Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 114: Silly White Sweet Explodes into White Cut Black
Luo Lin was awakened by the noise downstairs.

After saying goodbye to Russell, because of the great spiritual consumption, Luo Lin did not do anything else. After returning home to study daily mystical knowledge, he chose to sleep to replenish his spiritual energy.

As a result, before he had a full night's sleep, Luo Lin heard a loud noise coming from downstairs, as if someone was fighting in the house.

"Who has nothing better to do than fight in the house? Isn't it annoying?" Luo Lin yawned. Although he usually stayed up late to practice Taoism for several days at a time, he also had normal sleep needs. Now he was woken up in the middle of his sleep, so he was naturally very angry.

Because of this anger, Rowling quickly rushed downstairs. He saw that many cabinets and chairs in the house had fallen over, and cups were scattered on the floor. Not far from the coffee table, a body lay lying. Klein stood not far from the body. Seeing Rowling's grumpy face, he gave an awkward smile and said, "Sorry, Jack, I disturbed you."

"What's going on?" Luo Lin yawned. He was not in a hurry to check the condition of the body. Instead, he went to the kitchen to find a cup and poured himself a glass of ice water. After the ice water made him sober up a little, he returned to the living room.

At this time, Klein was also channeling his spiritual power to the other party.

Luo Lin's eyes immediately fell on the corpse on the ground. It was a thin and strong man with dark skin and deep eye sockets.

Rowling blinked and carefully recalled the plot of the original novel. He finally found the corresponding candidate from a corner. He then took a sip of the ice water in the glass before looking up at Klein and said slowly, "Meursault of the Zmanger Party?"

"Jack, do you know him?" Klein was obviously a little surprised.

"Nonsense! I'm a local resident of Backlund after all. I have to find out more about this troublesome person!" Rowling said unhappily. He took another sip of ice water before saying:

"How did you get into trouble with him? Although Meursault is just a pawn, I remember that he seems to have some connection with the Intis ambassador. He is probably their spy planted in Backlund."

"It's a long story." Klein gave a wry smile. He wasn't surprised by what Rowling said. After all, during the spiritual communication just now, he already knew that the mastermind behind the other party was Ambassador Intis.

Klein then explained, "I accepted a commission these days. The client is called Ian..."

"Ian Wright?" Rowling interrupted him and asked knowingly.

"You know him?" Klein was genuinely surprised this time.

"I was wondering if the guy who spoke to you at the door a few days ago looked familiar. It turned out to be him!" Rowling showed a look of sudden realization, then looked at Klein sympathetically and said,

"Ian Wright is an orphan adopted by Detective Zreal, and as far as I know, Detective Zreal is a spy for the Feysac Empire."

Klein's expression froze. He hadn't expected that a simple commission to locate someone would lead him to be involved in such a multinational spy operation. Rowling looked at him sympathetically and said, "Sherlock, is your luck truly okay? You were already in trouble in Tingen, and now you're in Backlund. I thought your luck would improve, but you've just arrived in Backlund and you've been involved in this major spy case. Have you had some strange person interfere with your fate again?"

Klein was speechless. He carefully reflected on his experiences over the past few days and finally shook his head, saying, "I'm not sure."

Klein was truly unsure. After all, on the one hand, he had a natural gray fog because his Beyonder characteristic, the Law of Aggregation, made him a troublemaker. On the other hand, Klein was well aware that many bigwigs had staked their bets on him, so he wasn't sure whether all this was a coincidence or a passive "accident."

Luo Lin then added another stab: "Actually, if you had asked me earlier, I would have known the information about this matter and would have definitely made you refuse to accept Ian Wright's commission. It's a pity that you got into trouble so quickly..."

Klein didn't know what to say. He hadn't intentionally concealed it from Jack. He simply hadn't expected that a random commission would lead to him being involved in a spy case. Furthermore, Jack had been either out or catching up on sleep these past few days, so he hadn't told him about this matter.

But now it's obviously too late.

"So what are you going to do now?" Luo Lin finished the ice water in the cup and put the cup on the coffee table and asked:

"Anything that involves both Intis spies and Feysac spies is definitely no small matter. You've been dragged into this case, and after killing Meursault, I'm afraid it won't end well. Ambassador Intis is not a magnanimous person. From what I know, he prefers to kill the wrong person rather than let him go. You will definitely be their target."

Rowling was not lying. Although he did not know the Intis ambassador very well, from the original book, the other party actually sent Luo Sayi, the master of secret puppets, to silence "Sherlock Moriarty", a theoretical marginal figure, at the same time as the incident was over. It can be seen that the other party is either very cautious, narrow-minded, or both.

Klein's smile was bitter. After thinking for a moment, he poured himself a glass of ice water. After downing half of it, he said, "I'm a little uncomfortable with your sudden and reliable analysis."

Luo Lin rolled his eyes in annoyance. He wasn't afraid of OOC. He just picked up a chair and sat down, saying, "I've always been reliable, okay? What kind of silly and innocent filter did you give me?"

Because Rowling really wanted to adjust the impression that his Jack alias made on others. After all, he would be roommates with Klein and Medici for a long time. If he kept pretending to be naive, it would be easy to be exposed, so he might as well just adjust his image.

Fortunately, this is not abrupt, because when Rowling designed the Jack pseudonym, he actually intended to leave a character who is relatively simple in interpersonal relationships, but is actually reliable in serious matters, at least not stupid. Now all we have to do is strengthen the latter.

And... no one has ever stipulated that silly and innocent people can't be white-cut black!
Klein coughed awkwardly. He knew Jack was reliable when it came to serious matters. Although he always seemed to be causing trouble, he had never made a mistake in any major matter.

But Jack's innocent and innocent image was so deeply rooted in people's minds that Klein could only suppress the stereotype. He looked at the corpse on the ground and analyzed:

"It's not necessarily a secret that Meursault came to assassinate me, so even if we dispose of Meursault's body, the ambassador might still target me."

(End of this chapter)