Ring of Fate

Chapter 719 Bullet (Thanks to livy37 for rewarding the Silver Alliance again)
Jebus, who was about to explain what "black box" meant, was stunned for a moment and said:

“We are working hard to control the Carbonari and have made great progress.”

As he spoke, the member of the "School of Truth" laughed:

"They are trying to overthrow the government and establish their own order, which is what we like to see and what we want."

"But isn't your goal to gradually take control of the government through upper-class people like Moran Avni?" Janna felt that Jebus's current statement was inconsistent with his previous statement.

Jebus smiled and said in a teaching tone:

“A mature businessman will not put all his eggs in one basket, and the same is true for a good careerist.”

Hearing this, Lumian suddenly changed the question:

"According to your description just now, the 'ambitious' mainly enhances the body, perception and spirituality, and does not seem to involve the mind?"

Before Yebus could answer, Franka smiled and said in tacit agreement:

“No one says that ambitious people need brains.

"This is different from a conspirator. An ambitious person emphasizes ambition rather than the ability to realize it. An outstanding mind is not a necessary quality for an ambitious person.

"Throughout history, we have often seen foolish careerists."

The two asked and answered each other, leaving Jebus at a loss as to how to respond.

Fortunately, Lumian did not continue the topic and turned his attention back to the Carbonari:
"Albert Goncourt is already one of your men?"

"I think so," Jebus answered uncertainly, "I am not responsible for the Carbonari."

"The Dream Seekers charity was able to establish contact with the Carbonari because of you, the 'brokers'?" Lumian thought of General Philip.

Jebus smiled again:
"Philip is a very ambitious man. He wanted to unite various secret organizations from a very early time. As a 'broker', a 'shadow businessman', and an 'ambitious person', we must help him. Unfortunately, his plan succeeded, but he was used by others, and he disappeared in the ancient city sealed underground. Well, I don't know if you know, but that is actually Trier in the Fourth Epoch."

"You guys..." Franca didn't know what she was thinking of, but she didn't say it out loud. She just sighed.

Lumian then asked about the "black box":
"After reaching Sequence 5, what additional abilities do you have?"

Jebus's eyes still moved back and forth between the two witches:
“There is only one capability, ‘black box’, but it can be implemented in two ways:
"One is to create an invisible, peaceful secret environment in an emergency situation during a battle, and force the enemy to meet your demands by giving them valuable items. However, you cannot harm the enemy or affect their other states, and you must behave normally. Otherwise, it will be easy for the enemy who 'agreed' to the secret deal to notice the problem and wake up.

"Well, this kind of shady deal is not necessarily successful. The more the target has a tendency and experience in the gray area, the higher the success rate. This can be judged by the Broker sequence's ability to 'perceive gray'. If you are facing a 'dark-free' person of the Sun Path, it is almost impossible to succeed even without divine suppression."

"No Darkness" is the name of the Sun Path Sequence 4.

"Before, you asked me to let you go through this kind of 'secret deal'?" Lumian suddenly realized.

"Yes," Yebusi said frankly, "You have a lot of experience in gray areas and a strong tendency in this regard."

"You have a good eye for people!" Franca praised Jebus on behalf of Lumian.

"Although 'Gray Perception' is an ability obtained by Sequence 9 'Broker', it is really useful." Jebus said objectively but boastfully.

Jana then asked:
"What about another kind of 'backroom deal'?"

Jebus smiled and replied:

“That takes a certain amount of time and cannot be used in combat or emergency situations.

"To put it simply, we use a barely enclosed space as the operating object to create a real dark box. In this dark box, we are one party to the transaction, and the mysterious creatures and dangerous beings hidden in the shadows and darkness are the other party. However, we don't know who the transaction partner is in advance, and we can't tell who the other party is during the transaction. It may be a being we have dealt with before, or it may come from the unknown.

"In short, in this dark box situation where you don't know who the transaction partner is, and you don't know how the demand will be met through the transaction, you can get the desired result by making a demand and giving the other party the item they want. As for how this is achieved, it doesn't matter."

"Can there only be two parties in a transaction?" Janna asked inquiringly.

"No, it can also be a three-party transaction, a four-party transaction, or even more, as long as it complies with the rules of the black box operation." Yebus did not hesitate to share his knowledge of occult science. "This kind of black box operation may not be successful either. It depends on the difficulty of the target and the restrictions of the transaction items provided. In addition, don't think that those mysterious creatures and dangerous beings will definitely keep their promises. There are many scammers among them who have ways to escape the constraints of the black box."

"After completing a very difficult task with the help of this kind of behind-the-scenes operation, will there be any additional risks?" Janna thought of her own "backroom of the powerful."

Jebus nodded solemnly:
"Yes, it depends on who the mysterious creature or dangerous existence is who is providing you with the secret help, and whether or not it has malicious intent. Once, I was unlucky for a whole week, and the 'Purifier' almost discovered that I had an abnormality."

Janna nodded thoughtfully and muttered in her heart:

From this perspective, the "black box of the powerful" is a polluted and mutated version of the normal "black box". It is no longer the transaction object that makes the demand, but we directly provide valuable items. However, we can only simplify complex things and make difficult things easier. It cannot be completed directly and has considerable limitations...

The price of using it is fixed as a transaction with evil creatures such as demons...

"What do you know about the 'Overseer'?" Seeing that the "Dark Box" had almost finished talking, Lumian raised a new question.

Jebus looked embarrassed and did not answer.

Seeing this, Lumian changed the subject:
"What items do you have on you?"

Yebus glanced at Franka and took out a few odds and ends from his hidden pocket:
"This is the healing potion traded from the Great Mother's followers. This is the 'Coma Gas', 'Awakening Gas', and 'Confession Potion' traded from the 'Mother Tree of Desire' followers..."

Healing potions, sleeping pills, mystic smelling salts and truth serum, these are all good stuff... Lumian looked at the four small metal bottles with different labels and nodded slightly.

His eyes then moved to the other hand of Jebus, where there were six bullets:
The six bullets were all made of brass, but the surface patterns and colors were different. One looked ordinary, one had a bright tip, one seemed to have been corroded by strong acid, one flashed a faint green light, one seemed to have a bit of bright starlight, and one had a dull luster, as if it had been matte-finished many times.

Jebus introduced enthusiastically:
"This is a pregnancy bullet, this is a poisonous bullet, this is a decay bullet, this is a weakening bullet, this is an implosion bullet, and this is a deprivation bullet. I got them all from trades with different followers of the gods."

Franka pointed at the ordinary bullet from a distance with curiosity:
"Is it the pregnancy bullet?"

"Yes, people and animals shot by it will definitely become pregnant, and will soon show corresponding symptoms." Jebus himself said with a little fear.

"No distinction between men and women?" Franca asked.

"No." Jebus was very sure.

"Eh..." Franka made a sound that sounded both disgusted and afraid, yet eager to try.

Janna asked with great concern:
"It looks like a normal bullet. What if I make a mistake?"

Jebus shook his head and said:
"There is no mistake about it. It is so light that it seems to be made of wood or clay."

Huh...Lumian and Anthony breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

Lumian pointed at the matte bullet and said:
"Is this deprivation bullet? What does it do?"

The effects of other bullets sound very clear, but the deprivation bullet is the only one that doesn't make clear what it deprives.

“Anyone hit or touched by it will lose an extraordinary ability within a quarter of an hour. It is impossible to predict what kind of ability it is in advance,” Jebus answered truthfully.

This can be combined with the ability of the Life Hunter to specifically deprive... Lumian looked Jebus up and down and said, "No other items? As a 'Shadow Merchant', you don't have a single magical item?"

Jebus explained a little embarrassedly:
"I recently obtained the gift of 'Dark Box'. In order to complete the corresponding ritual and please the truth, I traded away all the items I got, leaving only these.

"The rule of businessmen is that everything can be bought and sold!"

Poor bastard...Franca sneered in disappointment.

Then she said to Jebus:

"Give us all these items. It is because of them that you are involved in danger again and again, and involved in the struggle at the level of gods. Hand them over, and you will be relieved and safe, and you can get a new life."

This was similar to Anthony's hypnotic words just now. Jebus chose to believe it and handed everything in his hand to Franca.

After Franca put away the items, Lumian looked around and said:

"Where is the headquarters of your 'School of Truth'?
"Who is the 'supervisor' that you report to?"

Hearing these two questions, Janna, Franca and Anthony all quietly moved to Lumian's side.

Jebus hesitated for several seconds, and just as he was about to answer, his expression suddenly twisted.

Seeing this, Lumian immediately said to Franka:
"Throw the statue over there!"

Franka chose to do as she was told, taking the bone statue of the "Original Witch" out of the "Traveler's Bag" and throwing it at Jebus.

At the same time, she, Anthony and Janna all grabbed Lumian's shoulders, arms, etc.

The next second, the four figures disappeared from the spot.

Boom!

Jebus exploded from the inside out, and the shattered flesh and blood combined with the pale white mist to form a strange blood mist.

The blood mist slowly settled, bypassing the bone statue of the "Original Witch" and seeping into the soil.

After a few more seconds, Lumian and the others were "teleported" back.

PS: Thanks to friend livy37 for rewarding the Silver Alliance again~
(End of this chapter)