Mysteries: Arcana Wars

who am I?

This way of asking questions surprised Klein.

A normal interrogation should not start with an imperative tone like Scott did.

Name! Age! Nationality!

Spit it all out honestly, don't play tricks!

Instead of the weird question like this one.

who are you?

"Who am I...don't you all...already know?"

Klein answered intermittently, but it seemed that the Nine of Spades was not satisfied. He struck the spear three times again and shouted loudly.

"Answer me, who are you!"

Klein was certain that the people of the Society of Virtue had long known about his interactions with the Seven of Hearts and others, and that the Spade Elder had also gained a full understanding of him.

This was destined to be an unusual interrogation.

"German... Sparrow."

"Why are you at the Meradas Casino?"

"I accepted an investigation commission..."

Klein swallowed, his ability to speak slowly returning.

“A man called Angel Brown, whom I met in a tavern, commissioned me to find his missing daughter, Cecilia.

"We investigated the room where Cecilia was last seen and found some traces related to the smuggling of endangered animal products and cult activities.

“Finally, after using various means, we chose to start our investigation with the possible illegal trade of animal products at the Meradas Casino.

"We didn't expect that we would not only stumble upon the scene of illegal transactions, but also stumble upon the scene of poachers and cultists robbing each other, and even stumble upon the exciting scene of church dealers catching poachers and cultists in one fell swoop."

Klein chose to tell the truth and see what information this Nine of Spades wanted to get from him, and then act accordingly.

"How did you meet Angel Brown?"

"Sir, I told you I met Mr. Angell Brown in a tavern..."

"Why did Angel Brown choose to hire you?"

"...we talked in the pub and I convinced..."

“Why did you choose Angel Brown?”

"..."

The other party's questions became increasingly sharp, and he interrupted Klein's narration many times, forcing Klein to squeeze out important truths with a tough attitude.

"I'm a killer. I'm just choosing the right client..."

With a snap of his fingers, the Nine of Spades interrupted the narration again. A surveillance video was projected between the two of them, showing the conversation between Angel and Chang Tou Tu in the square.

"You met Angel Brown in the Big Fat Fish Square. You chose him only because you heard the conversation between Angel and the fortune teller. Your encounter in the tavern was intentional."

The Nine of Spades waved his hand, and more images were projected between the two of them. Hermann's posture as he followed Angel through the crowd to the tavern was recorded intermittently by the surveillance system. As the Nine of Spades carefully sorted out, all the biological information left by Hermann was displayed in front of Klein.

This is a divination using modern technology.

Although Bayam's city system is not as complete as Backlund's, it is enough to outline Gehrman Sparrow's footprints in Bayam.

"...You all know it already, why are you still asking me?"

"So, why are you lying to me now that you're already here?"

"..."

Klein didn't know what to say for a moment.

Previously, the identity of [Gehrman Sparrow] was only active in the Backlund Underground City, which was a complete technological black hole. Technologies that were ahead of their time and technologies that were behind their time competed on the same stage there, but there was no set of interoperable intelligence technology systems, and it was completely impossible to achieve the level of city systems like Backlund and Bayam.

The urgency of time and lack of experience made Klein's role as Bayam somewhat unsuitable. Just using a bank with a questionable background, biological information that was not systematically recorded, and parading through the mainstream urban area, he could leave a wealth of intelligence for potential enemies.

Of course, in reality, Klein couldn't say anything right now. The chaos left by the Embers of Disillusionment had shattered his normal logic, and he couldn't organize his thoughts enough to solve the situation.

He could only vaguely sense that the Nine of Spades on the other side was setting a trap for him, but he was confused and couldn't think of a better answer. He could only rely on his subconscious reaction and make some insignificant defenses against the interrogation.

"……wrong……"

Klein frowned. Forcing himself to think gave him a splitting headache.

“I haven’t been to Big Fat Fish Square.”

Hermann had never been to the Big Fat Fish Square.

The person who was watching Chang Tou Tu and Angel in the square at that time was Merlin Hermes. Hermann's identity was actually revealed in Bayam the next day when he suddenly appeared in a blind spot of the surveillance camera. Hermann didn't stay there for long that day. After talking with Angel, he quickly returned to Merlin's identity.

The only flaw was that due to the short time, Klein did not have time to find a humanoid doll, so the two identities of Merlin and Hermann could not exist at the same time.

However, not only do the behavioral data left by these two people have no intersection at all, the analysis AI has no reason to connect these two unrelated people; and under the influence of [nothingness], it is difficult to observe the true direction of their own destiny.

"No, you've been to Big Fat Fish Plaza."

As the Nine of Spades waved his hand, a window popped up in front of Klein. It was the camera that captured the chat between Gehrman and Angel in the tavern. Their conversation was restored through lip-syncing with the help of AI.

Then the Nine of Spades pointed up to the ceiling, and Angel's voice came from the hidden speaker.

"…I was in the casino at the time, hiding in the emergency exit, and saw Hermann chasing after those people wearing dark yellow capes and dark green pants…

“…I didn’t realize why Gehrman did this until I suddenly remembered the divination of the man from the Western Continent… two-thirds yellow and one-third green…those people were the cultists who kidnapped my daughter!

"Yes, I'm sure! German is helping me hunt down the cultists!"

The recording stopped abruptly.

"[Two-thirds yellow, one-third green]

"This is the only description that Angell gave of the Tianming Cult, but this information was not mentioned in the conversation in the tavern. How did you know this information?"

Before Klein could refute, the conversation between Angel and Chang Tou Tu was magnified by five fingers.

"In fact, this message only appeared once in Ingres's life:

"In Chang Tou Tu's divination!"

The video of Big Fat Fish Square was played again. Circles were placed on top of all the people in the picture, and some fine text gradually appeared around the circles.

"Then why did you know about this private conversation?

“So, I did a divination on everyone within the surveillance range.

“Interestingly, among all the people who appeared in this clip, there was one person who gave me the same result as you in repeated divinations on the same question.

"Is the content of the divination true? No, it is not important whether it is correct or not.

"What's important is that this person is different from others, and you are the same as him - just as weird and incongruous -

“Same [different].”

Suddenly all the green circles went out, leaving only one lucky person who was marked.

Merlin Hermes.

"Answer me, sir:

"who are you?"