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Chapter 1179 An In-Depth Discussion with Notebooks (Part 1)

Xia Shou felt increasingly pressured and quickly pulled out his Dead Records notebook to consult someone.

"Hey, are you sure I signed it?" Xia Shou asked, opening his notebook and looking at the blank page.

【Otherwise what? Haven't you already left the book? You're not wearing a mask, and you don't rely on Alice's blessing to move around independently in the real world. Doesn't that prove you've completely broken free from that book?】

"But... but it's still just a nominal ascension, isn't this change too little? I see that other people who ascended have quite a presence, shouldn't a nominal ascension grant them some significant power boost?"

I've said it many times already, your signature is just a name that's just for show.

You were already the head of the Ink Jade Division, a title that was already nominal.

You've completely left the book; you're simply returning to normal.

"Now that I'm the Master, don't I automatically regain my former power?" Xia Shou pressed for details, much like a poor guy interrogating his parents about whether they are billionaires or not.

【………】

After all, there was no text appearing for about seven seconds.

Then the text appeared again.

Okay, I admit, you did touch on something I'm not familiar with.

But it's not just me; even if Mo Yusi and his gang came, they probably wouldn't be able to determine your current condition.

Because all these years, you've been trying to get out of that book—maybe tens of thousands of years, maybe even longer—it's all for this goal.

Just like Columbus on his journey to discover the New World, not only you, but also the others in Moyusi, are just companions you pulled onto the ship along the way to the New World.

You've never truly come out, just like Columbus never set foot on the New World before he did.

Although everyone imagines the scenery of the destination, imagination and actually reaching the end are different. From the moment you leave "The Season of Falling Stars", no one ever knows what happens afterward.

I estimate that even if someone else were to act on your behalf, they couldn't have predicted what would happen to you afterwards, because having one's name appear in a book is already an isolated case, and the current situation is an even more isolated case.

"The traitor wanted to kill me before, but didn't dare to because he was worried that I was faking amnesia. But that time with Sprite, he (or she) was probably really planning to make a move, right?"

So, could we assume that the traitor had already confirmed my complete amnesia, and therefore acted without any hesitation afterward?

It's a pity you didn't kill that guy yourself there, otherwise we wouldn't be in any trouble now.

Xia Shou frowned, biting his nails as he recalled the details of his final battle with the traitor.

The traitor was ultimately killed by the King of Rift, seemingly because there was a conflict between their alliance, leading to the traitor being betrayed by the King of Rift at the last moment.

Indeed, if Spread had killed the traitor herself instead of doing it for him, it would have directly cut through the narrative and eliminated the mole within Moyusi.

However... it's hard to say.

At that time, he had no confidence in defeating his opponent, and if the traitor and Spreadt were also of one mind, his chances of winning would be greatly reduced, since he barely managed to defeat Spreadt in the end.

During the War of the Divine Laws, Xia Shou killed Huangfu Buren and unsealed the name of the secret messenger.

At that time, Edson, a follower of the esotericist, told him that the esotericist would no longer spread messages about himself.

From that time on, the Dead Records no longer needed to hide it from him or play guessing games.

From then until now, he has had several conversations with the Death Note about his past, but because he needed to understand the signing ceremony first, he did not discuss the topic in depth in order to save pages.

Now that he has signed his name, it's a good opportunity to learn more about his former subordinates and the various intelligence reports about the Moyu Division.

"Don't reply to me yet. I have some new guesses and conjectures to share. Wait until I'm finished before you speak," Xia Shou said.

The notes showed no writing. "Very good," Xia Shou nodded, then began to recount what he and Shangguan Yan had just discussed in the teahouse.

There are speculations about Wu Shuguo and Jiang Wengao, as well as fundamental doubts about whether the signing was successful.

Of course, Xia Shou didn't forget to review his last encounter with the traitor once again.

Although he had already analyzed the Death Notes several times before, he felt it necessary to bring it up again after new information emerged.

Xia Shou sat at his desk, muttering to himself in a very organized manner, and would summarize every ten minutes or so.

Half an hour later, he finally managed to summarize what he needed to say by relaying the information.

"Okay, what are your thoughts?"

This situation... is a complete mess.

Putting everything you've said together, I also think your attribution isn't that simple. I wouldn't say 100%, but there's definitely a 90% chance there's something wrong with it!

Xia Shou took a deep breath and nodded in agreement.

Although he desperately wanted the Death Note to tell him, "What are you thinking, you idiot? Everything is perfectly normal, I can vouch for that."

But Xia Shou's logical mind told him that this matter, which was full of strange coincidences and oddities, could not possibly end so smoothly.

So when the Death Notes came to the same conclusion as him, despite his disappointment, Xia Shou inexplicably felt relieved.

"Since there's a problem with the naming ceremony, there are only two possibilities."

One possibility is that there's a problem with the ceremony, and since Daniel was the one presiding over it this time, if the problem lies with the ceremony, then the source is Daniel.

This possibility can be further extended into several sub-possibilities.

The first and most optimistic view is that the ritual invented by Daniel was inherently flawed, so even with the best efforts, there were still hidden dangers.

The second possibility is that Daniel had already betrayed them when he was brought back from An Gang's house, but I think this possibility is very small.

Therefore... if the problem lies in the ritual itself, I'm more inclined to believe that the ritual's invention was flawed.

After Xia Shou finished speaking, he paused briefly, then changed the subject:
"But compared to the probability of problems with the ceremony, it seems more likely that the problem lies with the materials."

[Are you referring to those seven-pronged fragments that someone sent to you after the War of Divine Law?]

"Ah."

The seven-pronged fragments are easy to verify and impossible to tamper with. The seven-pronged history tree is something that transcends the present world and is close to the origin. It can be broken, but its nature cannot be changed.

Just as gold artifacts can be melted and cut, but gold itself is gold, the Seven-Forked Fragment is gold in the transcendental realm.

At most, it could be that someone forged a counterfeit to pass it off as genuine, but that could be easily exposed because the seven-pronged fragment is too easy to verify.

Besides, you've already observed it using your own abilities, haven't you?

"Yes."

[Shangguan Yan and Daniel have also checked it, right?]

"Yes."

Then there's no way something could go wrong.

(End of this chapter)