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Chapter 685 - 361: The Association’s New Goal_1

Chapter 685: Chapter 361: The Association’s New Goal_1

That evening, Makizawa Sota gathered all the members of the Defense Society and inspected everyone overnight, but no other Shadow Men were found.

This did not surprise anyone, the opposing force would have already retreated their people knowing they have been exposed.

The method of inspection involved rotating a light source above a person’s head and observing whether the changing shadows conformed to the laws of physics.

Even if those Shadow Men could manipulate the direction of their shadows, under such impromptu high-speed inspection, it would be impossible for manual manipulation to keep up with the changes in the light source, they were bound to give themselves away!

Upon learning that entities from another world had infiltrated the higher ranks, the Japanese government finally took the matter seriously and urgently instructed all departments to conduct a self-inspection overnight using the method provided by the Exchange Group.

Before, it had been players infiltrating the local population, and from the player’s perspective, it didn’t feel too real. It was only now when creatures from other worlds used similar methods to infiltrate humanity, that many people truly felt how horrific it was.

This wide-scale self-check indeed turned up something. Although no Shadow Men were directly caught, a few employees had mysteriously disappeared that night, most likely the Shadow Men who had retreated in advance.

While the Japanese were conducting self-checks, the Defense Society had already begun a meeting with representatives from the Exchange Group, to discuss how to handle this incident.

Mu You wasn’t involved in the meeting. He spoke briefly with the Blood Emperor and others, and returned early to the lodgings arranged for him.

Partly because this diplomatic meeting wouldn’t change with his absence, and partly because he had his own meeting to attend that night.

It was Wednesday again, and the secret technique conference for the new week was to be held at midnight.

Mu You rested in his room for a while and promptly attended the conference at twelve.

This conference didn’t focus on any major external issues, but rather focused on resolving problems within the Sorcerer Association.

Nine of the twelve positions were filled at this time. The missing ones were Taurus, Gemini, and Scorpio.

About Scorpio’s matter, Mu You had already notified the other members after dealing with the World Walker last week. He currently possesses Scorpio’s crystal.

Mu You did not elaborate at the time, but some intelligent members of the association might have guessed that his previous statement about the crystals automatically seeking an inheritor after the Sorcerer’s death was a pretext. The crystals do not actually leave on their own after the host dies, but rather go to the killer.

This point could have been inferred when the World Walker entered last week’s conference. The World Walker had obtained Scorpio’s crystal directly after killing him, and subsequently threatened to ’hunt’ other people’s crystals.

In other words, a person can inherit multiple crystals at once, this is not hard to understand as these crystals were originally a single entity.

So, at this conference, Mu You did not hide any further and openly stated that he holds the crystals of both Gemini and Scorpio. The initial reason he presented it the other way was simply to avoid infighting in the team.

However, after so many conferences and the incident last week, the characters and integrity of the remaining members have been tested. He believes the ten remaining members are now familiar and trustworthy enough with each other to not betray or harm each other.

In addition to this, Mu You chose to disclose this information because of the existence of the ’Black Magic Fandom Association’.

According to information left by the Phantom Thief, this unique organization seems to have developed a marketable lower-level substitute for the Sorcerer’s crystals.

Mu You is currently uncertain about the extent of what this substitute can do, but as long as it has the ability to store and convert natural magic power, everyone present could potentially complete their own crystals. This would certainly be more efficient than their internal fights.

So, while announcing this news, Mu You also announced information about the Black Magic Fandom Association and assigned tasks to each member, urging everyone to seek clues and information about the association. This mysterious group was about to become a priority for the Association!

After the conference, everyone began their usual weekly card exchange.

Mu You, this week, brought out a new card: ’Teleport’. It is a high-level Space Magic converted into Black Magic.

The Black Magic version of ’Teleport’ still has the effect of instantly swapping your position with a nearby target, but it adds an additional effect: this swap cannot be influenced by other magic effects.

The original ’Teleport’ could not be activated when encountered with some force barrier type magic effects, like the Ice Wall Technique or the Water Prison Technique, as well as some spatial and Magic Interruption type effects. Any target blocked by such walls could not be locked on by ’Teleport’.

But after being turned into Black Magic, this limit no longer exists. Meaning, now Mu You could swap his position with the target in any situation. This might seem like a simple additional effect, but it is extremely practical. For example, he could lock himself in a Water Prison in advance then swap positions with the enemy and have them imprisoned instead.

Likewise, places like Underwater Prison would have been much easier to escape if he knew this spell before. Simply swap with a target outside the prison and he could have escaped easily.