The Speedrun Manual of Miss Witch - Chapter 234

“Alright, Teacher Tara.”

Percy said nothing. She decisively stood up, left the room, and closed the door.

Percy was not unfamiliar with the contracts of the Church of the God of Order. In fact, even if she stood outside the door, she could hear Tara speaking inside.

This contract was a rather subjective thing and was not powerful enough to form some kind of rule. As long as Tara believed that she had not conveyed it to anyone other than Ciel, she could reveal those secrets without any penalty.

After Percy left, Tara immediately told Ciel everything she had seen earlier in that restricted area, leaving nothing out.

Listening to Tara’s description, Ciel nodded slightly.

If this were the case… why the Church of the God of Order wanted to take Nia, and why they were seeking Forte’s assistance, all these pieces of information were now connected in Ciel’s mind…

Ciel had originally thought Forte was the one in control of everything. Unexpectedly, this was actually a “coincidence”… because the Pope of the Church of the God of Order’s ambition was no less than Forte’s.

Ansu City truly is filled with talented people…

It seemed that the Church of the God of Order had made considerable progress in their research on that brain, and it was highly likely that the Pope had already used this technology.

The brain Tara saw might be the object that recorded all of the Pope’s memories… The reason the Pope exhibited such erratic and contradictory behavior upon their first meeting with Ciel might also be related to this.

However, now, Ciel was basically certain that her plan to drive Forte mad could completely bypass the Church of the God of Order, at least without exposing herself to this Pope.

Now, only one step remained in killing Forte…

Ciel didn’t have a foolproof plan for killing him.

Driving Forte mad, making him go mad in reality as well, wouldn’t truly kill him. Once he died, the “Uniqueness” in his mind would still help him rewind time, trapping him in a loop until his entire body was completely dissolved.

During this period, a mad Forte could cause unimaginable destruction.

Was there a way to know the point where the watch chain’s “Uniqueness” rewound Forte to?

After Ciel finished the simulation, wherever she was in reality, that’s where she would be.

But the watch chain’s rewind clearly looped in a fixed time. There would be a “starting” point.

It could also be understood as Forte’s refresh point for each “rewind.”

Would it be the day of October 25th from that simulation?

No, that’s unlikely…

That time, it was due to the constraints of the simulation that Forte only rewound 6 hours. This was just to align with the time when the simulation had just started.

It’s impossible that after she killed Forte in reality, he would suddenly resurrect on October 25th, right?

Nor was it possible that after she killed Forte in reality, the world would directly fast-forward to October 25th…

Ciel didn’t believe an incomplete “Uniqueness” had such abilities.

She needed to confirm the exact time of the loop rewind…

And the way to get the exact time could only be done in reality.

Ciel could, of course, try to have her simulated self attempt it, but Ciel wasn’t sure if her simulated self, with only the sub-system, could retain the memories from the rewind.

As long as she could confirm the exact location and time of Forte’s rewind…

If it was in the future, Ciel could place an Other Side node there beforehand. As soon as the rewind occurred, Forte would be instantly dragged into the Other Side node and then killed by the platinum armor within the node.

Rewind—dragged into the Other Side node—killed—rewind…

Forte would be trapped in an endless death loop in that one second until his entire body dissolved.

This move, Forte was completely unable to resist.

However, before that, Ciel also had to ensure that the platinum armor would fully cooperate with her. Otherwise, if the platinum armor didn’t “guard the corpse,” letting Forte escape the node, he would break free from this death loop.

If it was in the past, Ciel could also use this method.

She could set up a node in a Past Days simulation and trap Forte in an endless loop… provided the simulation time matched.

Ciel still had many points. She could quickly refresh the simulation time by quickly completing the simulation in order to get the simulation time she wanted as early as possible.

“Phew…”

Ciel raised her hand and rubbed her forehead.

She had found a way to kill Forte in reality.

This was a crazy plan that only Ciel could implement.

However, actually carrying it out would indeed require a lot of Ciel’s brainpower. She had to ensure that every step of the plan was accurate.

Did she have to kill Forte once in reality and trigger a rewind?

Make Forte die instantly, without any way to leave any information… triggering a rewind.

Cooperate with the platinum armor…

Ask it about the “Time-Binder”…

To see the platinum armor, she could only go through the Other Side node. If she sacrificed “Crown Guards” again, it might summon a completely different Grim Worm, like before.

The summoning directivity was still a little too weak. The platinum armor hadn’t established a strong enough connection with her like Little Left and the second Grim Worm.

At least in this simulation, Ciel would not try again.

Although she wasn’t experiencing significant mental discomfort now, it was highly likely that her mental state in reality would worsen due to this extensive contact with the Other Side.

She needed to assess her physical and mental condition in reality and then consider the subsequent plan based on the actual situation.

For this simulation, she would temporarily save a transcendent save file… Anyway, there was still some time.

Even if she didn’t save a transcendent save file and died, it wasn’t something Ciel couldn’t accept. She had already grasped the necessary information in this simulation.

Based on her current situation, there were a few potions that would be relatively easy to acquire within the remaining short time.

Directly advancing from Tier 1 “Avenger” to Tier 2 “Judicator,” then switching to “Radiant Bishop,” she could save a Tier 3 “Radiant Bishop”… This would become her new Tier 3 combat power.

Switching from Tier 1 “Physician” to Tier 2 “Plaguebringer”… This would allow her to save two potion save files directly, getting closer to unlocking Old Days simulation.

Or directly drink the Tier 1 “Listener” potion… This was the simplest and least side-effect option for saving a potion save file.

As for Tier 1 “Musician” and Tier 1 “Blood Painter,” Ciel hadn’t obtained the potions yet. It would take some time to acquire them, which wasn’t ideal—especially “Musician,” this potion path was under Forte’s control.

What needed to be considered now was whether to pursue combat strength, pursue the ultimate goal, or pursue stability…

After much deliberation, Ciel decided to gamble for the ultimate goal.

Her intuition told her that Old Days simulation would bring a significant improvement.

Moreover, as she explored the Other Side more deeply, she increasingly felt that her mental power was insufficient.

Furthermore, the platinum armor’s address to her… made Ciel curious about the connection between the Other Side and Old Days.

“Physician” to “Plaguebringer” it is.

She just needed to accelerate the outbreak of the cholera that “Keyman” Mond had prepared beforehand…

“Tara, bring me a bottle of ‘Physician’ potion and a bottle of ‘Plaguebringer’ potion.”

Ciel looked at Tara and said.