Chapter 1968: Amu's Drifting Journey

The atmosphere in the prayer room was suffocatingly awkward. A moment later, the Moon Goddess raised her hand to tidy her clothes and sat on the bench by the wall, her sitting posture elegant.

"Between me and the Saint King, who would you rather support?"

The Moon Goddess's question was quite direct, and whether the 4,000+ Moon Apostles stationed in the Moon God Monastery were enemies or friends depended on Su Xiao's answer.

"Does it matter who I support?"

Su Xiao didn't directly answer the Moon Goddess's question but looked at the goddess statue on the inner side of the prayer room.

"Of course it matters. If you support me, I can tell you where the Soul Speaker is. Crow's Eye won't be able to find them."

The Moon Goddess looked at Su Xiao with a smile, and this was exactly the situation Su Xiao wanted to see.

When he chose to reveal that he was looking for the Soul Speaker, he had already anticipated that this news would leak out. He was very eager to know the attitudes of the Old Saint King and the Moon Goddess toward the Soul Speaker.

Through a brief conversation with the Moon Goddess, Su Xiao reached a conclusion: the Soul Speaker was a very important person to both of them, but not important enough that knowing their information meant certain death.

If Su Xiao wanted to find the Soul Speaker through the empire's intelligence network, this matter being exposed was only a matter of time.

Rather than searching sneakily, it was better to say it openly. This would relax the vigilance of the Old Saint King and the Moon Goddess because if Su Xiao had any major plot, he wouldn't reveal so easily that he was looking for the Soul Speaker.

In fact, Su Xiao did have a major plot, but he exposed the fact that he was looking for the Soul Speaker. Sometimes, old schemers who were too smart would instead be misled by some simple and crude methods.

"Between the Soul Speaker and my own life, I can still tell which is more important. My purpose in finding them is nothing more than obtaining power. I am different from you guys. If I wanted power, I could have completely abandoned the Ninth Unit back then and joined the Eagle Marquis. He recruited me more than once."

The attitude Su Xiao displayed was clearly curiosity about the Soul Speaker, but not a necessity to find them.

"You were kicked out by the Saint King and don't want to join my side, so... is there any point in releasing you?"

The Moon Goddess still looked at Su Xiao with a smile, but Su Xiao was sure that this woman was the type who would turn against you at the drop of a hat.

"Then catch me and take me back. Hearing you say that, I somewhat regret leaving the secret prison."

Su Xiao thought quickly in his mind about what this woman actually wanted to do. Suddenly encountering this rare type of old schemer, he was still a bit unaccustomed to it.

"How could I catch you and take you back? God is tolerant. As a believer of His, of course, I must also be tolerant."

The Moon Goddess clasped her hands together again and whispered something.

"Mr. Commander, what do you think of the Eagle Marquis?"

Hearing this, Su Xiao knew the focus of tonight's conversation had arrived.

Among the three giants of the empire, Su Xiao favored the Old Saint King and the Moon Goddess; their forces should be evenly matched. As for the last giant, the Eagle Marquis, Su Xiao felt that this eagle wouldn't be able to fly for long.

At present, the three empires were about to enter a "honeymoon period," maintaining peace with each other to accumulate national strength for the next war.

It was impossible for a war to break out again in a short time. Both the Dawn Empire and the Simoro Empire couldn't hold on, let alone the Luodan Empire, which had the weakest national strength. Once the ceasefire occurred, the Ninth Unit would be a cautionary tale.

The Eagle Marquis held 80% of the military power. If this big figure was sensible, it would be fine, but if he also wanted to take a bite of the fruit of power, the first one to be unlucky would definitely be him.

Judging from the Eagle Marquis's various performances, he wasn't prepared to seize power, but he was facing a selective dilemma: the Old Saint King and the Moon Goddess were already at odds, so who should he hand over the majority of his military power to?

Heaven knows which of these two old schemers would win. Once he stood on the wrong side, the outcome could be imagined.

"Eagle Marquis? No opinion."

Although Su Xiao said this, red light flickered in his eyes. It was the Eagle Marquis who first proposed disbanding the Ninth Unit. If he didn't show killing intent at this time, it would seem very abnormal.

"Pity..."

The Moon Goddess didn't continue, because there were some things that even she couldn't easily say.

After a few more minutes of trivial conversation, Su Xiao walked out of the prayer room.

Su Xiao pushed the door and walked out of the prayer room. Just now, he felt a very strange mental fluctuation on the Moon Goddess.

Su Xiao took the little adjutant and left the Moon God Monastery quickly.

In the prayer room, the Moon Goddess clasped her hands together. Suddenly, her eyes opened, and a scene appeared before her eyes.

Burning phosphorus fire, a man holding a long sword with red light in his eyes...

The scene flashed and disappeared, and the smile on the Moon Goddess's face gradually disappeared. Just at this moment, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in."

It was Sonia who walked into the prayer room, her expression respectful, kneeling on one knee.

"My lady, Kuku Lin has already left, the target is the south of the city. Should I send someone..."

"No need."

The Moon Goddess interrupted Sonia's words, looking at Sonia with a smile.

"Sonia, which side do you think he will stand on?"

"Of course, on your side, my lady."

Sonia's answer was unusually firm, and her sycophant quality was undoubtedly revealed.

"No, he has already stood on the Old Saint King's side. Otherwise, he wouldn't have come here tonight at all; he would have escaped the capital long ago. Sonia, how many years have you been by my side?"

Hearing the Moon Goddess's last sentence, Sonia's blood seemed to freeze, and her scalp tingled.

"Seven, seven years."

Sonia lowered her head, her lips trembling.

"Has it been seven years already? Then I'll keep you."

"Thank you, my lady!"

Although Sonia was very confused, she knew she had survived. This seemingly gentle goddess was actually extremely ruthless.

"Next time, don't be used by Kuku Lin."

"Huh?"

Sonia was very confused. In her perception, she had never been used by Su Xiao.

"Pity, I was just a little bit away from keeping him here forever. That old guy really released an incredible person. I didn't notice before that this Commander Kuku Lin was so capable. Suddenly, I'm a bit envious of that old guy. Winning over such a person, this round... I lost."

The Moon Goddess waved her hand, signaling that Sonia could withdraw. Sonia, who had saved her life, hurried away. From beginning to end, she didn't know how she had been used by Su Xiao.

Tonight, the Moon Goddess set a trap, but Su Xiao seemed to have known what she wanted to ask and what she would do.

At the crack in the corner of the prayer room, a mechanical bee was slowly dissolving, eventually turning into ashes without making a sound or smell. This thing was brought in by Sonia unintentionally a few hours ago.

The Moon Goddess didn't know exactly what Su Xiao had done, but she knew the problem must have originated from Sonia.

On the street at night, Su Xiao took a wireless earphone out of his ear, crushed it into powder, and threw it into the stinking ditch by the roadside.

A black shadow walked out of the alley. This person was like a ghost, almost completely blending into the darkness.

"Find all clues about the Soul Speaker."

Su Xiao spoke. The little adjutant beside him was in a half-squatting posture, one hand pressed on the stone slab. As a transcendent, the little adjutant's ability wasn't combat-related, but the ability to perceive gas flow within a radius of half a kilometer.

"As you command."

The figure in the darkness knelt on one knee, and the next moment, disappeared into the darkness. This was the big boss of Crow's Eye, Ghost.

The waves rolled angrily, the sea surface reflected the moonlight, a piece of ice floated on the sea, drifting with the waves, and Amu was sitting on it.

His opponent this time was too powerful, the endless sea. Although he could switch states, the side effects of the Devil Fruit had a significant impact on Amu. Fortunately, he could freeze ice on his body, which served as a floating aid, but the powerless state meant his swimming speed wasn't fast.

"Moo!!"

Amu let out a roar. After being autistic for a few minutes, he froze an ice paddle and began his drifting journey on the sea. ===== CHAPTER 1969 =====