Chapter 1482: Character Side Story: [Deception] · Fool

Character Side Story: 【Deception】 · Fool's Play Before the Curtain (I)

Before the 【Faith Game】 descended, the gods once convened a convention to agree upon the specific details of the game.

Calling it an agreement was, in truth, a struggle for their respective interests.

After all, they were about to frantically spread their faith in a world devoid of it and accept a massive number of believers; no 【He】 would feel that divinity condensed from faith was superfluous.

However, a game is still a game, and the rules only applied to mortal beings. As long as these details were not written into the 【Convention】, the final right of interpretation would still belong to the gods.

Of course, this was the ideal scenario.

The non-ideal scenario was that some god of 【Void】 would argue sophistically, using the title of initiator of the 【Convention】 and promoter of the 【Faith Game】 to monopolize all rights of interpretation.

Even if the gods did not listen to Him, they would inevitably be subjected to His sarcasm, ridicule, and mockery.

No one could stomach this, so this convention of the gods ended hastily halfway through the agenda, breaking up in discord.

Regarding this, 【Justice (Order)】 was very helpless; among the gods, only one could still laugh after the meeting adjourned.

And this only god who could laugh, before leaving, smilingly exhorted the other gods:

"The place where the game descends has already been chosen. I know you are all very interested in certain beings of that world, but I advise you all: do not go too far.

Forced faith is only sour, never sweet."

The gods had varied expressions as they departed; they were long accustomed to the various yin-yang behaviors of this god.

After the gods had left, 【Deception】 appeared once again in the void where the gods' convention had been held.

That's right, the god who could laugh was naturally 【Deception】, and it could only be 【Deception】.

He opened His eyes, looked at the position where 【Memory】 had once been seated, and smilingly gathered a strand of 【Memory】 power that was about to dissipate from the void.

Seeing starlight flickering endlessly in those pupils, spiraling and turning like a current, He soon found something within that strand of 【Memory】 power and hissed:

"Harboring 【Filth and Depravity】?

Interesting.

What, is this a counterattack against me after discovering I used memory to hide someone?

Heh~

Still, I found it.

【Lord of Compassion】... if you are truly compassionate, you might as well come and have compassion for me."

A profound glint flashed in those starry eyes, and soon He vanished into the void.

The day the 【Faith Game】 descended, the starting point of fate.

Above the void, invisible to mortals, pairs of divine eyes opened, casting their gaze upon this fragile world.

They each searched among billions of beings for lives that interested them. Of course, this search meant nothing; the gods had merely "marked" a few mortal beings whose wills were most compatible in advance. They would neither tamper with the tokens at the starting point of fate nor provide unnecessary guidance. After all, to them, faith was no different, and even the mortal with the most compatible will was just a mortal, nothing more.

But some gods were exceptions.

The moment a certain player chose 【Fate】 in the 【Void】's binary choice, a strand of vision instantly cast itself there.

【Fate】!

He saw that future believer who belonged to Him.

Come to think of it, this believer's past was nothing special compared to other mortals; there were those luckier than him, and even more who were more miserable. Although his fate was bumpy, it was far from reaching the point where 【Fate】 would look at him with high regard.

The reason for the gaze was likely because he had decisively chosen 【Fate】 in the choice between 【Deception】 and 【Fate】.

For that player, this choice might have been very simple: since the mask said to choose the dice, then just choose the dice.

But for 【Fate】, He did not think this was an accident born of listening to advice.

One must know that 【Deception】 was always false, and His creations naturally could not speak any truth. Therefore, to 【Fate】, who knew 【Deception】 inside and out, the words just spoken by the 【Deception】 creation attached to the mask were simply a faith invitation to a mortal.

Yet that believer decisively rejected 【Deception】's invitation and directly chose 【Fate】, which was enough to show that his heart leaned toward 【Fate】.

Moreover, those eyes that saw through the essence of the universe had long ago seen that this mortal deeply loathed "fate." Being able to still choose 【Fate】 while resisting it, this... was also not that important.

Still the same saying: mortals are mortals after all; their choices cannot influence the gods.

But!

If this choice could allow 【Fate】 to have one more "counterattack topic" to respond to the sarcasm and mockery when meeting His sibling god, He would not be stingy with this strand of gaze.

Thus, He looked there.

However, no one expected that the instant He looked there, that bold believer actually reached out his hand toward the mask on the side again!

He grabbed that mask!

At that moment, not only did the starting point of fate fall into silence, but the entire void around 【Fate】 was directly frozen.

The gods who realized there was a problem quietly distanced themselves from this place, unwilling to get involved in trouble. 【Fate】 snorted coldly and descended directly toward the starting point of fate.

He wanted to execute that mortal who blasphemed 【Fate】.

But His anger had not yet had time to affect that mortal before it was blocked outside the starting point of fate by a familiar 【Void】 power.

The next second, an identical pair of eyes opened before 【Fate】's eyes.

【Deception】 had arrived.

The first sentence after His descent was a sneer:

"Yo, isn't this the great 【Void】 master, my cold-faced little sister who never laughs?

What, I just reminded some gods not to go too far, and you are already coming to break the rules?"

"Hmph, it is clear who is breaking the rules. I am here to uphold the rules," 【Fate】 said coldly.

【Deception】 rolled His eyes: "Then tell me, how do you want to uphold the rules?"

"That mortal violated the faith selection clause and should naturally be erased."

"Strange, how come I didn't see which clause he violated?"

"He chose my token, yet chose yours again. Faith is no longer pure; how is that not a violation?"

【Deception】 glanced casually at the believer in the starting point of fate who was being tormented by the mask and the dice, His spirals turning slightly, smiling brightly:

"Where is it not pure?

Faith fusion is a detail that 【Truth】 advocated writing into the game clauses. Even if it is not yet the time node for faith fusion, what does it matter to rehearse it in advance?"

"This is not a rehearsal! This is blasphemy, it is pollution!"

"Fine, fine, fine, even if it is not a rehearsal, his 【faith】 is clearly extremely pure; how does that count as blasphemy or pollution?"

"?" 【Fate】's expression grew colder and colder; He had already smelled the scent of His sibling god's sophistry.

【Deception】 seemed not to see 【Fate】's increasingly cold expression, still smiling:

"Can't you see? He is clearly a 'pure' 【Deception】 believer who chose the mask."

"......" ===== CHAPTER 1483 =====