Self-Scale

Naimus had not suspected Clement from the very beginning. When he first obtained the list of personnel granted access to the Son of God Project materials, even after seeing Clement's name, he had not considered him the primary suspect.

His attention had been focused more on Rothes Levin, since many things were connected to him.

But Naimus's suspicions soon fell upon Clement.

The first clue was Angel A. He used the "Azure Sky Whale Mark" to contact the Azure Sky Whale and learned some information from it.

According to the Azure Sky Whale, someone had cast some sort of spell near Its blowhole that day.

After noticing the crucial element of magic, Naimus began to suspect Clement, the Golden Breed priest.

Then Clement sent over part of the Holy Son Completion Ritual.

Within the ritual was information on the Holy Son, meant to verify the ritual's effects.

Yet ordinary people could not obtain such complete information.

Back then, Gotthard had led a team to Dorsal Fin Mountain, where they discovered the Holy Son and acquired the initial data.

However, that data differed greatly from Holy Son Naimus's current condition.

Therefore, the mastermind had to be someone who had obtained detailed data on Holy Son Naimus.

After easily ruling out Guilliman and Gotthard, the true mastermind could be identified—Clement.

Only he had used spiritual power to make contact with Naimus's body, even probing his soul.

Clement had trusted his own investigation too much and dismissed the possibility that the Holy Son's body and identity had been seized by Naimus.

That was why he made this mistake and helped Naimus confirm his identity.

"NAIMUS!" Just as Naimus was considering the Holy Son Completion Ritual's precise function, he heard two furious roars.

Rothes had arrived.

It had to be said that a Golden