Published: March 2, 2025
Thalass left the Ancient Archive under the enthusiastic farewell of the old gatekeeper.
He stepped out of the archive and started the Magic Energy Car at the entrance. As the car slowly moved, Thalass began to reminisce about the moments he had just spent with Director Agu.
No problem... Everything seems to be fine...
So, Agu's suspicion can be ruled out, right?
Not at all!
A faint smile crept up on Thalass's lips. Through the rearview mirror, he could see the full view of the Ancient Archive. At this moment, the nearly abandoned ancient building looked like a ferocious beast's lair, horrifying and ominous!
The target was already confirmed; that infiltrator had definitely assumed Agu's identity. The purpose was simple: the captured prisoner, Feirnas, had revealed everything clearly.
Their target was the Entrance to the Negative 999th Layer of the Demon Palace. Aside from a few people who understood the situation, only places like this library and archive had rough documentation about it.
Some matters, some calculations, are hardly worth mentioning—if their ultimate goal is the 999th layer of the Demon Palace, then based on that premise, who can access these materials? That person is the most suspicious!
For Thalass, Agu was a key figure that needed investigation. Initially, Thalass believed Agu's suspicion should be minimal since he was at the One-Ear Bar when the secretary-general died. If he placed himself in Wen Yu's shoes, Thalass would certainly distance Agu from the crime scene to eliminate his suspicion. However, the moment he saw Agu, Thalass sensed something was off.
It wasn't that Wen Yu, playing Agu, showed any flaws... it was just an instinct...
Thalass had a nickname in the Security Bureau—Mr. Keen. Countless major cases had been unraveled by Thalass's sharp intuition. Just like this time, even though Wen Yu acted within the norms, no one could find fault with him. Yet, Thalass's intuition kept warning him to keep his distance from this person!
So for Thalass, the situation was clear...
As for impersonation in this trickery, there are millions of ways for a soul system expert to do so. Combined with the information provided by Feirnas, everything became crystal clear.
Powerful methods... yet not sophisticated, a cautious style of operation...
Thalass could only smile wryly at this.
"It seems I've underestimated them..."
Wen Yu indeed underestimated the demonic clan within the Demon Palace. However, it couldn't be said as underestimating; it was just that some things were not done perfectly.
For instance, placing the crime scene and the next target a bit further apart...
The demonic clan residing in the Demon Palace is innumerable. Just like Neerles, there are nearly a hundred super cities of various sizes within the palace. The deaths of some politicians, in Wen Yu's view, were hardly noteworthy—birth, aging, sickness, and death are natural occurrences. Every day, the natural deaths of demonic creatures in Neerles amount to hundreds of thousands.
Everything should have been silent and without flaws, yet Wen Yu miscalculated a bit.
That is, others didn't possess as many means as Wen Yu...
Given the size of the Demon Palace, Wen Yu and his group of six were like a drop of rain in the ocean, hardly making a ripple. In fact, even with Wen Yu's abilities, he never intended to forcefully charge into the origin pool; instead, he planned to invade step by step. But just because Wen Yu didn't expose himself doesn't mean others didn't.
Like the captured Feirnas, a typical liability—not only was he captured by the Security Bureau, but he also spilled everything he knew.
With the intel, combined with everything that happened in Neerles, the situation became crystal clear. The Demon Palace Security Bureau could not possibly miss the intricacies involved...
So for Wen Yu, exposure had become a foregone conclusion...
He locked the door to his office tightly, unabashedly releasing his perception ability to sense that no one was monitoring his actions. After thinking for a moment, he immediately released Agu's corpse from the Netherworld.