Karma Master said in a low voice, "You came up with the plan last time. What could I do? Unless she realized that no Master had died and waiting was pointless, she'd have to find a way to show herself and kill a Master."
Lu Yin sighed. "That's true. In that case, why don't we attack Time Ancient City?"
Karma Master stared at him. "What did you say?"
"Let's attack Time Ancient City."
"Are you crazy? There are at least two Masters there. What could you and I do together?"
"Those two Masters are in bad shape. Senior, do you know why I was so eager to attack Time Ancient City during that last battle in the Main River of Time? It was because Wang Wen made his move..." Lu Yin recounted what had happened, leaving out only the Three Laws, which he had learned about later.
Karma Master was shaken by what it heard, but also furious. "Why didn't you tell me about this? If I'd joined the fight, we might have been able to kill Time."
Lu Yin said regretfully, "Yes. It's a pity."
He had considered telling Karma Master at the time, but could he really have done that? Of course not.
No one could trust a Master. He couldn't, and neither could Wang Wen.
Even if he'd trusted Karma Master and taken it along to fight, the moment Wang Wen saw it show up, he might have abandoned the entire plan. Lu Yin was certain of that.
Wang Wen's plans were half cleverness, half caution.
Karma Master was untrustworthy to begin with. It had planted Karma Seeds long before the Nine Base War.
And it had proven itself untrustworthy by keeping itself hidden all along.
Karma Master snapped, "You never trusted me. We'd already joined forces.