Chapter 104

and asked with interest.

[If I could, I would definitely sell them.]

Aventurine's tone was very flat.

[Hehe, you don't know how many people are hoping you close your eyes forever.]

[As a slave, you shouldn't have resisted your master...]

[But you killed that man.]

[No lawyer dares to defend you, maybe you should try to fight for a declaration of innocence for yourself?]

Jade said in a faint tone.

[That's not hard, but it's meaningless.]

Aventurine shook his head.

[Confident in your eloquence.]

[When you deceived the Genius Society, did you think so too?]

Jade asked back with a smile.

[Just getting what I wanted.]

[You wanted perfect building materials, I just gave a possibility, a small gamble.]

[If I were lucky, the company could pan out anything from the yellow sand of Aigihazo, even the remains of the Sand King.]

[Unfortunately, your luck is not good.]

[I don't deny that.]

[But I'm curious, why such a big fraud...]

[In the end, no one benefited from it—including the criminal himself?]

This approach of Aventurine,

aroused Jade's curiosity.

[Ma'am, I have already gotten what I wanted—to be brought before you, to start the next gamble!]

Aventurine replied.

[Then let's talk about this second gamble.]

[Tell me, what are you planning to bet this time?]

Jade asked with interest.

[Bet my life.]

[I bet you won't send me to the execution ground.]

When Aventurine said this,

he seemed very certain.

[Hmm... then what do you want to get?]

Jade asked back.

[I want your Lana to come see me.]

[I have something to say.]

Aventurine put forward his conditions.

[And then?]

Jade pursued.

[I want money.]

Aventurine spoke without hesitation.

[It won't be that simple, right?]

Jade felt Aventurine's request was a bit too simple.

[It's that simple, thirty Ta-anbas, the price of half my life, no more, no less.]

[As long as I have this money, I can climb to a higher position than you, holding more wealth than you...]

[I bet you don't dare to give it to me, so, call him over.]

Aventurine used a provocation method.

[Hehe, interesting.]

[Unfortunately, Diamond won't see you, no one can see him.]

[So at this moment, I am Diamond's agent, making decisions for him.]

[You're wrong.]

[Thirty Ta-anbas, I will give you, and far more than that.]

[Wealth, status, power...]

[The company will give you everything you want and don't want.]

[Kakavasha... is a good name, unfortunately it is destined to be buried in the soil,]

[But you deserve to live, to create more wealth for us.]

[Go, pick a set of clothes you like, and choose a status you like...]

[Then make good use of them, child.]

[May your schemes never be exposed.]

Aventurine: "This is..."

Aventurine: "Heh, it's actually the scene when I first joined the company."

Aventurine: "Looking at it now, I was very green back then."

Aventurine: "The pattern is far less broad than it is now."

Stelle: "Deceiving the company and the Genius Society?"

Stelle: "Tricking them into digging for the remains of the Bug Emperor under the empty desert?"

Stelle: "I say friend, you've actually done such a big thing!"

Stelle: "What's even more awesome is that you actually survived!"

Stelle: "This is really awesome!"

Furina: "Aventurine is clearly betting his life!"

Furina: "Betting that the company values his ability and won't kill him."

Furina: "But fortunately, Aventurine won the bet!"

Aventurine: "Not bad, kid, I have to say you're really a character!"

Aventurine: "The bunch of brainless things in the company can be deceived, but the people in the Genius Society are not ignorant country bumpkins!"

Aventurine: "You, a native, were actually able to turn them around..."

Aventurine: "This really makes me look at you with admiration!"

Dan Heng: "This is also the reason why the company values him."

Dan Heng: "Similarly, Aventurine's move is also intentional."

Dan Heng: "Only by showing his value to the company can he get what he wants."

March 7th: "That, didn't everyone notice?"

March 7th: "Aventurine actually killed the slave owner who bought him before."

Stelle: "What's this."

Stelle: "I knew that guy wouldn't live long ago."

Stelle: "Aventurine is now a high-level company executive, can he still be merciful and spare that person's life?"

Stelle: "It's just that I'm surprised that Aventurine killed that person so early."

Himeko: "Come to think of it, this woman in the video seems to be a high-level executive of the company too?"

Dr. Ratio: "This woman is named Jade, also listed as one of the Ten Stonehearts, and her seniority is much older than Aventurine and Topaz."

Welt: "Jade..."

Welt: "It seems to be another company elite who is quite difficult to deal with."

Hu Tao: "The company is worthy of being the most powerful force in the universe, it really is full of talents!"

The video continues.

[Life is like a long investment, choosing the right person, doing the right thing, reaching the right result, and showing your value to the world.]

[People can't make the right decisions all their lives, but good luck is always on my side.]

[I have never lost.]

[Is it because the Mother Goddess is protecting me?]

[Since that's the case, she must be watching me at this moment.]

[I will definitely succeed.]

[...But then what?]

[If I successfully get through this difficulty, what's next?]

[Waiting for me after a grand gamble...]

[Is it another grander gamble?]

[Is it returning with countless chips after one success after another, or after one failure...]

[...And never returning?]

[...]

[Hahaha, don't you have any idea in your heart...]

[...You lowly gambler?]

[...]

Xiangling: "This part is Aventurine's inner monologue, right?"

Xiangling: "But what's going on with that voice at the end?"

Stelle: "Good guy, sounds like schizophrenia!"

Stelle: "Could it be... that the curse is starting to take effect?"

Hu Tao: "Is the curse Mr. Sunday cast so evil?"

Hu Tao: "What kind of means is this?"

March 7th: "I don't know, anyway, it doesn't look like a good means."

Nahida: "Aventurine's inner voice seems to make me feel a kind of confused and tired feeling."

Nahida: "Is my feeling wrong?"

Zhongli: "No, your feeling has no deviation."

Zhongli: "Aventurine is indeed confused at this moment."

Zhongli: "And this may be because the power of Harmony is beginning to affect his brain."

Zhongli: "Or maybe Aventurine..."

Zhongli: "Is really tired..."

Venti: "Feels like both factors are there."

Venti: "Aventurine's situation is getting worse."

The video continues.

[What's going on?!]

Aventurine heard the strange voice in his mind,

and his expression changed sharply.

[Hehehehe...]

Suddenly,

a strange laugh sounded behind Aventurine.

[Am I dreaming, or am I completely crazy?]

Aventurine turned around in a hurry,

and actually saw another him appearing in front of him.

[Maybe both.]

[Forgot me already?]

[When you were tied to an electric chair by the warlords of Iimannika, who gave you the idea?]

Another Aventurine said playfully.

[Enough... I might be crazy, but I'm not stupid.]

[Get out of my head, newborn of Harmony.]

Aventurine reacted immediately,

this Aventurine in front of him,

was born from the power of Harmony.

[Heh, Harmony?]

[Don't be silly, it's not our first time meeting, no need to be so distant, right?]

[I am you, even more understanding of yourself than you, and knowing better what you really want.]

[You're dying, and you still want to drag a few unlucky ones on the road...]

[That's why you came here, isn't it?]

[...Great opening performance, do you really think you can do it?]

The tone of the Harmony Aventurine seemed to be mocking.

[Why not?]

Aventurine looked impatient.

[Maybe you can fool everyone, but you can't fool yourself.]

[I can prove it to you...]

[Before you disappear completely, I will accompany you for the last stretch of the road...]

[Let's talk about it on the road.]

After the Harmony Aventurine finished speaking,

he began to walk in front of Aventurine.

[...Damn it, what the hell are you?]

Aventurine couldn't help but curse.

[Most people in this world spend their whole lives just to reach one result...]

[And I am that result.]

[Kakavasha... I am your future.]

Stelle: "Whoa, what kind of ghost means is this?"

Stelle: "Actually directly conjured a new Aventurine?"

Stelle: "Is this going to be taken over by Harmony?"

Guinaifen: "Mom, family members, why does it feel scarier than a ghost?!"

March 7th: "Harmony... is this how they absorb believers?"

March 7th: "This can't even be called brainwashing, right?"

Dan Heng: "Giving birth to a new self-consciousness, occupying your body, this is taking over!"

Aventurine: "Tsk tsk tsk, didn't expect, really didn't expect!"

Aventurine: "Didn't expect that this thing Sunday planted in my brain is really a curse."

Aventurine: "This is the so-called... joining the Family?"

Aventurine: "Heh, it's really interesting."

Paimon: "God, it's too scary!"

Paimon: "If Paimon encountered this kind of thing, I would be scared out of my soul!"

Lumine: "This means is really... weird..."

Lumine: "Currently, it seems there is no way to lift it."

Hu Tao: "There should be a way, right?"

Hu Tao: "At least Mr. Sunday should know how to solve it."