Edward nodded. "You're right. But just because I can't understand it doesn't mean that one can't."
"What if He can?"
"Aren't you afraid that everything you're doing now... is the result of His arrangements?"
Medici fell silent at once.
Mouths appeared on his left and right cheeks again. "Hahahaha, I told you! Even this brat can see it."
"You can't beat Him."
"Forget about your Lord. As long as we can advance to Sequence 0, we won't have to fear Him anymore."
"Exactly, exactly."
Priscilla covered her ears and muttered, "Why are you two so noisy every time you show up?"
Medici sneered. "If advancing to Red Priest were that easy, would the three of us have ended up like this? Besides, how do you know that what I'm doing now isn't for the sake of advancing to Sequence 0? And do you know where the other two Conqueror characteristics are? Do you know where the Red Priest Uniqueness is?"
The two mouths opened and closed, then fell silent-they didn't know a damn thing.
Edward thought for a moment, then raised his hand. "I know."
"???"
Medici wore a rare look of surprise. "Brat, are you serious?"
"But I'm not telling you."
"..."
Medici narrowed his eyes. "I remember saying before that you had great potential to switch to Hunter. Now I'm even more convinced. Need my help?"
Edward gave him an honest, guileless smile. "Heh, I'm really only bold at home. I only act like this around 'my own people.' In front of strangers, I'm a bigger coward than anyone."
"Your own people?"
The corner of Medici's mouth lifted. "Then don't you want one of 'your own people' like me to get stronger so I can watch your back?"
"You're right!"
Edward nodded repeatedly. "But haven't you already learned