"I'm curious—who will you vote for tomorrow morning?" In Room 0, Qi Si leaned against the bed, smiling as he watched Fu Jue sitting at its edge.
Three puppets, one teammate who obeyed him after being threatened, plus Fu Jue himself—there were five people on the Puppeteer's side in total. In theory, they could decide anyone's life or death through coordinated voting.
None of the Investigation Bureau representatives were heretics, yet Thomson was a Child of God who had to identify a heretic and would die if he chose wrong. Once the heretic was selected from among the four representatives, Fu Jue's side would lose two members, which would undoubtedly be disadvantageous to him.
As for choosing the true heretic...
With the record [Let the Dead Bury Their Dead] in existence, Qi Si himself could not be an option. The choice could only be made between Asakura Yuko and Vede. And as the holder of the [Taboo Scholar] Identity Card, Asakura Yuko needed to remain alive for a while longer.
By that calculation, there seemed to be only one possible choice left.
But all of this was based on the premise that the record [The Child of God Is Nailed to the Cross] did not exist. Fu Jue had never publicly stated what effect that record had.
"'The Child of God Is Nailed to the Cross' is a prophecy." Fu Jue saw through Qi Si's probing, his tone utterly calm. "Any prophecy will come to pass. The ending of the Child of God identity was predetermined long ago. This is also the theoretical foundation for my plan against the Ancestral God. After tomorrow, that identity slot must be left vacant, with the candidate in a state of complete uncertainty. On this land that once fanatically worshipped gods, I will slaughter