Chapter 184 - Agent Zero (3) (1/2)
Zero's class began on the very next day. The young doctor was up before even dawn and had gone through Hua Tuo's morning exercises twice. In fact, he had been too excited for any form of proper sleep. He checked his timetable several times just so he knew what to expect throughout the day.
Beelzebub didn't return at all that night and Zero was worried. Still, Baal said not to worry so Zero wasn't going to pry in other people's business. Besides, there were things that he had to do. Worrying wouldn't be of any help. With Mii's assistance, the young doctor had everyone on the suspect list added to the map's auto-detect list. Once Zero comes in close proximity, it will mark them as a watched target.
Zero wondered if it was possible to add a few more people who were not on the suspect list to his watchlist on a lower priority. For one, the librarian was very suspicious. Zero had already decided to drop by the library and check out on some recommended readings by Baal. It was rare to find a dragon and even rarer to find a dragon-demon. Olaf was quite the mysterious character and even if Zero didn't think he was a bad person, the young doctor would rather be safe than sorry.
The first thing Zero did before the bell rang was to head to the cafeteria where breakfast was waiting. Due to the early hour, there was hardly anyone in it. Zero enjoyed the reprieve and relished the moment. The cooks were pleasantly surprised to see the new student and heaped a huge variety of freshly baked pastries onto his plate. Zero couldn't even begin to offer his gratitude when the pile on his plate overflowed.
After much bowing, thanking and refusing extra morsels, Zero finally sat down to begin his meal while checking on the movement of his targets. Most of the students Class-A do not attend the lectures in the morning and only gather in the afternoon for compulsory modules. That was one of the privileges the special class had.
”Mii, could you show me the profile of the targets again?” he asked through their mental connection.
The strawcherry fairy went through Zero's massive library of information in their mindscape and pulled out a pair of tiny glasses to facilitate her in finding that one particular book. Zero watched her pull out a particular book in his mindscape all while eating on autopilot. The pile of food gradually reduced and Zero was only able to half-heartedly enjoy the taste of the various pastries, all of which were no doubt knowledge that Lucifer brought along with him from Heaven. Even without paying attention to the flavour, Zero's tongue danced in delight at the exquisite sweetness of the seven-berry cake.
”Found it,” Mii reported and flipped open the first page of the memory book. With Bob's suggestion, they decided to reorganise the mindscape a little. Zero had simply too many fragments, memories and unknown sources of powers. It was also easier to find things when they were neater and Mii self-assigned the job to be Zero's mindscape librarian. Bob sulked at that but there wasn't much he could do. Mii was better at locating things after all. She was also good at categorising things. The book she was holding was also known as Zero's memories. It wasn't particularly thick yet because it hasn't even been a year since Zero fell out of the void.
”The first target from Class-A is someone you've already met yesterday. His name is Jeremiah and despite behaving like an idiot, he is a child genius best known for his unique abilities to charm others with his music. It should be no surprise that his voice has hypnotic powers, he is a canary demon after all.”
Zero hummed in response and licked his fingers before returning his tray while Mii continued. He briefly remembered that snobbish looking student with a narrow mind to match his attitude. Jeremiah had black hair except for that one streak of yellow in the middle with all the strands slicked backwards. The oddness did nothing to deter his androgynous beauty. In fact, the swallowtail uniform blazer and tight iron pants only highlighted it. It solidified Zero's belief that this person was a thorough snob was when he made his hasty escape with those shiny black shoes with short heels that go click-clack on the hard tiles.
”Who's the next? I remember we have five targets in total, three from Class-B and one from Class-A.”
Mii turned the page. ”There is also Kruz, a bat demon. He's anti-social and although he isn't someone who looks like he would be involved in such a scheme, he is on your target list.”
Zero looked at the picture attached in Kruz's profile. He hadn't seen the bat demon at all and Kruz looked like a very small demon who was about Zero's height. Unlike the other demons here who looked more humanlike, Kruz still retained his animal parts such as patches of fur on his arms, wings and ears. His eyes also looked like a bat's and Zero found the bluish hue on his skin very interesting. How did the pigmentation work?
”What about Beel's target? Are any of them in the vicinity?”
Mii scrutinised the map window and looked back at the book. ”The other three suspects are Rayneld - a Manta Ray demon, Chitta - a succubus and Koblaq an obsidian demon.”
Zero blinked. ”Obsidian demon? What's that?”
”It's a demon that is born from the lava river. He's actually a gargoyle but you won't get to see him in action. Koblaq is known to be good at aerial battles with very high defence magic. Normally you can see him wearing a black hooded jacket over his uniform sleeping at the back of the class. It isn't uncommon to find him participating in riots outside of school hours. This kid has had several warnings from the Academy but he just doesn't stop.”
”How about Chitta and Rayneld?”
Mii flipped another page. ”Chitta's just really sociable and fits in very well with the profile of an information hunter. She happens to be good at assassination.”