Arushi Buempes had rehearsed the omissions in his plan and made several follow-up plans.
He knew that the minister of the Anti-Suppression Department had become a knower, which was a big trouble, so every plan included the key decision of sealing William away.
He had always carried the shrunken office with him and never felt anything unusual.
So no matter how he planned, Arushi would not understand why William could stand in front of him so well.
With doubts, Arushi took out the things and placed them on the open space on the rooftop.
He stood far away, and with a snap of his fingers, the room that looked like a model toy expanded rapidly, and finally returned to its original size, and a new building was built on the roof of the building.
William didn't say a word or dodge, watching everything happen calmly.
Then, the office door opened and a second "William Marshall" walked out.
The two "William Marshalls" looked at each other and smiled, and then the William outside turned into a piece of sand and drifted away without a trace.
"Sand clone..." Arushi then understood the principle and raised his hands to applaud the opponent's ability. "You successfully deceived me into releasing your true body."
William picked up the cigar on the ground, which was left after the clones dispersed just now.
He lit it again, then walked to the eaves and looked at the chaotic Independence Square.
"Do you have anything else to say, Mr. Alushi?"
Now that the federal government has the absolute upper hand, all Arushi's methods seem to have been disrupted by the Inspection Bureau and the Anti-Suppression Department. Logically speaking, he should become angry and even attack William desperately.
But abnormally, Arushi did nothing, as if waiting.
"It appears that George Floyd's life was spared, and that will indeed affect our plans."
"So, what is your plan?" William picked up his cigar and looked at the other person with the corner of his eyes.
Arushi sneered: "Guess."
William really started to guess: "It's Prohibition, right? What substances did you add to the wine, use the brewery to sell these products, and distribute them to the entire country, and then...you have something in your hand that can activate that
An additive that allows ordinary people to enter the secret lodge."
Arushi stood not far from William with his hands behind his back, smiled and replied: "Yes, so your action is still too late."
"It's not too late..." William replied confidently, "You underestimated the capabilities of the Inspection Bureau. Before that, they had already started tracking the goods you sold. Even if you want to activate that mysterious item, the consequences will be
The impact is also limited.”
Hearing this, Arushi frowned.
William continued to ask: "It's just that I don't understand, what is the reason for you to do this?"
When this question was raised, both of them fell silent at the same time.
I don’t know how long it took, but when the commotion in the square gradually subsided, Alushi changed the topic and said to William: "You have already seen the bridge after entering the 'gate', right?"
William also frowned, put the cigar into his mouth and smoked gently.
Arushi continued: "After understanding, there are two worlds inside and outside the door. The bridge is called the 'Bridge of Sublimation'. It is unknown where it leads, but have you seen those black things under the bridge?
?”
His words swirled in William's mind like the murmurs of an ancient god, taking him back to the night when he had just achieved enlightenment.
He has the nature of a tower, and the path he seeks is the "Gate of Rebirth". The appearance is somewhat similar to the pyramid ruins of the Osiris Empire, and is surrounded by terrifying abyss, from which the whispers of the undead are constantly heard.
William had made sufficient preparations for the Enlightenment. Not only did he take the opportunity of a "business trip" to the Western Continent to obtain the "Mythical Characteristics", but he had also obtained Secret Transmission Four, so the moment he completed the Enlightenment Ceremony, he directly became
The knowledgeable one.
He entered the "Gate of Rebirth" and saw a completely different scene from the forest and dense fog.
There is a very strange bridge there, extending infinitely into the distance with no end in sight, and under the bridge, it is filled with strange black crawling matter.
William knows that kind of thing, which is called wriggling protoplasm, which is a strange thing that will grow on the mental body after being fascinated!
The bridge inside the door is actually full of wriggling protoplasm...
He once walked towards the other side of the bridge, but no matter how far he walked, he seemed to be standing still, unable to get away from the Gate of Understanding behind him.
But now, Arushi in front of him seems to know the cause of this phenomenon. He is so clear about the situation behind the Gate of Comprehension, does it mean that he...
Also a knower?
William's expression gradually changed from calm and indifferent to serious.
"The black ocean, called the Thirst Pond, is the essence of obsession and the only fatality in the secret place. It belongs to the secret place." Arushi is still waiting for something. He is not anxious at all and is happy to serve William.
Answering the secret after understanding, "They say there are three types of lethality, but fear and exhaustion are all foreign things. Only the wriggling protoplasm is the lethal property of the secret place, and it is also something I have been studying all my life."
"Oh?" William raised the corner of his mouth, "What did you find out about it?"
"I jumped into the thirsty pool." Arushi turned to look at William and said in astonishment, "When I return to the bridge, I can see the destination in front of me."
Jump into a pool of thirst? Jump into an ocean of wriggling protoplasm?
William took a breath.
Although after becoming the Master, he clearly felt that he no longer had the threshold limit, but he still could not guarantee that the Master would not be affected by lethality.
William held his breath and waited for Arushi's next words. Subconsciously, he had a guess that the other party might give him directions.
Arushi continued.
"From the pool of thirst, every knowledgeable person can fish out the 'desire' he needs. This desire will make you move closer to your destination and cross the bridge of sublimation. In the same way, it will also erode you.
Your mind will be lost, until you finally become a zombie captured by desire."
"So, William Marshall, how do you deal with the desire in the thirsty pool?"
When asked in return, William said disapprovingly: "So you are using such alarmism to delay time? You haven't told me what you have researched yet."
After he finished speaking, Arushi took out another pitch-black bone and held it in his palm. It was impossible to tell what kind of creature it belonged to.
"What is the wriggling protoplasm? Why are they concentrated in the Gate of Understanding? What is the relationship between the material world and the secret place? Why can only seers step into the secret place... I have personally witnessed the arrival of the wriggling protoplasm in reality many times.
The world always needs the mortal body as a carrier, so where does the human spirit go in the end? Will the spirit also face death?"
"So is there a possibility that the secret place existed before the material world appeared, and that it is the starting point of all thinking and the home of spirit?"
"If this conjecture is true, then my wish is to send everyone home..."