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Hearing Lin Ruo's words, Klein felt a near-instinctive twinge of guilt, but he quickly recovered. He pulled a "Flaring Sun Charm" from his pocket and said with confidence, "How could that be? I finished this assignment a long time ago."
"Oh ho!" Lin Ruo raised an eyebrow, not really surprised. He took the "Flaring Sun Charm," inspected it, and returned it to Klein, saying, "I'll let you pass this time!"
Klein caught the "Flaring Sun Charm," carefully stowing it away. Then, remembering something, he said, "Right, Lin Ruo, didn't you want me to gather information about the Aurora Order? I heard about a gathering of Beyonders, supposedly organized by Mr. A of the Aurora Order. I've already found someone to introduce me. I'm planning to attend the next one to see what's going on. Do you want to come?"
Recently, Klein had been quite busy. Besides handling commissions, he was searching for information related to the Aurora Order, the Demoness Sect, and other secret organizations. Perhaps his accident-prone constitution was at play, or perhaps Klein was destined to encounter the True Creator, but he really did manage to find some information about the Aurora Order. This gathering of Beyonders was one such piece of information.
Ah, this!
Lin Ruo blinked upon hearing this. As far as he knew, Mr. A only organized one gathering of Beyonders in Backlund, which was Miss Justice, Audrey, and others had been attending in the original story, and which Lin Ruo himself was planning to attend soon.
Now, Klein was also coming?
Good heavens!
Justice, Magician, Judgement, Fool, Chariot… Was this a Beyonder gathering organized by Mr. A, or a Tarot Club offline meeting?
The concentration of double agents is off the charts!
"That gathering you mentioned… I know about it. Actually, I was planning to check it out in the next few days anyway," Lin Ruo said, not intending to hide anything. "But I won't go with you. I'll go with someone else when the time comes."
He had already arranged to attend the next Mr. A gathering with Justice Audrey and Viscount Glaint, so he couldn't break his promise.
Klein paused, then realized that with Lin Ruo's connections in Backlund, there was no way he wouldn't have found out about this gathering.
Then, Klein thought of something and asked with some curiosity, "Lin Ruo, are you planning to do something at the gathering? Are you going to capture Mr. A?"
It was no wonder Klein thought this way. After all, Lin Ruo had previously said that the Aurora Order seemed to be plotting a major conspiracy in Backlund. In this situation, someone like Mr. A, an envoy of the Aurora Order, could be considered a high-ranking member, so arresting him would be perfectly normal.
In fact, even in normal times, if the official churches learned about a gathering of wild Beyonders organized by someone from the Aurora Order, they would arrest everyone involved.
After all, organizations like the Aurora Order wouldn't organize such gatherings for charity. They must have their own secret purposes for organizing these gatherings of wild Beyonders, such as gathering information, issuing some unsavory commissions, or scouting for new members to develop into the organization.
"No, I don't plan to take action against Mr. A, at least not yet," Lin Ruo shook his head, a hint of coldness in his smile. "I don't need to do such a thing. The people on the surface are never important. If you can't solve the existence behind them, then everything that happens is only a matter of time. Even if I capture Mr. A, the Aurora Order will send a Mr. B or Mr. C…"
"So this time, I'm just going to take a look. Of course, if the situation is right… perhaps I'll infiltrate the Aurora Order. Who knows?"
Hearing this, Klein was stunned, his brow furrowing instantly. Lin Ruo's words contained too much information. Klein could infer from his words that Lin Ruo probably already knew a lot about the conspiracy brewing in Backlund, but even knowing so much, Lin Ruo seemed unable to stop it for the time being.
"What exactly is happening?" Klein couldn't help but ask.
"Of course, it's a big conspiracy, and it involves some big shots that I can't currently contend with…" Lin Ruo retracted his coldness and returned to his usual playful expression, saying, "But Klein, you don't need to worry too much. Although I can't fight the mastermind behind this, I can still stop the conspiracy itself a little…"
"Can't you report it?" Klein frowned and asked, "If you can't fight it, why not report it to the church?"
As a Nighthawk, the future Lord of the Mysteries, Klein obviously had an excellent awareness in this regard.
"I'd like to, but unfortunately, reporting it won't do much for now. On the contrary, it might stir up a hornet's nest," Lin Ruo said with a sigh. If the mastermind behind the Backlund smog incident was just a secret organization, then it would naturally be a case of "one-click reporting, all problems solved."
Unfortunately, the matter also involved the royal family of Loen!
Reporting it would be useless and might even stir up a hornet's nest?
Klein was stunned. He immediately realized something and asked uncertainly, "This matter doesn't involve an official organization, does it?"
It had to be said that Klein's ability to connect the dots was really nice.
Lin Ruo glanced at him, then uttered two words:
"Guess?"
Klein: …
Is this the time to be cheeky?
"Klein…" Lin Ruo obviously didn't intend to joke too much at this time. After being a little cheeky, he immediately said seriously, "I can't tell you more details, but… apart from the members of the Evernight Church, don't blindly trust others just because they are official Beyonders, especially the Loen military."
Klein was shocked. He never thought things would be so serious.
Did Lin Ruo mean that apart from the Evernight Church, the other churches and the Loen military had colluded with secret organizations and were unreliable?
No, impossible!
If that were the case, Loen wouldn't be able to maintain such peace, and the members of secret organizations wouldn't be living like rats…
Klein frowned, subconsciously analyzing the situation. He recalled the Beyonders from other churches he had contacted, and gradually came up with a more reliable guess.
An inside job!
Most likely, some insiders had infiltrated the other churches!
And Lin Ruo had specifically mentioned the Loen military… Was the Loen military the biggest problem, or was the Loen military the cause of the problems in the other churches?
Klein's frown deepened. He suddenly remembered Lin Ruo's attitude when he mentioned Ian just now. Lin Ruo clearly knew everything, but he obviously didn't intend to help MI9, which made him even more certain that there was something wrong with the Loen military.
This was really…
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