Quadruple split.

Chapter 2345: The Intermission is Running Out

Chapter 2345: Interlude: Time is running out

Game time PM18:47

The third floor prayer room in the Great Chapel of Dunbuya City, in the northern part of the Holy Land

"Well, let's stop here for today's report and follow-up work. Good night, everyone."

Xia Liya leaned back in the chair and said this in a tone that was as close to the end of her energy as a lamp. Then she tilted her head and fell asleep.

Mo Tan, who was also a little tired, curled his lips, picked up a very unreasonable budget application, rolled it into a ball and threw it at Xia Liya, hitting her directly on the head: "Go back to sleep!"

"Cheapskate."

Xia Liya wrinkled her nose, stood up weakly, and glanced at Romeo beside her: "Is there anything wrong, kid? If not, escort me back."

Romeo smiled, but did not give an answer immediately. Instead, he turned to Mo Tan and asked, "Boss, do I have anything else to say?"

"Apart from what I just said, rebuilding Ye Yin as soon as possible and expanding the intelligence network, there is nothing else to say, but..."

Mo Tan looked at Romeo's harmless bearded face, narrowed his eyes and asked, "It may be just my illusion, but I always feel that you, Luo, look like a big shot over there. Of course, considering that I've been exhausted lately and none of you are worry-free, the possibility of me being wrong is also quite high."

Romeo shrugged and continued, "So?"

"So if you have a clue, would you please give me a relatively definite answer?"

Mo Tan smiled and said in a cheerful tone: "After all, there are so many things that need to be done to trouble you here. If you don't have a clear idea in your mind, it will be difficult for me to handle it."

Romeo also laughed when he heard this, and said without thinking: "In that case, at least before I pile up these troubles like a mountain, you must have seen it wrong."

"I see."

Mo Tan understood and nodded, "Very good, there is nothing for you to do here, Lao Luo. Please escort my adjutant back to rest."

"It should."

Romeo stood up unsteadily and grinned, "Respect the old and love the young."

After saying that, he rushed out before the lady from the knowledge sect next to him, who looked like a high school girl but was actually over three digits old, suddenly attacked and hurt people. The latter also waved to Mo Tan hastily and chased after him with gritted teeth.

It can be seen that although Xia Liya said that she had finished today's work, that was actually just a simple excuse to leave. Mo Tan could tell from the fact that she specially called Romeo that the [Agency] now had too many troubles to deal with, so much so that it needed the cooperation of the few remaining [Yagakure] members under Romeo. So even though it was read as "rest", for the current senior cadres of Dunbuya City, it was just the end of the highest-level meeting chaired by Hei Fan, and there were too many things to do at hand.

"I bet."

After the two left, Jenny relit the cigarette that seemed to last forever and said calmly, "In less than ten minutes, Xia Liya, Romeo, and Raymond, who has settled Mr. Mino, will appear at a table in the corner of the cafeteria to continue working."

Philip nodded first, then suddenly froze, revealing a somewhat embarrassed expression.

Obviously, after he agreed with Jenny's guess, he realized that as the only apprentice of the great astrologer Damus Remidep, the other party did not need to "guess" at all.

Jenny, whose eyes seemed to be able to see through people's hearts, shook her head and said lazily, "I have to state in advance that I am really just 'guessing'. Because of the two successful containment attempts before, I have temporarily lost my ability to predict. But don't worry, it's not a big deal, so the price will go away quickly. It will recover slowly in a few days at most as time goes by."

“This is really exciting news.”

Philip nodded sincerely to the astrologer who had played a significant role in the previous fierce battle, and said seriously: "If you have any physical discomfort recently, as a clergyman of the Abundance Sect, I will do my best to help you solve the problem."

The latter blew out a smoke ring and nodded casually, "No problem, but Your Highness, there is no need to use honorifics when talking to me. After all, the highest leader here is just an ordinary priest of the Dawn Sect, so whether you are a favored one of the Abundance Sect or an apprentice of the Great Astrologer, no one is nobler than the other."

"Of course I know this."

Philip smiled gently and said seriously: "I'm just being polite."

"But being too polite can be a little strange, Philip."

Mo Tan blinked at the very steady and steady Holy Son, and changed his tone to one more suitable for private occasions: "To be honest, the fact that you and Avery are willing to come to Dunbuya City with me is very important in itself, so please promise that even if it is for the sake of the warriors in the city who are hanging their heads on their belts and guarding the northern border of the Holy Land with their lives, you must put your own safety first."

Phillip was stunned at first, then he smiled bitterly and said helplessly: "Sorry..."

"No, no, no, this is not something to apologize for."

Mo Tan waved his hand and shrugged, "After spending some time with you, I have gotten to know you and Avery. I have to say that Fialli will give me problems. If it was Blake, that mischievous kid, I probably wouldn't worry about his safety at all, but you two... are different."

Philip did not answer, but looked away awkwardly. He could clearly understand the implication of Mo Tan's words, which was -

"You take good care of yourself, but there is still a great possibility that you will put yourself in danger for others."

Mo Tan looked at Philip's evasive eyes and raised his hand to stop the other party from arguing. "Of course I know that you have epic-level power that is unattainable for people like me. I also know that ordinary epic-level and epic-level God-favored are two completely different concepts. I know even more clearly that as the apple of our sect's eye, you must have a lot of good things that can save your life. I can even tell you that if they knew your identity, even if those blood barbarians really have the ability to kill you, they will never do so unless they have no other choice, because killing God-favored is a naked declaration of a fight to the death for a sect, and even sending out legendary-level people is "understandable." "

Philip shut his mouth without hesitation, for no other reason than that the reasons given by Mo Tan were as comprehensive as what he had thought.

"And in this situation, there is only one reason why I still ask... or you can understand it as 'ordering' you two to protect yourselves first, and that is that your positions and influence far exceed your capabilities, so you cannot afford to die."

Mo Tan looked at Philip expressionlessly and said sternly, "Until your abilities catch up with your status as the Son of God, as your 'superior', I must carry this out to the end."

Philip sighed and said a little frustratedly: "I thought that in a place like this, I wouldn't have to..."

"No longer constrained by your status? Don't be ridiculous. Who do you think you are? You are a favored one of the Cult of Plenty. You have been an absolute core member of your sect for nearly a century, and you are the face of the goddess of abundance, Ansirella."

Mo Tan mercilessly interrupted His Highness the Saint's lamentation and said in a deep voice: "So don't forget this just because I am a 'friend' of the same age as you, and don't think that you are not special at all. I let you forget your identities so that you can obey orders, but this does not mean that I will forget your identities when giving orders."

Jenny smacked her lips and interrupted, "So what Heifan meant was that it's a good thing that you don't act like the Son of God when you get along with everyone, but if you really forget the fact that you are the Son of God, it would be irresponsible to everyone. To be honest, if something really happens to you, the people in Dunbuya City will definitely accuse you of failing to protect them. Even if they can't say it openly, your life will definitely not be easy in the future."

"I understand."

After hearing this, Philip stopped trying to fight for something and nodded seriously, "I admit that I went a little too far in these two battles. I will think more before doing anything next time."

"very good."

Mo Tan nodded contentedly, then turned to the chief astrologer sitting opposite him and instructed: "Please keep a close eye on these two in the future. If you find any signs that they have violated the highest priority of 'protecting themselves', even if nothing has happened, immediately have Xia Liya notify the City of Light and have the Justice Sect and the Abundance Sect send people to take them back."

Jenny blew a smoke ring at Mo Tan and replied happily, "No problem."

Philip: “…”

"Oh yeah, please help convey Avery's message as well, but he's not as pretentious as you are, so just give him a little hint."

Mo Tan also said this to Philip in the same cheerful tone as Jenny, and then added: "Of course, I can assure you that, as two epic-level fighters, it will be very, very, very hard, provided that you will not cause me trouble by dying in battle." Philip nodded with relief to show that he would be good, and then stood up: "Understood, then I'll go back first. Mino just went through two things, and although there is no problem in theory, it's better to check it again. If his condition is still stable, I'll go ask Xia Liya and the others if I can help."

"Hard."

Mo Tan smiled and didn't keep him any longer.

"Oh, right."

The Holy Son of Abundance, who had already taken a step forward, suddenly stopped and turned to Mo Tan in a serious tone and asked, "Can you please tell me what your so-called 'ability catching up with status' is like?"

Mo Tan kept smiling and gave a name without hesitation: "Fialie Graham."

"clear."

After receiving an answer that couldn't be more pragmatic, Philip left with a satisfied heart and nothing to say.

Just like that, only Mo Tan, Yi Zou and Jenny were left in the prayer room.

After two minutes of strange atmosphere, Yizou broke the silence with a chuckle, leaned over and said to Mo Tan, "Then I'll excuse myself for a moment, senior. I'll come back later."

"it is good."

Without asking his female knight why she had to excuse herself, Mo Tan just nodded slightly and smiled at his considerate junior.

Thus, only Commander Hei Fan and his chief astrologer were left in the prayer room.

"I lied to you once, and you tricked me once, so we're even."

Jenny stared at Mo Tan with her heavily shadowed eyes and gritted her teeth and said, “Do you think I would say that?”

"will not."

Mo Tan calmly looked into the other person's eyes and said sternly, "Because you did hide it from me, but I wasn't kidding you. At most, I just retaliated a little after realizing that you didn't realize my plan."

Jenny took a puff of the cigarette between her fingers and said angrily, "Why do you think I'm in a bad state?"

“Naturally because of love and peace.”

Mo Tan joked casually and said happily: "That's why I reward you with the position of [Chief Astrologer]."

Jenny angrily made a rude gesture to Mo Tan, and said in a rare and somewhat out-of-control manner: "It doesn't matter if I'm the chief or not, and I don't care if I'm included in your organization or not, but don't you think the burden on my shoulders is a bit too heavy?"

Mo Tan tilted his head and looked at the other person innocently, "Will it?"

"You kid, do you want to recall what authority you gave to that damn [Chief Astrologer]?"

Jenny slammed the table and cursed, "You almost added that I can speak better than you, a damned commander!"

Mo Tan nodded in agreement and asked, "Should I go find Xia Liya and the others to correct it?"

"Are you sick? Or are you attracted to me? Otherwise, why would you trust me so much?"

"If I have to choose, I can be sick."

"you……"

"I'm just kidding. Actually, in my opinion, the profession of [Astrologer] is the most suitable to interpret the saying 'Don't employ a person you doubt, and don't doubt a person you employ'. I have already decided to trust you a long time ago. Today, I am just putting this trust on the table."

"But I just hid such a big thing from you!"

"Yeah, I know, and I'm angry too."

"Then you still..."

"My anger at you does not conflict with my trust in you."

"..."

"If I'm not mistaken, the reason you got hurt this time is that you wanted to make up for the loss caused by my absence, right?"

"..."

"How's the compensation?"

"I don't know, but I tried my best."

"Thank you."

"roll."

"I'm sorry, but I know very well what kind of responsibility this authority means, and what kind of burden this responsibility will bring to you."