??Chapter 121: Chapter 120 Suspect
Chapter 121: Chapter 120 Suspect
This couldn’t be a coincidence anymore.
The decentralization of virtual currency could ensure a certain level of transaction confidentiality, but it was by no ans an impenetrable wall. No matter how networked sothing was, it could not exist without real-world servers, gateways, and lines—and virtual currency was no different. Every transaction record was left on the market’s servers, and if the internet was inconvenient for inquiry, then a physical breakthrough could be equally effective, if not more so.
Soone was clearly targeting him.
And they had already traced from the Paradise ga’s paynt account all the way to the virtual coin market, and might now have even reached dostic grounds.
Chaoyang had also forged the account data. Even if the other party had found all the exchange records from the Bulgarian company’s server, it wouldn’t necessarily pinpoint his location imdiately. But this was undoubtedly a very dangerous signal. If he had not noticed these investigations and continued to use the sa account for subsequent transactions, exposure was only a matter of ti after accumulating certain characteristics.
Without hesitation, he dived into the bank’s network and directly froze his account, which still had a large balance. Then, he altered many past transaction records.
After doing all this, he finally felt slightly at ease.
However, the most critical point was that the targeted nature of this round of actions was rather astonishing. Their thods did not seem to be investigating an illegal gaming company but appeared to be aid at him personally.
It was almost as if they knew he was a Demon…
With that thought, Chaoyang’s heart skipped a beat!
No, it was impossible for them to know he was a Demon.
But that didn’t an they didn’t know Demons existed!
This was a perspective fallacy!
After all, the awakening of Angels and Demons had persisted for thousands of years. Now, Demons no longer had a place to live on Earth, which didn’t an they were always in such a sorry state in the past. Perhaps at so point, Demons walked openly under the sun, wantonly extracting other people’s souls, and even so ambitious individuals would cooperate with Demons, because as long as they had wishing power, they seed omnipotent. Considering this, if the descendants of those people were alive today, Demons for them would no longer just be a myth from the books.
After pondering for a mont, Chaoyang closed his eyes and used his consciousness to dial Ailuodi’s number.
After a long wait, the voice of connection finally ca through from the other side.
“Hello, it’s okay for you to call , but can you not change the screen to an eye?”
Beyond the girl’s voice, he could vaguely hear so noisy sounds.
“What’s the matter? Are you busy?”
“It’s nothing, don’t mind them, I’ll go to another room.”
A mont later, it finally quieted down on the other side, “Go ahead, what do you want?”
The last ti he called, Ailuodi had a highly resistant tone, thinking that Demons should not contact her in reality. This ti, she seed relaxed and natural.
“You said there is more than one Angel in the world, so how many Awakeners have you actually encountered?”
“What are you up to! I can’t tell you that!” Ailuodi imdiately beca alert.
“Please, after cooperating with
so many tis in Paradise, how could you still not understand what I’m thinking? Angels gain wishing power by hunting Demons, so what do Demons get from killing Angels? You don’t think that the first thing I’d do after finding out their whereabouts is to send them to their deaths, do you?”
“This…” Ailuodi hesitated, “you first tell
why you wanna know this.”
“Joe Jas… that is, Wayne Jas has vanished from the face of the Earth.”
“Eh!?” The other party was taken aback.
“He disappeared into thin air after being sent to prison, not even a record of his incarceration is left. Nine out of ten, this guy is gone, but this incident probably wasn’t directed at him. I later discovered that soone was secretly tracking . The current speculation is that a player got noticed by soone or a power within their circles while promoting Paradise, determining that Paradise is related to Demons and has started tracking purposefully. And as Joe Jas is one of the potential leak points, it must be sealed off quickly,” Chaoyang summarized in a few brief sentences, “I want to ask about the Angels, see if there’s anything worth learning from.”
Ailuodi’s first reaction was sowhat unexpected to Chaoyang.
“Are you okay? Have you exposed your tracks?”
“You have ti to worry about , you might as well answer my question.”
“That’s a different matter,” she huffed, “Wayne Jas deserved his punishnt, his death is nothing to be pitied. Personally, I still hope you can live a bit longer, at least for now. How about this… I can tell you about so other Angels, but not including where they currently live.”
“Alright, whatever you think you can tell, just tell.”
“I didn’t tell you everything last ti. In fact, I know two Angels… one I’ve only chatted with online, nad ‘K,’ but he’s of quite high status, a very respected good person, successful both in career and ho life. He used to enthusiastically answer our questions, but now his replies are seldom seen.”
“K?” Chaoyang was having trouble keeping it together, “You haven’t even t him, and you don’t know his real na? Hmm…”
Could this be a street-fighting expert who likes to play with fire?
“Are you doubting ? He’s more like a ntor, guiding new Awakeners on how to adjust to their identities, I learned a lot from him,” Ailuodi defended, “If you had the chance to talk to him, you’d definitely feel his wisdom.”
That surely didn’t include signing a contract with a Demon. “Alright, what about the other person?”
“The other person was also introduced to
by K, her na is Tiffany, ten years older than
and awakened much later than I did.”
“Did you et her in person this ti?”
“Yes, K thought she could learn sothing from , but that experience was pretty terrible…” Ailuodi’s voice lowered, seemingly not wishing to recall that event, “We only got along for half a year before we had a falling out. She thought everything I did was ludicrous and laughable, but more than that, I couldn’t stand her disdain for my partners. She eventually went to the United States alone, and we haven’t been in touch ever since.”
“And here I thought you were on good terms with other Angels, turns out that’s all the connection you have?” Chaoyang sneered, “Even if you wanted to tell
their exact locations, I bet you couldn’t co up with them on the spot, could you?”
“As the saying goes, words are also a sword, Demon!” Ailuodi retorted angrily.
“That might be your French saying, we call it ‘bitter dicine is good for health,'” he shrugged, “But what you’ve said does hold so value. If living undisturbed, both Demons and Angels end up having intersections with people around them, they are after all a part of the era.”
“So, you got any leads now?”
“Actually, I do.” First off, Cyber Eye was his unique ability, but if soone was well-versed in Demons, they would definitely be wary of the fact that Paradise could send invitation emails into the internal network at will. Even if they couldn’t fully understand Cyber Eye, they would be especially vigilant against cyber leaks. This showed the enemy’s keen insight, but it also could be their weak point—if they don’t rely on the network, then they’d have to resort to physical action. “But for this thod, I need your help. I’m planning to investigate Tyler, Anthony, and Qianyuan iko—if this matter isn’t much related to Joe Jas, but with Demons themselves, then all three are suspects.”
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