"What a terrifying assassin, then…" Iri glared fiercely at the corpse of the poor Witch Sister, then looked at the few people with terrible acting skills.
"Then… can you tell me who I am? And who are you? Ah… I… I don't remember anything, I want to know my information and your information, ah… I'm so sorry!" Iri asked, pretending to be very embarrassed.
Watch closely! Learn from this! This is called acting! Iri complained in her heart.
"Uh…" Then all of them froze, probably not expecting Iri to ask such a question!
Introducing themselves was simple; Black Scripture members on missions always had a set of disguised identities ready. But how should they handle the current situation?
Should they reveal their true identities? Or their disguised identities?
They had already said they were companions… if they used their disguised identities and it was discovered later, what would happen?
Although they knew the brainwashing effect of Falling Beauty of a Nation, once activated, the control could not be removed. But this person had only had her memory erased… and the person controlling her was already dead. How should they respond to this situation?
"That??" Iri 'revealed' a suspicious look, staring at them.
"Cl-Clementine, you are my sister Clementine Hassea Quintia!" The quick-witted Blondie, seeing Iri's suspicious gaze, immediately "thought on his feet" and bluffed.
Pfft… Hearing that name, even Iri, a professional actress, felt her face twitch. Blondie, you really know how to bluff! Clementine? Gag Sister?! How could you even think of that!
"Huh? So my name is Clementine? Are you my brother?" Iri forcibly suppressed the urge to directly crush a sandglass and eliminate them, and asked.
"Hmm… ah, I am indeed your brother, Queen Aeseth. Just call me Brother-Lord as usual." The Blondie said, full of self-importance.
Hey hey! Don't push your luck!
In Iri's heart, it was as if thousands of grass mud horses were running. Forcibly putting the Gag Sister's identity on her, and still trying to take advantage of her!
"Cough…" Black Scripture coughed dryly from the side, seeing Iri's prolonged lack of reaction.
"Brother-Lord." Iri reluctantly lowered her head. No choice… this was her own doing. To deceive them, she had to suffer a little loss for now!
Probably seeing Iri so obedient, the others had more or less lowered their guard!
The Greatsword Hunk and the Axe Uncle were no longer on alert, except for Black Scripture who was still subtly observing Iri.
Afterward, the Blondie introduced the other squad members of Black Scripture to Iri. The Greatsword Hunk was the Sixth Seat, known as Unmatched Warrior Mokoredd, capable of fighting a thousand men. Then the Axe Uncle was the Tenth Seat, known as the Strongest Human Jarrell. And then there was the Captain Black Scripture, whose real name was Gelos. The remaining one was himself, the Fifth Seat, known as One-Man Army.
When Blondie introduced these members of Black Scripture, the others looked embarrassed, but Iri understood perfectly.
From their perspective, just a few minutes ago, Iri had wanted to take their lives. Now, she had suddenly transformed into a teammate. This change was indeed hard to accept, especially since the Witch Sister was killed by Iri herself, and her body was still lying there!
"What about me?" Iri cunningly threw out the question after Blondie finished his introduction.
Since they said she was a companion, and even assigned the Gag Sister's identity to her, could she also inherit the Gag Sister's position as the Ninth Seat of Black Scripture?
Iri calculated in her heart that if she could get a seat in Black Scripture, it would be very convenient to infiltrate Theocracy.
"You were the former Ninth Seat. Because you made a significant mistake during a previous mission, your identity has been stripped. This time was supposed to be your chance to clear your name, but we didn't expect to encounter such a situation halfway through." Black Scripture Gelos took over from Blondie and said.
Former… Ninth Seat, hmm… It seems Black Scripture is quite clever. They're using this excuse to stabilize me, probably intending to consult Theocracy's leadership after returning before confirming my identity and status?
In that case, my position would be very delicate. Those old men in Theocracy are not easy to deal with. If I go back like this, my situation might be very bad.
No matter what, in their eyes, I am an incomplete toy brainwashed by Falling Beauty of a Nation. They might do something strange to me, and that wouldn't be fun. So I must think of a way!
"Is that so!" Iri replied with a melancholic expression.
"Unmatched Warrior Mokoredd… immediately retrieve Falling Beauty of a Nation. And you, little sister, keep an eye on her. This is a strong person who can fight evenly with the Young Lady!" Black Scripture pulled the Greatsword Hunk far away to give instructions.
Although Iri pretended to be at a loss, when Black Scripture pulled the Greatsword Hunk away, she had already activated her senses, so Iri heard Black Scripture's instructions clearly.
Black Scripture was still wary of her, but it didn't matter. From what he had just said, Iri thought of a countermeasure. She truly thanked Black Scripture for reminding her.
"Brother-Lord! So what is our mission this time?!" Iri suddenly looked very indignant, directly approaching Blondie, and 'pressured' him with a pouting, angry expression.
Blondie looked at Black Scripture, who was far away, in a daze, and saw Black Scripture nod at him.
"Our mission this time is to assassinate Warrior Captain Gagaran Stroganov of the Kingdom and seize his equipment." Blondie said after getting Black Scripture's approval.
Tell the truth? Although Iri knew this mission objective, shouldn't there be other tasks? I'll try to probe!
"Is that all! Is that all our mission is this time?!" Iri aggressively continued to 'pressure' him.
"This…" Blondie once again turned his gaze to Black Scripture, who had already walked over, shaking his head slightly as he walked.
"No, that's all." Blondie turned back to Iri and said.
Hmph! That's why your acting is so bad! If I wanted to expose you, I could do it in minutes!
Asking Blondie a question and having to confirm it with Black Scripture was one thing, but Blondie's final gaze lingered on the deceased Witch Sister for a while before turning back to say there was nothing left. This speaks volumes.
The mission wasn't over, but it couldn't continue because the Witch Sister who could use Falling Beauty of a Nation had been killed! So it couldn't proceed.
It seems their second objective should have been to do something bad with Falling Beauty of a Nation. Combining it with the first mission to assassinate Warrior-Captain Gazef… could it be that Theocracy wanted to use Falling Beauty of a Nation on Ainz Papa?
Uh… If her deduction was correct, then the direction of this script was a bit strange. She remembered that in the original work, Theocracy had always been very wary of Ainz Papa.
After all, they had completely wiped out their Sunlight Scripture unit at the beginning, and also incidentally killed two surveillance witches by reflection.
And she remembered that in the original work, Theocracy did discuss using Falling Beauty of a Nation on Ainz Papa, but that was after the battle on Katz Plains. Did she inadvertently do something again that messed up the world line?
"Then! Next, Brother Gelos! What should we do next? Should we continue the mission!" This time, Iri turned her attention to Black Scripture.
"…" Black Scripture also hesitated. Now that such a major change had occurred, he wasn't sure whether the mission to assassinate Gazef and seize his equipment should continue.
Their current location also prevented them from communicating with their home country. Astrology Thousand Miles, after setting up the observation magical tools earlier, had focused her observation target on Katz Plains, basically having no time to attend to this side.
So… what to do next, could only be decided entirely by him, the Captain.
"Are we going to cancel?" Iri asked, staring at Black Scripture with teary eyes.
"Uh…" Black Scripture was conflicted. He had just bluffed about a strong person who could fight Death Knight to a standstill. The top priority should be to bring her back to their home country. After all, the value of the Warrior Captain was still too far below that of this little sister in front of him.
"Or should we go back first…" Black Scripture hadn't even finished his sentence.
"We can't go back!! This mission is my chance to clear my name! We can't give up just because we encountered this little setback! I!! will definitely reclaim my identity and status!" Iri immediately interrupted him.
Hmph! This is called lifting a rock to drop it on your own foot, and then letting me stomp on you again. Iri thought to herself.
"But our priority is personnel safety. If people die, there's nothing left." Black Scripture said.
"Losing honor is no different from dying! If that's the case! Then I'll go alone! Brother-Lord! You'll support me, right?!" Iri leaned into Blondie again, staring at him with teary eyes and asking.
"Uh… this… that…" Blondie also had no idea what to do, and could only cast a pleading look at Black Scripture.
"Brother-Lord! You'll support me!!" Iri, seeing this, emphasized her tone again as she asked.
"Uh… I… I will support you." Blondie surrendered.
"Hmm! Thank you, Brother-Lord. Then, Brother-Lord, please tell me what Gazef looks like. I'll go deal with him alone! You all just wait for me here!" Iri said confidently.
Seeing such a scene, Black Scripture could only shake his head helplessly, then came over and patted Iri's shoulder, saying:
"We'll go together…"
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