Chapter 580: [Order] Has a Problem

【Order】 Has a Problem

"Lord Lideyala, I would like to ask, have you, who have long held high positions, forgotten what the crime of blasphemy is?

Even if you have doubts about your benefactor, you shouldn't point it out to His face. With your power and status, you should have plenty of means to unite and gather all the strength you can to slowly overthrow—oh no, correct Him.

Why not choose a steadier approach?"

Cheng Shi's words were actually correct, but Lideyala's eyes flickered, and she denied him in an extremely complex tone:

"Because Laquis is... the Grand Justice!

If even the Grand Justice cannot openly uphold justice, then how can 【Order】 become order?"

"..."

Cheng Shi fell silent. What a simple and unadorned reason.

At this moment, a trace of inexplicable respect appeared in his eyes as he looked at the old man in the middle.

However...

Heh, how absurd. The most pious and respected follower of 【Order】 is currently locked in the most secure and desperate prison of 【Order】.

"And you?" Cheng Shi asked again. "Lord Lideyala, so as the Grand Investigator, was it because you echoed Lord Laquis's views on the spot, or did you choose to investigate silently alone after he was imprisoned and were locked in here as well?

I guess it's the latter, and you found out, right?

You found out that what the Grand Justice said was the truth, discovering that your benefactor, who bestowed the 【Iron Law of Order】 upon the Grand Tribunal, is no longer orderly, right?

It's a pity your little actions were discovered, so you appeared here too, becoming a 'roommate' to this poor Grand Justice."

Lideyala pursed her lips self-deprecatingly: "Who... are you? You are not a follower of my Lord."

"Truly pious, even after falling to this state, you can still call Him benefactor," Cheng Shi applauded lightly and laughed. "I am indeed not His follower, but I like order, or rather, when I cannot establish order, I can only like order.

So you can rest assured, at least on the path of 'correcting' order, we can be considered fellow travelers."

Lideyala looked Cheng Shi up and down and nodded.

Cheng Shi was stunned and laughed: "You trust me?"

"You are not here to correct 'order'; you have other motives.

But I can tell that what you want to do does not conflict with us, so I think you can be trusted."

Impressive!

Worthy of being the Grand Investigator who best understands evidence collection and interrogation in the Grand Tribunal, she could see through a person's purpose in just a few words.

"Very well, regardless, trust is the foundation of cooperation.

Since Lord Lideyala also wants to cooperate, why not start by talking about what you know? After I cross-reference everything you and I know, perhaps we can draw some interesting conclusions.

And these conclusions will be important references to guide our next steps."

Cheng Shi said these words persuasively. The Grand Investigator raised her eyes to look at him. She didn't refuse, but she didn't answer directly either, instead saying weakly:

"First, tell me what this so-called spark of 【Order】 is about."

Oh? Starting to negotiate terms?

Cheng Shi laughed, laughing happily.

As long as the other party was willing to negotiate, it meant the following conversation would be much smoother, because in this game of information exchange, Cheng Shi had too many chips in his hand.

He didn't need to be responsible for a character who had long since vanished into history, even if the other party was a pious follower of 【Order】 and, broadly speaking, a recognized good person. But the good person was already dead, dead in the past.

So, he didn't even need to use real chips; he could trade for enough real, heavy news from the other party using only virtual chips full of the flavor of 【Deception】.

Because he had the Master of Deception!

Cheng Shi spoke, and from the very first word, it was an undisguised lie.

"Your path of 【Order】 has not been severed.

Perhaps in your eyes, 【Order】 has deviated from His own will, like a twilight elder stumbling and deviating from his path, but all of this is an illusion.

And I, humble as I am, happen to be best at exploring the essence of things amidst various illusions.

I have good news to tell you, and that is, the 【Order】 you see who protects the Grand Tribunal but has developed problems is actually not your benefactor.

Don't be surprised; this means 【Order】 still exists, and perhaps He has not yet deviated from His own will.

But there is also bad news, as you know, fortune and misfortune always coexist.

And this bad news is, the true 【Order】... He has been trapped.

Like the three of you, He has been trapped in a place outsiders cannot reach."

"!!!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a terrifying brilliance erupted in Lideyala's eyes. She seemed to have regained her strength, suddenly raising her head, staring at Cheng Shi with eyes like a bird of prey, and said word by word:

"What you said, is it true!?"

"Of course..."

Cheng Shi nodded with a smile, but added a sentence in his heart:

... it's false.

Yes, Cheng Shi was lying; he had no idea what happened to 【Order】.

He only knew that the 【Iron Law of Order】 had usurped 【Order】's throne, and an existence called 【Fear (Order)】 had replaced 【Order】's position in the trial.

As for where the true 【Order】 went...

Who the hell knows?

He was probably trapped. If He hadn't been imprisoned, why would He abandon His followers?

So, this was all Cheng Shi's speculation, which he presented as fact to the follower of 【Order】.

The follower of 【Order】 believed it, but what she didn't know was that what she thought was the truth Cheng Shi spoke was actually a lie, yet the lie Cheng Shi spoke happened to be the actual truth.

Thus, at this very moment, in this very scene, a small 【Fate】 joke had come full circle.

Lideyala's 'flash of brilliance' only lasted for an instant. Soon she grew weak again, but this strong Grand Investigator still pulled herself together and asked tremblingly:

"Where is He?"

Cheng Shi was moved for a moment by the other party's pious posture, but as a heartless liar, he refused to answer this question.

"One question for one answer. Now it's your turn, Lord Lideyala.

First, tell me how you discovered He had a problem?"

"Since you already know He is not Him, what is the use of knowing this?"

"Naturally, it is useful. Most people in the world only recognize results, but I am different, or rather, the people behind me are different; we care about the process.

To achieve our vision, understanding everything about 'Them' is a necessary process.

Of course, 'Them' here refers to 'Them' of the same kind as the 'He' who replaced 【Order】."

Lideyala's gaze sharpened, and she said with some suspicion: "Who are you?"

"God-Embracers.

We acknowledge that all divine positions have their own owners, and we firmly believe that the gods of the universe are irreplaceable.

We are fanatics who worship the gods, God-Embracers who clear everything for the divine throne."

God-Embracers...

Lideyala repeated these three words several times, then nodded weakly and began her narration.

"This all started when Laquis discovered the abnormality of Loyat..."

Cheng Shi didn't know who Loyat was, but that didn't stop him from listening patiently.

After listening for a while, he sorted out the cause and effect of the whole thing.

Setting aside the conspiracies and treacherous hearts in the story, this matter was actually very simple.

The Supreme Tribunal of the Grand Tribunal was usually rotated by three Supreme Judges. During their rotation, they would review new laws and issue new policies, but for some reason, one of the three Supreme Judges, Loyat, disappeared.

The Supreme Tribunal began the era of rotation between Esares and Kein Laoer.

This was a violation of the Grand Tribunal's constitution, so the Grand Justice pointed this out many times, but all were blocked by the other two Supreme Judges on the grounds that Loyat had a divine oracle.

Until one day, the Grand Justice attempted to bypass the Supreme Judges to take down the 【Iron Law of Order】 and personally request an audience with 【Order】, praying for Him to show justice. It was at this moment that he discovered the 【Iron Law of Order】 bestowed by 【Order】 was gone.

So he realized something was wrong and began searching within the Supreme Tribunal where the 【Iron Law of Order】 was enshrined.

Soon, he found the missing 【Iron Law of Order】, and he also found the missing Supreme Judge, Loyat.

But when the Grand Justice discovered 'Him' and 'him,' these two were in a standoff.

Loyat's eyes were bloodshot, his breathing was rapid, and the broken chains of law remained on his body. Looking at him, it seemed he wanted to tear apart this code bestowed by 【Order】.

He was blaspheming! Laquis quickly made a judgment.

And the one being blasphemed was suppressing Loyat's madness with supreme 【Order】 power.

Seeing this crazy scene, the Grand Justice stood frozen on the spot.

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