Chapter 1435: Chapter 1435

1435: Chapter 1431: Altar of God 1435: Chapter 1431: Altar of God When you think your opponent is at least Gold, and at worst Silver, assuming they lack triple or quintuple-layered schemes, they still have medium and long-term strategies and calculations.

They make one move whilst considering three steps ahead, only to find out you’ve overthought it all, and matched wits with thin air…

“Turns out, it was just a schoolkid…

uh, that analogy might not be fitting.

Nowadays, some schoolkids are too sharp, and the frustration of adults getting thrashed by them isn’t to be underestimated.

Maybe a Bronze-level player of Honour works better.”

A man who perpetually wallowed in Bronze V had a profound understanding of what it meant to be at that rank.

He found this analogy particularly apt.

The most direct outcome was the eternal mystery of their chaotic thoughts and actions…

But if you really tried to understand them, you might just become part of that ranking.

“…How should I respond?”

For the first time, Lu Ping’an was a bit lost because his opponent was too weak.

They probably tried to suppress him because they heard that the “Mentor” had arrived, fearing that the Mentor might jump out at this moment to support Lulu.

Their greatest fear must be Lulu seizing control of the military department by force.

“…How could we possibly play the Mentor card now?

Even setting aside my personal preferences, it’s simply not a card that can be played.

To be precise, it’s most effective when it’s not played.”

In that moment, Lu Ping’an was tickled…

Members of the Long Hand Clan in this world, even those at the high level, still carried the unmistakable air of “eight-year-olds.”

Mentor Theory had spread across the world; in some ways, even the entire Salvation Army was a product of this spirit of “world transformation.”

You could say the Mentor was the true spiritual leader of the Salvation Army.

If anyone could truly unite this chaotic world, the now-deified Mentor stepping forward would be the most convincing of all.

In a sense, this might also be what those people feared the most…

They were truly afraid of the Mentor stepping in, whether it was raising their own flag or helping his disciple Lulu ascend.

In the short term, they’d be unstoppable.

I mean, the sociological kind of God.

Such a concept is best revered from a high altar, never attempting to descend to the Mortal World…”

The Mentor, although Lu didn’t want to acknowledge it, had increasingly become a significant card.

Lulu, the interpreter of Mentor Theory, had been surrounded by a sacred aura, and the better her “classmates” performed, the brighter the halo around the Mentor shone.

If brought forward now, it could likely force an immediate consolidation of the Salvation Army…

“When a God truly enters the Mortal World and becomes known to mortals, no matter how sacred and perfect It may be, It would get restructured, reinterpreted, vulgarized, explained away, slandered, and eventually become worthless…”

This card, only by not playing it, could remain effective indefinitely.

Lu Ping’an had even communicated with Lulu that if someone tried to pin this identity on him, Lu Ping’an, she had to deny it vigorously.

A spiritual totem is best kept as a mere spiritual existence.

If you really need to utilize it, you must be prepared for it to be devalued to nothing in the end.

Therefore, there must be sufficient benefits to exchange.

Now, Lu Ping’an wouldn’t possibly use his ace for a position as military department leader—a thing riddled with traps.

if the person who truly made this judgement was him, he simply isn’t qualified to play cards with us.”

It was indeed a “surprise”…

The opponent was so weak that they made an unexpected choice, leaving him completely unprepared.

“Alright, let’s adjust the plan.”

But those quirky plot developments in novels and comics that come from being too weak or mistaken, making the schemers unable to calculate, are hard to replicate in reality.

“You’re really too weak,” which is naturally a good thing for the schemers…

easier opponents to deal with, prey that jumps straight into a trap—who doesn’t like that?

“Lulu, why don’t you draft a pledge, stating that for the unity of the ethnic group, you’ll give up your own candidacy and support Minister Hua as the new military leader.

However, question his career ability and hope he doesn’t get too radical.

It would be best if he stabilizes the frontlines before considering a counteroffensive…”

This public declaration, in the eyes of the opponent, might just be the desperate barking of a defeated dog.

And since Lulu had said “I won’t fight for it,” they naturally wouldn’t force her too harshly…

“When he loses, will it serve as a foreshadowing?

Will they remember me, who publicly voiced doubt, and promote me to the position?”

“Indeed, but even if you do nothing, we can still support you into power…

What’s more important, though, is to force him to prove himself.”

Lu Ping’an stroked his chin, not hiding his maliciousness.

Since they’re trustworthy “partners,” the Riddler was creating discomfort for himself; he hoped Lulu would understand him…

Lu had no malice towards this world, so he was very confident that his openness would ultimately win Lulu’s trust.

“Minister Hua, who I questioned, will have to achieve something.

Public opinion wouldn’t allow him to hide behind the frontlines for long.

Once it’s destined that he’ll break out and launch an offensive…”

“Someone has to try it out.

Perhaps they’ll even achieve some success, or at least, we can probe the enemy’s reality and see where the core of the next battlefield might be.”

Planning is planning, but reality always has variables.

Though the chance is low, Minister Hua could bulldoze his way through and firmly secure his position, and that chance isn’t zero.

“If he really has the ability, then let him have the position…”

If he’s really a good dog, then feed him some more bones.

The difference between a chess player and a chess piece is probably that no matter how the chess player loses, it never really affects their own position…

while the chess piece needs to keep winning, unbelievably winning, to have a chance at jumping off the board.

In Lulu’s strategic vision, there was nothing wrong with what her master had said.

The Great Counteroffensive was bound to happen and was likely to fail…

but that offensive was a military necessity.

For the subsequent war layout and troop dispatch, first-hand intelligence on the enemy’s frontlines was needed; a counteroffensive was the best action to gauge strengths and weaknesses.

If someone was naturally to take the fall for a failure, it was best if it was the most worthless fool…

Just Minister Hua’s current display of foolishness and impatience was a tremendous disappointment to the entire high-level Long Hand Clan, including Lulu.

His first move upon attaining power was to attack his own people?

During a time when stability was needed, he started toying with the Spirit Totem?

There were things Lulu did not share with her mentor…

She worried that some people were too foolish, too hopeless, causing the mentor to lose faith in the Long Hand Clan and the New Kingdom.

In fact, her people had already found out that Minister Hua’s faction had bought smear pieces in major publications, ready to start attacking and slandering as soon as the “Mentor” stepped in.

This shortsightedness and stupidity had disappointed many neutral observers…

The nation was in the process of building, and a military director was directly shaking the spiritual keystones of nation-building?

Just for their own bit of self-interest?

Weakness is not to be feared, foolishness can be hidden, and greed is the basic desire of man…

But to be foolish without self-awareness, to be so selfish as to disregard the interests of the ethnic group, that’s beyond redemption.

“He’s always just a pure warrior…

I don’t have any prejudice against warriors, I’m a warrior myself, but such a person absolutely cannot be allowed to control this country.”

And this seemingly calm “youth” before her appeared to be the complete opposite.

If he wanted benefits, all he had to do was make the “Mentor” appear…

Rationality and recklessness, restraint and losing control, in this moment, Lulu silently nodded.

She already knew which option to choose.