As early as the World War outbreak that led to the fall of "God of Combat", "Judgment" Xio used the death of George III to establish the new King as the throne Opportunity officially joined Loen Kingdom's military intelligence agency "MI9", and with the help of Tarot Club, he successfully completed many seemingly impossible tasks, rose step by step, and eventually became deputy director.
On the one hand, this allowed her to find out the truth about her father Mason Diel Earl's unjust death and clear her family's name. On the other hand, during the war and post-war battles against enemy Beyonder spies and evil sects, Xio was also able to digest Potion reasonably and "accidentally" seize the Potion materials she needed, or use her merits to exchange for corresponding rewards and complete promotions.
Now, although she is only the deputy director, she has become the highest Beyonder in MI9 Sequence. Even her immediate boss, the director of MI9 is only "Chaos Hunter" in Sequence 3, which is equivalent to Xio before promotion.
Originally, the admiral had hinted many times that he would let Xio succeed him in order to avoid the continuation of the embarrassing situation of Saint being Angel's boss. However, Xiu felt that the current deputy director position was quite good. She had certain powers and could protect the family without taking on too many additional responsibilities. As Angel, she did not need to rigidly follow the orders of her superiors. She had the authority to act independently, which happened to be in a comfortable position.
Of course, extraordinary events that cannot be handled below will eventually pile up on her desk, which can be regarded as a small side effect of power.
This is exactly what happened with the document in front of Xio.
The incident occurred more than two months ago during the clearing operation against the spy base set up by Intis "Bureau 8" in Backlund. Two intelligence officers unfortunately died in the battle with the enemy Beyonder. However, after support from MI9 arrived and defeated the enemy, they found that one of the bodies was missing.
At first, they thought that the intelligence officer was trying to escape from the organization by feigning death. This was not uncommon when some members of Section 9 accumulated a large amount of unexpected wealth or obtained some important information. The result was usually accused of treason. However, other members of the combat team stated that the missing person's neck was half broken and his chest was shattered. It was impossible for him to survive with his Sequence 8 ability, and it was definitely not a fake death.
Subsequent on-site investigation also confirmed this. The "deceased" left a large amount of blood and internal organ fragments including half a heart. If it was a planned suspended animation, it would not be possible to achieve this level.
However, the disappeared body, the Beyonder Characteristic that should have been separated, and a series of bloody footprints leaving the scene clearly showed that the intelligence officer did indeed come back from the dead and left the battlefield on his own.
Seeing this, Xio frowned.
"Now that 'Eternal Darkness' has been born and Underworld has a new owner, the probability of the deceased becoming an undead creature is very low. Even if such an incident happens by chance, as long as the person is found and Purification is implemented, he can be buried and receive pensions according to normal procedures..."
She muttered, turning to the last page of the document, and was surprised to note the difficulty the intelligence team encountered in this matter:
Divinations and prophecies about the "dead man" have been interfered with, and traditional tracking techniques have lost most of their clues due to an untimely rainstorm, as if someone was deliberately covering up his whereabouts.
After trying various methods for two months, it became clear that the matter could no longer be concealed, so the case was passed up and finally sent to the deputy director's desk.
Two months... If that "corpse" really came back from the dead and had a normal level of thinking, I am afraid that it would have gone to the Southern Continent by now. Loen Kingdom's intelligence network there is very weak, and the newly restored regimes are even less likely to monitor all immigrants, and there is no way to investigate if the occult methods are ineffective... Xio complained silently, scanning the documents back and forth for clues, and suddenly noticed something.
The time when the deceased fled the scene on his own was exactly the night when "War of Doomsday" occurred.
Will there be any influence from Outer Deity... According to the information shared in Tarot Club, more than one Great Old One has the ability to resurrect people who have recently died. Could it be that the intelligence officer has secretly become a believer of "Great Mother" or "Inevitability"?
Xio subconsciously denied this possibility. After all, "Armistice Agreement" had just taken effect. Since the Outer Deitys didn't fall out at the time, it was unlikely that they would make some small moves to destroy the short-term peace now.
But as a high-ranking person in charge of an entire intelligence department, she knows that sometimes the executors below will fully comply with the orders despite what the superiors above them want. For example, if this "resurrection of the dead" incident can be handed over to her as soon as possible after the incident, the investigation will undoubtedly be much smoother.
In other words, even if those Great Old Ones don't want Reboot war, their believers may not be able to resist not causing destruction inside the earth.
In short, matters involving Outer Deity must be reported to Mr. Fool. In addition, several Angels from the royal family and the military must be informed. On the contrary, the director cannot be informed that he is just Sequence 3 and is temporarily unwell. He knew about Outer Deity... Xiu thought about it, prayed directly to "Fool" in his office, and reported that the deceased was suspected of being affected by the ability of "New Life" or "Circle Inhabitant".
After a moment, she opened her eyes in surprise.
Mr. "Fool"'s voice still echoed in her ears:
"This matter was not done by Outer Deity, there is no need to worry."
Divine Revelation issued the order so quickly. Either Mr. Fool Omniscience and Omnipotence understood the truth of the incident instantly, or the incident itself was related to him or Great Old Dominator from other parts of the earth... Was it caused by transactions and frictions between Great Existence?
After thinking about this, Xio immediately picked up the pen and wrote a few strokes at the end of the document.
It has been forwarded to Church of Evernight for follow-up investigation, and the intelligence officer will be treated as a combat victim as usual... That's all. Great Old One's affairs are beyond the scope of my little Angel's ability to participate... She closed the file and threw it into the desk drawer, leaned on the recliner that could completely wrap her up, let her thoughts go, and stared at the ceiling in a daze.
After being promoted to Angel and becoming deputy director, she had to do less than before. Most of the actions did not require her participation. In a few cases, there may be conflicts with Angel from other countries. Since everyone was basically acquaintances, it was difficult to actually fight.
I might as well quit my job and let Fors take me around the world. Travel, she has been leaving early and coming home late recently. She recently asked me if it would be better if I changed my profession to be a painter, and wouldn't I meet new friends outside? Well... Thinking of this, Xio jumped up from the recliner, pushed open the office door, walked through the quiet corridors and stairwells, and soon came to the ground part of MI9. He immediately went up to the attic and reached a secret room at the top.
As soon as Door Opening was pushed, a slightly noisy sound flooded into Xio's ears, including the swishing sound of a sharp instrument scratching the paper, the squeaking sound of current surging, and the roar of irregular mechanical collisions.
More than a dozen neatly dressed civilian staff were either sitting in front of the huge equipment and listening with telegram-receiving earphones, or flipping through the code books based on the holes on the paper tape spit out by the machine. No one noticed the arrival of the deputy director, Hugh.
This is the "Wireless Radio Monitoring Team" newly established by MI9, responsible for monitoring the increasing number of Radio Communication in the entire Backlund area who do not belong to the military or major churches.
Unlike telegrams that require laying lines and filing in advance and are limited to point-to-point transmission, radio transceiver equipment that has appeared in recent years is more compact and convenient, difficult to trace the source, and is not regulated. It was quickly transmitted from the pirates of Above the Five Seas to Adventurer to the North Continent is popular in major cities. Many Technical University teachers and students, "steam" believers and folk enthusiasts have purchased or assembled their own Telegraph Machine with sending and receiving functions and can cover dozens of kilometers in the form of broadcast, and began to carry out unsupervised "air chat".
They also organized a "Wireless Radio Enthusiasts Alliance" to share technology with each other and even began to study secret language calls, forming groups that were isolated from each other and free from interference.
If it were just like this, it would not cause MI9 a headache, but they soon discovered that spies, wild Beyonder, and even ordinary criminal organizations hidden in Backlund and Loen had begun to use radios to communicate.
For this reason, they could only set up a brand new team to monitor the radio signals of Backlund and the surrounding areas, and crack them, trying to catch the few pieces of information that occasionally flashed in the vast boring conversations, and provide some help for MI9 to solve criminal cases.
Judging from how busy they are, this team will soon expand its staff... The development of new technologies may not be a good thing for the intelligence department, especially when this technology is not in our hands... Xio sighed a few words and was about to turn away when he was discovered by a civilian employee sitting by the door. The latter had a look of surprise on his face, walked forward a few steps, saluted and said:
"Sir, I have two things to report to you."
After getting Xiu's approval, the middle-aged man, who was balding and so fat that he could completely cover her, continued:
"The first thing is that the radio direction finding tower secretly installed around Backlund last month has been completed. After testing, the method proposed by Ms. Melissa is completely correct. As long as three signal towers receive the signal at the same time, the sending location can be locked at a sufficiently precise location, which will be of great help to our intelligence work!
"The team leader wants me to ask you if you want to have further contact with Ms. Melissa·Moretti. What I mean is... control her like we usually do to prevent these technologies from being..."
As soon as he heard that name, Xio felt his scalp being tightened by an invisible force, and his whole body felt numb.
That's a sign of nervousness.
The long bronze table of Tarot Club appeared in her mind instantly, as well as the figures of the two members who had become Great Existence.
"No, no need. "She immediately interrupted the other party's words, then took a deep breath, adjusted her mood and tone and continued, "You can use the name of the military to secretly contact her, no, contact her mentor, and provide some research funds, but do not disturb the lady, do not follow or monitor her at will, let alone 'control' her, do you understand?"
Her serious tone stunned the man, and he nodded and said, "I understand."
I hope you really understand, otherwise don't talk to me, even Your Majesty can't save you... Xiu breathed a long sigh of relief, and then continued to ask:
"What's one more thing?"
The man handed a telegram to Xio and introduced:
"This is a radio telegram I just received. It was sent in plain text. There is not much content, but it is in several languages. Because the content is very strange, I used the latest radio direction finding to find the source, but I couldn't find the other party at all... It was too far away, and it might not even be at the North Continent.
"It's strange. With current technology, it's simply impossible to send radios to such a long distance..."
Listening to the chattering words of his men, Xio took the telegram and looked at the content written in Loenese:
"Hello, New Continent."
It wasn't until the next Tarot Club that Hugh knew that the telegram came from the Western Continent.
At midnight, Angel Gray appeared in the foggy Bansy Harbor.
It seemed that a storm was about to come here, but just after she looked up at the sky, the fog miraculously dissipated, and Moon, which was already a little white, showed its head, spreading the cold moonlight to this silent island.
Every building in the port has collapsed and is covered with traces of scorch. Rather than being destroyed by fire, it looks more like it has been ravaged by lightning and thunder. All the people living here have been relocated, and the entire island has become a paradise for wild animals. From time to time, various creatures walk through the ruins, and they are not afraid of the sudden appearance of Gray.
The latter walked through the ruins step by step and followed the path up the mountain next to the port. Finally, he came to the top of the mountain, which was cut off in a section and the whole collapsed. He stood next to an altar engraved with complex runes.
This is one of the several places where the power of "City of Calamity" was sealed in the Western Continent and leaked through the seal. Weather Warlock, a member of the Medici Family, was promoted here and left behind a person who can compete with Sefirah communicated with Sacrificial Ritual, attracting the power to change the weather. For thousands of years, the indigenous residents here have been using this living sacrifice ceremony to calm down the extreme weather left by Angel's promotion, until it was completely destroyed by Church of Storms.
It was here that Angel Granger obtained the power of Sefirah for the first time, because a Church of Storms bishop tried to manipulate the ritual and control this power and triggered "Calamity" Charm. While integrating this power into Angel's body, he sent her to Trier thousands of miles away. Underground Catacombs, another leakage point of Sefirah power.
From this, Angel discovered the characteristics of this "travel":
Because "City of Calamity" Sefirah involves the symbol of "Origins of Disaster", which means the collection of all disasters at different times and places. Even the cities in Mirror World are a collection of urban styles from various eras, even including the ancient city before the destruction of Old Era.
According to this characteristic, Angel can return to the "now" time point after three days from the Sefirah power leakage point Teleportation of Bansy Harbor to Trier at the same time, and then return from the leakage point there after three days, with a difference of only about 10 minutes.
This is not a real time travel, but "Time Reversal" that uses the characteristics of "City of Calamity" and the special characteristics of Mirror Person at the same time. The person who appears in Trier is essentially Angel A mirror image of E, she did not become her true self again until she returned to Bansy Harbor. Therefore, the two would not and could not truly meet, and there would be no conflict between the Uniqueness principles in mysticism.
This is also the reason why Gray has never been able to use this kind of "travel". She originally used "Time Reversal" to come to the existence of this Timeline, so how can she travel again?
Therefore, I have never been from this world, and now it's time to go back... Her eyes swept over the uneven and complex patterns on the ground, and finally moved upwards, stopping on the bright Moon.
This is a completely different scene from that hopeless future.
"Do you still remember what the last step is to do every time you travel through time at power leakage points in various places through 'City of Calamity'?"
Gray asked as if talking to himself, then chuckled and answered by himself:
"Of course, we have to go back to the starting point and form Closed Loop..."
In the future when the barrier was broken, Outer Deity invaded, and the earth was about to be destroyed, "Lord of Mysteries" Klein and "God Almighty" Grisha, who did not have complete power, worked together to send her back to this point in time, ultimately saving everything and ending Apocalypse with what can be considered the best ending.
But on the other Timeline, everything remains the same. When she goes back, she will only face the broken earth, the raging Outer Deity and the fallen God she knows.
That is my world, my future... Gray muttered, and just as he was about to step onto the complex runes representing the power of "City of Calamity", he suddenly looked up into the air.
Several familiar figures appeared at the same time, blocking the moonlight.