Although the Villain Alliance often mocked Chthon's Curse, there was no doubt that he was an expert in curses. Whenever anything curse-related came up, going to him was the right move. Whether he could break it was another matter, but at the very least, he could explain the details.
"Right, go find Chthon immediately."
King of Negativity came to his senses and stopped wasting time. He hurried to tell Chthon about the matter, and Chthon was instantly alarmed.
Why was he alarmed?
Because he had transferred that fragment of the Tree of Time's soul to The Intermediary, who had then secretly swapped it out and returned it to King of Negativity. Now that fragment of soul had a problem—did that not mean Mechanical Demon King had discovered his scheme? If so, the Life Great Tree's soul would definitely have a problem as well.
"No. If Mechanical Demon King truly knew about this, he would never have let me transfer the soul away. What's the point of placing a Curse on it? Wouldn't it have been better to uproot the problem entirely?"
Chthon's heart stirred. He quietly examined the Life Great Tree's soul and discovered that it, too, contained a seed of Curse. It was inactive, which was why he had never noticed it before.
"Fuck. There are two possibilities. One, Mechanical Demon King truly discovered what I did. Two, something went wrong with The Intermediary."
Chthon cursed inwardly, then said to King of Negativity, "This should be related to The Intermediary. Let's go question him properly."
"Fine. That bastard The Intermediary really can't be trusted."
King of Negativity cursed viciously. Chthon shook his head and took him to find The Intermediary.
The Intermediary was somewhat unconcerned upon hearing this. After all, it truly was a minor matter to him. He