"Brother, what's wrong?"
The Battle God waved a hand in front of Su Wen's face. "Why do you look a little dazed? Sleepy?"
Su Wen shook his head. "It's nothing. I was just feeling a little emotional. Aren't the affairs of this world a bit too complicated?"
Battle God: "???"
He'd just been talking about going to a feast at the Flower Calamity Clan's holy land, hadn't he?
He couldn't put its romantic, poetic qualities into words, but he hadn't said anything about it being complicated, had he?
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flew through the Battle God's mind.
Holy shit!
Did my brother the God of Wealth divine something again?
Could it be that you can't just eat at the Flower Calamity Tribe's feasts?
Was there poison in the food?
Or gu?
Hmm... Looks like I'll have to find time to ask the old Theater God to give me a thorough physical.
"Hahahaha!"
The Battle God laughed, then continued, "Come on, let's change the subject. This time I'll tell you about my brothers in the Weili Clan. They all have fantastic personalities."
"Last time, I took a few cases of Moutai and traded them for a case of rune weapons. Actually..."
He figured that since his brother the God of Wealth could see through space and time and divine future fortune and misfortune, he'd better talk about the Weili Clan too!
If there was something wrong with the Flower Calamity Clan, then thinking back to the God of Wealth's earlier warning about the Weili Clan...
He'd better talk about them!
[After giving you a general account of what happened, the Battle God suddenly looks relieved.] [As it turns out, before your death, you accepted the Battle God's invitation to go out drinking and have some fun together.] [While drunk and dizzy, you told the Battle God that if one day you died under suspicious and strange circumstances, it would have to be connected to the Wind God, regardless of whether the evidence pointed to him!] [Thus, after your death, in October 2023, he and the Star God confirmed that a mole had been passing on information, and he killed the Wind God outside the suburbs.] [The bewildered look on the Wind God's face before his death had lingered in his heart like a nightmare, refusing to fade.] [At the time, he didn't understand why you were so certain there was something wrong with the Wind God, and he had even doubted his own judgment.] [But now that he knows you can cross space and time, he has let it go. You must have said those words because, at some point in the future, you learned of the Wind God's identity as a traitor while traveling through space and time.] [Now he feels no more guilt. The man he killed was the mole, the Wind God, not a partner and comrade-in-arms!] [The Battle God's remnant thought then asks you why you judged the Wind God to be the mole.] [God of Wealth, your thoughts are in turmoil! The Battle God's remnant thought has asked you a question. Will you tell him the truth?] [One: tell him the truth and let him know your suspicions about the Wind God.] [Two: conceal the truth and casually spin a lie about the Wind God's betrayal.]
Su Wen sighed softly. The narration was actually asking him to make a choice about this?
So was it possible that the Wind God... wasn't the mole?
Then why did the other races know so much about the deployment of Huaxia's forces?
Beside him, the Battle God heard Su Wen's sigh and his pupils contracted.
Holy shit!
Was there something wrong with those rough Weili Clan men too?
He'd just been talking about Weili Clan liquor, hadn't he?
Could there be something hidden in the Weili Clan's liquor too?
No, no!
After I go to the old Theater God for a physical this time, I'll have the Star God examine me with his divine artifact too, just in case.
This is outrageous!
Was there something wrong with all the people I thought were good friends?
And they were hiding it in food and drink?
Even if you're going to play underhanded tricks, don't poison the food!
Su Wen had no idea what was going through the Battle God's mind across from him, nor was he in the mood to listen to the Battle God recount his legends.
He had only one thought in his mind: had he wronged the Wind God?
The Wind God could perceive good and evil!
So the failure of the Battle for the Defense of the East Sea, the Battle God being stabbed in the back by his allies, and the arrival of the Great Dark Age really did have something to do with him!
If the Wind God hadn't died, the ill-intentioned Weili Clan and Flower Calamity Clan would surely have been dragged out into the open!
And if the East Sea defensive line hadn't fallen, perhaps the Great Dark Age in the Resister's Diary would never have come!
Now, everything had fallen into place!
"Alas!"
Su Wen let out a heavy sigh. So that was why.
In the previous timeline, the Wind God hadn't died, and the East Sea defensive line hadn't collapsed.
The creations and power sources of the technological era were still functioning without interruption.
Although parts of Huaxia had fallen, it would never have ended up in such a state.
It was through this change in the timeline that he finally understood how important a God-Prefixed Heavenly Mandate Bearer was to the entire country.
The fall of one meant national mourning!
If they all fell, the collapse of the nation would probably be right before their eyes!
Battle God: "!!!"
That sigh was so heavy!
Was the hint already this obvious?
Holy shit!
What the hell did the Weili Clan do to me?
At that thought, the Battle God didn't dare hesitate any longer. He briefly told Su Wen he had things to attend to, then vanished from the spot in a blur.
Now!
This instant!
He was going to get a physical!
With something like this, delay could bring trouble!
"Hm?"
Su Wen made a puzzled sound. "Why does the Battle God look like something terrible has happened? What's wrong?"
Then he shook his head slightly and turned his gaze to the future.
[Honest God of Wealth! You told the Battle God's remnant thought exactly what happened, without concealing a thing.] [After learning what had led to this, the Battle God's remnant thought falls silent.] [A moment later, the Battle God's remnant thought says that there were indeed some problems with the Wind God's way of doing things. Combined with your repeated strange deaths, it was perfectly normal for you to judge the Wind God to be the mole.] [The Battle God then asks whether you had any other grounds for your judgment.] [After all, the Arrow Realm creatures' obsession with you is plain for all to see. If you personally entered the Arrow Realm to explore it, the Arrow Realm creatures would surely pay a great price to kill you.] [Hearing this, you and the Battle God's remnant thought look at each other and fall into an awkward silence.] [The Battle God's remnant thought takes a deep breath and begins to explain his thoughts to you.] [God of Wealth, in the future, before you've established the truth of a matter, don't speak to me in such a certain tone.] [If, during your future explorations of space and time, you establish that the Wind God wasn't the mole and that you misjudged him, I hope you'll treat him a little better, as... compensation from me.] [I've already died a martyr for my country, and our timeline has fallen into this state. I can no longer make it up to the Wind God, so if you establish that the Wind God is a good kid, please, please treat him a little better.] [As he speaks, the Battle God's remnant thought begins to tremble violently.] [God of Wealth, you come from a past time. To you, this is just a journey through space and time. You don't care about the destruction of this timeline, because your timeline still has an infinite future.] [But God of Wealth, to us, this timeline is our one and only!] [So I want to ask you: in every timeline you experience from now on, before you return, make sure the information you've obtained is correct. Only then can you avoid the sacrifice of innocent timelines!] [On your future journeys through space and time, I earnestly hope you'll remember what I've said today.] [Though we are an abandoned sub-timeline, all of us believe this is our main timeline!] [You have the ability to tear everything down and start over, but we don't.] [Everything we face is real. It happens to us and is engraved deep in our souls-the most moving and cruel experiences of our lives.] [I'm glad for the Battle God living in the main timeline. I'm glad you exist, because that gives him countless chances to make up for his regrets and start over.]