Chapter 1273

The Flaw of Lady Frod

On the other side.

Zhen Xin and Hu Wei quickly infiltrated the Imperial City of Kurd.

After confessing their faiths to each other, the two no longer hid anything. The power of 【Chaos】 surged and churned, making them move through the guard-filled Imperial City as if there were no one there.

Hu Wei was very curious about the reason Zhen Xin fused with 【Chaos】, but amidst this curiosity, there was more surprise.

After all, 【Chaos】 agreeing to fuse with 【Deception】 meant that Lord Ultraman's guidance to him was correct, and 【Nothingness】 could be approached. It was just a pity that the first person to eat the crab wasn't him, but Zhen Xin.

Along the way, he sized up Zhen Xin several times, trying to probe in various ways: "Have you met that Lord?"

Zhen Xin was also happy to tease him to pass the time, so she replied: "Who? Ultraman?"

Hu Wei's pupils shrank. He thought to himself that she was indeed a believer of 【Deception】; calling that Lord by name was a bit disrespectful. However, it was understandable; after all, that's how players communicate. As long as they weren't in front of the gods, those who called them by name were everywhere.

"It seems you have met Him."

Zhen Xin smiled and shook her head: "I was fortunate enough to see Him once; it was He who brought me to step onto that temple."

Zhen Xin has been to the temple!?

Hu Wei instantly widened his eyes. One must know that even he, a 【Chaos】 chosen, had never stepped onto the temple. Every time he saw the God, it was Lord Ultraman summoning him on the long-step platform. How could Zhen Xin have the qualifications to enter the temple directly?

Could this be the "sincerity" of approaching 【Nothingness】?

The Grand Marshal was jealous, but he covered it up well and didn't show it, instead continuing nonchalantly, "So that means you have also already seen my Lord."

These words were spoken with great momentum, like a senior company employee who is often summoned, caring for a newly arrived employee.

Zhen Xin naturally understood the meaning behind the other party's words, knowing that the other party wanted to establish seniority in front of her through the closeness of 【Chaos】. She didn't care about these things, but through these words, she confirmed one thing: the Grand Marshal didn't know that 【Chaos】 was the God of Fun.

Otherwise, with her status as a 【Deception】 chosen, the other party would never think of trying to outdo her in "religious piety."

This was interesting. A 【Chaos】 chosen who knew absolutely nothing... what kind of scheme was the God of Fun plotting again?

"Naturally, it was He who personally bestowed upon me a second faith."

Personally...... bestowed......?

Hu Wei appeared as if it were expected on the surface, but his heart had already exploded.

He had actually lost to Zhen Xin!

She was a person of 【Deception】, so why was she still a step ahead of him in seeing 【Chaos】?

Could it be that everything he had done for the temple wasn't even as good as a probe into approaching 【Nothingness】!?

This isn't fair!

But on second thought, what is fair is 【Order】, and 【Chaos】 is the opposite of 【Order】, so there was no talk of fairness to begin with......

But to have worked so hard and still not be as good as someone "born of 【Nothingness】," the Grand Marshal was very unwilling.

Zhen Xin felt the change in the other party's emotions and guessed something after a moment of thought, but she didn't react, instead silently noting this matter to see if it could become an opportunity for cooperation with the Grand Marshal in the future.

Just like that, Zhen Xin dealt with Hu Wei's probing and went deep into the Imperial City with him.

The scale of Kurd's Imperial City wasn't large, and the order inside wasn't as good as the players imagined. The discipline of the patrol guards was quite loose. Before they even started asking around, they learned of Lady Frod's movements from the idle chatter of a palace gate guard.

"So many prop boxes were shipped in; today's performance must be very grand, right? I really want to go see it."

"Bullshit, it's just a few programs. Making such a big fuss isn't just to please the royal family? This is just like us standing guard; when people come, we stand a bit straighter to show we're putting in effort."

"How do you know there are only a few programs? Did you see the program list?"

"Are you stupid? You can tell just by the number of people. There aren't even as many people as there are boxes, so where would there be so many programs?

Besides, Morning Joy is preparing for the curtain-call performance in a few days, so why would they bring the real performance into the Imperial City at this time?

The royal family also needs freshness. If they've seen it in advance, how can they enjoy it with the people? And if they don't enjoy it with the people, how can they consolidate their rule?

Having stood guard in the Imperial City for so long, how come you have no political awareness at all?"

"What do I need that awareness for...... I'm just a guard."

"Guards also need to have dreams. What if one day...... stand straight, someone is coming."

The two guards stood straight and saluted the newcomers. The newcomers were naturally Zhen Xin and Hu Wei. They passed by with strange expressions and followed the guards' directions toward the circus troupe's base in the Imperial City.

Soon, the two locked onto Lady Frod's location and, taking advantage of her being alone in the prop room, appeared in front of the circus director without warning.

Lady Frod was worthy of being someone who had seen great storms and waves. When she saw two strangers appear abruptly before her eyes, she didn't panic, but frowned and asked:

"Who are you? What business do you have with me?"

Out of "respect" for the 【Deception】 trial, the Grand Marshal didn't use his simple and crude interrogation methods, but reached out to make a "please" gesture, leaving it to Zhen Xin to perform.

Zhen Xin smiled brightly, sized up Lady Frod for a moment, and got straight to the point: "Where did you hide Maxford?"

"?"

Lady Frod's brow tightened further. She didn't make any reactive response, but shook her head and said:

"I don't quite understand what you two mean. If you are looking for Maxford, then I'm sorry, he is not on the list for today's imperial court performance.

With the curtain-call performance imminent, Maxford is working hard on his new program. If you two are his fans, please give him some time. I believe he will definitely bring you and the world a grand performance.

So please wait patiently and don't go to the circus to disturb him."

Frod's response was very perfect and appropriate. As a "former clown," her ability to adapt was not weak.

Unfortunately, she didn't run into "people" like her, but two players.

Zhen Xin clapped her hands in appreciation, her tone quite playful:

"Director Frod is worthy of being a former clown; your reaction is indeed quick-witted. This set might be useful for those people in the Golden House, but it's a bit too clumsy for us.

It's very suspicious to meet two strangers in the Imperial City, right?

You're probably guessing where we came from. No need to guess, I'll tell you: we came from Morning Joy, and it was Lake himself who pointed the way for us."

"!!!"

When she heard Lake's name appear together with Morning Joy, Frod was visibly panicked. She took a step back, preparing to flee this place, but Hu Wei's greatsword was already resting against her slender neck before she could.

The heavy sword body crushed Frod's waist and back. Just as she was about to shout something, Zhen Xin took out a magic poker card, pressed it against her lips, and said with a beaming smile:

"Shh!

Don't shout. Even if a clown's performance flops, they should still maintain their dignity, right?

Let me guess: since you used such a drastic strategy against Play Twilight, then whether Maxford is dead or alive, you must hide him well, because he is the only flaw in this plan and must not be discovered by anyone.

But this world is full of accidents. No one dares to say that something hidden will definitely not be found by others. Plus, as a circus director, you have endless things to be busy with, and even less time to spare to constantly pay attention to whether your 'collection' will be found by others.

In this case, how can you ensure that this plan doesn't reveal any flaws?"

Zhen Xin smiled and scraped the card across the contour of Frod's cheek, wiping away the other party's cold sweat, and looked around, "If I were you, I would definitely keep the most important thing by my side, so that I could always notice if an accident occurred.

Maxford came to the Imperial City with you, didn't he?

I've been curious since just now: since there are so few people performing in the Imperial City, why bring so many prop boxes?

Now I know. You tell me, could it be that these prop boxes are hiding something that isn't a prop?"

Zhen Xin chuckled, and in Lady Frod's panicked eyes, she opened the prop boxes in the prop room one by one. Sure enough, she found a corpse in the last box!