Aleister Must Definitely Be Your Man

"You could say that, Lloyd. This is not a threat, but a declaration: even if I die, I will take a bite out of you. I urge you to think it over carefully."

Boca made no attempt to hide his hostility and aggression. "Everyone has their weaknesses. And you can't always be so lawless—there will always be someone in Avalon who can handle you."

But Tommy just found it laughable.

"After much deliberation?"

Tommy chuckled, "Yes, I will think about it carefully."

Even if Meg forced me, it doesn't mean you can talk to me so arrogantly!

But a thought suddenly popped into his mind—could it be that Boca 'Meg visit? Or was Boca indeed behind this? So Tommy narrowed his eyes slightly and tentatively asked, "The Shadow Fiend's power is very strong, isn't it?"

"I am indeed very strong, but I am not weak either."

Boca's voice was deep. "Mr. Aleister has already asked me. When do you plan to come see me again?"

"Boca really knows Aleister!" Tommy exclaimed inwardly, suddenly feeling the world brighten up.

If he starts from this point, he can complete his task within three days!

The demon possessed by the Shadow Fiend is named Aleister. Boca shouldn't have known this information, at least not so early. Even the Grand Arbitrator, Meg, didn't know more, let alone Boca, who had no connection with the Inspectorate or the Bureau of Supervision.

In other words, Boca already knew who Aleister was!

It's even highly possible that Aleister is one of his men! No wonder he agreed so readily to take action against Iver.

Because Boca knew from the beginning that Iver wouldn't be in any danger—unless there was a special need, why would a ruthless demon choose to capture Iver alive? Tommy even suspected that Iver wasn't kidnapped at all, but rather deliberately hidden by Vice President Boca to give the Avalon authorities a reason to pressure him! —In other words, Iver was actually faking his death! This would undoubtedly damage the Noble Red, and Lloyd's's would also be pressured. He himself would be the first to suffer... and when he was cursed to death by Meg, Lloyd's's fell apart, he could then conjure Iver up again and become a hero to Lloyd's's and even Avalon.

Public approval, media buzz... hasn't Boca been talking about this all along? What a clever scheme, a truly clever scheme!

As expected, he remained silent, but that wasn't out of weakness. He was simply preparing a fatal blow... Tommy had to admit that Boca had indeed succeeded this time.

Even Tommy himself initially assumed Shadow Fiend was a member of the Noble Red, never considering Boca's involvement. Boca had no motive for doing so. But now he thought about it—wasn't his own death the perfect motive? If he hadn't realized Aleister was Boca's man, and instead focused on finding the Society... he would have had no chance of finding them in three days. Furthermore, Tommy's displayed hostility and embarrassment might very well have led the Society to abandon Tommy, or even kill him beforehand to silence him.

Boca is ruthless! He doesn't act rashly, but when he does, he takes his life!

He originally thought the other party was a rabbit that only knew how to dig holes, but he didn't expect it to be a crocodile pretending to be a dead tree!

Tommy's eyes were filled with murderous intent.

This Mixed-Blood Giant had to carefully control his anger so that he wouldn't easily crush the microphone.

"Of course I will come to you, Mr. Boca."

Tommy chuckled in a low voice, his sinister smile like that of a demon, "Be careful... but being careful won't help."

After saying that, he hung up the phone.

On the other side, Boca's expression was also unusually gloomy.

He said the intelligence wouldn't arrive until the afternoon, but Minister Drost didn't tell the truth at all—he had sent Diomedes with the intelligence that morning. He was so wary that he didn't even fully trust his own allies.

It was after seeing those intelligence reports that Boca was able to confirm that Aleister was Lloyd President's man.

Joining the Noble Red without knowing the identity of one's mentor? — That's impossible.

Drost didn't know, but Boca knew very well... that joining the Noble Red Society wasn't done this way at all.

First, as a probationary member, you will study the assigned knowledge of demonology and Ritual Studies via email. Once you have a good grasp of it, two full members will be sent to conduct an assessment.

First comes the interview, then the written test. After passing both, there's the induction ceremony.

"—We are all Wounded Fist, blood-crushing hands, and scaleless blades."

To kill someone with one's fists is to demonstrate one's resolve—killing with one's fists is different from killing with a melee weapon, and the feeling of using a melee weapon is different from using a firearm. Killing someone with one's fists takes a long time, during which there will be the victim's pleas for mercy, wails, and screams, until finally being beaten to death.

This ritual has a powerful impact on people. It can also completely awaken a person's evil intentions. This is to prevent someone from learning it for a long time and then suddenly having a "purge of conscience" and deciding to quit.

After all, many people are simply interested in the occult, or possess the potential to Path of Transcendence. However, they don't realize what Demon Scholar's profession truly entails... If they join the Noble Red without completely succumbing to darkness, they might suddenly regret it.

After that, one must use a knife to cut out the other person's internal organs and use the person one has killed with one's own hands to perform the first ceremony, officially stepping into the First Path and becoming an extraordinary being who Path of Transcendence.

Once all of this is completed, you will receive the "Noble Red" ring and be recruited as an apprentice by a mentor who has no apprentices, to continue learning relevant knowledge under their mentor.

Unless it's a case like Iver's —a wild Demon Scholar who killed the ring's holder and was directly recruited by a high-ranking member—an initiation ceremony wouldn't be necessary.

But he was Demon Scholar, not a demon.

Demons are extremely dangerous; even the Noble Red are very wary of them, and joining their society is not something that can be done casually. For example, the lawyer from the Hermes family had to go through a lot of trouble to join the Noble Red Society.

The initiation process described by Drost was almost entirely wrong. In other words, the demon named "Aleister" was definitely deceived—he never joined the Noble Red Society, yet the other party knew the Noble Red Society's ideals and even received his ring. This means the person who deceived him was definitely a member of the Noble Red, and certainly a mentor as well.

He wanted to use Shadow Fiend, but didn't want to properly introduce him to the guild; as a mentor, he didn't dare tell his apprentice his name; and most importantly, there weren't many mentors with spare rings available these days.

Noble Red is planning something big lately, and the people around Glass Island are basically just fixed groups of two. The only remaining mentors are the Lloyd's's guys.

He knew he couldn't be the one, and Lawyer York had already been killed.

—Then the only one left is Lloyd President, right? After all, there are no other possibilities.

When Boca first heard "Lloyd greets you," he was somewhat suspicious, wondering if the other party was deliberately trying to lure him towards Lloyd President. After all, he really didn't want to provoke that bastard who was always prone to losing his temper—he was completely unreasonable and always liked to force others to obey him.

But after receiving intelligence from Minister Drost, Boca immediately realized that he should no longer take any chances.

If we retreat any further, we'll die!

Lloyd's murderous intent was now undisguised; he intended to take this opportunity to kill him and then pin the blame on him! Aleister was definitely one of Lloyd's men!

However, his ally had already been killed...

Boca was in a heavy mood.

Lloyd is Fourth Level Demon Scholar, just one step away from becoming Demon Avatar; he has also enlisted the help of Aleister, a demon possessed by the Shadow Fiend. They could attack him at any moment, and his pre-arranged ritual is highly likely to be discovered and broken—after all, Lloyd might also bring in members of the Noble Red.

The society does have serious ritual researchers.

It is said that in the past, there were lineages of Ritual Mage within the society, unlike now where it is completely controlled by the royal family. But even though the lineage of Ritual Mage has been interrupted, the ritual knowledge and knowledge of curses left by the predecessors still exist.

In other words, he had already fallen into an extremely dangerous situation.

Then he has nothing to be afraid of.

He only had one chance... and for his own life, he was prepared to take a dangerous gamble.

However, if handled properly, he might be able to clear his name.

As long as he can save Iver—

With a do-or-die attitude, he made that call, "Your Grand Guardian, this is Bran Boca."

"Yes, I want to turn myself in. I also want to file a formal complaint against Lloyd's's of London President Tommy Lloyd for 36 counts of crimes including murder, kidnapping, and extortion... and apply for Witness Protection Program."

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