GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?

Chapter 1942: Incomprehensible Trickery.



"When all is ready and you have confidence in your supreme law, you can turn it into an Absolute easily. All you need is to (@-27$(&)@8*-$73!?$73($/."

"You can probably tell the outcome of that from what an Absolute is. But if you don't try it, you will never become an Absolute. I assure you that it isn't easy at all. If it were easy, many people would be Absolutes."

That was the end of the data clip. They read it over and over again, but they still couldn't see the part that was occluded. It eluded all their attempts to understand it.

Those parts in the data clip looked like lines of unknown symbols strung together in an unknown pattern. They don't even know what it is. It is just incomprehensible to them. Legion-1 was frustrated. He said, "Is this the part he warned us about? I don't like it at all." Legion-2 was itching all over. He was literally itching as he felt discomfort physically and mentally. He said, "I want to know what's there so bad."

Legion-3 was anxious as he said, "I want to know too. But reading it over and over again didn't help. What else can we do?"

Legion-4 suggested, "I think we should write it down. I noticed that the pattern of the symbols is always changing when we read them. Maybe if we write it down, we'll be able to notice the pattern and understand the hidden message."

Legion-5 beamed with joy and said, "I knew we could do it."

Legion-2 snorted and said with pride, "Of course we can do it. It is not difficult at all."

He was no longer itching. In fact, he has forgotten that he was itching for something earlier. He has stopped feeling physical and mental discomfort too. All he feels is pride.

Legion-9 agreed with Legion-2. He said, "I thought it would be more difficult since he made such a big deal about it. But the data clip turned out to be just normal. There is nothing weird or obtuse or hidden about it."

Legion-4 said, "The information is important and critical, though. We have to give him that at least. We have been enlightened."

All the clones felt this way. They patted each other's back mentally on a job well done.

They felt proud that even though Monarch High Heaven made a big fuss about the information within the data clip, it was easy for them to understand it all. They were just that good.

Only Legion-7 felt uneasy. He didn't know that they had forgotten something, but he knew that they had missed out on something.

So he said, "I don't feel right. I feel that our time has been stolen. Let's make sure everything is alright."

The other clones didn't know what he was talking about, but they took his warning seriously. So they searched their existence and their environment. But they didn't find anyone chasing them or a strang new clone in their minds. Nothing seemed out of place.

Legion-1 asked, "Are you being paranoid? Nothing should be able to infiltrate us without our knowledge in our current state."

Legion-7 didn't know what to say or how to explain the source of his unease. But he remembered the realm lord's warning. It was the best thing he could think of that could make him feel weird.

So he said, "Let's read from the warning again."

Legion-3 said, "If you say so, but I don't think we have anything to fear about that warning. It is just a warning about us not being smart enough. We are clearly smart more than enough." They read the data clip from the warning. The more they read, the more solemn and shocked they became. It is because they saw some portions of the data clip that they had never seen before and was incomprehensible to them.

Legion-2 jumped in fright. "What trickery is this?"

Legion-7 said with both relief and fear, "We truly forgot something."

Legion-9 couldn't believe it. "How could we forget something like this?"

Legion-1 replied, "It is Monarch High Heaven's warning. It is exactly as he said. We forgot because..."

He paused mid-sentence. Then he asked in confusion, "What was I saying?"

Legion-7 racked his brain and said, "You were saying something about the realm lord's warning?"

Legion-1 continued, "Right. I remember. You said we should read it again, and we did. It turned out that there was nothing to worry about. The warning was a total exaggeration. There was nothing we couldn't understand."

Legion-9 agreed. He said, "I thought it would be more difficult since he made such a big deal about it. It turned out to be just normal."

Legion-5 said, "I found the information to be enlightening, though. I don't see why it would be difficult for others to understand, but we have to give him credit for the enlightenment." The clones began another round of patting each other's backs. Only Legion-7 felt a chill. He asked Legion-1 quickly, "You forgot something earlier. How could you forget what you were saying?"

Legion-1 was confused. He asked in return, "Didn't you remember it? If you remembered what I was saying, how could I have truly forgotten it? It probably just skipped my mind, or maybe I was distracted by something."

Legion-3 said, "It was just for a little bit, so it is probably nothing. Even I didn't notice it." The other clones chimed in and said how it was nothing to worry about that Legion-1 was distracted mid-speech. Legion-7 was not appeased.

He insisted adamantly, "Something is not right. How could you forget what you were saying? We are not mortals. Our memory should be perfect. Something is wrong."

They thought he was exaggerating, but they still went ahead to check their whole existence and their environment. Unfortunately, no matter how thoroughly they searched, they couldn't find anything out of place.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Legion-2 shook his head and said, "You are making a mountain out of an anthill. You are exaggerating just like the realm lord. There is nothing..."