On the living room sofa.
Hawk leaned back against the sofa.
Gwen, with her legs crossed, her eyes shining with wisdom, analyzed calmly.
"You said Mephisto was ambushed by Jehovah at the same time you obtained Blood God Madora's Blood God Dimension, are you sure?"
"Mephisto said so himself."
"Then that's it."
"Suppose, suppose this time Mephisto really isn't risking his life to put on a show with Jehovah for your benefit."
Gwen reiterated that her analysis was based on the premise that 'Mephisto is a good person,' and then continued.
"You allied with Mephisto."
"Jehovah is very unhappy."
"If you two joined forces, Jehovah would have no chance of reclaiming Earth."
"Originally, he intended to sneak into the village, but now he's exposed, so if he wants to succeed, the best way is to first dismantle your alliance with Mephisto."
"Blood God Madora is the key bait to break your alliance with Mephisto."
"Michael first impersonated Blood God Madora, deceiving Mephisto into believing he was with Jehovah."
"And to convince you, Madola died in front of you."
"She even left behind the Blood God Dimension."
"To play the part completely, do you believe Mephisto, who cannot be trusted even for a single punctuation mark, or do you believe the dying warning of a Dimension Lord?"
"Clearly, it's the latter."
"But!"
Gwen, acting as Hawk's intelligence analyst, grew more excited as she spoke. She paused here before continuing.
"Sowing discord is actually the most inferior method."
"Because as long as both parties being provoked can calm down and start cross-referencing information, then this scheme of sowing discord will completely fail."
"Clearly, you are very calm."
Gwen glanced at Hawk, who was listening intently like a student in Dr. Stacy's class: "You weren't blinded by anger; instead, you first thought to contact Mephisto to hear how he would 'quibble'."
Hawk, hearing this, smiled slightly, much like a student praised by Dr. Stacy.
Gwen then continued.
"But Jehovah had already thought of this."
"The key to successful discord is breaking contact between the two allies."
"So, while he was using Blood God Madora to lure you, he also sent Michael to ambush Mephisto."
"You said before that as long as Mephisto is in the Hell Dimension, no matter how severely he's injured, he won't die, right?"
"That's right."
Hawk answered Dr. Stacy's question: "Even if I hadn't gone this time, Mephisto would at most be killed by Michael until he was a bare commander, but once Mephisto's injuries recovered, before Jehovah's Hell Angel was concocted, they couldn't completely kill Mephisto."
Michael could not completely kill Mephisto.
Because Hawk himself couldn't kill Mephisto in a short amount of time either.
Gwen spread her hands.
"Then that's it. Why would Jehovah send Michael, knowing that he couldn't kill Mephisto at that point in time?"
"To weaken Mephisto's power?"
"That's part of the reason."
Gwen looked at Hawk, who had raised his hand to answer, and nodded with a smile: "But more importantly, while he was provoking you, he was also provoking Mephisto in this way. Think about it, would Mephisto come looking for you after he escaped?"
Hawk nodded.
"Definitely."
"But you have the aura of the Blood God Dimension on you."
"And you've also met Jehovah, so you should have some of Jehovah's aura on you too, right?"
Gwen said, then looked at Hawk: "Do you think Mephisto, seeing Jehovah's aura on you and the Blood God Dimension that once belonged to Jehovah, would believe that his Hell Dimension became like this because you allied with Jehovah, and thus wouldn't meet with you?"
It's more than not meeting.
Mephisto would probably concoct some Hell God of War to try and chop him up first, even before his decisive battle with Jehovah.
Hawk thought to himself, meeting Gwen's eyes, his mind racing, and he stroked his chin.
"So, you mean, Jehovah's target for provocation was actually Mephisto?"
"The best target for provocation is someone who is already naturally suspicious."
"People who are powerful and calm are immune to the tactic of sowing discord."
"You are one of those."
"But Mephisto..."
Gwen shrugged at this point, then looked at Hawk: "Unfortunately, Jehovah miscalculated one thing. You hadn't gone to Mephisto before, leading him to mistakenly believe you didn't want to find Mephisto, allowing him to mistakenly believe he could continue to weaken Mephisto. But then, after you chopped off his projection, making him unable to monitor you, you went to the Hell Dimension."
Hawk nodded, looking at Gwen: "This was a lucky coincidence, I guess."
If that dark thing, Jehovah, hadn't projected himself, he would have actually gone to the Hell Dimension to find Mephisto anyway.
But in that case, Jehovah would have known and could have immediately told Michael to leave.
Thus, Mephisto, who had just been attacked by Heaven and was injured, upon seeing Hawk and discovering that Hawk had the Blood God Dimension that once belonged to Jehovah, would definitely have believed that Hawk had taken benefits from Jehovah to help out.
In that case, Mephisto, who was already suspicious and had a fiery temper, would certainly have fallen for it.
But Hawk went to the Hell Dimension only after Jehovah's projection appeared and was destroyed.
Jehovah was not currently in the Solar System, so he couldn't detect Hawk's actions immediately or notify Michael to withdraw in time.
So—
Hawk's thoughts raced. With Gwen's help, he understood Jehovah's scheme this time. He shook his head and chuckled, looking at Gwen: "Do you think that dark thing, Jehovah, will spit blood when he finds out?"
Gwen smiled slightly at this, then her expression became serious.
"Whether Jehovah will spit blood, I don't know, but I do know that after you and Mephisto expose his scheme, he will definitely come up with other methods."
"Bring it on."
Hawk shrugged: "I even blew up the Blood God Dimension, so even if he really hid some backdoor in the Blood God Dimension that I couldn't see, it's useless now."
That was also why he blew up the Blood God Dimension.
Better safe than sorry.
Anyway, the Blood God Dimension had very little impact on his strength.
In a word.
A saint seiya infinitely close to a Silver Saint is still a bronze dog, no matter how much you talk about it.
The same goes for sub-light speed.
No matter how much you talk about it, sub-light speed is not light speed, so he felt nothing when he self-destructed the Blood God Dimension.
Hawk's tone was relaxed.
Gwen, however, frowned and looked at Hawk with some concern: "Clearly, Jehovah is not as holy as described in the Bible. He is very insidious. If it weren't for luck this time, he might have successfully sown discord between you and Mephisto. Don't be careless."
Hawk nodded in agreement.
"Lady Luck is on my side."
"That's not Lady Luck's credit, that's your own credit."
"Uh..."
"Because you are good."
"..."
Hawk blinked, looking at Gwen, his expression gradually becoming somewhat suspicious.
"I feel like you're insulting me, Gwen."
"I didn't."
Gwen shook her head, looking at Hawk: "This is indeed because of your goodness, which is why you have such luck. Because any conspiracy or trick can only succeed by grasping the dark side of human nature, but in front of kind-hearted people, no conspiracy or trick can prevail."
Hawk was stunned.
"Is that so?"
"Of course!"
Gwen smiled slightly.
"Just like when we were in Waterfall Town, with Klaus that time, if you were a little darker, you could have completely used force to make Klaus submit, couldn't you?"
"Yes."
"But you didn't. You chose to talk to Klaus first, and then you got the clue about Dr. Merrick from Klaus."
"And this time."
"It's also because of your goodness. You chose to give Mephisto a chance. Even if Mephisto's character is problematic, you didn't listen to only one side, and thus went to the Hell Dimension, discovering Jehovah's conspiracy."
"So..."
"It's not Lady Luck standing on your side."
"It's your kindness, your calmness that made Lady Luck smile upon you."
"..."
Hawk listened to Gwen's serious explanation, the suspicion on his face gradually disappearing, replaced by an increasingly radiant smile.
"Hahaha!"
"Right."
"I am good. Because of my goodness, Lady Luck smiles upon me."
Hawk said, nodding repeatedly, and happily told Gwen: "I really am quite good. Look at Alexander Pierce, that old guy, I gave him two chances and still couldn't bring myself to turn him into ashes."
Gwen looked at Hawk, who, like a student praised and becoming a bit carried away, gave him a sweet reward, then appropriately delivered a warning.
"Don't get cocky, Hawk. Jehovah's scheme failed, and he definitely won't give up so easily."
"Of course not."
Hawk took a deep breath, stroked his chin, and looked at Gwen: "Military Advisor, what do you think Jehovah will try next?"
Gwen shook her head.
"I don't know."
"But..."
"It will definitely be another scheme targeting you."
"Then bring it on."
Hawk spread his hands: "Do you know what I thought when I found out Jehovah was a dark-skinned person?"
Gwen shook her head.
Hawk smiled slightly: "The intelligence of a dark-skinned person is what it is. What I worry about least are the schemes and tricks of a dark-skinned person."
Gwen was stunned at first, then smiled and shook her head.
"If you continue to stay calm, I'm not at all worried that you'll fall into a trap, but I'm afraid you'll get carried away."
"That won't happen."
"As long as I'm not anxious, only my enemies will be."
Hawk said, pulling Gwen back into his arms.
Gwen, nestled back in Hawk's embrace, glanced at Hawk's expression and smiled slightly.
"Mm."
"I believe you."
"..."
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