Thanks for the invitation. I am a parasite in Terra.

Do you want to betray?

Are you going to betray her for her unrealistic ideals, for this civilization that can't even reach the stars?

'Shut up......'

'I.....'

"By the way, are you looking for these things?"

The cold voice was dispelled by the doctor's words. The evil spirit opened its eyes and saw through the doctor's line of sight that she was half-crouching in front of a bookshelf, looking for something like a newspaper.

"How...did you know that?"

"I am just you, right? Isn't it normal for me to guess what you are thinking?"

The doctor said with some pride

"Besides, you definitely didn't come to the library to read some Victorian romance books.

Or maybe you are not interested in most books, so excluding these, the only thing that is worth your... no, worth my trouble to go all the way here is... "

The doctor placed his hand on one of the bookshelves.

"The newspaper corner of the library usually contains the contents of almost every issue of newspapers and periodicals. What you want to find is the information recorded in previous issues of newspapers and periodicals, right?"

The evil spirit was speechless. At this moment, she didn't even know whether she should be happy for the doctor's reasoning ability that had not declined even though he had lost his memory.

"Okay, tell me which issue you want to find?"

She placed her hand on the shelf and began to look at the date and time of publication.

'I.....'

Do you want to betray?

The cold voice sounded again, and the evil spirit's voice stopped abruptly...

No....it's not like that...

She just wanted to...

".....Are you worried about something? Or is there something else that's holding you back from speaking?"

The doctor frowned slightly. She felt that the evil spirit was not in a right state. Ever since she heard that Zuo Jian could influence consciousness, her state became... a weird state that could not be described in words.

'.....I...'

"If you don't tell me, I will just flip through them one by one. If I faint in the library from exhaustion, don't forget that it's your responsibility."

As if jokingly, the doctor spoke while reaching out to touch the newspaper above.

First of all, the newspapers published after she arrived in Victoria can be basically ruled out. What she should read should be the previous contents. The evil spirit should only want to read the previous contents, right?

Then, as if being pulled by the thread of fate, the doctor's gaze stopped at a newspaper that recorded Terra's international news from a few months ago.

Theoretically, in Terra's environment, it was quite unreasonable for so-called international news to appear, but for some reason, she always felt that it contained what she was looking for.

He reached out his hand, took out the newspaper and spread it out.

The first thing I saw was the beginning, which took up a lot of space to praise Victoria. Victoria's situation this month was also among the best in the Terran countries. The people's lives were stable and improving, the domestic environment was thriving, and everything was full of vitality.

Damn it, it turns out that intuition isn't always accurate.

The doctor frowned and ignored the Victoria regional news that took up a large amount of space on the first page. Following that were various contents about the countries of Terra that were neither big nor small, not new, but definitely old.

For example, there is another strike in Colombia, Ursus has issued new laws to persecute the infected, and the Pope of Lateran disagrees with his subordinates over the taste of fruit tarts, etc...

Wait, what the hell is that last one? Why is the style completely different?

She turned the pages with some difficulty, and just when she was about to finish reading, an almost inconspicuous report in the corner caught her attention.

.....'The Kazdel Civil War has come to an end.'

'Its supreme leader Theresa is confirmed dead, the cause is unknown.'

'Since the mobile city of Kazdel is difficult to observe and information about it is scarce, our reporter will not comment on its situation for the time being.'

Below those few short lines of text, there was a black-and-white photo only a few inches in size.

In the photo, a Sarkaz woman waved at the camera with a gentle and calm smile, as if she wanted to convey her gentleness to everyone through the barrier of the photo.

'The above picture shows the diplomatic image of their leader Theresa fighting for medical equipment, agricultural modules, and ranch modules for Kazdel's mobile city.'

"Tressia..."

The doctor opened his mouth slightly and murmured the name of the woman in the photo.

Why...it hurts so much inside.

Especially...when I saw the two descriptions of "before death", my heart seemed to be stabbed by something.

(For His Highness, I will update twice a day recently. Please leave more comments and votes to give me more motivation! Please! This is really important to me!!!)

Chapter 10, Doctor: That’s why I said I hate the Riddler the most

"You're not staying the night? I thought we were already friends, dear Mr. Gray Hat."

In front of the building of Londinium, Zuo Jian signaled to the two sisters Abrana to go back to their rooms first, while he stayed to see off the good driver who had been very conscientious and responsible since then.

He stepped forward and patted the man in the gray hat on the shoulder.

This action frightened the latter so much that he trembled all over and couldn't even speak clearly, so he quickly waved his hand to refuse.

When Zuo Jian wanted to continue being polite to the other party, the next moment the other person's figure disappeared beside him.

As expected of a spy, he ran really fast.

Zuo Jian shook his head and was about to turn around and leave when his body suddenly froze.

There was movement at the Earl of Warwick's mansion, next to the other body.

Switching the main perspective to the Earl's mansion, he looked at the telephone that began to ring beside him and frowned subconsciously.

The Iron Duke? He called himself?

Wait, he only remembered to ask the other party to help him

It hasn't been long since he started working, has he? He found out something so quickly?

It seems that the Duke's intelligence network cannot be underestimated, especially considering that the Grey Hat organization known so far is almost completely under the jurisdiction of the Duke of Castor, the second Duke of Victoria today.

It's not surprising that the Iron Duke has his own intelligence network that's slightly inferior to the Duke of Castle's. Rather, it would be strange if an old man like him didn't have similar spies.

Thinking of this, Zuo Jian picked up the phone and heard Wellington's voice on the other end as expected.

[Dragon Blood...Oh, no, no, it should be Mr. Zuo Jian. I hope my call didn't disturb you. However, considering what you asked me to do, I still think it's better to talk to you as soon as possible.]

"Is the Iron Duke the kind of person who would be polite over the phone? I thought you would always be neat and tidy like a soldier."

[After all, I have been in the shackles of a duke for too long, and it is inevitable that I have picked up some bad habits of the nobility. If I were young...]

"Okay, Your Excellency the Duke, let's get straight to the point. I will prepare what you want. I never hold back when it comes to friends—"

The premise is that you, the old fox, really regard this relationship as friendship.

Zuo Jian complained unconsciously that every time he talked to the Iron Duke, he avoided talking about some... seemingly meaningless things. In this regard, he missed it all the time. It would be great if the Doctor was here.

She is better at things like negotiation...By the way, am I a little too dependent on the Doctor in this regard?

.....I need to find an opportunity to hone my eloquence or something.

[Okay, let me get this straight, Mr. Zuo Jian. First of all, I would like to express my sincere apologies for all the problems Victoria has faced.]

[After receiving your coordinates, I asked someone to check a lot of information and finally found that there were no less than dozens of transporters passing by this location. At the same time, many Sarkaz mercenaries were also found around.]

[After reorganizing all the existing information, my men initially deduced that someone was indeed trying to build or transport something in this area, and if nothing unexpected happened, the other party was most likely the Sarkaz... I didn't expect that they had started infiltrating Victoria so long ago...]

"what?"

After hearing the Duke's news, Zuo Jian even shouted out subconsciously.

"Wait a minute, this is so obvious, and you can even find out the information if you deliberately check it, but no one suspects that there is something wrong?"

"You just watch the Sarkaz build facilities right under your noses?"

[Ahem... I really don't refute this... After all, for the dukes around, their intelligence agencies exist to spy on other countries or other dukes. Apart from that, they only need to care about the safety of their own territories. The coordinates you gave should be considered the wilderness, a no-man's land.]

[Plus, the Sarkaz mercenaries that were occasionally seen there did not attack caravans or infringe on the territories of the surrounding nobles...

"What about you? Just don't care?"

[.....Ahem, Victoria has a lot of wasteland areas, so it's not surprising to see a few robbers from time to time. If the Duke uses his own power to eliminate the robbers, it will usually be more trouble than it's worth.]

"? If the Duke doesn't use his own strength to suppress the bandits, what do you keep it for? Are you preparing for a civil war?"

As soon as Zuo Jian finished speaking, Wellington on the other end of the phone stopped talking.

After hearing this, Zuo Jian realized that there was no need to listen to the rest. He could only say that Victoria's situation was even more outrageous than he thought.

[Ahem, actually there is one more point, that is, at least for now, there are no strange buildings or buildings that look like Sarkaz witchcraft altars in that area, which is why the intelligence department believes that there is no threat. After all, in their eyes, what can a few Sarkaz do? ]

"Have they considered what would happen if the Sarkaz built related facilities underground or in the surrounding caves?"

Zuo Jian's voice was somewhat calm. After all, he didn't have any expectations for Victoria's current condition.

[I have dismissed all those guys... so... I need to send troops to assist you...]

"No need... I'll handle it... Duke, if a war really breaks out in the future, with Victoria's current attitude, it's unknown whether she can win."

[I feel deeply ashamed about this.]

He hung up the phone, then sat on a chair beside him. There was a hint of tiredness in his eyes that had not been seen for a long time. When he thought of these things, Zuo Jian even began to scratch his head in discomfort.

Victoria.....what a great place with so many talented people.

This is a really tricky problem.

First of all, large-scale troops cannot be used because the noise would be too loud and would alert the enemy.

Zuo Jian didn't want to see them get away with this, as this would drag the problem to an unknown time in the future, and it might pop up at a critical moment and cause irreversible consequences.

Moreover, the other party already knows

Possessing the means to influence consciousness, it is possible that it can rely on this to detect and search for enemies. To be on the safe side, abilities such as camouflage and mimicry should be used less or not at all.

But the purpose this time is to find out what means are able to influence people's consciousness.

This is very important for Zuo Jian.

Considering the previous situation, he was hit that time simply because he was caught off guard, but no one can guarantee whether the opponent has used his full strength again.

.....Damn....How can I solve this problem perfectly?

Zuo Jian sat in the chair and thought with a headache.

But almost the next moment, the image of an extremely reliable ally emerged in his mind...

PhD!

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In the Royal Victoria Library, the doctor put the newspaper back in its place, and then listened to the evil spirit in his ear slowly speaking.

'Honestly... I've been thinking about whether to tell you this, but if I only tell you the result, I'm sure you'll just fall into meaningless self-doubt and self-blame, but if I tell you everything...

"What riddle are you talking about.... Was I once one of the many riddlers in this land?"

Just as the doctor was about to continue asking questions, the next moment, the communicator in his pocket rang. The ringtone of the incoming call echoed in the library, and the sound was like layers of waves. The doctor was frightened and stunned for a moment, then hurriedly took out the communicator and answered it.

"Hey! What have you done again?"

The Doctor spoke to Zuo Jian unhappily while holding the communicator.

After a few minutes, she spoke with a strange look on her face.

"No disguise, no use of your ability to generate any scouts, and you still have to find a way to capture someone or an item with special abilities before the other party can react? What kind of weird conditions are these?"

"Let me think... First of all, stealth is impossible. Is the target area large? Not so large? How about forming a highly mobile team to quickly break through its weak points? But the premise is that both the on-site commander can quickly issue appropriate orders and the team members can keep up with the speed of the whole team."

"After all, to put it bluntly, it is essentially a pure brute force attack, but both on-site command and execution must be quick and accurate."

"The execution is fine, but the on-site command is difficult to solve..."

"As for me, can't you just let me go?"