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Last Embryo Volume 7 Chapter 3 Part 7

There could be only one answer to that question.

(James… I guess that means that the bastard has also tried his hand at Star Particle Body research, huh?)

Izayoi looks at James with a gaze that made it seem like he would be ready to attack him at any moment.

James pondered for a moment with his hand on his chin, then slowly shook his head.

「I know that you mean this from the bottom of your heart… but it’s best to keep quiet about it to the other participants.」

「B-But why?!」

「It’s about morale. It’s not the kind of information that everyone should know.」

James asserts with a strong tone that does not allow much objection. It seems like whatever information they still had, it would be too much information for the other Players to handle. However, many of the Players seemed to be greatly dissatisfied that there are still information being withheld from them.

James made a slight smile after confirming the situation, and said…

「If you really want to spit it out no matter what… well, then I recommend that you only talk secretly to Izayoi-kun about it. He will give you appropriate advice.」

「That’s right……. I can definitely trust Izayoi!」

Asterios nodded slightly. After that, James turned his back to the training grounds and left. Izayoi saw the series of events and clicked his tongue in frustration at their outcome.

There’s a reason why James kept praising Izayoi up to the sky.

If James, who is so hostile to the other Players, keeps flattering Izayoi, some people will be definitely uncomfortable with Izayoi’s open-minded remarks. It’s also a proof that James was worried about Izayoi taking command of the whole thing.

(He definitely knows how to do something truly troublesome. I can already feel the glances of the others staring holes through me.)

Izayoi was too careless.

When he heard that he was giving advice to Asterios, the very first thing that he should have asked about should be what were his motives for doing so and what exactly did he tell him. Looking at Asterios’ cornered expression, he must have been given a lot of information.

It doesn’t matter if the others are going to listen to what he has to say or not but he has to prepare for a situation where the other participants won’t understand his explanations even if he shares them with them.

It’s a troublesome and devious scheme indeed, but Izayoi isn’t afraid of this level of interference.

Regardless of whether or not the other Players are going to be suspicious of him and want to question him about his own motives, he already had an answer that he was preparing deep in his heart for some time now, so there was nothing for him to worry about.

Since the attention of all the present Players was now gathered on him, Izayoi had no choice but to do it.

「Now then, before we get into the main topic of our discussion, there is something I would like to ask all the Players who are gathered here.」

「What is it?」

The young man in turban who had been silent until now asked.

Pointing to James’ back with his thumb, Izayoi felt a vein popping on his temple, but nevertheless he continued with:

「I’d like to try to unify our intentions. That bastard named James… If there’s someone here who doesn’t think that he is suspicious, please raise your hand for all to see. I’ll wait three minutes for you to think it over, so take your time.」

When Izayoi raised his three fingers into the air, silence descended on the training ground.

「OK! In other words, it’s good to conclude that we all unanimously think that there is something wrong with this guy, right?!

「I mean, no matter how you look at him, he is just too shady! You cannot possibly tell me that any of you even considered trusting him because of what he said halfway through, do you?」

「As for me, I definitely wouldn’t trust anyone who knew about the evil deeds of 『Ouroboros』. The way I see it, rather than trusting him, it’s still more constructive to trust the king, even if he is just some kid!」

As Suzuka and Asuka raise their voices, other Players who know about the incidents involving 『Ouroboros』 followed in their footsteps. After all, Izayoi thought that the trust of the Community is the most important thing.

Misha, in particular, raised her hand with a stern face.

「I’m not going to place my trust in the hands of someone who is hiding important information from us. Even though he disclosed the updated victory conditions to us, he still didn’t explain what 「The mystery of the Chief God’s declaration」actually was, so he still must be hiding something from us for his own convenience… not to mention…」

Misha stares at Asterios before she continued.

「King Asterios. Please excuse my rudeness in asking this, but there is something that I absolutely have to confirm. Is the Taurus’s 「Keraunos」in your possession really a superweapon capable of defeating Demon Lord Typhon?」

「….」

Asterios averted his gaze without being able to give Misha an immediate answer. As Asterios himself understands it, the power of Keraunos that has been bestowed upon him allows him to 「focus and fire unlimited amounts of lightning」. It might be possible for it to erase the continent of Atlantis if he was given enough time to do so, but at the very least that would have to take several days, so in the battle that was undoubtedly before them, using it in such a manner would be unrealistic.

「…. As I thought. Unless the mystery of the 「Chief God’s Declaration」is fully solved, then the lightning of Keraunos will not be able to demonstrate its true power.」

「I agree with you. It’s reasonable to think that the reason why he omitted the process leading to the answer and only presented us with the victory conditions is because there is some important information that he wants to keep hidden from us to use it as leverage.」

The victory conditions for the game are as follows:

Following the guidance of the overlapping stars, find the old hero and discover the mystery of the Chief God’s Declaration.

Izayoi took out his Geass Roll in order to organize the flow of the events that lead up to this point.

「The text of the victory conditions consists of 「stars」 and 「stone pillars」, and「the mystery that needs to be discovered」.」

「The find the old hero part was supposed to lead us to the Stone Pillars of Heracles, and it was also a hint leading us to Heracles himself, who was dispatched to Atlantis as one of the Organizers.」

Izayoi nodded at Asuka as she analyzed the contents of the Victory Conditions alongside him.

「And if that statement was true, then you should have obtained an answer related to the 「mystery of the Chief God’s Declaration」in the cave related to the heart of Demon Lord Typhon. However, most of the people who came to that place to read the inscription etched onto the stone pillar couldn’t read that inscription due to the commotion that occurred, right?」

When they asked Misha and Connla, they agreed with sullen faces.

「………Well, to tell you the truth, we didn’t have time to get everything from that pillar. If only some idiot hadn’t started skirmishing with the other Players, it would have gone smoothly.」

「Oi, oi. I said I was sorry already, okay?! It was totally my fault, so lay off already!」

Misha cursed under her nose, and Connla replied to her jokingly. In the middle of the Game, an eruption of the volcano occurred and the giants began to appear, as a result of which the Players must have forsaken the Game and do their best to protect themselves.

「I think we might be able to fix that issue in that case. Here is a copy of the text of the stone monument that we managed to obtain.」

「Huh…?」

「Heracles, can you confirm that the contents of this copy are correct?」

When Izayoi threw his mobile phone over to him, Heracles tilts his head after he received it, because the cell phone’s LCD screen turned out to be too small for his big hand.

Ayato hurriedly rushed over to him to teach him how to use it properly, after which he started nodding with admiration.

「Hmm… so if I slide my finger sideways like this, the page will change… 」