The bishop is unfathomable.

Li Wei's gaze fell on the radio that was broadcasting.

You really know how to pick the right time to release news!

Although he had cursed the radio station eight hundred times in his mind, Li Wei still maintained a calm and composed demeanor on the surface.

Then, amidst eight gazes that were filled with shock, confusion, or even reverence, Li Wei slowly walked to the radio and turned it off before the broadcast had finished.

Then, he looked around, scanning everyone's faces with his eyes, and chuckled as he spoke: "What, do you believe those hyenas? Or do you prefer to believe your own eyes?"

After saying that, he sat down on a chair in front of the bar, facing the crowd in the bar. Then he leaned back against the bar and pointed at the coachman, Mawei: "Let Mawei tell you the specifics."

"He's the one who got me out of the supervisory bureau."

As soon as he finished speaking, the atmosphere became lively, and under Li Wei's gaze, everyone began to whisper among themselves.

Ma Wei, who was named, was stunned.

Then, his not-so-good brain began to work at lightning speed.

He quickly pieced together an event that was stitched into the evacuation plan in his mind.

"I understand! As expected of His Excellency the Bishop, he thought of this so early!" Mave exclaimed in surprise.

This reaction drew even more attention from those around them.

A burly, bald man with a grotesque scar running diagonally across his face looked at Ma Wei, casually putting down the cigarette he had been holding in his mouth and pinching it between two fingers: "What do you mean, Ma Wei? What have you done? Why did the church say he came from the Inspection Bureau?"

This seems to be the answer that others are also looking for.

After all, they had all heard the broadcast just now.

The broadcast said that the bishop was dead, and his body had been sent to the Inspectorate, and it looked like it should have been burned to ashes by now.

But, by sheer coincidence, the bishop was now sitting right in front of them.

Although those who survived were not among the most trusted confidants of the Faceless Ones, they were still longtime followers.

They knew very well that although His Holiness the bishop could change his appearance at will, he needed time intervals and could not change his body shape and face continuously.

If your face has already been changed, you must wait one day before you can change your face again. If your body shape has been changed, you must also wait one day before you can change your body shape again.

The bishop and the disguised scholar not only had different body types, but also completely different appearances.

He only changed his form last night, so it's impossible for him to change his appearance now.

In other words, excluding the possibility that the scholar himself risked his life to impersonate the bishop, the only person sitting there now could be the bishop himself.

The scholar and his team had already investigated and determined that, based on the schedule of the steam train he was on, he wouldn't arrive in Beldor's territory until at least tomorrow, so it was impossible for him to be in the city right now.

Mawei coughed and began to review the situation for everyone: "Do you remember our mission?"

"Create chaos in the city, the bigger the commotion, the better."

"The purpose was to cover for the faction of the Sons of Dust to secretly set up the ritual, and at least to distract the Bureau of Inspectorate for three hours."

"You all know the plan: each of you form a group to make explosions and human sacrifices, then proceed to the designated evacuation point."

"Those who survived all evacuated successfully according to plan."

"As for His Excellency's plan... although he has never explicitly stated it, since he specifically asked me to speak on it, I will venture a guess."

After speaking, Ma Wei glanced at Li Wei, and after receiving Li Wei's nod of permission, he began his storytelling session.

"His Excellency the Bishop should have already prepared a means of retreat, perhaps through a clone, or some other spell or ritual."

"In short, shortly after the battle began, the bishop withdrew from the battlefield and disguised himself as that scholar, and was arrested by the authorities."

"He deliberately chose to be near the evacuation point, presumably so that I could see him and take action."

"I didn't think too much about it at the time; I just instinctively contacted my inside contact in the supervisory bureau."

"After all, I remember that the scholar's steam train won't arrive in Beltoria until tomorrow. At that time, he wouldn't be in the city; it could only be His Holiness the Bishop!"

"Afterwards, with the help of an inside man, the master was quickly released."

"But the master chose to completely disguise himself as that scholar, and even took his place at the Norren Grand Library. Only after everything was over did he ask me to bring him to you."

"Thinking back now, the temporary residence address the adults were referring to back then was probably a hiding place."

"They're really cautious... They know there might be surveillance by the Keepers of Secrets near the library, so they deliberately used subtle language to warn me."

After Ma Wei finished speaking, the doubts of the crowd immediately dissipated, and their expressions turned into reverence.

As expected of the bishop, he is known as the most likely young and powerful person to succeed him as bishop!

The carefully considered plan gradually took shape, even fooling the church's agents.

After hearing the story, Li Wei suddenly understood.

Oh... so that's why they assumed I was a bishop—because logically I shouldn't be in Beltoria...

This group's information was indeed accurate, because according to the schedule, he wouldn't arrive until tomorrow, and his train ticket was still in his coat pocket.

The final start date for the library job is actually three days from now, so arriving tomorrow is perfectly fine.

However, he was indeed eager to start working so he could experiment with his panel and access extraordinary knowledge. So he bribed the station and train staff to arrive early yesterday morning as a temporary train attendant.

Moreover... is there a mole within the Supervisory Bureau? I was even released with the other party's help.

Is it Inspector General Blake? Or someone higher up?

interesting.

Just as Li Wei was beginning to relax and was about to say something polite before making his retreat, the bald, burly man stood up and walked up to him.

Li Wei's heart jumped.

After all, it's hard not to be flustered when a bald, burly man who is over 1.9 meters tall, with double-shouldered arms, arms long enough to carry a horse, and a face that can stop a child from crying at night stands in front of you.

Especially since Li Wei's identity was fake, he relied entirely on the coachman's extraordinary imagination to get by.

But at least, Li Wei's expression remained calm.

He looked up, his face expressionless, and met the burly man's gaze: "What's wrong?"

"thump!"

Upon hearing this, the burly man remained silent, immediately knelt on one knee, bowed his head, and respectfully handed over a small piece of paper with both hands.

"My lord, I am utterly incompetent! We have all been deceived by those Sons of Sand and their gang!"

"The payment they offered was completely different from what was agreed upon!"

"They even initially planned to renege on the debt! This is all the subordinate got."

Li Wei took the note without saying a word; it had a line of text written on it.

[Section 12, Bookshelf 18, 8th shelf, 24th book from the left]

"What is this?"

"...It was the reward from the Sons of Dust! They didn't actually have the book you wanted! They only had clues about it! The book is still in the forbidden library of the Norren Grand Library!"

"We've all been fooled, adults! Those guys just want us to work for free and be cannon fodder!"

"Damn it... Although we're not from the same faction, we're still members of the esoteric sect. These guys actually..."

As he spoke, the burly man, who had been angrily and viciously cursing the group of Sandstorm Children, seemed to remember something.

Your Excellency...did you just pretend to be a scholar and go to the library? Could it be...?

The burly man looked up abruptly, his eyes filled with shock and admiration.

As expected of the bishop, he is the most likely candidate to succeed the bishop of the Unseen Surge faction!

They even considered this step?!

No wonder they chose that scholar as their target from the very beginning!

Truly unfathomable!