"For you to take over his responsibilities, do you mean 'Consul'?"
Angel asked in surprise.
"Yes, that title is included, along with the city's 'law enforcement' power."
The girl with black hair and white skirt in front of her replied. She looked outside the side of the ship again, looking at the three-story building with eight irregularly distributed stone pillars not far away. That was where City Hall and the "Archon" were located.
"Perhaps this request hides some traps, and according to the regulations in City Law, the nomination of the consul needs to be voted by the parliament to take effect. He does not have the final say alone."
Klein said with a frown.
"Well, so I didn't agree, and he no longer insisted. He just said that if I agreed, he would push the parliament to pass the nomination, and as a survivor of the Trensoest Empire, I should also shoulder this responsibility." Anne replied with a sigh, his expression once again showing the same loneliness as before.
"But the empire died long ago. They even changed the law, abolished the inheritance of the nobility, and changed it to the current system based on distribution according to work and strict laws... When I came here, I appeared in the memorial hall dedicated to 'Night Emperor'. It was very deserted, indicating that they most likely no longer miss the 'empire', and they are talking about the remnants of the empire..."
Angel muttered, a little worried that Anne really agreed to the request of Archon Goredolf and turned into the new Archon "Dream City".
This will make Anne, who was originally free, trapped in this city and become a rubber stamp representing law enforcement power. Angel will lose important allies and friends, and it will not have much effect on their plan to obtain the "Ghost Empire" treasure.
After all, the name "Archon" sounds like it has great power, but in fact it can only act according to the established laws. Goredolf, who is very adventurous at heart and always wants to seek excitement, can't wait to retire when he sees Anne as "Balancer", which shows that his job is boring.
"This can be our last trump card. If we really can't find a way to break through the legal restrictions and can't leave here, I will consider becoming a 'Consul' to open a gap for you..."
Anne said, walked out of the mess of artillery, walked along the slanted deck to the bottom of the main mast, and raised his hands.
Under her control, the "Queen Anne's Revenge", which had originally tilted due to the grounding, adjusted its posture on its own. While stirring up large splashes of water in the artificial lake below, the bottom of the boat made a weird sound of rubbing against sand and gravel, and quickly corrected its angle.
"This is a 'modification' of my own home, and it does not violate the law." She said in a teasing tone, looking at Klein, "Unfortunately, the 'crew' you brought did not appear here. Because they did not have extraordinary power, they fell on the outskirts of the city."
"The Archon asked me to claim the body when I have time, because those 'Marionette' belong to my property, not real people... Of course, the characteristics of those two Beyonder Marionette will be confiscated and will not be handed over to me."
Klein took over the conversation with some regret, feeling heartbroken that he had thrown away Marionette of "Gatekeeper" and "Winner", as well as Beyonder Characteristic worth tens of thousands of pounds.
Especially "Hell Admiral" Ludwell. At first Mr. Azik forced the opponent to give up resistance and became Klein's Marionette, and agreed to let him return to Spirit World after a year. But now he has truly died in "Dream City" in less than half a year. Maybe this can be regarded as returning to Spirit World?
In order to reduce this negative emotion, he looked at Anne and asked as if to change the subject:
"Anne Miss, you should have read the entire City Law last night. Did you find any 'loopholes' in it that we can exploit? As Sequence 2, the same Pathway as 'Hand of Order', can you resist or interfere with its 'law enforcement'?"
In the expectant gazes between him and Angel, Anne shook his head with an indifferent expression:
"Unfortunately, this law that has been revised many times is very complete and does not give us much room for free play. Of course, with Beyonder Ability, it should be no problem to bypass some less rigorous parts and make some small moves, but to deal with this 'enforcer' who is obsessed with formulating perfect laws and controlling the city, these alone are not enough...
"We must find a fatal loophole, or make it contradictory, and completely overthrow the entire law, then it is possible to severely damage the characteristics of 'Hand of Order'... Obviously, after the fall of 'Night Emperor', one of the After Sequence 1 Characteristic was hidden in this city, it has replaced the 'Balancer' that originally maintained the basic order, and has become a force that overrides the original design concept, completely suppressing other Beyonder Characteristic, and causing the entire city to be dominated by excessive 'order'.
"In view of this, my power is not enough to resist its laws. I can only reduce the effect of punishment within a certain range, or modify the surrounding environment to delay the time when it discovers that we have violated the law... Of course, this behavior itself is violating the law and will be punished accordingly."
In this way, even Anne, who is Angel, cannot violate the laws of this city... Of course, it is more because the high position of the same Pathway has a stronger suppressive force on the lower position. If it is replaced by Angel of another Pathway, for example, if Amon, who likes Deception, comes here, he must have a way to confront the law head-on, deceive and play with the rigid "Hand of Order", but at least he will get a clone of Sequence 2...
Angel was thinking, and the figure with short black hair, a broad forehead, and a Crystal Monocle in his right eye appeared in his mind, as well as a clone parasitic on various creatures with dark circles or squinting his right eye. He shook his head in disgust and drove the Amons out of his mind.
Perhaps her actions expressed disappointment with reality in Klein's eyes. The latter chuckled lightly and said:
"But on the way here, I thought of a loophole in the law, or a situation that was not considered..."
As he spoke, Qonas Kilgor walked slowly behind him and stood side by side with Klein.
"This city prohibits residents from using disguises, disguises, illusions, Faceless, Flesh Magic and other abilities to look like other people. This is why I asked Marionette to change back to his original image after meeting the 'Archon'. Of course, this avoids Georgina Augustus... Once registered as a resident, he cannot change his image at will."
During his narration, Chunas's face became blurry for a moment, his large beard disappeared, his cold appearance softened slightly, his dark blue eyes turned brown, and his overly long arms retracted partially, turning into another "Gehrman Sparrow" in front of several people's eyes.
"... However, the illegal behavior of 'Marionette' will only hold the owner accountable, and I am asking him to become myself, to become 'Gehrman'..."
"It's not illegal to pretend to be yourself, right?" Angel suddenly realized.
A smile appeared on her face again, and she felt that her thoughts were instantly opened up.
Using this, Angel can ask Mirror Substitution to pray to him, and as long as she does not respond, this "message" will be transferred to Mirror Person located in "City of Calamity".
As her Mirror Person, who controls part of the power of this Sefirah, the latter can "give" power to the substitute, or use the channel formed by prayer to impose "punishment". This is equivalent to a greatly reduced "Divine Punishment", which will have an almost "Calamity" effect on Mirror Substitution and the targets around her.
The most important thing is that the attacker is Mirror Person, an outlaw gangster located in "City of Calamity". What does it have to do with Angel, a good citizen of "Hope City"?
No wonder the law prohibits Sacrificing to Evil Gods, because this is a method that can obviously bypass Prohibition and cause huge damage. But I am not an evil god. I just command Mirror Substitution to pray to myself. Isn't this illegal... The more Angel thinks about it, the more he feels that this loophole can be exploited.
Of course, this is a method that can only be used as a last resort. After all, the "Archon" has made it clear that even if certain behaviors can exploit loopholes in the law, he can also use his own power to impose punishments before amending the law, but this is only limited to subsequent punishment. Compared with the "law enforcement officers" who will initiate "Mental Piercing" or similar punishments at the moment of committing illegal acts, there is a certain lag...
Thinking of this, the corners of Angel's mouth raised even higher.
Seeing the smile blooming again on Angel's face, Klein also felt that he was in a happier mood.
It seems that my method is still effective. Fortunately, I conducted some experiments last night... Well, of course I am not trying to learn how to make people happy from Georgina, but using Marionette to pray to myself, which has verified that most of the behaviors that "point to myself" are not illegal...
Thoughts flashed through his mind, Klein turned his head and glanced at Chunas who had transformed into himself.
Yesterday, it was he who recited the Honorific Name of "Fool" in the hotel, successfully bypassing the Prohibition of "Sacrificing to Evil Gods", and reached the prayer to his ears.
From this, Klein dared to take four steps in reverse, come to Gray Fog, and respond to the "prayer for Klein" without worrying about a devastating blow to his body left in reality.
After all, the law only prohibits sacrifices to evil gods, but I am not worshiping evil gods, I am just praying to myself. Isn't this illegal...
Thinking of this, Klein himself also showed a smile.
Looking at the two people who were smiling one after another, and Marionette Chunas who was standing aside blankly, Anne tilted his head in confusion, twitched the corners of his mouth, and squeezed out a smile similar to theirs, trying to integrate into this small group.
But the "dong dong" knocking sound coming from below the side of the ship made her wake up from her shameful behavior. She came to the edge of the deck in confusion and stuck her head out to look down.
A woman with black hair and blue eyes stood by the artificial lake, holding a gold mask in her hand and tapping the side of the "Queen Anne's Revenge" ship. The lake water under her feet seemed to be ordered to flow to both sides, leaving room for her to stand.
Those "dong dong" sounds were caused by her.
Noticing that someone was looking at her, the woman raised her head and smiled in a friendly manner and asked:
"Excuse me, is 'Golden Queen' Miss Angelica here?"