The Speedrun Manual of Miss Witch - Chapter 226

Currently, that corpse was still being preserved in Deton Group’s dedicated morgue.

However, what Lucy didn’t know was that her position was now precarious. When it would fall depended on when the high-ranking members of Deton Group realized that the corpse was “fake.”

After all, the “real” Keyman was now by Forte’s side.

“If there is an opportunity, it would be best to have a transcendent of the ‘Coroner’ path use Tier 3 ‘Subverter’ potion to stitch together a similar corpse for you to replace the original one, and then destroy the original corpse.”

Ciel said, “This would be better for your future.”

Hearing this, Lucy was stunned.

She seemed to realize something and asked cautiously, “That corpse… is it fake?”

“It’s fake.”

Ciel smiled and nodded. “The real one is by Forte’s side.”

Gulp—

Lucy swallowed and began to feel uneasy.

“If you have something urgent, you can go back first,”

Ciel said, “If there is anything, I will call you.”

“Please… excuse me.”

Lucy immediately stood up. After bidding farewell to Ciel and the others, she quickly walked out of the study.

Only after Lucy left did Avena look at Ciel and ask, “Is it alright to deceive her like that?”

“It’s for the best.”

Ciel nodded. “She will only put her heart and soul into things that are closely related to her position. If you tell her everything, she will become hesitant.”

“Ciel, what are your plans for the future?”

Avena looked at Ciel, her expression a little worried. “Was this matter also within your expectations?”

Avena was naturally referring to Forte’s sudden visit and explosive declaration.

“It was within reason, but it hasn’t spun out of control.”

Listening to Avena’s words, Ciel fell into thought.

This plan was undoubtedly successful.

She could indeed deceive Forte. With a little more refinement of the details, she could make it completely undetectable to Forte.

But Forte’s subsequent actions indeed exceeded Ciel’s expectations a bit.

Unexpectedly, Forte became the one who would forcefully contend with her for control of the Church of the Savior Goddess merger.

Of course, Forte’s control was only in name. In reality, Ciel, who could summon the Grim Worm, could take back control of the church at any time, but this would require her to expose herself.

Could she use Forte’s own ambition to scheme against him again?

If she relied on brute force to scheme against Forte, the current Ciel was unable to do so.

The only thing she could rely on was the Other Side.

The place where Forte would actively contact the Other Side again was the Other Side node controlled by the Church of the God of Order…

She had to get that node.

Currently, Ciel only knew that she could use different blood rituals to specifically summon different Other Side creatures, but her understanding of the Other Side itself was not clear enough.

According to Lafayette’s description, the Other Side node was a constant, fixed space connecting the Other Side and reality. Going to the Other Side through that node would always lead to the same place in the Other Side.

This was equivalent to having a coordinate. Starting from that coordinate, she could begin to explore different parts of the Other Side.

The Church of the God of Order had used the node to obtain and decipher the research and raw materials from the Other Side.

If she obtained the node, Ciel could set a trap using the “Uniqueness” pocket watch and have Forte enter the Other Side node.

The snake chain could rewind Forte’s body, but it couldn’t rewind Forte’s mind… Even Ciel’s pocket watch couldn’t do this.

As long as she completely crushed and defeated Forte’s mind in the Other Side, even if time was rewound, Forte would still become a lunatic.

How to kill Forte in the Other Side?

There were many ways to do this.

Ciel knew quite a few “natives” of the Other Side.

She just needed to prepare more blood for offerings.

Soon, Ciel confirmed the focus of this simulation.

Do everything possible to obtain that Other Side node, and figure out what it is.

Even using extreme methods, she had to take action…

Prepare all the people she could call upon now…

Ciel slowly turned her head and looked at Tara, who was standing behind her.

“Lord Ciel?”

Noticing Ciel’s gaze, Tara slightly lowered her head and asked respectfully, “Do you need anything?”

Below, wasn’t there a Tier 4 Cardinal?

The Church of the Savior Goddess’s Eleanor could also be personally won over by her…

She definitely wasn’t lacking in manpower here.

The only question now was.

By wit?

Or by brute force…

Directly flattening the entire Church of the God of Order didn’t seem very realistic. They had high-level combat power, and the Church of the God of Order naturally did too.

But most of them were ironclad “Crown Guards.”

What was a “Crown Guard”‘s weakness?

Mind, Other Side.

Ciel could disable almost all of the Church of the God of Order’s Tier 3 combat power.

But how to deal with the Tier 4 combat power?

Who were the people in the Church of the God of Order who knew about the node?

These were things she would probably only find out by asking Lafayette.

Although the repeatedly brainwashed Mond was completely obedient to Forte, Lafayette was still under Ciel’s control.

She was the person most closely connected to the Church of the God of Order and Forte.

“Avena.”

Ciel looked up at Avena and said:

“Tomorrow’s banquet, I will go with you.”