Chapter 681 Work Report
After nightfall, Angel left the Klein family home in the North District and used the mirror passage to return to the Hillston District. After dinner, he took a carriage to the "real" North District and entered the St. Samuel Church where mass had just been held.
This time, she also used the "Hypocrisy" ring to disguise herself, becoming the "Shadow of the Goddess" when she last met Archbishop Anthony. Except for her eyes which were still purple, she no longer had any resemblance to "Angel".
As soon as Angel entered the large prayer hall against the departing believers, he spotted several familiar faces. In addition to Elektra who presided over the mass, Leonard Mitchell and Daly Simone, who had just left the steam train station at noon and were heading towards Tingen City, were also there. They sat quietly on the last row of benches, completely hidden in the darkness. If Angel didn't have dark vision, he wouldn't have been able to spot them at all.
Strange, even if they returned immediately after arriving in Tingen City, they would only be able to catch the current mass. Could it be that Leonard and Daly's destination was not Tingen City, but somewhere between the two cities... She pondered, without revealing that she had discovered them. Her eyes naturally swept over the two night watchmen she knew in Tingen City, and stopped at the bishop beside the altar.
He didn't recognize me either... Angel chuckled and turned into the side door of the church.
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The movement nearby made Leonard look up at the unfamiliar young woman. The pair of purple eyes made him lose focus for a moment, but he quickly reacted and shifted his impolite gaze away.
Although his eyes were also a rare purple, his hair color and facial features were different. Moreover, Angel Granger's current identity should be the Angelica Sage on the sea, not this ordinary-looking woman... He laughed at his own paranoid state in his heart, and inadvertently glanced at Daly beside him.
The latter kept her head down, hiding most of her expression in the shadow of her cloak. After leaving Raphael Cemetery in Tingen City, she had not made any movement other than hurrying on, as if she had returned to the day of the God's Descent in Tingen City.
Klein's tomb was empty, Angel's was also incredibly strange, and yet only the captain failed... No wonder she was like this. If she hadn't held out hope from the beginning, she wouldn't have been so disappointed. Maybe it was a mistake for me to bring her along for the investigation...
Leonard sighed secretly. Seeing that there were only a few believers left in the prayer hall, he simply stood up and said softly:
"I'm going to report to Captain Soest first. Do you... want to go back and rest first?"
Daly didn't react.
Seeing this, he tightened his windbreaker and brushed off the dust on his sleeves. He accidentally saw Bishop Elektra greeting a factory owner who donated a large sum of gold pounds.
This bishop seemed a bit too close to Backlund's wealthy, like Dwayne Dantès, who held many secrets, and another young lady with purple eyes who often came to listen to sermons. It was said that he also enjoyed attending various upper-class dinners and dances... However, this should be tacitly approved by the Church. After all, besides the Archbishop and senior deacons, the Church also needed to maintain good relations with secular forces and gain their support on certain matters. Perhaps Elektra was working towards this goal...
Leonard's gaze did not linger on the altar for too long, nor did he follow the spiral staircase to the underground area to report to the "Red Gloves" base. Instead, he turned a few corners, left from the back of the church, quietly entered an alley behind the church, and went into the room he had rented for a long time as a secret operation location.
Leonard took off his windbreaker, which was a little dirty from digging the tomb, and carefully locked the doors and windows in a close-fitting shirt. He even set up a spiritual wall. Then he stood in the middle of the room and whispered:
"Old man, you saw everything, right?"
After a moment, a slightly old voice appeared in his mind:
"What do you mean? The coffin of your colleague who died after knowing him for only a few months is empty?"
"Of course! There was another one, Angel Granger. How come there was only a piece of mirror fragment in her coffin? I carried their coffins into the cemetery with my own hands. It must not have been empty at that time!"
Leonard let out a low roar from deep in his throat. He wished one of them was standing in front of him right now so he could point his finger at their face and curse them, instead of just roaring helplessly like this, and having to block themselves off with a spiritual wall to avoid being discovered.
"At that time, they must have been dead, completely dead..." The Parasite in his mind also spoke with a tone of doubt. "However, there are many ways to resurrect. I know of at least three of them, none of which the Joker and the Witch possess. Even three or four sequences higher can't do it. But..."
He changed the subject and spoke in a serious tone.
"...I've seen mirror fragments that dissipate in the wind before. They belong to the same path as the 'Witch', but at a higher level.
"They are called 'ageless' witches. After spreading disasters and causing death, even if they are killed, only fragments like this are left behind, reappearing after a period of time."
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As Angel entered the library, a middle-aged man in a priest's robe walked in. With his rough hands, Angel recognized him as the bishop on duty who had shown her the way after she handed him the secret holy emblem in the confessional that day and revealed her identity.
"His Excellency the Archbishop is waiting for you in his office."
Having said this, the bishop disappeared as quietly as he had come.
I always feel like a spy meeting with my superior. I just don't know if Bishop Elektra, who often presides over sermons, is aware of my identity as the "Shadow of the Goddess". Otherwise, it will be quite awkward to meet in social occasions in the future... Angel muttered as he left the library filled with rows of bookshelves, tables and chairs, and went down along the same route he took last time, passed the secret door, and arrived at the door of Archbishop Anthony's office.
The door was half-open, and the candlelight inside was dim. The fragrance of the ritual candles and the unique musty smell of old books mixed together, making it difficult to evaluate.
Angel pushed the door open and found Anthony Stevenson, the Archbishop in charge of the Backlund Diocese, sitting behind his desk with several folded pieces of letter paper in front of him.
"Your Excellency the Archbishop."
Angel saw a single chair opposite the desk, so he simply sat down and greeted it.
Anyway, I should be on the same level as the archbishop in terms of status, and I am not under his jurisdiction... She comforted herself in her heart and sat a little more relaxed.
"Your Excellency, Shadow of the Goddess, thank you for your contribution in Trier. The Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun and the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery have successfully captured several Mirror Men and, using this as a breakthrough, have eliminated the infiltrators within the church."
Anthony said softly, handing over the letter in front of him.
Angel took the letter and glanced at it briefly, and found that it was a mission report submitted by the "Mechanical Heart".
According to the images Arrodes showed in Trier, Archbishop Anthony had an agreement with Horamic Haydn of the Church of Steam. The Nighthawks provided intelligence, and the Mechanical Heart that could act in Trier took action. Afterwards, the information obtained needed to be shared.
It seems they kept their promise.
The letter mentioned that the five "mirror people" headed by Sheval Duma were all captured alive. The two major churches must have used a lot of seals, with each group capturing one person, and no target was allowed to escape successfully. Of course, Sheval was lucky to have a kick from Angel who was hiding in the mirror world. Otherwise, even if he was eventually caught, he might have caused a bigger commotion, and maybe the others would have gotten wind of it and escaped.
But the results of the interrogation were somewhat disappointing. Similar to Danio Brown, the psychic who was questioned by Angel, this group of "Mirror People" only knew a few members who were in contact with them, and knew nothing about other groups. Only Cheval understood his real mission. In addition to hiding himself and "climbing" to the top of the government, he was also responsible for infiltrating into Lenburg and sending some "Mirror People" to this small country.
It's "Lenburg" again... Laura once mentioned that the "Man in the Mirror" is even more interested in this country than in Loen. Is there something there that they must get?
Thinking about it, Angel looked down and found that the "Purifiers" in charge of the interrogation were also very interested in this. However, during further questioning, they touched upon a certain "secret-keeping" power in Sheval's body. Before the man in the mirror could tell the truth in the living spiritual communication, his spirit and brain were burned by a current of heat. Even a senior deacon present did not have time to stop him and could only watch him turn into mirror fragments.
Just like when I asked Syrio Soren, who was also a "man in the mirror", about the true identity of the "leader", the person who set this "secrecy" code might be the same person, no, the same "man in the mirror"... Angel recalled Syrio's death and looked at the last paragraph of the letter.
After interrogating the captured "Man in the Mirror", the "Mechanical Heart" and the "Purifier" plan to use the mirror fragments to conduct a strict internal review. Although according to Angel and Syrio's experience, the "Man in the Mirror" can suppress the induction between himself and the mirror fragments after becoming a demigod, he may still be discovered if the distance is too close. As long as the two major churches can find a suitable reason to review members one by one, they can always find the "Man in the Mirror" inside.
I hope they can find the "traitor" soon. After all, I was intercepted by Syrio Soran, and it's very likely that the "Man in the Mirror" within the Church leaked the information... And with the help of the Man in the Mirror who can make his subordinates "keep secrets" and may be at the level of an angel, locating me won't be difficult...
Angel lamented the current situation of Trier being infiltrated by the "Man in the Mirror" and turned into a sieve. He was about to fight with Syrio, but was accidentally led into the Fourth Epoch Trier by a trap originally intended to ambush Bonois Gustav. He finally told Archbishop Anthony the whole process of his successful escape.
Of course, she avoided the question about her own mysterious power and only said that she used the silver mirror of the man in the mirror to return to the real world.
"Dagno is the 'Man in the Mirror,' the similarly replaced 'Iron Knight,' the out-of-control 'Conqueror,' Trier of the Fourth Epoch, and the Angel of the Church of Steam..."
Listening to Angel's "wonderful journey," even the Archbishop, a Sequence 3 who had experienced several dramatic changes in Backlund, showed a look of surprise.
This was Trier, the one that had surprised Backlund's Archbishop, nearly ensnared the angels of the Church of Steam, and had infiltrated countless "Mirror People" without their knowledge... Angel muttered to himself as he folded the letter and was about to burn it with a black flame when he suddenly remembered the last time he had drawn the black flame here and was targeted by the seal core of the Chanis Gate below. His outstretched hand stopped in mid-air.
Seeing this, Anthony, who had recovered from his surprise, smiled slightly. Without any other movement, the letter in Angel's hand disappeared in the sudden darkness, as if it had never existed.
It was similar to the power of the Trier Catacombs that devoured the living... no, it was more like the method used by the angel from the Church of Evernight who looked like "Mother of Heaven" to erase Panatia. Of course, erasing a few pieces of paper was completely different from erasing the power of a demigod, but it also showed that the Archbishop had initially mastered the power of "secret"... Angel analyzed it in his mind and suddenly said:
"Your Excellency, I heard...that there was an invasion at the Chanis Gate of St. Samuel's Church on Monday morning?"
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