"No need. All the unplanned Sequence Zeros are dead now. There's no reason to kill those remaining."
Saiga's words stunned the three gods.
The unplanned Sequence Zeros referred to...
Bethel had already learned of Baudelaire's death and watched the news remain concealed until now, so he readily accepted that those Sequence Zeros had died without a sound. But some Sequence Zeros should not have been able to die so quietly, right?
"Manager Saiga, wasn't Osekuas...?"
Back when they held that meeting, hadn't Grisha been chosen for the Sun? How had Osekuas become a Sequence Zero who wasn't unplanned?
"He's already dead too. Grisha is the Sun now. The sun in the sky doesn't necessarily go out with the fall of the 'Sun'; it only needs another force to sustain its existence."
Saiga casually waved a hand and began describing the current state of those Sequence Zeros.
"Leodro is dead as well. Sonia Solom is now the Tyrant. Herabogen died not long ago, but the new White Tower candidate is still only a Sequence Three Seer."
"As for Stiano, he died a little later than Herabogen. Delasion personally slapped him to death. Next, Bernadette can be arranged to switch Paths."
Lilith felt as though one person had been left out.
"Then... what about Baudelaire?"
"Baudelaire? He died even earlier... Amanises didn't tell you?"
Lilith froze and turned to Amanises.
The face beneath Amanises's veil looked utterly innocent. Once she discovered that the Café had long known she and Lilith were on the same side, she had no intention of hiding anything from Lilith.
However, who could have known that the Café would suddenly accelerate its plans before today? Baudelaire's death was certainly a major matter, but wouldn't bringing it up out of nowhere in everyday conversation seem rather abrupt?
There simply