Quadruple split.

Chapter 2639 Long time no see
"hehe."

Mo Tan obediently raised his hands, winked playfully at Ivy, and said with a smile, "Someone's jealous."

"It seems so."

Ivy smiled gently, then gave Mo Tan a flirtatious wink before turning and leaving, her voice soft and alluring: "Please consider my suggestion from earlier."

Mo Tan shrugged, then walked briskly up to the rooftop, bathed in the soft sunlight, and slowly closed her eyes.

Then, a soft aroma of incense wafted past his nose.

"Oh haha."

Mo Tan opened his eyes and let out a soft sigh, marveling at the bizarre and fantastical space around him. He exclaimed, "Even among the pretentious group of mages, you must be one of the most ritualistic, right?"

"Okay."

Lying lazily on a pile of cushions suspended in mid-air, Shuangye slowly floated to Mo Tan's side, yawned, and casually said, "Among the people I know, only Ana is more pretentious than me."

Mo Tan nodded slightly, looking around at the [Barrier: Infinite Circuit] where he was currently located, and asked curiously, "Are all these random things made of elements? Or did you bring those things from outside in?"

"Half and half."

Shuangye popped half a peeled piece of fruit into her mouth, wiped her hands on Motan's clothes, and mumbled, "The parts that create atmosphere, like the floor and the lights, are made of magic and elements. As for the furniture around us, I basically took it all from the Keworth Manor. Anyway, she's rich, so she doesn't care about these things."

Mo Tan casually grabbed a chair that floated past behind him, sat down, and nodded with a grin, saying, "It seems I'm not the only one who's fond of living off women."

"I don't think so. Because of you, that vampire has always been quite prejudiced against me. But that's not important. After all, there are too many people who are prejudiced against me. One more or one less won't make a difference."

Futaba twitched the corners of her mouth, then reluctantly straightened up, sat cross-legged on the pile of wobbly cushions, and asked her partner next to her, resting her chin on her hand, "How long are you staying this time?"

"I won't be staying long."

Mo Tan smiled and said, "The main reason I came back is to bring the [doll] back for you and Cole to see. As for myself, I have a lot of personal matters to attend to and won't be staying long."

Shuangye snapped her fingers, and a mirror that seemed to be made of flowing water appeared in front of them. In the center of the mirror, Luo Na was standing blankly at the entrance of the main building, in the exact same position as when Mo Tan left her side.

"This must be the girl."

Futaba narrowed her eyes, gazing at the elf in the mirror—dressed in a black dress, exuding an aloof air, and wearing a veil—and asked softly, "A zombie? An Eternal?"

"They are stronger than zombies in the conventional sense, but not as perfect as the Eternals."

While admiring Rona's somewhat bewildered expression in the mirror, Mo Tan casually said, "I managed to get my hands on an Eternal Heart, and by the way, I got a friend who resurrected your friends to help Rona Moonshine fake her death."

Shuangye frowned slightly and reacted quickly, saying, "Could it be that although you couldn't reverse the fact that Rona Moonshine died, you deceived her body through that Eternal heart, making her ignore her own death?"

"clever."

Mo Tan grinned, then casually corrected, "However, it's not that death is ignored, but rather that death is 'forgotten.' This forgetting is so powerful that even if Rona herself is fully aware that she is dead, her body will refuse to acknowledge it."

Futaba's brows furrowed deeper and deeper. After a long silence, she sighed and said in a rare, somewhat powerless tone, "Even I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to do something like this."

"Yo!!!!"

Mo Tan immediately let out an unusually sharp and extremely sarcastic laugh, and said in a mocking tone, "So there are things you can't do?"

"Believe it or not, I'll beat you to death right now!"

Futaba made a threat that neither of them took seriously, coldly saying, "Although I am indeed very knowledgeable in the field of mysticism, necromancy is a separate and niche system even within mysticism, especially the [Spirit Control] specialization. Those tricks to manipulate souls are not in my comfort zone."

Mo Tan clicked her tongue and said succinctly, "So, you just can't figure it out no matter what you do?"

"My energy is limited."

Futaba snorted softly and said indifferently, "Moreover, as far as I know, most people who can achieve something in necromancy are people with particularly developed 'inspiration'. It's a pity that although I don't have the cute point of being afraid of ghosts, I don't have much experience in seeing ghosts either."

Mo Tan nodded slightly and asked, "So?"

"So although I have no doubt that I can become an excellent necromancer, but..."

Futaba turned to face her nemesis and said succinctly, "I also don't think I can make any groundbreaking achievements in the field of necromancers. Although I am arrogant, I am not so blindly confident that I can achieve such unprecedented results."

Mo Tan immediately shook his head and said seriously, "You're being modest. If I remember correctly, in the match where you suffered a 'crushing defeat' to that Ah Sang in the [Debate on Guilt - Individual Battle], you achieved the feat of unleashing a complete epic-level offensive at a high-level.

"Yes."

Futaba ignored the sarcasm in the other person's words and admitted directly, "But if it were a necromancer, I'm afraid I couldn't do it."

"Great, then I'm relieved."

Mo Tan laughed happily and said, "Since you think you can't handle this, even if Rona stays here, you probably won't be able to find a way to help Ned and his group from her. So, before I officially entrust those people to you, you should be safe from any danger."

Futaba sneered: "To be precise, it's just that I might pose a danger to your life. With your current skill level, you could get trampled to death just by going for a walk."

"No need for you to worry, my dear."

Mo Tan raised her hand and brushed a strand of hair from Shuang Ye's forehead, saying softly, "Besides you, other threats are nothing but pointless jokes in my eyes. Unless I want to die, no one can kill me."

"What do I care? Even if you get killed by someone else, I still won't win this round."

Futaba rolled her eyes, then said meaningfully, "But your friend who's good at dealing with the dead, I'm starting to think he's not so simple."

Mo Tan revealed an even more meaningful smile, saying nothing and simply looking at the other person quietly.

"Ah."

Futaba chuckled softly, then changed the subject, asking, "How's it going at Anka Market?"

Mo Tan looked at her with a puzzled expression and asked curiously, "Why are you asking me? Didn't you personally plant a spy over there? Ask him!"

Don't be ungrateful.

Futaba glared at him and said irritably, "You should know very well how much help the [Lobbyist] is to Anka, and my orders to him were to assist [Ace of Clubs] as much as possible, not to keep an eye on the situation there and report to me for every little thing."

Mo Tan smiled and nodded, "Alright, considering that [The Persuader] is an NPC and you and [Ace of Clubs] aren't friends, I'll just give you a brief overview of the situation over there." "Okay."

Futaba shifted to a more comfortable position to listen to others, resting her head on her arm, and said, "Let it go."

"As collaborators of the [Woof Woof Adventurer Squad], we naturally swallowed up most of the wealth of the [Viper Merchant Guild]'s third-rate first-class deacon, [The Tide Worm]."

Mo Tan, with his legs crossed, said slowly and deliberately, "Besides that, we also acquired a large number of young and beautiful girls. Of course, I heard you've already made arrangements for that, so I won't go into details. Then there are the tangible assets under the control of [Tide Worm], which were basically swallowed up by [Wildfire] and [Grey Wolf]. We..."

"We've been working so hard, and all we got in the end was a little money? And it might even be less than the 400,000 I allocated to you?"

Futaba coldly interrupted Motan, asking in an unfriendly tone, "You'd better explain why we got almost nothing from [The Tide Worm]'s tangible assets in Anka."

Mo Tan answered without hesitation, stating succinctly, "Because I can't eat."

"Ha, I think so too."

Shuangye nodded, rested her head on Motan's shoulder, and said calmly, "The biggest problem has never been the black market under [Shiochushi], but the special environment of Anka Market. At least for [Clown Card] now, unless we really become a non-profit organization, the cost of establishing ourselves there is too high. Rather than that, we might as well be less ambitious and give some benefits to the deacons who have already gained a foothold in Anka."

Mo Tan fiddled with Shuang Ye's ahoge and laughed, "That's how it is. So at least this time, even if it's just to keep the really troublesome part of that snake from noticing us, we still have to appease those guys. So giving up some benefits is unavoidable."

"Wait a moment."

Suddenly, Shuangye grabbed Motan by the collar and whispered in his ear, "I suddenly remembered, regarding that 'Hero Game' we mentioned before, was my share a little too small?"

Mo Tan grabbed Shuang Ye's hand that was gripping his collar and grinned, "What nonsense are you talking about? I don't understand a word you say."

"The 'heroes' in that 'hero game' were the [Woof Woof Adventurer Squad]. Their leader was your classmate; and the person who cooperated with us in the [Viper Merchant Guild] was also one of your people."

Shuangye bit Motan's hand hard, then looked up and said, "Don't try to fob me off with the 'clown's' benefits. If you don't give me some tangible and visible advantages, believe me, I'll sell out those 'heroes'!"

Mo Tan sighed and said helplessly, "I've handed over the entire hideout in Freedom City to you, as well as the Violet area. All the benefits from Xiu's side will eventually go to that Flower Q. She's one of yours too, isn't she?"

"Cut the nonsense."

Shuangye loosened Motan's collar and said coldly, "I'll handle the overall plan for this 'Hero Game,' and you'll be my assistant."

Mo Tan nodded obediently: "Okay."

"Ah."

Not surprised by the answer, Futaba leaned back in the pile of cushions and said casually, "Just what you wanted, right?"

"Look at what you're saying, isn't this a 'win-win' situation?"

"Anything else? If not, then get lost."

"Something's up!"

"What's going on?"

"Lorna has already started wandering around. Guess when she'll bump into that kid?"

"Hey! Right, right, let me see what that little thief is up to!"

"Oh my, it doesn't seem too far away!"

"Get out of my way, you're crowding me."

"Stop it, stop it. This spot is good. Why don't you just let me hold you for a bit?"

"Trying to take advantage of me?"

"Laughing my head off, your hands don't even feel as good as the cushions under your butt."

……

at the same time
After realizing she had been abandoned, Lorna finally made up her mind to take a short walk around the large and beautiful manor.

If it were her in her previous life, she might have felt uneasy about the situation before her. After all, for a "country girl," the Caeves Estate, which was not much in the Free City, was really too high-end and classy.

However, having died once before, Rona, who usually maintains a calm and composed mindset like a dead person, was quite open-minded at this moment. Since the master said she could take a walk, she simply wandered aimlessly around the manor.

Considering that since this place unknowingly became the temporary headquarters of the "Clown Card," there have always been unfamiliar faces coming and going. Even if the manor's butlers, housekeepers, maids, and gardeners noticed Rona, they generally remained calm and went about their business as usual, without being overly enthusiastic or resistant.

But someone is different—

As a "clown" who had worked at Caeves Manor for a long time and had extremely high authority, and who had been burdened with a lot of miscellaneous tasks during this period, Cole Shulen knew very well that there should be no visitors in the manor at this time.

Ms. Futaba's most recent appointment was to have dinner with Ms. Cardina in a private room at the Wanderer's Hostel in the evening.

So when it came to that uninvited guest who walked into Xiao Ai's favorite little garden as if no one else was there, casually fiddling with the branches she had carefully pruned, Cole might have politely stepped forward to inquire about the situation, but today, in a very bad mood, he walked over without any politeness.

"This lady."

Maintaining only the bare minimum of politeness, dressed in a well-tailored butler's uniform, the young man with a gloomy expression narrowed his eyes and said in an unfriendly tone, "This is..."

"Cole?"

"...?"

"haven't seen you for a long time."

"...?...???"

"I am back."

"..."

In a dizzying moment, Cole Shulen, who hadn't slept well for several days and hadn't slept a wink last night, staggered, then his eyes rolled back, and he fainted amidst the maniacal laughter of two unscrupulous voyeurs.

Chapter 2630: The End