Chapter 314 Calculation
After Bai Wei returned from Lyle's consciousness, he began to meditate.
Right now he is in a small village some distance away from Wuming Town. The reason why he did not go directly to Wuming Town is that he does not want any accidents to happen, so as not to be wiped out.
Bai Wei was in a rather awkward situation. Although he had five corpses and had come out of the negative state of [Visas Phantom], his body was too weak. After the wildfire trip, the body he had snatched from Shengyin was still able to walk, which was considered good. He couldn't fight a few tough battles, couldn't even pay the price of the "rules" a few times, and couldn't enter his most powerful second-order advent state.
The only thing he could rely on was [Visus Phantom], but he had too many enemies right now, and he couldn't accept the "mute" state of Phantom Stance for more than half a month.
As for Lyle, although he kept saying "I am Lord Visas' most loyal lackey", he was not really willing to risk his life for Bai Wei and directly let Bai Wei perform the second-level descent... at least not now. So Bai Wei still had to think carefully about what to do next.
Thinking of this, Bai Wei took a pen and paper and decided to review the known information.
First of all, it's a question of identity. The known owner of the "thumb" is Bishop Rocky of Rhine. Rhine is the initiator of the rally, so he should be in the no-man's land now, and it is even possible that he is already at the rally site in the land of contract. Rocky knows the least information, and most of it is revealed to him by Bai Wei in Taoyuan Township, so he should just wait for the rally to start, and won't make any big moves.
The second is Miss "Ring Finger". Her rules are the most special. She should not be able to leave the prison of the contract, but she can grasp the situation of the outside world through the rule of "Contract". Now that she knows who "Tongue" is, she will definitely send new servants to find and monitor Lyle, who is "Tongue".
The last one is Isaiah the Right Eye. He should be the strongest among the three. He is waiting for the next order from the Land of Contract in Nameless Town. He probably guessed that there is a corpse holder beside him, but he doesn't know who it is. However, his desire for corpses is not as strong as the first two... No, to be precise, he only has a strong desire for one corpse, which is the left eye. The ultimate goal of this guy is to collect both eyes of Visas, and he is willing to give up all the other corpses for this.
In other words, he cares more about "hands and eyes" than "tongue".
And he did have the capital. In the game, Isaiah was a very late-stage BOSS. The star magic plus the eternal right eye made him indescribably powerful. He was completely different from Corey, who had had his left eye for so long but had only developed the most basic [Gaze]. With Bai Wei's current physical condition, he really had no confidence in winning against him one-on-one, after all, [Visas's Phantom] also had a duration.
This is why Bai Wei pulled his main body so far away. He did not want to give Isaiah the possibility of obtaining his left eye, even the slightest possibility.
Therefore, it is reasonable and moral that this guy should be dealt with early and not left too late.
Moreover, Bai Wei also needs to know from him what the situation is with the giant snake guarding the gate in the abyss.
So how to deal with him?
Bai Wei tapped his fingers gently on Isaiah's name, and then the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and he had an idea.
So he leaned back and sank into the paradise.
After that, he didn't waste any time and started to gather the three people.
When three translucent shadows appeared in front of Bai Wei, he smiled and said, "Good afternoon, fellow zombie friends. I have brought you an exciting news. Tongue is in the headquarters of the black marketeers - Nameless Town."
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"Why hasn't anyone come looking for you yet?" Helvinia glanced at Edwin. "Has your wanted warrant ended?"
"Of course not... How could my wanted list end?" Edwin said helplessly, "But you killed all the people who came after me last time. Others don't even know where I am."
Hevinia frowned slightly.
Indeed, it seems that I was a little careless. I should have left a message last time.
At the moment, Hevinia and Edwin are still in the small town of Della. After reaching a "cooperation" with Edwin, Hevinia has been waiting here, waiting for those "fish" who want to bite Edwin to come to her, but she has waited for a long time and nothing has come, which makes her a little impatient.
After all, what’s the point of bait if it doesn’t attract fish?
"Why do you want us to be found?" Edwin said, "It is better to be in the dark than in the light. Let us look for the body parts. As long as we find one, I can set up a ritual to bring the truth to reality."
This was Edwin's plan, to use Helvinia's superior fighting power to find and hunt down the holder of the body piece, thus initiating the ritual.
And Hevinia's idea was to use Edwin as bait and kill all the fish that wanted to take the bait, so as to help Bai Wei.
So this is also a game of mutual benefit. The only difference is that Helvinia knows Edwin's plan, but Edwin may not know Helvinia's thoughts.
Of course, it's not certain, and Hevinia is prepared to be plotted against by Edwin.
But no matter what, it would be wrong to keep waiting. What if Bai Wei had already started a fight, and she still didn't know anything and was still guarding this useless bait, wouldn't that be ridiculous?
So Helvinia decided to be more proactive. She looked at Edwin and said, "If you don't have a better plan, I think it's better for you to listen to me."
"You still want me to bring other people here?" Edwin said helplessly, "But how can you be sure that the person I bring here is the owner of the corpse, and not the army of the major churches?"
"It's very simple." Hevinia raised the corner of her mouth slightly, "Take your 'truth' out of the dream."
Edwin was stunned.
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Unknown town.
After hearing the location, everyone present fell into a brief silence. They exchanged unclear glances with each other and did not speak to each other.
Finally, Bai Wei said leisurely: "Is my news too shocking, or do you not want to speak today?"
"Haha, it's really shocking." Isaiah spoke before Diana and Rocky said anything. He looked at Bai Wei's bright left eye meaningfully and said, "We didn't expect you to tell us the location of the Tongue in such a short time. It seems that you have always been with him, Mr. Hand-Eye."
"Isn't this something that everyone knows?" Bai Wei replied with a smile, "After leaving Wildfire, he has been on the run. I have been chasing him and almost never stopped. But now he has stopped in the black market's headquarters, Nameless Town. So, I brought you the news as soon as possible. But... is it my illusion? You don't seem very surprised. Did you already know where he was?"
"Haha, you're joking, Mr. Hand and Eye." Diana said calmly, "Besides you, who else is capable of tracking Mr. Tongue with three body parts? Unfortunately, Nameless Town is too far away from me. I don't think I should have the time to participate in the hunt you organized."
"Really? That's a shame."
Under the shadow, Diana's brows were tightly furrowed.
She had just learned the location of the tongue and regarded it as her advantage, but before she could even use the advantage and send more servants to Nameless Town, the location of the tongue was already announced.
Is this a coincidence?
Diana wasn't sure, so she chose to "take herself off" first, wanting to see what was going on.
While Diana wanted to wait and see, Rocky beside her couldn't sit still.
What the hell?! Nameless Town?!
Isn't that right next to him? He is in the no-man's land, and it's only about half a day's journey from Wuming Town.
Such a big portion... No, three portions of body parts were right under his nose?! How could Rocky not be excited?
But his excitement didn't last long, and he soon forced himself to calm down.
Calm down, calm down, we must not let these guys realize that I am closest to the tongue!
Rocky thought so.
Finally, there was Isaiah, who hadn't said anything after the initial question, and just sat there quietly as usual, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking.
Only Bai Wei knew that he was the only person present who was in Wuming Town.
"Mr. Hand and Eye," Diana said again, "Can you tell me why Mr. Tongue wanted to go to Nameless Town?"
"Hmm?" Bai Wei looked at Diana with a half-smile, "You really don't know?"
“Is this something I should know?”
"Really? But I think you all should know it." Bai Wei spread his hands, "After all, aren't all of you here the backbone of the major churches?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Rocky's heart skipped a beat.
Damn, "Hand and Eye" already knows his identity? !
But how did he know?!
Countless doubts surged into Rocky's mind, making him subconsciously want to slam the table and question his hands and eyes, but he found that his right eye and ring finger did not move at all, and he was still sitting there fine. Only then did he come to his senses belatedly.
This guy...isn't he trying to cheat them?
So he calmed down and said nothing.
After looking left and right, Bai Wei shrugged with regret: "Well, it seems that this method is still a bit low-level."
...Damn, this guy is definitely cheating them!
Fortunately, he is smart.
Rocky thought so.
"Since I'm not sure whether you all know everything, I'll just tell you straight away." Bai Wei said slowly, "This is a hunt by the eight major churches and the Land of Contract against me and Tongue..."
Then, Bai Wei told them everything about the gathering in the Land of Contract. Although in a sense, the three people present were the organizers of the gathering and no one knew more about it than them, they still had to pretend to know about it for the first time, listening carefully while asking questions from time to time, with the main idea being "It has nothing to do with me, I know nothing."
Although such disguise is of very poor quality and everyone knows that they are acting, it is necessary.
Only Rocky kept frowning and cursing in his heart.
It's obviously top secret, how come this guy knows it? Which church leaked it from? Damn it!
After Bai Wei finished speaking, Diana spoke again: "Since he already knew that this was a rally targeting him, why did he still go over there? Did he want to stop this rally, or..."
"I think he wants to muddy the waters." Bai Wei took over the conversation with a smile.
"Muddy the waters?" Isaiah asked. "What do you mean by that?"
"I can think of two reasons." Bai Wei said, "The first is that after entering the no-man's land, it is not so easy for me to track him. After all, people from the eight major churches and the Land of Contract are all inside. Even I dare not be as blatant as before, so there is a high probability that he will get rid of me. The second one..."
"If he dies at the hands of the church, then the three body parts will be divided up by the eight major churches. Then we will get nothing. Is that what you mean?" Isaiah asked.
Bai Wei smiled. "Although I don't know if he thinks so, at least I think so. Of course, I think what Miss Wumingzhi said makes sense. He doesn't know if the eight major churches and the Land of Contract have any means to find him. So to be on the safe side, he must want to stop this gathering, and he wants to drag all of us in, because if he fails, the body parts will fall into other hands, and we will get nothing."
The three of them fell silent again, and even Rocky was confused.
Although Lodge understood that as the Bishop of Rhine and the initiator of the rally, what he should do is to do his best to promote the completion of the rally.
But the problem is... there are three parts of the body. Do we really want the eight major churches and the Land of Contract to divide them?
Moreover, the purpose of holding the rally was because they thought someone already had four or five body parts at the same time. His Majesty felt that the problem could not be solved, so he held the rally. But the reality was that the guy did not have five body parts, but only three, and those did not include the eye that Rhine wanted to recover the most.
So the assembly was really held, and the eight... no, the six major churches used the power of the Land of Contract to kill the "Tongue". There were only three parts of the body, so how would they divide them then?
But if he didn't rely on the rally, he would find a way to kill the "Tongue" and get the three body parts. Even if he didn't use them himself, it would be a great achievement to bring them back to the Rhine directly.
But can he really take out that guy?
Rocky was very conflicted.
"No matter what you think, please make a decision as soon as possible." Bai Wei added fuel to the fire, "Once he dies at the hands of the church, we will have no chance."
(End of this chapter)
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