He was imprisoned in Nibelungen for a thousand years, only to find out upon his release that he was

"It does seem to make sense... that's true."

Ritsuka nodded in agreement; she had also felt a lump in her throat when she thought of that memory.

Given Mashu's background and the inhumane experiments she didn't fully understand but found terrifying, it was impossible not to feel angry and disgusted.

Since she, who has only been with the company for almost a year, has such insights, then according to Mr. Lu Ming's description, are there even more undiscovered dark secrets than we imagine?

It turns out that Chaldea has been hiding such a deep darkness all along!

This is absolutely outrageous!

Volume 1: Chapter 145 Doctor: My identity has been exposed? Wait, I'm not Odin's lackey!

When Lu Ming saw that Ritsuka was influenced by him and followed his lead, she began to suspect the dark secrets hidden within the Chaldea organization.

He couldn't help but nod to himself, feeling a sense of accomplishment from the bottom of his heart.

In one fell swoop, he successfully persuaded another lost girl to turn back from the wrong path, thus hindering a certain link in Odin's grand conspiracy... Congratulations!

Although Fujimaru Ritsuka is said to be a newcomer who has been with the company for less than a year.

Her teammate, who was also a girl who had lived as an experimental subject since childhood, was as innocent as a blank sheet of paper.

This duo looks like... a makeshift team hastily thrown in by an unscrupulous organization, just to be sacrificed...

But! Human life is of paramount importance and priceless!

Since Lu Ming chose to help the girl.

From now on, they will no longer be pushed along a predetermined path by the great hand of fate woven by Odin...

Instead, they broke free from their shackles and escaped their cages, recognizing the dark truth hidden in the fog!

From this perspective, Lu Ming's actions can truly be described as...saving people from suffering and performing immeasurable merits!

"...Alright, in short, we have now found out that your superiors belong to an organization that was indirectly established with Odin's intervention, and your workplaces are likely the same."

He turned a page in "The True History of the Dragon Clan" and slowly revealed the shocking information.

Lu Ming didn't mind using this intelligence to further reinforce the girls' negative impressions of the organization they came from, thereby causing them to become disloyal and create conflict.

After all, getting them away from the dark organization sooner means getting them out of their misery sooner.

"Let me be blunt with you—just like the monarchs corresponding to your organization, all 'monarchs' are, without exception, high-ranking officials who directly serve Odin and act according to Odin's instructions."

“Thousands of years ago in this world, Odin sent demons and planted spies around King Solomon of the ancient Jewish dynasty, making King Solomon a puppet to be manipulated.”

"Those who were once descendants of Solomon's disciples were ultimately seduced by Odin's plan and by the noble bloodline promised or bestowed by Odin."

"Over these thousands of years, they have established a massive organization that, while conducting all sorts of inhumane experiments, has also strictly adhered to secrecy to cover up their various atrocities and keep them unknown to the world."

"Since the organization was founded, they have pursued the 'Grand' (of the four monarchs), called themselves 'Monarchs,' and the missions they follow and carry out are all designated by Odin (Order).

Mashu: "Huh?"

If she heard correctly, they were talking about the clock tower?

That clock tower that split into three factions and was constantly fighting amongst themselves?

Therefore, it's not just Marisbury who is connected to Odin, but all the monarchs of the Clock Tower are connected.

Even the "Grand Order" of the major magician classes and families, such as the "Grand Order" of the Clock Tower, only came into existence after Odin issued and issued it.

"—Do not ignore or underestimate my words. Do not be limited by appearances, but learn to doubt."

Lu Ming said, "If you genuinely believe that I am kindly revealing information for your own good, then you should remain skeptical, continue to think critically, and make logical connections."

"Following this line of thought, what suspicious facts do you think you can find that fit these signs?"

"Okay! I understand!"

Ritsuka clapped her hands. She was very quick to understand and immediately realized what was going on, recalling a recent example—in this timeline, Marisbury was executed, and news of his connection to Odin was sent from the Clock Tower.

Although there is suspicion that other families are coveting the resources of astrophysics and taking advantage of the situation, this reason is still rather far-fetched.

After all, characteristics such as a long history and abundant resources are not unique to astrophysics.

There are quite a few prestigious families with over two thousand years of history. But why was it that the Animusfia family of the Department of Astrophysics was targeted and then suffered such a swift and severe fate?

It must involve Odin!

“I knew it! Marisbury couldn’t have been executed so quickly for no reason—he must have had some improper thoughts or done something against the rules of the organization or Odin’s will!”

But what exactly is it?

As a complete novice in the world of magic, Ritsuka can only use the most basic and simple thinking to speculate about villains... such as Odin's ultimate goal being to rule the world.

Anyway... most of the crazy villains in stories are like this. They're either trying to rule the world or destroy it or something. I don't even know what the world did wrong.

As a result, Maris Billy developed his own ambition and wanted to achieve a similar goal in his own way, to bring the whole world under his control.

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...This is another classic trope common in stories.

Marisbury, which created a conflict with Odin.

As for the outcome, it was obvious that the conspiracy was exposed and he was eliminated from within.

Ritsuka continued to think.

The previous director of their worldline had a significantly different fate than Marisbury.

If Maris Billy here enters a bad ending, his conspiracy is exposed and he is killed.

In their timeline, Maris Billy seems to have survived longer, made more thorough preparations to carry out his conspiracy, and had a higher probability of success.

In the end, he was not eliminated by the Clock Tower, but died by suicide.

Was it a success?

Or did it still fail? — For example, failing to escape Odin's punishment, ultimately failing, and the murder being carefully disguised as suicide?

"..."

Mashu was somewhat bewildered.

Actually, this was the first time she had been encouraged to "challenge authority" and "question established beliefs." It's normal for Chaldea to have things it doesn't understand, but the history of the Clock Tower...

Since birth, I have indirectly learned about the outside world through the Chaldean "Sheba," and have never doubted history...

However, Lu Ming's repeated recitation of "objective history" forcibly crammed "Odin," such a colossal and abrupt existence that should have been hidden, into her cognitive world.

'Wait a minute, Odin?'

Her eyes widened slightly. Her mind, still processing the overwhelming amount of information, was suddenly flashed back to a memory...

"Speaking of which, the audio clips we collected earlier in the suburbs also presented similar viewpoints. Aside from some incriminating evidence, they mainly focused on describing Odin's conspiracy."

The report also highlighted accusations that Odin interfered with the timeline and fabricated history.

'Could it be... that Odin's fabrication of history and distortion of the timeline are truly, as Mr. Lu Ming said, a scheme to continuously plant hidden agents and expand his own power? This... this seems...'

'Hmm, okay... As Mr. Lu Ming said, I need to remain skeptical and learn to make connections and inferences.'

'Upon closer reflection... the burning of humanity in my own timeline seems to be causing a distortion of history as well, and those singularities that have emerged are creations of the Demon King himself.'

'What would happen if these singularities weren't repaired by the combined efforts of Chaldea and Humanity?'

Mashu pondered silently.

The answer is that history will be further distorted until it is too late for anyone to undo it.

'The effects of the singularity continue to amplify; the entire period of history, under the interference of the Demon King, has been completely distorted and reshaped, wantonly altered beyond recognition!'

'What allowed the Demon King's interference to proceed smoothly were the numerous Demon Pillars under his command—the Demons implanted Demon God factors into the bloodlines of magic families, causing the descendants of these families to awaken their bloodlines and interfere in different historical periods!'

"However, according to Mr. Lu Ming's account of history, the demons were clearly organized and dispatched by Odin, and King Solomon was merely a puppet manipulated by him."

'The descendants of King Solomon's disciples, the various families of the Clock Tower, also fulfilled their mission as designated by Odin, and were also granted a noble bloodline that would be passed down through generations...'

'Their development paths are remarkably similar...'

'Simply replacing the Demon King with Odin would make almost no difference.'

'However, the former Demon King is still in the stage of distorting history using singularities.'

'And the latter, Odin, has completely distorted history, constructing a complete worldline that He Himself can manipulate at will!'

'No... according to Mr. Lu Ming, that's clearly already a Lostbelt! If we don't change the course of events, our world will become like that too!'

These seemingly fragmented and absurd pieces of information appeared to connect at this moment, surprisingly matching all of Lu Ming's descriptions so far.

In that instant, Mashu froze. With an almost incredulous expression, she uttered a sentence in a voice barely audible to others:

"So, Odin... is the Demon King? That appearance of King Solomon is just a shell or a puppet He uses?"

Her breathing trembled involuntarily, as if she had actually discovered some terrible truth through this method of doubt and association.

"Our singularity will really become a Lostbelt! The Demon King who will destroy humanity is Odin!"

Fujimaru Ritsuka: "?"

Suddenly, when she heard Mashu muttering those two sentences next to her, she almost rolled her eyes.

She had waited a while, thinking that Mashu, the junior student, had come up with some earth-shattering conjecture after much deep thought.

The result was this conclusion...

That's it! Didn't she already guess this? (See Chapter 131)

What are you getting so excited about, junior? Have you been agonizing over this whole time, trying to outdo me?

"Huh?" Mashu then remembered that Ritsuka had come to this conclusion even before the information was complete.

That's right! The senior had guessed about this a long time ago, and even insisted on arguing with her about it...

But it was clear that Mashu found herself to be far inferior to Ritsuka in terms of deducing information.

Could she really be a genius? Just how far can her eyes see?

Mashu lowered her head, slightly dejected; she had indeed lost this time.

"Hmph~ So there's a reason why I'm the senior! Mashu, you still have a lot to learn!"

Ritsuka proudly displayed her shapely chest, "But in the end, I'm just echoing what others have said. Mr. Lu Ming is the senior who comes first—"

"By the way, where is Mr. Lu Ming?"

Mashu then realized that Lu Ming was no longer by their side.

Of the guards on site, only one female follower, dressed as Hassan, remained, completely shrouded in a black robe.

But one thing is strange: this assassin doesn't have Hassan's signature bone mask.

The two men stepped forward to ask for instructions.

Kyoko scrutinized them with her sharp, dagger-like gaze, remaining silent for a few seconds before answering.

"The questioning process has ended. Professor Lu Ming has granted you a certain degree of freedom, but he is not free. If you need to have a conversation, please do not take up too much time."

“He seems to be very busy usually?” Mashu said. “Don’t worry, we’ll only ask a couple more questions at most, it won’t take more than a few minutes.”

Guided by Kuangxinzi, they found Lu Ming, who had not yet left.

The woman in the black robe disappeared as soon as she arrived at the destination.

But in reality, Kyoko was still hiding herself through 'Scent Concealment', watching the two from a distance.

"Excuse me, before we entered the city, we collected......"

Mashu showed Lu Ming the recording equipment parts she carried with her.

"Items scattered outside the city?"

Lu Ming thought about it and concluded that it must have been a 'public opinion offensive' that Francesca had spread to the outside world at his request.

"Oh, it does indeed belong to me. To be precise, it's a collection of valuable records left behind by our team during the early stages of our exploration of this city."

"Are you trying to ask why we deliberately scattered them all over the outside of the city?"

"In fact, this principle is the same as when Odin deliberately trapped us in this closed world and set strict restrictions on entry and exit."

As Lu Ming spoke, he slowly tightened his grip, clenching his fist.

If it weren't for my own hard work and the integration of the strengths of others, the closed-off state of the Nibelungen would probably still be unchanged from decades ago.

At that time, while all the external events would be irrelevant to him, Odin would be able to stir up trouble at will, just like in the original story, leaving neither side able to do anything about it. Lu Ming shuddered at the thought...