Date- 27 Mar 2321
Time- 16:58
Location- Sky Blossom City, Card stadium, VIP box no.1
“Fuq those bastards, I will wipe them out for stealing the national treasure.” Done with cursing, Anna finally declared to wipe out the Circle for harming something that could have potentially become a national treasure.
“Your Highness, That won’t be possible. The core members of the Inner Circle and the leader have already fled the City. I do not know the precise reason but they made use of the emergency escape teleportation array to flee the city. And other important personnel have been asked to flee the city as soon as possible by any means possible and meet at the rendezvous point.” Clown Mask did not hesitate to rat on Circle and its plans. It seems she isn’t here as Circle’s hunting dog.
But I was having a hard time believing it because the Circles hunting dogs are known for their loyalty and absolute subordination. Because of this, the Clown Mask abandoned her only daughter Cortney in the first place and now she wants me to believe that today she got up and decided to betray the Circle which she has been loyally serving for decades just like that.
“What? Are these fuqers involved somehow…” Anna’s mind immediately connected the card emperors lying in ambush to the fleeing Circle. Thinking of this the frown on Anna’s brow grew narrower. The Circle knew that the city is soon going to become a war zone for nearly 3 dozen Card emperors which explains why they fled in haste.
“…” Hearing that the core members of the Circle and their leader had already fled I was dumbfounded. What’s with these people? First Kevin Zhang and now the Circle, did fleeing become a new trend among miscreants.
“We don’t have much time in our hands. The finals are going to start in another 10 to 15 minutes. Please save my daughter!” The kneeling Clown mask faced me and begged.
“… Why are you begging me can’t you just have her forfeit the match or something?” I do not get what the big deal was after all I did hear Cortney say that she participated for her mother. I guess She will happily forfeit the tournament if Clown Mask asked her to.
“That is not possible… she can not forfeit the tournament no matter what. She gave her word to the Circle that she will kill you in the tournament in exchange for my freedom.” Clown Mask answered. I don’t know if she realizes that her words are not helping her case.
“So what? The Circle has already fled… I bet they do not care about a deal with a teenager.” It was getting harder for me to understand Clown Mask’s intentions, the Circle has fled and Cortney could forfeit any time but why is Clown Mask here begging?
“No… Cortney’s words cannot be treated the same as common words… She, like me, has a special physique, Tao Tongue. Her every word is like a bond. Any verbal arrangement with her is equal to a soul contract with the world and the rules it as the witness. Therefore, Cortney will try her best to kill you in the finals.” Clown Mask finally explained why she was so desperate enough to beg.
“Tao Tongue! Holy shit… who are you people? How can you both mother and daughter have a national treasure level physique?
The southern land was blessed to have two Tao physiques but its people were not fortunate enough to experience its blessing because of a few traitors…
I will hunt them all…those damned fuqers have done it now” Anna could no longer act calm and collectively, were the Tao Eye and Tao Tongue such miraculous physiques? For the Southern Emperor to lose her calm over them.
“If the Tao Tongue is such a mysterious and powerful physique why is the circle sending Cortney to her death? This doesn’t make sense.” Is Circle stupid? First, they ruined the physique of Tao Eye and now they were planning on killing the physique of Tao Tongue… I don’t understand them, even if the first time was an ignorant mistake then the second time can only be considered as deliberate.
“That’s because Cortney asked for freedom in return for completing the task. In the Circle dogs with dreams are put down first so that they do not infect other dogs with their dreams. The moment Cortney uttered the word freedom she was no longer an asset to the circle.
And the funniest thing is if Cortney finishes her task I am tasked to kill her. But this gave me the idea to fake Cortney’s death and give her the freedom she asked for but the plans changed with the sudden increase in your power. The only way to save my daughter right now is to beg you to spare her life.” The Clown mask explained her plans but the more I heard her the harder it was for me to believe that she is the loyal hunting dog of the Circle.
“Wait, your words are contradictory. If Cortney Wins you are free so why will you follow the Circles orders?” I was confused.
“The true members of Circle are not owned by Circle, they chose to be loyal and work for the circle out of their own free will… the Circle has an age coming ceremony for this … what I mean to say is the Circle doesn’t own us so they do not have to give me my freedom.” Clown Masks words only confused me more but I noted the key thing that is the Circle’s mysterious ‘coming of age ceremony’.
“So they also use the Cult ceremony… these damned fuqers… how were they able to flourish in the southern region despite such atrocities?” Anna seemed to know something about the ‘coming of age ceremony’ and it only increased her anger towards the Circle.
“…” The Circle was starting to seem more than just a mere organization to me. And also why did they suddenly decide to flee. Were they afraid I would use Anna to seek revenge on them? No, with their diplomatic status they did not have to worry about that… So, why did they flee so hastily?
“Mr. Wyatt, please spare my daughter. She is an unfortunate child and is not related to the grudge between us.” Clown Mask knew bond by her word Cortney would either kill or be killed trying.
“I do not see how I am obligated to help you? Let’s keep the grudge between us to the side. Your daughter took the task to kill someone so she should be prepared to die. There is nothing I can help you with. Please return and wait for me to claim your life after I have claimed your daughter’s.” Whether I was going to kill Cortney or not I had not made up my mind yet but I wanted the Circle’s cold tool to feel the pain of losing something close to her.
“I knew me begging would not change your heart but I came prepared. In exchange for my daughter’s life, I will tell you everything! Starting from how I was the one who placed your precious false relic in your mother’s grimoire. I was hoping it would not come to this but I do not want to save the world which my daughter cannot be part of.”
