Chapter 584 Suspect Announcement
"Suspect..." I tried to narrow down the possibilities in my mind.
Xiao Wan, on the other hand, directly stated her reasoning.
“Before Yama, the Lord of the Evangelical Fellowship, issued a warrant for my arrest, there were only two people in the afterlife who knew that I was the Son of God. One of them was me, and the other was Ms. Seven,” she said. “Through the restored memories, I have cleared myself of suspicion; and Ms. Seven has neither the position nor the motive to leak this information.”
"The Gospel Academy and the Tai Sui Army she belongs to are irreconcilable enemies, and Yama, the Lord of the Gospel Academy, is the direct murderer of Tai Sui. Anyone in the afterlife could betray me, but Ms. Seven is not one of them. If we really can't let go of our doubts, we can question Ms. Seven in person later. With my ability to test lies, she can't possibly lie to us, and concealing it would be tantamount to admitting it."
"Now that we've ruled out Ms. Seven as a suspect, there's no one in the afterlife who could have leaked my information. So, the next area of suspicion is the real world... the world where the living live."
“Wait a minute, I have a question,” I interjected. “Why must it be someone with inside information leaked your information, and not the Evangelical Fellowship obtaining information about you, the Son of God, out of thin air through divination techniques?”
Xiao Wan patiently explained: "Because the afterlife we are in now is a spacetime that mimics the apocalypse. Although it is not the real apocalypse, it has all the characteristics of the apocalypse. To put it further, according to Ms. Seven, as the first place to bear the brunt of the apocalypse, the afterlife itself is truly experiencing the impact and destruction of the apocalypse... This is a zone that has actually fallen into the apocalypse."
"In the afterlife, there exists a part of the 'future long after tomorrow' where even the most basic physical laws cannot be maintained, and the spacetime order has collapsed to the point that life forms are not allowed to exist... It is very close to the true end of the world."
I think a former cartographer mentioned something similar to me.
"And the Divination Master must have told Brother Zhuang Cheng before, right? The closer the world gets to the end of the world, the less effective divination abilities become," Xiao Wan continued. "This is because the essence of divination is the perception and calculation of spacetime information. If even the world itself is full of errors, it's like a mathematician using the wrong mathematical tools and formulas to calculate data. What kind of impact can that have?"
"My divination abilities have already shown flaws in the real world that even the most skilled diviners cannot fix, and in the present afterlife, they will become even more worthless. In addition, the proper position of Heaven and Earth that I possess will bring me a kind of spatial and temporal shield. With the added power of the fragments of the divine seal, even the Great Demon of Calamity who controls the gravity of fate cannot completely lock me down in a short period of time."
"Not to mention other people's divination skills, trying to find out my secrets without anyone noticing using that method is an almost impossible task."
“Okay…I understand,” I said.
"Now, let's talk about what's next. In the real world, those who know I am the Child of God can be divided into two groups. One group centers around Brother Zhuang Cheng, Sister Ma Zao, and Zhu Shi, as well as... uh, Zhu Shi's grandfather..."
Xiao Wan seemed unsure of how to address Old Master Zhu, so she skipped over it vaguely and continued, "...This part is impossible for my information to be leaked. Not to mention an accidental leak, there's no need to specifically mention me in everyday life."
"The other part consists of the Void Realm Apostles. After removing myself, Brother Zhuang Cheng, Lady Seven, and the deceased Great Impermanence Divine Illumination, only Mr. Dog Number One, Xuanming Number Four, and Yuchi Number Five remain..."
“Number One Dog doesn’t have any knowledge of mysticism. At most, he can only see that you are special, but the possibility of him being able to identify that you are a child of divinity is extremely low—he may not even know that there are different kinds of laws governing heaven and earth.” I analyzed. “As for Number Five Yuchi… I have communicated with Yuchi, and he doesn’t seem to be able to identify that you are a child of divinity.”
In fact, Ying Lingyun knew that Zhu Shi was a child of divinity, but he couldn't possibly know that there was a small bowl in the afterlife.
After following this line of reasoning, I suddenly realized that there was such a person who had the motive to harm Xiaowan, a past record of harming Xiaowan, the means to contact the Gospel Institute, and the resources to get Yama, the Lord of the Gospel Institute, to take action on his behalf.
"—Is it Xuanming?" I read the name aloud.
“Yes. I suspect that Da Wuchang Xuanming may have reached some kind of agreement with the Gospel House,” Xiaowan said seriously. “In order to smoothly advance the plan to eliminate the old human history, the Gospel House will definitely try to win over Da Wuchang of Luoshan. So what about Da Wuchang outside of Luoshan? They will definitely try to win them over as well. In fact, the Human God Huangquan has already reached a cooperation agreement with Taoyuan Township Master. So there is no reason for them not to contact Xuanming.”
“After learning the truth about the end of the world and the state of the afterlife from the Gospel House, Xuanming will surely realize that ‘Number Two living in the end times’ is actually located in the afterlife.”
"He wants to attack me for some motive... Although I don't know what that motive is, originally, because of the 'different eras,' he could only attack me in the virtual realm. But now it's different; he can enter the afterlife to find me and carry out his purpose."
I continued, following Xiaowan's words: "However, he may have other important matters to attend to in the world of the living, and the secret method for traveling between the two worlds is controlled by the Gospel Institute, so personally entering the afterlife carries the risk of being plotted against..."
"So his best strategy was to have the Gospel House find and capture me alive in the afterlife in his place," Xiaowan said. "The order to arrest me was personally issued by Yama, the Lord of the Gospel House, who even promised that if I were captured alive, any wish of the person who performed the deed would be granted..."
"I think only the Great Impermanence Manifestation would warrant such a great deal of effort from Yama, the Lord of the Gospel Court. Even Mr. Number One probably couldn't do it, let alone Mr. Yuchi, Number Five."
Her reasoning almost convinced me.
Then, she hesitated for a moment and said, "...but there's still one thing I can't explain."
“During the Void Realm Conference that led to our destruction, Xuanming reminded me that the children of divinity have always been favored by heaven and earth, making them easy sacrifices to heaven and earth… If he had already decided to capture me alive at that time, why would he specifically remind me to be careful?”
After thinking for a moment, I replied, "...maybe it's because I can't stand it."
"Can't stand it?" Xiao Wan asked curiously.
I nodded and explained, "Personally, targeting children is a shameful thing to talk about, it sounds despicable, and I generally wouldn't do it. But that doesn't mean I would never do it. For example, if a child with malicious intent stabbed me with a knife, I could certainly disarm him and let him go, but what if I actually killed him? I wouldn't feel any remorse."
"Even if it's not a passive retaliation, but something I have to do that might cause the deaths of others, I will still see it through to the end. Of course, from the perspective of those who are implicated and die innocently, this is certainly very unjust, but I will not stop."
“Even if there are children, women, and the elderly among them, I admit that I am walking on an unjust path. Since my actions will kill or harm some people, I will not change my course because of whether the other party is male or female, old or young. At the same time, I will face all the retribution and condemnation that may befall me in the future.”
In Silver Moon's "World of Possibilities," Zhu Shi turned against me with swords for this very reason.
What would I, in that other world, be thinking about when faced with this scene? I believe "I" wouldn't go beyond the scope of what I'm describing now.
“However, I didn’t do this specifically to kill those people. If one day I’m going to accomplish something that involves the death of a vulnerable child who is completely unaware of her impending doom, then I’ll inevitably feel compelled to intervene and remind her that she should run away,” I said.
"Doing this will clearly have a negative impact on your own intentions?" Xiao Wan frowned and said, "Isn't this just hypocrisy... just a form of self-satisfaction?"
“I don’t know what Xuanming was thinking, but at least I didn’t do it out of conscience or because I wanted others to think I was good,” I said. “As for your point about self-satisfaction, that is me. I have always acted to satisfy my own conscience.”
"Even if this hypothetical child does manage to seize the opportunity and escape successfully, causing my original goal to fail, that's her own ability. To be honest, I wouldn't think it's a bad thing. I've never been interested in absolute victory or absolute defeat. If she manages to escape, I might actually be pleasantly surprised by this unexpected turn of events, because that's what I'm really chasing... uh..."
As I continued, I suddenly realized that this hypothesis seemed to be getting closer and closer to the motivation model of the Great Demon of Calamity chasing after Little Bowl.
Xiao Wan looked thoughtful.
"Anyway... that's all I wanted to say." I ended the conversation.
(End of this chapter)
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