Puzzle/File

*Unofficial English translations provided by Shainel.*
## Profile

Puzzle, intelligence officer from Victorian military force, came to Rhodes Island seeking treatment for his Oripathy with a letter signed by Duke of Caster. After reaching partnership agreement with Rhodes Island, is active as an intelligence officer in various missions while undergoing treatment.

## Clinical Analysis

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Imaging tests have shown the outlines of her internal organs to be indistinct due to abnormal shadows. Originium granules have been detected in her circulatory system, confirming her to be infected with Oripathy.

**[Cell-Originium Assimilation] 11%**
Originium crystals can be seen on the left arm and side of the body.

**[Blood-Originium Crystal Density] 0.26u/L**
Operator Puzzle was infected in an explosion. Luckily, the infection didn't last long. After arriving in Rhodes Island, his condition was stabilized quickly.

## Archive Files

Archive File 1
While operator Puzzle passed proficiency test really well, we'll not let him participate in active combat missions for the time being. It's not because we don't trust him. He has shown that he has no ill will towards Rhodes Island and doesn't intend to destroy us from within.

It's also not because of the issues with his abilities as well. As an Oripathy patient, his current physical condition is a bit worse than the average Vouivre but it doesn't affect his combat skills. Meanwhile, his usage of his smoke-like Originium Arts complements a lot of his stealth based combat skills.

It's just that he tend to overuse his Originium Arts and he needs to control it or even change his fighting style completely. We observed that he almost solely rely on his Originium Arts in combat. This is a worrying habit that will cause his Oripathy to worsens overtime despite him still undergoing treatment, but on the other side, there are no guarantees whether his worsening infection will make his Arts become more unstable.

For Infected patient whose life revolves around the usage of their Originium Arts before becoming one, it's hard to change their habits and lifestyle, even worse for Puzzle who's known to be quite stubborn. He will make plans according to his own thoughts and backup plan in case worst case scenario happens and uses all his powers in the process. Almost all of it involves the usage of his Originium Arts and it's an extremely important part of him. We tried to dissuade him from making such plans and consider errors in his plan as a factor in his backup plan. The body of a human doesn't operate like a clock whose missing parts are easily replaceable and it's impossible to calculate the factors that can worsen Oripathy. These are the most reasonable argument we can use against him but we have no choice but to suspend his missions in the end. Of course he knew this is inevitable, but he simply cannot accept the fact.

Archive File 2
Puzzle was infected during an ordinary investigation work. At that time, he already noticed the strange behavior of the bomber and had enough time to escape to a safe area but he also realized if the bomber gets killed all the leads he collected will result in the abrupt end of the investigation and he came to investigate disguised as a city hall employee. If he confronted the other party too early and rashly it will result in him surprising the opponent and they might end up doing even more dangerous stuffs.

So in a half and a minute, he made a quick decision and did not avoid the explosion but somehow managed to shield the important person. After that, both of them were sent to hospital because of their injuries and he was able to have a conversation with the said person with their guard down.

Because this matter was mentioned casually, he simply mentioned it like that was the best action he could come up with. His orders was to investigate the military preparations of local nobilities and tracked down the weapon factory based on raw chemical materials order.

When we said that it must be a very important mission out of goodwill, he shook his head and said that there wasn't much value from the information he had obtained.

"I actually sympathize with him. For us, Oripathy is our nemesis so it's not worth discussing "in what situation is the risk of being Infected is worth it". In the same way he said he'll not let others judge him for saying it's worth it for his mission. This is a matter of personal belief."

-- A staff member of Medical department who talked with Puzzle during his treatment.

Archive File 3
Puzzle's arrival on Rhodes Island was because of an anonymous letter. During that time, he was investigating Reed and ran into Bagpipe and Ch'en who travelled together with her and they had some confrontations. His professionality made him collect all information related to those three, but as he gathered the information he's even more confused why these three people with different background, purposes and social statuses can work together.

During his investigation, he's also faced with a choice to live a good ordinary life because of his Oripathy under surveillance or wait until the Oripathy took his life or even continue being an intelligence officer a step further.

He didn't explain what "a step further" means, but considering his arrival in Rhodes Island with a letter from the Duke of Caster. It can be assumed that he had potential to become a high ranking officer that directly serves the Duke.

When he first received the letter, all he could find was a Rhodes Island business card but at the same time he understood what the letter meant and also gave him a new possible future.

"Of course I knew who the sender was and also know why he did this. A way to convey good intention, partnership seeking and good networking of relationships are just instinctual behaviors for Intelligence officers. But be at ease, my past mission has ended, I will stop investigating operator Reed and I have no interest in that lady named "Harmonie"."

Puzzle talking about his intelligence work and his views about it.

Archive File 4
During the Londinium incident, Puzzle strictly followed the partnership agreement with Rhodes Island and did not participate in anything. However, when we discussed his views about this incident, he suddenly brought up his own experience as an Intelligence officer.

Before becoming an Intelligence officer, he was just an ordinary student with barely noticeable talent in Originium Arts and he's respected by his classmates because of his strict and perfectionist personalities. Working for the Intelligence office was something that he had never thought of before at that time. But when his soon-to-be boss approached him and offered him a chance to join the Intelligence Office, he accepted without hesitation.

Intelligence work that prioritizes cautious approach and zero mistakes are perfect for him and his talents but the idea behind it are the ones that aligns with his personal view : "in order to maintain peace and prevent wars, any intention to start it needs to be cut down and considered enemies."

For him, "order for everything" isn't an achievement but more like an obsession. This is of course, is the opposite of what happened in Victoria, where the Dukes are constantly in conflict and chaos is approaching fast. He's already unhappy with the fact that there are outbreak of violent incidents and he's even more afraid of the possibility of another war.

"There's simply zero need to wage war. People shouldn't live like that. In the past few years, that was our objective. To keep that from happening and causing everyone to live in misery."

"However, I was disappointed with the truth. The war actually happened, and it happened with our full understanding. We were mostly careful not to involve hundreds thousands of people during the war but alas when it did happen I cannot do anything to prevent it."

"Your offer is certainly tempting.... but I have no reason to switch my allegiance. It's just that no matter how hard I think, nothing will change so I'm here now."

Promotion Record
Uh, it's actually us who did it. We dragged him to become a referee for our time-limited jigsaw puzzle competition. Anyway, he likes to play jigsaw puzzle. He actually made purchasing requests and submits it to the Logistics department every two weeks and the puzzles sat all day on his desk when he's on duty.

-- Of Course I know who he is and I can tell he's not used to being a "Rhodes Island Partnership operator". He worked as a city hall employee, an antique appraiser and as personal secretary of the nobles in the past. He had methods to win people over when he worked those jobs but unfortunately it's not very useful here.

I admit it's a bad idea to invite him, he didn't like time limits, he didn't like people messing things up and maybe he was being honest when he said puzzles are just a means to keep him focused. But somehow, for the first time, I felt less nervous facing him when he helplessly crouched down picking up the puzzle pieces with us when an impatient operator swept it to the floor.