Siegfried had accepted the other party's logic, but he always felt something was wrong. After pondering for a moment, he suddenly realized he had overlooked an important issue.
"Is your ability to keep secrets so poor? That… that Winters Montagne, isn't he a Venetian?" Siegfried asked through gritted teeth, "How did he make our identities known to everyone?"
"Your identities were intentionally released by us."
"I knew it! Why?"
The middle-aged officer answered calmly: "Fishing."
"What?" Siegfried heard it but seemed not to comprehend.
"You are not the ones we are looking for," the middle-aged officer explained, "but releasing your information can help us find the ones we are looking for."
Siegfried's thoughts were racing, "You… are trying to catch the 'envoy.'
"Envoy?" The middle-aged officer contemplated, "So you call the Emperor's secret agent 'envoy.'"
