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Chapter 239: It's Her, It's Her, It's Her
Chapter 239: It's Her, It's Her, It's Her
So... you're not here to pick a fight, but to thank me? Then what I did just now...
Looking at Lyon, who was vigorously shaking her hand, the female journalist's ears suddenly burned with embarrassment as she recalled her recent taunting.
The person who had successfully grabbed her palm was no better off. After reading the intelligence provided by 【Materialism】, Lyon's pupils instantly constricted!
...
【Name: Non-Tentacle (Flesh, Energy, Soul)】
【Appearance: A pair of fair and delicate female hands that emit a faint white glow in the night, impervious to physical damage from slashing, chopping, freezing, burning, voodoo curses, or even mental and spiritual attacks.】
【Abilities: Non-Flesh, Non-Energy, Non-Soul】
【Cost: Permanent loss of her original hands】
【File: The hands of a nun who devoted her life to serving a hidden god. From birth, she was chosen as one of the ninety-nine "Hidden Ones", and her facial features were completely sealed and destroyed.
Although she lived in this world, throughout her long life of one hundred and fifty years, she never interacted with the world except through touch, making her a true "Non-Existent Hidden One".
As the nun approached the end of her life, her hands were taken by the followers of the Hidden Church, preparing to offer them to the Hidden God. However, the Gemini Division of the Purification Bureau arrived just in time, killing all the believers within the Hidden Church's stronghold and disrupting the sacrifice.
After completing the purification mission, the then-director of the Gemini Division found the nameless nun among the corpses behind the altar and gifted her with an "Anomaly Seed". In exchange for never being able to touch anything again with her hands, the nun, who was nearing the end of her life, regained her facial features and senses for a day and a night.
After the nun's death, the born-from-her-obsession 【Non-Tentacle】 was stored in the Gemini Division's warehouse. Decades later, Nicole Collins, a Tier 1 Purifier of the Gemini Division, lost her original hands on a mission and became the new user of 【Non-Tentacle】, up until the present day.】
【Evaluation: An anomaly with terrifyingly low upper and lower limits. While it can repel all contact below the level of a True God, it requires manual activation and a proactive blocking action. Therefore, only those with exceptionally strong physical qualities and reaction speeds can unleash its full power.】
【Immersion Value: 28.1】
Twenty-eight Immersion Value points! A Tier 1 Purifier of the Gemini Division!
Upon seeing the prefix "Miss Nicole" in the 【Non-Tentacle】 file, Lyon's mind went blank for a moment. Many previously unclear matters suddenly came together, and the clouds of doubt that had been hanging over his head dissipated.
With the Water Bottle Director's tendency to keep a backup plan, how could he possibly ignore the rebels and let them fend for themselves under the Red-Haired Director's watch? He must have arranged for a backup to prevent them from being completely exposed and swept up by the Virgo Division.
The person he sent as a backup was most likely the Miss Nicole standing before him. This female journalist was not a member of the rebels, nor could she be the daughter of the Old Owen couple. Instead, she was a Tier 1 Purifier of the Gemini Division, and like me, she probably used an anomaly to infiltrate the rebels!
Furthermore, during the rebels' meeting, her absence was likely due to her killing Emma's nemesis, allowing Emma to be taken away by the headquarters. And the person who broke into the Purification Bureau yesterday and took the fake photo was undoubtedly her!
As for the evidence...
Lyon glanced at the fine sweat on the female journalist's forehead and noticed that despite the warm indoor temperature, she was wearing unusually thick clothing. This further solidified his suspicion.
If Miss Nicole were to remove her clothes at this moment, her body would undoubtedly be wrapped in bandages. The reason she insisted on wearing a shawl and covering herself so thoroughly was to hide the wounds inflicted by the director's hair on her body.
Moreover, although she was currently blushing with embarrassment, her face showed no significant change in color, likely due to makeup or the use of an anomaly to conceal the pallor that comes with excessive blood loss. This aligned with the situation of the thief who had stolen the photo.
In the end, Black Sheep had once said that his tail represented laziness and secrecy, so his ability was most likely to eliminate the aura of leaving the body. This was even more similar to the thief from yesterday, so...
It's her! It's her! It's her!
Damn, I came here just to see a familiar name and wanted to probe the last rebel's background, but I never expected to dig up such a big fish!
"Sorry, I really didn't know how to explain just now, and I might have given you the wrong idea."
After calming his surging emotions slightly, Lyon released his delicate hands that were worth twenty-eight points of immersion value and instantly switched to the 【Elite Performer】. With a sincere smile, he began to explain, "Actually, I didn't know my relationship with the Lane family back then, and even now that I've been forced to succeed the dukedom, I don't intend to be a proper noble. Marrying into the royal family was just an excuse to shake off the dukedom."
"Oh, I see..."
Seeing that Lyon didn't hold on to his previous "slip of the tongue", the embarrassed female journalist felt a little better and nodded awkwardly.
"Then... You're really quite special..."
Grabbing the female journalist's hands again, Lyon shook them vigorously and said with a mix of three parts sincerity and seven parts pretense, "Miss Nicole, do you know how many newspapers and journalists I contacted to expose this matter?"
Before the female journalist could respond, Lyon, who had caught a glimpse of the bandage on her sleeve, exclaimed with "excitement", "Within a day, I made appointments with nine different newspapers in the capital. I visited almost every major newspaper, known for their fearless reporting, but not a single one was willing to publish the story. Some even tried to grab me and take the evidence directly!
This is truly... It's so dark! Damn the Lane family! Every time I think about it, I get furious.
"..."
The newly appointed Duchess of Lionheart, facing the journalist's angry condemnation of the despicable Lane family, couldn't help but open her mouth slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but she didn't know how to begin. So, she closed her mouth and murmured in agreement.
"Miss Nicole, I knew you couldn't stand this kind of thing either, which is why you helped expose it! Alas! If I had found you and the Sun Herald earlier, I wouldn't have had to go through so much trouble!"
Hearing the journalist's agreement, Lyon immediately seized the opportunity and began to flatter her, praising her as the savior of the kingdom's media industry and the last remaining conscience of the capital's news world.
Lyon's words were three parts sincere, and with the powerful boost from the Elite Performer, his compliments seemed especially genuine. As he watched her reaction, he could see that she was almost becoming a die-hard fan. Finally, the journalist couldn't take it anymore and waved her hands, protesting, "No, no, no! I just happened to be there at the right time. It's not as great as you say. My reporting... well... also has many shortcomings."
"Haha, you're being modest. But yes, there are indeed some minor inaccuracies."
Lyon seemed to remember something and nodded with a smile. "For example, in these news articles about me, Miss Nicole, you only heard about it from others and didn't get first-hand information. So, there are indeed some small discrepancies in the reporting... How about this, Miss Nicole? Are you interested in doing an exclusive interview with me?"
"An exclusive interview?"
"Yes! An exclusive interview!"
Lyon smiled and said, "Although I've succeeded the dukedom, I still have a very special job in a small department under the kingdom. When you have some free time in the next few days, would you be willing to come and interview me there?"
(End of Chapter)
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