"Future me?"
Klein asked immediately, his expression unchanged, but his heart was already in turmoil.
If the Angel Gray in front of her is telling the truth, it means that she is a kind of existence similar to "Time Transmigrator", and she is not a Great Old One survivor who traveled from the past to the present like herself, but a reverse time travel from the future back to the present, trying to change the current state.
"The Terminator", "Dragon Ball", "Steins;Gate"... many works that he had seen that had time travel elements popped into his head instantly, plus his own I have witnessed Angel using the mark left by "City of Calamity" to travel through different times in various places. I believe Gray's words to a certain extent, but there are more doubts lingering in my heart.
Angel once said that her "Mirror Person" believes that it is actually impossible to travel to the past relying on the specialness of City of Calamity, because it must meet the two requirements of leaving a "imprint" in advance and enough Spirituality...
If Gray is a time traveler and calls herself the "body" of Angel, does that mean that she is the future Angel Granger?
"Yes, you will understand when I finish telling my complete experience."
Angel Gray nodded and did not give Klein time to continue thinking. Instead, he leaned on the high-backed chair and said in a soothing and unhurried tone:
"When I regained consciousness, I was already lying in the basement of Tingen City 6 Daffodil Street. The owner of that house, Cole Granger, lost control and died because he failed to be promoted to 'Witch'. However, Beyonder Characteristic has not yet separated, and the body belongs to me...
"Therefore, I inherited the body of this Witch, the Beyonder Ability of the 'Assassin' Pathway Sequence 7, as well as most of his memories, and of course, the interpersonal relationships, such as that Madam Sharon...
"That day is also June 28, 1349, Thursday."
Time is the same as Angel's "travel", but it inherits the ability of "Witch" instead of Beyonder Characteristic that separated out Sequence 7 and Sequence 8 like Angel only retained the "Assassin" ability... Klein immediately discovered the subtle difference between the experience in Gray's mouth and Angel's, but did not immediately interrupt the other party's words and just continued to listen.
"I had just accepted the reality that I had come to another world, digested the memories in my mind, and had a preliminary understanding of this world, when I was approached by Sharon Khoy.
"She thought I was still the same Cole who obeyed her every word, so she suggested that I fake the appearance of absconding in fear of crime and take the opportunity to start over with a new identity. This is exactly what I want, and I am eager to get rid of the identity that has been involved in many murder cases, but is not my fault.
"Under the arrangement of Madam Sharon, I became her distant relative and moved into Baron Khoy's home. While getting familiar with the abilities of 'Witch', I also came into contact with the upper management of Tingen City under her arrangement... Heh, she probably wants to train me to be a social butterfly like her, so that her relationship network with Tingen will become stronger."
Having said this, Gray raised his head and glanced at Klein, as if assessing his reaction. Seeing that his face was calm and he was listening carefully, he continued:
"Of course, I don't plan to stay under her control, but I plan to collect enough evidence and report it to Three Great Churches. But on the one hand, my own identity is difficult to handle. On the other hand, Madam Sharon does not have too many 'sins'. She spends most of her time studying how to expand her network with physical relationships and money, and trains several subordinates according to the Demoness Sect's requirements. She almost never does it herself...
"Soon, the 'Instigator' Tris she trained returned from the sea, completed her role, digested Potion, and became a member of 'Witch'. But in order to eliminate the evidence of the Passenger Ship passengers killing each other on the Instigation ship at sea, she tried to launch a large-scale curse, and was discovered by the Nighthawks people."
It was the captain, me, Angel and Leonard who raided the strongholds of Trissy and Mitis in the suburbs... By the way, in her story, Madam Sharon was not dead. A "Pleasure" Demoness would not come to Tingen. This is also a point of disagreement... Klein thought silently, comparing the difference between the memory in his mind and the experience told by the other party.
Angel Gray seems to have the same meaning, skipping many trivial matters and focusing on the "differences":
"Trissy luckily escaped pursuit, but she could no longer stay in Tingen City. Madam Sharon asked me to escort her to Backlund. Before leaving, I sent a report letter to Police Station, reporting the true identity of Madam Sharon.
"Unfortunately, in the end it seems that she did not die because of the report, but because she killed a congressman during sex. The Nighthawks people caught the clues and was killed during arrest.
"You killed her."
Having said this, Angel Gray smiled.
What I killed... was similar to the kind of action the captain led to arrest Madam Sharon before I joined Nighthawks? But how can I, Seer, who has no frontal combat effectiveness, go to the front line to fight? I had been promoted to "Joker" by then? Klein's mind was full of thoughts and he couldn't help but ask:
"When did this happen?"
Gray thought for a moment and replied:
"At the beginning of September, two months after I traveled to 'modern times'... Kenley·White died in that battle. Dunn Smith took his Beyonder Characteristic. Originally, it was because of Acting Method's stable condition deteriorated again. Two days later, Megose, pregnant with the heir of 'True Creator', came to Blackthorn Security Company. You and Dunn died."
I'm dead... Klein was a little dazed for a moment, but he immediately realized that this was the "god descending" event in his memory, and it was also the end of the story of Tingen controlled by 0-08 behind the scenes.
Without the participation of Angel, the captain was really dead, and Kenley... After a long silence, he said:
"Go ahead."
Gray nodded and continued:
"After coming to Backlund, Trissy and I found one of the people in charge of 'Demoness Sect' in this city, Sevillea Landon. She seemed to be able to trigger 'Primordial Demoness' because of some special characteristics of Trissy 's divine ring was given to her, making her the mistress of Prince, and I... was responsible for approaching certain nobles and exchanging the obtained information for the Potion formula and materials of 'Pleasure' Demoness.
"But I soon discovered that the tasks assigned to me by Sevillea were not all instructions from 'Demoness Sect', but were for her personal interests and... the purpose of another organization."
Another organization? Before Klein could speak, Gray revealed the answer himself:
"I didn't know until a long time later that Sevillea was one of the members of 'Twilight Hermits Society'."
It was the organization that organized the assassination of Duke Negan in Backlund... Klein chewed on the name that he had not dared to mention for a long time, and suddenly realized:
"Adam had already noticed you at that time?"
Angel Gray nodded slightly and said in a sad tone:
"I don't know what caused my exposure, but Twilight Hermits Society is indeed exerting influence on me through Sevillea... With the end of 1349, Backlund When Great Smog happened, she took me to evacuate Backlund and return to her hometown Trier. I also became her mother's 'Black Witch' Clarice's subordinate.
"After that, the situation in the world was not much different from what you remember. At most, it was a difference in time. For example, World War ended in January 1352, half a year later than 'here', and the losses caused were much greater. Outer Deity had enough opportunities to develop its own power within the barrier, which made the post-war situation even more tense...
"I took the opportunity to truly become a member of 'Twilight Hermits Society', and with the help of their resources, I had already touched the threshold of Demigod even though I was just 'Pleasure' Demoness.
"Under their arrangement, I traveled around various places and 'encountered' various incidents, so I had the breath of 'Blood Emperor' in my body, and the brand of 'Underworld Daoist'. Finally, after entering 'City of Exile'Molora In the process of trying the power of Stealing '0-01', he used the death row prisoners there to be promoted to 'Despair' Demoness..."
Death row prisoner... I remember Angel said that true "despair" Demoness Promotion Ritual requires 30,000 people to be involved in the plague... Klein moved his eyes to the two different "Demoness" cards on the long bronze table, and couldn't help but ask:
"So, what you experienced is the 'real' Sequence 4 Promotion Ritual? So where did the ceremony recorded in the Card of Blasphemy that Angel obtained come from? Who made that card?"
He paused and answered himself:
"Could it be Roselle Gustav from the future?"
PS: This paragraph is so difficult to write... There is a bit less today.