Hyperdimensional Warlock

Chapter 3962 Secret
Although Vera was very curious about the possible story behind Angel's identity as a "wizard", after much hesitation, she finally gave up her curiosity.

Ask the question that concerns you most first.

Thinking of this, Vera said in a deep voice: "What is the reason for you or the organization behind you to investigate Alfred?"

Angel: “Are you sure this is the second question?”

Vera nodded.

Angel shrugged and said, "Because we are looking for the dark corner entrance."

Vera frowned: "Are you fooling me?"

"No fooling around." Angel: "The reason is that simple."

"I'm asking about the reasons. Can you at least tell me the reasons and the reasons?"

Anger: “It’s a two-in-one question.”

Vera: “But you didn’t raise any objections just now.”

Angel looked at Vera silently, and finally said: "Okay, I didn't listen carefully this time. The reason..."

"For some reasons that cannot be disclosed for the time being." Angle paused and pointed upwards, implying that this matter had nothing to do with him, but was the involvement of higher-ups. If Vera was curious, she could ask about the consumption issue.

"...We decided to go to the dark corner." Angel: "In order to find the entrance to the dark corner, we spent a lot of effort and finally locked on one person."

"Sisley."

Ingres did not explain Sisley's identity because he believed that Vera must know his identity.

As expected, Vera whispered, "The director of the Asia Circus, Sisley Nicholson?"

Angel nodded: "Yes."

"We learned a lot of interesting information from Sisley, but none of it had much to do with the entrance to the dark corner, until Sisley told us something. I guess Ms. Vera should know something about this matter, which is about the former noble knight."

Vera: "...In order to get information about the mysterious child, Sisley brought the survivors of the circus to find Alfred and used moral kidnapping to blackmail Alfred."

Angel nodded: "Yes, Alfred disappeared later. According to our speculation and some clues he left behind, it is determined that he has a high probability of entering a dark corner."

"For this reason, we began to conduct an in-depth investigation into Alfred... This is the cause of everything."

To sum up, the answer is still "look for the entrance in the dark corner", but Ingres added some details.

Vera: "Your observation of clues and control of the direction of speculation seem to me to have gone beyond the scope of logic. You must have used extraordinary powers, right?"

Otherwise, how did they manage to pick out Alfred from the myriad clues?

Even Alfred's "disappearance" was defined as entering a dark corner.

You know, the people of the Dark Round Table have all the clues, but they don't have such a precise definition of Alfrid's disappearance.

Therefore, supernatural powers must be involved in this process.

Ingres continued to point upwards, smiling without saying anything.

"Ms. Vera is curious, so you may as well ask some questions... However, you only have one last question."

Vera's face darkened instantly.

Why are there so few questions?!

When she agreed to three questions, she thought they were irrelevant questions and she didn't care. Three was enough.

But now, the more she asked Angel, the more she found that there were many mysteries behind him, and these mysteries deeply attracted her, making her want to peel them off layer by layer.

The most important thing is that these mysteries seem to be closely related, and it is basically impossible for her to ask all of them at once.

hateful--

Although she was very angry, Vera did start to think about the last question: how to choose.

She wanted to ask Angel what the final result of their search for the dark corner entrance was, but she was worried that it was a free question.

Ingres would most likely answer: "No results."

Even if the answer is "there are certain results", if you want to ask specifically what the results are, I guess Ingres will say "that's another question".

Of course, she could also use tricks and ask for multiple pieces of information for one question... But if Angel said "no result", then her trick would be in vain.

In short, because of the uncertainty of the result, Vera was worried that she would waste time asking a question but would not get any information.

To be on the safe side, perhaps you could ask questions that will definitely yield intelligence.

For example, the organization behind Angel, and the meaning of his upward gesture just now...

However, what Vera didn't know was that when she began to think about the gains and losses of the intelligence, she had actually fallen into the mystery created by Angel.

If she could make a firm choice and follow her initial idea to focus on Alfred's intelligence, she might actually be able to find out about the secret waters...

Unfortunately, the web of mystery carefully woven by Ingres still dazzled the old fox.

Most importantly, everything Ingres answered was true.

The web woven with truth is the one that is most likely to trap people.

But thinking back carefully, this is also an inevitable result. Although Vera is very scheming, she has always been thinking like a superior.

Young people may not care about anything as long as they pursue their passionate dreams. Even if they look back on their stupid behavior, they will just laugh it off.

But those in power are different. They no longer consider vague dreams, but weigh the pros and cons.

Or to put it more bluntly, it has lost its edge.

That’s not right. It should be said that the sharpness is “hidden”.

The sharpness is always there, but it is not as sharp as that of a teenager.

They seek to be tactful when necessary and to be sharp when necessary, and to judge the situation accordingly.

This is actually not wrong, it just makes you more concerned when making a choice.

It was because of her concerns that Vera missed the question that would have pointed out the truth.

Yes, Vera has asked the third question.

The third question jumped away from Alfred, just as Angel had guessed... However, Vera did not completely fall into the maze of "useless questions" woven by Angel.

What are "useless questions"? For example, his wizard background, or some of the intelligence doubts about the "Savage Cave".

If this is what Vera really asked, then it would be a waste of time.

“My third question is, you asked me to fully support Prada Media in holding the beauty show. What is the reason behind this?”

Vera jumped out of the current vortex of problems and returned to the "price" proposed by Angel before, and once again used "reason" to expand the possibility of intelligence sniffing.

Angel didn't care about Vera's clever tricks, but said seriously: "I can't tell you this question directly, because it involves the top secrets of our organization."

Vera's eyes twitched. She ignored those curious questions and asked this question, and she really caught a big fish?
Flow shows that Ingres is telling the truth!
It really has something to do with top secret!
It seems that the top secret mission assigned by the organization behind Angel is related to "Prada Media". So their search for the entrance to the dark corner should be just an unimportant branch?

Of course, it is also possible that it is related to the missing Paipai.

But no matter what, it has now been confirmed that dark corners should not be their main purpose, but Prada Media is.

Prada Media has actually entered a period of decline. In Vera's opinion, their only value is... the name of the Prada beauty show.

Just now, Angel also mentioned the holding of the "beauty show".

So, the organization behind Angell is most likely planning to run the "beauty pageant". They want to replace Prada Media and control the beauty pageant from the root.

Don’t think that a beauty pageant is just a show.

But it is one of the three major shows recognized by all citizens of Modern City.

Only in these three popular shows can high-level... or even higher-level monster puzzles be produced stably.

In other words, as long as you master the beauty show, you will be qualified to become a high-level magician!
Perhaps...Angel and the organization behind him are here for this purpose.

At this time, Angel spoke again: "Because I can't answer you about this question. So I give you two choices. Either change the question, or I will break this question down and reveal a piece of information that is related to it but not directly related to the secrets."

pick one of two.

The former is betting on an uncertain piece of information, while the latter is bound to get information related to confidential information.

Vera chose the latter.

"You reveal the information, but I hope that this information will not disappoint me." Vera: "At least, it should be worth the price I paid."

At this time, when Vera mentioned "price" again, its effect and value were different.

Because Angel has clearly stated that the beauty pageant is their top secret, the value of Vera's support for the beauty pageant will become even higher.

Therefore, if he wanted to be worthy of the price she paid, Angel could not just find some scraps of information to get by.

Ingres naturally understood what Vera meant, and he didn't even think of being perfunctory.

"Do you think it's worth the price you paid to give you a method to identify us?" Angel chuckled.

Vera's heart skipped a beat. "How to identify you? Do you mean, how to identify the people in your organization? Or how to identify you outsiders?"

Angel: "Of course."

After hearing Angel's answer, Vera felt her breathing become heavier.

The cost is definitely enough to judge a group of outsiders!

This is absolutely a core secret!

But why did Angel reveal this secret? Could he be a double agent?
Vera: "Are you sure you want to reveal this method? Aren't you afraid..."

Vera didn't say anything further, but Ingres understood what she meant.

Angel: "Why would you be afraid? Didn't Ms. Vera already promise to stand on our side?"

"Agree? I didn't agree. I just promised to help you stop it..." Vera suddenly paused, as if she understood what Angel meant.

She just agreed to help stop those who were trying to sabotage the beauty pageant.

In her opinion, this was a trivial favor that could be done with just a single command.

However, for Angel and the organization behind him, this is their "top secret". If Vera helps them in this matter, isn't that the same as standing on their side?

Thinking of this, Vera's face turned even darker.

It feels like I've been tricked.

At this time, Angel seemed to see through his thoughts and said slowly: "Do you feel that I have tricked you now? You shouldn't have agreed so quickly in the beginning? However, this is only based on your current perspective, but if you look at the overall situation, for you, what we do or the goals we need to achieve will not have much impact on you."

"This is beneficial to you and to us. It's a win-win situation."

Vera snorted, "I never thought of making this a win-win situation."

Angel said indifferently: "Then we can only win alone."

Vera raised her eyebrows and wanted to spit out anger.

But Angel said first: "I said before that I am a wizard. Judging from your reaction, you should have heard of the name of wizard."

"Who do you think is stronger, a wizard or a fashion magician?"

"We respect the rules of Modern City and use the rules here to complete the confrontation, which is a win-win situation. But if we follow the rules of wizards and perform deus ex machina, it will only be a win-win situation."

Vera's pupils shrank slightly.

How could she not understand what Ingres meant?

Fashion magicians have strong auxiliary abilities, that's for sure. But when it comes to attack methods... low-level magicians use "forcing others to change clothes for humiliation" as an attack method, which is obvious.

Only high-level magicians and above truly possess the magic that can change the world.

But there are only a few high-level magicians in Modern City?
Therefore, what Anger said was undoubtedly a threat.

Not right either.

In the flow, Ingres showed no threat, he spoke plainly.

In other words, he was just expressing that they had the absolute power to crush the enemy.

This kind of straightforward narration makes the difference more obvious than forced threats.

But at the same time, Angel also made a clear statement within the Flow: in the Modern City, they will choose to fight by rules rather than the so-called wizard methods.

If this was outside of Flow, Vera might not believe it. But since Flow agreed with Ingres, it meant that they would not resort to "outside tactics" unless they had no other choice.

Thinking of this, Vera's eyebrows slightly frowned.

"Since you think I'm on your side, shouldn't you answer a few more questions for me?"

Ingres: "One thing is another, and we cannot confuse them."

"However, I can tell you a little more about us. How about that?"

Vera: “…Okay.”

Angel: "Let's talk about how to identify us first. Since we look similar, it is basically impossible to distinguish us from the outside. The only way to distinguish us is..."

"The challenge mission failed inexplicably, so it must be related to our people."

Angel told Vera what he had told Zuniga.

The main reason for revealing this information is that with Vera's current status and age, she no longer has that many needs for ordinary fashion monsters, and even the pages of her magic book are probably full. In this case, even if she knows that the challenger can "snatch the task" and obtain monster illustrations more conveniently, it will not have much impact on her own interests.

Just like Zuniga.

At most, she would be surprised by this matter and acknowledge that it was a shocking secret, but as for whether there would be more follow-up actions? Or directly come forward to stop the challenger? Probably not.