"Don't slander an innocent man, sir. Most Shepherds are believers of the True Creator, and carrying that title would not be good."
Xu Yue shot Aisinger a sidelong glance and spoke with righteous indignation.
Then Aisinger, who loved showing off his Sealed Artifacts in a rather ostentatious way, naturally turned his gaze toward Xu Yue's glove. His face immediately turned even paler.
"Crawling Hunger!"
He promptly shut his mouth. As someone from the Reader Pathway, he forcibly reined in his instinct to show off.
Since Hugh and Fors had once sought Aisinger's help with deductions, Aisinger had naturally learned about that unlucky, miserable Pirate General entering Backlund.
Through his own channels, he had also learned of the assassination attempt against Duke Negan.
Yet he had never expected this Sealed Artifact to end up in the hands of the man before him.
Although he seemed to know Detective Charlotte, that still did nothing to dispel the mystery surrounding his identity.
At a time like this, it was better to pretend nothing had happened.
Fortunately, Aisinger himself was also a believer of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom. Due to the hostility between the gods, if people from the Storm Church discovered him, he would be treated as a cultist.
Thus, whenever secrecy was required, Aisinger knew perfectly well what to do.
At the very least, judging from what had just happened, their side had gained an extremely powerful ally.
With Crawling Hunger and the ability to activate it, he could probably become one of the best among Sequence 5s just by relying on the souls he had grazed.
The brief clash earlier, in which he had directly wounded that Demon and forced it to flee with a severed arm, was proof enough.
Moreover, his appearance here had not been arranged beforehand.