I created the Bureau of Anomaly Control

"Does everyone understand the plan?" Mann asked, standing before the passage.

Qin Lan replied with a serious expression:

"I remember everything, and all the other employees are ready as well."

Things were going smoothly.

Not only for Mann, but also for Shadow and Moon God, their plans were progressing steadily.

At least, that's how it seemed.

Based on the information Mann obtained through Ren Shizhi and Shi Daochang, the Federation still believed they had barely succeeded in killing Mann and showed no dissatisfaction with it.

From this, it could be inferred that the Federation wasn't truly insistent on him entering Moon God's body to carry out a suicide mission; their goal was simply to have Mann die, or perhaps they didn't even care about Mann at all.

The Federation was just killing him off for some reason.

And Moon God's situation was similar at the moment.

She painstakingly sent Mann a beautiful butterfly through Jing Ying.

According to the containment chamber's description, this thing likely allowed Mann and Moon God to see each other, and Mann was now about to sense this butterfly—just as Moon God expected.

She couldn't directly attack him because she couldn't, and he couldn't do anything to her for the same reason.

But Moon God wasn't the only one eager to meet.

In this light, Mann's plan was also proceeding smoothly.

But was that really the case?

The Investigation Department's plan seemed successful, but that was only how they saw it, and the same went for Moon God, so was it possible that the situation was similar for him as well?

Were they all under the impression that their plans were going smoothly…

Or was the Shenxiao Walker's prophecy coming true as scheduled?

If the Shenxiao's prophecy was taken as fact, he should be moving in the right direction.

But Mann remembered that the Shenxiao who met him in private had mentioned that his future would be forgotten by her, yet Shenxiao had left a prophecy related to him before that.

Was it because he hadn't come into contact with the Unforgettable at that time that the future wasn't fixed?

Thinking positively, perhaps Shenxiao simply couldn't see him at that time; although she certainly didn't know that the one reading those words would be him when she left the prophecy, it was hard to say whether Shenxiao would continue to explore his existence after that.

It was possible that she just came to see the past version of himself.

But this could also just be a coincidence.

Or Shenxiao hadn't seen him in the past, or perhaps she had already forgotten the Mann she saw before, or perhaps Mann's significance to her only extended to that prophecy.

These thoughts were all based on a benevolent interpretation of Shenxiao.

Beyond these, there was also the worst possibility—that she had ulterior motives.

If viewed from the darkest perspective, his joining the Salvation Alliance might also have been influenced by Shenxiao, his meeting with her, and her mentioning that she couldn't see his future, as well as the Abnormal Control Bureau on him…

These were all suspicious.

Although he had the ability to refuse at that time, and according to Shenxiao's words and existing theories, the future wasn't entirely fixed, these doubts could actually be reasonably explained.

It was possible that Shenxiao unconsciously influenced him, just like the "way" she wrote the prophecy.

Shenxiao didn't know what she was "writing."

In fact, it was very likely that countless people and things in the world were subtly influenced by her, just as she knew that fighting evil anomalous entities was right; perhaps what she did unintentionally would adjust the world in the direction she desired without anyone noticing.

And even if the Shenxiao's prophecy was put aside, Mann could see the possible consequences of his next actions, which did help him get rid of Moon God, and perhaps even other benefits.

The reasons for these doubts were complex, including his awe of Shenxiao's abilities, his confusion about their frequent contact, and so on…

But ultimately, Mann thought this way because he was about to meet a Rank V mental entity who coveted his soul.

This was the closest he had been to death since losing his memory.

Even now, Mann didn't know how much chance he had of winning, and even without considering the possibility of Shenxiao lying, this was a very dangerous thing.

After all, Shenxiao said she couldn't remember his future, yet she could find a way to deal with Moon God, who had similar characteristics?

Although Shenxiao was clearly stronger than Moon God.

But the current Shenxiao was trapped, and in the distant past, Moon God had even existed as a Rank VI entity; if we're talking about the danger to lower-level ability users, the latter might not lose to Shenxiao.

Truth be told, the possibility of him dying in this battle was quite high.

And his doubts were of no use.

Because even at this point, Mann still had a final retreat; he hadn't really reached the point where he had to take risks, and with the Abnormal Control Bureau, he seemed to be able to stay here and live.

But Mann immediately realized that such thoughts were just his arbitrary guesses without any basis.

After all, Hell and Heaven existed in this world, and other dimensions weren't unreachable places for people in reality; the principle and essence of his Abnormal Control Bureau still hadn't been discovered by him, so there was no evidence that other beings couldn't invade.

Perhaps the Control Bureau was just a special dimension, or a relatively powerful anomalous entity.

It was basically impossible for it to be fundamentally different from other anomalies.

That is to say, as long as the method was mastered, other powerful anomalous entities could be invaded and dealt with, at least for those who could obtain it, the cost-effectiveness of this matter was quite high.

And the Unforgettable had also launched attacks against the Abnormal Control Bureau.

This was why Mann was standing here at this moment.

In fact, if the mortality rate was really compared rationally, neither the adventure of god-slaying nor slowly becoming stronger was clearly better.

Both were acceptable outcomes for him.

Although the former seemed slightly riskier at first glance, in this world, the latter was just boiling a frog in warm water.

Therefore, after fully recalling Shenxiao's words and actions, Mann finally felt that her prophecy might not be accurate, but it was still trustworthy, because the one who left those words was the Shenxiao Walker.

Shenxiao had proven with the first half of her life that she deserved anyone's trust.

Even Mann, who remembered nothing.

The result after careful consideration was obvious; he was preparing to kill Moon God. Mann didn't know what would happen after contacting the Heart Butterfly, whether he could withstand this trap specially prepared for him, and whether he could successfully escape before she killed him.

Perhaps he would die in this god-slaying plan, and the Abnormal Control Bureau might then choose Qin Lan or someone else as its new master; perhaps this was the result that the Shenxiao Walker wanted to achieve in her unconscious prophecy, and then the Salvation Alliance would help Shenxiao regain her freedom, which was also a relatively reasonable concern.

But Mann, standing on the edge of the passage, felt a little strange.

After he woke up from that hospital room, this strangeness had quietly seeped into his life.

Although he had carefully considered the possibility of his death, and even compared it with the probability of temporarily avoiding the limelight, from the beginning to the end of thinking about this decision, he didn't feel any fear, as if the one about to take the risk wasn't his own life.