Chapter 1219: NO.123: Please witness!

NO. 123: Please witness!

"I'm going to the restroom."

"Huh?"

"Before then, send me the payment code—I want to settle that table's bill."

"Ah, okay, sir, just a moment… please."

"Alright, then I'm heading over; if those ladies over there ask where I'm going, just say I went to the restroom."

"Okay."

——————Learn to break the rules has initiated a video voice call with you——————

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——————Learn to break the rules has sent you a PDF file《Aachen Case Records》——————

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【Learn to break the rules】Voice-to-text: Oh dear, oh dear, you accepted really fast—are you just waiting for my message all along? Mr. Linton?

【Yuehuanshe：Can you still say that with such ease? Unfortunately, this is just a courtesy

How should I understand this document?】

【Learn to break the rules】Voice-to-text: This is the complete collection of Aachen's cases this year—fresh and warm; I guess you need it. This is my genuine meeting gift… How about it? Are you willing to spare some time for me now?

【Yuehuanshe：Didn't I make my stance clear from the very beginning?

Or should I be more direct: I've contacted you; if you have any demands, state them straight out. In return, I hope you'll be tolerant of my girlfriend.

I've heard rumors about you—overly aggressive, overly aggressive, not suitable to be a girl's online friend.】

【Learn to break the rules】Voice-to-text: Oh dear, you're secretly meeting me behind your little girlfriend's back—just to get me to go easy on you? Is it because of that so‑called love, or because of some pity for the weak?

【Yuehuanshe：Are you really going to waste time on this? Your gift won't buy you much time.】

【Learn to break the rules】Voice-to-text: Precisely because it's little, I want to see you sooner and faster—please meet me formally.

【Yuehuanshe：Is that necessary? You can learn everything you want from my girlfriend, as long as you treat her gently and kindly.】

【Learn to break the rules】Voice-to-text: Of course there is—because I want my own card.

【Yuehuanshe：……

Do you know what you're saying?】

Aomo raised his index finger, indicating Alexis Kailifu rising beside the window.

This net‑slacker often shuttles between his own communicator and Xi's, occasionally diving straight into the net; his return time is uncertain, but his appearance now is somewhat coincidental.

Perhaps it's Xi's summons…

Aomo, who could easily guess this, didn't rush to drive him off; he merely reopened the voice‑to‑text box in that chat.

【Learn to break the rules：Of course, you think I know how much about your power? And you think… you've shown Rhodes Island how much? I have my own ways of knowing all this, Mr. Linton.】

【Yuehuanshe：Sounds not exactly legal—doing this will lower my confidentiality rating for Rhodes Island Company, miss.】

【Learn to break the rules】Voice-to‑text: Rather than lowering Rhodes Island's rating, you should raise yours toward me, Mr. Linton… I know you're also gathering information, you're also acting as a mercenary, becoming a spy—we're basically the same kind, so why say such things?

Come on, listen to my voice, fellow kindred spirit—could it be that you're really trying to uphold your law‑abiding external image?

"You and I both know these are meaningless; Learn to break the rules, breaking the rules is what works."

This remark made the black‑helmet desk pet on the table turn its head, met by Aomo's indifferent wave, signalling it to keep quiet.

Leaving aside whether we're kindred spirits, Aomo had to admit he was temporarily at a disadvantage, because Lady Holleya had clearly investigated him beforehand, even knowing he'd once been a spy.

This should have been known only to a few, yet this lady indeed used some professional but illegal means; by comparison, I, having not paid her much attention before, only scratched the surface of her intel.

This is an exchange of asymmetrical information, but fortunately it's merely asymmetrical.

The other party seeks something from me and is also weaker in pure strength—this isn't a gap that can be crossed by a single round of intel.

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"How far have you investigated? The key?" Aomo asked coolly.

Opposing him was the other side's soft, whisper‑like laugh: "Oh, this tone is much better than text; if I didn't know you well enough, I might suspect you're overly influenced by the beast's power."

"Are you prepared to be overly influenced by the beast's power? In my impression, you should have already given up on pursuing the 'Feathered Serpent'."

"Three days ago, before I spotted you on Rhodes Island three days ago, I had indeed given up; our tribe, while pursuing the 'Feathered Serpent', also seeks other entities that could replace it. It's absurd—this possibility, unreachable in our world, is here so abundant that we face the luxurious dilemma of which one to choose."

"On this point, I recommend Chaldea; as far as I know, they indeed have a Feathered Serpent God, though due to certain reasons they can't come to the Federation, but you can chase them from the Federation—"

"No need." The female voice cut him off bluntly,

"Why would I abandon the root for the branch? Mr. Linton, or should I address you as Rainbow Serpent God?"

"..."

"You know, you should know—I'm a historian, also a philologist, or rather, a folklorist."

"Our tribe is always like this; to us, history is an interesting database that must contain hints about the future, after all, history was once the future of countless generations. So history is a required course; we seek answers in history, and this history also includes mythic history."

"You should be able to understand this, right? After all, in this world, myth is often just real history."

"So you've gotten to the bottom of it." Aomo said softly.

Correct! This world is too crazy, too absurd, whether it's technology or culture, it makes people crazy to doubt everything they see and feel!!

My lifespan, which was originally short, could be extended so easily; my abandoned pursuit could have such an obvious trajectory; in such a crazy place, how could I not go crazy to understand everything about the being called the Feathered Serpent God!!

From gentle to intense, and finally, the sound in the headphones was wildly crazy, making Aomo frown even without taking off the headphones.

Fortunately, she then seemed to gather her emotions.

South American mythology, the myth of the Feathered Serpent God, actually traces back to the being called the Rainbow Serpent, the myth that spread across Australia, Africa, and South America, and now it has declined to the point that people only know of the record from the Australian region——

How did you accept it, Your Excellency Rainbow Serpent God?

How could you let the name of the Feathered Serpent God grow, let the name of the Rainbow Serpent decline, and still sit by and do nothing!?

You're a bit excited; hearing that your health is poor, the urgent thing is to take a deep breath.

That's already in the past! Your Excellency Rainbow Serpent God! Stop dragging your feet, stop probing!!

What? Has your health improved?

I wasn't probing; I really don't know...... Standing in front of the restaurant door, looking out at the occasional car lights driving by in the distant night, Aomo's expression was complex, an experience he had rarely felt in his life.

He's been underestimated too often; being overestimated is a first, but to be honest, this isn't much of an overestimation—if he intended to investigate, with normal performance he could indeed reach this level, but...... he hadn't noticed before.

Although the memory storage area manageable by the crystal core is quite large, he doesn't just gulp down everything like stuffing his eyes as a scanner, requiring me to see, remember, and process upon going online——that's the AI's job, not his.

He is now extremely embarrassed, very very embarrassed, while over there it seems not at all embarrassed, even quite energized, as if the whole person had transformed from a cunning Feathered Serpent into some hot-blooded great serpent, shouting:

I have no intention of contending for the god position, but the magnificent figure of the Feathered Serpent soaring through the sky and wielding wind and thunder power——that is me, and moreover the pursuit of my clan!!

I know I'm being very offensive this way, but if it's you, I believe laying all this out would better demonstrate my sincerity.

I must obtain such an opportunity; I want you to witness my efforts, which is likewise the effort of my clan!

……

How did it become about a clan...... Aomo originally thought her excitement was about wanting something for a lifetime, and had prepared to say something like 'What realization do you have to say this? Can others bear your lifetime?' to ease the intensity of this topic, but he didn't expect the other side to directly unfold a black hole.

The clan's long-cherished wish is also too heavy, right?

Such a precedent Aomo only saw in comics; that clan is called Universe Wisdom Wave.