The two spoke as if they were on a date, but they were not a couple and they had no agreement.
"Congratulations, Mr. Igulla." Anfil pulled out a chair and sat down opposite the fraudster.
"What's there to congratulate for being number 1 on the Trick List?"
Igula rubbed his temple and said, "Now the whole Gospel compares me with Harvey. I have heard people in Monfera say that Rusty Crow and Ghost King are both gatekeepers of Doomsday... I am even more valuable. After all, the legacy of the Angel of Death can only be inherited by Harvey, but the ritual knowledge I will master in the future is the core technology that everyone can use."
"Speaking of which, does Gospel have a complaint hotline? I really want to complain about it for not taking care of the user experience." Igula sighed, propped up his face and said, "Can a trick that has been spoken out still be called a trick? Can the mystery that has been revealed really still make people laugh?"
"Can't I?" Anfil asked back.
Igula stared at the red-haired girl, the corners of his mouth slightly raised: "Of course... yes."
"The only thing I've learned in my career is that there are too many fools in this world to handle all the liars. The only lesson humans have learned from history is that they can't learn any lessons."
"Whether it's a good reputation or a bad reputation, reputation itself is a scarce resource. How to use it depends on one's heart. Now everyone knows that I am a master of tricks, and they will subconsciously refuse to believe my words. I can use this mental inertia to set countless traps for the enemy."
“Even if they already know the future tricks, this will not become their wisdom, but their ‘mental disability’. As long as I slightly change the question type, these candidates who can’t draw inferences from one example will still fall into my trap as usual - because the key to fraud is not ‘information gap’, but ‘desire’.”
"Give them what they want and give them what they need." Igulla said with sincere gratitude: "I am really very fortunate that I came to Memphira and Beldate. If it were not for this journey, I would not have such a clear understanding of my path."
Anfil blinked: "You like this essence of dominating factions?"
"It's too small. The pattern is too small." Igula smiled and shook his finger: "This is not only the core of the ruling faction, but also a summary of social laws and even the laws of how the world works."
"Although the social systems of Blood Moon and Gospel are completely different, they are nothing more than these two sentences: arouse the desires of the people and then hand over the means of production to the people. In the final analysis, the so-called operation of society is nothing more than the ruling class defrauding the people at the bottom and plundering the value of the latter's production? It's just that the fraud is beautified into a political program, and the plunder is hidden in the imperceptible running gears."
"It's the same with the Void Realm. Magicians struggle their whole lives, and eventually all their wisdom will become nutrients for the Void Realm... Is there any sickle sharper than death? And who's harvest is more thorough than the Void Realm? A fraudster like me who still needs to talk is actually third-rate. True fraud not only doesn't need to talk, but also lasts forever. For thousands of years, countless smart people have continued to devote themselves to it."
"The desire that society excavates is 'a better life', and the desire that the virtual world arouses is 'a stronger power', but in the final analysis, they are all using the same thing to deceive living beings." Igula raised a finger: "That is 'the future'."
“Anyone can give everything for the future.”
"Rusty Crow understands this, so he can succeed in everything he does, fooling everyone and playing with the gospel." Igula put his hands together and smiled, "Although I am still not Rusty Crow, I have enough theoretical knowledge from watching the Trick List. Now all I lack is practice."
"I have no doubt that Mr. Igula will be able to reach the heights of the Trickster List in the future." Anfil said, "But my congratulations are not because of how much fame, future knowledge, and substantial rewards the Trickster List has brought to Mr. Igula, but because with the explanation of the Trickster List, Mr. Igula no longer has to worry about being misunderstood."
"Sir, you are very grateful to the gospel, right?" Anfil blinked, "The gospel is your best witness."
Igula restrained his smile and looked at Anfil calmly.
"Are you here to stop me?"
"How is that possible? I don't have that ability." Anfeil shook his head: "I'm not even a magician."
"However, you won't be meeting Sister Yifalin later, but she has a lot of questions to ask you, so I'll ask them on her behalf."
"Okay." Igula said, "I happen to have a question too. How about we each ask a question?"
"It's a fair deal." Anfil nodded. "Sister Yilin must have many questions, but what she wants to know most is how did Mr. Igula seize the highest authority in Beldette?"
There is no doubt that Igula's backstab was like pushing Beldate into a cesspool, where he could never wash off the shit that was all over his body.
Because all Gospel knows that faction domination is Beldette's core technology.
Now, as long as the funeral procession escapes, everyone will think that it is Beldette who is protecting them, and it will be useless even if Farin explains it.
If she said something like "Igula seized the highest authority of Beldette" and Gospel recognized its authenticity, it would be like Harvey saying that he found a living girlfriend. Everyone's reaction would only be "You must have deceived Gospel (girlfriend)?"
The core technology that your family has used to rule the city for hundreds of years, and the only mistake in these hundreds of years happened this time?
Who would believe that!
Even if the gospel says you are right, everyone will weave a thousand conspiracy theories in their minds to prove that you are wrong!
And even if we take a step back, Igula is 99% wrong, but does that mean you don't have 1% wrong with Efalin?
It takes two to tango. Why doesn't Igula attack other families?
You, Beldate, must be wrong too!
What's more, if Yilin was indeed wrong - if she hadn't tried to control the magicians of the eight major families, there wouldn't be the current mess.
In any case, the eight major families will suffer, the only difference is whether they will be exploited by Efaline or directly beaten by Igula.
"On the first day I arrived at the manor, I noticed that there were too many statues here, and the types were too diverse." Igula said, "Plus, I am also a psychic, so I was wondering... Could these be the containers for storing your spiritual power?"
"Efalene is only a two-wing magician. Her soul cannot carry the spiritual energy of tens of millions of people. Moreover, the ruling faction has been passed down in your family for so long, there must be a mechanism that even a fool can easily use."
"The reason why there are so many types of these statues is to take care of different people, so that the spiritual power of similar people can flow into the same statue as much as possible, and then remove the dregs and purify it."
Anfil nodded. "It is said that most of the statues used to be farmers in cloth, but now they are basically replaced by company employees in formal suits."
"Then I asked Gospel where the statue that looked like me was." At this point, Igula was a little depressed: "I don't know if there's something wrong with Gospel or your family's screening mechanism. It actually thought that the statue that looked like me was a Veela Paladin."
Anfeil covered his mouth and laughed: "I think it is quite consistent."
"Then I did a lot of experiments next to the statue." Igula said, "Most of the experiments were useless. The miracle of the mind had no effect on the statue, until..."
“I used Baypoint.”
Anfeil said, "I see."
"After using the Bay Point, I kept looking inward and found that a trace of my spiritual energy flowed into the statue." Igula said, "It was so small that it was almost impossible to detect. The next second, my soul energy was restored. I even suspected that it was just an illusion."
"Then I further studied it and found that whether I consumed 1 Bei point or 100 Bei points, the amount of soul energy I lost was the same. In other words, this mechanism is not for absorbing energy, but for... connection."
“The statue is the base station, the individual is the terminal, and the connection method is the beacon.”
"I used to wonder why your family would bother to use a currency like 'Bei Dian'. After all, you don't need to issue virtual currency to make money." Igula looked down at the Gospel. "It was not until that moment that I realized that 'Bei Dian' was not for the convenience of the people, but for the convenience of you. At the same time, Bei Dian is also the most solid safety lock for your family."
"The highest authority is so important, but not every family head is a smart person. How can we ensure that Belldette's authority is not stolen by outsiders? It cannot be a physical object, a secret order, or a magical spirit... Your ancestors gave a brilliant answer."
"A virtual currency that is completely controlled by your family, Beidian."
"The act of 'spending points' is itself a miracle of control!" Igula said in admiration: "The specific operation is - as long as you can pay the debtor's debt amount, you can control the debtor's mortgaged thinking power!"
"The price of every man is his debt!"
"There is no such thing as the highest authority. The person who can instantly generate the most points has the highest authority. But there is no doubt that the head of the Beldette family, who has almost unlimited points, has the financial power to control all debtors!"
"There is also a very interesting design here: only people who have debts can activate this system. Therefore, if outsiders dare to get involved in the control system, they must first become Beldette's debtor... It's like having takeout delivered to your door."
"But this design is also applicable to Master Beldette, which means Master Beldette also has a price." Igula glanced at the window, as if he could see Efalin leaning on the railing in the distance: "So Master Beldette will do the opposite, just owe them a price that no one can afford, for example..."
"One hundred million."
He paused: "Every minute."
Anfil tilted his head and asked, "But... Mr. Igula, you are not very wealthy, right?"
"I'm not rich, but Efalim was very considerate and opened a Huabei account for us, and the credit limit is very high." Igula spread out his gospel: "It happens to be one hundred million."
"But I have to say that after hundreds of years, you haven't made any technological innovations. You don't even have an anti-search mechanism. I took the initiative to use the Flower Shell to borrow money, spending 1 Shell Point, 2 Shell Points, 3 Shell Points... After spending different amounts and searching 7 times in a row, I found the signal to change the limit from the mental fluctuations I emitted."
"This is the only technically demanding operation in this scheme - I cracked the Flower Shell. Although my use of the Flower Shell is still recorded, after all, this is the financial system of Gospel Algorithm, and it is impossible for me to steal money. But no matter how many Shell Points I spend, it will not reduce my loan limit."
"That is to say..."
Igulla turned his gospel to Anfil and said, "I can now owe 100 million and spend 100 million every second."
Anfil looked down and saw that Igula's Gospel showed that his debt was rapidly increasing every second, but the fraudster himself didn't care.
"Sister, I don't complain about losing." The red-haired girl sighed, "You have completely understood the secret of Beldette's rule."
“In a system of domination, those who prepay their own future are the dominated; and those who prepay the future of tens of millions of people are the dominators.”