Chapter 66 Reminder
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The letter from Fors Wall wasn't long. It first expressed gratitude for Lin Ruo's liking of her work, then outlined her expectations for the next book, her interest in supernatural legends, and finally, as if casually, touched on the topic of 'Full Moon Whispers'.
It could be said that this was a very restrained letter. If one didn't already know that Fors was deeply troubled by 'Full Moon Whispers', it would be difficult, even for Lin Ruo, to discern the true focus of her concern from this letter alone.
"Very cautious, even though she's already investigated me…" Lin Ruo curled the corners of his lips, not too surprised, as he had deliberately left clues for Fors and Xio to investigate.
After all, although Fors and Xio can sometimes be terrifyingly reckless, such as directly reciting the name of an unknown god, as wild Beyonders who have survived to this day, they are not lacking in the necessary caution. Naturally, they wouldn't carelessly reveal their concern about 'Full Moon Whispers'. If Lin Ruo's identity was questionable and he was trying to bait them, they would be exposing themselves.
In response to Fors's deliberate attempt to hide the main point in the letter, Lin Ruo smiled, then took out stationery, picked up his pen, and wrote a lengthy reply.
In the letter, he adopted the tone of a small, overjoyed fan replying to a beloved author, first expressing his love for Fors's work again, as well as his joy and honor at receiving a reply, and then discussing his expectations for her next work, and so on.
In short, after rambling on and on, Lin Ruo finally wrote the following on the letter:
"I didn't expect you to be interested in the legend of 'Full Moon Whispers'. Did it give you inspiration? Regarding this legend, I saw it in an ancient book in my family's collection. The ancient book described an ancient family called Abraham…"
Lin Ruo threw out some useful information in a very subtle way, writing about some information about Abraham from the perspective of an ordinary person describing a legendary story, and then ended at a crucial point with a strong sense of cliffhanging, and then wrote:
"But unfortunately, that ancient book was left in my hometown the last time I moved, and I can't remember its other contents. However, if you are really interested in it, I can go back to my hometown and look for it…"
After writing this, Lin Ruo contentedly put the letters into an extra-large envelope, affixed stamps, and planned to mail it tomorrow.
He only hoped that Fors wouldn't be too "happy" after seeing this letter.
When fishing, one doesn't scatter all the bait at once.
You pretend to be ignorant, and I pretend to be ignorant, that's fair!
"Hoo…" Standing up, stretching, and yawning at the same time, Lin Ruo glanced at the clock and decided to go to sleep.
He still had many things to do tomorrow!
…
Tuesday, early morning.
When Lin Ruo arrived in Tingen as usual, the first thing he saw was Dunn Smith coming down from the second floor, holding a piece of paper with a portrait in his hand.
Hmm?
Could it be a wanted notice for Triss?
Lin Ruo raised his eyebrows. Although he had interfered in Tingen's affairs, some things would obviously not change due to his butterfly effect, such as the Clover Cruise tragedy.
So he simply asked, "Is that a wanted notice?"
"Yes, Your Excellency," Dunn nodded, wearing a black trench coat and no hat, handing the paper to him. "A very ferocious and cruel Beyonder has entered Tingen. This is an internal wanted notice about him."
Lin Ruo immediately glanced at the wanted notice. The first thing that caught his eye was a sketch portrait that wasn't much different from a photo.
The portrait's subject had a round face, with a kind and slightly shy temperament, and wasn't too old, about eighteen or nineteen years old.
Below was a description of his information.
"Triss, suspected Beyonder, preliminary assessment as Sequence 8 Instigator, doesn't rule out the possibility of being from the Knowledge Church, the perpetrator of the Clover Cruise tragedy… Witnesses have proven that he came to Tingen after leaving Enmat Harbor and his current whereabouts are unknown…"
Standing next to Lin Ruo, Klein, who was also looking at the wanted notice, looked at the familiar Sequence name on the wanted notice and hesitated, "An Instigator of the Witch pathway?"
Thanks to Lin Ruo's teachings, Klein's knowledge of various things was obviously more than in the original timeline.
However, apart from this, Klein didn't think of anything else—this was because Klein, who went to find Mr. Azik yesterday afternoon, didn't go to the Seer club to act, and therefore didn't meet Joyce Meyer, the victim of the Clover Cruise tragedy, thus preventing the other party from realizing that Triss was the real culprit of the Clover Cruise tragedy.
But obviously, the Machinery Hivemind responsible for investigating the Clover Cruise tragedy was not to be trifled with. Even without Joyce Meyer's active report, they still locked on to the target.
This was not surprising, after all, if the Machinery Hivemind couldn't detect anything unusual in such a big case, then the official Beyonders might as well just go home and sleep and quit the job.
Lin Ruo naturally saw this from Klein's expression. He wasn't too surprised either, just nodding and saying, "It should be a Sequence 8 Instigator of the Witch pathway, this is the kind of thing they would do…"
As he said that, he looked at Dunn and said, "Captain Dunn, if Triss really is a Sequence 8 Instigator, then relying on this wanted notice alone is probably not enough."
Dunn was immediately puzzled and said, "Not enough?"
"Because as far as I know, the subsequent potion name for Instigator is Witch. Once an Instigator advances to Witch, even if he was originally male, he will become female, and there will be a relatively large increase in appearance," Lin Ruo explained with a smile.
"Triss's behavior in creating the Clover Cruise tragedy is obviously acting as a true Instigator, which may have helped him master the Instigator potion and obtained the qualifications for advancement. So we can't rule out the possibility that the current Triss has become Triss… Although he may not have advanced, we should always guard against that possibility, shouldn't we?"
His words were not only giving Dunn knowledge about the Witch pathway, but also subtly hinting at the acting method.
After all, Dunn was not like Klein, and Lin Ruo couldn't directly introduce the existence of the acting method to him, so he had to remind him in this way.
Dunn was thoughtful, and after a few seconds, he looked at Lin Ruo and sincerely said, "Thank you for your reminder, Your Excellency."
"No need to thank me, it's just a small effort," Lin Ruo smiled, chatted with Dunn a few more times, mainly learning about the recent movements of the Storm Crows in Tingen, and then took Klein to the reference room.
Closing the door and making sure no one else was eavesdropping, Lin Ruo looked at Klein and said, "Klein, let's learn something interesting today!"
It's time to let the Tarot Club expand its express delivery business!
Secretly planning to deal with Ince Zangwill is one thing, but Lin Ruo wouldn't let those things affect his Tarot Club cultivation plan.
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