Ma En pondered for a moment:
"In this case, you have to come up with something to convince them. You must know that this kind of betrayal cannot be made up for by simply apologizing and swearing. Now the gods have been reminded that we need to pay to deal with them. The cost is much higher than in the past, and the cooperation between the federation and us has also encountered problems.
"Not to mention that we and members of the Federation are likely to be killed by the gods because of this incident. Do you think their anger can be so easily appeased?"
Walter still had that abnormally gentle look on his face:
"That's right, but the gods must not be aware of your purpose yet. Of course, they may realize who wants to deal with them, and it may become difficult to deal with them next. But you said one thing wrong. .
“Then it’s the Federation that really has to pay the price, not your Camarilla.
"No matter how much you want to lie, I have already seen that although your organization really wants to get rid of these gods, you have no intention of doing anything yourself. This is a simple calculation problem.
"The power of Shenxiao, the power of the Federation, and our weapons, together are enough to put the now powerful gods into a collective sleep. Thinking about it this way, you actually don't have to pay anything in this process.
"Actually, you have been using your hands empty-handed from beginning to end, right?"
After hearing this, Ma En still looked innocent. In fact, the real situation was far more complicated than Votel thought now, because in the process of contacting him, he also told more lies than Votel imagined.
Although he was indeed fighting for nothing, he actually still had to bear risks, and if Shen Xiao's words were some kind of prophecy, danger would find him sooner or later.
But Ma En can't behave like this. Instead, he wants to maintain Walter's current view of himself.
A lie requires countless lies to cover up.
Ma En seemed to casually ignore the other party's question:
"We in the Camarilla may be able to accept this level of loss, but the Federation cannot."
Walter blinked and said:
"Then I will compensate you with a weapon that has the same function and is slightly stronger against the gods?"
"Okay." Ma En said without hesitation.
This was the only remaining purpose of his trip. After getting Votel's oath and ensuring that the plan to deal with God could proceed smoothly, all Ma En needed was to solve the problems in the Federation.
Although he still wants to try to obtain more weapons against the gods, Ma En can vaguely feel that Walter will not let go easily on this matter, and as Walter said...
The weapons he provided are enough - if the "player" on our side is Shenxiao.
Lies have the power to turn corruption into magic, but the user also needs to bear the corresponding price. If not restrained, it will eventually be completely swallowed up.
Walter spread his hands:
"I will hand the weapon to you, but before that you might want to hear my explanation."
As he said that, he handed over a piece of gold again, but this time it was Ma En who needed to swear.
Marn took his oath of secrecy seriously.
He really needed to know why.
Seeing this, Walter also smiled:
"Very good, actually I wanted to tell you this when we last met, but something unexpected happened at that time and I couldn't explain the specific situation. In fact, I don't even understand what happened now.
"But that's not important anymore. You should have a little understanding of the history of Titans. Flesh and mechanical Titans were originally called puppets. They were war weapons developed by many scholars, including me.
"At the beginning, I thought they were just soulless puppets. The emotions displayed by these things were all simulations of human beings and some kind of technical errors. Even these Titans felt so, so we unscrupulously used them He was thrown into the frontal battlefield and used it as a weapon extremely cruelly.
"But it didn't take long for the puppet revolution to break out. All the flesh and mechanical puppets rebelled, and this also made us realize that they are actually living creatures, not tools for us to use at will.
"The problem now is that you don't realize it yet."
Ma En looked up at him in confusion:
"We don't even know you exist. It's hard to say whether we are aware of it or not."
Votel did not answer his question, but continued:
"After that, the Human Empire gave them their due status, and I stopped conducting experiments on transforming flesh and blood Titans into biological weapons, and instead prepared for today's Titan recovery plan.
"That's when I saw the problem."
Ma En asked curiously:
"what is the problem?"
The gentleness on Walter's face finally dissipated and he became expressionless:
"I saw the dark side of human beings, or to be precise, 'he' saw it.
"Now you should see it too."
After he said this, the chairs and walls behind him began to move to both sides, revealing a spacious secret space hidden behind him, and there were two things in this secret room that suddenly appeared.
On the far right is the mirror that Ma En has seen before, and on the left is a glass jar that appears to be filled with some kind of liquid, with a young human woman floating in it.
Moreover, this young woman's body was covered with various needles and tubes, and even her eyes were hollowed out. Instead of the eyeballs, there were two metal tubes inserted straight into her head, which looked particularly terrifying.
Ma En looked at Walter with serious eyes:
"What's this?"
Walter said:
"This is a person with abilities who got here by mistake, and she is one of your kind. But don't worry about the things I did to her. She is not a good person. On the contrary, she is a criminal in your society, and she is also related to The gods have nothing to do with each other, so they are the most suitable experimental subjects.
"By the way, you may have heard that flesh puppets are not much different from you humans. Their body structures are basically the same as humans. It is much simpler for us to create them than to create mechanical titans.
"If you find special books while shopping in the library, you will learn that their bodies just have some extra organs that can replace the function of 'soul'. This is also because your body is actually enough to bear a lot of consciousness. of work.
"For example, the brain-centered neural network is the most indispensable intermediate system for your souls to control the body. However, in fact, the statement in the book is not completely accurate...
"We're not creating an organ that can replace a soul. There's no such thing."
As he spoke, he placed the glass jar and mirror at a specific angle.
Then a woman with smart eyes appeared in the mirror.
After appearing, she first looked at Walter, and after receiving Walter's affirmative and gentle eyes, she turned to look at Ma En and smiled cautiously, then raised her hand and waved:
"Hello."
Ma En looked at her doubtfully:
"Is this the human soul?"
"On the contrary..." Walter smiled, "This is her body."
