Chapter 163 Undercurrents on the Glass Island
Sherlock was stunned for a moment, then carefully read the entire front page headline.
He immediately understood: "Are you imitating me?"
"The trick doesn't have to be new, as long as it works."
Aiwass said with a smile: "I think your fake death plan is quite useful."
"But I faked my own death, and you faked your own death too... What about Uncle York?"
Sherlock frowned. "How about I try to write an anonymous letter and have Edward arrest him directly?"
"Don't bother, because York is missing too."
Aiwass answered immediately.
"……ah?"
Sherlock was stunned for a moment.
Aiwass narrowed his eyes and added slowly, "He is really missing - he can never be found again."
"Did you kill him directly?"
Sherlock frowned slightly. "If we can't search his memory, what about the clues?"
Aiwass explained, "I've now confirmed everything I needed to confirm by searching my memory—York's superior is Bran Boka, and they are both members of the Noble Red Circle. Lloyd's and the Noble Red Circle do have an inseparable relationship, but they also have serious conflicts and disagreements within themselves."
"Bran Boca?"
Sherlock thought for a moment, then recalled his identity: "Judge of the First Intermediate Court of White Queens District?"
"That's him. He's a fourth-level law mage and a fourth-level demonologist. His contracted demon is an ice demon."
Aiwass tells Sherlock the information he just got from the torture.
Sherlock also gasped: "He is also... and, the fourth energy level?"
At this level, it’s basically impossible to catch it even if you want to.
Because Avalon couldn't possibly have a fifth-level court ritualist. In other words, they couldn't confirm whether the other party was a demonologist or not. If it were hundreds of years ago, they would probably have directly tortured or extracted his memory.
But now, in a civilized age, extracting memories would be tantamount to killing someone outright. Without evidence, they couldn't proceed... After all, Boca wasn't just any ordinary person; he was also a knight who could enter the Round Table Hall and participate in political discussions. This was essentially like "the royal family wanted to interrogate an old knight of the Round Table to death without any clear evidence," which they couldn't possibly do.
Compared with the Round Table Hall, the royal family of Avalon has always been at a disadvantage.
In this situation, if you want to interrogate a criminal who is indeed guilty but for whom you cannot find any direct evidence, you actually have to deal with not just this one person... but the entire network of relationships behind him.
In order to avoid being dragged into the water, everyone related to him will launch a fierce counterattack.
For the royal family, this was just the purge of an ordinary judge, but for others it was a matter of life and death - both sides attached different importance to this matter and had different levels of determination.
Based on Sherlock's understanding of Avalon, this matter will eventually be let go.
Even Judge Boca might be recruited into the royal family... because even if the royal family doesn't intervene, the Round Table will. To prevent the Round Table from further increasing its power, Bran Boca's status would actually rise—as long as he accepted the royal family's benefits, the Round Table would be unable to accept him with confidence.
Sherlock felt his head aching.
He rubbed his head and frowned: "This is troublesome..."
"Not only that, I can tell you another piece of news. Although your uncle is only a third-level Law Mage, he is also a fourth-level Demon Hoster—an advanced class for Demons."
Aiwass narrowed his eyes: "Did you know that he was once a demon?"
"...I suspected it, but I had no evidence."
Sherlock admitted, "When I was investigating Uncle York, I reviewed his earliest records. Judging from the written records alone, his logic wasn't rigorous, and his defense testimony wasn't inflammatory. Yet, he was able to sway the opinions of judges and jurors... I suspected at the time that he employed some kind of supernatural means, perhaps related to his hidden Taoist abilities. But I'm not sure exactly where his other path led.
"Now it seems that it might be some kind of demon that can control the will of others."
But, the fourth energy level...
Sherlock felt a little scared for a moment.
——Fortunately, we didn’t arrest him directly at that time!
Sherlock was only a third-level mage, and Edward was only a fourth-level inspector. If they and Aiwass went to capture York directly, they would likely be killed!
"So, even if we tell Edward about this, there's nothing we can do. He can't deal with him—he can't catch him, he can't sentence him. It's better to just make him disappear."
Aiwass narrowed his eyes.
An idea suddenly occurred to Sherlock.
He looked at Aiwass strangely and asked, "Then how did you make him...'disappear'?"
"That's the secret."
Aiwass smiled and put his hand in front of his mouth to make a silencing gesture. "If you're interested, go investigate it yourself."
He didn't intend to deliberately hide his other identity, but he didn't intend to say it actively either.
When they can find out, they will reveal their cards.
It's not that I want to hide any sin.
Even Aleister only killed bad people, which was something Aiwass couldn't do.
But Aiwass understood one thing very well...that is, if you want to deceive others, you must first deceive your own people.
There is no better evidence than Sherlock's efforts to investigate Aleister to prove that "Aivaz has nothing to do with Aleister".
"good."
Sherlock simply agreed.
He saw it as a problem posed by Aiwass, a challenge from a friend.
"Anyway, there's no need to worry about York. I'm 100% certain that your father was framed because of him. I'm also almost certain that the curse on the Avalon royal family is also related to them. So even though I didn't catch him, I've essentially completed your commission."
"The people who attacked me last night belong to the Noble Red Cabal. They wanted to kill me to silence me, and I realized that my situation was no longer safe."
Aiwass said seriously, "So I deliberately withdrew and laid clues to confuse them. I made them suspicious of each other and attacked each other."
Sherlock thought about it for a moment, then immediately reacted: "You want them to think that you were captured by the other faction?
"But in this case, as long as both sides compare intelligence, they can figure it out quickly. You can't deceive for long."
"So, it's not two parties, but three parties."
Aiwass narrowed his eyes. "The Noble Red Society probably also looks down on President Lloyd."
Even though Lloyd of this generation is also a half-giant, the result is the same.
The reason is simple.
——Because he is not transcendent enough.
As a Transcendent, he chose to turn around and suppress the younger generation to consolidate his own position. This behavior itself would make him despised and even disgusted by those in the Noble Red.
For the Transcendent Path, this was a tactic used only when one couldn't stand losing. Chairman Lloyd himself must have understood this.
So while Vice President Boca believed that "Aleister" was from President Lloyd's side, President Lloyd, whom Aiwass had never met, would only think that "Aleister" was from the faction of the Noble Red Society that disliked him - just to cause trouble for him.
It would have been fine if Aiwass had died, but he was missing. Being missing meant he could reappear at any moment... and most importantly, it meant both the Supervisory Bureau and the Inspectorate would desperately investigate and search for Aiwass.
So the President of Lloyd would never do that.
Even if he wanted to kill Aiwass, he would definitely let someone from Boca do it so that he could cut ties with him later.
But this matter is very consistent with President Lloyd's style of doing things... Therefore, those people in the Noble Red will also think that this matter was most likely done by Lloyd.
But there is only one thing in common.
Whether it was the Inspectorate, the Supervisory Bureau, the royal family, Vice President Boca, President Lloyd, or Noble Red… everyone was looking for Aiwass.
But they weren't the only ones looking for Aiwass.
In the Barrel Club, sculptor Lars Graham slowly put down the newspaper with trembling old hands, looked at the news of Aiwas's disappearance, and sighed silently.
...Just a little bit.
He has already found out that Chloe's disappearance is most likely related to Aiwass.
It was very likely that she had not listened to his advice. When she was trying to assassinate Aiwass, she was killed by his elf butler Oswald before she could even send a signal.
Although Chloe was his immature disciple, she was still the granddaughter of his old friend after all.
After finally waiting for Oswald to leave Avalon... Lars Graham planned to kill Aiwass himself.
As a rare three-path transcendent, Lars Graham possesses the fifth-level Path of Beauty, the fourth-level Path of Adaptation, and the second-level Path of Dusk. Although his lifespan is completely exhausted and he may die of old age at any time, it is easy for him to kill Aiwass.
...As a result, those foolish and reckless Star Antimony people attacked Aiwas directly.
Now he's missing. We don't even know where he went.
Even if Aiwass could come back, the school's security measures would definitely be greatly improved. It would not be so easy for him to attack again.
It wasn't that he might not be able to kill Aiwass, but he might expose himself, which could cause trouble for the Speaker and the organization.
His mission was basically complete, and he would be returning home in two months. He didn't have much time left to toss around in Avalon.
Then let's give those star people some trouble.
Lars Graham thought so.
And the other side.
Minister Droste is calling Vice President Boca to discuss this matter.
"Something happened to York."
Vice President Boca said briefly, "He was attacked by a man named Aleister... Lloyd's man."
"...Aleister?"
Hearing this name, Droste's brows relaxed. "I know him. He should be responsible for Aiwass's disappearance."
"You know Aleister?"
Boca asked, adding the information he knew: "York is also missing. His servant said that the security ritual at his office was triggered in the middle of the night, so he entered the office. But he didn't leave until dawn. Further investigation revealed that he disappeared directly into the office... and except for a telephone receiver, nothing was missing."
"Actually, I think it's possible they didn't just disappear... but were devoured by the Shadow Demon. Not a trace of their remains remains."
Droste replied, "Aleister is a demon possessed by a shadow demon. I met him before during the promotion ceremony."
"Give me more information about him, Mr. Droste."
Boca said seriously: "The situation is urgent now, we must unite."
"Can."
Droste stopped bargaining and said in a deep voice, "I'll organize the information into paper documents and have Diomedes deliver them to you this afternoon."
Although the results of the people he sent to investigate Aleister had not yet returned, it was too late now.
The lawless "Aleister" has become a huge threat to the entire Glass Island.
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