I created the Anomaly Control Bureau

Chapter 249
Marne put the teacup back in place:
"What's the downside?"

Facing Ma En's question, Shadow obviously paused, but in the end he still told the truth:
"You can rephrase your question - what is the price of being greedy?
"It's hard to say whether the concerns of those politicians and federal members are right or wrong. Who can predict what the prophet will do. In fact, most of them and I know that Shen Xiao is not a particularly vengeful character. The love and hatred of mortals It looks trivial in front of her.

"But this matter can be pushed forward, which means that some high-status guys in the federation have agreed, and they are not stupid, no idiot can climb to that position, they are just selfish.

"With the joint efforts of many traitors and our experts, we have basically understood how Shenxiao's ability works, and those who can decide this matter are also aware of the mystery, and this also makes them have new evil worries .

"They understand that these are nothing to Shen Xiao. Even if she is really angry, as long as they introduce a few particularly annoying bastards, they can calm her anger. It's like using sacrifices to satisfy the awakened. Like a dragon.

"But the problem is that she is a prophet, we can't understand Shenxiao in the way of ordinary people.

"What she does does not depend on the surface situation, but on the future."

"Those smart people are still worried that Shen Xiao will retaliate against them, and they feel that Shen Xiao will do this based on the fact that there are many other people in the Federation who are not as 'smart' as them, and they don't know everything about Shen Xiao.

"That's why they will believe that Shenxiao must take revenge, and her revenge will build up their prestige.

"If this is a future that is conducive to the realization of God's purpose, she may put it into action.

"And the important point is that Shen Xiao doesn't have to do it herself. If she only uses ordinary methods visible to the naked eye to kill people, those politicians will not worry at all. They can restrain them to this extent.

"But what Shen Xiao can do is to move the future in the direction of their death. She doesn't need to meet them even once. As long as the death rate of these politicians who have enemies with Shen Xiao is much higher than the normal level in ten years, everyone will Know who they died for.

"They're all going to be terrified, so they don't want something like this to exist.

"And when I say this, you must be able to feel it to some extent. If we want to avoid this situation, then we have to put on her the shackles that can really imprison the mind. In fact, we already have something similar.

"But the existing finished products will greatly weaken the power of reality benders, which has an irreconcilable conflict with the way their power operates, and this runs counter to our purpose. What we want is not a controlled ordinary V-level ability By.

"We want Skywalker.

"Although we can ask the research institute to create props that can deal with Shen Xiao, it will take a lot of time, and it will take more chips to put it on Shen Xiao's neck, which is why Suddenly they want to hunt down your colleagues.

"But in my opinion, doing so does not benefit the entire Federation, it only makes sense for those who may be retaliated by Shen Xiao."

Mann reminded:
"And those indulgers who can't control their greed."

The reason why others are willing to support them is also very simple, because if they succeed, although it is true that they cannot bring about any meaningful changes to the Federation as a whole, they can satisfy the selfish desires of most of them.

The shadow casually brought it over:

"True, but they're not the focus of our attention.

"And the whole thing seems to me that greedy people are looking for their own death, you should understand how dangerous Shen Xiao is like me, and I don't think it's a good thing to keep delaying this matter.

"This will only steer the future in a direction that is beneficial to Shen Xiao."

Mann raised an interesting question:

"So you found me?"

Shadow looked at him and said:
"Yes, you are a member of the Salvation League, and you would be happy to see things go the way they are now.

"But the problem is that I don't really think it's useful. Although my understanding of Shenxiao may be a bit one-sided, I'm still a V-level psychic user, and what people say is my strong point.

"If all goes well, it will only benefit Shen Xiao, and I also think that this matter may encounter a problem, that is, Shen Xiao may not really back down because of the lives of these Salvation Alliance members, to be honest... …

"They're not worth it.

"If they push Shen Xiao into a situation where she has to choose, she might make a decision that they didn't expect, and I don't want to see that happen, and the decisions you actually make often really change you.

"As a psychic, I know very well how powerless fantasy is,

"Thousands of thoughts can't compare to a real action. What you do ultimately affects how you think. This is especially true for reality benders."

Mann asked suspiciously:
"You mean to say that you are worried that Shen Xiao will have an unexpected change because of a forced decision.

"But she's lived almost 30 years."

Ma En had some doubts that what Shadow was telling was not telling the truth, at least not entirely.

Shadow looked at him and said:
"But she is Shenxiao.

"There is nothing compelling for Shen Xiao, and now she can't see anything, it doesn't matter if she can still see the impact of her decision, but now she is blind.

"She could see, but now she's blind, do you understand?"

Marne nodded slightly:

"I know what you're talking about, but since it's something you're worried about, it's a good thing for us."

Shadow shrugged:

"An enemy of an enemy is not necessarily a friend, it can be the bringer of doom.

"Even if this incident itself won't completely change Shen Xiao, but what happens next, after they start, they won't stop easily, so what do you think will happen even if it doesn't matter to Shen Xiao?

"They'll keep trying, and eventually they'll go crazy and create monsters that none of us want to see.

"You've seen reality benders, too, and they're not even human."

Mann nodded:

"The logic of what you said is self-consistent, but this whole paragraph is trying to tell me that even participating in this matter is beneficial to you and us, and in my opinion, such coincidences are often just lies.

"It's just serving your purpose.

"And I believe in Shenxiao more than you do."

Shadow didn't respond precisely to this:
"Maybe, you can think of it this way, that these concerns I'm talking about are nonsense, and it's just because of the power struggle within the Federation, and I just happened to be on the opposite side of them.

"Then think about it differently. How do you feel about the worst possible fate for your former compatriots?"

Mann replied quite calmly:

"They made their own choice, but that doesn't mean I have to pay for their decision, and it's not what they want. They want the federation to pay the price."

Shadow sighed with regret and said:
"It's nothing more than moths to the flame, what can they do?

"You and I both know that this is just touching themselves. If they really think about it with their brains, they can realize that this is definitely not the best decision for Shen Xiao."

Mann said:

"I'm not them, and I don't know why they did it.

"So I'm not going to judge them."

Although he actually felt that this was death, Marne would not ask others to make the best decision in his own eyes, because he knew very well that his behavior might also be a bad decision in the eyes of others.

People are supposed to be different.

A little helplessness appeared on Shadow's face:

"It seems that you are indeed the kind of person I think. Whether it is to show affection or reason, it is useless to you. It seems that I can only use my last resort. Then considering the above factors after……

"How much do you want?"

He just looked at Ma En like this, and he couldn't predict how Ma En would respond under the premise of being restricted by the stop agreement.

"How much do you plan to pay?" Marne asked calmly.

When Shadow mentioned the sun and other gods, Ma En basically planned to accept his commission, and what he mentioned next happened to be very suitable for him, and it was exactly what Qin Lan had just told him.

He can recruit those members of the Salvation Alliance who are outside into the Salvation Alliance, and in Ma En's view, this seems a bit like a hint from Shen Xiao. It seems that she is showing him the way forward through the mouth of Qin Lan and the shadow.

Shadow smiled:
"Enough, and only you can handle this matter.

"You have sufficient ability outside the federal system, and our transaction has a basic guarantee. Others will not want to trade with me, because they are afraid that I will usurp their minds, but you don't need to care about these at all. .

"There is a devil's contract among us, which is the basis of integrity.

"All in all, you're the most guaranteed pick I could find, so feel free to come up with your price.

"I can afford it."

Mann suddenly asked:

"Is this a secret conversation?"

If so, the shadow should come directly to him.

Shadow smiled and said:

"Your sister didn't hear what we were talking about, and as far as I know, she should be one of the few people you can trust completely. By the way, I don't know if you have noticed, but there is actually something watching her, of course I didn't let them see it."

Ma En still nodded expressionlessly:
"I see."

Although he didn't have any expression during this conversation, the shadow at this moment showed a look of surprise, as if he could detect something through Marne's calm face:
"You already knew? Those things are very good at hiding themselves.

"This is a bit beyond my expectation. This was originally a meeting ceremony I prepared, but now it seems a bit out of hand."

Mann said casually:

"Then count the meeting ceremony into the reward."

Shadow nodded:

"good idea."

Mann said:

"I need you to do me a favor."

Shadow asked:

"what?"

Mann replied:
"I'll tell you, we can sign the contract first.

"We can write in the deed that this request will not be particularly harmful to you."

Now he does have places where shadows can help, and there are still two.

The more recent one is the memory problem he encountered, and the second is the props that can be used to help Seri fight the moon god.

Originally, he wanted to risk proposing something useful to the former, but after thinking for a few seconds, Marne still felt that this was too dangerous, and he also thought of an effective way to deal with the former in that short moment.

He can store his memories in...

Then it was the second thing, but he couldn't describe in detail what he needed, both of these things were the same, if he described the effect he wanted in detail, it was likely that Shadow would notice something.

So he had to find what he wanted first.

But in fact, he was willing to do this without paying for it, and Marne didn't let Shadow realize this.

In Ma En's view, this may actually be his first step in rebuilding the Secret Alliance of Salvation. As long as he completes this, he can gain new power by relying on the blood of the gods, and even advance towards the fifth level.

Shadow paid for nothing.

At this moment, the bully is thinking about Marne's proposal:

"If this is the case, I have to carefully consider the terms of the contract, but considering our delicate relationship now, it is actually quite easy to realize this matter."

Now he can't hurt Marne, and Marne can't hurt him at all.

Under such conditions, they would skip a lot of troublesome steps to sign the contract. They don't need to set those complicated conditions, just give some broad but important definitions, and the devil he recruited will also have a sufficient level of business.

Mann asked:

"So what you want is to prevent them from being captured and used as bargaining chips for Shen Xiao?"

Shadow nodded:

"That's right, but there may be some extreme guys among them, um, how should I put it...

"...I don't like you very much."

Mann said:

"Because I was one of the main reasons for the truce?"

Shadow replied:
"You are an indispensable and important factor in it, and they just made the opposite decision from you, but you don't have to worry too much, their hostility towards you must be much lower than that of the Federation.

"They are still members of the Salvation League after all."

Mann asked:

"Is that all you want?"

Shadow raised his eyebrows and said:
"But finding them is not easy, and convincing them is even more difficult for you. You have to make them accept the conditions of the truce. You must know that they are lunatics who are willing to pay with their lives for this."

Mann asked:

"So can I understand that?
"You just want to prevent them from becoming a bargaining chip for the Federation, no matter what method is used."

Shadow asked:
"For example..."

Mann replied:
"Like they never show up."

Shadow narrowed his eyes, and after coming over for a few seconds, he said slowly:

"I didn't expect you to be such a person."

Marne smiled at him:
"You paid.

"And it's easier that way."

Shadow realized that the contract might not be as lenient as he originally thought, but he didn't care about it at all. If it wasn't for the existence of constraints, he might have slipped into Mann's mind now.

pity.

(End of this chapter)