Chapter 190: Fifty-four, you can call Yong Xin_2
He paused for a mont.
“You shouldn’t worry too much about exposing your identity based on what you said earlier. After all, you have the perfect scapegoat here—the Polluted Land. Any abnormality can be blad on the Polluted Land. Your daughter will certainly think your changes are due to the Polluted Land, as it’s quite normal for those affected by the pollution to go mad, right? Rember how that person’s family turned out? They were quite fractured, weren’t they?”
In response to Bai Wei’s remarks, Gerard didn’t argue because it was indeed the case. In Lyra, all abnormalities could be attributed to the Polluted Land, as the pollution drove people insane.
“Then why do you want to do this?” Gerard asked the original question again, “What do you want to get from her?”
“There’s so much,” Bai Wei said with a light chuckle, “She is an active Devil Knight after all. If she’s willing to help, there’s so much we could accomplish.”
Hearing Bai Wei speak like this, Gerard suddenly beca vigilant.
“You’re not thinking of having her go to the Abyss to retrieve Corpse Blocks for you, are you?”
“If possible, I would indeed like to do so,” Bai Wei deliberately slowed his tone to savor Gerard’s fluctuating emotions, then said with a light smile just before reaching a critical point, “But rest assured, I won’t do that. Your whole team couldn’t retrieve them in the past; I have no illusions that your daughter could find it alone.”
Bai Wei’s words provided so relief to Gerard, but only a little.
Then he asked the question he had always wanted to know: “Do you know where your Corpse Block is?”
“I have a rough idea.”
“Then why don’t you go and retrieve it directly?” Gerard asked, “Can’t you do it with my body?”
“You speak as if your body is all that powerful,” Bai Wei said plainly, “The Polluted Land is too dangerous. Your strength alone can’t get far enough inside, but if I use my strength, your body won’t be able to bear it, so naturally, I have to ask soone else to do it.”
Yes, Bai Wei had always known where his tongue was located.
But he was not able to retrieve it directly.
And the reason was not only what he had told Gerard; there was a more important one.
That was, he wasn’t ready to be targeted by the True Gods.
Lyra was different from Rhein; it was too close to the gods. A Second Order Descent would be hard to miss by Them, and even though They were currently embroiled in a fierce battle, barely alive, if They were to notice Bai Wei’s existence, They might abandon Their fight and co straight after him.
And with Bai Wei’s current strength, even a Second Order Descent in Gerard’s body would be nearly impossible to withstand True Gods, even weakened as They were.
So timing was key.
Fortunately, Bai Wei felt he was close to seizing that mont.
Gerard had wanted to ask more, but at this ti Ju had already co over with new parts, so he temporarily paused his conversation with Bai Wei and turned to Ju.
“Do all of these need to be installed?” Gerard asked.
Ju nodded.
But Gerard suddenly hesitated.
“Um, do I have enough money with ?”
Hearing this, Ju instinctively turned her head and glanced at the money pouch on the side.
The blood that had seeped out of the bag was already soaking through the table and dripping down.
“It should be enough,” Ju replied.
… You didn’t even look.
Gerard said sowhat helplessly, “Sorry, I ca back in a hurry and didn’t have ti to deal with it. If the money here isn’t enough, I’ll make it up to you later… but next ti I’ll take care of it properly.”
Ju nodded again without saying much and began to work silently—removing Gerard’s damaged parts and replacing them with new ones.
She didn’t seem too interested in money.
Because Gerard noticed when he entered the house that the money he had given to Ju that morning was still in the sa spot, untouched. This made Gerard feel that his “thanks” to Ju was weak.
Ju was Eric’s daughter, and Gerard very much wanted to do sothing for her, especially after seeing how she was troubled by those hoodlums earlier, which had angered him.
Logically, he shouldn’t have intervened at this ti, as he was still a Wanted Criminal.
But he did it anyway.
But… was that enough?
Just helping her drive away a few hoodlums, and only temporarily at that—was that enough?
Gerard couldn’t convince himself.
So while he watched Ju work diligently, he questioned himself internally, what more could he do for Ju?
Before he… had the chance to do anything more.
Gerard was sowhat confused, but he also found this confusion oddly familiar.
Many years ago, he had faced a similar situation. The small figure erged from his mind and gradually rged with the girl before him.
So, Gerard spoke up.
…
“What kind of person do you want to beco?”
“Ina.”
Ina felt sowhat dazed.
That voice was fading away in her mory, as if it were just an illusion.
She stood up straight and watched her full figure in the mirror, standing tall and no longer the malnourished girl who had just left the orphanage.
“Lady Ina, here are the docunts you requested.”
A voice pulled Ina out of the sea of thoughts. She turned around and saw a uniford staff mber carrying a thick pile of docunts, which were then placed in front of her.
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