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Chapter 128: Chapter 84: Aiwass of a Thousand Faces

Aiwass quickly adapted to campus life at the Royal Law University.

It was now Thursday afternoon.

Two days had passed since Aiwass was last featured in the "Glass Staircase Daily".

It was completely different from the previous time at the Pelican Bar—although Aiwass had made the paper, not many people at school knew him.

That's because not many students would buy the pricey and serious "Glass Staircase Daily".

The content in the "Glass Staircase Daily" was too grave, and most of the news was very brief—for example, the death of a major figure, personnel changes at the top of a department, the prosperity or crisis of an industry, the adjustments in laws and taxes, the interpretation of key policies for the current or following year, and other significant events happening in other countries.

There was no gossip or fun, nor the serialized novels, short poems and jokes, or intriguing advertisements often found in other newspapers. Moreover, many details of the news were incomplete, many major events were only mentioned in a single sentence.

The words that appeared most frequently in the "Glass Staircase Daily" were various "names"—and for the students, they hardly recognized most of them, finding them headache-inducing. The only highlight might be the "Demonic Painting" by Master Yanis.

So regular students wouldn't buy such a thing. It wasn't about intelligence or scholarship... If someone suddenly purchased the "Glass Staircase Daily", it wouldn't be for the knowledge or information since they couldn't understand it. It was either their parents' command or merely to show off, pretending to comprehend.

But once they were in the sky, it became even harder to track her.

The only clue they had was the "shadow that flashed by on the ground where there were clearly no obstructions". As their altitude increased, it became even harder to discern.

Not to mention, the streets of Glass Island were so narrow. It was really frustrating to chase through them.

The Red and White Queen Districts' inhabitants included many Knight Families, priests, elves, rich merchants, scholars, and officials. There were also some distinguished guests traveling from foreign countries.

The cunning assassin even led them through churches, museums, art galleries, government buildings, courts, orphanages, schools, hospitals, research institutes... Her route wasn't even straight, but deliberately winding through these places, diving into the crowds, leading the knights to launch attacks on her.

But these old knights were not hot-headed fools. They could enter the Round Table Hall, and most were over forty years old. They were past that impulsive age, each one quite composed.

—If they acted rashly, it was uncertain whether the high-level assassin on the Path of Adaptation would be hurt, but the bystanders would definitely die. And in droves.

That would be worse than letting the killer escape!

After all, the assassin had only murdered a low-level secretary. Although she had once fled into the shadows of Her Highness... she had not actually attempted to murder a royal family member.

The assassin obviously knew what they were wary of, and so she deliberately led them in circles. Relying on her extremely proficient duplication, stealth, and vision deception techniques, she shook off the Supervisory Bureau's pursuit before nightfall. The only certainty was that the target had entered the Lohar District before disappearing.