angelic family, possessed far more "common sense" than the current extraordinary beings. For example, although he did not know the potion recipes from other pathways, he clearly knew the names of the lower-series potions in each pathway.

This was also what the old man requested. He didn't need any extraordinary individuals from other pathways in the family, but he needed to know what abilities those extraordinary individuals from other pathways possessed, so that he could find a way to counter them.

Most angel families have similar rules, and they are also capable enough to understand what abilities other paths possess.

The Faceless Man happens to be Sequence 6 of the 'Diviner' pathway!

Isn't this getting more and more coincidental?

Mobert remained calm and composed, revealing no flaw in his demeanor.

Leonard stared at him for a long time but couldn't find him, and finally had no choice but to give up.

After all, if the other party is determined not to talk, there's nothing he can do to force them.

Just then, the aged voice in his mind suddenly said:

"Resurrection is the ability of the 'Miracleist' pathway, Sequence 2, of the 'Diviner' path."

Leonard's pupils contracted sharply. Was this an indirect way of telling him that Ember was an angel of the 'Diviner' pathway? Because he was an angel of the 'Diviner' pathway, he had a great affinity for Klein, who was also of the 'Diviner' pathway, which was why he allowed Klein to be resurrected?

Mobert noticed Leonard's unusual behavior and asked:

"What did he tell you?"

Leonard didn't hide anything and relayed the old man's words.

Mobert fell into thought for a moment, but still spoke:

"Ember should not be an angel of the 'Diviner' pathway."

Leonard's expression shifted slightly, but he didn't reveal any flaws. Instead, he slowly spoke:

"Did I forget to tell you about my other teammate?"

Mobert asked in confusion:

"Didn't he sacrifice himself too?"

"right."

Leonard nodded and said:

"That was my captain. He forcibly used Saint Selena's ashes to fight against the evil god, and ultimately sacrificed himself for it."