170: Chapter 170 Verification of Guesses About the Truth 170: Chapter 170 Verification of Guesses About the Truth “You mean to say, you’ve time-traveled again?”
Wendy hugged her arms, watching coldly as her best friend, wrapped in a blanket and huddled on the bed, ferociously nibbled on chocolate.
Li Mumu could now finally understand why the agents of the Special Service Bureau still wore such thick clothes in the height of summer, and why they’d drink piping hot mutton soup for a late-night snack—she felt as though all the heat in her body had been completely drained, not feeling the slightest warmth even under the sun.
It was truly cold.
So cold that she couldn’t even open her mouth to speak, and if she hadn’t stockpiled a substantial amount of chocolate before boarding the ship, she might have already gone into shock.
Still, she persevered and recounted everything she’d experienced to Wendy.
“Beneath the shadow on the water’s surface of the Cosmos, another ship named Olympus lurked, filled with smuggled monsters…
This does sound somewhat far-fetched, but if you think about it, it’s not entirely impossible,” Wendy began to analyze calmly.
“Speaking of our family’s loan contract…
there seems indeed to be such a thing.
Then, you infiltrated the Olympus, and in a reverse-possession, you merged with and became a new monster that was originally prepared to possess you.
To save you, I signed a loan contract with you…
But there’s one thing that doesn’t make sense here.”
“You think you wouldn’t need to use that loan contract?”
“I think, even if I killed you and used your head as a token to surrender, why would they accept my surrender?”
Wendy sharply pinpointed the key issue Li Mumu had overlooked.
“I don’t know many people on this ship, and those who know me…
why would they trust me and accept my surrender?
It makes no sense.
I’m not some adorable cutie that everyone adores.
Unless…”
She tilted her head, gazing at Li Mumu and lowered her voice, “Unless the person knows me and has promised me that they would accept my surrender if I killed you.
Only then could I trust them, and only then would it make sense.
There are, including you, no more than three people on this ship who know me.”
“Do you think it was your dad or your mom?”
Li Mumu was stumped by the question; she had never considered this possibility.
Mu Yuming was just a mortal; it definitely couldn’t be him.
Could it be Li Ya?
That’s my own mother…
No, wait a minute, in some ways, not particularly close, and even some animosity exists.
“Your mom is a genuine witch, a Great Witch renowned in the Federation Witch Sisterhood.
Why is she completely absent from your time-traveling memories?”
Wendy’s tone became increasingly aggressive.
“Do you think with her power, she could be ambushed by some strange guy, even by a Throne Knight?”
“Then why didn’t she come to rescue you?”
Wait a minute…
Li Mumu suddenly raised her head, interrupting Wendy’s speech, “Throne Knights!
Correct, not only my family knows you, but the Hell Church also knows your name!
Didn’t they invite you to the Yellowstone Throne last time?
Wouldn’t they invite you again?”
“As you said, they have already invited me, invited us.”
Wendy scoffed, “I already received an invitation, and if I wanted to surrender, I could have done so directly.
Why would I need your head as a door knocker?
If the story you told is true, then it means after you turned into a monster, you didn’t attack me and could even be controlled by me.
Keeping you alive would be a more advantageous choice for me, wouldn’t it?”
“No one is foolish enough to discard their own means of self-defense.”
“The living Li Mumu is the most fearsome weapon, while the dead Li Mumu’s head is worthless.
Do you think I couldn’t figure out that much?”
“So the only possibility is that, under those circumstances, someone offered me a proposition I couldn’t refuse—a condition that compelled me to give you up.”
“Who do you think could make such an offer?”
Li Mumu felt even colder.
Emotionally, she couldn’t accept it, but rationally, she had to admit Wendy had a point.
No, actually, even the emotions are fake.
Don’t pretend as if you really had any mother-daughter bond with Li Ya—you replaced her real daughter!
Li Mumu trembled uncontrollably.
“If…
I just think it’s a possibility, but if it’s as you said, what should we do?”
“Do nothing.”
“Do nothing?”
Li Mumu was shocked by this defeatist statement.
“Assuming all this hasn’t started yet, then if you hadn’t accidentally killed the owner of that notebook, I wouldn’t have suggested the disguise to cover up the crime evidence.
And then we wouldn’t have fallen into the Outer Dimension where the Olympus lies because of the keyword ‘replace.'”
Wendy coolly suggested, “We pretend like we know nothing, and then nothing will happen.
If you hadn’t degenerated into that irredeemable ghostly state, I believe your mom wouldn’t have given up on you so easily.
Doesn’t she still like you a lot now?
As long as we do nothing, we can safely reach our destination.
And as for those stowaways, what do they have to do with us?”
You make some sense…
No, wait!
Li Mumu nearly got drawn into her logic, “It’s not that nothing will happen just because we do nothing!
They disguised themselves as us on the Olympus to replace the real passengers.
Including me and my parents…
No, wait, if what you’re saying is true, why would there be Elemental Bodies corresponding to her and my dad?
I personally finished off those Elemental Bodies disguised as my parents, that much is certain!”
“Were you really lucid at that time?”
Wendy countered.
“Is there a possibility that you had already fallen, caught in an illusion?
Could the images you saw be just fabrications of your mind?”
Li Mumu was left speechless.
“But I think you’re on the right track.”
Just as she was about to be persuaded by Wendy, Wendy changed her tune and said, “What I said just now are mere speculations, with no actual evidence.
The simplest way to confirm it is to board the Olympus and see if those two Elemental Bodies you mentioned truly exist.”
“But once I fall into that dimension, I’ll merge with the Elemental Body that wants to replace me…”
“You can’t go, but I can.”
Wendy smiled, “Don’t forget, I’m the only passenger on this ship who didn’t buy a ticket in advance.
This means there won’t be a corresponding seat for me on the Olympus.”
“If in your crossed memories I can move safely on the Olympus, then now I can do the same.”