newbobooks Chapter 128 Mr. Z VS. Laneus
Chapter 128 Mr. Z VS. Laneus
Chapter 128 Mr. Z VS. Laneus
"Clowns? Hmph, you're the clowns. But that fortune teller might be the real 'clown,' a member of the secret order?"
On the surface, Lanius echoed Christina and mocked the unrepentant opportunist, but at the same time, he was guessing the opportunist's identity.
Lanius, who knew perfectly well whether the "occupation" was accurate or not, felt an indescribable disgust as he looked at the Megos family members at the dinner table, who were behaving unsightly and subtly trying to curry favor with him.
"That 'scammer' must have seen through my scheme, but instead of exposing me, he's just persuading people on a small scale. It seems he's playing the 'clown' in everyone's eyes."
But why would members of the Secret Order come to Tingen? Tingen may be a famous city in Rune, but it's unlikely they would send high-ranking spies to infiltrate it.
Lanius, who was very familiar with the extraordinary world, knew that many people in the Secret Order had identities with the Eighth Bureau of the Republic of Intis, so he was surprised to see "Occupy House" here.
"If I had known about the existence of the 'occupier' from Intis beforehand, I might have been able to cooperate with him."
"If we could leverage the power of a nation to locate the fake iron ore mine in the southern continent, the deception might have spread nationwide, instead of being confined to West Lavis County and constantly worrying about being exposed."
Lanius understood that the biggest flaw in his deception was the fake iron ore.
He forged relevant certificates for the iron ore mine, fabricated the site, fabricated everything, but all of this was just to swindle money from some middle-class people who had no ability to distinguish between truth and falsehood.
But the scam has expanded to hundreds of thousands of dollars, involving more and more people, even the Ministry of Defense and shipyards. They may have been fooled for a while, but they can't fool them forever. Sooner or later, they will send people to West Lavis County to survey iron ore, so we must leave tonight.
Just as everyone was about to finish their meal, an employee hired by the Lanluus Company in the past two days burst into the restaurant and handed a telegram to Lanluus.
Under everyone's watchful eyes, Lanius frowned slightly, then quickly relaxed, and said to his fiancée's family:
"It's a telegram from Backlund. Parliament is about to enter its recess, the Ministry of Defense budget has been cut a bit, and there may be changes in the amount of the contracts signed. They invited me to Backlund for a meeting."
Megose's family had no doubts, because doing business with the government often involved changes due to changes in leadership or ministers, so this situation was quite normal.
Lanius pondered for a moment and then said to Megous:
"Honey, this is very important. I think the sooner we get there, the better. I'm sorry I can't be with you and the kids."
Megoss stroked the slightly restless baby in her belly, a look of reluctance on her face, clearly not wanting Lanelius to leave.
However, their matchmaker, Christina, was quick to persuade Megalos to give up her plan to go to Backlund with her.
Lanius gave Megas a final kiss on the forehead to say goodbye before leaving the restaurant's private room.
After leaving the private room in the restaurant, Lanius did not leave through the main entrance. Instead, he knocked out a waiter in the shadows of the restaurant.
Using the nimble hands granted by the "Thief" potion, Lanius swapped the two men's clothes in less than a minute, then brazenly left the restaurant through the staff entrance.
After leaving the restaurant, Lanius quickly changed out of his uniform and into the ordinary clothes that had been left there beforehand.
Although he was confident that no one had exposed his deception yet, the feeling of being secretly watched over him these past few days still made him uneasy. So he decided to use the gathering with Megos's family as a cover to cover his departure.
Lanius boarded a carriage, negotiated the price with the driver to leave Tingen, and then looked back at the city of Tingen through the carriage window, a smug smile on his face.
Tingen was truly his lucky place, not only allowing him to fully digest the potion, but also giving him hundreds of thousands of gold pounds in the end.
Although money isn't everything in the Extraordinary World, you can't do without it. Lan Erwus has never heard of any Extraordinary being who has managed to advance to Sequence 6 or Sequence 5 while living a frugal life.
With this money, and if he plays the role well, he is absolutely confident that he can successfully advance to Sequence 5 within three years, and then he will have plenty of time to try to advance to Sequence 5.
Stroking the badge in his hand, Lanluus recalled what he had seen and heard at the party and firmly believed that he could definitely become a high-sequence powerhouse and that his miserable first half of life would be washed away.
Half an hour later, Lanius suddenly felt that the carriage was going in the wrong direction, not towards Backlund, and the road was not smooth, but rather bumpy and uneven, like a small path.
A sudden sense of unease washed over Lanius. He drew the dagger hidden on his person, intending to speak while simultaneously killing the coachman in front of him.
Just as Lanius was about to make his move, his greatly enhanced spiritual intuition, which had been greatly enhanced after his promotion to "Deciphering Scholar," began to frantically warn him. He could no longer care about anything else and used all his strength to slam into the carriage beside him.
Just as Lanius crashed through the carriage and flew into the air, he saw out of the corner of his eye that the coachman, who had been driving the carriage, was suddenly blown to pieces as if he had a bomb inside him.
The high-speed carriage disintegrated on the road, and the aftershocks of the explosion reached Lanius, blasting him even further away.
Despite the excruciating pain, Lanius, who had rolled down into the woods beside the path, got up and ran into the woods without pausing for a moment.
The mangled flesh of the coachman, shattered by the explosion, coalesced and reformed on the ground into a man with an effeminate appearance—Mr. Z of the Aurora Society.
He glanced at Lanluus fleeing into the woods, a contemptuous smile playing on his lips. Then, in a flash, he appeared beside Lanluus, in the shadow of a large tree illuminated by the moonlight, and charged towards the terrified Lanluus.
The hermits were hidden in the shadows.
Mr. Zhi is an expert in the power of shadows, and for Lanius to flee to a place full of shadows is to walk into a trap.
However, Mr. Z, who threw a punch at Lanluus, found that Lanluus, who was right next to him, did not panic. Instead, he revealed a smug smile. Suddenly, Lanluus took out a small bottle from somewhere and splashed it directly at Mr. Z, who was standing right next to him.
When Mr. Zhi saw the golden liquid in the small bottle splashed towards him, he immediately recognized it as holy water made by the Church of the False Sun God. It was very harmful to him, and he was terrified. His whole body turned into a blood-red curtain as he tried his best to avoid the holy water.
However, they were too close together. Even though Mr. Z tried his best to avoid it, he was still splashed with a lot of holy water. His bright red flesh sizzled and emitted corrosive white smoke. Pieces of flesh that came into contact with the holy water turned into blood and dripped onto the ground, directly corroding the ground and the surrounding trees, leaving deep black marks.
The flesh and blood in mid-air disappeared again, then reappeared in a shadow, transforming once more into Mr. Z, who was pale-faced.
Mr. Z, having reverted to human form, assembled his left arm from all the flesh and blood stained with the holy water of the sun. Without hesitation, he ripped the arm off and tossed it aside. Looking at Lanluus, who stood not far away with another small bottle in his hand, and noticing the mysterious symbol appearing in Lanluus's eyes, he solemnly muttered to himself:
"A scholar who deciphers codes?"
Deciphering scholars possess extensive knowledge of occultism, have exceptionally strong spiritual intuition, and can judge and deduce an opponent's abilities and foresee events by observing subtle clues.
Lanius had sensed Mr. Z's assassination attempt in advance through his greatly enhanced spiritual intuition, allowing him to escape danger in time.
Then, through the "flesh and blood bomb," she determined that the assassin was the "Rose Bishop." Based on her understanding of the Mystic Path, she quickly devised a counterattack plan, lured Mr. Z to her side, and then used the Sun Holy Water to deal with Mr. Z.
Lanius originally intended to show his signature mocking smile, verbally attack Mr. Z, and then create an opportunity to escape.
Unexpectedly, the flesh at the severed point on Mr. Z's left shoulder began to writhe wildly, with granulation tissue sprouting out and multiplying like independent life forms. In just a few breaths, a complete, skinless, blood-red arm grew out, which looked extremely terrifying under the moonlight.
If Mr. Z's face hadn't remained pale, Lanius would have thought his earlier scheme had been in vain.
Even though it wasn't a complete waste of time, the damage to Mr. Z was still less than Laneus had estimated, making him feel that his situation was very precarious.
"Are you Mr. Z? My name is Lanluus. I once accepted the missionary work of Mr. Sirius Arepius and prepared to join the Aurora Society to serve the great Creator."
Mr. Z, pale-faced, looked at Lanius with interest and said with a smile:
"I know about this matter. Sirius Arepis wrote to report it, and I also thank you for everything you have done for the Lord, which led to the coming of the Son of God."
Since you also believe in the great Creator, you must already be prepared to sacrifice yourself, and you probably don't want God's child to be exposed to the eyes of a false god's church. So, could you commit suicide to protect the Creator's child?
Lanius's smile froze as he realized that Mr. Z already knew everything and was determined to kill him. At the same time, he began to understand why there were unfavorable comments about him in the city and why there were reports about him in the newspapers.
It must have been Mr. Z who orchestrated my assassination to force me to leave Tingen.
Just as Lanluus was trying to use words to buy himself a chance to escape, a small piece of flesh quietly approached him from the grass.