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She was just pretending to be reading a book.

It was made for the servants in the manor to see.

As long as everyone thinks she is a recluse who doesn't like to go out, the servants won't bother her.

Around noon, something happened that surprised Cassandra.

A member of the Holy Sword Alliance contacted her through a prop, informing her that the alliance leader needed to speak with her.

She had just parted ways with her teacher not long ago... Could something urgent have happened?

Thinking of this, Cassandra dared not delay. She immediately rearranged the disguised doll, then took out the photo of guilt and performed the anchoring ritual.

The scene in the bedroom quickly distorted, and a black shadow appeared before Cassandra.

“Teacher,” Cassandra asked respectfully, “has something happened?”

"Don't worry, everything is normal at the A9 base."

Huiying replied, "There's something I forgot to remind you of. The Holy Sword Alliance doesn't have any missions scheduled recently. You can take advantage of this time to run dungeons and try to upgrade to a B-rank player as soon as possible."

"Your current mental strength and evolution rate are not very high, which directly affects your ability to exert your spiritual energy."

“Weren’t we supposed to be investigating the mole?” Cassandra asked.

Silly child, there's no traitor... Huiying sighed softly to herself.

Having spent so much time with Cassandra, she wasn't entirely without feelings for her.

But... in order to achieve her ultimate goal, she cannot be soft-hearted.

Huiying shook her head slightly and said, "Don't worry, I'll handle this. Don't you trust my intelligence gathering abilities?"

"With the teacher in charge, I'm naturally at ease. I just..."

Cassandra gritted her teeth and said, "I just want to know, who betrayed us!"

If Van Helsing hadn't been there and hadn't intervened and killed Charles, the Holy Sword Alliance would have suffered heavy losses.

Who betrayed them...? Cassandra was furious and desperately wanted an answer.

Huiying shook his head and said, "In the Holy Sword Alliance, everyone has their own role. You are suited for fighting, so don't get involved in this matter."

"Raising your level to B as soon as possible would be the greatest help to us."

"As for who betrayed us..."

She paused here, then said with a sigh, "Your personality isn't suited to delving into these things. Just wait patiently for the outcome."

"……I see."

Cassandra replied somewhat reluctantly.

Huiying continued, "You don't need to worry about Mr. Van Helsing. I will arrange for someone else to take care of him."

“He had asked me about Shash Sen and Base A1 before, so he probably wanted to come here to investigate some intelligence.”

"Eileen happens to have a public, disguised identity at Base A1, so let's have her take charge of receiving them."

Upon hearing this, Cassandra remained silent for a few seconds before saying, "Teacher, please let me go."

"..."

Huiying quietly faces her students.

Cassandra... felt a little nervous.

Although the teacher's facial features were not visible, only a dark shadow, she had a feeling that she was being scrutinized.

It was as if my thoughts had been completely read.

She quickly explained, "Van Helsing had... had a stupid girl with him who had a terrible mouth!"

“Eileen is so kind, I’m afraid that after that idiot insults her, she won’t be able to talk back and will feel resentful.”

"In short, I can't let my people be bullied by idiots!"

"Besides, this was originally a task I took on, so naturally I should be responsible for it. I don't feel comfortable handing it over to someone else."

"Aren't you going to the dungeon?" Echo asked.

"It's just showing people around A1 base, it won't take long."

Cassandra argued, "Besides, I got an A rating in the last dungeon, which indirectly reduced the number of dungeons I needed to level up, so there's no need to rush into dungeons. If it only takes two or three days... it won't really matter, teacher."

“…Never mind.” Huiying sighed. “Whatever you want. But there’s something I need to remind you of.”

"What is it?" Cassandra asked.

"If you want to express... well, a great deal of gratitude, then take the blame for inviting the other person shopping and say that you came up with the idea yourself."

Huiying reminded her, "Anyway, don't mention that it was because of me that you had this idea, otherwise the effect will be diminished."

“…Teacher, it’s not shopping,” Cassandra corrected. “It’s gathering intelligence together.”

"I won't ask or investigate what your true thoughts are; just remember my instructions."

Huiying shook her head and said, "This is their contact number from their residence..."

The ten bases were cut off from each other—this was a deception of the general public.

The base's high-ranking officials have always maintained means of communication.

The mansion where Van Helsing was currently living had communication equipment.

Huiying wasn't worried about whether Cassandra could contact Van Helsing.

Van Helsing was not a fool at all; on the contrary, he was an extremely shrewd fellow. When he secretly went out to do his dirty work, he certainly wouldn't leave any loopholes—being unable to contact anyone was one of them.

The dummy left at the A9 base likely had very limited communication abilities, and Van Helsing probably wouldn't have expected it to handle everything for him.

If someone visits, the conversation... he will most likely do it himself to avoid giving himself away.

In other words, he can be contacted.

He might be able to remotely control his fake body.

“I understand, teacher.” Cassandra nodded. “Please rest assured and leave it to me. I will take good care of this ally.”

“Hmm.” Huiying cautioned, “Remember to be careful. Your father… is currently at Base A1. It’s still very dangerous here.”

After giving her instructions, she returned to the instance.

The Reflection knew Cassandra's character better than Cassandra herself.

Her suggestion to run a dungeon was just a pretext; her real purpose was to casually mention Van Helsing later on.

She knew that Cassandra would definitely choose the latter.

Everything went very smoothly.

Now, the first step of the plan has been fully laid.

All that's left is to keep an eye on things and wait patiently.

If Shash Sen could kill Van Helsing directly, that would be ideal.

In this way, it was Sash Sen, not her, who offended the powerful figure behind Van Shaw.

Yes—even with the protection of the "One Wing" organization, she was unwilling to easily make enemies with any important figures, and this was no joke.

Players can run away, but she is a dungeon boss, so she is not so free and convenient to move around. Once her lair is found, it will be dangerous.

Sometimes, distant water cannot quench a nearby fire, and even a "one-winged" wing of protection is not absolutely safe.

What if Shash Sen failed to kill Van Helsing and let him escape...?

When the time comes, she is prepared to take action.

Otherwise, let alone the question of whether she would arouse the hostility of important figures, she wouldn't even be able to get past Dr. Zhuang.

"Next..."

After composing herself, Huiying didn't stop what she was doing and continued with the follow-up arrangements.

She found the Holy Sword Alliance members waiting in the instance and solemnly instructed them, "Go contact Noah, Bin, Kathy, and Quint, and tell them that the time for all-out war has come!"

"Have them secretly mobilize all members of the A9 base and have them all enter my instance to prepare for battle."

……

On the wilderness.

While traveling by air, Fan Xiao received a message from Alpha.

Before leaving the A9 base, he changed his communication device and handed the sub-device to Alpha.

The prop that has been temporarily replaced is the "Blood Duke".

This wasn't because he intentionally chose to die, but because the psionic "Flesh Progenitor" and the item "Blood Grand Duke" largely overlapped in function and effect.

Self-healing, blood control, night vision, and a significant increase in physical fitness... all of these are things that the "Ancestor of Flesh and Blood" can do, and even do better and more comprehensively than the "Grand Duke of Fresh Blood".

The only thing the "Flesh and Blood Progenitor" couldn't do was activate emotional magic through blood.

Emotional magic... since it's called magic, it naturally belongs to the realm of metaphysics, and it's not something that can be achieved by controlling the physical body.

This is actually harmless.

Therefore, it's not a big deal to temporarily replace the "Blood Duke".

If possible, Fan Xiao would not want to change the props casually.

However, some limitations of psychic powers forced him to make compromises—he could separate his own flesh and blood, inject a portion of his spirit, and control it from a distance, such as turning it into ears to hear people speak, or into eyes to observe his surroundings... All of these things had a prerequisite: the separated flesh and blood could not stray too far from him.

Once the distance exceeds the control range, the flesh and blood will lose their vitality.

Unless he awakens the program consciousness in the separated flesh and blood, making it a flesh and blood creature.

The consciousness of the flesh and blood creature is not interconnected with his own.

Although he can issue psionic commands to flesh-and-blood creatures from extremely long distances and direct their actions, the flesh-and-blood creatures themselves cannot actively contact him.

Therefore, he must use communication-type tools to break this limitation.

As long as he listens to Alpha's movements while issuing corresponding psionic commands to his avatar, he can communicate seamlessly with the visitors—that's what Fan Xiao plans to do.

I didn't expect someone to come looking for him so soon?

"Lord Van Helsing, Miss Foolish has contacted you, inviting you to go to Base A1 to gather intelligence together."

Alpha reported to Van Shaw via a sub-device.

"The reason she gave was quite legitimate, very arrogant of a person." Fan Xiao asked, "Why did she suddenly invite me to Base A1? Did she give any explanation?"

"Miss Stupid said she's going to do a dungeon soon, and how much time she'll spend in the dungeon is unknown."

Alpha responded, "So, if Lord Van Helsing wants to gather intelligence on Base A1, do it in the next few days. She happens to have the time and can cooperate with you."

"Is it……"

After hearing this answer, Fan Xiao became somewhat wary.

At this critical juncture... should we... go into a dungeon?

The Holy Sword Alliance has just occupied the A9 base, and Shash Sen could gather a group of B-level players to attack at any time.

To put it dramatically, the Holy Sword Alliance is currently in a precarious crisis.

Now is not the right time to run dungeons.

What is Junior Sister thinking?

Oh, she probably didn't think through the pros and cons.

but……

Now that there's a traitor within the Holy Sword Alliance, given Junior Sister's personality... no matter how you look at it, she should be focusing her energy on the traitor's case.

"Did someone suggest that Junior Sister go to run a dungeon? Shadowfall?"

"This guy is indeed deliberately keeping his junior sister away from me. Is she suspicious of my motives?"

"But at this critical juncture, sending the strongest forces into the dungeon, is Echo not afraid of being besieged by Shash Sen and his men... or is there some hidden reason behind this?"

Fan Xiao was deep in thought as he flew.

There is still too little information to draw any conclusions at this time.