After watching the highlights of the match, Jessica fell silent for a mont, lost in thought.
"...Both of them have the sa fighting style as Mika, and they even possess Bianca's signature skill, Atomic Slash," she finally muttered, clearly taken aback.
"But you missed the part where they switch places, President," Mina pointed out.
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"What do you an? Does Marz also use that location switch skill?" Jessica asked, looking puzzled.
"Did you not watch the assessnt video in its entirety, President?" Mina asked, a blank expression on her face.
"...."
Jessica suddenly realized that she had missed several crucial parts of the video, including the section where Marz used his location swap skill. Worried that she might have overlooked other important details, she quickly rewound the video and began watching it from the beginning once again, paying closer attention this ti around.
...
After watching the entire footage again, Jessica let out a breath of surprise. "How intriguing!"
"Do you think there's a chance they're the sa person, President?" Mina asked with a concerned look.
Jessica took a mont to consider before responding, "...No, I don't think so," she said, shaking her head.
"...."
"But with all the similarities in their skills and fighting style, don't you think it's possible?" Mina pressed.
Although Marz and Ares' skills and fighting styles were strikingly similar, Jessica's confidence in her own ability led her to remain unconvinced that they were the sa person.
"As you may recall, I first encountered Ares when he successfully cleared that mysterious black gate. However, I can say with confidence that he wasn't nearly that strong back then.
At the ti, it seed like he had only just reached the level of an A-Rank," Jessica clarified, her expression serious. "While that is certainly impressive for soone his age, I don't believe it's enough to take down a Demon Lord," she continued, deep in thought.
Mina raised a possibility, "Maybe he was concealing his strength at the ti, and we simply couldn't discern his true abilities?"
"Are you suggesting that he was able to hide his strength from ?" Jessica asked, pointing to her patched eye with a neutral expression.
"...."
Mina quickly apologized after a sudden realization. "Ah, sorry. I forgot about your ability for a mont."
'Yeah, It's impossible for him to hide his strength from her all-seeing eye,' Mina reflected on Jessica's powerful skill, the All-Seeing Eye, which granted her the ability to see through almost anything.
The skill allowed her to penetrate solid objects, barriers, and illusions, and detect hidden objects, traps, and enemies. Jessica could even see faraway locations and also identify the strengths and weaknesses of people and objects, making her a formidable opponent in combat.
Despite its many benefits, there was one limitation to the skill - it couldn't penetrate the powers of demon lord contractees, as their powers are shrouded in a strong demonic aura that blocked Jessica's vision.
As Mina thought about it, she realized there were probably many other uses and applications for Jessica's All-Seeing Eye that she wasn't even aware of yet.
Mina's train of thought was interrupted by the sound of Jessica's voice. She seed unfazed by Mina's mistake and quickly reassured her not to worry.
"Don't worry about it. I don't believe he could have beco that powerful in such a short amount of ti to defeat a Demon Lord and wreak havoc on the Abandoned Kingdom," Jessica said, interweaving her fingers as she began to contemplate. "But the question that's really puzzling is how both Marz and Ares can possess such strikingly similar skills?" she wondered aloud, her mind racing with possibilities.
'Could it be a coincidence? Was it possible for two people to develop such similar fighting styles and abilities independently of each other? Or was there sothing more at play?'
"...Have you done a background search on that Marz?" Jessica suddenly asked, looking at Mina.
"Actually, I did. But the results are not satisfying," Mina said.
"What do you an?" Jessica asked, raising an eyebrow.
Mina hesitated for a mont before replying, "There's not much information available about Marz. It's almost like soone is intentionally hiding his background."
Jessica's expression turned serious at Mina's words. "That's concerning. What did you manage to find out?" she asked.
"Well, I did co across sothing interesting. It seems when Marz was just 10 years old, his master left him in the gladiator arena as part of his training, but never ca back to check on him. Witnesses say that there was a handso eye-catching black-haired boy who frequently visited him during his ti in the arena, and it matches Ares' description," Mina revealed.
Jessica's eyes widened. "So Marz and Ares have a connection that goes back years?"
"Yes, and according to my sources, Ares helped Marz a lot during his ti in the arena, with the help of his ex-fiancée Silvia," Mina added.
"I see. Do you have any footage from his ti in the gladiator gas?"
"No, I couldn't get my hands on any of them. It seems that Silvia had cleared all of his records," Mina replied, sounding frustrated.
Jessica paused for a mont before asking, "Anything else you found out about him?"
Mina hesitated before adding, "Well, I have a theory based on my investigation."
Jessica leaned in, intrigued. "Let's hear it."
Mina took a deep breath before explaining, "From what I've gathered, I assu Mika has two disciples. One is Marz, who she abandoned in the gladiator arena for so reason, and the other is Ares, who she adores. Despite Mika's abandonnt, Ares remained close to Marz and even visited him secretly with the help of his ex-fiancée, Silvia."
Jessica nodded, following Mina's train of thought.
"After Mika's loss against Tania, Marz decided to leave the gladiator arena for so reason, maybe due to a falling out between them, or maybe Marz discovered sothing about Mika that made him leave. Either way, with the help of Ares and Silvia, he was able to exit the gladiator arena without much issue, and then decided to beco an adventurer with Silvia as his sponsor.
Also, the eradication of the demon colony in the Khaldor kingdom seems to be Marz's doing, as his adventurer assessnt was on the sa day in the Khaldor kingdom, and the letter and video clip you received also ca from there.
Though soone tried to hide the traces, we were able to deduce that the whole demon colony was eradicated in a single sword strike similar to that of Mika's signature move."
Jessica's eyes widened as she realized the implications of Mina's theory. "Where was Ares while the attack on the demon colony happened?" she asked.
"He was also seen in the Khaldor Kingdom's warp port on the sa day of Marz's ranking assessnt," Mina inford her.
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"It ...all makes sense now!" Jessica muttered thoughtfully, nodding her head in agreent.
'It seems Ares was the one who inford Marz about the location of the Demon Lord's dungeon with the help of his Demon servant.
And seeing Marz going out of his way to clear demon colonies and Demon Lords, his personality contradicts that of Mika's 'don't give a damn' personality, which is actually a relief.' Jessica mused.
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