Aoki and the injured Number Four left together, while Brad and Catherine continued their mission according to Aoki's plan.
Although Number Four was injured, Aoki didn't attack him in the end, which made him trust Aoki a little more. Although this trust might seem insignificant, Aoki didn't attack him in the end.
On the way back, the two of them did not speak.
Getting rid of Number Two made them earn a lot. Although there were some accidents in the middle, overall, it was still relatively smooth. It was so smooth that Number Four thought about the possibility of being discovered and a trace of uncontrollable nervousness rose in his heart.
Two days later, it would be time for them to gather again. As long as they could get through this stage, there would basically be no problems.
"Are you sure you didn't leave any traces?" Number Four suddenly asked, just to confirm the situation.
Aoki's voice did not change. He pretended to be impatient and waved his hand. "When did you become so timid?"
Being ridiculed by Aoki, Number Four did not have any intention of getting angry. In his opinion, he and Aoki were now grasshoppers on the same rope. He was a little relieved that Aoki did not attack him in his weakened state, which made him even more certain that they were in the same boat.
"Actually … there's a very good way to wash away our suspicions. It's just that I don't know if you still have the strength, courage, and spirit to do it." Qing Mu spoke once again. His voice carried a trace of excitement, as well as a hint of bewitchment.
"Hmm?" Hearing Aoki's words, Number Four was instinctively a little surprised. These two days, Bartram's courage had grown a lot, but at least from the current point of view, this was all a good thing. He just did not know what method he came up with.
Aoki, who was hiding under the superpower film, had a mocking look on his face. "If we were to make a move on the subordinates of another master, the first suspects would definitely be us. Furthermore, the two of us are the closest to Area No. 2. I don't have the strength to take care of Area No. 2 alone …"
Aoki stopped halfway, but the meaning of his words was very simple. That was … Since they were the closest and he did not have the strength to take care of the other person alone, then Number Four and Aoki would definitely be suspected together. When the time comes, if someone really wanted to investigate, they might be able to find some evidence from the clues.
Hearing Aoki's words, a trace of anger appeared on Number Four's face. Although Aoki's words had no problem, he felt like he had been tricked.
In this way, the reason why Aoki did not attack him when his strength was greatly reduced was because of this.
"Hmph! Looks like … you want to have me in your grasp. " Number Four's voice was a little cold, and the little bit of trust he had for Aoki that he had worked so hard to build up had all disappeared.
However, at this moment, he also wanted to hear what Aoki had to break out of this situation.
Yes, he might be in trouble, but Number Four did not think that Aoki would choose to sit still and wait for death. This time, he was the one who brought up this matter, and Number Four was also hot-headed. Coupled with the temptation of a large amount of benefits, he did not think clearly about the subsequent development of the matter.
"Don't keep me in suspense, tell me your plan. We're grasshoppers on the same rope now, and if it doesn't benefit me, it won't benefit you either!" Number Four said coldly. At this time, his superpower had recovered a lot, and the superpower film had once again been completed on his face.
Aoki pondered for a moment. Based on Bartram's personality, it was better to keep him in suspense at this point.
It was not until he felt that Number Four was indeed a little impatient that Aoki said, "Since we've made a move on that person's subordinates, causing the two of us to become targets of suspicion, why don't the two of us help them and balance out the strength of both sides …"
Hearing this, Number Four frowned. "Help them and balance out the strength of both sides?"
Suddenly, Number Four seemed to have understood what Aoki really meant, and he almost fell from the flying Crosshead. If it was not for the fact that they were flying fast enough and could not open their mouths freely, Number Four would have stuffed a large amount of cold air into his mouth.
But after understanding Aoki's meaning, it was the first time Number Four realized that the usually submissive Bartram actually had such guts!
In fact, Aoki's meaning was that since the two of them had killed the other person's subordinate, it would arouse suspicion, so they might as well kill one of their own to confuse the public. When the time came, both sides would lose one person, and then each side would say that they were in the right, and they would be entangled endlessly.
And when the entanglement began, the entire lake would start to become murky. When the time came, even if someone suspected the two of them, they would not target them. Instead, they would choose to prioritize self-preservation, and then their trust would be in jeopardy.
Although this was not a good thing for their church and the mission this time, but when they thought about it carefully, for the two of them, it was full of opportunities.
Anyway, they had already earned it, and instead of looking forward to the benefits that they might not be able to get, and the benefits that would be shared by others, they might as well hold on to the benefits that they could get now!
Most importantly, in this way, the suspicion of the two of them would almost be divided by others.
It did not mean that the two of them would not be suspected, but in this way, they would no longer be the two main suspects.
It was not easy to suppress the shock, and slowly accept Aoki's bold idea.
"Your target is …" From this moment on, Number Four would no longer have any thoughts of looking down on Aoki. After all, with such courage, no one would dare to look down on him.
"Area Five belongs to the other party, and he is very strong. He is a very good scapegoat because Area Six belongs to us, and his strength …" Aoki did not continue halfway, but his meaning was obvious. The strength of the people in Area Six was not that great.
Aoki's current identity was Bartram, and if even Bartram could say that the other party's strength was not that great, it was obvious that the other party's strength was really not that great.
If one had to say, the person that Kona defeated before was almost the weakest among the people who came in this time, and their target this time was slightly better than that person, but he was still in the bottom three. It was obvious that there was a reason for him to be looked down upon so much.
Area Five belonged to a very strong person, and Area Six belonged to a relatively weak person. After the weak person was defeated, the subjective consciousness would think that it was the strong person who did it.
After all, Area Seven belonged to what Aoki and the others called "their own people", so the people in Area Five were definitely the most suspicious.
In this way, the muddy water this time was really messed up.
After listening to Aoki's words, with Number Four's intelligence, of course, she understood his various thoughts.
But that was what he said, but to do it required a lot of determination. Even Number Four had a vague feeling that she was being led by the nose by Aoki, but this feeling was not very clear.
After a long time, Number Four finally let out a long word. "How dare you!"
But other than the method that Aoki mentioned, it seemed like this was the only way to wash away the suspicion on them. At least this way, everyone's suspicion would be equal.
As for the possibility that there might be a lot of internal conflicts in the church because of this …
What did this have to do with him?
Whether it was the past, present, or future, as long as it was something that was beneficial to him, so what if it cost the church's benefits?
After all, it was not his organization.
For the church to be able to gather such a group of people, it could only be through two methods, benefits and threats, whether it was the threat of force or other threats.
For such an organization that prioritized benefits, it was a joke to expect the people below to have any cohesion.
Aoki knew that Number Four would not refuse. His current situation was already like an arrow on the bow that had to be released. If he did not do this, he would not be able to wash away the suspicion on him.
"Let's go!" Number Four's decisive voice rang in Aoki's ears.
He was also decisive. He did not plan to rest and was ready to head straight to Area Six.
The people in Area Six were much weaker than them, so even if his strength was damaged, it would not be too much of a problem to deal with them. Moreover, after the battle with Number Two, Aoki's sprite was not damaged at all.
In this battle, Aoki also knew that he should be the one to fight. After all, he could not always command others to fight, right?
Two days later, he would head to the Time Mountain. During this period of time, he needed to deal with all these things. It could not be said that it was urgent, but it could not be said that he had enough time.
Under the orders of their trainers, the Cross Word Bat and Crow's Head increased their flying speed!
Flying in the night, whether it was the two's attire or their sprites, it was obviously very suitable for them to move in such an environment.
...
Two days later, Aoki and Number Four returned to their respective areas. It was as if the two of them had never met and had never done anything together.
The two of them very "coincidentally" met in mid-air and then flew towards the Time Mountain together.
Although it was Aoki's first time going to the Time Mountain, he had enough understanding of the Time Mountain from Bartram's memories.
At this time, the Time Mountain had become the gathering place of the Church's members. Not only were there people like them, who were in charge of the twelve areas, there were also people who stayed behind to guard the Time Mountain. For example, the four who used Ivan, and One-Tree and Lark who had not left the Time Mountain after arriving.
Of course, there was also the black-faced man in charge of this, and the crazy man who seemed to have nothing to do with him.
To be honest, although Aoki had become the real Bartram in front of Number Four, he still felt a little uneasy in his heart at this moment. The main reason was because of that crazy man.
Aoki could not guarantee that with the other party's super strong superpower, he could see through his disguise. This was the most dangerous and unpredictable point in all of Aoki's plans.
To Aoki, the other party was the biggest uncertain factor. Even the black-faced man in charge of this matter did not give Aoki as much pressure as he did.
From Aoki's point of view, this trip to the Time Mountain was really a matter of heaven or hell. It all depended on the other party's decision.
Aoki was also gambling. He was gambling that the crazy man did not pay attention to the black-faced man's subordinates at all. He was also gambling that because of the influence of Number Four's first impression on everyone, everyone tacitly agreed that Aoki was Number Three, which was Bartram. After their first impression was formed, as long as Aoki did not do anything out of line, they would not pay attention to Aoki.
Whether it was being suspected or being valued, it was obvious that Number Four, who was stronger, would be much more than him.
And as long as those two people did not come and confirmed that they had really disappeared, all the attention would be on that matter. Aoki would be safer.
This was also one of the reasons why he still wanted to keep Number Four alive. Number Four was an important chess piece for him to mess with the Church.
Even if they really discovered his identity, Aoki was not completely unprepared. Although it was not perfect, it should be enough to ensure his safety.
This was Aoki's last guarantee and also Qing's last trump card.
Although this operation was really dangerous, Aoki still had to do it. Not only from the Alliance's point of view, but also from Aoki's point of view.
The people of the Church were everywhere. Aoki could no longer guarantee that his identity and position in the Alliance would be 100% safe. Moreover, Aoki estimated that after they left here, the Church would really come out and directly intervene in the Elf World.
Putting aside all these things, the Church and Aoki were like fire and water. If the other party wanted to get benefits, Aoki would not let them have their way.
And … He was really curious about what was behind the Space Barrier on the Space-Time Mountain. It actually made the Church go through so much trouble to appear here and get this thing as the beginning of their emergence.
After being hidden for so long, it was slowly revealed now. It could be seen how important this thing was.
In addition, the unknown totems on Aoki's body vaguely revealed their desire for the thing on the Space-Time Mountain. This made Aoki even more curious about the thing inside.
Since Aoki was a little curious about the thing behind the Space Barrier, then this time, he had to take a trip.
Taking a deep breath, Aoki and Number Four descended on the Space-Time Mountain together. From this moment on, Aoki had to concentrate and maintain enough vigilance to face everything that was about to happen.
Number Four was also the same as Aoki. However, he and Aoki were not worried about the same thing. He was worried because he and Aoki had taken care of Number Two and Number Six together and divided all their things.
Moreover, the two of them had a very clear goal of distribution. Aoki only needed all the resources and materials, while Number Four took all the Elves of the two.
Although it seemed like No.4 had earned quite a bit, Greenwood wasn't actually interested in those elves in the first place. After all, those elves were of little value to him. Obtaining all of the resources and materials was already a huge income for him.
However, when Number Four noticed that Aoki had taken a deep breath like himself, he thought that Aoki was worried about the same thing as him.
He said to Aoki, "Since we've already reached this step, don't be nervous. Follow the plan, there won't be any problems."
It was not clear whether he was comforting Aoki or himself.
Aoki did not explain anything. He only nodded to show that he understood. Number Four's thoughts were obviously on a different point.
The two of them recalled their Elves and walked up to the top of the Space-Time Mountain. Because of the Space Barrier, there was a huge platform that Aoki and Number Four could stand on and walk. At this time, there were already many people gathered on the platform. Other than those who had been staying on the platform, there were also many people who were in charge of the outer areas who had arrived.
Aoki and Number Four did not communicate with each other anymore. They silently walked to their original positions and stood still, looking like they were waiting quietly.
However, when Aoki walked past One-Tree and BaiLing, the eyes hidden under the Super Membrane subconsciously glanced at the two of them.
It seemed like One-Tree and BaiLing were doing well in the Church. Although their strength was not that great, it seemed like their positions were somewhat special.
The arrival of Aoki and Number Four did not attract the attention of the people here. However, when Aoki looked at One-Tree, One-Tree's senses were very sensitive and he also looked at Aoki. He frowned slightly but did not say anything. He only had a strange feeling in his heart.
Aoki's disguise at this time, whether it was his appearance or his Super Ability, there was nothing wrong with the disguise. Therefore, One-Tree only felt a little strange, but he could not find the source of the strange feeling.
One after another, the members of the Church in black robes arrived one by one.
It was clearly night, but at this time, the Time Mountain was as bright as day. Although they still did not know what was emitting light at the top of the mountain, they could vaguely feel that it should have a lot to do with the things inside the Space Barrier.
As the members arrived one by one, Aoki saw from Bartram's memory that the black-faced man he respected appear out of thin air. Less than a second after he appeared, the space fluctuated slightly and the crazy man with powerful Super Abilities also appeared. The two of them, one in front and one behind, seemed to have a special tacit understanding, but also seemed to be fighting for something.
The black-faced man was already used to the crazy man's actions. His bright black eyes scanned the whole place and stopped on everyone for a while. When he found that there were still two people who had not arrived, he subconsciously frowned.
When his gaze landed on Aoki, Aoki felt as if he was being stared at with a scorching gaze. It was a very uncomfortable feeling.
No wonder these people were so afraid of him. Just a gaze could make people feel so uncomfortable.
On the other hand, the crazy man and the black-faced man were two extremes. The crazy man had a happy expression as if as long as he saw the black-faced man's face become darker, he would be very happy.
The crazy man did not have the time to use his Super Ability to check them one by one. After all, even he would not have this kind of suspicion.
The Church, which was good at planting spies in other forces, was actually infiltrated by someone else. This was definitely a kind of irony.
After waiting for another five minutes, the black-faced man could not bear it anymore. His waiting time limit was five minutes. Now, he could not bear it anymore.
"Who can tell me why No. 2 and No. 6 haven't arrived yet?! If they don't appear soon! They won't have to appear again!! "The black-faced man suppressed the anger in his heart.
At this time, most of the people present were silent. Of course, they did not dare to answer.
Seeing that no one spoke, the black-faced man forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart. He already felt that things were not so simple.
Everyone here knew his temper. If they dared to be late for no reason and made him wait here, they definitely knew what kind of punishment they would receive.
"No. 1! No. 3! "The black-faced man suddenly yelled.
Aoki immediately walked out from where he was standing. Together with him was another member of the Church that he did not know.
The two stood in front of the black-faced man with their heads lowered. They did not dare to look at him directly.
"You two are right beside No. 2. Did you feel anything strange in Area No. 2?" The black-faced man asked.
Aoki and No. 1 lowered their heads as if they were thinking about something.
When No. 1 raised his head and wanted to say something, Aoki spoke first, "Reporting to Sir, I did not feel anything strange. After all, it was quite far away. However, two nights ago, I heard that there was a relatively large explosion in Area No. 2. I don't know if it has anything to do with it."
When he heard Aoki say what he wanted to say, No. 1 also said, "I felt it too."
Since both of them said so, the black-faced man could not help but pay attention to it.
"No. 5! No. 7! Did you feel anything strange?! "The black-faced man shouted.
Two more people walked out from the side, but their answer was that they did not have any information.
The black-faced man waved his hand and everyone returned to their positions.
At this time, the crazy man finally shifted his attention to this place. After all, the person in charge of Area No. 2 was his subordinate. Now that he had not returned, and from Aoki and No. 1, he heard a huge explosion, it meant that something must have happened.
As the person who opposed the black-faced man, the crazy man hoped that he would encounter a lot of setbacks. However, as the boss of his subordinates, he still had to take responsibility. Otherwise, why would others follow him?
Moreover, the crazy man was famous for being protective of his subordinates, so his subordinates were not very afraid of the black-faced man. There was a big gap between the two sides.
The black-faced man looked at the crazy man beside him whose playful expression had disappeared. Although his face was a little dark, he could still feel the gloominess on his face. "Something might have happened to your people. Why don't you go take a look?"
As the person in charge of this incident, the dark-faced man didn't dare to ask for too much from this colleague of his. Although he wasn't afraid of the other party, the other party was indeed very powerful, so he didn't dare to act rashly. Moreover, the other party's position in the church was actually the same as his.
The crazy man did not need the black-faced man to say anything, he already knew what he should do. He scanned the whole place, as if he was observing something. Then, the space fluctuated again, and after a tremor, he disappeared on the spot.
Looking at the crazy man who appeared on the top of the mountain in less than five minutes, Aoki was shocked again.
He had thought about the strength of the crazy man's superpower, but he did not expect it to be to this extent.
It was almost impossible to teleport directly to the second area because the distance was far enough. If he wanted to rush to the second area, he would need to teleport continuously. Plus the time spent searching the second area, the total added up to less than five minutes.
Aoki finally understood why the respect and fear of the crazy man did not decrease even though he had not seen any of his elves until now. With such a powerful superpower, he could no longer be called a human.
When the crazy man appeared again, his expression was extremely ugly. His expression was much uglier than when he left.
Noticing the change in his expression, Aoki's eyes narrowed. He knew that the most crucial moment of the entire plan had come!
At the same time, Number Four who noticed the change in the crazy man's expression also felt his heart sink. At this moment, his heart was also hanging in the air.
Boom — —
The crazy man waved one hand and a powerful superpower surged out from his body towards everyone present, especially the underlings of the dark-faced man.
Everyone was in a defensive position. Only by using all their superpowers could they block the impact. Some of them even had pokeballs in their hands, and Number Four was one of them. Although Aoki was shocked, he was still prepared for something like this to happen.
Boom!!!
"Crazy again?! What are you doing?! "The dark-faced man shouted. When he opened his mouth, an elf jumped out from behind him.
His pitch-black body was covered with white bone-like patterns. He had white horns and a demon-like tail. A large amount of evil energy gushed out from his body. Only then was he able to stop the psycho's superpower suppression. Everyone heaved a sigh of relief.
"Hmph!!" Feeling the obstruction, the crazy man glared at the dark-faced man. With a flip of his palm, a ball of special energy condensed in his hand.
Everyone looked at his hand. Many people's pupils that were hidden under the superpower film suddenly shrank.
As powerful superpower users, of course they knew what the ball of energy in the crazy man's hand was. It was the condensation of pure superpower. This thing must have been created by someone with a certain level of superpower.
Seeing the thing in the crazy man's hand, the one who was the most nervous was of course Number Four who was standing beside Aoki. This was because he was very familiar with this ball of energy. This was his superpower!
The energy waves in this ball of energy were almost exactly the same as his superpower.
Although the crazy man's superpower attack was stopped by the dark-faced man, he did not stop observing everyone present. Therefore, he noticed Number Four's abnormality.
It had to be said that compared to Aoki, Number Four's IQ was not low. However, he was not calm enough when dealing with things. Because of this, he exposed himself!
The crazy man stared at Number Four and said word by word, "This is the superpower I found at the place where you all said there was a huge explosion. I believe all of you can recognize who this superpower belongs to!"
Everyone looked at Number Four intentionally or unintentionally.
However, the dark-faced man could not allow his subordinate to be labeled as the murderer.
"Let's go take a look at Area Six!" The dark-faced man said to the crazy man. His tone was firm.
Hearing the dark-faced man's words, the crazy man showed an expression that looked like he wanted to eat someone. He turned his head and glared at the dark-faced man. He said coldly, "Wallace, you dare order me around again?!"
"Wallace!"
Was this the dark-faced man's real name?
From Bartram's memory, Aoki had never heard anyone call the dark-faced man by his name. Usually, they would call him Lord. As for other people, it seemed like no one called him by his name.
In the Church, the existence of a name seemed to shackle everyone.
However, Aoki remembered this name in his heart. Wallace!
Perhaps after returning to the Alliance and looking through some information, he would be able to find some information about this Wallace.
Hearing the crazy man call him by his name that he had not been called for many years, Wallace's gaze suddenly became very sharp. He stared at the crazy man and said without backing down, "Everyard, I said, go take a look at Area Six!"
Just like that, the two of them faced off on the flat ground of this space-time mountaintop. Everyard relied on his superpower, while Wallace relied on Hailuga, who was standing in front of him, baring his fangs and waiting to strike. Hailuga, who could completely ignore Everyard's superpower! A super evolved sprite!
In the end, it was Everyard who weakened first.
The main reason was because Wallace was the person in charge of this matter. Moreover, if the two really fought, who knew what the result would be.
Of course, being called the crazy man, Everyard was eager for Wallace to fight with him. After all, if this mission was not completed, the first to be punished would definitely be him.
Thus, when others didn't dare to extend their superpowers, Wallace and Everyard used their superpowers to complete the communication and promised certain conditions.
Eveyard, who was in a bad mood, flashed again and disappeared from where he stood.
Following his disappearance, Number Four, who was standing by Aoki's side and was already drenched in cold sweat, finally let out a sigh of relief.
Others only suffered from the shockwaves of the superpower, but he was facing Everyard directly. If not for Wallace's Hailuka blocking him at the end, he felt that he really would have met with disaster.
However, there was one thing he didn't understand. That day when he and Aoki joined hands to deal with Number Two, in the end, in order to block the explosion caused by Number Two's fiery red fox, he had indeed used his superpower to block it.
However, when they left, he made sure that he didn't leave any traces behind.
Because he was afraid that Aoki would purposely leave traces behind, even though he was very tired at the time, he still personally checked. In the end, after confirming that he didn't leave anything behind, he chose to leave.
However, when Everyard took out his superpower, Number Four was shocked and didn't expect this to happen.
If not for the fact that he was sure that Aoki had left with him and didn't leave anything behind, he would have suspected that this was done by Aoki.
Moreover, after the two left, they had been together for the past two days, in order to prevent each other from doing anything.
However, at this point, it was indeed very hard for him to make any excuses. Everyone's attention was on him, in order to prevent him from doing anything.
Aoki's lips curved upwards slightly. After scheming for so long, since he was sure that his identity wouldn't be discovered, then the good show was about to begin!
Boom!!!
When Everyard appeared again, it was much longer than before. Moreover, this time, he didn't appear silently. His appearance this time was accompanied by Number Four, who was blasted to the center of the field. Even though Number Four was on guard, he wasn't able to prevent this from happening!
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