"The handover"

After a while, Charnem himself couldn't hold back any longer and looked at Norfie, asking, "Do you have any secret collaborators?"

Norfie nodded slightly and said, "Yes."

Both Batna and Charnem had anticipated this answer, but it didn't stop the latter from being secretly pleased.

Who is it?

Norfie struggled for a moment before saying, "Yes, it's Juan Oro!"

Juan Oro, president of the Fishing Guild, was taken Batna.

The same applies to Charnem.

"Has this infiltrated and become the Boss?" he complained, pressing, "Are you sure it's Juan Oro?"

While Juan Oro was conducting a preliminary investigation into who among the core members of the Fishing Guild was problematic, Lumian had already grasped the true purpose of the Church the Earth Mother, also asked Noelia of the Order of Abundance to provide similar intelligence, which included Juan Oro, the leader of the Order.

According to official data, Juan Oro has always been in relatively good health, has never suffered from serious illness or injury, and has not shown any signs of complete Lizard- like Loss of Control.

In other words, he shouldn't have been possessed by the Transmigrator "Ultraman".

Of course, this alone is not enough to make a definitive judgment, since when the original owners of many members of the "Curly-Haired Baboon Research Society" had accidents, there was no one else around.

However, Juan Oro's Personality has not Change significantly over the years; he has only become more stubborn and more inclined to return to the Sea as he gets older.

More importantly, if Juan Oro were "Ultraman," then many of the actions taken on April Fool's Day to disrupt the Sea-Praying Ritual would seem unnecessary; they could have been much simpler and more discreet.

Based on a combination of factors, Charnem had already preliminarily determined that Juan Oro was not Core Member of the "April Fool's Day" group.

Norfie pursed his lips and said, "It was him. I met him six months ago in Layak Port."

Layak is located north of the Dalege Mountains and is a port in the Leston Province of the Republic of Intis.

"Seen it?" Charnem blurted out. "Your eyes can deceive you; what you see isn't necessarily the truth."

Unable to contain his urge to speak, he continued, "Like right now, the me you see is not the same as the real me; there's quite a difference."

"You mean, the Juan Oro I saw was a fake?" Norfie was clearly incredulous. "But... but he also demonstrated the power to control the waves!"

Charnem laughed:

"Most members of the Fishing Guild are capable of similar tasks; what if one of them impersonated Juan Oro?"

"But... it's too similar..." Norfie fell into self-doubt.

"According to the intelligence we've gathered," Charnem said casually. "Juan Oro hasn't left Santa Port for nearly ten years."

"He's the president of the Fishing Guild; he goes to the association every day."

This was meant to convince Norfie, but it wasn't definitive evidence, because if Juan Oro were "Ultraman," he could easily have "Madwoman" take him to Layak Port and back, which wouldn't take more than two hours.

In that situation, almost no one would have noticed that he had been missing for a period of time.

Norfie fell silent instinctively, then couldn't help but whisper, "Then, who could it be?"

"You ask me? Who am I supposed to ask?" Charnem voiced his inner thoughts aloud.

He changed the subject, somewhat awkwardly:

"What kind of cooperation does that fake Juan Oro want with you? What methods do you have to destroy that Seabed Palace and completely end the Sea-Praying Ritual?"

Norfie's body trembled, as if fighting against an instinctive impulse.

After a few seconds, she answered with great difficulty, "He, he will help me, help me cover up my tracks, ignore my existence, and let me, let me take a ship and enter the Land of Sea Sacrifice before the ' Governor of the Sea's ' ship, and Concealment."

Then, when the ' Governor of the Sea ' throws out the ' Sea Queen's Ring ' and recites the Wedding Vow, a verse is chanted.

"Those words were taught to me by my mother, stemming from her profound resonance with the Palace as she received the gifts of the Sea. Their purpose was to trigger a self-destruct program within that Palace."

Norfie spoke more and more fluently, clearly having given up the fight.

"Self-destruct program? Are you sure? You understand that language from who-knows-where?" Charnem looked incredulous.

"That's what my mother told me." Norfie indicated that he didn't understand the language of that passage.

Charnem pressed further, "What language does your mother speak?"

"She didn't understand either, but she knew what it meant, you know, a kind of communication on a soul level." Norfie tried hard to defend his mother.

"Soul-to-soul communication isn't entirely impossible to fake, and it's always easier to fool the illiterate," Charnem once again voiced his inner grumbling.

He frowned and asked, "Did the fake Juan Oro tell you that Last Year's Sea-Praying Ritual failed?"

"No, otherwise I wouldn't have chartered a boat in Santa Port." Norfie had been annoyed about this matter for a while.

If she had known from the beginning that Last Year's Sea-Praying Ritual had failed, she could have guessed that this year, Santa Port would be on high alert in all aspects and would definitely be watching out for those who tried to rent boats to go out to sea.

Charnem looked puzzled.

"Isn't that fake Juan Oro just waiting for you to be caught by Lato Giaro...?"

Six months ago, neither "April Fool's Day" nor other people in Santa Port with ulterior motives could have Prophecy that Lumian would come here to investigate the Sea-Praying Ritual. In other words, Norfie's original purpose was definitely not to lure Lumian into a trap. Perhaps it was really part of "April Fool's Day's" original plan, until they changed their minds and decided to use the "Great Adventurer's" investigation.

Given this arrangement, it's unlikely that having Norfie arrested by Lato Giaro would be a blatant mistake in an April Fool's Day's Day prank, unless that's exactly what they wanted.

"Was throwing Norfie out there to mislead the Fishing Guild, to make other committee members doubt Juan Oro, and to create discord among them, making it impossible for them to cooperate effectively? But this kind of provocation is a bit too clumsy..."

How to address the ' Earth Mother ' Church's focus on this year's Sea-Praying Ritual and guide them towards the Norfie route?

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Franca, disguised as Charnem, had a sudden thought and a guess came to her mind:

"Or perhaps, Lato Giaro is a member of the ' April Fool's Day ' group!"

"As soon as Norfie arrived at Santa Port and tried to rent a boat, he was arrested. This was both Lato Giaro's absolute control over this 'collaborator' and a form of protection... Then, as the Sea-Praying Ritual approached, he pretended to relax his guard, allowing Norfie to escape successfully and obtain a boat?"

After having this suspicion, the more Franca thought about Lato Giaro, the more she felt there was something wrong with him:

Both the information provided by the "Knight of Swords" and the official documents clearly state one piece of information:

Lato Giaro has been sleeping in separate rooms from his wife for many years!

For Transmigrator, the biggest worry after taking over the original owner's body is that the people around them will discover their problems through various details. Among the people around them, the two most likely to expose their disguise are their deeply affectionate parents and their spouse with whom they share a bed. The latter, in particular, knows many of the other person's habits of the relationship. In this case, finding an excuse to sleep in a separate room is obviously Transmigrator to protect themselves.

When Franca first saw this information, she had a fleeting moment of doubt, but quickly dismissed it. Firstly, it wasn't unusual for a middle-aged man to sleep in a separate room from his wife; Lato Giaro wasn't the only member of the Fishing Guild to do this. Secondly, Lato Giaro had been forcibly restrained by the "Knight of Swords" and Lumian and given Truth Serum, yet his subsequent answers showed no trace of any connection to April Fool's Day —he didn't even try to suppress a laugh when he mentioned Wedding the Sea!

But what if Lato Giaro, who had proactively relayed Norfie's message, had been preparing for the Great Adventurer's arrival and Concealment some of his memories through methods like "hypnosis"?

Truth Serum essentially enhance the urge to confide; things that the user doesn't understand or know will not be spoken of.

The question now is, where did Lato Giaro find Beyonder or items with similar abilities, through April Fool's Day's Day channels?

Franca, who increasingly felt that Lato Giaro was "Ultraman," remembered something else:

Simon, the incoming "Governor of the Sea," is a member of a branch of the Giaro Family!

Previously, Juan Oro had, based on her suggestion, conducted blood tests on all those who boarded the ship other than Lumian to confirm whether they belonged to a particular family and to see if any outsiders had impersonated them.

What if Simon Giaro was actually Lato Giaro in disguise?

That method will only confirm his identity!

The Colorful Flower Ceremonial Ship was being crushed by a giant boulder and was plummeting towards the Seabed.

Simon Giaro, standing at the bow of the ship, seemed frozen in place, his face filled with panic and bewilderment.

But the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

At this moment, he recalled the handover Ritual of the "Governor of the Sea" the previous night:

Simon Giaro, dressed in a sharp blue tuxedo, entered the hall and saw the former "Governor of the Sea," Miguel, wearing a vintage white robe, looking at him. Following the pre-arranged procedure, Miguel uttered the pre-arranged words:

"The Sea is now in your hands."

"It is my honor," Simon Giaro replied solemnly, slowly walking towards the other person.

Miguel extended his right hand, and Simon Giaro reciprocated, shaking his hand in return. This signified the former "Governor of the Sea's " departure and the preparation for the current "Governor of the Sea's " ascension to the position.

After shaking hands, the two brushed past each other, and as they looked in different directions, the corners of their mouths curled up almost imperceptibly, one after the other.

Under the watchful eyes of countless Statues around them, one continued forward, while the other left the hall.