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If Lin Ruo originally wanted to investigate the Abraham family out of pure curiosity, plus a touch of respect and guilt towards Mr. Door, now his desire to understand the Abrahams is for his own sake.
After all, even without clear evidence, facing the information he already possessed, Lin Ruo wouldn't dare pat his chest and say the Abrahams had nothing to do with him.
Since they were related to him, Lin Ruo naturally had to figure out the current situation of the Abrahams to prevent things from spiraling out of control.
With this in mind, Lin Ruo met Fors, the 'salted fish,' that afternoon and learned in detail how she went from ordinary to extraordinary:
Fors became an Apprentice three years ago. The Beyonder characteristic she consumed came from an old lady named Anlisa. At that time, Fors was a doctor, and Mrs. Anlisa was her patient. The two later became familiar, developing a relationship similar to that of a mother and daughter.
Later, after Mrs. Anlisa passed away, she left her Apprentice characteristic and a series of mystical inheritances, including the "Spirit World Notes," to Fors. Initially, Fors, as an Apprentice, was not troubled by whispers. It wasn't until she encountered danger and used the stone bracelet similar to a talisman for self-preservation that she began to suffer from Mr. Door's whispers.
This seems to be no different from the original story... Lin Ruo narrowed his eyes. Having already witnessed what it meant to be "the same on the surface, but different inside," he wasn't surprised, but began to confirm the details.
Lin Ruo asked, "Was Mrs. Anlisa's husband named Lauboro?"
"Yes, Mrs. Anlisa's husband was indeed named Lauboro, but I never met him. Mr. Lauboro had already passed away when I met Mrs. Anlisa," Fors nodded, looking at Lin Ruo curiously, and couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Rudy, do you know Mr. Lauboro?"
In Fors's view, Rudy Flair obviously knew more about the Abraham family than she did, so it wouldn't be strange for him to know Mrs. Anlisa's husband, Lauboro, a member of the Abraham family.
"Not really," Lin Ruo shook his head, picked up his teacup and took a sip, and said, "I'm just investigating the Abraham family's situation..."
After a pause, he looked at Fors and said with a gentle smile, "By the way, the diary I showed you before may have some problems... I suspect that diary was forged, so you'd better not believe the information recorded on it."
As he said this, Lin Ruo's expression remained unchanged, as if he wasn't the one who forged the diary.
There was no other way. He didn't understand his own "great achievements" before, and with the attitude of fishing and teasing, he wrote such a diary based on the original story. Now that he discovered the actual situation was different from the original, Lin Ruo naturally wanted to get rid of the blame as soon as possible to avoid social embarrassment later.
"Ah?" Fors, the 'salted fish,' was stunned for a moment, then widened her eyes, "Forged? Does that mean everything written on it is fake?"
"Most of it should be fake," Lin Ruo said, continuing to shift the blame with an unchanged expression, "I wasn't responsible for collecting information about the Abraham family before. I only started paying attention to this after noticing you. Who knew there would be a parasite in the organization... Heh!"
He shrugged, his smile still gentle, but it made Fors, across the coffee table, shrink back a little.
Fors swallowed and asked cautiously, "Then what happened to that parasite?"
"Already executed," Lin Ruo took a sip of tea, speaking lightly, "Now I'm responsible for re-collecting information about the Abraham family..."
He spoke lightly, but Fors shrank back again, feeling more and more that Rudy was terrifying.
Lin Ruo didn't care about her attitude, and looked at her again, asking, "Fors, did Mrs. Anlisa ever tell you anything about her husband, about the Abraham family? For example, why they moved here, away from the rest of the family."
Lin Ruo, who could be said to be well-connected in both legal and illegal circles, had confirmed that there were no Abrahams actively appearing in Backlund.
Perhaps there were still one or two unknown Abrahams hiding in Backlund, but this also showed that the Abraham family had no stronghold in Backlund, unlike the Aurora Order, the Demoness Sect, and the Church of the Spirit World, which, although suppressed by the authorities, had all the necessary strongholds.
The Abrahams had been missing from Backlund's secret circles for a long time.
Otherwise, Lin Ruo wouldn't have noticed them so late—their presence was too low.
"Mrs. Anlisa did mention that her husband came from an ancient family, but she basically didn't tell me anything about the family. I only knew that Mr. Lauboro was from the Abraham family later through you..." Fors didn't hide anything, after all, the Abrahams themselves were closely related to her own safety, and there was no need to hide these things.
Then she seemed to recall something and said, "However, Mrs. Anlisa expressed her dissatisfaction with the Abraham family. Oh, I remember she seemed to say, said..."
Fors's brows furrowed more and more tightly as she recalled, and after a long time, she said, "...said that Mr. Lauboro was too concerned about the so-called family glory, which led to his tragic end."
"Hmm?" Lin Ruo raised an eyebrow and said, "Tell me more about it."
"I don't know much about the specifics," Fors shook her head sheepishly and said, "Mrs. Anlisa was in a very bad mood that time, but she only told me this and didn't say anything else, and I didn't ask any further."
After speaking, she glanced at Lin Ruo cautiously and asked, "Mr. Rudy, what exactly is the situation with the Abraham family..."
"I don't know the specifics yet, after all, I'm still investigating," Lin Ruo said, lowering his eyes and almost subconsciously starting to analyze Fors's words.
Too concerned about family glory, which led to a tragic end... And Lauboro himself was basically confirmed to be an Apprentice...
Lin Ruo blinked, feeling that his previous guess was becoming more and more likely to be true.
But Lin Ruo didn't jump to conclusions easily. He looked at Fors, his expression suddenly becoming solemn, and said, "Fors, if I asked you to contact members of the Abraham family, would you be willing to?"
As someone who had already established a connection with Mr. Door, Fors was undoubtedly a very suitable candidate to contact the Abraham family.
But considering the danger of this matter, Lin Ruo would naturally not force the other party to accept this task.
"Ah?" Fors was stunned for a moment, "Contact members of the Abraham family? Me?"
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