A man among dragons, building a mysterious ancient church.

Chapter 140: All Bait? Chu Zihang is Displeased
At the meeting, the others simply welcomed the new member.

Only Chen Motong and Fingel habitually scrutinized Nuwa, hoping to glean more information through their observation.

Erii secretly memorized the code name of Nuwa, planning to ask Xu Lie about it when she got back, and then give this new friend a gift at the next gathering.

Soon, Xu Lie's attention was diverted by the task given by Mr. Fool, and his clone obtained a meaningless note.

Chu Zihang, Fingel, and Susie's missions are all similar, involving long-term cooperation with Chen Motong.

Chu Zihang collected information on the executive department members, Su Xi was responsible for information on the Lionheart Society members, and Finger searched for information on outstanding students. Finally, they compiled the information and gave it to Chen Motong to complete the long-term task of poaching members.

As for Erii, her task is similar to going out to play; she's asked to help out with Asou Makoto.

Seeing the details of this mission, Fingel almost laughed. If they carried out missions like this a few more times, wouldn't the Old Church tear Kassel apart?

Will we eventually have to actually create a parish in Kassel?

The last remaining Nuwa obtained the task she most desired.

That is to assist in expanding the influence of the Old Days Church in the homeland. For each elite member of the Zhou family sent to serve as the administrator of an Old Days Temple, spread the faith, and work devoutly for a full year, that person would be allowed to take the Warrior's Potion.

It's like working for the old teachers for free for a year, without any salary, and in the end, the Zhou family still has to pay for the materials.

Even so, Nuwa could not suppress her inner excitement. This permission was the most precious thing, indicating that the Old Days Cult was slowly accepting the Zhou family.

What's a year of free work?
Anyway, the Zhou family can afford to support them!
"Now, you are free to communicate."

Upon hearing this, Fingel withdrew his gaze from Nuwa, no longer pondering why Nuwa was so delighted after accepting the mission, and instead began to discuss the most important matter at hand.

"Phew, with Lu Mingfei and Caesar gone, I can finally talk to you about some things to be aware of. There's something wrong with the academy's arrangements this time."

Unlike Chen Motong, Fingel did not request a private meeting this time.

Choose to publicly point out the suspicious aspects of Kassel's mission.

Leaving aside Ms. Moon's past collaboration, Fingel highly regards Mr. Error's abilities, and perhaps Mr. Error can offer some suitable advice.

Fingel reasoned at a measured pace: "At first, I had no evidence, but I just felt it was too coincidental that the Academy assigned us all to the same mission at once."

“I checked the hotel room and there were no cameras or listening devices, but I found a small piece of evidence during my online investigation today.”

"While Lu Mingfei was looking for you, I secretly used a divination ritual to divine that I would be able to find the information related to that hand-drawn map today."

"I performed another divination two days later, and the result was still negative."

"Until the fourth and fifth day of my divination, the divination clearly showed that on the fifth day, we would get very clear clues."

Asou Makoto and Erii listened with great interest, while Nuwa was quite surprised, not expecting that four of the same group of members would come from Kassel.

However, it sounds like these four members have already been suspected by Cassel.

Chen Motong and the others also understood what Fingel was trying to express; it was too much of a coincidence.

Information that was impossible to find no matter how hard I searched suddenly appeared on the fifth day? And it was incredibly clear?

It's strange, very strange. Whether it's on-site visits or online searches, it's impossible to say whether the clues were found a few days earlier or later.

However, it is highly suspicious that the results will be available on the fifth day.

Chu Zihang chimed in: "Either there will be an earthquake or something similar on the fifth day, exposing the ancient tomb to the public and drawing attention."

"Or someone, on the fifth day, somehow puts the information we want to know into the network in a way that we can find it."

“Yes.” Fingel had a detective’s smugness about him at this moment: “Some kind of word magic or the technology hidden in Kassel might be able to predict earthquakes in the short term.”

"But no matter how advanced Kassel's technology is, or how mysterious some of its incantations are, it's unrealistic to predict an earthquake five days in advance."

"So I'm more inclined to believe the latter. Someone is setting us up, releasing so-called clues about ancient tombs step by step to lure us in."

Chen Motong retorted, not to be outdone, "Perfect timing! I was just about to remind you that there's something wrong with the hotel staff member working on our floor today." "Under my hypnosis, she unconsciously revealed that someone paid her a large sum of money to carefully observe and record our words and actions."

"Unfortunately, the person behind it is very cautious and only communicates with the waiter through voice-changing phone calls and emails, making it difficult to trace."

"In the end, I arranged for her to record the truth. After all, if she made up something, the recorded words and actions might be very different from what everyone usually says, which could easily expose my abilities. In short, please pay close attention."

What was said in jest was taken seriously by the listener. The terms "ritual magic" and "hypnosis" particularly caught Nuwa's attention. Why were these things that the warriors didn't possess?
But at this point, no one paid attention to Nuwa anymore; everyone was focused on this incident.

No one is stupid; they can all tell from Fingel and Chen Motong's words that this targeting is aimed at their old church!
As for who did it? Is there even a question? The task was issued by Angers himself, so it could only be Kassel.

Even Fingel didn't say anything about having Eva investigate the waiter Chen Motong mentioned.

Chu Zihang sighed softly, "It seems the academy still doubts us."

This shouldn't be happening. The AI ​​Norma was taken down by Fingel, and the person secretly monitoring them was hypnotized and taken down by Chen Motong. How can there be any follow-up?

Fingel smiled and leaned over. The bronze chairs were spaced far apart. Fingel tilted his upper body and reached out to pat Chu Zihang's shoulder: "That's just how Principal Angers is."

“Once suspicion arises, we will investigate to the end. Even if Norma and the secret surveillance personnel say there is no problem, Principal Angers will still be convinced that there is a problem.”

As he withdrew his hand, Fingel also felt a little embarrassed: "Principal Angers is such a determined person."

Chen Motong shook her head, still very confident in her ability to conceal her identity: "Then why did I join this mission? I have no reason to be suspected."

“They were probably implicated.” Fingel pointed to himself, Chu Zihang, and Susie across from him: “The three of them are elites from the same year, working together on a mission.”

"It's perfectly reasonable and doesn't arouse suspicion to invite me and Sue, and me and Lady Wheel of Fortune. As for you, you're just unlucky."

She quickly changed her words, but was still noticed by Nuwa. She turned her head slightly to look at Su Qian beside her. So this person's surname is Su.
Hehe, we're all from the same hometown, so we can make friends and build relationships.

Chen Motong was completely stunned. He had actually been dragged into this because of bad luck: "So this time, is Principal Angers plotting to get rid of us? Or is he investigating us?"

“It’s definitely an investigation,” Fingel said with absolute certainty.

Over the years, having continuously accepted the principal's secret missions, Fingel has come to know Angers very well: "Principal Angers is an absolute avenger."

"His hatred for dragons keeps Principal Angers active on the front lines of dragon slaying at his age. Such a person would not waste any of his dragon-slaying power."

"Based on the strength we demonstrated in the Three Gorges operation, we can absolutely satisfy Principal Angers' desire for dragon-slaying elites."

"The purpose of setting up this scheme now is probably just to test us, gather intelligence about the church, and perhaps even go further, to lure out more members of our church."

“However,” Fingel said, his expression turning grim, “since it was Principal Angers who was fishing, then the ‘Prince’s’ post as bait was very likely also fake.”

"Even the so-called Hunter Network may be a fake."

Fingel was essentially after the 'Crown Prince,' and now that he's realized he was just bait, he'd be a fool to be happy.

He didn't care about others, but Chu Zihang pressed his hands firmly against the bronze table, as if using the cold touch of the bronze table to suppress the anxiety in his heart.

If the 'Prince' is bait, then what about the murals of Odin? Do they not exist? Are they also bait for fishing?

Wouldn't that have been a waste of time and energy?
Principal Angers, how could you be so mean?

Chu Zihang, who had always been grateful to Kassel, couldn't help but feel a little resentment towards Angers.

After confirming that she hadn't been exposed, Chen Motong relaxed and leaned back: "We can't just knowingly jump into a pit, can we?"

"We don't yet know how Principal Angers will test us."

"So, should we give up, keep our distance from that so-called ancient tomb, and not fall for it at all, or should we fight back?"

Chu Zihang, who had always advocated for leniency towards Kassel, became radical for the first time: "We should fight back."

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