Four Split Personalities

The third reason, the citizens of Mercury City who were "hypnotized" last night also included Mercury City’s branch, and although it can’t strictly be defined as an "attack", it can still be considered a "provocation".

The fourth reason, last night’s intelligence was independently investigated by Cleo and has not yet been fully organized and reported to the inn, so its intelligence nature is temporarily not "exclusive to the inn", and it wouldn’t be inappropriate to give it to the Lord’s Allied Forces.

The fifth reason, the current big shot of the inn is Cleo’s teacher.

Of course, the fourth reason is actually sophistry, since what Cleo originally told the headquarters was "I’m going to collect intelligence related to the unusual signs of the Violet Empire", from that moment on, what he collected in this land no longer belonged to him, and would be defined as: exclusive to the inn + Cleo Illumina’s achievement.

What gave him enough confidence, however, were the first, second, third, and fifth reasons, among which the last one was the most important.

Of course, even if he was connected through nepotism, Cleo was very clear that if the intelligence he provided to the Lord’s Allied Forces indeed affected the battle situation, the headquarters would certainly still hold him accountable afterward. Even with sufficient reasons and his teacher’s protection, disobeying the rules was still disobeying the rules, and he would have to deal with the consequences, so...

"I’ll probably lose to that Jun Wu."

Cleo carefully tied the note detailing last night’s situation in Mercury City onto the leg of Raven No.12, commanding it to immediately fly into the Lord’s Allied Forces’ camp, and then sighed softly, revealing a guilt-free smile, "But everyone will know it’s not because I’m less outstanding than him, so it’s alright..."

Thus, five minutes later, Raven No.12, carrying Cleo’s convictions, flew into the Lord’s Allied Forces’ encampment outside the city.

And then...

It was struck down by a precise, huge, round, burning fireball.

"What?!"

Cleo, who maintained a mental connection with the raven, was shocked; he closed the eye synchronized with his pet and momentarily felt dizzy as if the world was spinning, completely stunned.

It should be noted that when Raven No.12 was transformed by Cleo, it was endowed with certain strength, so this raptor, now baked to a medium rare, hadn’t died, and the mental connection with its owner hadn’t been broken.

So after Cleo recovered from his dizziness, he was still able to observe his surroundings through Raven No.12’s point of view.

That’s when he saw a very familiar face.

Cordova Luwei?!

Cleo was startled because that gluttonous, shameless, advantage-seeking ’colleague’ he remembered all too well, along with the story of "I’ve been trying to heal my sister who caught her brain in a trapdoor, Double Leaf Luwei," was unforgettable to him.

Having entered Salamoon and always looking for ways to uncover the truth of the highest council, Cleo naturally didn’t overlook the person Double Leaf and in subsequent investigations learned a lot of intelligence, such as her being a genius Mage, taken in as Apprentice by Anna Talasha, such as her being the spokesperson for Fire Claw Duke in this council meeting, such as her past grudges with Bafi Marshal, such as the possibility of her being the instigator of this turmoil.

But Cleo still didn’t connect this Double Leaf with the "Double Leaf Luwei" Cordova Luwei had spoken of; after all, it’s not rare to have people with the same name and surname in this world.

However, now he had no choice but to make that connection...

Because these two were currently standing together, laughing and talking as if they had a very close relationship.

Even if Cleo hadn’t learned about the existence of "Anthony Dabus" due to someone’s excessive caution, he now knew that the relationship between these two in front of him was extraordinarily deep.

By observing their interaction, he clearly understood that it was Double Leaf who had brought down Raven No.12 with a fireball, and the proposer was none other than Cordova Luwei, who in the past had eaten the former Crow No. 7.

Damn it, watch the note! The note that hasn’t been burned by the Fireball Technique, don’t you find that strange!

Wait!

You’re not planning to...

Cleo’s eyes widened in panic.

Raven No.12’s eyes widened very synchronously, also in panic.

"So why did you ask me to help bring down this bird?"

Double Leaf looked at Motan with distaste, and at the furiously struggling, medium-rare raven he held tightly in his arms, and pouted, "Are you jealous it looks better than you?"

Motan smacked his lips, looking at the girl with a pitying gaze, "Don’t you know, crows are rare delicacies?"

Cleo: "..."

Raven No.12: "..."

Double Leaf: "Huh?"

"It means roasted crow is really delicious! It’s not only nutritious and has tasty meat, but it also has a subtle earthy tinge as an embellishment. A plucked crow’s carcass can even be used to make soup. It’s super nourishing! In many countries, it’s super popular!"

[I didn’t know there was any country where eating crows was popular! Let go! The note! Pay attention to the note, damn it!]

Cleo was roaring furiously in his mind.

Motan slurped his saliva and then, looking down lewdly... cough, smiled and stared at the crow that was in sync with Cleo’s thoughts, trembling. Licking his lips, he said, "But now, it’s quite rare to catch these creatures, tsk tsk, what a great place this is. Not only are there so many wild crows, but even the taste after roasting is exactly the same. I was fortunate enough to eat one before, it was like tasting heaven!"

[Shut up, damn it! Stop saying such terrifying things! I’m starting to want to eat these cute ’children’ myself!]

Cleo continued to roar inwardly.

However, that was all he could do because, in the next second, Motan pulled a brick out of his bag and gave the crow a crisp hit on the back of its head.

After that, Cleo felt his vision shake violently, and then he could no longer establish contact with his Raven No.12.

"So, now I’m planning to find a secluded spot to do some wild cooking."

Motan grinned at Double Leaf, shook the half-cooked and completely dead crow in his hand, and raised his eyebrow, "If you beg me, I’ll share a little with you."

"No, thanks."

The girl rolled her eyes, crawled back into the carriage after a brief ’stroll’ in nature following her online session, and without looking back, said, "You should enjoy this rare delicacy yourself, but..."

She slowly climbed into the carriage, pulled the curtain from the inside, poked half her face out, and said to Motan with a light huff, "You better keep an eye on the time."

"No need to worry."

Motan smirked, casually waved at Double Leaf, and took off with the poor bird.

...

"Was there something weird about that crow?"

It wasn’t until Motan’s figure had completely vanished from the window that Double Leaf spoke in a flat tone, and she posed it as a question.

Half a second later, a graceful figure appeared beside her. Anna•Talasha’s eyes, hidden behind a mask, flickered slightly and she nodded, "You’re right, I sensed a faint shadow aura from that bird. It must be someone’s Servant Beast or Summoned Demon."

"Thank you, Ana, Hu Ha... I need to rest for a bit."

Double Leaf yawned, then curled up into a ball on the seat with her cushion, closing her eyes.

Anna•Talasha, who had been stealthily guarding her Apprentice ever since they left Sālāmù’ēn, smiled and asked in a soft voice, "Want me to check out what that kid’s really up to?"

"No need."

Double Leaf rubbed the cushion forcefully in her embrace and murmured, "I’m guessing he wasn’t up to anything, just suddenly went crazy, so..."

"So?"

"I’m not involved~"

"You kids really are strange..."

"Well, there’s just too big a generation gap~"

"You... what did you say!"

Chapter 545: The End