Luo Lin's New Alias

The professors at Tingen University were clearly reasonable people. After learning that Klein had found another job, they raised no objections and politely offered their congratulations.

Klein exchanged a few pleasantries with him and was about to leave when he happened to run into his advisor, Professor Quentin, and Mr. Azik from the History Department.

At the same time, Klein noticed that an unfamiliar young man was standing beside the two teachers.

"Good morning, Professor, Mr. Azik." Klein hurriedly greeted them, then looked curiously at the young man beside them. "May I ask how I should address this teacher?"

The young man looked about Klein's age, in his early twenties. He had sunlike golden hair and emerald eyes, and was exceptionally handsome. Even if he appeared on the cover of some fashion magazine, no one would find it out of place.

Professor Quentin first explained why he was here, then took the initiative to introduce him. "This is Mr. Jack Jones, a new teacher in Tingen University's History Department. He graduated from Backlund University and is very outstanding."

Jack Jones? Seriously? Were you a Caribbean pirate?

Upon hearing that name, Klein could not help but mock it internally. It was not his fault; the images of Captain Jack and Davy Jones were simply too deeply ingrained in anyone who had watched the Pirates of the Caribbean series. Hearing this combination of names now made it impossible not to comment on it.

However, despite his internal mockery, Klein maintained a polite smile and offered his hand. "Hello, Mr. Jones. I'm Klein Moretti, Professor Quentin's student. I just graduated." He added jokingly, "Unfortunately, if I hadn't found a job in advance, perhaps we would have become colleagues."

That's all right. Even if we can't be colleagues, we can still be fellow countrymen!

The young man—Luo Lin—muttered the same thing inwardly. On the surface, he flashed a sunny smile, took Klein's hand, and said:

"Hello, I'm Jack Jones, but there's no need to call me Mr. Jones. Just call me Jack. It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Moretti." After a pause, Luo Lin added in a similarly joking tone, "Actually, I'd rather people call me Captain Jack."

Klein's gaze froze at those words, though he quickly returned to normal. As he withdrew his hand, he readily changed his form of address. "All right, Jack. You can just call me Klein as well." At the same time, he asked with apparent curiosity, "Why Captain Jack?"

Did the Emperor bring Pirates of the Caribbean over too? Or...

"Because Jack sounds like a name that's perfect for a captain!" Luo Lin said, his expression carrying a hint of regret, as though he had made a joke but no one understood it.

Klein: ...

No way... Had he really met a fellow countryman?

Klein was not surprised that he was not the only transmigrator in this world. After all, Rosell was an obvious senior transmigrator. But he had never expected to encounter a suspected fellow countryman so quickly in this foreign world.

This surprised Klein pleasantly, but he still restrained himself.

After all, he could not yet determine whether the person before him truly was a fellow transmigrator. And even if he was, Klein would not choose to immediately acknowledge him as one of his own.

Meeting a fellow countryman was certainly a pleasant surprise, but no one could guarantee that every transmigrator was a good person. Klein felt it was better to remain cautious.

Luo Lin was naturally not surprised by Klein's reaction, nor did he intend to expose anything.

As for the identity Luo Lin was currently using, it was naturally the result of his work over the past two days.

—Jack Jones, a graduate of Backlund University's History Department. Recommended by his advisor, he had come to Tingen University as a teacher and had only recently started work.

As someone who had once possessed numerous aliases and enjoyed causing trouble, Luo Lin naturally knew how to forge a convincing identity. Jack Jones's file now lay in Backlund University's archives, with four years of study records clearly documented. No matter who investigated, they would find no flaws.

Even if the Nighthawks went to Backlund University to ask around, they would discover that this identity truly existed—because it belonged to a real person. His original name simply had not been Jack Jones; Luo Lin had changed it.

The most convincing disguise was to replace someone who already existed. Of course, Luo Lin was not an evil person. He had merely done something very simple—

He found a newly graduated student at Backlund University who was in difficult circumstances and whose physical features somewhat overlapped with Luo Lin's. He made a deal with him, secretly sent him to another city after the deal was completed, then disguised himself as the other person and came to Tingen with a letter of recommendation. After interviewing and being hired, he became the Jack Jones standing before Klein today.

Naturally, this was not without flaws. But in an era without instant communication, where even photographs were rarely seen, the possibility of exposure was actually extremely low. Luo Lin did not need to use this false identity forever either. As long as he could successfully raise Mr. Azik and Pallez's favorability enough, his goal would be complete. Whether the identity was exposed afterward would not matter.

Klein naturally did not know that the teacher Jack Jones before him was a freshly created alias. He continued chatting with the teachers for a while, and before he knew it, the conversation turned to Welch and Naya being murdered by burglars who had broken into their home. This was the official explanation for the black divination incident, since Beyonder incidents were not made public in this era.

Although Klein knew some of the inside details, he could only brush the matter aside. He then deliberately revealed keywords involved in the incident, such as the Solomon Empire and the Antigonus Notebook, hoping to see whether his well-informed History Department teachers knew anything about them—this was not information that could not be revealed.

"You mean the Antigonus Family?" While the two professors were still thinking, Luo Lin appropriately revealed a surprised expression, clearly aware of some inside information.

"Jack, you know about the Antigonus Family?" Klein looked at him in surprise, inwardly delighted as well.

He was indeed desperate to learn more about the Antigonus Family's notebook.

"Yes, I saw some records about the Antigonus Family in my ancestor's diary... ahem, in any case, in ancient books. It was a very mysterious and powerful family, active during the Fourth Epoch. It was said that this family was not only connected to the Solomon Empire, but also deeply entangled with the Tudor Empire."

Luo Lin paused there instead of continuing. He looked at Klein, his expression curious yet faintly probing, and asked, "But the Antigonus Family has been in decline for a long time. Hardly anyone knows of it now. Why are you asking about it?"