Unreasonable

"I won't do that." Naimus saw through him.

Hays had a fine idea—he was nothing more than a greedy parasite who enjoyed every convenience his status brought him while refusing to bear any responsibility.

He thought his methods were subtle, but they had still been seen through.

The Mechanism Bishops were the same. They tossed out a title and pushed Naimus into competing with them.

Even if Naimus completed this mission and gained the candidate status, so what?

Jialis had ability, status, and achievements, yet those people still dared to make a move against her through Naimus in secret.

Naimus was merely an experimental subject, with no one to rely on. Even as a Legendary Breed, he was no more than that.

Obtaining candidate status would instead only drive those people even madder.

And once these people went mad, those above would have enough points of entry to reform the Church's middle and upper ranks.

By then, Naimus would more or less be discarded.

Yet it was precisely because of this that the Pope and the Mechanism Bishops' lack of control over the Church was exposed.

Their authority was immense, perhaps even greater than that of previous Popes and Mechanism Bishops.

But when that authority was turned toward their own power, it appeared exceedingly weak.

This posture of internal decay extended from top to bottom.

"From this alone, it's clear that the Church of Precepts isn't far from rotting away completely." Naimus understood this perfectly, and it was indeed beneficial to him.

"Don't you know what your own outcome will be?" Hays frowned. He did not believe there were people in this world willing to be a blade like this.

"I do. But I also know that the Church needs real change." Naimus smiled, his expression resolute and his conviction