Captain – Chapter 529 – The One Who Deceives the Devil

A record, possessing consciousness…

Even Roy, who was well-traveled and had witnessed countless strange occurrences, could only blink rapidly after hearing such words, unable to comprehend them for a moment.

Seeing this, the devil stopped his steps, coming to a halt precisely in front of a quiet coffee shop.

“It’s actually quite easy to understand.”

Looking at the bewildered young woman, the man raised a finger and smiled as he explained: “Just think of me as a book—one that can record and speak.”

“I possess his memories from before he left this place, I have his way of thinking and judgment abilities, but I’m uniquely not him himself—I’m just a…”

“Old notebook?”

Knowing that the “he” the other party referred to was her ancestor far away, the captain somewhat understood what the person before her meant, though her eyes still held suspicion.

“According to what you’re saying, you’re not my ancestor, and you’re different from those incarnations of his?”

“Correct.”

Snapping his fingers, the devil smiled approvingly and added: “Those so-called incarnations are actually just projections of his consciousness. Having three thousand incarnations everywhere—that’s a privilege of the divine.”

“Oh, speaking of which, he might already be one now.”

Watching the man’s meaningful smile, Roy knew this was the other party seeing through her thoughts, telling her that he wasn’t completely ignorant of the outside world.

Even if that were the case, with devil-like thinking speed and ocean-deep wisdom, he could still deduce the general situation.

But…

That was only as far as it went.

To this warning, the captain showed no reaction on the surface, even cooperating by showing some “regretful” expression, but her mind kept calculating.

If what the person before her said was true, then he might be able to guess the great events in the far north through past memories, guess that “himself” had perhaps approached the end of the divine path, but he absolutely couldn’t know about the earth-shaking changes that occurred then.

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He couldn’t foresee the brilliant spark ignited by the “old pirate,” her meeting with the deity…

And many more things that transcended fate.

Perhaps the person before her hadn’t even thought that she had already escaped the control of that “him.”

Walking on the path to completely end the old era.

This was an opportunity—no, a tremendous opportunity.

Almost immediately, Roy judged this point.

She put away her feigned regretful expression, slightly raised her face, and said seriously and solemnly: “Ancestor, I truly never thought you would have a day when you’d be wrong about something.”

“Oh? Then tell me.”

The devil, who had been about to enter the coffee shop for afternoon tea, heard this and withdrew his hand from pushing the door, leaning on his cane and looking at the young woman with interest: “Tell me what I got wrong, or which step went awry?”

Feeling the man’s half-smiling gaze, Roy knew he didn’t believe her words, taking them as a joke, due to his confidence and those truly terrifying methods.

Step by step, making her unable to breathe.

Suppressing her fluctuating emotions, the young woman entered her role. Though it had been a long time since she had performed… deceived anyone, her skills in this area hadn’t deteriorated.

On the contrary, having gained understanding of the devil, she was confident she had a chance to deceive him.

At least this talking “book.”

After “seeing” the monstrosity in the depths of the waterfall, Roy knew that due to her carelessness and many uncontrollable factors, she, her first mate, and even the people of the seas had all fallen into dire straits. She could only take a risky gamble.

This might even be the only chance to break the deadlock.

“We failed.”

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This was the young woman’s opening line. Though the devil still smiled unchanged, he imperceptibly raised an eyebrow, hidden light flowing in his pupils as he analyzed the truth or falsehood of these words.

Because the word “we” was very interesting—while setting the tone, it also directly overturned many possibilities.

But… was this true?

As one of devil lineage who had also experienced that inhuman thinking speed, Roy clearly understood the other party’s current state, knowing that at such a time, if your argument showed even one flaw, it would be infinitely magnified, leading to complete failure.

She had to throw out as much misleading information of sufficient weight as possible to have hope of deceiving him.

Deceiving this terrible devil.

Vaguely, the young woman seemed to catch something, understanding what methods this ancestor had used nearly a thousand years ago to deceive the Lady.

Making even a deity’s wisdom pale in comparison.

“I don’t know how many hidden schemes you’ve arranged on the seas, but at least the one in the ice sea involving the magic box…”

“Failed.”

Roy was certain that no matter how far-reaching the devil’s designs were, even if they spread throughout the known and unknown worlds, the ice sea expedition was definitely the most important one.

Because it concerned freedom, because the opponent in that game was Lady Annisdora—he could look down on everyone, but he couldn’t ignore a deity.

That great being who hated him to the bone.

“Because of that deity, because of your former first mate.”

When saying this, Roy stared intently at the devil’s flickering pupils, watching the light streams flicker and grow ever brighter and more brilliant, like erupting lava.

Even when she mentioned First Mate Isaac, the fire in the devil’s pupils showed no sign of dimming, and the gradually cold curve of his mouth seemed to mock her naivety.

As if saying that neither deities nor old friends could possibly defeat him.

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Truly… unreasonably arrogant.

“And also because of…”

Taking a deep breath, Roy lowered her eyelids slightly, hesitating with unclear truth or falsehood until the devil mockingly pressed “because of what?” before saying rather heavily.

“You might not believe it when I say this, because of a…”

Raising her eyes, a perfectly timed flash of lingering fear appeared in the young woman’s eyes.

“A cat.”

The scene suddenly fell silent.

The previously lively sounds of footsteps, hawking, and wheels rolling over streets all disappeared. Though it was only for an instant, Roy swore she hadn’t felt wrong.

This heaven had truly stopped for a moment, as if time had been frozen by boundless great power.

The next moment, the street returned to its bustle.

Roy looked around with slight confusion, as if not knowing what had happened, and when she turned back to see the devil’s gradually dimming pupils, she knew… she had bet correctly.

The devil believed her, only because of her last sentence.

That sentence that couldn’t be more true, except that she had invisibly switched the cause and effect of time.

“Oh, it seems fate has finally abandoned me, though I didn’t expect it would be at that moment.”

“How truly heartless.”

Hearing the man’s sigh-like words, Roy felt some strange emotions arise in her heart.

Though she felt this ancestor was also heartless—more heartless than anyone she had ever seen—the emotion he revealed at this moment was genuinely lonely, very…

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Pitiful?

As soon as this word surfaced in her mind, it was forcibly suppressed by the captain. She wanted to slap herself, thinking that applying such a word to him was truly an insult.

Oh, she meant it was an insult to the word “pitiful.”

“Alright then, child.”

Without asking for specific details, as if the man had anticipated and prepared for even this possibility, he just sighed and pushed open the coffee shop door, gesturing for her to enter: “Regardless, come in for a drink first.”

“Then we’ll discuss the details…”

“And the arrangements going forward.”

Knowing that in this ancestor’s mind, he had probably already constructed a storm and gone through the ice sea events from beginning to end, Roy remained expressionless on the surface but secretly smiled, feeling that sometimes thinking too quickly wasn’t necessarily a good thing.

What was that saying? Being too clever for one’s own good.

Especially for someone with wisdom as deep as the sea like the devil.

“Ancestor, there’s no time.”

Under the man’s surprised gaze, Roy didn’t step forward but gently shook her head, saying with slight urgency: “Though I shook off the pursuers after leaving the ice sea, once I enter the Death Silence Triangle, there’s absolutely no possibility of hiding my tracks anymore.”

“That one’s followers have already come. If I don’t hurry, I’ll be intercepted here.”

Saying this much was enough. She figured that even without her saying it, the devil could guess the reason why she and those nonexistent pursuers would come to the Death Silence Triangle.

“So I must…”

The deception reached its most crucial link, and the captain’s tone became rarely cold and stern.

“Quickly obtain Aegis, at least before they do.”