The Speedrun Manual of Miss Witch - Chapter 217

“She’s yours.” Eleanor slowly said.

Eleanor didn’t want to personally interrogate her. She knew she wasn’t good at interrogation… It wasn’t that she was completely unskilled, but she was more likely to accidentally kill the person in the process.

Judgement was her strength.

Ciel walked to an abandoned box beside her. After wiping off the dust with a handkerchief, she sat directly on it, looked at Mond before her, and said, “I’ll just call you Mond, shall I?”

Since earlier, Mond had been observing the interaction between Ciel and Eleanor… But it seemed that Ciel and Eleanor didn’t at all resemble people from the same side.

“Ciel…”

Mond slowly spoke. The other party didn’t directly reveal her name, and she didn’t directly reveal the Keyman’s name either. “We need to talk…”

“Indeed, we need to talk properly.”

Ciel smiled slightly and said, “Tell me why you appeared in Ansu.”

Hearing the black-haired girl’s question, Mond was slightly confused.

She glanced between Eleanor and Ciel, and a bold idea formed in her mind.

Eleanor… doesn’t know Ciel is the Keyman.

As long as Mond spoke up now and directly said that Ciel was the Keyman, and also from the Society of Merriment, it would likely cause internal conflict between them… But Mond didn’t dare to gamble.

Because the Keyman also seemed to just want to talk. She wasn’t really after her life…

It seemed the Keyman wasn’t completely insane yet. There was still some rationality left…

Does that Eleanor need some information?

She needed to provide some information, try to send Eleanor away, and create a space to talk to the Keyman alone…

From the perspective of the Church of the Savior Goddess, what information would they want?

What information would the Keyman want her to reveal?

Mond’s mind raced. Soon, she raised her head and looked at Ciel, slowly saying:

“I work for the Pharos Medical Association, a subordinate of the Natura Medical Group. My mission is to protect Professor Iva Lafayette and her research.”

Ciel directly pressed, “What research?”

Mond looked at Eleanor beside her. In an instant, she understood what the Keyman was thinking.

So… you think Ansu City isn’t chaotic enough yet…

I take back what I said just now. The Keyman is indeed an incurable lunatic.

“I am not interested in their research and plans. If revealing their plans can save my life, I can tell you everything.”

Mond spoke to Ciel, but her gaze was directed towards Eleanor beside her.

“Get the information, spare her life?”

Ciel looked at Eleanor behind her.

“I can pretend I never saw her.” Eleanor did not deny it.

After receiving Eleanor’s reply, Mond finally breathed a sigh of relief.

“The Pharos Medical Association and the Church of the God of Order are collaborating on a secret research, but… I actually don’t know much about the research content.”

Mond said.

“Tell me everything you know.”

Eleanor’s voice subtly contained anger. She seemed a little impatient with Mond’s rambling.

“The Artificial Divinity Plan.”

Mond no longer concealed anything and said directly:

“In their many years of obsessive exploration of the Other Side, the Church of the God of Order has experimented and found a stable blood ritual.”

“This blood ritual can directly open a door to that node in the Other Side. And every time it is opened, it will spit out some brain fragments. Along with the fragments, some Other Side texts will also arrive.”

“They don’t know how many Saintesses they sacrificed to piece together those texts and obtain a technology from the Other Side…”

“They are using the Other Side technology as an exchange, having Pharos conduct the practical application of the technology for them.”

Technology from the Other Side?

Besides the Other Side pages she had painted herself, Ciel had never seen any other texts related to the Other Side. She had only encountered a few Other Side creatures.

So things can really be extracted from the Other Side? And even pages with useful text recorded on them?

“What technology?” Ciel pressed.

“They have named this technology ‘Divinity Reconstruction’.”

Mond no longer had any reservations. She planned to completely sell out the Pharos Medical Association and the Church of the God of Order, making the Church of the Savior Goddess target them.

“Currently, through this technology, they have completed several practical applications of the technology. Now they can accurately cut out a person’s partial memories and stitch them onto another person… They can also turn a person into a puppet without any emotions but capable of following commands.”

“All brains modified with this technology will have a commonality… Part of their thoughts will be shared.”

“And their ultimate goal is to completely modify all members of the Church of the God of Order from top to bottom, connecting everyone’s minds together—this is the final form of the Church envisioned by the Church of the God of Order… Artificial Divinity.”

At this point, Mond paused for a moment before continuing, “Absolute fairness, absolute order, and shared thoughts, without human emotion.”

Is this Artificial Divinity…?

“Then… Saintess Claudia…”

Eleanor slowly asked.

Now, she just wanted to know the answer to this question.

“Saintess Claudia?”

Mond hesitated for a moment, then said, “I didn’t participate in this plan, but after I saw the news of the Saintess’s death, I saw a new brain enshrined in the laboratory…”

At this moment, listening to Eleanor’s words, Ciel’s mind was working.

She knew the reason why Forte was involved.

Forte, who had lived for so long, having used his “Uniqueness” ability multiple times, had his thoughts and memories already in chaos. He might not even be able to record Spiritual Notes normally anymore… No one could understand his Spiritual Notes, which were a mix of real and illusory events.

If he had the “Artificial Divinity” technology from the Church of the God of Order, he could completely extract his incorrect or correct memories and store them in another person, treating that person as a living notebook…

As long as he had a way to frequently examine the living notebook, he could constantly reinforce the impression of correct memories and would be less likely to descend into madness.

No wonder he cared so much about Windsor. That frontal lobe was Forte’s living Spiritual Note.

But perhaps, he wanted to plot for more…

If what Mond said was true, and the Church of the God of Order could really connect the minds of all its followers… then they could also use this technology on other churches and other people.

Then, who would lead the combined minds?

Based on Forte’s warlike personality, he would definitely want this leadership. One hundred percent. And with “Uniqueness” in his hand, he could truly achieve it.

And Eleanor, beside her, upon hearing that her Saintess truly died at the hands of the Church of the God of Order and the Pharos Medical Association, took a deep breath and clenched her fists.

The volatile emotions were so strong that even Ciel beside her could clearly feel them.

“I must report back to the Holy See…” Eleanor said, suppressing her anger.

However, at this moment, Ciel directly interrupted her, instructing, “Remember, you can talk to them about merging with the Divine Advent Church… You cannot defeat Forte, the Church of the God of Order, and the Pharos Medical Association combined… And there is still the Society of Merriment in the North.”

“You need to combine your strengths, a stronger power… You all serve the same Goddess, don’t you?”

Mond listened to Ciel’s words, a slight shock in her heart.

Church reunification?

The Church of the Savior Goddess, which laughed last in the Holy War during its peak?

If the reunification really succeeded… then things would truly change drastically…

Mond admitted, she did have some stereotypical impressions of the Keyman…

At least in her current interactions, she found that the Keyman, who was no longer cautious, displayed an extremely high level of competence, completely unlike before.

After a moment of silence, Eleanor slightly nodded, “If anything happens, call me anytime.”

Then, her figure flickered, leaving only a black shadow in place.

And her main body was already rushing towards the Holy See of the Church of the Savior Goddess.

Only after Eleanor left did Mond slowly breathe a sigh of relief.

She looked at Ciel before her and said with a bitter smile, “Why didn’t you have her remove the restraints on me? You’ve already won. There are no conflicting points in our plans.”

“Don’t be in a hurry.”

Ciel smiled and shook her head, saying, “We’re not done yet.”