Chapter 346: What is the purpose of the secret society?
Two Lily Grangers?
Lily in the distance had obviously not noticed anything unusual at her doorstep. She lowered her head and slowly walked towards here, but "Lolota"'s eyes were already filled with the color of lava, and her lips were slightly open, spewing out filthy devilish words:
"slow!"
The other "Lily" behind her instantly stiffened, her thumb and middle finger, already clenched together and about to snap, froze in mid-air. Then, invisible threads rapidly spread from all directions, tightly entangling her body. Only then did "Lo Luota" turn around and look at the blonde girl with purple eyes and a cold smile on her face.
The next second, bright yellow flames burst out from all parts of the girl's body who could not move, and with a "pop", she disappeared in the flames.
"Lolota" had already taken out the revolver with one hand and touched the "magic pocket watch" with the other hand, but after hesitating for a moment, he still did not press the crown.
The opponent was the "Faceless Man", at least Sequence 6. The distance and usage interval of his flame jumps were stronger than the Sequence 7 "Magician" Beyonder characteristic possessed by the "Magic Pocket Watch". He had no chance of catching up with him.
Moreover, the real Lily Granger's scream was heard behind her. She turned around to look at the other panicked blonde girl with purple eyes, stretched out her hand and brushed her body, disappearing from the other's horrified gaze.
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Angel waited by the roadside for a full five minutes before the three Night Watchmen who had clashed with her hurried back to Lily's house, which made her sigh inwardly.
"If I hadn't come here earlier and discovered the conspiracy of the 'Faceless Man', I'm afraid Lily would have been deceived by her..."
During the waiting time just now, she had already guessed the true purpose of the "Faceless Man" pretending to be Lily:
First of all, the three Night Watchmen who were following her were most likely the Faceless Man himself, or her accomplices who had lured her away through some method. Even now, it seemed that everything Kaliva Dupont did might have been instigated by this group of people, with the purpose of finding an opportunity to lure away the Night Watchmen around Lily.
Secondly, this "faceless man" came to Lily's house. If Lily was home, he would pretend to be the Night Watchman. If Lily was not, he would pretend to be Lily and wait for the Night Watchman to return. Her real purpose was probably the missing Intis student, Sherik Madan, and the box he left for Lily.
Finally, the Nighthawks were probably also waiting for the opportunity, but they thought that it would be Cole Granger who would come to find Lily, so they prepared special ammunition to deal with invisibility. However, they didn't expect that they would hit the mark accidentally and almost caught Angel, but instead let the "Faceless Man" take advantage of the opportunity.
Angel, who escaped the Nighthawks' blockade, had a similar idea, so he used the extraordinary characteristic of "Faceless Man" and became the only female in the Nighthawks team, "Gravedigger" Lolota, trying to get clues from Lily.
Unexpectedly, the two "faceless men" met by chance, concealed their identities and bumped into each other. They even had a long conversation without discovering each other's true identity and exchanged a lot of clues.
This wonderful coincidence brought back Angel's experience of being arranged by the Sealed Artifact "0-08" in Tingen City. She even suspected that she had been arranged by Ince and 0-08 again. However, she thought about it carefully. She had not revealed her identity in Backlund, nor had she come into contact with Ince and his Sealed Artifact. In order not to attract their attention, she did not even dare to mention them. If even this could be detected by the Sealed Artifact, she would have been found by the Witch Cult and the Aurora Society long ago.
"It seems like the whole thing was most likely orchestrated by the Faceless Man. She was promoted from the Seer, and perhaps through divination, she learned about the Night Watchers' plans, as well as the fact that someone else hired a private detective to spy on them. So, she orchestrated a collision between the two forces, allowing herself to take advantage of the situation... These actions are somewhat similar to the arrangements made by the Secret Order during the search for Antigonus's notes. Could these people also be members of the Secret Order?"
She hid in the corner of the street, muttering to herself. Only when she saw Lorota and Borgia escort Lily into a police carriage did she leave with peace of mind.
After this incident, the Nighthawks would not be able to continue using Lily Granger to "fish" and would definitely arrange her to a safer place. After this failure, the "Faceless Man" would not try to approach Lily again in the short term. At least during this period of time, her cousin was safe.
The only problem is that this matter has only been postponed, not resolved. What exactly is in Sherik's box that the "Faceless Man" is trying so hard to get, I'm afraid only the Nighthawks know.
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"The Secret Order? Why are you asking about them?"
On Wednesday afternoon, worried about Lily Granger, Angel went to Baroness Sylvia Langdon's house and met the Witch of Pleasure, her nominal boss, who had been missing for half a month.
When Sylvia heard Angel's question, she looked at her in surprise, and then gave a perfunctory answer.
"I encountered a Beyonder who could change his appearance. He's probably the 'Faceless Man'."
Angel said vaguely that if he wanted to dig out some information from the witch, he couldn't do it if he didn't give a penny.
"Hmm, the Faceless Man... they're definitely from the Secret Order. It's said they possess almost all the ingredients for the Diviner's potion. Wild Diviners can't possibly reach that level," Sylvia thought for a moment before replying, "You'd better avoid them. They're skilled at hiding and calculating. If you see them, it means they've already included you in their plans."
Angel quite agreed with this evaluation. The "Faceless Man" she met yesterday had almost achieved his goal. If she did not possess the "Secret Holy Symbol" that could resist divination, she would have been taken into account by the divination.
"Also, the Secret Order has most likely been incorporated into Intis and become an official organization. Their ambassador was assassinated in Backlund some time ago, and they're probably still furious. Don't rush into danger."
Sylvia added, changing the direction of her crossed legs to make herself more comfortable, not caring that the view under her skirt was seen by Angel who was sitting opposite her.
"Are you worried about my safety?"
Angel looked away and asked, his doubts resolved by this clue. The "faceless man" who appeared at Lily's house yesterday was indeed after the missing Intis students and the box. Even the deceased Intis ambassador was involved. They didn't resort to drastic means to forcibly seize the box, perhaps because they were worried about further tensions between the two countries.
"I'm just afraid you'll die in a sewer before I can take you to see Ms. Despair," Sylvia retorted bluntly. "By the way, get yourself ready. Ms. Despair will be back in Backlund next week at the latest, and she wants to see you."
Angel felt her heartbeat slow down. Although she had always had a premonition that she would meet the demigod of the witch sect sooner or later, she was still a little flustered when the time was arranged so directly.
Just a demigod... At worst, I can ask Mr. Fool for help. Don’t he have angels under his seat?
Comforting himself internally, Angel quickly changed the subject and talked about Triss's attempt to escape.
She knew that this unfortunate Witch of Pleasure had many spies around her. Even if she didn't say it, the Witch Cult would have gotten the news long ago. This was the main reason why Angel didn't agree to help Triss.
"She's been so restless and a real headache. Fortunately, our precautions were thorough enough, otherwise she would have escaped from Edsak long ago," Sylvia said with a smile, not surprised. "Fortunately, it won't be long. Soon, both she and I will be free. What's surprising to me is that she didn't ask you to help her escape. She's already asked almost every monitor to help her escape, and we've eliminated quite a few fools who were seduced by her."
Actually, she has already contacted me, but unfortunately her "attraction" is not that great...
Angel complained in his heart, but his expression remained calm. He even picked up the pastries on the table and started to enjoy them.
"By the way, last time I asked you to find the secret organization that believes in the Fool, have you gained anything in the past two weeks?"
The shortbread Angel had just swallowed got stuck in his throat.
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