Chapter 843 The Spy (Part 1)
She was waiting in the dark, talking to herself.
It was cold here. Although her strengthened physique allowed her to abandon the discomfort caused by the drop in temperature, she could still feel it.
She did not take off her sealing suit, one of the extremely limited advantages of such a garment being its ability to keep warm.
Before leaving her post, she confirmed that her status in the member duty list was "sick".
This part of the plan was accomplished with ease.
Considering the environment on the middle deck she is currently in, it is not complicated to sneak into this place. She had waited until all the personnel on duty dispersed before letting a reconnaissance robot crawl out of her clothes and hack into the main communication system.
This way, it becomes much easier to stay on top of things.
During the one-hour trip, she kept clues on the two main tasks, but it has to be said that the Astral Knight was very tightly covered and had no clues.
What surprised her even more was that the White Temple actually appeared on the battlefield. She had clearly confirmed that they had left the airport.
Unless, they have hooked up with the Astral Knight beforehand.
As circumstances change, so must her plans, but the mission given to her by Inquisitor Marcus will not.
So, the waiting began.
Half an hour later, she started talking to herself.
Question: "What is the probability of errors in this plan?"
Answer: "High, many factors are unknown, and all results are approximate."
This is a basic skill of the Callidus Temple, one of the first things that preparatory students master.
Their faction has never been known for its direct combat effectiveness. In addition to being able to disguise, their most important weapons are brain power and analysis.
Similarly, as early as childhood, doubt and questioning have been ingrained in their minds through training. The first step in this training comes from responding to a mentor's question. , and then imitate this technique alone by imagining another character's perspective/intellectual framework.
Eventually, this questioning/radical questioning technique will become part of their basic consciousness.
Over time, this repetitive self-questioning seeped into their subconscious structures. Most Callidus rarely consciously reviewed this technique, but Ariana began this behavior during the operation.
At first, she saw it as a way to clear her head and get her functions working properly.
After some time, she began to wonder if it was a consequence of acting without instructions, a compulsive instinct.
In the hidden tool compartment, she constantly changes roles between questioner and respondent, answering questions.
In her mind the questioner remained her mentor, her mentor during the first ten years of her career as an Assassin.
In the memory, the image of his annoying wrinkled face throwing out challenges one after another while grinning is so clear.
Question: "What are the principles of the current final plan?"
Answer: "An inquisitor has shown importance to the current situation of the Astral Knights. This inquisitor represents the problem area that will Changes occur, and opportunities lie within them."
Question: "Explain your current goals."
Answer: "The close connection between the Astral Knights and the disappeared Soul Drinkers."
Q: "Give the name and identity of the target individual."
A: "First Captain of the Soul Drinkers Chapter, Maximilian."
Q: "Outline the target's current location , personality, ability, network and resources."
Answer: "The required information is unknown."
Suddenly she stopped, because in her consciousness, the face of the mentor was grinning. Smiling, that's not a pleasant look.
Question: "Outline the basic information related to the target."
Answer: "The Soul Drinkers had a large-scale civil strife twenty years ago. At that time, the only intervention was the Astral Knights Chapter. After the war, a part of the Soul Drinkers rebelled. The soul drinkers joined the Red Pirates, and the remaining soul drinkers disappeared. "Question: "Speculate the possible meaning of "disappearance" in the field of question. "
Answer: "The soul drinkers at that time. No one knows the details of the civil strife. The real situation of the civil strife is only known to the top management of the Astral Knights. After the civil strife of the Soul Drinkers, the number of Astral Knights showed an abnormal growth curve. Therefore, it can be judged that the Astral Knights illegally merged with the Soul Drinkers. , the analysis has an accurate value of 76%"
Request: "Expand the analysis body"
Answer: "Since the identity of the Soul Drinker cannot be read from inside the enemy, it cannot be truly confirmed that the Soul Drinker has joined the Astral Knights, and the number of Astral Knights is still at a relatively sparse stage, so it is difficult to compare with Huron. The extended analysis has an accuracy of 38%."
Soon, in her mind, the teacher's wizened mouth turned into a smile like a knife mark.
Ask: "How does this situation provide a termination solution for the designated target?"
She paused again.
Answer: "The intervention of the Ministry of Interior represents a change in the power structure and a comprehensive change in the problem area."
The mentor in her memory just stared at her with a sense of victory and a mocking glint in her eyes.
"The answer is clarification."
She started, then stopped, feeling her own hesitation, and couldn't help but tremble.
Doubt begets truth, another voice in her head was echoing.
Unknown is doomed to failure.
"Answer clarification: The Minotaur Chapter brings the opportunity to expand the problem space and potentially achieve execution of targets by manipulating asymmetric information among the enemy."
She paused, In the silence of the cubicle, she could hear the sound of her heart pumping blood.
Ariana saw the mentor in her memory leaning over and looking down at her. The light fell on the membranes implanted on the surface of his eyes, turning them into pure silver.
“Judgment.”
He whispered in her voice:
"You are clinging to uncertainty."
"Response: Existence can-"
The words stuck in her throat.
"Judgment: You don't see a clear path to the outcome - Judgment: You don't know what you are doing - Judgment: You are about to make a mistake."
She blinked. , suddenly became aware of the coldness in the compartment again.
"You're about to make a mistake."
Ariana said quietly to herself.
After that, she stayed motionless for a long time, staring into nothingness while counting the seconds.
Eventually, the likelihood that the patrol was still in the passage shrank to zero.
The time has come.
She stretched her body, crossed the messy tools, and activated the prepared signal.
That was a broad-spectrum help signal. There were dozens of such signals washing through Unbound Soul's communication network, coming from mechanical failures that could not be handled.
Only in this way can she attract all kinds of attention elsewhere, and have the opportunity to sneak into the armory and obtain the genetic identification code of the entire Astral Knights Chapter.
Only in that place can she obtain the most complete genetic identification code.
Ariana watched the transmission light flash and considered starting another conversation with herself, but ultimately decided not to.
Just as she was slowly walking towards the predetermined direction as a communications soldier, she suddenly seemed to hear the sound of sharp claws scratching metal, but the sound seemed very light, as light as an illusion.
(End of this chapter)