Luo Lin's first alias was naturally "Luo Lin Soroast," a vengeful individual persecuted by Amon, saved by the Chief Sovereign of Chaos, and willing to sell his soul for revenge and to revitalize his family. He was currently focused on making his presence known to Leonard and Soroast.
Luo Lin's second alias was "Jack Jones," a transmigrator, a pure and foolish university student from the Soroast family. He had a simple personality but knew many things. He was currently Klein's teacher and was on good terms with Azzik.
Luo Lin's third alias was someone he had conceived back when he was writing "Diary of a Transmigrator"—"Lucifer Soroast." The name was taken from a well-known fallen angel from Luo Lin's past life. In the setting, he was the protagonist of "Diary of a Transmigrator," the first transmigrator in the Soroast family, and also "Jack Jones'" teacher, a Beyonder of very high Sequence.
"Luo Lin's mess will be handled by the Chief Sovereign of Chaos, and Jack's mess will be handed over to Lucifer. This way, everyone will have a bright future." Thinking this, Luo Lin suddenly remembered something and couldn't help but laugh. "Thinking about it this way, the Soroast family truly has a wealth of talent. Isn't this a form of revitalization?"
"The Amon family only has Amon!" Luo Lin joked inwardly, continuing to sort out the personas and differences between his three aliases in his mind.
After all, he didn't want to be exposed due to a single oversight; that would be too embarrassing.
July 13th, Friday.
When Klein arrived at Blackthorn Security Company, he met Captain Dunn and learned from him that the Antigonus family's notebook had been escorted to Backlund by the Nighthawks. He also learned that due to his contributions in the recent operation, he could be officially transferred to the Nighthawks.
—Just yesterday, Klein had participated in the operation to pursue the descendant of the Antigonus family and recover the Antigonus family's notebook. He had shone brightly in this battle, killing a Beyonder from the Hermetic Order, and thus earned great merit.
Klein was naturally satisfied with this outcome. Although killing for the first time had left him with some psychological trauma, he had ultimately killed a bad person, and his self-regulation ability was very strong, so he quickly adjusted.
However... Klein thought of something. Before Dunn turned to leave, he said, "Captain, I have something important to discuss with you."
Dunn looked at Klein with a hint of confusion. Although he didn't know what it was about, he still nodded.
The two then went to Dunn's office, where Klein brought up the important matter he mentioned—developing Jack into an informant.
Klein had been thinking about this for a long time, but because his seniority within the Nighthawks was still shallow, he hadn't brought it up until now.
Now that Klein was about to officially become a Beyonder, he naturally decided to take this opportunity to get Jack a legitimate informant identity. Of course, Klein dared to bring it up for a reason. He had already inquired about informants during this period, so he was more than nine-tenths sure about it.
The facts proved to be so. When Klein proposed that he had discovered a wild Beyonder, who was also a wild Seer, and that he had confirmed the Beyonder was very law-abiding and willing to cooperate with the Nighthawks, thus wanting to develop him into an informant, Dunn agreed to Klein's application. He only asked Klein for more detailed information and requested that Klein keep it confidential from others, stating that Klein would be responsible for contacting this informant in the future.
Having successfully cleared Jack's identity, Klein breathed a sigh of relief from the bottom of his heart. He then resumed his work and studies for the day and received half a day off in the afternoon. The Nighthawks were quite humane; Klein had participated in a major mission yesterday, so he naturally earned a chance to rest today.
Klein naturally wouldn't refuse the holiday he had earned. Having already planned to take some time to meet Luo Lin and the others, Klein left Blackthorn Security Company and took an horseless carriage to Hoy University.
"Oh, Klein, good afternoon. Are you already on your day off so soon?" In the history department office, Luo Lin, who was organizing his lesson plans, saw Klein entering from outside and immediately greeted him.
"Good afternoon, Teacher Jack," Klein replied with a smile, his gaze falling on Azzik, who was also sitting in the office. He smiled and said, "Good afternoon, Mr. Azzik."
"Good afternoon, Klein," Azzik replied gently. His gaze suddenly paused, and he frowned as he scrutinized Klein.
"What's wrong, Mr. Azzik?" Klein asked, looking at Azzik with a mixture of confusion and nervousness.
If he hadn't known Mr. Azzik was a Beyonder, Klein would have only wondered if there was something wrong with his attire or grooming. But now that he knew Mr. Azzik's Beyonder identity, it was inevitable that Klein would overthink things.
Azzik didn't answer immediately. His gaze first swept over the other people in the office, then he said, "It's not convenient to talk here. Would you mind coming with me for a walk by the Hoy River?" He paused, glanced at Luo Lin beside him, and added, "Of course, Jack too."
"Sure!" Luo Lin, being the "sweet and naive" type, nodded without hesitation.
Although Klein was somewhat confused, he had come to see Azzik this time precisely to talk with him, so he nodded as well.
The three then left the office and came to the bank of the Hoy River. No one spoke until they reached a deserted corner. Azzik was the first to stop, looked at Klein, and said, "I've noticed some disharmony in your fate. Have you experienced many coincidences recently?"
Compared to the conversation in the original work, which had many foreshadowing elements, this time, due to Luo Lin's interference, the outcome was that both parties had revealed their cards to each other. Azzik's opening remarks were clearly much more direct.
Coincidences? There had been too many, like the Fool, the Fool and the Fool... Klein grumbled inwardly, but he had a premonition that Azzik might not be referring to that. This made Klein re-examine his recent experiences and fall into silence.
It couldn't be helped; Klein's experiences had been too rich lately, and just recalling them was a major undertaking.
However, Klein quickly found the key point and said, "There have indeed been two rather coincidental events..."
The two events Klein was referring to were naturally the two related to the Antigonus family's notebook. It could be said that the Nighthawks' successful retrieval of the Antigonus family's notebook was inseparable from coincidence.
But I thought it was because the gray fog instinctively attracted the Antigonus family's notebook, an item from the Seer pathway. Wasn't it?
Or did Mr. Azzik actually perceive the gray fog?
Klein was puzzled inwardly but remained outwardly calm as he asked, "Mr. Azzik, what have you seen?"
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