Just as Chen Yi withdrew his gaze, a woman dressed like a city lady also lost the smile shopping had put on her face.
"Suspicious. This is a method he has never displayed before."
"Add it to the list of suspicions."
The woman with the strange verbal tic began recording the information she had gathered.
"Lunar Calendar Year 1544: Luowen Yi Luoronoa conducted an investigation. He seemingly sensed something. Assessment of his perception abilities has been raised.
"He displayed Mirror Arts. Assessment of his combat abilities has been raised."
"..."
"Lunar Calendar Year 1554: Luowen Yi Luoronoa remains in seclusion conducting research.
"During this period, he visited several low- and mid-level magic academy libraries in search of desired materials. The possibility of a crude warrior substitute has been ruled out."
"..."
"Lunar Calendar Year 1579: Based on the preceding series of information, it has been determined that Luowen Yi Luoronoa is researching Bloodline Magic.
"This does not match his previous records. Combined with his earlier Mirror Arts, suspicion level: 5."
One anomaly could merely be a hidden method, but if another anomaly appeared on top of that, then all of it became anomalous.
Once suspicion arose, the crime had already been established.
A suspicion level of 5 meant he was already an individual requiring close observation.
Just as Chen Yi had expected.
If this suspicion fell upon any low-level individual, they would be directly erased.
But that would not work for a high-level individual.
No matter which faction one belonged to, high-level individuals held considerable status.
How many high-level individuals did the entire Dark Moon Empire have? If suspicion alone could remove one of them—
Then the Dark Moon Empire would not need the neighboring Ancient Sun Dynasty to act. It could destroy itself.
Without direct evidence, they could not