Positioning

"A cardinal?"

Luo Jun narrowed his eyes. Jacob, whom he had fought before, was a bishop in charge of the Parami Region of the [Utopiya] world. But the entire Holy See of the [Utopiya] world must have a general head, who must be a high-ranking and powerful figure within the Holy See. A cardinal in the Holy See, capable of overseeing the affairs of an entire otherworld, is considered a regional governor, holding a position far exceeding that of an ordinary Holy See, second only to the Pope.

"You have no further dealings with this cardinal?" Luo Jun asked.

Ophelia shook her head. "We rarely had contact. It was only because he had been in charge of [Utopiya] before that we had a few chances to meet. He was transferred to [The Empire] later... The last time I saw him was shortly after I was possessed by the Chaos Soul, at a [Utopiya] Holy See meeting..."

At this point, Ophelia asked curiously, "Why are you asking this? Do you suspect that His Lord Bishop has a problem?"

Luo Jun nodded. "Besides, no one else can detect it, only Liya, who is possessed by Chaos, can smell the stench. Don't you find that strange?"

"Perhaps, this Cardinal Gonzales also harbors Chaos soul within him... or even has mutated into a Chaos Creature!"

"Then you'll have no choice but to die here."

"Very likely." Jacob nodded. "The most crucial thing now is to send the message back to headquarters!"

"No..." Jacob shook his head and said, "According to records, Mosayus's devouring is not simply eating; whatever it swallows completely disappears, and no Probing Device can transmit any information... So we speculate that perhaps its mouth is connected to another dimension."

"It's good that it wasn't swallowed up..." Luo Jun breathed a sigh of relief, "Then it seems they must have found a way to install a locator on Mosayus to make it easier to indicate his location..."

Luo Jun nodded. "Perhaps, he was able to become a 'Cardinal' because of the Illusion Ability of the Chaos Creature..."

"Mosayus... is awake?"

Hank was surprised to see Luo Jun get out of the car. They had only received Old Yuan's notification three or four hours ago, and the distance was over two thousand kilometers. How could they be back so quickly?

"It's not that simple..." Ophelia gritted her teeth and said, "You Rogue Cultivator and mercenaries can hardly understand the situation within an official institution like the Holy See ... Leaving isn't easy, and even if I did, if the cardinals really have their eyes on me, I wouldn't be able to escape..."

"It's just the two of us," Luo Jun said. "I have something important to tell you!"

Luo Jun thought about it and realized it made sense. Ophelia had grown up in the Holy See since childhood, was a native of the country with a clean background, and even if she wanted to run away, it wouldn't be so easy.

"This is beyond our control... By the time it gets here, the entire Paramis City will be doomed!"

"Separated?" Luo Jun was taken aback, then realized that the two teams, each carrying a different Positioning Device, had separated, meaning they had split up?

What was initially thought to be a simple job transfer turned out to be more complex after Luo Jun's reminder...

"Where are you...? Where is everyone else?" Hank had just opened his mouth to ask when Ophelia got out of the passenger seat.

"Also, you can see the location of the dispatched teams here, right?" Luo Jun was still worried about his Master's safety. "I want to know the location of the others."

"At worst, we can just withdraw from the Holy See," Luo Jun said dismissively.

"You mean..." Ophelia's eyes widened as a terrifying possibility dawned on her. "From the very beginning, His Lord Bishop had already been Body Snatching?"

Fortunately, it was the time when [Utopiya] was open, Jacob immediately sent a telegram to headquarters reporting that Mosayus had awakened.

Ophelia, upon hearing this, also became worried. "What should I do... The transfer order has already been issued. If it weren't for this incident, I would have already gone to the [Empire] this month... When it comes to personnel transfers, the Lord Bishop usually speaks with the officials personally, and he will definitely notice that I'm different..."

In the council chamber of the Parami Church, Bishop Jacob was utterly shocked by Ophelia's report.

"Regarding this..." Holy Knight Han frowned, "We discovered the location had split up more than two hours ago..."

"It's you?"

"The Illusion Faction?" Luo Jun sneered. "Before the Chaos soul was purified, couldn't you also use the abilities of the Illusion Faction?"

"Very likely," Luo Jun said. "If my guess is correct, if Liya can smell the stench on him, he should be able to smell yours too. If he discovers that your scent has changed after you're transferred to the Empire, it could very well bring trouble."

At the speed of the Longitudinal and Horizontal Sports Car, he soon saw the outline of Paramis City. To accommodate Ophelia, he slowed down from a distance and drove straight into the city, heading towards the Parami Cathedral.

Such a flashy car rushed into the city, and the Holy See's intelligence network naturally detected it immediately. By the time Luo Jun arrived, Holy Knight Hank was already waiting at the church entrance with a number of knights.

"Could it be that the Cardinal secretly watched over me so that the Chaos soul within me went undetected by the Holy See? And is it his idea to transfer me to the [Empire] as well?"

Luo Jun's casual remark seemed to touch Ophelia, who lowered her head to think.

Ophelia's pupils trembled slightly as she recalled the information about the cardinal, "Right, he was transferred to the [Empire] last year, and not long after that, I was transferred back to the Main World from [Utopiya]... Also, the transfer order to the [Empire] came down last month..."

"After they separated, one of the locators clearly veered off course, while the other headed straight for Para's Lost City..." Hank explained. "At first, we thought we had made some other discovery, so we split up to deal with it. Now that I think about it... maybe the one heading straight for it was Mosayus, and the other was trying to escape it..."

Upon hearing this, Luo Jun's eyes widened. "Could someone have been devoured by Mosayus?"

Clearly, Ophelia had also considered this possibility, but due to her natural trust in the Holy See and her recognition of the cardinals' abilities, she convinced herself otherwise.

"That's impossible!" Ophelia immediately retorted, "His Lord Bishop is also a member of the Illusion Faction, and a top-tier one at that. With his Spirit Strength, it's impossible for Body Snatching Chaos Creature!"

Next, we just have to wait for headquarters to relay the message back to the Main World through the gatekeeper.

Since the last time Mosayus awoke, it alarmed the entire Holy See's elite forces, this time it will undoubtedly attract the same attention. All Parami can do is strengthen its vigilance and wait for support from headquarters...

(End of this chapter)