If the Akademiya had done something else reckless, Alhaitham might have stayed out of it, treating it as none of his business. But the potential consequences of an act that touched on the Six Root Sins were impossible to predict. It might even bring the life he wanted to a complete end, and that was something Alhaitham could not tolerate.
Alhaitham stared into Yucheng's eyes and asked seriously, "What exactly is the Akademiya planning? And how did you learn about it? The Inazuma delegation has only been in Sumeru for a week. Even if you've won over certain people within the Akademiya, information this confidential couldn't possibly be obtained in just one week."
Yucheng picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip, then said calmly, "Nothing much. They just want to create a new god."
Alhaitham was stunned. "The Sages want to create a new god? You're joking, aren't you? I know the Akademiya misses Greater Lord Rukkhadevata dearly and has never acknowledged Lesser Lord Kusanali's existence, but creating a new god-isn't that folly and arrogance at the very limits of scholarship?"
Yucheng said, "Sumeru naturally couldn't accomplish this with its own strength alone. But with the Fatui's help, it would no longer be impossible."
Alhaitham asked, "The Fatui?"
Yucheng nodded and said, "Dottore, The Doctor, Second Seat of the Fatui Harbingers, was once a scholar exiled by the Sumeru Akademiya. Azar and the other Sages originally thought nothing of him, but he brought a Gnosis and an experimental puppet capable of withstanding a god's power.
"By combining Sumeru's resources with that experimental puppet, they would build a god's body, then use the power contained in the Gnosis to make it the god's core. As for the wisdom a god possesses, that would require the Divine Knowledge