"Hello, I'm the chairman of the campus city, Mr. Aresta Crowley."
Standing on the metal floor, Tang Hao looked at the upside-down figure in front of him and smiled. "My name is Tang Hao. I'm sorry for coming here without notice."
"It's alright. I'm the one who should be apologizing. It's rare for you two to come from afar, and I didn't get to welcome you in advance. " Aresta also had a smile on his face, but he only glanced at Tang Hao and focused more on Amethyst. "May I know how to address this lady?"
"She's just a tool. You don't have to pay attention to her." Tang Hao shook his head and answered on behalf of Amethyst. "But if you're interested in her, you can call her the Sage Monster."
Sage, huh …
Aresta was silent. Of course, he wouldn't think that this woman who gave him a sense of danger was just a tool. Perhaps it was just a tactic to replace the host as a guest so that he wouldn't be able to observe more information.
In Aresta's opinion, the only real threat was Amethyst. As for Tang Hao, he was at most a mouthpiece. This made him realize some things.
Since they wanted to hide their information, it meant that the other party wasn't without scruples. If they really had the ability to crush the Demon God, they could just push it over openly. There was no need to hide anything at all. Secondly, the other party didn't fight directly, which meant that they could talk, and problems that could be solved through talks were basically not a problem.
Thinking of this, Aresta was also relieved, although on the surface, his expression didn't change.
Then, his gaze shifted to Tang Hao, the mouthpiece.
"So, can you tell me your origins?"
"We should be considered to be from a different world."
"A different world … I see …" Aresta's face didn't show much surprise. In fact, he had been hesitating about this answer in his mind. Even in his early years, he had done some research on the so-called different world, but after all, there was too little information in his hands, so he couldn't jump to conclusions.
It was only at this moment that he finally understood.
"No, I think your understanding might be a little off."
"Hmm?"
Tang Hao shook his head and said with a smile, "The other world you are talking about is probably something like the Heavenly Realm or the Demon Realm. Although it is not in the same world as this one, it is all stored in a box called [Demon Seal]. The other world I'm talking about is outside this box. To put it more bluntly … you're the actor on the stage, and I'm the audience. Do you understand? "
"The existence outside the box …"
At this moment, Aresta's expression finally fluctuated a little.
"If I'm just an actor on stage and you're just an audience, then how much do you know about me?"
"Not much, but definitely not little either." Tang Hao smiled and pretended to be mysterious. "For example, your real identity is the greatest sorcerer of the twentieth century. Your real name is Edward Alexander. Because your words and deeds are too whimsical and beyond common sense, you have been expelled from several countries. You once used your wife as a medium to summon the guardian angel Edwards. You also have a daughter called Lilith, but unfortunately, she's already dead. It's probably related to your excessive research on magic … Let me think, what else? "
"Oh, right, let's talk about recent events. You single-handedly led the Absolute Ability Project in order to envelop the entire world under the AIM's diffuse force field. There's also a young man named Jōjō Dōma. He's also a chess piece you buried in order to deal with magic. Although he hasn't been used yet, your ultimate goal … "
"Enough."
Suddenly, Tang Hao's words were interrupted by Aresta.
Tang Hao looked up and saw that Aresta had closed his eyes at some point in time.
The huge room was a little silent. Only then did Tang Hao seriously size up the man behind the scenes of the school city.
According to the description in the original work, Aresta was a strange fellow who was like an adult but also like a child, like a man but also like a woman, like a saint but also like a criminal. This description was a little contradictory, but in reality, when Tang Hao looked at him, he did have such a feeling.
He was obviously a man, but he was excessively beautiful and had long silver hair. He remembered that in the early days, there were people who called Aresta Big Baldy … Bullsh * t, he wasn't bald at all. With such long silver hair, he was more feminine than a woman.
As the leader of the scientific side and a world-famous sorcerer, he had outstanding contributions to both sides. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he was a saint. However, for the sake of research, he had done countless insane research that didn't even let go of children, and was not tolerated by the world. Even the most evil criminal couldn't compare to a tenth of him.
Such a person who was full of contradictions, indeed, his existence itself was inconceivable.
Thinking of this, Tang Hao looked at Amethyst who was beside him.
Speaking of which, these two people were very similar. Both liked to peep, both were the biggest behind-the-scenes manipulators in their own territories, both were leaders, both were troublemakers, and at the same time, both were creators … Amethyst created the Fantasy Village, and Aresta created the school city.
In the end, they were both scheming, scheming, and cunning!
If it was another occasion, the two might have a lot of common topics to talk about, but now that Amethyst had handed over all the matters of the school city to him to handle, he probably wouldn't be able to see the scene of the two going head to head.
Feeling the gaze cast on him, Tang Hao's gaze returned to Aresta, and he smiled and nodded. "That's right, we should indeed stop here. After all, the information that follows will be charged."
It was unknown what Aresta was thinking just now, but there was still a calm smile on his face, and he said in a voice that was neither male nor female, "A visitor from another world? This is indeed beyond my expectations. So, what do you want? Or should I say, what kind of discussion do you want to have with me? "
Aresta's gaze was deep. At that moment, he no longer treated Tang Hao as a mouthpiece. He had completely understood that this person was someone who could be on equal footing with him. It had nothing to do with strength or weakness. Just based on the level of understanding that Aresta had, Tang Hao's existence itself was an existence that he absolutely could not ignore.
Imagine, if Tang Hao came to this world and the first person he came into contact with was not himself, but the group of magical monsters, then the plan that he had prepared for decades would fall short at the last moment.
As for why Tang Hao looked for him, he could more or less guess the purpose of his visit.
"It's refreshing to talk to smart people, then I won't beat around the bush. I have two reasons, first …"
Tang Hao raised a finger. "Stop the Absolute Ability Project, this is what I promised Misaka Mikoto."
"Second, I want half of the management rights of the school city."
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