Chapter 1 The Draft, Will Check Later.

Suren hadn't dared to release "Pandora" before because he knew it would be a huge trouble.

Although he still hadn't figured out what this alchemical construct, masquerading as the courtesan Yushou Yaji, had been up to in Yamain, he was certain that the current "Moon Emperor" Takeda Shinno was her puppet. Moreover, she had special means to communicate with the "Tsukuyomi Great God."

This woman held countless secrets and anyone with half a brain knew that getting involved with her would bring endless troubles.

If he hadn't been so eager to save someone back then, Suren wouldn't have dared to provoke her, even if he had multiple lives.

However, thanks to his decisiveness back then, he'd managed to get her out now, but he was facing the dilemma of how to handle her.

There were many people from Yamain in the pirate city of Hasterlin. Suren hadn't dared to release her before, but now, in this deserted sea, he thought he could give it a try.

...

Thinking this, Suren put down the Mechanical Octopus he was tinkering with and walked out of the captain's cabin.

On the deck, Chitaru and the crew were engaged in a heated competition.

They were having a wrestling match, a daily occurrence for the Dawnbreaker crew.

The voyage was monotonous, so everyone always found enjoyment in combat.

The giant brothers were still the undefeated champions of wrestling, this time their opponent was "Butcher" Banner, as they seemed to want to determine the superiority between mechanical power and physical strength.

The surrounding crew cheered and shouted, creating a harmonious atmosphere.

In the past few days, Tani and the former 19th Squad members had completely integrated into the "Dawnbreaker" team, and they were enjoying it.

Seeing Suren walking onto the deck, everyone greeted him: "Mr. Suren, you're here."

Even the new crew members who weren't familiar with him had fully recognized Mr. Suren's ability to turn the tide during the battle a few days prior.

Whether it was his ability to control dozens of Mechanical Octopi or the magic to conjure a large ship out of thin air, it had left a deep impression on everyone.

Although Chitaru was the captain of the Dawnbreaker crew, no one stood on ceremony.

Because they all knew that Mr. Suren had an extraordinary relationship with their captain.

After all, the two of them shared the captain's cabin at night.

Chitaru, seeing Suren come out, joked, "Oh... what made you decide to come out for some fresh air?"

Suren responded to everyone, chatted for a few words, and then got to the point, "I need you to do me a favor."

"Oh?"

Chitaru was a little curious. She didn't understand the research aspect, so she didn't know what Suren needed her help with.

Suren didn't explain much, "Come on, let's talk in the ship's hold."

He led Chitaru to the laboratory, where Dr. Banks had been waiting for a long time.

Seeing the multiple layers of alchemical arrays that had been set up, Chitaru was even more puzzled: "What exactly are you planning to do, setting up such an exaggerated isolation array?"

Suren said, "Didn't I tell you before, I also brought out that 'Yushou Yaji'?"

Chitaru raised an eyebrow, a playful look flashed across her eyes as she listened, "That 'Number One Beauty Under Heaven'?"

Suren rolled his eyes. Was that the point?

He continued, "I plan to release her this time. It would be best if I could control her, but if not, I'll talk to her. Of course, the worst-case scenario is that it might cause some negative changes. So, every three seconds, I will pull a string. If I get controlled, or if there are any other abnormal situations, I'll have to ask Chitaru and Dr. Banks to deal with it immediately..."

Although Suren knew that he wouldn't be affected by Pandora's mental charm, the woman had been caught off guard when he'd suddenly erupted. Now that she'd been locked up for so long, there were bound to be some problems when she was released.

After all, she was a "humanoid containment object."

Dr. Banks nodded in agreement as he listened, "Mm."

Chitaru had fought against Yushou Yaji before and knew the prowess of that construct. Listening to Suren's words, she asked, "Are you sure about this?"

Suren said faintly, "It has to be dealt with eventually. If handled well, it will bring us a lot of help later."

Hearing that Suren had already considered everything very carefully, Chitaru and Dr. Banks didn't say anything more.

After explaining everything, Suren walked into a small room where various barriers had been set up.

...

With Chitaru and Dr. Banks outside, Suren felt that if something really happened to him, it could be resolved in time.

At this moment, he took a long breath and then began to form the warlock seals.

The hexagram alchemical array under his feet lit up, and a vortex black hole slowly appeared in his palm.

Suren closed his eyes directly and, relying on his soul perception, pulled Pandora, who was wrapped in a cocoon, out of the "Small Void Realm."

Because he was afraid that she might have some special things hidden on her body, Suren had stripped her clean before capturing her.

And in order to prevent her from struggling, many anti-joint movements had been made. Now that she was suspended on the silk thread, it was probably a very humiliating position.

However, Suren didn't open his eyes to look.

He loosened the thread a little, revealing Pandora's mouth.

Perhaps because she had been locked up for a long time, Pandora seemed very calm. If it weren't for the even breathing, it would even make people think that a dead person was hanging there.

For a long while, neither of them spoke.

Suren was constantly paying attention to his panel, and not seeing any negative status effects, he took the initiative to speak, "Wouldn't you like to talk?"

Hearing this, Pandora sneered, "Hmph. What's there to talk about? You can't bear to kill me, but you covet my abilities. You let me out just to enslave me and make me work for you, right? No matter what I say, you wouldn't release me anyway, would you?"

Suren wasn't surprised by this reaction.

After all, she was a construct who had existed for a thousand years, so her intelligence wouldn't be lacking. Moreover, being able to concoct the conspiracy to change dynasties in Yamain meant that her scheming was extraordinary.

He didn't bother trying to persuade her with words.

Suren was just giving it a try.

He said very calmly, "Oh. That's good, then I don't need to beat around the bush."

As he spoke, he took out various enslavement contract scrolls, interrogation potions, mental distortion spell scrolls, memory modification hypnosis crystals... from his storage ring.

Although he hadn't dared to release her while in Hasterlin, Suren wasn't completely unprepared.

He had scoured the black market for all kinds of curses, scrolls, and spells that could enslave people's minds, dozens of them in total, gathering almost everything he could find.

Just like when he subdued Shabina in Old Lunden, contracts were still very useful for people from opposing factions.

Since Pandora had revealed what he wanted to do, Suren had even less psychological burden.

He would never be soft on his enemies.

Suren directly tore open an enslavement scroll, and a beam of light shot onto Pandora's forehead.

This was a kind of evil spell scroll from "Black Wizardry," which sold very well on the black market. It was usually used by those human traffickers to make people submit. This was already the highest-level version he could buy, costing nearly a million Leso.

However, when the scroll's light landed on Pandora, there was no reaction at all.

Suren raised an eyebrow as he watched, not caring, and picked up another pink crystal skull.

This was a cursed object called [Aphelios' Crystal Skull], which could tamper with people's memories at the subconscious level.

He muttered the matching curse, and then wisps of strange pink light, like green smoke, lit up on the skull...

The pink light immediately dissipated as soon as it approached, as if a mysterious force had shattered that low-level spell.

"..."

Seeing this, Suren's brows slowly furrowed, as if he was wondering something, or perhaps guessing something.

These things were not only for testing their effectiveness, but also to confirm some of his ideas.

After a series of failures, Suren continued to try patiently.

After the eighth failure, he took out a contract scroll that exuded strange black smoke.

This was another "antique" that he had found in the black market. It was a scroll used by ancient demon warlocks from a certain civilization to contract demons.

Suren took out the Black Scythe, raised his hand, and without any pity, cut a wound on Pandora's exposed lips.

Although the wound healed instantly, Suren also collected her blood and dripped it on the scroll.

But on this occasion, the blood dripped on the scroll like concentrated acid, instantly burning the entire black scroll to ashes.

Suren's pupils contracted sharply, and he finally confirmed something, realizing: So that's how it is...

But this behavior, after all, angered Pandora. Although she was a construct, no one had ever dared to injure her face. She mocked mercilessly: "Hmph! Stop wasting time on these stupid acts. If you knew what you were doing right now, you would find your actions laughable!"

Suren glanced at her, "You're finally willing to speak?"

"If I were you, I would stop this foolish behavior."

Pandora's tone was full of indifference, as if she had special confidence that she would not be enslaved by any means, nor would she die.

She had been created as the most perfect life form in this world. How could the proud her submit to a human?

Hearing this, Suren asked, "Are you saying that even if you are killed, you will not die?"

Pandora snorted coldly, not responding.

But at this time, Suren said again: "Or do you want to say... you are a god?"

His tone was very calm, but Pandora heard a hint of mockery.

Most importantly, he was right!

Although Pandora didn't say anything, she couldn't hide the shock in her heart.

She really wouldn't die, but she couldn't bear to give up this perfect body.

Suren didn't beat around the bush and said directly: "I've always wondered why you can summon the 'Tsukuyomi' Great God to appear. After all, that's the personified embodiment of the beliefs of the Yamain people. How could you, an alchemical construct, possibly get a response from him? Now I've roughly determined one thing. That is... it's not Tsukuyomi who responded to you, but you, are Tsukuyomi itself?!"

The scroll that was burned before was already a very high-level demon contract scroll.

The material itself was the skin of a demigod-level demon.

In theory, even eighth or ninth-order demons could not violate this high-level contract.

Even if it couldn't be successfully contracted, at least it wouldn't cause a backlash due to the contract, burning the entire scroll to ashes.

That it was burned meant that the upper limit of the contracted target's grade was higher than that of the scroll!

This was almost impossible in this plane.

The only explanation was those "Outer Gods", "False Gods", or something.

Combining this with the situation in Yamain, Suren's thoughts suddenly became clear.

He continued: "I'm very curious, how did you do it? How did you attach a god to your soul?"

.......

Pandora had long experienced Suren's meticulous mind from the battle in which she was captured.

Now hearing that her biggest mystery had been revealed, she suddenly became very calm. The arrogance she had before was swept away, and she was silent and did not speak.

Suren continued: "Although I don't know how you did it, I think I can guess what you want to do."

Only by having more chips in his hand could he be qualified to negotiate with the woman in front of him, and he said: "My teacher and teacher-aunt had an alchemical construct project called 'Pandora' back then, they eventually wanted to not only refine a construct. They wanted to create... gods! So, you stole the power of faith of Yamain for your own use, and then used this path to become a god. Is that right?"

After Suren finished speaking, he also felt very shocked.

Create a god?

His teacher and teacher-aunt were really super powerful.

Moreover, judging from the current situation, their plan was already halfway complete.

Now the entire Yamain believed in the "Tsukuyomi Great God", perhaps in the future, this Pandora might really advance from a "false god" to a "true god".

After all, she was an alchemical construct, so her life would be very, very long.

Hearing this, Pandora fell into silence.

After pondering for a long while, she suddenly asked: "Who is your teacher?"

Suren said: "Ms. Celia."

Hearing that name, Pandora could no longer remain calm, "Heh, how is that possible?!"

That was the great person who created her, a "mother"-like existence. Even hearing this name, she felt an uncontrollable longing in her heart.

At that time, her consciousness had just sprouted, it was very pure, like an infant. It was very difficult for an alchemical construct to give birth to its own consciousness, it required endless care and love. There had to be emotions for a soul to be born.

At that time, the whole world was her voice, her shadow...

How nostalgic.

Suren captured the change in emotion in her tone, and finally felt that things seemed to be turning around: "I don't know how to explain it to you, but that's the truth. I met Ms. Celia in the cursed space of the ruins of Dawn City, and then I was fortunate enough to become her disciple."

He simply said a few words about the process, and then said: "I think, you should also be able to see that I am a descendant of the 'Marionettist' lineage."

Naturally, Pandora wouldn't believe such a thing because of a few words.

After all, that was a character from a thousand years ago.

But after mentioning that name, her mentality suddenly calmed down a lot, and she finally took the initiative to ask: "What conditions do you want?"

Suren said: "Obey me."

Hearing this, Pandora sneered, not hiding her mockery at all, "Impossible! Even if I abandon this body, don't even think about it!"

Suren wasn't surprised, but he also captured a piece of information, that was, she could abandon her body, but she was reluctant to!

He continued: "Then let's change the conditions. I can return your freedom to you, but you need to help me with some things. And you can't do anything that is detrimental to me, or to my friends."

He had tried everything just now, and he really had no way to deal with this Pandora at present.

If he didn't kill her, problems would definitely arise over time.

After all, he only now knew that this guy had stolen the faith and become a "false god"!

It was fortunate that he had isolated her in the "Small Void Realm", otherwise, there would really be big problems if he had her by his side.

Crap!

Letting her out probably meant that she had already contacted Yamain!

Suren suddenly thought of something, his tone became urgent, and he shouted sharply: "I'll give you one minute to consider, I need a definite answer!"

He even felt that the reason why this Pandora had not spoken was to delay time.

If she delayed any longer, there would probably be big problems!

Once smart people's methods are seen through, there is no need to hide them.

Hearing this, Pandora also understood that Suren had thought of her means.

Her tone was even more confident, except for a sneer, she didn't say anything.

Seeing this, Suren said coldly: "Don't doubt my determination. Even if you are my teacher's work, I will kill you without hesitation. Even my teacher would understand my doing this."

Although Pandora's alchemical body was a top treasure, Suren could definitely say it and do it!

If it was a treasure that he couldn't control, even if it was destroyed, he would never hesitate in the slightest.

Pandora: "You're threatening me?"

Suren: "You can think of it that way."

Hearing this, Pandora didn't doubt his determination any longer, instead, her tone became somewhat strange: "Are you really Celia's disciple?"

Suren replied again in a deep voice: "Yes!"

Not knowing what she was thinking, Pandora pondered for a moment.

Some people are unwilling to lie.

She didn't insist on her arrogance any longer, and said: "Are you trying to help the Kamufushi regain the divine authority of faith? Hehe... I can tell you, that's impossible. Moreover, I can tell you very responsibly that you won't be able to change anything by doing this. Because 'Amaterasu' has already been defeated by me during the Black Sun Festival. You guessed right, the Shinto faith of Amaterasu has been stripped by me, or rather, the faith of the entire Yamain has been concentrated on me. Even if I admit to letting the Kamufushi take the throne, 'Amaterasu' will no longer descend. Don't even think about re-establishing the belief system of the Iga Shrine without a thousand years. And doing so will cause the entire Yamain's faith to collapse..."

These words were logical, and they explained the current situation of the Shinto in Yamain.

Suren had no new interest in the faith of Yamain in the first place.

Although he really wanted to help Miko, it seemed from the current situation that what Pandora said was the truth.

Even if the Kamufushi took the throne again, it wouldn't change anything.

This was what Miko had deduced before.

Suren said: "We can put the Yamain issue aside for now. My previous conditions remain unchanged. And what I need your help with is also something else. I need you to take action when necessary to help me solve some troubles."

Pandora: "That's it? Are you sure you won't bring it up again in the future?"

She was a little moved.

These conditions were not too harsh.

Suren said: "We can sign a contract."

There was a kind of equal contract that could be easily signed, but the prerequisite was that both parties were willing.

Hearing the word contract, Pandora agreed without hesitation: "Okay!"

Hearing her agree so readily, Suren also breathed a sigh of relief.

The special means he had prepared before were no longer needed, but that was good, it saved a lot of trouble.

He took out a top-level alchemical contract and wrote a series of words on it. He wrote almost everything he had considered on the contract, making it impossible for her to find any loopholes to exploit.

After writing, Suren loosened a few threads, revealing Pandora's eyes.

He said: "Okay, you can take a look at the contract. If there are no problems, you can sign it."

After an unknown number of days, Pandora finally saw the light, she opened her eyes, and saw the man with his eyes closed in front of her at a glance.

Thinking of these humiliating days of imprisonment, she itched her teeth, and couldn't help but sneer: "What's wrong, you dared to strip my clothes, but you don't even have the courage to open your eyes and look at me?"

Naturally, there was some resentment in this tone.

Whether as a woman, an alchemical construct, or a god, it would be strange if she didn't have any resentment after being treated in such a shameful way.

Suren naturally understood, and said: "I have no intention of offending. If you think that after signing the contract, I can apologize for my actions."

Hearing that, Pandora swallowed the anger, after all, it had come to this, and she was still tied up, so she couldn't do anything about it.

Moreover, this person had never opened his eyes since the battle at the beginning.

Although it was this little fox's caution, it could be considered... not too offensive.

Moreover, she was also somewhat surprised in her heart, how could there be a man who could resist not looking at her body, the "Most Beautiful Woman Under Heaven"? Da Feng Novel Network

A thought flashed by, Pandora glanced at the terms on the contract.

It was indeed very detailed.

Detailed to the point that she couldn't find any chance to go back on her word.

However, her heart was full of disdain.

A mortal signing a contract with a god?

Tsk tsk... don't you know that that's meaningless?

She said directly: "Okay, that's it."

Suren was also decisive, directly gave her the pen, and then released the restraints on one of her arms.

Pandora signed her name without hesitation, and then dripped a drop of blood on the scroll.

Suren seemed not to look at it, but through the silk thread, he accurately captured what the other party had written, and the name on the signature was actually "Pandora P. Isaac"!

It was actually Isaac's surname?