Chapter 467: Let the Sleeping Dragon Lie

Over the vast Pacific Ocean, a figure suddenly appeared. It was Tang Nade Fontroy, the current interim speaker of the Magical Congress and deputy director of the Strategic Security Bureau directly under the Ministry of Defense. At this moment, he was approaching the core center of that superpower step by step. The power expanding day by day in his hands gave him great confidence, so much so that he dared to appear directly at the border of the First Island Chain on the West Coast at this moment.

Several Chinese wizards quickly rose into the air to confront him, but Tang Nade was not afraid at all. He shouted loudly: "Ge Xuan! You set a trap to calculate me, but at this moment you don't even dare to show your true body?"

The clouds in the sky slowly gathered, forming an old human face. And it happened to be a sunny day, so this spell, which was originally full of oppression, became much less impressive because of the thinness of the clouds.

"Why talk about setting a trap? And what did I calculate you for?"

"I have already investigated it clearly. Zhen Zhong Lian Nai was arranged by you. I was wondering how someone could look so much like her; it turns out you were using a trick on me!" Tang Nade questioned angrily. "You didn't have good intentions from the beginning, right?"

"It was just an idle move to test your composition. Who knew you would be so frivolous." Ge Xuan's tone was like a smile but not a smile. "If it weren't for the young man not being able to control his little head, how would there be so many handles later?"

"Then you used her as a handle to threaten me constantly, is that right?"

"Zhang Qiu didn't really threaten you; she just hoped you wouldn't interfere with Hermione's life anymore and wouldn't destroy a part of my plan. Besides that, I am very tolerant of you. After all, you did so many excessive things to Ailina there, and we never asked."

"Where was it excessive? Wasn't it just playing Kiana? I play Honkai Impact 2; it's not the same thing as what you psychological dark Honkai Impact 3 players think." Tang Nade's explanation was both clear-conscienced and used to reminisce to pull the two closer again. "Besides, didn't you also send someone to tutor Neville?"

"But I just provided help purely, never giving him pressure or orders. I have many such idle moves, and their use is very simple, which is to conduct a test based on whether you can recognize them."

"Test? You used Evolt and Build together to test me, just to, just to make me lose to Cui Ge and Hermione, and become a complete clown?" When Tang Nade mentioned this, anger filled his chest again. "And didn't you let Cui Ge discover my true identity? This is clearly contrary to the confidentiality principle we agreed on at the beginning."

"If you could be satisfied with the power of the black hole, you could have retreated like Snape today. It's a pity that you bet wrong again. You blindly thought that I came earlier than you, so I started earlier than you. Didn't you have any suspicion when you saw Saber? You just carelessly felt that it was made up by us, rather than coming out later?"

Tang Nade's face turned blue and white. He admitted that he had made a huge mistake in this matter. From Ge Xuan's old appearance and the order of arrival, he blindly concluded that his time point before time travel was earlier than his own, and because Cross progressed unexpectedly smoothly and he thought he had seen through the lie of the native pretending to be Katsuragi Takumi, he was hit by an information gap due to carelessness.

"And, what are you pursuing stronger power for? Is it because you are worried that you cannot continue to suppress and control Ailina, or are you worried that you will lose your powerful superior image in front of Hermione and expose your nature as an unreliable rich second generation?"

"I just don't want to be your pawn." Although his true thoughts were hit, Tang Nade continued to be stubborn.

"Friend, even without the birth of the knight system, Hermione will constantly learn new knowledge. She will constantly grow and one day will surpass you." Ge Xuan's tone carried a trace of helplessness. "You will find that your sense of superiority in front of these people only comes from knowledge that transcends the era. When the era catches up with you, what will you have left? Even if you win her over with a temporary advantage, one day she will grow to a point you can't catch up with. Do you really think that with your personality, you can suppress a character like Hermione?"

"You should put more energy into your own growth. You can't eat off being a prophet for a lifetime, friend."

This kind of preaching from an old man was exactly what Tang Nade hated the most. He retorted very rebelliously: "Being able to eat for a while is enough. If it weren't for your obstruction, I would have succeeded long ago. Even if there are any changes in the future, can't we just part on good terms later?"

"If you can really accept that Hermione doesn't belong to you, why don't you cherish the person in front of you? Lian Nai is not a pawn under my command, just a simple girl I picked out and placed there, and she is also a person with feelings, flesh and blood. Why are you unwilling to treat her well?"

Tang Nade was silent. Perhaps he didn't even feel it himself; it was a kind of vanity of a time traveler. If Hermione wasn't the heroine in the story, he might not have pursued such a girl.

"So you didn't think about it at the beginning, you could have cherished the wealth and talent in your hands and lived this heaven-sent life plainly and happily. In the end, because you kept chasing things that didn't belong to you, you made such a mess. Tang Nade, it's not that I intended to calculate you, but from the beginning, I looked down on you."

"Why do you have to pretend to speak for the natives? Is it righteous for you to commit genocide and invade other countries, and is it immoral for me to be more sentimental?" Tang Nade retorted angrily.

"I am not accusing you of immorality, but mocking your stupidity—the act of violating morality did not win enough benefits for yourself. Clearly, you have lost more in places you don't know." Ge Xuan sneered. "Of course, your knowledge reserve and thinking logic do not support you in thinking about such complex problems, Mr. Fontroy."

"You make it sound like you're very smart, you bastard!"

"That's right, I am indeed very smart. I used to be a master's student in applied physics. After coming here, I also experienced many games of human heart and deceit." Ge Xuan mentioned his past life without taboo. "And you, not only did you not use your brain well after coming here, I'm afraid you were also a person without much culture before coming here, right? Seriously, I have already guessed your origin."

Tang Nade revealed a visible trace of panic, but he still said stubbornly: "Isn't it just determining a year with the help of Kamen Rider? It's just that you take it seriously; I don't care at all."

"Your past and present lives are a complete American harmed by happy education. I admit that your understanding of two-dimensional and Japanese culture briefly misled me, but this is not unexplainable, plus your fighting skills and attitude toward Lian Nai—" Ge Xuan gently said that answer. "You were a US soldier stationed in Japan in your previous life, and you also relied on your background to get this good job, didn't I say it right?"

Tang Nade was struck by lightning, standing there at a loss, and even his flying spell became unstable, almost falling from the sky.

"You don't even have this concentration; you've really lived all these years in vain." Ge Xuan shook his head with disdain. "Do you have any other questions?"

Tang Nade stabilized his figure. He regained a trace of superiority and said triumphantly: "Yes, I have one more question, and that is why don't you appear in your true body?"

"Presumptuous, are you worthy of the ancestor's true body descending?" A Chinese wizard asked angrily.

Tang Nade ignored him, instead pointing his finger at the big face formed by the clouds. "Because you need to do that ritual, right? You have obtained so much fate power, in order to transform them into the form you want, you have to preside over the ritual throughout, even if you can be distracted to use other spells, you yourself cannot leave that place!"

After a short silence, Ge Xuan admitted: "That's right, I must refine the Heavenly Dao with all my strength, so the true body can only be in seclusion and cannot move."

"Do you know what this means? This means China has lost your protection, haha. If you take this opportunity to form an Eight-Nation Alliance to attack China, what do you think will happen?" Tang Nade laughed loudly. "Even if the Cold War is still going on, I believe Yanayev will not miss this once-in-a-lifetime good opportunity."

"Mr. Fontroy, for the sake of being fellow countrymen, I advise you to think carefully. What do you think the source of this news is?"

"Of course it's the opposition in your country!"

That big face showed a smile again. "You call them the opposition; I call them the hawks. My existence is not protecting China, child, but protecting this colorful world."

"I didn't intend to really start a war, I just wanted to, uh, you to apologize for calculating me, and by the way, take out some technology as compensation, for example, mass-produced knights..." Tang Nade was not sure if Ge Xuan was bluffing, and his volume became smaller and smaller with his guilty conscience.

"China, meaning a place like heaven with everything, far better than the human world. We are already a different kind of civilization, not an ordinary country." Ge Xuan said to himself. "I gave them this name to remind them not to interfere too much in the affairs of the mortal world. I don't want so many countries and nations in the world, so many unique cultures and customs to become the same, so I implemented a policy of closing the country."

"It's a pity that many people don't think so. They have been waiting for today's opportunity, even sparing no effort to fuel the flames. Finally, they waited for this moment. I started seclusion, and they immediately began to invite the Eight-Nation Alliance to knock on the door. It's easy to think that they just want to obtain a legitimate reason for declaring war, and by the way, wake up the numb citizens immersed in comfort."

"Cherish the name of China now. If one day, 'Great Ming' returns to this world, that is definitely not what I want to see." Ge Xuan shook his head gently. "Giants don't need to set foot on children's playgrounds." ===== CHAPTER 468 =====