"We’re inside its belly? Then, then how do we get out?" Kaier instinctively moved closer to Angel.
Angel: "That, you’ll have to ask the host here, what’s the intention of inviting us."
"The master of this place? Are you referring to Cyclops Big Treasure and Cyclops Second Treasure?" Kaier glanced around but didn’t see any "human" figures.
Angel nodded: "To be precise, we are inside Cyclops Big Treasure."
As Angel said this, he looked toward the direction of the dark sphere: "Want to chat? Should I continue to call you Cyclops Big Treasure, or would you prefer another name?"
Kaier looked in the direction Angel was speaking, saw nothing, but trusted Angel’s judgment and kept staring hard in that direction.
After Kaier stared for a good half-minute, finally, that dark sphere slowly revealed a shadow in the energy perspective.
It’s just a shadow, not truly appearing in the Material Realm; it remained in the Energy Perspective.
Seeing this shadow, Angel was somewhat surprised. The other clearly knew Angel could see him yet was still willing to show up, which amounted to cooperating with Kaier. Creating a projection in the material realm just for an apprentice, in a sense, can be considered a small "sincerity"?
After the dark sphere projected, it very humanely gave itself an eye and a mouth to speak.
The eye was oval, with the white occupying ninety percent, and the pupil was a small black dot. The mouth took up half of the sphere’s proportion, revealing two protruding white tusks.
Though knowing the eyes and mouth were only simulations, its appearance... was strikingly similar to a certain cartoon character Angel had seen on a holographic tablet.
Angel tried hard to hold back but finally couldn’t help but say: "Or would you prefer it if I called you Ghostie?"
Angel’s sudden remark abruptly broke the eerie atmosphere of the dark sphere’s appearance.
"Ghostie? Is this how you humans refer to our clan?"
The voice came from the dark sphere, much younger than Angel had imagined. He thought the voice would be old and steady, but it was young and assured.
"No, Her Majesty Goddess said that we three brothers are unique. Humans couldn’t possibly have a common name for us."
Though it was just a simple statement, it carried a tone of questioning Angel.
Angel earnestly explained: "Ghostie is a type of spiritual body creature, quite similar to the form you are showing now. So, I thought the core beneath Cyclops Big Treasure might be a spiritual body creature."
The dark sphere squinted its eyes, seemingly assessing whether Angel’s words were true.
A few seconds later, the dark sphere softly said: "Both true and false, I don’t like guessing which part is true or false."
Angel was startled, not expecting the dark sphere could directly judge the truth of words?
Clearly, there was no fluctuation like that of a truth spell.
No... right now we’re inside Cyclops Big Treasure, if he wanted to cast a spell to probe, it might indeed be undetectable.
Thinking about this, Angel became slightly more serious. It seems like when speaking, unless necessary, it’s best to avoid overly precise wording...
"Forget it, what I’m called isn’t important to me; you may call me Cyclops Big Treasure, or Ghostie if you wish." After a pause, the dark sphere added: "However, let me remind you, if it were Second Treasure instead, you probably wouldn’t fare so well."
Angel: "...Would it kill me?"
Cyclops Big Treasure: "No, it would make you uncomfortable in various ways. For instance, projecting your embarrassing images onto mirrors where your aura passes and where people gather... No matter if you are in the Southern Domain or other worlds, it has the means to pinpoint your aura."
Angel: ...
The earlier evaluation by the Wise Sovereign of Cyclops Second Treasure was mysterious and profound, and its capabilities were extremely powerful. Now it seems true; rather than physiological death, Second Treasure has learned to cause social death.
Moreover, it’s a grand chase-style social death; even escaping to other worlds wouldn’t evade its tracking.
Mysterious, profound... now we also have to add obsessive.
"Having a peaceful chat with you is indeed my wish, but can you represent the entire team, represent those descendants of Noah?" Cyclops Big Treasure returned to the main topic.
Angel: "Of course I can. Since I’m here, it means I can represent the others. If you don’t believe me, Ghostie, you can ask this apprentice beside me."
Cyclops Big Treasure paused for about two seconds, probably not expecting Angel would actually call it Ghostie.
And previously, it had said the name didn’t matter, so now it couldn’t take back its words and just pretended not to hear.
"What you say is true, I acknowledge it. But before chatting with you, I need you to answer a question."
Angel: "You want to ask me how I know you are Cyclops Big Treasure?"
Cyclops Big Treasure’s expression was complicated, and it took a while to say: "...Yes."
Angel: "The Wise Sovereign once said that the three children of You Nu each have different personalities, and you can basically determine who you are through personality."
Cyclops Big Treasure really wanted to ask: But I hadn’t even spoken before, how did you judge our personalities?
However, before Cyclops Big Treasure could ask, Angel seemed to have anticipated this and directly answered: "Cyclops Little Treasure is impatient and wouldn’t drag us into here just to observe without speaking for a long time. Cyclops Second Treasure, although I’m not very familiar with its actions, from the Wise Sovereign’s description, if it were to observe, it would definitely do so in the dark rather than staying in this space waiting for us to notice."
"Eliminating the other two, that only leaves Cyclops Big Treasure, which is you, Ghostie." Angel paused: "Moreover, the Wise Sovereign also said before that you agreed to help pass on the memories of the Grey Merchant, although everything must wait until after passing through You Nu’s challenge to be successful, but the closer we get to the Wise Sovereign’s great hall, the more I think, we are about to face You Nu, and Ghostie should also appear."
"With this preparation in mind, so when you appeared, it was expected."
The reason Angel gave was judged true by Cyclops Big Treasure. However, what it didn’t know was that while Angel’s reasons were all true, he hadn’t mentioned all of them. For example, the actual basis for judging Cyclops Big Treasure’s identity was actually derived from Hyper Perception, something he didn’t mention at all.
Cyclops Big Treasure: "Your answer is true, I accept your answer. So now, we can talk peacefully..."
Angel: "Wait."
Cyclops Big Treasure looked at Angel in confusion; wasn’t it Angel who suggested having a talk, so why did he call a halt suddenly?
Angel: "I just answered your question, so for fairness, shouldn’t you answer one of mine?"
Cyclops Big Treasure didn’t speak, just used its one eye to signal Angel to ask.
"Among all of us, why did you choose him?" Angel pointed at Kaier.
Even though so many people were walking together, Cyclops Big Treasure chose to take Kaier. If Angel hadn’t discovered it promptly and followed in, Kaier’s situation would now be uncertain.
So, Angel wanted to know why Cyclops Big Treasure chose Kaier first?