Qingque's cheeks flushed red. She looked exactly like someone who had just encountered a happy event.
"Ahehehe… I also feel that idling around all day is improper. Playing cards while taking the Divination Commission's salary… it's really a bit, how do you say that phrase again?"
Stelle: "So good it's unbearable?"
Guinaifen said enviously: "I also think so. This kind of life, little Guizi has dreamed of experiencing."
Qingque: "It's wasting life. Thank you, Master Diviner, for giving me a push."
"Since you also think I'm overqualified to be the head, I should think of a way to make some changes."
"But before leaving, I have to help these few resolve the trouble the Divination Commission is currently facing."
"Otherwise, others might think I was fired because I fled in the face of danger."
Hmm?
Stelle's impression of Qingque improved quite a bit.
She usually loved slacking off, but at critical moments she was still quite reliable.
"What's the next step? Hehe, I got carried away saying some cool words. In the end, how do we get the Master Diviner out of this state of being possessed and going berserk?"
Stelle: "..."
Little Sparrow, you owe me back my praise and improved impression!
Hearing the sound of Leon eating melon next to her, she was actually craving it too and really wanted a piece.
But in this situation, it was somewhat inappropriate—
"Eh?"
Seeing the plump, juicy, bright red seedless melon slice held right in front of her face, Stelle tilted her head and blinked.
Isn't this bad, Doctor Leon?
"Don't overthink it. It's perfectly appropriate." Leon could tell at a glance what the little raccoon was thinking.
"Speaking of which," Stelle happily took the melon and took a big bite.
Sweet! Fragrant!
This melon is really good to eat.
The two's behavior, which spanned a huge gap, not only left the ghost-catching squad members at a loss, but even Xiyan, who was possessing Fu Xuan, was full of question marks.
You two came to the Divination Commission just to eat melon?
Huohuo, with her simple mind, thought that Leon and the others might be using their own method to try to enrage Xiyan.
Her gaze quietly swept over Fu Xuan.
"That Heliobus doesn't seem to intend to trap us in an illusion, nor does it seem to want to attack us."
Fu Xuan: "Illusion, attack? This seat is very clear-headed. Rather, I have never been this clear-headed before."
"From now on, this seat will devote my entire heart and soul to deducing the destined future of the Xianzhou Alliance, and announce these futures to the world, so that people can live clearly and plainly."
Stelle paused her melon-eating and retorted:
"What you're saying isn't very clear-headed. How could you possibly calculate the entire future? And what destined future does the Luofu even have?"
Do you think the Luofu is Izumo or Takamagahara that stepped into the shadow of Nihility?
She secretly complained.
Fu Xuan: "This seat knows what you want to say. Man can conquer heaven, free will."
"But these are nothing more than simple illusions produced by the human brain. From the very beginning, there has only ever been one path."
"Stelle, you are nothing more than a chess piece being manipulated by the Stellaron Hunters."
"Boarding the Express, who to oppose, where to go…"
"These choices you think you can freely make according to your heart are merely tributaries that will eventually converge on the path of fate."
"This journey to help the Luofu defeat Phantylia—you must have deeply experienced it. All the results were written into a script long ago by that slave hidden behind the scenes."
"Just like right now, all your choices are merely: charging at me swinging a baseball bat, loudly but futilely refuting me, falling into silence without a word—only these few options."
Qingque quickly reminded: "Don't let her hit the mark. There will always be other choices!"
①: (Swing the baseball bat and charge at Fu Xuan)
②: (Loudly but futilely refute Fu Xuan)
③: (Fall into silence without a word)
④: "Help me, Doctor Leon!"
"Isn't there a fourth choice?"
[You can't choose lightly. This is a plot-skipping option!]
"Huh?"
[Actually, it can't really be called skipping the plot. Leon will make a thunderous move to pull the Heliobus out and relieve the possession on Fu Xuan.]
[Right, the subsequent decryption and battle will be gone directly.]
[Father's way of doting on the child is simple and crude—directly eliminating from the root the process that makes the child run around and rack their brain…]
"Oh, so the reason for giving us melon to eat is this."
Ah Xian suddenly understood, comprehending everything.
Perhaps in Leon's eyes, the Heliobus possessing Fu Xuan was no different from a clown. Watching it perform was a form of entertainment.
That's why he was leisurely eating melon.
He would only make a move when it was time for him to act.
If the few little ones could resolve it, then he would continue acting as hidden insurance, playing the role of a transparent person who seemed to not understand anything.
He had given plenty of choice space, it seemed.
Ah Xian could only ignore the plot-skipping option and was forced to casually pick one that had follow-up and played right into the Heliobus's hands.
Fu Xuan said with full dignity: "Think clearly before coming to find me. These insignificant choices cannot change the inevitable fate."
"If you are still unconvinced, this seat can spare some time to demonstrate to you what exactly destiny is, in a way that your human brain can understand."
Stelle wasn't in a hurry either. She finished the melon in a few bites.
"I'm a bit slow-witted. I'll sit and wait for the Master Diviner's profound theories."
"Then follow me."
Fu Xuan immediately stepped forward. Stelle signaled everyone not to rush and to follow first.
Not long after, Fu Xuan stopped and pointed at the object in front of her.
Huohuo asked curiously: "What are these?"
Qingque: "These things are called Pathfinding Guides. They are games that department members use specifically to deduce logic and train the mind. What is the Master Diviner's intention in bringing us here?"
Stelle: "Playing games is what you're going to use to show us destiny?"
"That's right. Listen to me—"
Fu Xuan cosplayed Kafka's tone and spoke slowly and elegantly:
"Invest a mechanism into this small maze and give it a command. It will follow the order to find the path and head toward the exit. How similar is this to humans who are within destiny?"
"But I guess you will answer that humans are not machines, and that there is more than one path in the world."
①: "Humans are not machines."
②: "There is more than one path in the world!"
③: "If I call my father, won't you explode?"
"The third option is also a plot skip?"
[It won't skip, but the subsequent sub-options have skips.]
[Laughed to death. This wave is officially showing Father's hand.]
[Truth be told, once Grandpa calls Father, this little Heliobus will really explode.]
"Then it's fine."
Stelle felt like she couldn't keep acting anymore.
This Heliobus wearing Fu Xuan's face pretending to be dignified with confidence soaring to the heavens was one thing.
The key point was that it was even more arrogant than Fu Xuan herself, claiming that destiny had always been predetermined and that it could calculate its every word and action.
Had it never considered that this young lady was just teasing you?
"To be honest, Master Diviner, as long as I shout a specific phrase, you will immediately fall from heaven to hell. Ai, who told me to be kind?"
"Huh? What phrase?"
"No comment. Let this genius beautiful girl play this so-called Pathfinding Guide with you first."
"Then let's begin. Guide the mechanism to the exit of the sand table and let me see how you choose destiny."