After washing his hands, Banji came out and saw Ash and Liz already eating. He poured a cup of tea for everyone, sat down and said, "I was attacked by Ash just now."

"Ah?!" Ash, who was eating a sandwich, was confused.

"Puff!" Liz sprayed a mouthful of orange juice on Ash's face, "Dad, how could you - I would rather you find a stepmother - wait, are you and Aunt Borgin -"

Ash chopped Liz's head with his hand, interrupting her infinite chain of associations. He wiped his face with a tissue and turned to ask, "Were you attacked by that, um, 'Gospel Ash'?"

Ban Ji nodded and briefly described what he had just experienced: "...Although it is an illusion, according to my state of mind, if An Nan really died, I would definitely assassinate the queen to avenge her. Therefore, the second place on the Assassination List is not a fabrication, it may indeed be my future."

"Helephis and Rogge should have died in the same way. First, they were caught in the magic spirit riot and unable to resist. Then they were pulled into an illusion built based on the future list. Once they realized that this was indeed their future and they would do such things in the future, 'Gospel Ash' would appear and kill them, invalidating their ranking on the list."

Ash asked, "But we didn't find anything when we came in. How did 'Gospel Ash' leave?"

"I suspect that 'Gospel Ash' is not a person, but a miracle, or something similar. It will automatically find us echoers, and when there is no one around us, it will pull us into the illusion."

"How do you kill people in a fantasy?" Ash still didn't quite understand: "And Rogge committed suicide by jumping off a building in front of us, and Helephis was lying on the pond in the square - they all walked there by themselves!"

"This may be why 'Gospel Ash' only appeared after I admitted that this was my future." Pan Ji said: "In the "Evil List" and "Assassination List", "Ash" and "Future" are highly bound together. Once we admit the latter, we have to accept the former. Therefore, all the harm caused to us by 'Gospel Ash' in the illusion will be materialized by us into our own bodies - the ones who really kill the Echo are ourselves!"

"Think carefully, are the injuries of all the Echoes killed by Gospel Ash on the list related to the Echoes' abilities?"

Ash was startled, and after recalling, he found that it was true. After Rogge committed suicide, his whole body was melted by the plague virus, Helephis, who was good at water magic, dried up and drowned in the air, and Panji was also pierced through the body by an ice sword!

"That's right!" Liz said, "How could Dad master so many schools of magic? It's surprising that Dad is actually a two-wing magician!"

"Can you have some confidence in me?" Ash angrily rubbed Liz's head: "As long as I successfully invent the miracle of stand training, it will be a matter of time before I master all the factions!"

"Dad, you touched my hair after you finished eating your fries!"

In fact, it is possible that Ash really has mastered so many magic factions. After all, the faction experience of the operators is shared with him, but there is no need to say this.

"This attack failed, but there may be another one." Ash looked at Panji: "What are you going to do?"

"It's simple. It left as soon as you and Liz came back, which means that as long as there is someone around me, there will be no attack." Panji said, "Mr. Ash, I want to stay with you as much as possible these few days."

"no problem."

"One more thing is, I hope this is a secret between the three of us, please don't tell Miss."

Ash was startled: "Why?"

"She knows that it will only add to her worries." Pan Ji said, "She is already very tired. I just want to accompany her quietly to complete the last task of the funeral. I am Duolan's butler. When needed, I can be a deadly gun or a life-threatening shield."

"Mr. Ash," the blue-haired butler looked at the cult leader hopefully, "Would you be willing to fulfill an old man's last wish?"

Ash pondered for a moment and nodded: "I won't tell anyone."

…

…

night.

"...That's the thing. As long as there is someone with Panji, the assassination miracle of the Yisu royal family will not work."

In An Nan's room, Ash finished speaking, drank a sip of water, spread his hands and said, "You ordered me to say this. I was bound by the contract and had to confess. I really had no choice."

"You came into my room so shyly and didn't take off your clothes. How could I not tell you that you had a secret to tell me?" An Nan sat on a chair in a purple nightgown with her legs crossed, and said with a smile, "I didn't expect you to be able to find loopholes. It seems that I can't trust your promises in the future."

"I'm not a moral freak. If I know that keeping a promise may lead to something bad happening, then there's no need to keep it. Principles are for inner peace, just like playing games is for creating happiness. Once the priorities are reversed, it's just torture." Ash said, "Besides, you're the closest person to Pantyhose. What if I conceal this secret and cause you to encounter some unfortunate accident, then wouldn't I be a fool in Igula's eyes?"

"In short, thank you for saving Banji, and thank you for your betrayal." An Nan touched her earrings and lowered her eyelids: "Luckily you are here. Really, thank you."

Ash asked, "So what are you going to do?"

An Nan stood up and leaned against the windowsill, looking at the scenery of the underground city: "Pretend to know nothing, let him stay and participate in the operation."

"I thought you would send someone to take him away."

"I really want to do this, but sometimes, you can't decide someone's fate with just a simple 'I'm doing this for your own good.'" Purple Moth said, "Even the Gospel has no right to do this."

"And like he said, if I died, he wouldn't let me go to hell alone. If I survived and succeeded, then it would be okay for him to participate in the operation. In that case, why should I make him sad again?"

An Nan sighed softly: "Duo Lan has already done enough to let him down."

Ash walked up to her and said, "Don't worry. You can see in the "Trick List" that you and Panji are still working on the tenth trick together, which means you will be fine."

"We who try to deceive the future actually need to be saved by the future?" An Nan couldn't help laughing and said, "Let's not talk about this... By the way, Ash, were you discussing the plans after the Weaving Ceremony with Igula this morning?"

"Yeah." Ash said, "No matter what I say, Igula just doesn't want to be a freeloader for Beldette. He wants to start his own business. Liz and I plan to join him."

"Why?"

"Because he was willing to support two of us borers, we couldn't refuse."

"I can support you, too."