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The third member of the team was sitting with Josie. He wasn't very old, looking about the same age as Josie. It was no wonder that in the lounge earlier, Josie and he were the only two who huddled together, chattering about something.
"Hello, my name is Joseph Diaz. I'm currently a Sequence 9 Reader. My application for the Sequence 8 potion hasn't been approved yet, but as soon as it is, I can advance at any time. I'm the team's previous newbie." The young man sitting next to Josie took the initiative to get up and approach when he saw Leyton's gaze shift over. He introduced himself with a smile and a gentle tone.
Joseph appeared to be from Lenburg. He had brown, slightly curly hair that was well-groomed. Because his hair had a natural curl, unlike the captain's meticulous style, it seemed more natural. He had a broad forehead, a high nose bridge, and deep blue eyes. His features were well-defined, and his skin was close to wheat-colored, but slightly lighter. He wore a pair of brass-colored, steampunk-style glasses on his head. He was about the same height as Josie, around 1.8 meters, but his figure was more upright.
Joseph's temperament was more mature than Josie's. He wore an ordinary brown long trench coat, but he managed to pull off a model-like look. However, his scholarly aura was also evident. Leyton felt like he was facing a young professor from university, approachable and easy-going, but not lacking in authority.
Leyton's gaze lingered on him, analyzing his movements and expressions while smiling and responding, "Hello, just call me Leyton. Now you've been promoted from the team's newbie to a team elder."
Leyton's response made the smile on the other party's face seem more sincere. At the same time, Leyton made a judgment about Joseph in his mind. He should be someone with a strong desire to win, as he overly emphasized the fact that he could advance to Sequence 8 at any time.
He said he was the previous newbie, which meant he probably hadn't joined the team long ago. He also narrowed the distance between the two, in order to reduce the gap between Leyton as a newbie and everyone else.
All in all, he was a good person. Although he had the strong desire to win that many young people have, it was harmless. As a teammate, Leyton had a good impression of him.
After getting to know Joseph, Leyton shifted his gaze to the last team member, who was sitting in the corner of the lounge. He was holding an open book and was obviously engrossed in reading before Leyton and the captain came in. When Leyton saw that the other party's gaze was fixed on him, he took the initiative to walk over.
Seeing Leyton approach, he also stood up, a gentle smile on his face. His hair, styled as meticulously as the captain's, already had some gray in it, but the skin on his face had no wrinkles and looked very smooth. He was obviously well-maintained. His hairline was a bit high, and his eyebrows drooped, which made his forehead appear even wider. He had a straight nose and fair skin.
It wasn't until he stood up that Leyton realized he was almost as tall as the captain, with an upright posture, but somewhat thin. However, it was easy to see that he must have been as strong as the captain when he was younger. A standard brown long trench coat was draped over the back of a chair, and he wore a collared dark knitted sweater. A gold pocket watch hung on his chest, and he wore brown trousers and black leather shoes. The leather shoes were polished to a shine. One hand held a closed leather-bound book, and the other hand adjusted the monocle on his left eye.
The act of adjusting the monocle made Leyton's eyelids twitch, and a name suddenly popped into his head: "Amon."
"I'll go! It can't be! It can't be! His monocle is on his left eye, and the style is different. Besides, this is the Knowledge Church's internal executor team. Amon shouldn't be courting death by mixing in here."
Leyton kept reassuring himself in his mind.
"Hmm? You look so surprised when you see me? Did I remind you of some elder you don't want to face?" Leyton's subconscious reaction didn't escape the Beyonder's eyes at all, and he said with a slightly surprised tone.
"The professor who assigned me homework!" Leyton said half-truthfully. Although this wasn't the reason for his startled reaction, the other party did resemble his university mentor who had been urging him to finish his graduation thesis.
"Your reaction is exactly the same as Josie's back then. No, it seems you both have a teacher who left a deep impression on you." The other party chuckled and brushed over the topic.
"Indeed! I had nightmares every day back then!" Josie also followed Leyton and walked over.
"Yeah! Exactly!" Recalling his university mentor, Leyton nodded in agreement.
"In that case, it seems you're very unlucky, because I'll be your next professor for a long time." The other party said in a tone that was half serious and half joking.
"Now that you've joined our team, the Bishop has obviously confirmed that there are no problems with you, but regarding the weakness in your foundation caused by skipping Sequence 9 and your insufficient mastery of your own Beyonder abilities! The Bishop will definitely let the captain handle it, and the captain will definitely let me handle it, so you should be following me to learn knowledge for a long time. The focus of learning is mastery, so I'll also be examining you every now and then!" The other party's tone changed from gentle to serious, obviously fully embracing the identity of a professor.
"Uh..." Leyton widened his eyes, not knowing how to respond for a moment, and could only turn to look at Captain Icanton, who was silently watching this scene behind him.
"Haha! That's right, I did plan to entrust this matter to Mr. Kosith. As the captain of the team, I don't have enough time to arrange and examine your learning tasks and progress." Captain Icanton nodded in agreement with Mr. Kosith's words.
Leyton turned his head expressionlessly, unable to resist complaining in his heart: "I have a feeling that my life won't be too wonderful!"
"My name is Kosith Chias, a Sequence 7 Knowledge Keeper. You can call me Mr. Kosith like them, or of course, you can call me Teacher Kosith." Leyton's change in expression seemed to please Mr. Kosith, and Mr. Kosith's tone became lively.
"Okay, Teacher Kosith." Leyton quickly adjusted his mood.
"Mr. Kosith, please arrange the books that Leyton needs first, and start teaching him some common sense of mysticism tomorrow. I'll take him to identify the remains of that Moses Ascetic Order member first, hoping to get some extra information. The people of the Moses Ascetic Order are very good at interfering with spirit mediumship and divination. We didn't get much information before," Captain Icanton said.
Then, he nodded towards Leyton, who was looking at him: "Come with me!"
"Okay!" Leyton nodded, feeling a little uneasy as he followed Captain Icanton.
When the captain mentioned that the previous owner was lured into swallowing Beyonder characteristics, Leyton had many questions, but he was afraid of revealing that he was not the former Leyton, so he had been restraining himself from asking about this.
But he didn't expect that the captain just said the other party's remains. Thinking that the other party was dead, Leyton felt a lot more at ease, but then he felt that in this case, he would not be able to know what happened before, why the original owner swallowed the Beyonder characteristics, and what happened later.
"Are you worried?" Captain Icanton asked again after walking out of the lounge.
"Huh? Worried about what?" Leyton didn't realize what the captain was talking about.
"That member of the Moses Ascetic Order has been killed by us, but his soul has been subjected to certain influences. The results of our spirit mediumship are very poor, so I want you to see if you can recall any information he mentioned inadvertently," Captain Icanton said as he walked.
"Actually, the best choice for this matter would have been to have Jessica use hypnosis and guidance to help you recall the relevant memories, but your current state is not very good, and rash hypnosis and psychological guidance may have additional effects on you, so we can only try to let you recall it yourself," the captain explained the reason for doing so.
Finally, he added: "You don't need to worry too much. We basically already know the information we should know. You were originally just a victim and don't know any useful information. We just hope that this Moses Ascetic Order member inadvertently mentioned some important content in front of you. The mental state of these cult members is mostly problematic, so the probability of this happening is still quite high."
"Uh, I see." Leyton nodded slightly.
Then he said: "Captain, how did you investigate this matter? I don't seem to have left the house after getting that Beyonder characteristic, and I didn't find anyone coming to my house either?"
Captain Icanton turned to look at Leyton before saying: "This is the mysterious Beyonder world. If we want to investigate an ordinary person, we don't necessarily need to do it bit by bit."
"Ah?" Leyton was stunned for a moment, and suddenly thought of something. Sequence 4 of the Reader pathway is called Prophet. Beyonders at this stage have begun to master higher-level mystical knowledge in the field of fate, thereby gaining the ability to "prophesy."
"What did you think of?" Captain Icanton saw that Leyton had such a sudden look of realization, which was different from what he had expected. There was no process of going from confusion to shock and then curiously asking himself.
"Is it the so-called prophecy?" Leyton asked with a curious look, already knowing the answer.
"Your reaction is very fast. It seems that you don't completely understand the mystical world. That's right, if you didn't understand it at all, it would be difficult for the people of the Moses Ascetic Order to lure you." Captain Icanton was a little surprised that Leyton had thought of prophecy so quickly, but then he came up with a reasonable explanation in his mind.
"Yeah." Leyton tried hard to restrain his desire to complain, and only sighed in his heart: "Are people on the Reader pathway so talkative and fond of making things up in their minds? I suddenly feel that the future is worrying!"
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