Wrong Path

In the end, Alice decided not to interfere with that "Mental Plague" Source Seed.

It was not that she did not intend to help Klein. In fact, Alice merely estimated the time it would take for the Source Seed to take shape and ultimately decided to let Klein decide for himself.

After all, he had said before that he had a Virtual Personality he could use.

Moreover, she felt that Klein might have other ideas about it.

Thus, Alice relayed this information to Klein. After thinking for a moment, Klein replied:

"If I become infected with Mental Plague, can you restore me to normal without him noticing?"

"Yes." Alice answered without hesitation.

Klein immediately formed a plan. He told Alice that this was what he intended to do, then focused on dealing with the enemy before him.

Alice glanced thoughtfully at Klein and realized what he was planning.

...But pretending to be crazy and foolish with such a shy personality, wouldn't he die of embarrassment?

Alice stared at the half of Klein's body wrapped in Worms of Spirit, anticipating the sight of them crawling about wildly.

That "Mental Plague" seed ultimately landed within Klein's Mind Island. Although Klein promptly switched places with his marionette, it was useless, because Eunyuni had also planted a seed where the marionette stood.

It could not affect the marionette. After all, a marionette was essentially a dead person. But if someone switched places with it or happened to be beside it, they would be contaminated.

Only when Alice paid attention to how Mental Plague took effect did she realize that this influence was difficult to offset with a Virtual Personality, because the essence of Mental Plague was not an attack, but an invasive infection targeting the Consciousness Island and spiritual world.

Furthermore, it would cause