Damn it, this boss really has no normal skills.

Chapter 488: Catching the Manipulator Behind the Scenes
Honestly speaking, if this so-called Holy Tree Restoration Organization is truly dedicated to restoring the glory of the Holy Tree Kingdom, it will be for the good of the elves.

The elf sage Hathaway, who had traveled the world to find and help his old friend, would at least not oppose them.

Even if we occasionally meet someone like that, it's no problem for a senior to give some guidance and help. After all, problems of principle are meant to be solved.

But as we all know, when a person fails repeatedly, it is easy for him to go to extremes, and when a group of extremes get together, he is likely to go crazy.

So when Hathaway, who had finally finished her hard training around the world, returned to the forest and sat in on their meeting as a non-staff member, she was so frightened that her face changed color after hearing only three sentences.

"save the world?"

She picked her ears and pulled Suraya beside her.

"Suni, I remember when I attended the last meeting, your slogan wasn't 'Reviving the Sacred Tree and Returning it to the Old Capital'?"

Suni is Suraya's nickname. Even though they are now passionately talking to each other like cowboys drawing their guns to shoot each other, she was a core member of Hathaway's circle of friends back then, or bestie in short.

However, when this talented priest, who was once known as a lady and even formed a classical band with Hathaway, turned around, there was unparalleled enthusiasm in her eyes.

"Hai Ya, those were our slogans from eighty years ago. They have long since changed! Our slogan now is 'The Holy Tree Reigns, and the World is at Peace'!"

Then she began to cry about how innocent the elves were and how difficult their life was. It was clearly a natural disaster, but their kingdom was overthrown by the mob and now they could only live underground.

"Wow, look at those lowly human kings. How dare they steal our land and culture? This is clearly their fault!"

Hathaway (covering her nose): "Isn't this a bit..."

In fact, at the end of the Holy Tree, when the human princes had just raised the banner of rebellion, and even until the iron hooves of the Deep Forest stepped into the Dachun Forest, she still believed this argument.

After all, it's just a matter of passing on the blame...

The reason why taking responsibility is a virtue is that it is the instinct of intellectual life to seek benefits and avoid harm and to be a beautiful non-stick pan.

But without investigation, there is no right to speak. Those hundreds of years of travel were a form of hard training and also a testimony. After walking through almost every inch of the entire Yangyue Star, the former elven sage changed his mind.

It was precisely because of this that she changed from an actual supporter who pretended not to support the restoration of the Holy Tree to a "rebel" who truly did not support, and was even opposed to, the restoration of the Holy Tree.

After all, the elves have done enough shameful things. Now that they have been driven off the world stage by the new protagonists, they should stop booing sarcastically and quickly find a coffin lid to cover themselves up!
But this group of restorers are different. They always think they are absolutely righteous, just because...

Anyway, it’s all someone else’s fault that we’ve ended up like this!
So when the holy tree returns, Dachun will be at peace! When the holy tree returns, there will be a clear sky!
We are the absolute righteous army. We have learned enough lessons from the fall of the kingdom and will never fail again!

But if they were truly a benevolent and righteous army, wherever they went, the local people would welcome them with food and drink, and then they would be unstoppable and easily defeat these damn human rebels.

However, the facts are bullshit, bro is dreaming again, and it is even said that the local people who were scared to PTSD after seeing a large number of pointy-eared team building were lucky enough not to go to the lord to complain.

"Oh my god, the pointy-eared thief is back again!"

So the restorers were puzzled. We have clearly gathered all the conditions for victory in the kingly way, so why do we fail again and again while others remain unmoved and even get better and better?
Normal people should have reflected on themselves, but as mentioned before, the confident elves went to extremes and stupidly closed the door to brainwash each other.

And the result of resonance is—I! Am! Right!

My friends support me, which means I am doing the right thing.

The enemy is against me, which means I am doing the right thing.

If a friend opposes me, it means he has become an enemy.

If my enemy supports me, it means he has become my friend.

So it’s not me who is wrong, it’s this world, it’s this world’s bad teeth!

Now the number of enemies of the Holy Tree Restoration Organization, which originally only fought against the Deep Forest and Glowing Nobles, began to grow explosively.

By the time Hathaway, who was completely unaware of the situation, arrived at the meeting eighty years later, they had already become enemies of the entire world.

Even according to the young boss, at least three saviors had conflicts with them in the past five hundred years, and they were always the right side.

"Ah this."

So Hathaway, who had just finished her enlightenment in Longchang and had a profound understanding of the world, would definitely not accept such a strange argument.

Oh my god, why are you so bitter and resentful? Can you calm down? I feel like you are running in the opposite direction of victory!

But even though she used a very high emotional intelligence statement and just gently persuaded her former friend as a friend, she still provoked fierce resistance.

"Hathaway! What do you mean? Are you betraying the Holy Tree as well?"

Now that's a big deal. If it weren't for her identity as a sage that made it impossible to break away from the small group, Hathaway would have been excommunicated by the church and become an enemy of the whole world.

This is one of the reasons why she resolutely chose to hide her identity, completely cut off ties with the past, and set her place of seclusion in the distant Sunshine City.

——It’s too crazy. To protect our IQ, we should stay away from it as soon as possible!

Facts have proved that she was right to do so. A hundred years have passed since they last saw each other, and Suraya, who was once just a little lunatic, has become a big lunatic.

Using mimicry magic to transform into a black, fat, ugly, sloppy old lady, jumping up and down and performing monkey tricks in front of a large group of people, is this something a normal person can do?
However, after taking off the "mask" and returning to normal form, Suraiya could no longer be so crazy.

So even though she looked quite regretful, she still expressed her willingness to compromise and found a big rock to sit on.

"If I can't get in touch with him, then I can't get in touch with him. The Lord of Living Beings... I've never even heard of him. He must be a tough guy."

But he relaxed his body but not his mouth, and was still thinking about what happened before.

"But, Bulova, I don't care whether you still care about the life and death of the Holy Tree Kingdom, but I must get the divinity of the Purple Lightning God!"

This is also the reason why she took the risk to come to the Falling God Peak - if we can't find a main god-level existence to serve as a strong supporter, then we will create one ourselves!
"godhead?"

The old lady glanced at Ji Ming when she heard this.

"Did you get it?"

Ji Ming shook his head.

"He didn't. Go away."

"You!" Suraya was furious, and stood up suddenly with two white teeth.

"Hathaway, I finally get to meet you, and this is how you're going to fool me!?"

Blois still refused to give up an inch of ground.

"I haven't even settled the score with you for bullying my students yet, how dare you talk to me about this?"

Oh, I really don’t know what’s wrong with these old ladies, some with white faces and pointed ears, some with black faces and pointed ears.

Including the succubus archbishop and the guy in the palace, why are they all so hot-tempered and easily irritated?
So Ji Ming really couldn't stand it anymore, so he had to step out to mediate and then make up a story with Suraiya.

“Auntie, I really didn’t get that godhead because the Purple Lightning God didn’t die at all. He escaped very cunningly.”

"Ran away?"

"You are my teacher's friend after all, so you are half my teacher. I don't need to lie to you here, Auntie."

You know what, Ji Ming really wasn’t lying this time, because the God of Purple Lightning was indeed not dead—that’s him!
"Oh my god, there is no hope for the restoration of the Holy Tree!"

But now Suraiya couldn't even deceive herself anymore and could only sit down on the ground in disappointment.

But when people get old, they start to feel nostalgic. Although Blois said he wanted to cut the ties, he couldn't bear to do it, so he walked over and pulled her up.

"Go, don't embarrass yourself in front of the younger generation. How are you guys doing lately?"

How's it going? Just like that.

Together they acted as the cockroaches that could never be beaten in Shenlin's house, causing trouble for every Shenlin lord they saw. When they were tired they gathered together and cursed the people of Shenlin for being good for nothing, for not knowing what was good for them, and for even daring to spit on Master Wang!
Of course, no matter how tenacious cockroaches are, they are only tenacious as a species. When it comes to individuals, they will still strictly follow the law of "if a person is killed, he will die." Therefore, in the past hundred years, several names that Blois was familiar with have disappeared forever.

"Ugh."

The old lady became more emotional when she thought about how her name would soon be added to the end of the list.

Ha, this life is really...

I couldn't bear to continue speaking ill of my old friend, so I just sat down and talked to her about what had happened recently.

But what can a cockroach running around and a sloth that doesn't want to go anywhere talk about? As they talked, they naturally came to Ji Ming.

"Oh, so the Chosen One of Holy Light is really your student, and he is also from Sunshine City. I thought you were lying to me just now. Oh, that Chosen One is really good. I heard that he has a very high status in the church. Not only did he create a new discipline, but he also knows that old succubus. Oh, if we don't handle this well, maybe..."

The old lady naturally understood what she meant by her series of mutterings, and immediately told her to stop thinking about it.

"There's no need for me to lie to you about this! Besides, he has a good reputation in Qixia City and has many friends. So, let alone within the church, I heard that even the king has a favorable eye for him. Maybe he can marry a princess like Marquis Changge did, or even become the Pope directly."

What Blois meant by this is that Ji Ming's side is with Huiguang, so one of the enemies you have set for yourself is Huiguang, so don't treat the "enemy" as an ally.

However, she obviously overestimated Sulaya's intelligence, because Aunt Su's auditory focus was all on the last two words "Pope".

"Oh, Pope, what a great Pope! If only we could have a Pope who could give us the support of a true God..."

There was no way out, the old lady could only lower her voice.

"That's enough! Soraya, he's a round-eared man! And I didn't teach him much, just a little bit of marksmanship. He has no obligation to participate in your operation. I won't allow it!"

Seeing Bulova getting angry, Suraya had to quickly restrain her expression.

"Well... I didn't say what to ask him to do... I'm also his aunt, right... What I meant is that you should visit him more often in the future."

But judging from his hesitant words, he hasn't given up yet.

While they were chatting, Ji Ming beside them had already fallen into deep thought.

There was no way. Ancient organization + underground gang + change of original intention + mental insanity, these tags put together directly gave him PTSD.

Could it be related to the Dark Flame remnants? No, their appearance rate is unusually high.

So even though the old lady wanted to distance him from the personal grudges of the pointy-eared people, he still chose to take a step closer.

"Aunt Suraya, I just heard that you are mainly active in the Deep Forest Kingdom, right?"

I can only say that the word "Auntie" was really the right word. She really was like an older village woman who came to join in the fun during weddings or funerals in the countryside. When someone spoke to her, Sulaya immediately entered an excited chatting state and started a long conversation.

"Yeah! Oh, you don't know, we are in the pure white-collar team..."

Ji Ming: Sweating soybeans.

Blois: sweating soybeans.

Yangyue: sweating soybeans.

"Uh-huh."

After responding briefly with two sentences, Ji Ming quickly turned the topic to the Holy Tree Restoration Organization itself.

Although objectively speaking, this is an organization that seems a bit ridiculous, pitiful, and even hateful to the innocent people in the deep forest.

But the one who could rise from the defeat of the kingdom's fall and the collapse of the building, successfully establish a secret society with sustainable cohesion and continue to this day is definitely not an ordinary person.

In fact, the initial establishment of this organization was led by the head of the Rose family, Aslan Crosby Craig Rose. As the person in charge of military affairs among the Nine Clans, it is not an exaggeration to call him the Grand Marshal of the Holy Tree Army.

Moreover, this Uncle Ya was once called "the elf who least resembles an elf". Not only did he not know any artistic skills such as painting and sculpture, but he could not even play a decent musical instrument. He was obsessed with martial arts all day long.

Unfortunately, the same thing applies: when there is an avalanche, every snowflake is bravely trying to make its way to the horizon. One tough guy dropping from the sky alone cannot save the collapsing building; you need a group of tough guys.

Therefore, his efforts failed to save the precarious elven kingdom. He could only watch the Holy Tree Kingdom lose everything and then quietly establish a restoration organization to continue to shine.

But it was also because of him that the Holy Tree Restoration Nation was able to transform from a relatively righteous organization into an evil association that was keen on destroying peace and was only one step away from becoming notorious.

Hearing this, Ji Ming immediately thought of the Nine Sacred Clans, the Little Lion, the successive Sun Kings, and even the insane internal conflicts within the Deep Forest Royal Family...

(End of this chapter)