Chapter 1484: Character Side Story: [Deception] · Fool

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

【Fate】 said with cold eyes: "A mortal, who said I can't bear to?"

【Deception】 sneered, directly dodging His position, no longer attacking or protecting Cheng Shi, but sitting steadily on the side: "Then do it."

"?"

【Fate】's figure paused, and the storm gathered around the void also stagnated for a moment.

He looked at the mortal in the starting point of fate who was still clutching His token, His eyes complex.

He knew this was the best opportunity to shape the offering. If He erased the offering now due to a moment of face, it would be even harder to get other offerings to approach 【Deception】's will later.

But if He didn't act now, He would only be increasingly manipulated by 【Deception】, and even the offering itself might be hard to get back.

【Deception】 was extremely cunning; the other party might have calculated this scene long ago, giving Him a dilemma.

However, 【Fate】 was 【Fate】 after all. He was the essence that saw through everything, so He would not be bound by appearances. Thus, in the next second, 【Fate】 made a choice: He directly drove His divine power to transform into an invisible hand and slapped it toward Cheng Shi!

This slap was not to take Cheng Shi's life, but to take away the mask in Cheng Shi's hand that represented faith!

As long as the mask was gone, this mortal with only the 【Fate】 dice in his hand would naturally become a 【Fate】 believer, and 【Fate】 would also win this faith struggle.

But!

The moment 【Fate】's big hand took away the mask, 【Deception】 also moved!

He indeed did not protect the mortal's life, and seemed "not to care" about the mortal's life; He just saw through 【Fate】's thoughts. The moment 【Fate】 took away the mask, He simultaneously took away the dice in Cheng Shi's hand.

In the blink of an eye, the tokens representing their respective faiths changed hands.

【Deception】 played with the dice, and 【Fate】 pinched the mask.

"......"

"Pfft—

A mortal, who said I can't bear to?

My good little sister, why do you say one thing and do another?

Want to deceive me with this kind of low-level lie?

Heh, naive."

【Fate】 said nothing, and the cold wind of the void rose again.

Seeing that the war that had just stopped was about to ignite again, 【Deception】 calculated the time and said impatiently:

"Boring. I don't want to waste any more time with you. Fighting on will have no result.

It's just a struggle of faith. If 【Void】 must distinguish a winner, I suggest using another method. How about it, want to hear it?"

【Fate】 did not look at Him, and the cold wind around Him subsided slightly.

【Deception】 sneered again:

"Saying one thing while meaning another, and you still say you aren't interested in this mortal?

Fine, stop pretending. It is precisely because you are interested in him that my method can be considered 'fair and just.'

In the end, it's just a problem of faith attribution. Since neither of us is willing to give in, why not let him choose his future path himself?

He once chose 【Fate】, but now he has chosen 【Deception】. I have never intervened to give guidance in this, so you naturally cannot deny his identity."

"Nonsense, your creation......"

"My creation is not me. What does it have to do with me if it's rebellious?"

"...... Shameless."

"Thank you for the compliment," 【Deception】 was overjoyed. "As you can see, the rules are like this: neither of us intervenes, let him walk the path ahead himself. Whoever he believes in when he reaches the 'end' naturally counts as the winner.

How about it, do you dare to bet?"

【Fate】's starlight flashed. He was silent for a long time, then nodded.

"Fine, I bet."

【Deception】 smiled.

"Very good. Since you've accepted, then sign this 【Void】 agreement.

Although the rules are simple, we must guard against some people finding loopholes. I will set the 'compensation' for the bet in more detail. You have no objections, right?

Of course, before signing, you can also add some details, but I advise you not to be too detailed, otherwise, it would be too wonderful... no, not wonderful, if you pit yourself."

"......"

【Fate】 wrote His divine name on the 【Void】 agreement. This also meant that He acknowledged Cheng Shi's current identity. The established fate of breaking a vow and becoming a 【Deception】 believer was a foregone conclusion and could never be undone. But He believed that sooner or later, His believer would return to the path belonging to 【Fate】.

If he didn't, then fate would naturally pull him back to the right path!

After signing, 【Fate】 snorted coldly and left the scene directly.

Regarding the result of today's game, He was very satisfied; He had found the established fate and paved the way for it.

Watching His sibling god's departing figure, 【Deception】 was also very satisfied.

The plan went even smoother than expected. He had really helped 【Fate】 find an established fate, and not only that, this established fate also met His requirements—he perfectly deviated from 【Fate】.

【Deception】 looked at that starting point of fate, chuckled, and then fluttered away.

With the departure of the two masters, the two tokens in the void fell simultaneously, landing back in the hands of Cheng Shi, who was about to die. At that moment, the power of 【Void】 reached a harmonious unity in this mortal. Cheng Shi, who had been smashed into the ground, opened his eyes wide and was fully revived from his near-death state!

"It worked!?"

Cheng Shi looked at the dice and mask in his hands in shock, feeling lingering fear but also full of joy.

And at this moment, his mouth turned twice involuntarily, and he said irritably:

"·What a sin."

"???" Cheng Shi was stunned, touched his mouth, and said with some panic, "What the hell, who is talking?"

"·Your daddy."

After 【Deception】 left, He suddenly recalled the purpose of His descent to the starting point of fate just now. He was not there to compete with 【Fate】 for a believer, but to hunt down Teriya, who had escaped from the past!

【Deception】 had always "coveted" the Sea of Desire. He wanted to use these 【Filth and Depravity】 messengers to probe the Sea of Desire, which had even caused 【Order】 to split. That was why He took advantage of the gap when 【Memory】 appeared to use the collected 【Memory】 power to dig Teriya out from the past.

Who knew Teriya was very alert? The other party seemed to have predicted 【Deception】's actions, directly fleeing the past and sneaking into the starting point of fate. When 【Deception】 came to His senses and arrived at the starting point of fate again, Teriya had already disappeared into the vast faith choices.

But a mere subordinate god could never hide from a true god in such a small range, unless there were the means of another true god involved......

【Deception】 swept across the starting point of fate, which was about to end, and shook His head with a laugh:

"【Fate】, you really are annoying.

I said why you left so hurriedly just now; it turns out you tampered with things right in front of me.

Heh, but even if you rewrote fate for Him, how long can this 'fate' be hidden?"

【Deception】's words seemed to have other meanings, like self-mockery, and like sighing. Not long after, He left. And at the position where He had left, a pair of eyes covered in chaotic white miasma slowly opened, looking down at Cheng Shi's direction, sneering repeatedly:

"Just as I expected.

In this way, no one will pay attention to the path to godhood, and that 'he' will naturally not be found.

What a play before the curtain, 【Deception】. Do you think your foolish act will have an answer?" ===== CHAPTER 1485 =====