Luo Lin's Third Alias

Luo Lin's first alias was naturally "Luo Lin Soroast," a revenge-driven man persecuted by Amon and saved by the Chief Sovereign of Chaos. For revenge and the revival of his family, he would not hesitate to sell his soul. At present, he was responsible for making his presence known before Leonard and Soroyastor.

Luo Lin's second alias was "Jack Jones," a transmigrator and a naïve, foolish college student. Born into the Soroast Family, he had a simple personality but knew many things. He was currently Klein's teacher and was on good terms with Mr. Azik.

Luo Lin's third alias was an identity he had conceived long ago when writing the Transmigration Diary—"Lucifer Soroyastor." The name came from a fallen angel everyone knew in Luo Lin's previous life. By design, he was the true protagonist of the Transmigration Diary, the Soroast Family's first transmigrator, as well as "Jack Jones's" teacher and a high-Sequence Beyonder.

"The Chief Sovereign of Chaos can take the blame for Luo Lin, while Lucifer can take the blame for Jack. That way, everyone will have a bright future." Thinking of this, Luo Lin suddenly thought of something else and could not help laughing. "Now that I think about it, the Soroast Family really is full of talent. Doesn't this count as revival in its own way?"

"The Amon Family only has Amon!" Luo Lin joked inwardly as he continued sorting through the character settings and differences between his three aliases.

After all, he did not want to expose himself through a moment of carelessness. That would be far too socially humiliating.

Friday, July 13.

After arriving at Blackthorn Security Company, Klein met Captain Dunn and learned from him that the Antigonus Family notebook had already been escorted to Backlund by the Nighthawks. Due to his contribution during this operation, Klein would also be promoted to an official Nighthawk.

—Just yesterday, Klein had participated in the operation to hunt down a descendant of the Antigonus Family and recover the Antigonus Family notebook. He had shone brilliantly in the battle, killing a Beyonder from the Hermetic Order in return and earning great merit as a result.

Klein was naturally satisfied with this outcome. Although killing someone for the first time had left him with a slight psychological shadow, the person he had killed was, after all, a bad man. Klein was also very good at regulating his emotions, so he quickly recovered.

However... Klein thought of something and, before Dunn turned to leave, said, "Captain, there's something important I need to discuss with you."

Dunn gave Klein a puzzled look. Though he did not know what Klein wanted, he still nodded.

The two then went together to Dunn's office, where Klein brought up the important matter he had mentioned—recruiting Jack as an informant.

Klein had been considering this for a long time. However, because he had been too junior among the Nighthawks before, he had never brought it up.

Now that Klein was finally about to become an official Beyonder, he naturally decided to use this opportunity to secure Jack a legitimate identity as an informant. Of course, Klein had his reasons for daring to suggest it. He had already asked around about informants during this period, so he was eighty or ninety percent confident about it.

And indeed, after Klein stated that he had discovered an unaffiliated Beyonder—a diviner, no less—who he had confirmed was very law-abiding and willing to cooperate with the Nighthawks, and that he wished to recruit him as an informant, Dunn approved Klein's application. He merely asked Klein to provide more detailed information and keep the matter confidential from the others, saying that Klein would be responsible for contacting the informant from then on.

Having successfully cleared Jack's identity, Klein let out a heartfelt sigh of relief. He then resumed his work and studies for the day, and in the afternoon received half a day off. The Nighthawks were quite humane—Klein had only participated in a major operation yesterday, so naturally he was given a chance to rest today.

Klein naturally would not refuse leave that had fallen into his lap. Having long intended to find time to visit Luo Lin and the others, he left Blackthorn Security Company and took a trackless carriage to Hoy University.

"Oh, Klein, good afternoon. Is it already your rest day?" In the history department teachers' office, Luo Lin, who was organizing lesson plans, spotted Klein entering from outside at once and greeted him.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Jack." Klein smiled in response to Luo Lin, then turned his gaze to Mr. Azik, who was also sitting in the office. Smiling, he said, "Good afternoon, Mr. Azik."

"Good afternoon, Klein." Mr. Azik replied gently. Then his gaze suddenly froze, and he frowned as he examined Klein from head to toe.

"Is something wrong, Mr. Azik?" Klein looked at him with both confusion and nervousness.

If this had been before Klein learned that Mr. Azik was a Beyonder, he would certainly have only wondered whether there was something inappropriate about his clothes or appearance. But now that he knew Mr. Azik's identity as a Beyonder, Klein could not help but let his imagination run wild.

Mr. Azik did not answer immediately. His gaze first swept across the other people in the office before he said, "This is not a convenient place to talk. Would you mind taking a walk by the Hoy River with me?" After a pause, Mr. Azik glanced at Luo Lin beside him and added, "Of course, Jack should come too."

"Sure!" As a "naïve sweetheart," Luo Lin naturally nodded without any hesitation.

Although Klein was somewhat puzzled, he had come to see Mr. Azik this time precisely because he intended to speak with him, so he nodded as well.

The three then left the office and came to the Hoy River. Yet none of them spoke. Only when they reached an unoccupied corner did Mr. Azik stop first, look at Klein, and say, "I noticed something discordant in your fate. Have you experienced many coincidences recently?"

Compared with the conversation in the original work, which had involved much more buildup, Luo Lin's interference had caused both sides to lay their cards on the table before each other. As a result, Mr. Azik's opening was clearly much more direct this time.

Coincidences? There had been far too many, such as The Fool, The Fool, and The Fool... Klein complained inwardly, yet he instinctively felt that Mr. Azik might not be referring to that. This made Klein review his recent experiences, and then he fell silent.

There was no helping it. Klein's experiences during this period had been far too eventful. Simply recalling them was a major undertaking.

Still, Klein quickly found the key point and said, "There were indeed two things that were rather coincidental..."

The two matters Klein referred to were naturally the two incidents related to the Antigonus Family notebook. It could be said that the Nighthawks' successful recovery of the Antigonus Family notebook had been inseparable from coincidence.

But I thought that was because the gray fog had instinctively drawn in the Antigonus Family notebook as an item of the diviner pathway. Wasn't it?

Or could it be that what Mr. Azik sensed was actually the gray fog?

Though Klein was puzzled inwardly, he kept his expression unchanged and asked, "Did you discover something, Mr. Azik?"