Mr. X's Whereabouts

Mr. Fool's words drew different reactions from the members present.

Some had encountered the term before; others were hearing it for the first time. But even those hearing it for the first time could easily grasp what it meant.

There's a Sequence 0 above Sequence 1?

A storm surged through Fors's mind. As far as her knowledge of mysticism went, the highest point of a Pathway was a Sequence 1 Angel. If something existed above an Angel, it could only be a True God!

So even a mortal could advance to become a True God...

Alger's eyes burned with ambition.

While the others were stunned or elated, a thought struck Luther. He remembered his flagship, the Black Throne, and what Antiya Trollies had once told him: "I suspect Roselle and I are on the same Pathway, and his Sequence is higher than mine..."

The same Pathway, a higher Sequence than hers, and according to Mr. Fool, Roselle had tried to advance to Sequence 0... Could the Pathway he had tried to switch to have been Lawyer? Had he actually become the Sequence 0 Black Emperor?

And the Black Emperor brought another person to Luther's mind.

George III!

Klein had shared intelligence with Luther before. That bastard emperor was excavating the Blood Emperor's legacy and apparently intended to become the Black Emperor himself.

At the thought, Luther looked toward the far end of the long table. Klein, seated there as the World, raised his head too. Their eyes met for a second.

We'll discuss it when we have our private meeting afterward.

That was Luther's plan.

Mr. Temperance and Mr. World are exchanging glances again. Do they know something...?

Audrey noticed the exchange at once.

Just then, she heard Mr. Fool speak again from the head of the table.

"You may