Chapter 563: The Sacrificial Snake and the Pot of This World

Taking advantage of the fact that the rightful owner was here, Mu Qingzhi made up a very reasonable excuse for her past.

Unlike Shana, who grew up in the [Tiandao Palace], she grew up in the [Xingli Palace]. Tiandao Palace and Xingli Palace were originally a pair of treasures, but later the Xingli Palace returned to the Masquerade and became The opponent's base camp was lost, and the Tiandao Palace returned to the fire mist.

In such a base camp full of apostles, she existed as the bearer of the consciousness of the ritual snake, also known as the mascot. On the day Shana and Alastair reached a contract to become Fire Mist, she He also formally reached a contract with the Ritual Snake and became an apostle.

"Wait, are you wrong?"

Unable to bear it, Yuji Sakai asked.

"After humans reach a contract with the Red World Demon King, they should become Fire Mist. How can they be an apostle?"

"Don't ask me, I don't know either. Maybe it's because of my special situation?"

After blinking her eyes, Mu Qingzhi looked innocent.

"In a sense, I am no different from those Red World Demon Kings. Every minute and every second of my actions in this world, I have to consume the power of existence. My days of escape were miserable. All right?"

As he spoke, Mu Qingzhi mentally signaled the system to remove its disguise.

As an outsider on the same level as the people of the Red World, she has been severely restricted in this world. The system has explained this to her a long time ago. In order to prevent being chased by some fire mist, she asked the system to hide it. It took away the aura from her body, but it was not necessary right now.

As a fire mist, Shana was very sensitive to the aura of Hong Shi. Now as a certain power in Mu Qingzhi dissipated, she suddenly became quite aware of the nature of her younger sister.

Immediately, her face became quite ugly.

〖...I seem to understand a little bit how He borrowed my power through you. 〗

After a brief silence, Alastair spoke in a low voice.

〖If you are just a human being, even if you are connected by blood, it is logically impossible to borrow my power from Shana. But if you are transformed into a citizen of the Red World, there will be a lot more room for maneuver... Thousands Years of exile made that guy think of many destructive tricks. 〗

——At the end, Alastair’s words were vaguely filled with anger.

(Uh...is this how you explain it?)

Listening to Alastair's words, Mu Qingzhi blinked.

Originally, she was still thinking about making up some excuse in her mind, but now it seems that she doesn't need to waste any more words... Although the reputation of the Ritual Snake has been inexplicably tarnished.

"In short, this is the situation. On the day my sister became a fire object, I also became an apostle, and I saw the ritual snake in my dream. In fact, he was quite candid and told me many things. Otherwise, I wouldn’t even know I have a sister.”

Seeing that everyone's eyes were looking at him, Mu Qingzhi shrugged slightly and continued.

"Although I have been chosen to be His substitute, some preparations have not been completely completed. Strictly speaking, my mascot is actually just an alternative. There is another plan in progress for the masquerade. Originally, I was going to stay in the Xingli Palace all the time, but after learning the truth, I found an opportunity to sneak out of it, hoping to find my relatives..."

While saying this, Mu Qingzhi turned to look at Shana.

"As for what happened next, you all know it... Originally, I wanted to go to the hospital to visit you with the fruit, really."

——Looking at Shana in front of him, someone looked sincere.

Shana: "..."

"...Since you made up your mind to come to us, why did you run away as soon as you met us in the first place?"

After a brief silence, Shana looked up at her.

"Ahem... I'm not mentally prepared yet? Who knew you would suddenly bump into me..."

Mu Qingzhi coughed in her mouth with a guilty conscience, and looked away with embarrassment.

"After all, I was the one who caused you to be hospitalized. When you came to my door with such murderous intent, I thought you were here to settle a score with me..."

Shana: "..."

... Within half a minute, she was silenced twice.

〖Well...then what's the reason why you asked Lamy to construct that free law? 〗

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, after thinking decently for a while, Alastair asked.

〖Do you want to get the Noble Phantasm "Zero Hour Mystery" because of your current apostle status? You don’t want to eat humans, so you set your sights on the Zero Hour Mystery that can restore the power of existence? 〗

After hearing this, Alastair has understood everything.

Although Shana and the other party have similar growth trajectories, the life trajectories of the two sisters are completely different. Although the [Tiandao Palace] is deserted, Wilhelmina and Xiaobai are both good people, and [Xing Li] Although the palace is lively (?), as the headquarters of the masquerade party, it is naturally a gathering place for disciples. Growing up in such a bad environment since childhood, it is rare that the other party does not grow crooked.

If you think about it this way, everything was indeed predetermined. When he and Shana signed the contract, it happened to be the day when the people from the masquerade came to the Tiandao Palace and caused it to crash. He thought that it was just an accident, but now think about it, where in the world are there so many accidents?

Wilhelmina thought that the Tiandao Palace was well hidden, but now think about it, maybe as early as that day when she brought Shana back to the Tiandao Palace, the Tiandao Palace had been exposed to the masquerade... or the gaze of the sacrificial snake! !

The plan is so closely linked, and various calculations come one after another. If the other party hadn't taken the initiative to come to the door, he would have been kept in the dark until now.

... It's not unfair for him to lose to the other party this time.

"No, I don't have this hobby of robbing people's things."

Turning his head to look at the slightly uneasy Sakai Yuji, Mu Qingzhi's face was not red and his heart was not beating.

"The reason I'm looking for the [Lost Child at Zero Hour] is just for the [Great Poem of Destiny]... Congratulations, young man, you've successfully gotten involved in the center of all events."

"... Me, me?"

Sakai Yuuji pointed at himself with his backhand, and his face was a little confused, and his words were also a little inexplicably nervous.

"That's right, from the moment the Lost Child at Zero Hour was transferred into your body, you were destined to be unable to escape."

Looking directly into the other person's eyes, Mu Qingzhi spoke seriously.

"The Lost Child at Zero Hour is the core of everything."