A participant?
The moment he heard Pedro say that, Fang Ran's gaze sharpened and his heart tightened.
Behind the plummeting stock price, the turmoil across the entire Wall Street financial market, and the potential economic crisis was the Covenant's ability ritual for controlling retail investors around the world.
All these massive developments had ultimately turned every question into a question about a person.
"Lord Arcane was the first to notice abnormal traces of spellcraft around New York. Through investigation, we discovered that they were actually fluctuations emitted by some kind of ability-enhancing device."
"During the subsequent operation, a member of the Royal Court found machine wreckage at the scene that was giving off strange magical energy."
Listening to his account, Fang Ran realized that behind this seemingly simple intelligence lay the participant operations Nevernight Palace had carried out through the night, along with all the complicated stories he knew nothing about.
Then, the next second, he heard Pedro reveal a fact that froze his gaze.
"Then, with Miss Le Guien's power, we finally confirmed it."
"It was an ability that could take effect through electronic platforms."
Through electronic platforms?
As he heard those words, Fang Ran was amazed that the Night Battle world possessed such a miraculous ability. But almost instantly, realization struck him, and his eyes slowly widened.
Didn't that mean...!
"That's right."
Noticing the look on Fang Ran's face, as if he had guessed what Fang Ran was thinking, Pedro confirmed it aloud.
Then Pedro revealed the core truth with utmost gravity!
"The Covenant used the enhancement effect of the device to spread this ability across the world through brokerage channels, secretly influencing tens of thousands of ordinary people."
"And the key participant I mentioned is the owner of this ability."
"—Troy Britz."
As his voice fell, a