No...
Lin Chuan quickly dismissed the thought.
No matter how stupid Ince Zangwill was, he could not possibly be arrogant enough to keep arranging the plot while risking the attention of an unknown High Sequence Beyonder in Tingen.
Granted, as a mere Sequence 5 Gatekeeper, he was beneath the notice of High Sequence angels or even demigods, but that did not mean "0-08" was worthless.
A Sequence 1 characteristic of the Spectator pathway involved far too many things. On the surface alone, it concerned the advancement of Adam, a King of Angel.
And a Sequence 5 archbishop managing to defect with a Grade 0 Sealed Artifact also hinted at possible schemes by the Church of the Evernight Goddess.
To anyone who knew about Rose Redemption, the attitudes of the gods of Storm, the Sun, and Wisdom also lurked beneath the surface.
Dig deeper, and it even involved the Dragon of Imagination's contingency for resurrection, hidden in a travelogue and connected to the Chaos Sea.
If the book and quill successfully met, Ankewelt would once again qualify for a seat at the table in the contest for Visionary...
Had it not involved so much, with depths obvious enough to deter most actual angels from touching it, how would Ince ever have gotten his turn?
But Ince Zangwill was different. He was already stupid enough to insist on becoming a Nightwatcher of the Darkness pathway to prove himself to colleagues who looked down on him, yet had not even found anyone to take him in before defecting with 0-08...
He probably genuinely believed he was the protagonist of the era, that 0-08 was his great opportunity, and that he could use it to reach Sequence 4, or even Sequence 3 Horror Bishop afterward.
Ince Zangwill had only one requirement for his advancement: