Is everything in this world can be seen through?
The answer to this question would most likely be no. No human is omnipotent. Nothing in this world can know everything beforehand. No matter how many plans we make, no matter what we do, or how far we achieve, there are tis we realize that we are not that great after all.
But, in our very essence, we want to be like the gods that we believe in.
We want to be the greatest, the ones that direct everything. That is why we fall into the delusion that we are great when everything is going our way.
Those thoughts. They suddenly appeared in my head. While I was hunting down the demonic humans one by one, secretly, suddenly, a bad premonition indulged my heart.
The reason for this wasn't so sort of intuition. It was because my eyes were observing things that I knew subconsciously should happen differently.
When sothing tells us that the thing in front of us is wrong, most of the ti, it is not because of the fact that we sohow get a divine revelation. We are not that special.
It is because our subconsciousness sees and notices the signs of difference. And that was what exactly was happening to right now. The reason why I was feeling such a thing.
'Why are they not appearing?'
This was the first question that ca to my mind. After all, according to the ga, the high-ranking executives of the organization must have appeared by now. That was how it went in the ga, the plan of their attack.
Even in the cutscenes, it was explained that this attack was being prepared for two or three years. Therefore, I doubted that such a plan would be changed thanks to the derivations from the ga.
That was also the reason why I notified Eleanor while securing the evidence that the professor had contacted the 'Mad Puppeteer.'
I precisely waited for that mont. I had already secured a lot of evidence on him, contacting many different people of demons.
They are also recorded in my mory, and I won't forget their faces. But, even then, I didn't stop until I found Mad Puppeteer.
I knew she would not be able to contain her emotions. After all, that Mad Puppeteer is her weakness. Sothing that can be used against her for a while.
This place was bound to be their grave. I confird this. After all, two other S-rank Hunters were also there, and they were from the Real Demonic Human Bureau. Though the situation concerning the Demonic Human Bureau is a lot more complex to explain, those hunters are real Demon Hunters, at least.
Alia and Callum.
Those two are future-nad characters that will significantly impact the storyline, and this is sothing that won't most likely change.
With their existence confird, I was sure that everything was about to go according to the plan I made.
After all, even if Verian Drakos is strong enough to kill professors and go against Eleanor one-on-one, he wouldn't be able to face three S-rank Hunters by himself.
And once Verian Drakos was killed, this would deal a significant blow to the Demon Followers since he has the Bestowal of a [Demon Lord]. Why is this that important?
The answer is related to how Bestowals works.
Once a person Bestowed is killed, the Bestower will also receive significant damage, making them require a lot of ti to recover.
And this will beco sothing that is exploitable. After all, just like humans, demons are also greedy and obsessed with power.
No. Compared to humans, demons are worse. After all, the hierarchy of strength runs a lot deeper in their society.
And, if other [Demon Lords] were to be inford that the other one was weaker, what would happen?
An internal war.
This was such a good opportunity to exploit. Since it was also the ti for the sester to end, I would have a lot of free ti to work against them.
But things didn't happen as I wished.
'They were not here.'
The fact that those people were not even here.
'Why?'
The first question to ask was why. Why did they not appear here?
Did they just abandon the three-year plan that they had made? But for what reason? What could possibly make them abandon such an important plan?
The answer was evident.
'They knew.'
The fact that they knew the academy was preparing to trap them. No other thing could be explained. Then what was the reason?
How did they know?
'Did they see the future? A divination? Oracle?'
But this didn't make any sense. After all, if I can think about this early, Eleanor must have also already thought about it. There is no way she wouldn't interfere with such things.
After all, nothing is omnipotent. Every power has its own weaknesses and counters. Therefore, Eleanor must have already taken counterasures to address that.
So, if divination or foresight wasn't the reason, then it had to be sothing more direct and reliable.
'Soone from the inside must have inford them.'
The realization hit with chilling clarity. Soone within the academy, soone with access to the plans and strategies, had betrayed us.
And that certain soone must have displayed enough evidence to persuade Valkara to abandon the preparation of three years, which would an they were at least aware of the existence of Callum, Alia, and other hunters here.
This would an they knew quite a lot. The most possible candidates would be the ones that Eleanor would have contacted.
It wasn't just an average informant. It had to be soone deeply embedded within the academy's operations, soone trusted enough to be privy to critical information.
'A mole, then.'
Soone who is playing both sides, feeding the demons the necessary intel to thwart our plans. It explained everything—their preparedness, the absence of the high-ranking executives, and the altered sequence of events.
'But, that is still….Eleanor wouldn't trust that many people easily.'
If the traitor was soone from Eleanor's side, then there was no need for to identify the traitor since Eleanor could easily deal with this alone.
At this point, she must have reached the sa conclusion as I did, and she could foresee everything.
But sothing didn't make sense.
'I had already seen him.'
Verian Drakos.
Most people wouldn't be able to notice his disguise, but nothing can pass through my eyes. Even if he had perfectly hidden his demonic energy and no ounce of it was even leaking, I knew it was Verian from the start.
The way he positioned himself and the way his eyes observed his non-focused areas from his posture gave away the weapon he was using. The clothing he had chosen, everything matched my analysis of his character from the ga.
He also mumbled from ti to ti to himself, which gave away the fact that he was giving orders. I could observe his lips, after all.
Just yesterday, he was in the academy.
But, if he were to be inford by an insider, why would he still risk himself to co here? Why would he show himself? I didn't get this point.
If soone inside knew about this plan, they could have inford him way before then how it was supposed to be, and there was no way, with his personality, he would take such a risk.
And suddenly, out of nowhere, he left the academy last night?
Why?
'Was the informant able to access the information just yesterday? Or are they trying to make a distraction?'
But this wouldn't happen unless the informant knew that soone on our side knew about the existence of Verian, which is not possible since Eleanor doesn't know about his existence.
After all, if they knew, there was no need for them to wait for the attack to happen. They could just attack him to capture him.
This made it evident that sothing else was in play.
'Think, Astron, think.' I needed to connect the dots. Verian's sudden departure, the absence of high-ranking executives, and the presence of a mole—these were all pieces of a larger puzzle. But how did they fit together?
'The timing.' Verian left just last night, shortly after I had confird his presence. It's too coincidental to ignore. If the mole had inford him of our plans, then they must have known I was watching him.
'This is impossible.'
This part can not be possible. No one in this world knows about what I think. Even the ones closest to only know on the surface. My interactions were limited, and my movents were careful.
'It must be sothing else. They must know about this beforehand.' The mole had to be soone with access to such sensitive information and soone who could relay that information without raising suspicion.
'Eleanor's inner circle.' But as I thought about it more, it made less sense. Eleanor was ticulous in her selection of confidants. The mole had to be soone who could bypass even her scrutiny.
'The faculty or higher administration?' But even they were under tight observation, especially during tis of heightened security. And I doubted Eleanor would even trust them after seeing the professor.
'The students.' The mole didn't need to be soone from the administration or faculty. It could be a student with the right connections and access. Soone who could blend in without arousing suspicion. This would make sense from the suspicion part. However, it is also limited to another.
It raised another question.
'If they were to be a student, who would be? Which student?' There were many possibilities, but it had to be soone with the ans and motive to betray the academy. Soone who had sothing to gain from aligning with the demons.
There were many students who turned into a villain in the future. The list could go on further, reaching at least fifty.
The amount of students Ethan would need to kill in the future was this high. I knew every one of their nas.
But none of them had the necessary access to this information. There was no way a student could know about the plan when even the academy faculty mbers didn't know about it.
It was not possible.
'Nothing seems to fit into this puzzle.'
I couldn't find the missing piece, no matter how hard I tried.
As I mulled over these thoughts, frustration began to creep in. The pieces of the puzzle were scattered, and no matter how I tried to arrange them, they didn't form a coherent picture. There was sothing I was missing, sothing crucial.
And then, suddenly, a thought struck . It was so simple and yet so profound that it almost felt like a revelation.
I myself was an odd phenonon. A special being who had the knowledge of another world. Whose soul sohow was split and was not complete.
What if there was soone else like ?
The idea was both unsettling and intriguing. If I existed in this world with the knowledge of the ga, why couldn't there be soone else with similar knowledge or abilities? Soone who also knew the events that were supposed to unfold and had their own agenda.
What if the mole was another person with foreknowledge, soone who understood the intricacies of this world as well as I did, or perhaps even better? Soone who could predict our moves, manipulate events, and guide the demons with precision.
It made sense. It explained the discrepancies, the shifts in the tiline, and the uncanny awareness the demons had of our plans. It wasn't just a traitor; it was soone playing a deeper ga, a parallel player in this world.
But who could it be? Another transmigrator? A reincarnator? Soone from my world or another with similar circumstances? The possibilities were endless, but the implications were clear.
'A person similar to but is against . A person who needs to be exterminated.'
They foiled my plans.
'You are going to pay for it.'
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