Chapter 692: Spoiler Hound
Chapter 692: Spoiler Hound
In response to Lyon's outrageous threat, the aquamarine shadow trembled violently, nearly severing the connection.
After a brief moment of regaining composure, the Aquarius Director's face darkened as he said, "You wouldn't dare! Besides, after becoming the Resident of the Watchtower Palace, I've already seen your future!"
Like a blue plastic bag blown by the wind, the Aquarius Director hovered not far in front of Lyon, his expression grim as he threatened, "You harbor too many insane thoughts. If I were to reveal everything you'll do in the future to the Purification Bureau, can you guess how they would treat you?"
"Tap."
Upon hearing the Aquarius Director's threat, Lyon's steps momentarily paused, and he stared into his eyes with a satisfied smile tugging at his lips.
"If you can speak, then go ahead and tell them."
He knows! No, he really does know!!!
Confronted with Lyon's response, which was almost an outright admission, the Aquarius Director's shadow trembled frantically, and he demanded in a rapid-fire manner, "Lyon Laine! Who are you? How can you block the Watchtower Palace? And what are you doing in our world?!"
No wonder he's from the Watchtower Palace... It seems he has indeed seen a lot from the future after ascending.
Lyon studied the agitated "blue plastic bag" for a while, his eyes narrowing thoughtfully. Then, he smiled slightly at the Aquarius Director.
"Hehe."
"..."
Seeing Lyon's clear intention to ignore him caused the blue plastic bag, whose defenses were now shattered, to dance wildly around for a moment before it spoke with a sullen expression, "What do you want to know?"
"I don't want anything."
"No, you do."
After barely managing to free himself from the excitement of encountering an old acquaintance, the Aquarius Director's expression calmed down slightly as he spoke without emotion, "Now, the entire Aquarius Palace is completely under your control. If you truly don't wish to communicate with me, you can leave with just a thought.
The fact that you haven't left yet proves that you want something from me, and the most valuable thing I possess is naturally the intelligence about the future!"
Alright, although the old Aquarius Director has ascended, his mind seems to be still sharp.
Lyon glanced at the Aquarius Director's expression and nodded in agreement, then said, "First, I want to know the member list of the Slaughter King Guild."
"That's impossible."
The blue plastic bag shook, refusing without hesitation, "The Codex of Law of the Slaughter King Guild may be shattered, but it was once on the same level as the Watchtower Palace. Even if I break my promise while inside the Watchtower Palace, my soul will still be directly annihilated!"
"Fine, then I'll ask something else."
Lyon nodded ambiguously and said, "I also want to know the whereabouts of the four Treasures that the Supreme Quadrant Gods took from our human ancestors."
"That's not possible either!"
The Aquarius Director's face darkened as he refused again, "The Watchtower Palace's influence is limited to the vicinity of the present world, and it can't see the situation on the other side of the Hexagonal Mountains. Moreover, with my soul strength, I can't see such a distant future!"
"Then include the Serpent Palace's Anomaly Transmutation Secret Art, and tell me how to gather all thirteen palace secret arts."
"I can't! I can only tell you a small part of what might happen in the future! This is beyond the capabilities of the Watchtower Palace."
"Tsk..."
Upon hearing the Aquarius Director's words, Lyon couldn't help but turn his head and mutter discontentedly, "You can't do this, you can't do that... What's the point of you ascending then?"
"..."
The "Essence" at the Watchtower Palace, far away, took a few deep breaths to calm their turbulent emotions. The Aquarius Director spoke in a cold voice, "The Slaughter King Guild has planned four operations. If I don't say anything, within a year, there will be three kingdoms..."
As he spoke, the Aquarius Director paused slightly, then suddenly seemed to be punished, and his entire demeanor became listless.
At the same time, Lyon felt his head buzz as a memory that shouldn't exist was forcibly implanted into his mind.
When Laine Bloodnight was under investigation by the General Bureau, and he met the "Benevolent Body" of the Watchtower Palace, he stuffed something into his pocket, instructing Lyon to become the next Aquarius Director. Then, he raised his hand and touched his forehead, and everything returned to normal...
This... was a non-existent past?!
Lyon's leg muscles tensed as he struggled to steady himself. Dizzily, he covered his head and, following the guidance of that non-existent memory, searched in the Mirror World. To his surprise, he found a small, moon-white, flexible strip of paper inside his pocket.
"Zzzz..."
[Name: Past, Present, Future Sign]
[Appearance: A small, moon-white strip of paper, with a texture between a stone tablet and mulberry paper, that feels both strong and smooth. It contains a small amount of information about the future.]
[Ability: Past Existence, Present Existence, Future Existence]
[Cost: A portion of the owner's existence]
[File: A strip of paper given to Lyon Laine by the former Aquarius Director of the Purification Bureau and the current Ascendant of the Watchtower Palace, Camus Coromann, in the past. It records a heavy future that cannot be directly conveyed.]
[Evaluation: Only by changing the past can the present be altered; each step in the present gives birth to a new future; but the infinite futures will eventually collapse into a shared past. No one can completely escape the barriers of time.
However, whether it's the past, present, or future, this tiny bookmark from the past will continue to exist eternally, until it meets its final end and a new beginning.]
[Imbued Value: ?]
This thing...
Lyon rubbed the small, moon-white strip of paper in his hand, as if understanding something. He raised his head in surprise and looked at the swaying blue plastic bag. The listless Aquarius Director explained in a cold voice,
"If time is an infinitely expanding book, then the Watchtower Palace is the reader. Those who ascend to the Watchtower Palace can become independent of time, temporarily, before their souls are erased by time.
As for these strips of paper, they share the same nature as us Ascendants. They can exist simultaneously in the past, present, and future, and can be inserted like bookmarks into any page of time."
"But from then on, like a bookmark, they can no longer directly interfere with the content of this book, right?"
"..."
After a brief silence, the Aquarius Director nodded with a complex expression.
"Yes."
I understand.
Lyon rubbed the Past, Present, Future Sign in his hand and nodded thoughtfully.
So, what the Aquarius Director and the Ascendants did was like writing a line in red ink on a bookmark in a detective novel, telling all readers that the person who appears on page 694 is the murderer!
(End of Chapter)
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