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Chapter 992 - 677: Loulanel City [13] Nora Scott’s Living Map Identity Exposed

Ten days ago, Anchel.

At that time, Nora Scott was waiting for the results of the investigation team and the sister group, with nothing to do, she stayed at Benjamin Durant’s residence every day and occasionally went out with April Thomason to crash some events.

One night, Boss Alex called Nora Scott.

At that moment, Nora Scott was studying some thick ancient history books borrowed from the library.

"This time it’s intelligence related to Parker Shaw," Boss Alex got straight to the point.

The night was slightly cool, the wind swept past the curtains, Nora Scott stopped reading, walked to the window, and said in a cool voice, "Go ahead."

"Do you still remember how he died?" Boss Alex asked.

"Yes," Nora Scott replied, "Didn’t that group fall apart? Did you find any clues?"

"Yes," Boss Alex responded, then said, "We found someone from that group back then. According to him, they were among the first to covet the Mechanism City, tracking its existence for twenty or thirty years. The manpower and resources spent are immeasurable."

"What are they after?"

"I don’t know. They’re like tools collecting information and clues about the Mechanism City everywhere, but they don’t know the purpose."

"And then?"

"Five years ago, Alexander Vaughn joined them and spent a year dismantling them from the inside out—"

"Impressive."

Nora Scott was amazed.

"..." Boss Alex paused for a moment, then confirmed, "He really is impressive."

The various feats of Alexander Vaughn could not be made public. But once these acts were disclosed, the sensational effect would definitely not be low.

"Continue."

"The leader died in an accident, but I have reason to believe it was Alexander Vaughn’s doing," Boss Alex said unhurriedly, "The second-in-command became his puppet, leaving behind a small team, which he offered to Robert Durant’s family for Robert Durant’s use."

Frowning slightly, Nora Scott asked, "Is the actual person in power still him?"

"I don’t know," Boss Alex said, "Anyway, he got the intelligence he wanted, and giving away this team is nothing to him. However, according to his way of doing things, even if he sacrificed them to Robert Durant, the biggest possibility is that he will have them serve as his eyes beside Robert Durant."

"I’m more inclined towards the latter."

At this point, although Nora Scott occasionally wished to see Alexander Vaughn sliced to pieces, from another perspective, she truly admired Alexander Vaughn’s boldness and courage; he lived up to the words ’resourceful and courageous.’

Among the opponents Nora Scott has encountered, Alexander Vaughn is indeed one of the top ones.

If it weren’t for these matters, Nora Scott would probably be very willing to be friends with Alexander Vaughn.

Boss Alex laughed, "Me too."

"Do you remember the person you found, does he remember Parker Shaw?"

"I remember," Boss Alex said, "He said Parker Shaw found out a lot of information and was targeted by them very early on. He was one of the people watching."

"Then he should remember who made the move."

"It was their second-in-command, the one currently working for Robert Durant."

Nora Scott squinted her eyes.

Enemies often meet.

"Additionally," Boss Alex added, "These people have a ritualistic nature, using a lion as their totem, not only engrained in their lives but also tattooed. It’s easy to recognize. We’ll gradually root out the scattered ones and give them the end they deserve."

"Hmm."

...

At this point, Nora Scott snapped back to reality.

Slightly squinting her eyes, Nora Scott returned to a lazy demeanor, raising an eyebrow with interest, seemingly casually saying, "The lion totem is quite interesting."

"It’s the symbol of the map-checking people," Stella Durant explained casually, not caring much.

Heh.

Nora Scott suppressed the coldness in her eyes and said no more.

...

Soon, Nora Scott, Stella Durant, and Annabelle Pinto reached an agreement.

Starting tomorrow, under Jared Oliveira’s lead, they would check the locations according to the map.

Once confirmed, Stella Durant and Annabelle Pinto left first.

Jared Oliveira, who was calm and composed a moment ago, almost knelt down in front of Nora Scott after watching them leave, "Sis, how are we supposed to check?! I don’t understand anything!"

Looking at his timid appearance, Nora Scott was speechless, coolly scrutinizing him for a couple of seconds, then asked, "Do you know why they chose you?"

"Living Map, Master of All Things."

"What does the Living Map and Master of All Things need to know?"

"A little bit of everything," Jared Oliveira thought for a moment, then corrected himself, "Oh, no. You need to know a lot about everything; a well-rounded scholar with knowledge in every field. Because they couldn’t find a second person like that, they went to great lengths to find the Living Map."

"That’s not wrong," Nora Scott said leisurely, "But, precisely because there’s no second one, even if you talk nonsense, no one would dare to say you’re wrong."

"..."

Jared Oliveira was dumbfounded on the spot.

April was eating an orange, and when she heard that, she almost choked and coughed twice.

"Do you know a bit about Bagua Feng Shui?" Nora continued to ask.

"Just a bit. Just a bit."

Rubbing his hands, Jared nodded.

"Then you can use your Feng Shui knowledge to fool them," Nora said. "When selecting a site for any large building, Feng Shui is always taken into account. Analyze it through that lens, and you generally won’t go wrong."

"Just like that?"

"Just like that."

"What if..."

"There’s no what-if."

"..."

Jared suddenly didn’t dare to speak.

At this moment, April timely added a sentence, "Doesn’t Annabelle know geology?"

"But she doesn’t understand Feng Shui."

Being proficient in one thing doesn’t mean you’re proficient in everything.

Leaving your specialty means knowing nothing; isn’t that common? In someone else’s field, you have to be prepared to be led around and played like a fool.

"..."

"..."

April and Jared silently admired Nora’s strategy.

*

The next day, just as the sky was beginning to lighten, when people were still in their dreams, the workaholic Stella and Annabelle were already meeting at the door, occasionally making some noise to wake up the people inside.

Nora, who was grumpy upon waking, casually tossed a brick out the window, and Stella and Annabelle finally quieted down.

Half an hour later, a group of five gathered in the dim light of dawn, ate breakfast together, and then set off in two off-road vehicles to their destination for the day.

Starting their investigation near the Loulanel ruins.

Nora, April, and Jared were in one team, with Jared sitting in the back, April driving, and Nora in the passenger seat.

The two cars kept in contact using car radios.

Every so often, Nora would throw something outside, not big, about the size of a small finger bone joint, impossible to find once it hit the ground.

"What are you throwing?" April casually asked.

Nora lazily replied, "Signal jammers."

The sister team didn’t bring satellite phones, so to contact the outside world, they needed to use cell phones. The signal jammers Pedro prepared for Nora were specifically to block cell signals, perfectly preventing the sister team and Annabelle from contacting the outside world.

Anyway, Pedro gave her plenty of jammers, so she wasn’t afraid of wasting them. Besides, the batteries only lasted a few days, so their activities wouldn’t affect others after they left.

"Ah," Jared, who was anxiously fiddling with his phone, nearly dropped it when he heard this. He leaned forward between the seats, staring at Nora, "Sis, before, when they asked me questions, I could sneak a quick search online. Now that I can’t answer questions, aren’t we doomed?"

Nora said calmly, "You can ask me."

"You—"

Jared opened his mouth, instinctively wanting to refute, but thinking back to how Nora had guided him through the earpiece along the way, he shivered for some unknown reason.

A thought popped into his mind.

He swallowed, incredibly shocked, blinking rapidly as he stared at Nora.

Sweat was dripping from his forehead, sliding down his temples, across his cheeks to his chin, and eventually soaked into his clothes.

Something’s not right.

As a star, wasn’t it strange how much Nora knew?

Mechanical Techniques.

There were rumors that Master Sliver had a complex network of connections that could block the news about him, and so many people wanted to find him but had no leads.

This aspect overlapped with the Living Map.

Moreover, her rich knowledge reserve...

Along the way, with Nora’s help, Jared answered all the research team’s difficult questions, even handling dialects with ease, allowing his "Living Map" persona to stand firm with the research team and sister team. So far, no one doubted him.

Nora openly let him impersonate the Living Map, not worried that the Living Map would get mad...

The more Jared analyzed, the more likely it seemed.

He wanted to slap himself but held back.

After a long pause, Jared spoke with a whisper, "Sis, can I ask you a question?"

"Ask."

Nora replied casually.

"Are you..." Jared swallowed again, his face slightly pale, and after a long time under Nora’s somewhat impatient gaze, he finally asked very softly, "the Living Map?"