Chapter 611: Murtada Radkani

[Utayba: "Since it's someone introduced by Cyno, they should be reliable. Feel free to access the research on the Court of Desolation. If you have any questions, you can come ask me."]

This is the prestige of the General Mahamatra, and also the reason the Akademiya is wary of Cyno.

The Traveler can be said to have benefited from association with Cyno—the archive room is now open for her to investigate freely.

Searching inside for information related to the Court of Desolation, she first comes across a document on mechanical life research: a certain Amurta scholar was expelled for researching mechanical life.

Everyone knows this—it's Tighnari's story content, right?

The Akademiya doesn't know the follow-up to this matter, and it's not recorded in the archives either. Worthy of the Port Ormos Ordinance Commissioner—whatever is concealed stays concealed.

As for the important research content on the Court of Desolation, there was nothing particularly strange—just a general explanation of what the Court of Desolation is.

What caught the Traveler's attention was the last paragraph: even after research on the Court of Desolation was prohibited, seven scholars continued secretly researching it.

One of them was named—Murtada Radkani.

Seeing this name, everyone might find it unfamiliar, but this person is precisely the son of the Matra partner Cyno mentioned earlier.

This senior Matra's son was actually arrested! Even Nabil, who is also a Matra, didn't know about this matter.

This was a secret arrest—not to mention him, even Cyno didn't know.

The real-world Cyno fell silent upon seeing this section. He already had some guesses about the subsequent story, but he believed things weren't that simple.

The Sumeru F4 reading with Cyno also understood—this is telling a story about law and humanity.

Bahari's daughter was just the starting seed; now this conflict of thought is beginning to sprout.

Everyone, like Cyno, read the story in silence, wanting to see what kind of "answer" Cyno would give in a matter with no perfect resolution.

Little Radkani had already committed suicide in prison long ago, and it's unknown whether old Radkani knew this news.

Old Radkani had countless achievements in his life, so little Radkani faced great pressure after entering the Akademiya—people around him held him to the highest standards.

Old Radkani also had expectations for his son; lack of communication and excessive pressure led to their relationship not being harmonious enough.

Perhaps because of this, little Radkani's personality was somewhat overly stubborn—he urgently wanted to prove himself.

That's why he continued researching the Court of Desolation even after it was prohibited.

And the one who arrested little Radkani at that time was precisely his father, Taj Radkani.

This matter dealt a huge blow to old Radkani, causing Taj to choose to step back to a secondary role.

It seems that in this choice between "law and humanity," Taj chose the law.

Humans are emotional creatures—being able to remain impartial in the face of emotions indeed earns others' respect. For example, the readers began to respect this old Radkani.

But while respecting this senior Matra, everyone also had the same doubt as the Traveler.

This senior Taj had visited the archive room after the incident and seen his son's research on the Court of Desolation.

The key to the current case is precisely the Court of Desolation, and there is also a traitor among the Matras.

Matra, Court of Desolation—Taj seems to satisfy both conditions. Could he be that traitor?

Neither the Traveler nor Nabil wanted to believe that old Radkani was the traitor, because that would tarnish the glory of his life.

So, to prove old Radkani's innocence, the two decided to investigate in more detail.

The investigation progress wasn't great—when asking the guards, the other party provided a clue.

A Kshahrewar student often carried large boxes out of the Akademiya—this reminded everyone of the little gadget used to track the Traveler earlier, which was a creation of Kshahrewar.

Clearly, this Kshahrewar student definitely had issues, and the guards had suspected this point as well.

But the goods transported by that student bore the Matra clearance stamp, and even Taj the Matra personally came forward to say the goods were fine.

The guards quite trusted Taj's credibility—seeing Taj step forward, they naturally had no reason to investigate.

But the Traveler and Nabil in the story weren't happy hearing this news, because this almost confirmed the possibility that Taj was the traitor.

[Nabil in disbelief: "How is that possible? There must be a mistake somewhere! Senior Taj absolutely wouldn't—"]

The young Matra couldn't accept this fact—in his heart, senior Taj had always been his role model.

[Traveler solemnly: "Calm down a bit."]

However, Nabil couldn't calm down at all—at this moment, the facts he faced were nearly equivalent to "collapse of faith."

[Nabil: "No, impossible! Senior Taj has always been diligent and conscientious—someone must be framing him!"]

["Wait for me, I know a Matra who works beside senior Taj. I'll have him take me to see senior Taj!"]

Nabil hurriedly left—he urgently wanted to prove Taj's innocence.

The real-world Nabil closed his eyes, not daring to continue reading—tears had already streaked down his cheeks.

Senior Taj was his faith and goal; now the "idol's" veil seemed to be crumbling.

Reading the story, Nabil was calmer than in the story—his rationality told him that senior Taj was most likely that traitor.

Nabil in the story quickly brought another Matra—this person often accompanied Taj, yet now he couldn't contact Taj either.

He told the Traveler that a few days ago, people from the Gilded Brigade found senior Taj, then senior Taj changed into Gilded Brigade clothes and left.

Since then, senior Taj couldn't be contacted, and he hadn't even come to work during this period.

This made Nabil even more despairing—he had intended to bring someone to prove senior Taj's innocence, but unexpectedly deepened Taj's suspicion instead.

Now, without finding Taj himself, proving his innocence could only involve searching his home for some clues.

However, regrettably, the clues found in Taj's house further confirmed he was a traitor.

In his room, they found accounts of dealings with criminals and a map.

The accounts clearly listed all the beneficiaries—hundreds of people, with dozens being social elites alone.

Don't think the number seems not very exaggerated—for a "smuggling case," this was already extremely exaggerated; the breadth of involved personnel was simply inconceivable.

Just like mentioned earlier—this is the Sumeru version of the "Diamond Alliance."

But seeing this, Cyno instead secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Taj's house door wasn't locked, and such obvious evidence along with a map of the crime location was placed in the home—its purpose was self-evident.