Had both sides' first reaction been that they had run into their own people?
But suspicion quickly followed as their second reaction.
The woman wondered why, when her Abyss Church clearly had no Mission Station here, an elite team with so many members and such a deadly air had suddenly appeared.
What was the purpose of this team's presence on Fire Island now?
Before the three of them had set out, the Elder had repeatedly instructed them that they were only there to "witness" events and were not allowed to act and expose their identities.
What puzzled Kallen was that, according to the Order God Church's usual practices, clerics dispatched elsewhere generally fell into three categories:
The first were Diplomatic Clerics, who had their own offices, which Fire Island clearly lacked; the second were personnel from departments handling special secret missions, which did not fit these three openly declaring their identities; the last were Whip of Order Squads carrying out other assignments, but if they belonged to a Whip of Order Squad, they should have recognized him.
Kallen was not trying to flatter himself. He had started out in the Whip of Order, after all. He might not be famous among other churches, but young people within his own church's Whip of Order system should have seen reports about him. Besides, the Moon Order God Church was also widely publicizing how the Observation Delegation had suffered at Reincarnation's hands.
Most importantly...
The three pirate families on Fire Island bore a grudge against the Order God Church, which supported Dark Moon Island. Under those circumstances, boldly announcing their identities as Order Clerics seemed rather brainless, however he looked at it.
Unless they were not Order Clerics at all.
Kallen smiled. "I never expected to meet friends from Order here."
The woman