Sitting five or six meters away from Mr. X, Caven was in no hurry to act. Over the past two days, he and Sifa had repeatedly worked through every problem that might arise at the gathering. Both believed Mr. X would certainly have helpers hidden among the attendees. The Aurora Order might be full of lunatics, but they were no fools. They would not let Mr. X make such a conspicuous appearance in Backlund without any protection.
After all, not much time had passed since Backlund's Great Smog. The official Beyonders would not be so careless. Once Mr. X was exposed, they would inevitably hunt him down.
Without help, Mr. X would merely be coming to Backlund to get himself killed.
There were bound to be helpers at the gathering, and quite possibly a demigod.
Hunting a Traveler in full view of everyone required sufficient patience. They had refrained from acting immediately because allowing the gathering to proceed as usual would lower the guard of Mr. X and the other Aurora Order members.
Even if this could only improve their chances of success by a tiny margin, neither Sifa nor Caven would turn down anything that increased those chances.
At the start of the gathering, Mr. X issued a commission to find people with abnormal luck. After he announced the bounty, the attendees raised various questions, all of which Mr. X answered patiently.
Time ticked by. Once the bounty commission was dealt with, the gathering moved on to trading. This was the moment to begin the hunt. Caven no longer hesitated. He poured his spirituality into the String-Pulling Marionette and first activated his vision of the spirituality threads.
He was very grateful that Sifa had let him participate in this operation, and equally grateful that Sifa had lent him the