Super Dimensional Wizard

Chapter 3860 Falsification

According to general logic, the purpose of "falsification" is either to correct errors or to cover up the truth.

The former is mostly used for internal corrections, while the latter is possible both internally and externally.

Alfred is not a member of the Fashion Guild, so it is most likely the latter.

"If someone really tampered with this information, perhaps it was to cover up the truth..." Angel squinted and murmured: "But what kind of truth should be covered up?"

Alfred's disappearance is closely related to the dark corner.

Could it be that the truth of Alfred's disappearance is actually hidden in the sentence "Alfred frequently comes to the surface and goes to an unknown place"?

Otherwise, this sentence has not been tampered with.

If his speculation is correct, does it mean that someone in the Fashion Guild actually knows the truth about Alfred's disappearance?

Moreover, this person is very likely to be in a high position.

Otherwise, he can't tamper with the records.

Who is this person in a high position? Could it be a senior spy of the Dark Round Table?

But among the group of magicians with extremely powerful auxiliary means, is there really a spy who can become a core member of the hostile organization?

Or, was it "him" who did it?

The only person that Angel could think of who was suspected to be in a high position in the Fashion Guild and was also connected to the Seven Knights of the Dark Round Table was only one.

He was the uncrowned king who brought order to the chaotic underground blocks, established digital towns, and ushered in hope.

He was also the man behind the Dark Round Table.

He was also the real leader of the Seven Knights - the Dark King!

So far, the identity of the Dark King is still unknown, but according to the speculation of "Fallen Dream Knight" Bonette: the chaotic people who survive underground never desire order, and those who really desire order are often those who have been exposed to order, or even those who originally lived in order.

In addition, the Dark King also has huge energy and built underground towns, which makes Bonette suspect that perhaps the Dark King's true identity is a powerful magician living in the sun.

And the identity of a powerful magician in the "sunlight", Bonette can only think of... the Fashion Guild.

Therefore, this uncrowned king of the underground block is most likely from the Fashion Guild.

This is also the only person Angel can think of who has the ability to "tamper" with intelligence.

When Angel brought the mysterious character of "King of Darkness" into this matter, he found that many problems seemed to have at least one solution.

Even some of the clues that had been heard before have now rekindled.

For example, Angel remembered that Bonette once mentioned one thing: she only joined the Dark Round Table three years ago, and not long after she joined, the King of Darkness assigned a task to the Knights - to find the former noble knight!

Although this task has not been completed so far, it can be seen from this that the King of Darkness still attaches great importance to a retired noble knight.

Does this mean that the King of Darkness has always known the deeds of the former noble knight, otherwise why would he continue to pay attention to a retired person?

There is another clue. According to Bonette, the relationship between the Dark King and the Noble Knight has been very close recently. Every time the Dark King issues an order, it is relayed by the Noble Knight.

This is true for both the former and current Noble Knights.

It can be said that within the Knights, the only one who may know the identity of the Dark King is the Noble Knight.

In summary, Alfred, as the former Noble Knight, may know the Dark King. Even the "Alfred frequently comes to the surface" recorded by the Fashion Guild is to meet the Dark King.

It is for this reason that the Dark King will tamper with the information to avoid exposing his identity.

At the same time, because of their close relationship, the Dark King knows what Alfred does on a daily basis, which is why he can issue a search order to the Knights as soon as he disappears.

Otherwise, how could the original boss know so much about the life and death of a subordinate who has been out of office for a long time.

"The Dark King..." Angel silently thought in his heart, will he be a breakthrough?

If so, who is his true identity?

...

In the following time, Angel contacted Lizzie again. This time he mainly asked about the "King of Darkness" and who was qualified to modify the intelligence.

However, Lizzie knew nothing about this.

She said that the transmission process of intelligence often has many processes, which are progressive and difficult to modify.

If you insist on modifying it, there are only two possibilities: either start from the source, or reverse the cause and effect and start from the result.

In other words, either the person who collects intelligence has modified the intelligence himself, or the person who can "see" the intelligence has modified the intelligence.

If the "King of Darkness" is really in the Fashion Guild, he obviously cannot be an intelligence officer who collects intelligence, so it can only be the latter.

And the person who can "see" the intelligence must be a big shot in the Fashion Guild, such as Lizzie.

She is a deputy minister-level existence in Tina Entertainment, and the corresponding position in the Fashion Guild is a supervisor. Above her are only the Elders, the Vice President, and the President.

In other words, if the "King of Darkness" is hiding in this kind of people, he is at least a supervisor-level figure in the Fashion Guild.

There are relatively few people of this type, but it is very troublesome to track them down.

Even Lizzie is not qualified to check people of the same level.

Of course, it is okay to check secretly, but if others find out, the risk is very high.

Angel did not ask Lizzie to check the identity of the "King of Darkness". There was no need to put her at risk, but he assigned her another task:

Find the intelligence agent who collected Alfred's intelligence.

Finding this intelligence agent may know whether the sentence "Alfred frequently comes to the surface and goes to an unknown place" has been tampered with.

Angel handed the task to Lizzie and temporarily disconnected.

But what Angel did not expect was that in less than three minutes, Lizzie took the initiative to activate the illusion node on her body.

After Angel's inquiry, Lizzie found out that the intelligence agent who recorded Alfred's intelligence was sent to other cities as an intelligence agent of the branch, and the branch would contact the headquarters through special channels every six months.

The last contact was a month ago.

In other words, they had no way to contact the branch, so naturally they could not know the situation of the intelligence agent.

This news sounds like nothing wrong, it's just a normal job change, and the job of the intelligence officer is still to collect intelligence, but it has changed from collecting intelligence on individuals to collecting intelligence on other cities.

But after further inquiry, Angel found that when the Fashion Guild made personnel changes in the intelligence department, this intelligence officer was the only one who was transferred away.

You know, at that time, the intelligence team he was in had at least dozens or hundreds of people, but he was the only one who was transferred away.

This can no longer be called a coincidence.

There must be someone behind the scenes.

If nothing unexpected happens, this person may be the "King of Darkness".

After disconnecting from Lizzie, Angel's mood was not affected, but he was a little happy.

Because he had previously speculated that the sentence "Alfred frequently came to the surface and went to the unknown" was problematic, but in fact it was just based on "general logic" without any evidence, which was "seeking enemies in the void".

And general logic is the logic that is most prone to errors.

Angel had always been worried that his "void search" was wrong. Perhaps the intelligence agent did not collect surface intelligence at that time because the intelligence agent lived underground...

But now from all the details, his logic of forced search should be correct.

Although it is still impossible to prove that the person behind is the "King of Darkness", it at least proves that Alfred's intelligence is indeed problematic.

"If there is no clue in this villa in Qingshuiqu, then... maybe I can start with the intelligence tampering of the Fashion Guild to investigate Alfred's disappearance." Angel whispered to himself.

When I came here before, there was no clue at all, but now at least a clue has popped up, although this clue is not in Qingshuiqu.

But at least there are clues to trace.

...

After another minute or two, there was a rustling sound outside the villa, accompanied by footsteps.

Angel stood up and went out to greet him.

Not surprisingly, the person who came was Zuniga...No, it was a bit unexpected that Zuniga's appearance had changed.

Before, every time Angel saw Zuniga, he looked like a sloppy homeless old man, with sticky hair, dirty clothes, and obvious fraying and torn collars.

But at this moment, Zuniga has completely swept away the "stylish" look of the past.

He was wearing a simple gray long windbreaker, with excellent texture and no wrinkles. Inside was a light blue cotton shirt, with the collar neatly buttoned, which looked very refreshing. Below were black straight pants, and the trouser legs fell just right on a pair of black casual leather shoes. The leather shoes were polished and reflected the surrounding light.

With the beret on his head and the clean-shaven beard, he even looked a bit elegant and handsome.

He didn't look like the homeless old man in the past at all, but instead became an elegant middle-aged uncle with a clean temperament.

Zuniga had already arrived at the door of the villa courtyard at this time. Seeing Angel staring at him with strange eyes, he seemed a little uncomfortable.

Cough cough...

After a cough, Zuniga's expression gradually became calm, and he even said in a joking tone: "It's not easy to meet a citizen of my homeland, so I must dress formally."

"Besides, if the other party is a beautiful lady, I must not lose my manners..."

Angel: "Have you found the people of the mountains?"

Zuniga shook his head: "Not yet, but this is also to prepare in advance."

Angel curled his lips: "If you want to prepare, just a coat is not enough. If the other party wants to visit your home, where will you take him? The slums?"

Zuniga touched his chin: "This is indeed something to consider, or should I buy a single-family villa now?"

Zuniga walked into the villa while chatting casually with Angel.

"Do you have money to buy a villa?"

Zuniga: "Although I don't have any modern coins, I have a lot of book pages, which is enough to sell."

Thinking that Zuniga would be targeted by fashion monsters almost every few days, Angel immediately realized that if this guy wanted to, it would not be a dream to make a fortune every day...

After entering the villa, Zuniga stopped chatting with Angel, but began to observe the situation in the villa seriously.

Angel did not disturb him, but followed him silently.

The villa has only two floors, and Zuniga finished the tour quickly.

"Have you found anything?" Angel asked.

Zuniga thought for a moment and said, "I can't say I didn't find anything... I can only say that if I think too much, it will be troublesome to check."

"What do you mean?"

Zuniga: "Didn't you just say that the clues here may be related to local culture and a kind of deduction and deciphering?"

Angel nodded. This was indeed his idea.

Zuniga: "If it is really a deduction and deciphering, then every thing with traces and pictures, and even the order of stacking multiple items, may be a puzzle."

"When I observe this house with this thought, I feel that every place may be a puzzle."

"For example, the broken glass at your feet may even be part of the puzzle."

Angel looked down and saw that there was indeed a broken glass at his feet, but...

Angel: "I accidentally knocked this glass off."

Zuniga was silent for a moment: "Maybe the original position of the glass can also constitute a puzzle."

Angel: "..."

He suddenly felt that asking Zuniga to decipher it might not be a good decision.

"Ahem, I was just joking." Zuniga: "What I want to say is that there are no clues yet, but I believe in your inspiration."

"So, let's start with the things you just suspected."

Before, when Zuniga was still in the Silver Wing Express, he asked Angel to record the things he doubted, and the Print Girl sent them to Zuniga.

These included tapestries, canvases, posters... and so on.

Zuniga had been doing research on the road for a while, and now he wanted to come to the villa and conduct another in-depth exploration in combination with the surrounding environment.

As he spoke, Zuniga came to Alfred's bedroom.

"Except for special people, most people will regard the bedroom as a safe haven." Zuniga: "Moreover, the bedroom is a relatively private space that can only be entered by certain people. This sense of exclusive control over the space gives individuals a psychological protection barrier."

"Therefore, when normal people hide things at home, the first choice in their minds is basically the bedroom."

"If the former noble knight did not deliberately hide clues, then in my opinion, the most likely place for him to leave clues is the bedroom."

And in the bedroom, there are indeed two scenes that Ingres asked the printmaker to record.

One is a canvas and the other is a tapestry.