Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 943 The First Vulnerability

"Is he asking you to take over his duties? Do you mean 'Consul'?"

Angel asked in surprise.

"Yes, that title, and the city's 'law enforcement' force."

The black-haired girl in a white dress in front of her answered, and she looked out the side of the ship again, looking at the three-story building with eight irregularly distributed stone pillars not far away. That was the location of the City Hall and the "Consul".

"Perhaps there are some traps hidden in this request. Moreover, according to the regulations in the city law, the nomination of the consul needs to be voted through by the parliament before it can take effect. It is not up to him alone to decide."

Klein said with a frown.

"Well, so I didn't agree, and he didn't insist anymore. He just said that if I agreed, he would push the parliament to pass the nomination, and as a survivor of the Trunsost Empire, I should also shoulder this responsibility." Anne replied with a sigh, and her expression once again showed the loneliness from before.

"But the empire has long since perished. They even amended the laws, abolished the inheritance of the nobility, and changed it to the current system based on distribution according to work and strict laws... When I came here, I appeared in the memorial hall dedicated to the 'Emperor of the Night'. It was very deserted, which means that they most likely no longer miss the 'Empire', and what about the remnants of the empire..."

Angel muttered, somewhat worried that Anne would really agree to Archon Gerdruf's request and become the new Archon of the Dream City.

This would cause Anne, who was originally a free person, to be trapped in this city and become a rubber stamp for law enforcement power, causing Angel to lose important allies and friends, and would not play much of a role in their plan to obtain the treasure of the "Ghost Empire".

After all, the title of "Consul" sounds like it means great power, but in reality one can only act according to established laws. Gerdruf, who is very adventurous and always looking for excitement, can't wait to retire when he sees Anne, the "Balancer", which shows how boring his job is.

"This can be our last trump card. If we really can't find a way to break through the restrictions of the law and can't leave here, I will consider becoming a 'Consul' and open a gap for you..."

Anne said as she walked out from the mess of artillery, along the slanted deck to the bottom of the main mast, and raised her hands.

Under her control, the "Queen Anne's Revenge", which had originally tilted due to running aground, adjusted its posture on its own. While splashing large amounts of water in the artificial lake below, the bottom of the ship made a strange sound of friction with the sand and gravel, and quickly corrected its angle.

"This is a 'renovation' of my own home, and it does not violate the law." She said in a teasing tone, looking at Klein, "Unfortunately, the 'crew' you brought did not appear here. Because they do not have extraordinary powers, they landed on the outskirts of the city."

"The Archon allowed me to claim the bodies when I was free, because those 'Dolls' are my property, not real people... Of course, the characteristics of the two Beyonder Dolls will be confiscated and will not be given to me."

Klein took over the conversation with a sigh, feeling sad that he had lost the Gatekeeper and Winner puppets, as well as Beyonder characteristics worth tens of thousands of pounds.

Especially the "Admiral of Hell" Ludwell. Mr. Azik forced him to give up resistance and become Klein's secret puppet. He also agreed to let him return to the spirit world after a year. But now he has actually died in the "City of Dreams" in less than half a year. Perhaps this can also be considered as returning to the spirit world?
In order to reduce this negative emotion, he looked at Annie and asked as if to change the subject:

"Ms. Anne, you should have read the entire city law last night. Have you found any 'loopholes' that we can exploit? As a Sequence 2 with the same path as the 'Hand of Order', can you resist or interfere with its 'law enforcement'?"

Under his and Angel's expectant gazes, Anne shook her head calmly:

"Unfortunately, this law, which has been revised many times, is very perfect and does not allow us to play around with it. Of course, with extraordinary abilities, it should be no problem to bypass some less rigorous parts and do some small tricks, but to deal with this 'law enforcer' who is obsessed with making perfect laws and controlling the city, these alone are not enough...

"We must find a fatal loophole, or make it contradict itself and completely overturn the entire law. Only then can we severely damage the 'Hand of Order' feature... Obviously, after the fall of the 'Night Emperor', one of the Sequence 1 features was hidden in this city. It has replaced the 'Balancer' that originally maintained the basic order and became a force that overrides the original design concept. It completely suppressed other Beyonder features and made the entire city dominated by excessive 'Order'.

"Given this, my power is not enough to fight against its laws. I can only reduce the effect of the punishment within a certain range, or modify the environment around me to delay the time it discovers that we have violated the law... Of course, this behavior itself is a violation of the law and will be punished accordingly."

So, even Anne, an angel, cannot violate the laws of this city... Of course, it is more because the higher-ranked angels of the same path have a stronger suppression power over the lower-ranked angels. If an angel from another path, such as the deceitful Amon, came here, he would definitely find a way to confront the law head-on, deceive, and play with the rigid "Hand of Order". However, at least he would have to get a Sequence 2 clone...

As Angel was thinking, his mind involuntarily emerged the figure with short black hair, a broad forehead, a crystal monocle on his right eye, and the clones with dark circles under their eyes or squinting right eyes that parasitized on various creatures. He shook his head in disgust and drove the Amons out of his mind.

Perhaps her actions expressed her disappointment with reality in Klein's eyes. He chuckled and said:

"But on the way here, I thought of a possible loophole in the law, or a situation that was not taken into account..."

As he spoke, Qonas Kilger walked slowly behind him and stood side by side with Klein. "This city prohibits residents from using disguise, camouflage, illusion, faceless people, flesh and blood magic, and other abilities to transform into other people's appearances. This is also the reason why I changed the marionette back to its original appearance after meeting the 'Archon'. Of course, this avoided Georgina Augustus... Once registered as a resident, he can no longer change his appearance at will."

During his narration, Qiunas' face blurred for a moment, his beard disappeared, his cold and hard appearance softened slightly, his deep blue eyes turned brown, and his overly long arms retracted partially. Right before the eyes of several people, he turned into another "German Sparrow".

"...But the illegal acts of the 'secret doll' will only hold the owner responsible, and I am asking him to become myself, to become 'German'..."

"It's not illegal to disguise yourself, right?" Angel suddenly realized.

A smile appeared on her face again, and she felt her mind was instantly opened up.

Using this, Angel can let the mirror double pray to herself, and as long as she does not respond, the "message" will be transferred to the person in the mirror in the "City of Disaster".

As the person in her mirror who controls part of the power of this source essence, the latter can "bestow" power on the stand, or bring down "punishment" through the channel formed by prayer. This is equivalent to a greatly reduced "divine punishment", which will cause an almost "disaster" effect on the mirror stand and the targets around her.

Most importantly, the attacker is the outlaw Mirror Man in the "City of Disaster". What is his relationship with Angel, a good citizen of the "City of Hope"?

No wonder the law prohibits the worship of evil gods, because this is an obvious way to circumvent the ban and cause huge damage, but I am not an evil god, I just command the mirror substitute to pray to myself, this is not illegal... The more Angel thought about it, the more he felt that this loophole could be used well.

Of course, this is a measure that can only be used when absolutely necessary. After all, the "Consul" has clearly stated that even if certain behaviors can exploit loopholes in the law, he can use his power to impose punishment before revising the law. However, this is limited to punishment after the fact. Compared with the "law enforcers" who will launch "mental piercing" or similar means of punishment at the moment of illegal behavior, there is a certain lag...

Thinking of this, the corners of Angel's mouth curled up even higher.

……

Seeing the smile blooming on Angel's face again, Klein also felt happier.

It seems that my method is still effective. Fortunately, I conducted some experiments last night... Well, of course, I didn't try to learn how to make people happy from Georgina, but I used the secret doll to pray to myself, and verified that most of the behaviors of "pointing at oneself" are not illegal...

Thoughts flashed through his mind, and Klein turned his head to glance at Qiunas, who had transformed into his appearance.

Yesterday, it was he who chanted the name of “The Fool” in the inn, successfully bypassing the ban on “worshiping evil gods” and transmitting the prayer to his ears.

Therefore, Klein dared to take four steps backwards and come above the gray fog to respond to the "prayer for Klein" without worrying about his body remaining in reality being devastated.

After all, the law only prohibits the worship of evil gods, but I am not worshiping evil gods, I am just praying to myself, this is not illegal...

Thinking of this, Klein himself smiled.

Looking at the two people who smiled one after another, and the secret doll Qiunas who was standing there in a daze, Annie tilted her head in confusion, the corner of her mouth twitched, and she forced out a smile similar to theirs, trying to fit in with this small group.

But the "bang bang" sound coming from the lower side of the ship brought her back to her shameful behavior. Puzzled, she walked to the edge of the deck and stuck her head out to look down.

A woman with black hair and blue eyes stood by the artificial lake, holding a golden mask in her hand and knocking on the side of the Queen Anne's Revenge. The lake water under her feet seemed to be ordered to flow to both sides, leaving space for her to stand.

Those "dong dong" sounds were caused by her.

Noticing someone looking at her, the woman raised her head, smiled friendly, and asked:

"Excuse me, is Miss Angelica, the 'Golden Queen', here?"

(End of this chapter)