1638 The Guild of the Wicked (1/2)
Edited by Aelryinth
”There are so many people here,” Asha'ruiya poked her head into the room and walked inside before Mo Fan gave his permission. She did not treat herself as an outsider.
”What do you want? We are discussing something important, if you have any other thoughts, we'll meet somewhere else… no, I wanted to say, you should stop bothering me. I'm taken already, Asha'ruiya, you are a nice woman,” Mo Fan blabbered.
”Isn't she A...” Zhao Manyan's eyes straightened when he saw Asha'ruiya!
”She's Ye Meng'e, wait...your surname is Ye too...” Mo Fan quickly interrupted Zhao Manyan.
Heidi and Brianca were present. If they knew the woman was Asha'ruiya, one of the Candidates for the role of the Goddess of the Parthenon Temple, the situation would seriously get out of control.
Even though Asha'ruiya was a public figure in Europe, she wore a veil most of the time, thus not many people had seen her face. Asha'ruiya was still wearing a veil to cover her face slightly, even here.
Knowing the problems between the Alps Institute and the Parthenon Temple, Mo Fan did not want Zhao Manyan to say Asha'ruiya's name. He called her by the Chinese name she gave him when they first met instead.
However, Mo Fan suddenly realized that her Chinese name had the surname Ye too, just like Ye Xinxia. Surely it was not a mere coincidence!
Zhao Manyan quickly realized why Mo Fan had interrupted him.
”I suddenly noticed that we have gathered some of the most beautiful women in the world in the same room,” Zhao Manyan exclaimed as a way to change the topic.
Mo Fan briefly scanned the women in the room. Zhao Manyan was absolutely right about that!
Brianca, Heidi, Asha'ruiya, and Mu Ningxue were all beauties among beauties, as was Apas, currently sitting on the couch playing with Little Flame Belle. The five of them could easily outshine every woman on the street!
”I know what you are looking for,” Asha'ruiya cut straight to the topic.
”You know? How do you know? Right, it's not difficult to find out that we are looking for the source of the young Tyrant Titan's heart, especially for an information vendor like you,” Mo Fan said.
Asha'ruiya shook her head. She looked at Mu Ningxue and asked, ”Are you investigating the incidents of missing children?”
Mu Ningxue's gaze sharpened. She immediately put on a hostile face.
She had only mentioned it to Mo Fan. Only those in the room knew the truth, so how did this uninvited guest know too? Unless... Asha'ruiya was the culprit she was looking for, or at least she was somehow related to the culprit!
Jiang Yu dropped his jaw. He finally realized something after staring at Asha'ruiya for some time, ”Your people? I got the information from a master. Wait, you are from the network, too?”
”What network? What the hell are you talking about?” Mo Fan was utterly confused.
”The Hunter Network, a network of information across countries. The Secret Tipping Scrolls purchased from our country's Hunter Union is one of the projects handled by the Hunter Network. They specialize in gathering information: information on demon creatures, organizations, Mages, equipment… their organization branched off from the Hunter Union. It even has information about the Black Vatican, Hall of Assassins, and other independent factions, resistances, and cults. When you asked me to look into the incidents of the missing children in Feiniao City, I couldn't find any information about it through official channels in our country, so I had to collect the information through the Hunter Network. It was a Master of the Hunter Network who tipped me that the culprit we are looking for is one of the clans in Athens!” Jiang Yu said.
Mo Fan had heard about the Secret Tipping Scrolls before. Many Hunters sold valuable information they had found through them; other Hunters could then buy the Secret Tipping Scrolls that contained information about the things they were looking for. Mo Fan spent a fortune on the Secret Tipping Scrolls when he was looking for the young Medusa, which had allowed him to narrow down the search area to the temple!
To Mo Fan's surprise, these informers had formed a network, and were referred to as the Hunter Network!
”But I told the master not to reveal who I am!” Jiang Yu protested.
”There's no such thing as absolute secrecy in this world. You were exposed the moment you bought the information from the Hunter Network, so it was not difficult to find out what Fanxue Mountain is up to,” Asha'ruiya said.
”So are you saying… the Hunter Network is like Baidu for Mages?” Mo Fan asked curiously.
”...”
”...”
The Hunter Network was obviously not the same as Baidu, because it was selling some of the most confidential intel in the world!