A man among dragons, building a mysterious ancient church.

Chapter 334 Openly Conspiring
The members expressed their understanding that Xu Lie could not get to Tokyo in time, while wondering whether Mr. Error and Xia Mi were going on a mission or going on a private trip under the guise of official business.

They discussed how to deal with Ince, the traitor.

Fingel first stated the area he was responsible for: "After arriving in Tokyo, I will try to make prophecies as soon as possible, and try to find out which souls the [Crawling Hunger] has herded and what abilities they possess."

"As for the power of Ince to freely control the number of teeth, you can also give it to me. I should be able to compete with Ince in this regard."

This is the confidence of a esoteric master.

Chen Motong followed closely behind: "Ince's 'Nightmare' ability is no problem for me. I can enter and exit the dream at any time and wake you up."

In the realm of dreams, Chen Motong doesn't believe she will lose to Ince.

Susie chimed in: "The Night Watch also has the ability to inflict a certain amount of bad luck, which can be offset by my winning luck. I can restrain Ince head-on."

Chu Zihang also picked up a skill that had been forgotten in a corner and had not been used for many days: "I have a provocation. I will use it on you. If you can control your anger, you should be able to break Ince's requiem with the provocation."

The more the members discussed it, the more they realized the importance of intelligence, as well as the synergy and restraint between extraordinary abilities from different sources.

If Ince didn't have [Crawling Hunger] and just had an ordinary Sequence 4, everyone working together could probably easily reclaim Ince's nature.

When it came to Nuwa's side, she seemed somewhat unsure: "Let me try to see if the dawn can dispel the darkness in Nainse's dark domain."

"It's mainly the Dawn of the Warrior Path, which is less mysterious. I'm not sure if it can contend with the Dark Domain."

Aso Makoto reassured Nuwa: "It's alright. I'm also skilled in dark magic. If your Dawn isn't up to par, I can personally enter the dark realm and keep Ince in check at close range."

"We won't let him open the Dark Domain and escape a second time."

Erii also cheered for Nuwa: "Sister Nuwa, thanks to you for always taking me around to play, I have successfully advanced to the level of a traveler."

"I now possess the ability to teleport long distances and teleport short distances, and I can also record four types of Sequence 4 level abilities. I'm sure I can defeat the big bad guy Ince."

In Erii's eyes, Ince, who betrayed the old church, was an absolute villain.

After encouraging Sister Nuwa, Erii looked at Xu Lie and smiled sweetly. Xu Lie nodded in response.

Xu Lie and Erii made a promise that he would let her travel freely throughout this gentle world. Now that Erii has become a traveler, she has finally fulfilled that promise.

From now on, Erii will be a bird that can't be caged, able to go wherever she wants.

Nuwa was unaware of the two's little secret and was comforted by Erii. Thinking about it, it made sense; even if her Dawn was not good, she still had her church companions.

What's there to worry about?
The members then realized what had happened and congratulated Erii. They now understood that the teleportation talisman they had used before originated from Erii's method, from the Traveler.

Fingel, who had long coveted teleportation abilities, kept asking Erii to record his prophetic abilities and other skills when they met, just so she could imitate his teleportation.

Xu Lie grinned as he watched the members, loudly plotting how to deal with him.

In particular, they made detailed divisions of labor, specifying who was responsible for what abilities and who was responsible for checks and balances. They explained everything in great detail, and this "Ince" heard it all.

It feels like I'm having a lot of fun.

The members must have thought that it was very safe to discuss tactics in the gray fog, and that there was absolutely no way Ince would find out. They had no idea that the 'Ince' they were dealing with had heard every single word.

The members quickly discussed and agreed on their respective responsibilities. If Fingel was unable to predict the ability of "Crawling Hunger," they would have to improvise.

After discussing Ince's matter, Nuwa brought up Genji's inexplicable plea for help: "Everyone should know Genji, right?"

“Last night, he called to say that Erii’s father, Tachibana Masamune, was critically ill and asked me to take Erii to Tokyo as soon as possible, saying that Tachibana Masamune wanted to see Erii one last time.”

"But this morning they called again out of the blue, saying that something was wrong with Tachibana Masamune and that he had arranged for the AI ​​Kaguya to block my and Erii's information, and that we should hide as soon as we arrived in Tokyo."

"If Erii weren't so cute, I wouldn't want to go through Genji's troublesome request at all."

"Does anyone know what happened?"

While seemingly asking all the members, they were actually turning to Asou Makoto, knowing that this Ms. Tsuki was the real power in Tokyo, the Archbishop of the Tokyo Diocese. Erii silently nodded in agreement. She didn't understand why her brother was making things so complicated, but she was certain of one thing: Tachibana Masamune was definitely problematic.

Erii couldn't quite put her finger on what was wrong; it was just a gut feeling that Tachibana Masamune was a bad person.

During this period, Makoto Aso, who frequently dealt with the Snake-Headed Eight Families and the Genji brothers, learned the inside story.

He recounted the story of the Genji brothers and Black Swan Harbor, leaving the members deeply moved.

They had no idea that so many things had happened in a port in northern Siberia twenty years ago, and that the grudges between them had continued to this day.

After finishing speaking, Aso looked at Nuwa and said, "It's possible that Genji has discovered some conspiracy related to Herzog."

"I realized that it would be dangerous for Erii to go back, so I asked you to take Erii and hide."

"When will you arrive at the airport? I'll send someone to pick you up and bring you to the Old Temple for a few days."

Nuwa readily agreed: "That would be perfect. We're unfamiliar with this place, and I don't know where to hide people right now. As for when we'll arrive in Tokyo?"

"You'll have to ask Erii about that."

Ask Erii?

Aso looked at Erii with curiosity, and Erii honestly said what she was thinking: "Tachibana Masamune gives me a bad feeling, I don't like him."

"Eri is very happy to travel and play everywhere with Sister Nuwa."

“I don’t want to go back to see Tachibana Masamune, but my brother is urging me so urgently that I can’t not go back. So I was thinking that after the meeting today, I will take Sister Nuwa back with me.”

Good heavens! The members all exclaimed inwardly, "Good heavens! How inhuman must Tachibana Masamune be to make Erii so resistant?"
Even though he was critically ill, he didn't want to rush back immediately, but instead delayed until after today's meeting before sending himself back? That's outrageous!
After the parties finished their conversation, Chen Motong asked rather anxiously, "Did Herzog develop his so-called cloning technology himself, or was it taught to him by the Holy Palace Medical Association?"

Chen Motong had wanted to ask about it when she was watching the video in Angers' office, but she couldn't because Caesar was there at the time.

The Holy Palace Medical Association is related to the whereabouts of Chen Motong's mother. Worried about her mother, Chen Motong desperately wants to find the exact location of the Holy Palace Medical Association and rescue her.

Chen Motong had asked Fingel to help with divination, but he couldn't get any results. It seemed that he was being interfered with by some higher level. Chen Motong could only investigate on his own while continuing to do the tasks assigned by Mr. Fool.

I hope that, like Fingel, I can accumulate enough merits soon, and finally ask Mr. Fool to help me divine my mother's exact whereabouts.

Now that they've finally found a clue that might be related to the Holy Palace Medical Association, Chen Motong is determined not to let it go.

Aso shook his head apologetically: "When Ince revealed the true identity of the King, my first thought was also the Holy Palace Medical Association."

"Unfortunately, Ince didn't say anything more before devouring the King. Ince, who read the King's memories, knows more clues, or perhaps he can find the mastermind Herzog directly."

Chen Motong tried hard to calm herself down and avoid letting her emotions dominate her mind. As a viewer, how could she lose her composure? "I didn't expect that, after all this time, it still comes back to Ince."

“A clone?” Fingel rubbed his chin with his right hand, touching his slightly stubble after shaving. “In that case, if we can catch a clone, we might be able to directly divine Herzog’s location.”

While outwardly observing the members' discussion, Forrell secretly manipulated the gray mist, conjuring a line of small characters on the table in front of his main body: 'Be careful, don't let Herzog's clone fall into Fingal's hands.'

'Given Herzog's careless disposal and waste of clones, he'd be dead in a heartbeat if he encountered someone with divination or curses; there's no point in trying to survive.'

Xu Lie was aware of this, of course, and had already taken precautions. With a thought, he wiped away the gray mist writing on the table, signaling to Bao Lie to rest assured.

Back when Xu Lie was playing Ince and using the glove to devour the king, he had already located Herzog through the connection of fate.

Although Herzog may seem safe now and hasn't revealed his actual hiding place, if Herzog were bored enough to take a look at the surrounding air with a microscope, he would be surprised to find that the air around him is already teeming with tiny, translucent worms.

With so many Time Worms watching and interfering, even with Fingel's divination abilities combined with Erii's astrology, they were unable to divine Herzog.

Seeing that there was no fun to be had, Bao Lie lightly tapped the bronze table: "Let's stop here."

The gathering came to an end as the members rose to bow in farewell.

(End of this chapter)