Chapter 594

Inside the light screen at this moment, facing PoI-3172's words, Dr. Montauk raised his eyelids and glanced lightly at PoI-3172.

Afterwards, he put down the document in his hand and looked at the PoI-3172 in front of him.

"Why do you call the Global Occult Coalition 'Bookburners'?"

"Do you and your organization have any connection to the Serpent's Hand?"

"Serpent's Hand? This organization seems to have appeared before, right?"

Listening to the dialogue between the two in the light screen, Tsunade's eyes were filled with confusion and solemnity.

This time, the scope involved in this anomalous object could be said to be unprecedented.

Not only did it leave behind so many means of descent,

but it also involved so many organizations, and every single one of them was as powerful as the Foundation.

Taking a deep breath, Tsunade looked at the light screen with a solemn countenance.

Facing Dr. Montauk's inquiry, PoI-3172 put on a feigned look of difficulty.

"This... is quite complicated."

Looking at the troubled PoI-3172, Dr. Montauk did not say anything, just stared at him quietly.

"This question is simple."

Glancing around, PoI-3172 spoke slowly:

"But the answer is not."

"However... yes, we have a relationship with the Serpent's Hand."

"Most of us have stayed there."

"Of course, if you ask them, they won't acknowledge us; they aren't monsters like us."

"They have moral concepts, as you know; their entire meaning lies in seeking miracles, and since they cannot see miracles in the King, they completely rejected us."

"But they know that, in the end, they need us."

"Miracles? What miracles?"

Listening to the dialogue between the two in the light screen, the look of confusion in Onoki's eyes deepened.

According to what that PoI-3172 said on the light screen,

this Serpent's Hand took in the organization known as the Children of the Scarlet King and collaborated with them.

They should be a cult organization, yet they happen to possess morality.

They collaborated with the Children of the Scarlet King entirely because they wanted to seek miracles.

Then, what exactly is the miracle that could make an organization almost on the same level as the Foundation go searching for it?

"It seems that this anomaly, the Scarlet King, has not only let us know about this Supreme God, but has also greatly broadened our horizons!"

Taking a deep breath, Onoki continued to watch the content on the light screen.

After hearing what PoI-3172 said, Dr. Montauk frowned slightly and asked:

"They need you? Why?"

Hearing Dr. Montauk's inquiry, PoI-3172 seemed completely indifferent, playing with his fingers while speaking slowly:

"For the same reason that lets us live."

After saying this, PoI-3172 paused for a moment,

then leaned onto the table with a mocking grin and spoke softly:

"We attacked the Library, fought with them, and clashed with them."

"They have heaped countless insults upon us, more than you have."

"But they have never succeeded! They are as bad as you jailers, bad in their own way."

"The same compartmentalization, the same singular goal."

"Their existence has no solidified foundation, the empty eras of history, just like that. Indeed, they were born at the same time as you; you are more similar than you think."

Listening to PoI-3172's claims on the light screen, Tsunade and the others were completely bewildered.

What on earth was this guy talking about?

Why did these Children of the Scarlet King attack the Library? And what was their goal?

At this moment, inside the light screen, after hearing what PoI-3172 said,

Dr. Montauk's face seemed to reveal deep disbelief.

"That's impossible. The existence records of the Serpent's Hand are far earlier than any of the Foundation's..."

Before he could finish, PoI-3172 sat up straight and looked at Dr. Montauk.

"No, no, you missed the point."

"The Library has always existed, yes, but the Serpent's Hand has not."

"The Serpent's Hand is something new, just like you. Do you think anyone in the past cared about 'miracles'? No one cared about miracles. They cared about food, family, and blood."

Watching the content on the light screen, the Toad Sage took a deep puff of his pipe, his eyes also filled with confusion.

"According to what this guy said, the Foundation and that Serpent's Hand are both newly emerged forces, while that Library has always been there. So, what is the Library?"

In an instant, various doubts flooded into the Toad Sage's mind, giving him a splitting headache.

Moreover, the dialogue between these two now seemed to have nothing to do with the Scarlet King.

Wasn't this supposed to be about the Scarlet King?

Just as the Toad Sage was suffering from a headache, the dialogue between the two on the light screen continued.

At this time, Dr. Montauk seemed very irritable.

Taking a deep breath and rubbing his temples,

he looked up at PoI-3172:

"Listen, Dipesh, I have always tried my best to make you feel comfortable, but this has to be a two-way street. You keep speaking in convoluted, mysterious riddles; I want answers."

Looking at the increasingly irritable doctor in front of him,

PoI-3172 instead smiled:

"I cannot tell you everything."

"You cannot treat this information correctly; you will treat it as scientific fact—something to be absorbed, understood, and placed into context."

Hearing this from PoI-3172, Dr. Montauk's face also revealed a look of confusion.

"What is the problem with that?"

Moving his fingers, PoI-3172 tilted his head to look at Dr. Montauk:

"Why do you do this, Doctor? Why come and meddle in this?"

Facing PoI-3172's inquiry, Dr. Montauk was initially very angry,

but after a moment of anger, he calmed down, rubbed his temples, and spoke slowly:

"I shouldn't tell you, but... ah. Screw it!"

"I'm tired. I see the Scarlet King everywhere, but nothing about him has ever been made clear."

"Some horned demon? An arcane blood god? It's all so small, so mundane."

"The Foundation has changed in the last ten years, you have to understand. We have faced conceptual demons, literary residents, the Seven Destroyers—all of them far worse than some human-sacrificing ancient god."

"But this, behind everything, I see a smile in the fire."

"That terror, ancient terror, lingers on. Although I have seen various far simpler, far more subtle terrors tearing the world apart every day, I just want to figure it out, that's all."

"Peeling back layers of mist, one contradictory legend after another, to discover what he really is."

Listening to Dr. Montauk's confession in the light screen,

Tsunade silently sorted it out in her heart. According to what this Dr. Montauk said,

the Foundation also has no idea what the Scarlet King really is.

It could even be said that the Foundation's doctor harbors a trace of fear for the Scarlet King in his heart.

Yet the Foundation is gradually trying to peel back the mist in front of the Scarlet King to see what exactly this Scarlet King is.

"Saw a smile in the fire?"

Recalling what Dr. Montauk just said, Tsunade muttered to herself.

Could it be that this Scarlet King is actually a ball of fire?

And what were those ancient legends? In an instant,

Tsunade also developed a deep curiosity about what this Scarlet King really was. ===== CHAPTER 596 =====