Chapter 106

[So your identity has changed after all.]

The Harmony Aventurine continued to mock.

[...]

[I have never changed!]

Aventurine's expression grew increasingly angry.

[No, you have changed...]

[You have now become the one being chased.]

[The last game of hide-and-seek... enjoy it well.]

Eula: "This Harmony Aventurine really has no bottom line when he speaks!"

Eula: "He actually says whatever comes to mind."

Hu Tao: "I think he's just desperate to anger Aventurine to death so he can completely take over his body."

Lumine: "Ugh... what a vicious new consciousness."

Paimon: "Aventurine is still keeping his father's mementos..."

Paimon: "He really cares about his family."

Aventurine: "If you don't care about your family, what else is there to care about?"

Aventurine: "Unfortunately, just as he said, I can only care about..."

Aventurine: "The last things left behind by my family..."

Stelle: "Friend, be strong!"

Stelle: "I think if your family knew you were doing so well now, they would definitely be proud of you!"

March 7th: "That's right, a super elite of the Corporation, this status is ranked high throughout the entire universe!"

Aventurine: "Is that so... it's just a pity... this doesn't mean much to me..."

Lumine: "Mm... yeah, how could these empty titles be more important than family?"

Zhong Li: "Sigh, the word 'family' is as heavy as a mountain..."

The video continues.

[That child... will they be in here?]

Aventurine arrived inside the park,

and began searching for Kakavasha.

[This is...]

[Topaz's Cornerstone? Why would it be here...]

Aventurine suddenly,

found Topaz's Cornerstone on the ground,

which left him extremely surprised and shocked.

[Mm...]

Aventurine's head began to ache again.

[What, does her Cornerstone make you feel so heartbroken?]

The Harmony Aventurine had only been quiet for a moment,

before appearing again.

[...I'm just curious why it's here.]

Aventurine explained faintly.

[Perhaps that wing-head deliberately put it here to mock you.]

[So you would understand that the magic show you worked so hard to set up is nothing but a death throe.]

[The luster of the Cornerstone is identical to the radiance of Qlipoth's body... it's a pity you could come up with such an absurd excuse.]

[If he had been even a little more cautious, your lies would have crumbled at a touch.]

The Harmony Aventurine mocked.

[This is just a lure.]

Aventurine raised an eyebrow.

[Of course!]

[That's why you listed Ratio's betrayal as a key part of the plan.]

[I have to say, that professor's acting is very realistic.]

The Harmony Aventurine praised Dr. Ratio.

[Maybe he wasn't acting at all?]

Aventurine said in a ghostly tone.

[Ha, wouldn't that play right into your hands?]

[That meticulous Oak Family head has a near-paranoid desire for control. You must let him grasp enough information without letting him detect any flaws...]

[...So you let Ratio find him and deliberately leak the plan.]

[To keep the other party from being suspicious, everything you told Ratio was true, and he relayed it to Sunday just as truthfully.]

[Finally, this Family head, through the bait you laid, successfully found the other Cornerstone, and in this way—]

[—you were able to hide the third stone in plain sight.]

The Harmony Aventurine detailed Aventurine's true plan.

[...Stop rummaging through my brain, you bastard.]

Aventurine was very unhappy,

about the Harmony Aventurine revealing his plan.

[Your brain?]

[It is our brain.]

[You are me, and I am you, we are inseparable.]

[If you want to avoid being exposed in front of others, the most brilliant way is to deceive yourself first...]

[If you ask me, you can't deceive yourself at all.]

[You're lucky you succeeded this time.]

[This is the other Cornerstone in Sunday's hands.]

[A very beautiful green, just like you, smooth and cunning...]

[Tell me, what is its name?]

The Harmony Aventurine took out another Cornerstone,

and asked Aventurine with a playful look.

[Why bother asking me?]

Aventurine did not answer.

[Hmph...]

[Then I will let you recall it yourself.]

[Aventurine is the stone of luck and trickery...]

[When you got this stone, that's what she said, right?]

[This kind of stone is not rare, but its color is very close to a certain gemstone, so it is often used as a substitute for the latter.]

[And that more expensive gemstone...]

The Harmony Aventurine stopped speaking here.

[...]

[Is called Jade.]

[Even that Sunday couldn't tell the difference. It seems Jade is not irreplaceable for Aventurine.]

Stelle: "???"

Stelle: "There's actually a master?!"

Stelle: "There's a third Cornerstone?!"

Stelle: "Aventurine, have you gone crazy?"

Stelle: "Something so important, and you three are using it as a prop?"

Furina: "Three chips are enough... for everything, or for nothing at all!"

Furina: "So, this thing Aventurine kept muttering about from the start... it was referring to these three Keystones?!"

Hu Tao: "Using something so important as a gambling chip—Aventurine’s gambler persona really lives up to the name!"

March 7th: "I have to ask, are the relationships between you Ten Stonehearts really that good?"

March 7th: "You can just borrow something like a Keystone?"

March 7th: "Aren't they afraid you'll actually lose the Keystone?"

Acheron: "Clearly, they trust Aventurine deeply, believing he won't lose the bet!"

Miss Qingque: "A gambler who has never lost... can such a person really exist in this world?"

Miss Qingque: "If they came to play Celestial Jade, wouldn't they be invincible?"

Paimon: "Aventurine and Dr. Ratio really were acting before!"

Paimon: "I knew Dr. Ratio couldn't have betrayed Aventurine just like that."

Lumine: "But their scheme shouldn't have completely deceived Mr. Sunday, right?"

Lumine: "It seems Aventurine coming to Clock Studios Theme Park was a result of Mr. Sunday's deliberate guidance."

Stelle: "Tsk, they're all old schemers; there's always someone craftier."

Stelle: "I can't imagine what heavy-hitting moves they'll pull next."

Welt: "The Aventurine Stone... that is the Keystone held by that Jade!"

Welt: "This means the IPC actually dispatched three Ten Stonehearts to reclaim Penacony?"

Welt: "This lineup is truly staggering!"

March 7th: "Add Dr. Ratio, and that's four elites."

March 7th: "It really is a grand spectacle!"

Himeko: "Then the question arises: that Ms. Jade hasn't appeared from the beginning."

Himeko: "So, where is she now?"

Fu Xuan: "The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind; those who plan the deepest often appear last."

Fu Xuan: "This Jade is clearly preparing to be the oriole, or perhaps the fisherman."

Amber: "The water is so deep it's become an ocean!"

Amber: "This is truly giving me a headache!"

The video continues.

[Aventurine, Topaz, Jade...]

[Three elites, three Keystones; for the sake of a tiny Penacony, they don't hesitate to stake their all.]

[You are more united than the Family.]

The Harmony-Aventurine says with a sigh.

[I said it before: three chips are enough—everything, or nothing at all.]

[Will it be the former or the latter?]

[Ha, we shall see the truth soon enough.]

Aventurine smiles, a rare sight.

[So, where is the real Aventurine Stone?]

[Take it out and let me see.]

The Harmony-Aventurine suggests.

[Heh, you don't know where it is again?]

Aventurine sneers.

[I just want you to say it yourself...]

[After all, its current state truly suits its master.]