Who could have imagined that the situation had been stagnant for over a month, and that even if there had been a fierce battle, it would gradually calm down with the passage of time... and would only exist in imagination?

At least Suli can't.

The scenery outside the city of Sadina was very suitable for this season. The ground was barren and no grass grew. Even the air was filled with a burning smell.

As soon as Suli saw this scene, he had the idea of ​​trying to enter from the main gate of Sadina.

Not feeling good.

"I always feel that being close to those two people will make me feel uncomfortable both physically and mentally." Suli looked at the fighting figures of Diz and "Xia Zuo" from afar.

Mavis was surprised: "I thought you would be the kind of person who would face challenges head-on."

"This is a huge misunderstanding." Su Li waved his hand.

Egbert tried to explain to the salted fish players: "There is a big difference between facing difficulties and facing unnecessary difficulties."

While they were talking, several flashes of light exploded continuously in front of them.

The battle between a light elementalist and other elementalists is still interesting, but if there are two light elementalists...

Then the battle between them can be called light pollution.

It was too blinding. It was like someone holding a high-powered square light and turning it on and off in the middle of the night when one was halfway through consciousness.

Before anyone could join in or actually choose to go around and enter, the two people who were fighting in front suddenly stopped.

Suli was surprised: "Is this the CD time?"

Egbert had a tangled expression: "Lord Sully is speaking in a language we can't understand again."

Lan Zhe was speechless: "If you don't understand, don't bother yourself with it. Don't you think you don't understand and don't ask, but you still have to think about it? Is that crazy?"

"I don't agree with that." Roy said, "I think that Egbert's body, mind, soul, and even the seams of his bones are all engraved with the word sick."

Before their own people started fighting each other, Suli rarely tried to test or pull, but rushed forward directly.

He said to the two people who had stopped from a distance: "Are you in a state where you can communicate and have a conversation now?"

Suli actually didn't really care about the reaction of the person being questioned. He had the same idea as the one with the crow hanging over his head. As long as the group behind him arrived at the area of ​​Sadina City, they would feel like they were in a safe zone where they could fight each other openly at any time. It would be fine as long as they didn't actually fight.

Du Ya whispered over Suli's head, "Perhaps after we deal with 'Xia Zuo', I can consider giving them some guidance."

The crow's black wings swept towards the people behind it.

Suli paused for a moment and then replied: "Actually, I wouldn't care if you just said you could take care of them all."

The words were spoken softly, but Egbert, one of the gorillas, could still hear them. However, before he could show an aggrieved expression, the person on the other side had already replied.

"We can still communicate, but I'm really tired." Dez replied from a distance, his voice hoarse.

But Suli did not dare to take the initiative to go forward.

It was fine to use those two people who had temporarily ceased fighting to divert attention, but to take the initiative to walk up to them would be an act of asking for death.

It’s not that I don’t trust you…

Sully tried to find an excuse for himself, but finally gave up decisively and said: He just doesn't trust me.

Whether it is Xia Zuo who is in an uncontrollable state, or Diz who will definitely be influenced by the Patriarch of the Holy See of Light.

It's been a month, and judging by the developments in the palace, the Holy See of Light should have chosen a new person to take the position.

But the reality is that the position of the Pope of Light is still vacant.

The succession of the Pope is no less important than the change of the king. The fact that no news has reached Licheng is equivalent to the reverse leakage of news.

For example, Xia Zuo is no longer completely Xia Zuo.

"Then let me ask you, can you still be trusted?" Suli's eyes flashed.

To be honest, the current position of the Holy See of Light is also very delicate.

The king is still alive, and as the deceased Pope of Light has clearly cheated on him, the Holy See of Light, which can be seen as an organization of the Pope of Light's influence from a certain perspective, has become a thorn in the king's side.

The second is in the inner city, where the Dark Church just happens to want to step into the public eye.

The Pope of Light is dead, and the new Pope will not be in office in the short term. For those who dislike the Church of Light, this is the best time to target them.

Not to mention that before Suli left the city overnight, he discovered that the Chief Justice had already begun to obtain royal priority political rights from various cities.

The papal branches in many cities have gradually transformed from real power holders into simple religious buildings.

In addition, during the time he was back, Sully did not sit in the carriage all day long.

Euphia's intelligence system cannot provide strong support in the inner city, but once it leaves the capital city, this force will become a powerful rope that cannot be underestimated.

Suli also learned a lot of information during this process.

For example, the collapse of the branch of the Holy See of Light was clearly due to the intervention of the Holy See of Darkness.

Even the reason for this action is a legitimate war of revenge.

Even when the two old men who had been scheming against each other joined forces, the situation became one where the Dark Church was openly fighting a war of revenge, but in reality it was able to strike back at the nobles from a distance.

So many powerful light elementalists of the Holy See will die, and you scattered nobles...

Every time Sully thought about this, he felt that it was no wonder that he was unwilling to get involved.

Even if he could grasp the development trajectory of all events and take the initiative to guide them... this would definitely not be a good thing for him as a teenager.

If too many brain cells die, you will become bald.

Although there was a lot of information in Suli's mind, it all flashed by.

After a while, Suli heard Diz say: "I can't judge whether I am still someone you can trust. But I can tell you very clearly that I have no ill will towards you or the entire city of Sadina."

Suli couldn't make out Deez's expression. The distance was not very friendly to him, but for other people with excellent eyesight, they could see the clear sincerity in Deez's eyes, as well as a trace of inexplicable confusion.

As for Sully, who couldn't read expressions, it only took him a second to figure out that Deez had no reason to cheat him.

So even though his forehead was pecked by the crow's beak, Sully took the initiative to step forward.

His footsteps were heavy. Although the distance he walked was not too long, Suli attracted the attention of everyone present while walking.

There was no reason for him to feel nervous. Suli just wanted to know the current situation of this city that he had deliberately ignored for a month.

"I thought you would stay in Licheng."

Xia Zuo's voice is emotionless. Compared with the preference for details in human voices, the tone of his voice now is like the inorganic texture when AI reading first appeared in the early years.

Suli shifted his gaze from the slightly ferocious Dietz to Xia Zuo, who was neither as hunched as the Pope nor as stiff as Xia Zuo. He was extremely calm and said, "It makes no sense for me to stay there."

"Based on the current situation and the information I have read in various books, you are still the most important person."

Sully described his views on the Pope of Light very well.

He is nothing more than an old man in his seventies who is still wandering around.

The Pope has harmed too many people. Although Sully's emotions about the Pope's death are complicated for a while, this complexity is only due to the emotional fluctuations after the success of the plan.

But once Suli's personal views are placed on "Xia Zuo", his thoughts will have certain deviations.

Because "Xia Zuo" is not the complete Pope of Light, but he is not the complete Xia Zuo either.

It's like a person who combines the characteristics of two people, yet belongs to neither.

To be honest, Suli couldn't understand the changes in the fighting style between "Xia Zuo" and Diz. After all, the naked eye could not keep up with their fighting speed.

But Suli was still very sober in one respect.

"Xia Zuo" can kill Dizi at any time.

His failure to do so proved that he was no longer fully pope.

It's really troublesome...

Suli temporarily suppressed his desire to get information from "Xia Zuo" and asked, "To you, is a person's existence justified by the body, or by the spirit and memory?"

"You may know this better than I do."

The "Xia Zuo" who answered still had that inorganic voice.

Suli had no idea what that look, as if he was looking at an inorganic object, meant. He just said, "Then let me ask you another question. Is your dominant consciousness still the Pope of Light?"

The sudden burst of momentum made the people behind Suli look uglier. Deez, who was already injured, had a bright red streak of blood oozing from the corner of his mouth.

However, compared to the various pressures others have shown, Sully has not changed much even without the help of the crows.

Momentum is something that is hard to explain, just like the pie-shaped statistical graph in the eyeball. People who don't care about it will still not notice it.

Moreover, before the elements condensed into solid matter, Suli could not feel the existence of this matter.

"It seems not." Suli looked at "Xia Zuo" calmly, his tone neither rising nor falling.

"If that's all you want to say to me..."

Before "Xia Zuo" finished speaking, Suli took the initiative to interrupt others, which was rare.

“What I really want to say is that if you are still the Pope of Light, then your only value will be to confess all the information you know while you are alive, and then die.” Sully always gives people a sense of divinity and superiority when talking about life and death.

That's not looking down on others, but it makes people want to bow their heads.

"And if you are not, then I can judge from a rational point of view whether you are still worthy of survival."

"I don't think anti-social elements are absolute villains before they actually do evil. The bad guys who don't take action are essentially brave men who are trying to restrain the demons in their hearts."

"Although it is necessary to provide certain psychiatric treatment when appropriate, unfortunately, I do not have a psychiatrist's license."

Suli's words made "Xia Zuo" stunned.

"Why do you judge the value of my existence from the perspective of a weak person like you?"

Different from the mechanical coldness in Xia Zuo's expression, the high temperature in the air made him sweat profusely.

Sully is very complicated right now, very complicated in every emotional way.

It’s not that I don’t know how to explain it to Xia Zuo, or is it a one-sided explanation... ?

Suli now has only one thought.

"Why do you ask this question?"

He tilted his head to look at "Xia Zuo".

"I have made certain judgments about you from my perspective. Whether it is your judgment or my personal opinion, you should not have any strange perceptions about these things."

"Of course, I mean, whether it's the Pope of Light or Xia Zuo."

The former is a person who pays more attention to results. Faced with Suli's various words, what he is most likely to do is to actively attack while verbally arguing.

Don't be fooled by his old age, he is very sharp when it comes to scolding people.

And the latter...

Xia Zuo, who was deeply brainwashed, would not question it at all.

Suli's words once again confused "Xia Zuo".

His current state is certainly dangerous in the eyes of others, but to Suli, who discovered certain characteristics as soon as he talked to him, the person in front of him is not so much a combination of the Pope and Xia Zuo, but rather a newly born new life form that possesses all kinds of information and knowledge but lacks emotions.

It sounds complicated, but to put it simply, Xia Zuo's state is more like a person who has all kinds of common sense information concepts but no emotional preferences.

What Xia Zuo lacked was not made up by the Pope who lived for many years, but what the Pope wanted had already been realized in him.

A ticket to another world, and an ambition to conquer that world.

The former idea is an existing fact, while the latter is an inference mixed with a hint of Suli's personal bias.

As expected, Xia Zuo obtained most of the Pope's memory.

Whether memory is an existential argument for life, Sully cannot explain it from the perspective of elements from another world. Of course, he has also written game stories related to Western fantasy, but this world seems to be too different from serious Western fantasy.

——However, he can also interpret it based on the two games he wrote in the past.

In the interstellar background, a robot is made in a 1:1 ratio of its owner's body. Before it has any memory, it is just a body.

And if the master transfers his brain or his memories and emotions to the robot before his death, then the new robot is equivalent to the resurrection of the master.

Similarly, the inheritance settings in the fairy tale games can also explain this point in reverse.

After the inheritor accepts the memory of the inheritor, it is impossible for the inheritor to be the reincarnation of the inheritor. That memory is merely functional information input.

The inheritor may feel happy or sad because of what is expressed in the memory, but that is no different from the audience of a movie.

Suli privately thought that "Xia Zuo" was more inclined towards the latter, but reason told him that "Xia Zuo" was a combination of the two.

If the Pope's emotions do not exist at all, then "Xia Zuo" will only continue to act according to the brainwashing stage.

After losing his first leader, if "Xia Zuo" is inclined to the theory of the inheritance of the immortal hero and is still Xia Zuo, he will only pass his command to Ophelia instead of staying outside the city of Sardina.

If it is a combination of the two, then Xia Zuo's brainwashing and various behaviors of obeying the orders of others will be directly transformed into obeying his own orders.

Suli even felt that the reason why Xia Zuo had not done anything that had a significant impact on the world... no, a significant impact on the structure of human society in this month was that he was waiting for him.

Just like now, Suli can clearly see Xia Zuo saying word by word: "Answer questions with questions, and you will only get questions."

Sully suddenly laughed.

That smile was so subtle that it could not even be noticed if one was not paying attention.

Suli blinked lightly, somewhat deliberately and playfully: "My question has been answered."

The fact that "Xia Zuo" could give this reply proves that "Xia Zuo" is just "Xia Zuo".

Not Xia Zuo, not the Pope of Light.

This is a completely new individual.

The crow jumped on Sully's head: "Are you happy because of him?"

Without waiting for "Xia Zuo" to reply, Suli said: "I'm not very happy, but I'm not unhappy either."

"I just laughed because I thought I should laugh." Suli nodded seriously, "Also, the voluntary participation of the door knocker who stepped into another world is much better than me tying him up and torturing him."

What's in the Pope's mouth must be taken out, no matter what.

Sully's reason would certainly outweigh his personal emotions, so if it was the Pope who survived, he would only choose to interrogate him.

And if not, then everything is possible through negotiation.

Egbert exclaimed: "As expected of Lord Sully."

Lan Zhe was confused: "Do you understand?"

Egbert nodded seriously: "Eighty percent right."

Roy was unwilling to believe the truth: "Did you secretly study this without our knowledge?"

"Rather than further study, I think this is more like... a simulation." Mavis pondered for a moment and gave her thoughts.

"That's right." Egbert admitted, "If Egbert is always just Egbert, then the ceiling of his achievements can only be the ceiling of Egbert. And if the core of the core covered with Egbert's skin is actually Lord Sully, then the ceiling of my growth will be immeasurable."

Roy's mouth twitched wildly. "What kind of outrageous statement is this? I want to take back what I just said. What do you mean by secretly studying? You have not only engraved the word "sick" into every aspect of your life, you have also secretly rolled the word "nervous" into a ball and swallowed it into your stomach."

Mavis stroked her chin and pondered, "Is this the legendary 'Live like you'?"

Lan Zhe was even more confused: "Don't you think you two are also abnormal?"

Before the two people who were implicated wanted to curse, Lan Zhe added: "Otherwise, why do you take it for granted that Egbert's words are comparable to tongue twisters?"

Lan Zhe's words suddenly made the air fall into silence.

Egbert himself looked innocent, but Roy and Mavis were somewhat doubtful about life.

The former did not think that he could understand what the correct growth direction was for Egbert, while the latter was wondering what the differences were between the professions of Saint, Son of Saint, Dark Saint, and Son of Light.

Then I firmly believe that the problem lies in this world.

Mavis: Life would be much easier if we could just put all the blame on the world.

The discussion here was in full swing, but "Xia Zuo" next to Su Li was full of confusion and questioning: "Let's not talk about how you got the answer. You haven't told me the answer to my question yet."

"I've already said that." Sully showed the same innocent expression as Egbert, although after looking at Egbert, he felt disgusted for a moment and returned to his expressionless face.

"In my opinion, what you think is the verdict of the trial has no derivative or extended meaning. All my definitions of you are just my personal thoughts, and personal thoughts... are too self-centered. Even if I explain them, it will only confuse you more."

"Xia Zuo" looked as if he understood but not quite.

For a moment, Sully felt like he was fooling a baby who had a brain but not a full one.

Even though his words throughout the article seem to be full of meaning and depth, in essence they are just...

You wouldn't understand even if I told you.

Even if you understand it, you can never fully understand it.

I understand that you can't understand how I feel at this moment.

Just thinking that he had only used the first move, "Xia Zuo" looked fooled, and Su Li's thoughts instantly changed from guilt to...

Egbert II.

Of course, this doesn't mean perverted.

Suli coughed lightly, straightened his back, and said naturally, "Do you want to go with me?"

"Xia Zuo" was stunned again.

"Xia Zuo" even felt that since he met Suli, he had undergone many changes that were inconsistent with his personal behavior.

"Why would you say that? At least in my mind, I have a very clear memory of being surrounded by you."

“It may sound shameless, but I’m going to say it anyway.” Once shameless words are actively labeled, they become just a calm statement. This is basic rhetoric.

Suli said calmly, "The Pope died at the hands of Lyrella. Although I and the people around me may have contributed to it, the ones who really took action and provided strong suppression were the people who had been harmed by the Pope."

Neither Sully nor anyone around him would take credit for this.

Be it Mavis, Lyra, or even Shu's mother, none of these three is free from suffering.

After escaping from the fatal crisis, Mavis jumped up in a weak state, and Lyra stabbed her with the final blow herself. As for Shu's mother... Sully did not have the idea of ​​building a good relationship with the other's mother in advance without going through his friends who were still in the Mercenary City.

So from a personal perspective, the mother of the Pope became the one who inherited "part of the Pope's legacy" and cleaned up his mess.

"Xia Zuo" didn't understand: "But even if you think so, in the eyes of others, you are still the messenger who stirs up all the storms, so why do you have to be so hypocritical in front of me?"

Suli didn't think much about the words, which were so mechanical that they didn't even seem sarcastic. He just calmly performed some of the interactions between players in the game.

——For example, punch Xia Zuo to show encouragement.

"Xia Zuo" looked down at Suli's hand, which was hammering at his chest, and looked at it for three full seconds before saying, "What are you doing?"

"I want to say that when it comes to my self-awareness, I have never been hypocritical." Sully took away his hand, which was covered in red and even had broken skin on the knuckles due to a little force.

He took a deep breath, then stretched out his hands in front of him, staring with his green eyes, and added expressionlessly: "For example, this wound that you think will heal completely in a breath, for me, needs to go through multiple reactions of healing, scabbing, shedding, and scar disappearance, and it will take at least ten days to completely eliminate all traces."

Sue Lee, who is self-aware of her scar-prone constitution, explains.

"Xia Zuo":……………………

"...I feel in my heart that the Pope's death was very unjustified."

Suli: "I also feel from the bottom of my heart that Xia Zuo is a little cutie."

"Xia Zuo": "I feel like you are scolding me."

Suli smiled calmly: "I'm just scolding you."

The Crow, sighing, blocked the fatal blow for Sully.

Deez: In? Are you guys totally ignoring me?

The author has something to say:

I always feel that I shouldn't have asked for leave yesterday. Even if I twisted my neck and had to type with my head tilted, it was better than getting up early in the morning, coming back from the night, feeling the quilt was a little wrinkled, shaking a little, and then banging my head against the corner of the cabinet...

The bump on my head now really looks like a small bun in a cage.

Really, there is a bump on the head and a bubble in the brain