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Although she had made her move, the Primordial Demoness still chose to conceal herself using a little of the City of Calamity's power and the aura released when 0-01 broke free of its seal.
As an Assassin, she wanted to fight in the way she had always known best and scheme to obtain 0-01.
Defeating the God of Thunder was impossible. She had never drunk a potion called "Megalomaniac." And if the God of Thunder died, her chances of snatching 0-01 from the two beings opposite him were slim, unless both of them found the thing, riddled with contamination from a sefirah outside their pathways and impossible to accommodate, too much of an eyesore.
Driven by wishful thinking, Cheek considered this possibility fairly likely. Besides, she did not intend to join the battle immediately. Even though she could hardly wait to get her hands on 0-01, she still did her best to suppress her impulses and stay out of it as much as possible.
If fighting proved necessary, she would act as an Assassin and look for a chance to kill with a single strike;
if fighting proved unnecessary, she would quietly pick up 0-01 after they finished.
As a true god, and the god best at hiding herself among the many pathways, Cheek's concealment and plan could originally have been called flawless. The only question was whether she could successfully pick up 0-01. However, her currently perfect plan contained one enormous variable-to ensure she could successfully take 0-01 away, she had brought 0-02.
The Trunsoest Brass Book-it was currently the most useful, practical, and convenient Sealed Artifact in her possession.
But this Sealed Artifact was also the Justiciar's Uniqueness. Thus, although no one realized Cheek had slipped into the Astral World, the Son of Chaos's spirituality faintly stirred,