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Upon hearing the saintess's suggestion, Fan Xiao did not immediately express his opinion, but instead asked, "You are very confident. I am a little curious about where this confidence comes from. Since it is a cooperation... Miss Qiu, you should not mind telling me about your bargaining chips first, right?"

"So you become 'Miss Qiu' when you need intelligence? What a pragmatic man."

The saintess commented with a slight complaint.

Fan Xiao shrugged, remained silent, and waited for the other party's reply.

Seeing this, the saintess continued, "As a relatively powerful B-level mental player, Allen can easily see through your illusions, which reduces your combat power when facing him."

"Now he has joined forces with other B-level players, and with Allen acting as the eyes, it's like cutting off your illusion ability. Then they release all sorts of items in combination, making it very difficult for you to get close to them."

"Even if you possess a deadly move that even Sakura fears, if you don't have the opportunity to attack and can't hit anyone... it's meaningless, right?"

"Hmm, your analysis is pretty accurate."

Fan Xiao's tone was somewhat ambiguous.

Neither directly admitting nor completely denying.

The saintess's words pretty much summed up his current predicament.

If Allen has already joined up with the other players and is acting as their eyes and ears, then he really doesn't have much of a way to deal with this group.

After all, even if he summoned the little angel, he wouldn't be able to get close enough to attack this group of people if he just stacked up a few B-grade active tracking and area-of-effect attack items.

The player's items have all sorts of strange effects, and his level has risen to B. He is a D-level player, and with the illusion magic being nerfed, he is indeed quite difficult to deal with.

Originally, he planned to kill Allen first, and then leisurely deal with the others.

As it turned out, Allen was like a cockroach; after surviving one of his sneak attacks, he only lost one hand.

This is a bit uncomfortable.

Of course, he wasn't without a way to break the deadlock.

He's not the only one in Fairy Tale Town!

If he and the other thirty-six little girls joined forces to create illusionary damage, all of it concentrated on those B-level players... even just using mental flames to burn them would burn them to brain death.

It's just a bit more time-consuming and laborious.

Although doing so would leave him and the other little girls weakened, the town's army of illusionary monsters would be enough to deal with the rest of the group.

This was his final plan, and he wouldn't use it lightly.

If there were other alternatives, he naturally wouldn't want the little girls to go with him to kill people.

After all, they are not mentally mature enough. If they start killing, it will be difficult to re-educate them later.

Thinking of this, Fan Xiao continued, "Now that the problem has been pointed out, Miss Qiu must be able to solve it, right?"

"It's natural."

The saintess stated clearly, "Your ability to interfere with the mind is quite powerful, and this instance is your home ground, which should enhance your abilities."

"With the combination of the two, even a typical B-rank player, with the help of a mental resistance item, would likely be unable to see through your illusion in the dungeon, unless that item is also quite powerful."

"The only one standing in your way is Allen. I can use my abilities to weaken his spirit and make your illusions work on him."

"As for the other B-rank players, I can also help you restrain their attacks, making it easier for you to eliminate them. Besides that..."

She glanced at Sakura, then continued, "Sakura is also a powerful and obedient helper."

“Sounds pretty good,” Fan Xiao said. “What are the conditions? You guys didn’t come here just to be my thugs, did you?”

“Indeed,” the saintess smiled gently, “because we share the same goal: to make these people…die.”

"I'll believe Miss Qiu for now, but..."

Changing the subject, Fan Xiao asked, "Does Miss Qiu know who I attended the banquet with?"

"One of Mammon's men, right?"

The saintess said, "I don't know exactly who it is, but Mammon is the deliveryman for the cooperation between Allen and Star Memory City."

"If you want to sneak into the banquet, you either need to go through Star Memory City, or through the church, or..."

She smiled slightly and didn't continue speaking.

Fan Xiao then asked, "Does Miss Qiu know why I didn't bring Mammon's people in with me?"

"Naturally, it's to keep the fact that I own a copy of the game a secret. The identity of a copy holder is indeed rare and easily attracts the covetous eyes of many players."

The saintess blinked: "So... Xiao, are you going to kill me to silence me? You... are you willing to do that?"

Fan Xiao possessed a copy—she knew this.

This is also why she insisted on sneaking into the banquet alone without any other helpers.

Because in the future she saw, the banquet incident came to an end in Fan Xiao's copy.

If we bring other people along, Fan Xiao's secret of possessing the copy will be exposed.

After weighing the options, she decided to let only Sakura come along.

This was a concession that had to be made.

Otherwise, the faction she belongs to that is a potential papal candidate will most likely prevent her from taking the risk alone.

Yes, her decision to go to the banquet alone did not stem from arrogance.

She simply wanted to provide follow-up assistance while keeping Fan Xiao's secret.

At the same time, this was also to prevent Fan Xiaozhen from killing him to cover it up.

Now that only she and Ying know the secret, Fan Xiao is more likely to compromise.

In addition, this can also completely block intelligence.

After all, killing so many powerful figures from Division 001 would undoubtedly cause a major upheaval.

If there were other people besides her and Sakura who came along, the risk of exposure would be greater for each additional person who knew about it.

They cannot afford the consequences of this, so blocking intelligence is necessary.

"Why are you reluctant?" Fan Xiao said calmly, "I've done plenty of ruthless things before, so I don't feel any pressure to do it again."

Upon hearing this, Sakura tensed up slightly and became wary.

The saintess maintained her smile and said, "Let's not talk about whether we're willing to give it up or not, let's just talk about benefits."

"Xiao, your division will probably continue to purchase fantasy materials from Division 001 to create a new safe zone."

"This is a long-term business. Are you sure you want to abandon this already established path?"

...Fan Xiao suspected the guy was driving, but he had no proof.

“Your path is indeed very valuable, but…”

Fan Xiao shrugged and said, "Districts are districts, and I am me. People are selfish. When discussing interests, individuals and the whole cannot be treated the same."

"You want me to risk exposing the instance to stabilize the fantasy material acquisition route in the partition..."

"Miss Qiu, do you think I'm that noble?"

"I suppose what you care about, Xiao, isn't whether it's noble or not, is it?"

The saintess suddenly took a few steps forward, getting completely close to Fan Xiao.

Seeing this, Sakura wanted to step forward to stop them, but the saintess stopped her with a gesture.

"Would you mind creating a private channel?" the saintess asked.

Before Fan Xiao could reply, Yan Keke waved her hand and created the soundproof illusion.

Seeing this, the saintess smiled slightly and said, "You are pressing me so hard simply because you are curious about why I know so much about you and about the source of my information. I can tell you that."

After organizing her thoughts, she continued, "Simply put, I have the ability to see future scenes related to myself."

"I didn't investigate you through other channels, but rather obtained some information about you from the future."

"See the future...?" Fan Xiao's eyes widened in surprise. "Are you sure?"

"Hmm... that statement might not be entirely accurate."

The saintess thought for a moment and said, "If you can see the future, then the future becomes a certainty, unchangeable, equivalent to a fixed fate."

"But the future is full of uncertainty. If one commits suicide in advance and cuts off one's future, will one's destiny be disrupted?"

"From this perspective, what I see is probably the most probable future, not something that will definitely happen."

"For everything to develop in the right direction, I need to take the initiative to cooperate."

“So,” Van Shaw asked, “you defied common sense and sneaked into the banquet all by yourself?”

The saintess smiled and said, "You can understand it that way."

"Are there any limitations to this ability?" Fan Xiao asked.

"Yes, every time I look at it, my eyesight weakens."

The saintess said, "This weakening is permanent and cannot be reversed."

"Unless one can break free from the shackles of the physical body and become a higher life form."

"Otherwise, such weakening is tantamount to a curse, and it is unavoidable."

"A higher life form?" Fan Xiao asked.

"Players whose evolution rate reaches 100% will have their bodies semi-energy-based and will no longer be bound by the concept of the physical body."

The saint explained.

This is the price to pay for using S-rank items.

Even though "Knowing Fate" is only one of the Ten Commandments and is very different from a complete S-rank item, the cost of using it is not reduced at all.

"Is this so..."

Fan Xiao suddenly sealed off the outward spread of his spiritual power with the "Land of Delusion," essentially creating a barrier that isolated his spirit.

At the same time, he stretched out his hand and waved it in front of the saintess.

The saintess shook her head slightly: "There's no need to test me. My eyesight is excellent now; I'm not using any mental power to sense my surroundings."

"A very powerful ability."

Fan Xiao exclaimed, "Miss Qiu must have predicted the future more than once, right? Determining the present direction through the future and always having the upper hand... It sounds like cheating, but the cost isn't that high."

"No, the price is high," the saintess laughed. "I'm not blind now, it's just because I rarely use my eyes."

"I wonder what information Miss Qiu obtained about me from the future?" Fan Xiao asked.

“…some basic information,” the saintess said, “names, abilities, images of certain things that will happen in the future, and so on.”

"Why the pause?" Fan Xiao continued, "You saw more than just this, didn't you?"

"Hehe, this ability has many limitations, so you can only see this much."

The saintess parted her lips and smiled.

She saw more than just that.

She even saw images unsuitable for children... and the female protagonist was herself.

But how could I possibly say something like that?

To avoid Fan Xiao from pressing her for more information, she offered, "Xiao, if you're curious about the future, I can use my ability to predict it for you a few times."

"Although it will damage eyesight, however..."

Her tone carried a hint of seduction: "The blind saintess... with her eyes wrapped in a black silk scarf, standing in front of you, what she wants to do to my body, I can't predict in advance, I can only passively accept the fear brought by the unknown... It's quite exciting to think about, Xiao, what do you think?"

“It’s quite exciting.”

Fan Xiao sneered inwardly.

That Saintess must have seen some secret information in the future that cannot be easily revealed.

He was a little curious about what it was.

As for the other party's attempt to change the subject through provocation...

Fan Xiao took out a black silk scarf from his storage space, handed it to the Holy Maiden, and said, "What you said is a bit tempting. Let's try it out beforehand and see how it goes?"

"..."

The saintess looked at the silk scarf, but instead of taking it directly, she asked, "Why do you have something like this?"