'Could it be because when I logged into my smurf account, I peered into the flow of information from the spiritual realm and glimpsed many hidden secrets?' Lynn pondered, realizing this was the only explanation for his sudden digestion of the Mystery Pryer potion in just one second.
'Would this be considered cheating?' Lynn's expression turned somewhat subtle, but his mood was quite good.
Now that the Mystery Pryer potion had been digested, he could start preparing for his promotion to Melee Scholar.
As for the potion formula, the original owner didn't have it, but as a sage, Lynn had long ago analyzed his own information and naturally obtained the relevant potion formulas from the Mystery Pryer pathway.
Although many ingredients in the analyzed formulas were in ancient terms, Lynn didn't see it as a major issue.
'With the cheat enabled, digesting the potion on my main account shouldn't be a problem, but for the smurf account...'
Lynn couldn't help but contemplate, 'How should a sage role be played? A sage either refers to a big shot who has achieved high accomplishments in a certain field, or a person of high virtue and talent...'
'Combining with the Mysticism represented by the Mystery Pryer pathway, am I supposed to play the role of a big shot in the Mysticism field?'
Imagining himself in that role, Lynn couldn't help but burst into laughter. As he laughed, he thought of a certain extraordinary individual who was constantly chasing after the Mystery Pryer pathway for intensive teaching, exhibiting a unique dedication to learning to the point of becoming eccentric, which made his expression even more peculiar.
'Could it be that Hidden Sage is actually playing the role of a sage? No, He should have surpassed this stage...'
Shaking his head, Lynn suppressed these random thoughts and looked towards the unconscious mobster not far away.
Once he dealt with this guy, he would buy a ticket to Tingen.
So, after spending some time handling the scene and ensuring he wouldn't end up behind bars, Lynn used the resources at hand to make a simple disguise and quietly left the desolate jungle, returning to the bustling city.
However, despite having decided to head to Tingen immediately, Lynn didn't rush to buy a train ticket. Instead, he discreetly slipped into the safe house that Privious Lynn Sotos had long prepared but never used, took the savings there, bought himself a steam train ticket to Tingen, and then, in the name of Lynn Sotos, wrote a report to the Evernight Church, reporting the incident involving the Turani von Helmosuin's manuscript.
In the letter, Lynn recounted the original owner's experiences and discoveries with an extremely frightened tone, omitting the fact of the original owner's death, using vague expressions like "they wanted to kill me, but I'm still alive" to obscure the truth, and ending with "I'm very scared now and want to hide for a while until things settle down."
For those who had caused the original owner's death, Lynn naturally had no intention of letting them off the hook. After all, repaying kindness with gratitude was a basic virtue. Since previous Lynn Sotos had given him his body, he naturally had to repay him in some small way.
Anyway, whether it was the mafia, Rosago, or Ambassador from Intis, none of them were good people. Killing any of them would be considered eliminating harm and would not violate the principles he had set for himself.
However, reporting was only the first step. Lynn didn't expect to be able to deal with these people by simply reporting them. His real action would have to wait until he finished his business in Tingen and came back.
'But my mind is actually a blank slate now...' Sitting on a bench in the waiting area, Lynn looked at the people coming and going at the station, unable to help but smile.
Before switching back to his main account, Lynn had hypnotized himself to temporarily forget about anything related to 0-08, only remembering what he needed to do, until the time was right to remember.
This was the best precaution against 0-08.
...
As Lynn arrived on the steam train to Loen, on the outskirts of Loen, in a house with a verdant lawn, an ordinary-looking notebook lay open behind the window of the bedroom.
A breeze blew in through the window, rustling the pages, and in the sound of the paper, rows of heart-pounding words faintly appeared:
"Due to fatigue and the dual effects of hallucinations, Hanass Vincent citizen of Tingen City mistakenly sold the Antigonus Family's Notebook as an ordinary ancient book, which is a logical coincidence."
...
"What is puzzling is that, lacking sufficient reasons, Klein did not commit suicide afterwards but successfully survived."
"Through Welch McGovern's case, he met Dunn Smith and joined the Nighthawks team."
...
"Madam Sharon, in order to completely polarize the conservative and new parties in Tingen City, and to vent the accumulated madness little by little after transforming her body, decided to take the risk of killing MP John Maynard."
...
"Madam Sharon has been dealt with, Kenley White has also died, and Dunn feels very guilty. According to tradition, he consumed the extraordinary characteristics left by the other party. His digestion process was thus interrupted, and his mental state became quite unstable."
The contents of the notebook abruptly stopped here, with the subsequent pages all blank, apparently the owner of the notebook had not yet written an ending to this story.
...
Unlike Backlund, where the nine o'clock sun is always shining brightly, there is no haze to be seen.
Lynn stepped out of the station with his suitcase. Instead of immediately heading to the Evernight Church near the Bakarland Party, he first rented a room and quickly procured a batch of materials.
Then, alone in his room, Lynn began to disguise himself in front of the mirror.
Although the lack of certain materials due to the differences in the worlds posed a challenge, it didn't hinder Lynn from making full use of the advanced disguising skills he had obtained from the Witch of a Thousand Faces. He skillfully applied some substances to his face, completely changing the facial features from one style of handsome guy to another.
Next, Lynn put on a black wig, completely covering his shoulder-length golden curls, and inserted something into his shoes to change his height and gait...
By the time Lynn was done, the person in the mirror no longer bore any resemblance to "Lynn Sotos," except for those pair of grayish eyes.
'It's a pity I don't have colored contact lenses, it's not perfect after all...' Lynn shook his head, but didn't pay too much attention. Although the eye color couldn't be changed, Lynn had altered the eye shape using eyeliner and shading techniques. Now he looked nothing like his original self, to the point where even his own mother wouldn't recognize him.
Of course, cheating with Beyonder abilities would be a different story. After all, ordinary people couldn't beat a cheater.
And the reason Lynn changed his appearance, apart from preparing for the upcoming actions, was to manually create a scapegoat.
'Disguising to this extent in appearance should be enough, although this world has divination and other supernatural abilities...' Lynn looked at himself in the mirror, appearing refined and mysterious, and silently pondered, 'But a sage's status should be enough to disrupt them.'
'However...' Lynn smiled at himself in the mirror, 'I think it's better to experiment beforehand before taking action.'
(End of Chapter)