The fact that Memory could cast an abstention rather than oppose the issue favored by Deception already showed that someone had influenced her choice.
However, the will of the gods would not be swayed by all creation. Even if some mortals could use the momentum of circumstances to influence a true god's decision, that was still the true god's own choice, made after weighing various considerations. They would never truly obey the opinions of certain mortals.
Except Destiny.
With Memory casting an abstention, no one in the hall was more distressed than Cheng Shi.
It wasn't that he thought Memory had broken her promise. After all, she had never promised anything. It was simply that if he failed to secure this vote, only Decay and Silence would remain among those who had yet to vote.
For the issue to pass, neither of those two gods could cast a vote against it.
Whether Decay would vote or not was still uncertain, but Silence... She had once even tried to assimilate herself!
Would the persuasion of The Great One work on a god who couldn't be clearly assigned to either faction?
Just as he thought this, Silence, whose presence was extremely faint, directly cast her vote. She voted in favor.
Cheng Shi's spirits lifted. He immediately looked toward where the Death Boss sat, only to see that the enormous skull seemed to be looking back at him.
He bowed in greeting, thinking The Great One was comforting him. He had no idea that Death was currently utterly bewildered.
Don't forget, the one who had summoned Cheng Shi to Fishbone Hall was not the real Death, but Deception!
For some unknown reason—perhaps simply to watch the fun—Deception had not told Death a single thing about this!
In other words, when Justice (Order) pulled