"Yes, yes, yes. There was really nothing I could do about you." A satisfied smile filled with intense malice curled across Laigushi's lips.
Yes, this was exactly what I wanted to see!
However, The Erudition's desire to "merge" with Laigushi would vanish once it truly accepted Laigushi, because the logic would be complete.
So Laigushi had to prepare an "insurance policy"—to make himself an "Eternal Imperfection" within The Erudition that could not be removed.
"Savior from beyond the heavens, my executioner. Please, do it." Laigushi turned to Chen Li, who had released The Erudition, and gave a slight bow in an elegant gesture.
The Erudition was now already "eager" to merge with Laigushi, so there was naturally no longer any need for Chen Li to pin it in place.
A thousand-year wish was about to be fulfilled. Laigushi could hardly wait.
"Wait a moment. The one delivering the 'safety device' is still on the way." Chen Li glanced at Silver Wolf's message on his terminal—"Almost there"—and spoke.
"Very well." Laigushi nodded and waited patiently where he stood.
As he waited, Laigushi's gaze gradually settled on the others in the Board Game Shop.
Though they had not spent much time together, Laigushi could already tell that every person in this Board Game Shop was "talented."
There was no need to mention Screwllum. Like himself, he was one of the Intelligent Machines. As the ruler of Screwllum Star, he was elegant and rational, with the potential to become Emperor the Third.
That young man wearing an enormous checkered hat, with diamond and spade patterns in his multicolored eyes, dressed in a pink jacket and blue shorts—Tet—also possessed an aura that did not belong to this world. In Laigushi's view, he might possess the makings of an Aeon.
That silver-haired girl—Firefly—who watched the