The three of them understood at once when they heard that.
So it was because of Enma's confidence.
But wasn't he afraid that all that confidence would blow up in his face?
Yet when they thought of Enma's illusions, which made reality utterly indistinguishable from falsehood, their little schemes died down.
Fortunately, they hadn't put any of them into practice.
Otherwise, the safeguard Randall had placed on them beforehand would have activated.
It wouldn't have killed the three of them.
It would only have trapped them in endless circles.
From then on, those three might truly have lost all distinction between illusion and reality.
"Guard the place while I'm gone."
Randall gave Christa, Aequus, and the others his usual reminders.
"Don't worry, bro! No problem, bro! Rest in peace, bro!
Ow!"
Aequus watched gleefully as Christa clutched her forehead with a wounded expression.
Randall departed peacefully.
Without taking a single cloud with him.
On the deck, Brick sat facing Pedro and his two companions.
The three watched Brick, Enma's adjutant, uneasily, wondering what Enma was up to now.
Brick's very first words nearly made them jump.
"Pedro, Pekoms, Zepo.
You wouldn't want to see Zou destroyed, would you?"
The three stared at Brick in horror.
What did he mean by that?
Enma must have told him to say this!
Was that a threat? It had to be!
But what exactly was he threatening them into doing?
The three were too frightened to speak.
Brick didn't mind. He continued with the words Randall had taught him:
"My commanding officer has already made his objective perfectly clear.
He wants to take that Road Poneglyph.
Something like that is beyond Zou's ability to protect.
I'm sure you understand that possessing a treasure can be a crime in itself.
If word gets out that