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Regarding Duke Negan's death, Mr. A didn't know the exact details, but he did have some intelligence.
For example, it seemed to be the Demoness Sect that made the move.
"The Demoness Sect, huh…" Lin Ruo curled his lips, not too surprised.
In the original novel, Duke Negan's death, aside from the Twilight Hermit Order hidden behind the scenes—colloquially known as the Dusk Shut-in Group—the actual perpetrator was an Desire Apostle from a demon Family, but there were also Witches involved.
To put it plainly, there are only a few organizations capable of doing such dirty work, so it's perfectly normal for this task to eventually fall into the hands of a Witch.
Strictly speaking, the Demoness Sect might not have absolutely no connection with the Twilight Hermit Order in secret.
Mutual exploitation is perfectly normal in this world.
Thinking this, Lin Ruo then inquired with Mr. A about the preparations for the upcoming major event—unlike the core troublemakers, the Loen Royal Family's good friends, the Demoness Sect, who sought many things, the Aurora Order in this cooperation only sought the descent of the True Creator, and Mr. A's focus was naturally on this matter.
Facing the inquiry from his Blessed, Mr. A naturally didn't hide anything and spilled everything like a pouring bean.
According to his description, the preparations for various rituals were almost complete, and they were just waiting for the day the Loen Royal Family made their move to welcome the True Creator's descent.
The location for the ritual setup was naturally the underground palace provided by the Loen Royal Family. Lin Ruo had naturally been to that place, in his capacity as a high-ranking member of the Aurora Order, and had already secretly set up markers to ensure he could teleport there at any time.
However, for safety reasons, Lin Ruo did not overly contact the people of the Loen Royal Family and the Demoness Sect in his capacity as a high-ranking member of the Aurora Order; these matters had always been entrusted to Mr. A.
"You did very well." Although he didn't want the True Creator to descend, and had already planned how to call Huang Beibei at that time to help her complete her advancement ritual while preventing the disaster, Lin Ruo still praised him with a smile on the surface.
He wasn't actually worried about the Aurora Order's descent ritual. Firstly, Huang Beibei's ability was enough to destroy the altar and prevent the True Creator's descent. Secondly, Lin Ruo had a backup plan; the altar Mr. A built this time, and the ritual prepared, were all designed by Lin Ruo from beginning to end.
The ritual itself had no problems; it was the kind that could truly allow the True Creator to descend.
After all, Mr. A and others weren't idiots, and neither were the Loen Royal Family and the Demoness Sect who cooperated with the Aurora Order. A fake descent ritual would be obvious to anyone with a discerning eye. Lin Ruo wasn't interested in exposing his identity as a double agent, and a false ritual wouldn't allow Huang Beibei to complete her advancement ritual.
But because it was designed by Lin Ruo, he knew exactly how to destroy the ritual at the critical moment, for example—throwing in Mr. Door's universal key.
This wouldn't be the only way to destroy the ritual, but it would definitely be effective.
"These are all what I should do. The Lord's glory will surely descend upon this world," Mr. A said with his head bowed, his tone respectful and fanatical.
Lin Ruo smiled, noncommittal, and then started talking about other things with Mr. A.
After understanding everything he wanted to know and giving Mr. A new tasks, Lin Ruo finally got up, bid farewell to Mr. A, and left this Aurora Order stronghold.
By the time he returned to Sherlock's Detective Agency, Klein had also returned from Saint Samuel Cathedral, but besides him, there were two other people in the room.
"Oh, isn't this Medici? I couldn't reach you by phone yesterday; I thought you were already dead."
Lin Ruo immediately spoke with sarcasm without thinking. He placed the desserts he bought on the way back onto the table and sat directly opposite Medici.
"Don't worry, even if you die, I won't, after all, I'm not like someone who has lived for so many years and regressed to Sequence 6." Medici retorted with sarcasm without hesitation. The hand holding the cigarette twitched, and the ash with sparks immediately fell, landing right on the blanket and burning a small hole.
Damn it!
Lin Ruo's eyebrows twitched at the sight, and he directly reached out to snatch the cigarette from Medici's hand, saying irritably, "If you're going to smoke, can you at least have some manners? Sparks are falling on the blanket."
"Tsk, Lin Ruo, you're really becoming more and more stingy. Do you need me to give you some living expenses so you don't starve to death?" Medici said sarcastically, but he didn't stop Lin Ruo's actions, indifferently watching Lin Ruo take his cigarette and extinguish it.
"I'm protecting the furniture. Even if you have money, you shouldn't waste things casually." Lin Ruo threw the extinguished cigarette into the trash can, then looked at Medici and said, "Sponsor me? Are you some strange uncle who wants to sponsor a minor?"
"Minor?" Medici's gaze fell on Lin Ruo, and then he laughed brazenly, nodding and saying, "Yes, I almost forgot. After all, you're Lin Ruo Baby, so of course you're a minor."
"So you admit you're a strange uncle?" Lin Ruo said without flinching. As he spoke, he opened the bag containing the desserts he had just bought, first taking out a piece of dessert and handing it to Klein, then looking at Medici and asking, "Chocolate, green tea, sweet orange, which flavor do you want?"
"Tsk," Medici clicked his tongue and said, "Sweet orange."
"Alright." Lin Ruo handed the sweet orange flavored dessert to Medici, watching him pick it up and take a bite, then frown with a hint of distaste, clearly overwhelmed by the sweetness.
Lin Ruo immediately felt a bit schadenfreude and made no attempt to hide his emotions. He picked up what should have been the least sweet green tea flavored dessert among them, took a bite, and then his brows also furrowed.
A miscalculation; I didn't expect the desserts from this shop to be so sweet.
As expected, shops I haven't tried before are unreliable.
However… Lin Ruo glanced at Klein, who was quietly eating the cake next to him, clearly well-adapted to this level of sweetness, and fell silent.
Is this level of sweetness also fine? Klein, is there something wrong with your taste buds?
"Hmph!" Medici looked at Lin Ruo's changing expression and knew immediately that this guy also couldn't stand the sweetness, so he immediately laughed unreservedly.
Lin Ruo no longer thought about whether his student's taste buds were a bit problematic. He naturally put down the dessert in his hand, looked at Medici, and said, "I heard that Numinous Episcopate plans to cooperate with the Loen Royal Family. Did you instigate that?"
"Otherwise?" Medici also put down the cake in his hand and poured himself a cup of tea.
"So that Ares was really you?" Lin Ruo also poured himself a cup of tea.
"Who else could it be besides me?" Medici, who finally felt less overwhelmed after drinking the tea, looked at Lin Ruo, paused, and said, "What, do you have any ideas?"
"Hmm, Medici, what do you say we turn Numinous Episcopate into ours?" Lin Ruo didn't intend to hide it and spoke directly.
"Huh?"
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