Dark Duel, as the chairman, I have no choice but to take part in it myself!

"Well done. It's better to prevent Sophia from focusing all her attention on me, and not let her dig too deep into that so-called secret."

You Xian closed his eyes as he spoke, and pinched his nose bridge a little sleepily.

It is indeed very interesting to do things, but if you spend too much time doing it, you will inevitably feel tired.

Fortunately, he is no longer alone now, and the Narcissus mermaid beside him is a very good helper.

Competent, considerate, and smart, where can you find such a good girl these days? No, only a pure creature like a card elf can give people such a feeling.

"One more thing. You should have asked Bald Eagle to meet up with the others who were traveling with the wind, right?"

"Yes, I have told the Bald Eagle all the truth as you instructed. Judging from their progress, it won't be long before they start the formal operation."

Speaking of this, a subtle smile appeared on the Narcissus mermaid's face again.

If You Xian hadn't happened to tell her this, she would have had to think of other ways to make Sophia and her gang believe what she said.

After all, as Iris said, the Narcissus mermaid's apparent identity at the time was just a dark duelist. They had no reason to accept everything a dark duelist said.

And now, after the information obtained by the bald eagle has been confirmed, with the "lessons learned from the past", both Sophia and Iris will definitely initially trust the information she gave.

Of course, this is just the beginning.

Throwing out too much explosive information at once would definitely make the two new chairpersons feel severely disconnected, which would make them subconsciously not believe what they said.

So she would only tell them a small number of lies, and after they initially accepted the "setting", she would continue to build on that foundation.

Well, although it was for fun, she was helping her "master" in a sense. If they were to increase their acceptance of "accidents" first, when the matter with Youxian was completely exposed, the possibility of them overreacting would be reduced a lot.

People's adaptability is very strong. As long as they are properly guided...

Maybe Sophia would have gone after You Xian directly after seeing through everything, but after the Narcissus mermaid's plan, she just beat You Xian up.

Yes, that's it.

Leziyu, who had already made up a lot of love-hate entanglements in his mind, couldn't help but smile and nodded his little head when he thought of the wonderful point.

You Xian in front of her naturally noticed the abnormal behavior of the Narcissus merman, but You Xian did not think much about it - perhaps the Narcissus merman also thought about the fun that was about to happen in Suifeng Piaopiaoyou's place?

"Oh, right. Master, it's time for us to move on to the next step of our plan. Your status as a prisoner is no longer useful now. Sophia and the others have temporarily suppressed their internal conflicts and will come to 'rescue' you soon."

"I understand that I just need to perform One Flew Over the Shining again.

"There's no need to let Sophia and the others really go deep into the Shining Assembly. Otherwise, it would be bad if they found out something."

You Xian, who had no idea what he was about to face, thought for a while and said so.

"As for you and the ostrich... go and help me with some preparations for the ceremony. The succession ceremony of the Ritual Academy is much more troublesome than I imagined."

"As for the materials, the Emperor Penguin has some ready-made ones. We should be able to get what we need from them after the Suifeng Piaopiao Tour begins."

Before Robin left, You Xian managed to get a lot of important information from him.

Since the robin was originally responsible for the work of arranging the ceremony for the emperor penguin, he also learned from the emperor penguin the process of promoting the chairman of the ceremony academy.

The most troublesome thing for You Xian was not the so-called "crossing trial" nor defeating the test of the Ritual Academy head-on in a duel, but obtaining the badge representing the logo of the chairman of the Ritual Academy and the badges of the six core members of the Ritual Academy.

This is not an easy thing to find. If You Xian were to look for it, it would probably take him three to five years to get it all.

Especially the badge representing the chairman of the Ritual Academy. That thing must be the badge of the previous chairman to be effective, so there is only one in the entire world.

And now... according to the robin, the emperor penguin alone has gathered enough materials, including those most troublesome badges. As long as everything goes well, the coronation ceremony can be successfully held in no time.

But before that... let's go find Sophia and the others first. There's no need to keep them waiting too long.

Although according to their plan they should not appear in the Ritual Academy, there was nothing they could do since they were already here.

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Different from the warm and cozy atmosphere on Youxian's side, on the other side of the Ritual Academy, a group of people gathered in a dark corner.

This is a small office, but it looks like it has been abandoned for many years, and the passage of time has left obvious traces here. The walls of the room have faded from their former white color to a dark gray color, and the wallpaper on the wall has fallen off, leaving only incomplete patterns.

The furniture in the room was also in tatters, with cracked leather on the recliner and uneven wooden panels on the table. The curtains were faded to gray, covered with cobwebs and dust. A damp and musty smell filled the air, adding a suffocating sense of oppression to the entire room.

Just at this moment, the sound of an emperor penguin was heard from the closed cubicle at the innermost part of the office.

"According to the reliable information I just received, one of you betrayed me!"

Although he did not show up, everyone present could hear the seriousness in his tone.

As soon as these words were spoken, all the cadres who were floating around became nervous.

The ostrich sitting in the front said calmly:

"Chief, are you kidding? Toucan is the only cadre who betrayed us. He should have been removed from the list."

"Yes, we who follow the wind are all loyal. Who would betray us?"

"Hmph, no need to say more, my information is absolutely reliable. I advise the betrayer to come forward himself. If he admits it himself, I may be able to give him a lighter sentence. If he refuses to repent..."

"I will definitely make his/her life worse than death."

"..."

Facing the emperor penguin's questioning, the whole room fell silent for a moment, as if everyone was waiting for Schrödinger's "criminal" to surrender.

But in the end, it was the robin that broke the silence.

He cleared his throat, put on a serious face and said:

"Chief, you know me well. If I had betrayed you, I wouldn't be here right now. It's even more impossible for you and I to still be alive in this world at the same time."

Although it sounds a bit confusing, emperor penguins can indeed understand what the robins want to express.

The robin is threatened by the emperor penguin, so it has to take on all that messy work. If the robin really can't help but fight with the emperor penguin one day, it will be a situation of life and death.

That's why the robin said, 'You and I can't live in this world at the same time.'

As soon as the robin finished speaking, the second cadre who was floating in the wind also spoke:

"Leader, you know me well. If I were the traitor, I would have already taken action against you. As for the others...it is even more impossible for them to be sitting here alive."

This time it was the ostrich who spoke, and the emperor penguin agreed with his words.

This is indeed the ostrich's style of doing things. If he is required to kill, he will kill without hesitation. If he is required to love, he will love passionately. If he is required to lead, he will lead sincerely.

Simple, direct, and leaving no room for maneuver, the penguin often does not see any constraints on the ostrich, and he always gives people a feeling of freedom.

Although he seemed to be pulled by something, he didn't care about anything else.

If he really chose to betray, according to his style, he would find a way to eliminate all the "troublemakers" and then bring others to deal with him together to avoid any further changes in the plan.

Emperor penguins like this way of doing things very much, so they have always admired ostriches very much, and naturally are willing to believe the truthfulness of what the ostriches say.

The last person to speak was the bald eagle who had been observing everyone's movements. She glanced at the people around her again, and then said hesitantly:

"Chief, you know me well. Suifeng Piaopiaoyou is my home. If I betray this place, I will have no other place to go."

"I don't have to do such a stupid thing."

To be honest, compared to the previous two, the words of the bald eagle did not seem so credible to the emperor penguin.

Although Suifengpiaopiaoyou is indeed a place where bald eagles are raised, the emperor penguins themselves are also very clear that they have always only provided various resources and some teaching resources for the bald eagles.

He had hardly ever had any close personal contact with the bald eagle, and he had rarely even appeared in front of a bald eagle in his true form.

Perhaps the bald eagle really has some feelings for Suifengpiaopiaoyouyou, but to say that it really regards this place as its irreplaceable "home" is better to forget it.

However, the emperor penguin believed the bald eagle's words at the first moment.

In other words, the emperor penguin does not trust the bald eagle itself, but the emperor penguin who has trained the bald eagle to be what it is now. The emperor penguin believes that his plan will never go wrong, and will not lead the bald eagle astray.

So, if everyone seems to be behaving so normally, who has the problem?

"I can tell from what I've heard that each of you has unique skills."

"But how do we explain the fact that the Shining Assembly learned about our preparations for the coronation ceremony?"

"I only mentioned to you that I would be promoted to the chairman of the Ritual Academy, and I only told some of you about the specific arrangements for the ceremony."

"So it could only be that one of you betrayed me, otherwise..."

At this moment, the robin who had first "proven" his innocence suddenly stood up again.

He lowered his voice, and his expression suddenly became much more serious: "Chief, do you think there is a possibility..."

"what?"

"Is there a possibility that someone from the Ritual Academy is hiding among us? He or she doesn't want you to become the chairman, so he or she revealed these secrets to the Shining Assembly, hoping to disrupt the situation."

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the whole room suddenly changed.

The leader, the emperor penguin, the ostrich, and the bald eagle all became nervous. The emperor penguin focused all his attention on the bald eagle, while the bald eagle and the ostrich focused their attention on the robin.

Could it be that the bald eagle finally discovered the secret? But how could this be possible? I have been hiding it very well all along. There should be no reason for her to discover it...

But if she really did discover the secret, why did she come back here? Did she think she could get revenge on her own?

The emperor penguin, whose heart was already in his throat, did not speak. He was waiting for someone to break the deadlock.

The ostrich and the bald eagle looked at each other warily, except for themselves.

Although they were both members of the Ritual Academy, they did not know each other’s true identities, let alone that the other was actually a teammate.

The news they received was that there were "teammates" at the cadre level of Suifeng Piao Piao You, and now it seems...

Could it be that this teammate is Robin? At least his words just now should be a test, right? Otherwise, why would he suddenly bring up the matter of the Ritual Academy?

I should have hidden it very well, and it is unlikely to be exposed unless someone tells the robin.

As for the robin, he was also confused after he said this.

Originally, he just wanted to see if the bald eagle would have any special reaction to what he said, but he found that the ostrich's attitude next to him was also a little strange.

What is this? Did the ostrich guess something? No, no, no, maybe it's not that simple.

Is it possible that this so-called teammate is not actually a bald eagle but an ostrich? The president of the Shining Assembly first appeared in front of him as an ostrich, and at that time they were assigned a mission to scout the Shining Assembly.

So where did the real ostrich go then?

At that time, the robin thought that the ostrich had been killed by the president of the Shining Assembly, so he disguised himself as an ostrich. But now, the ostrich has appeared again, which is interesting.

Could it be that the ostrich was sent by the president of the Shining Assembly to do other tasks at that time, and now he has returned with the important task of meeting himself?

Hiss—it seems entirely possible!

Or be bolder and ask, is it possible that these two are your teammates?

Thinking of this, the robin decided to wait until private to test it again. He coughed twice and said:

"Ahem, I'm just making a random guess. I don't have any special evidence."

"The most urgent task now is to find the real traitor hidden among us... This person has been hiding in the dark, and today he revealed the information about the chairman's ceremony. I dare not imagine what he will do in the future."

Just as he finished speaking, the emperor penguin's voice came again:

"No, this matter can be postponed for a while."

"This person is so well hidden that it's not easy to find him/her in such a short time. Unfortunately, we still have to face the attack from the Shining Assembly, so the most urgent thing is to be prepared to fight the enemy."

"As for the rest...we can talk about it later."

Although they said this, the emperor penguin had actually basically confirmed the fact that the bald eagle had "betrayed" them.

Just after the robin finished speaking about the Ritual Academy, the emperor penguin focused his attention entirely on the bald eagle, and indeed noticed that the bald eagle's expression had changed.

Maybe the bald eagle is hiding very well, but the emperor penguin, as the person who has guided the bald eagle so far, knows it best. The bald eagle's little disguise cannot deceive the emperor penguin at all.

This is a problem...why did it have to be her?

The emperor penguin looked at the girl who was sitting there pretending to be calm, and couldn't help feeling a little melancholy. The emperor penguin really attached great importance to the bald eagle. As the most critical part of the plan, the bald eagle must not know the truth of all this.

Originally he wanted to keep the secret of the Ritual Academy hidden for his whole life, but now...

The only consolation was that, apart from preventing him from "attacking" the Ritual Academy, the bald eagle did not do anything else to disobey him.

This at least shows that the White Owl has not completely severed the relationship between himself and his emperor penguin, nor has it reached the point of being truly "heartless".

If the bald eagle really wanted to kill himself, there was no way he would still be sitting here. He would have probably gone to get help long ago.

Perhaps even the bald eagle has only discovered some clues and has not yet fully understood the truth. All it needs to do next is hide all the evidence.

Thinking of this, the emperor penguin felt much calmer.

It's not a big problem, everything is still under control.jpg

"Ostrich, tell me first. I asked you and Robin to investigate the Shining Gathering. What did you find out?"