That silence was loud. I could see Irene showing signs of hesitation as she looked at me, while I maintained that inconspicuous smile of mine.
That it wasn't a lie made things a dozen times funnier.
"Risa. I know it is a bit hard to believe, but all we are here for is to monitor the city. Something is about to happen in the near future," Wesker began speaking, changing the topic before he turned to Irene.
"You must know a bit about it, don't you?"
Irene turned to Wesker with her eyes still in disbelief. Her expression was kinda tense, but she still had that confidant tone as she spoke.
"If I had to make a guess… then it's the Book of Array, right?"
Wesker just smiled at her without telling anything before adding,
"So. What are you here for? You want a part of it. Or you wanted to meet him?" Wesker looked at me, changing the topic once again.
If they don't focus on the 'Otherworlder' prophecy, then it's fine. Let them focus on something else for the time being.
"To be honest, I didn't lie. I just came here because of the sudden increase in the death energy in these parts. Adam was just a bonus to all this," Irene spoke as she looked at me once again.
Man, I am horny.
"I was trapped doing some stuff there. While I could have used one of the death gates, Leader asked Wesker to create a bypass entry and get me out of there early. A couple of things happened here and there, and we are here," I spoke as I looked at her.
"Couple of things?" Irene asked curiously.
"Fought with two inspectors. Killed a couple. Met a Hell Guardian and made a deal with him. Wasn't in the plan to be honest, but I thought it would be nice to have some friends there, so I did that anyway." I smiled innocently again as I spoke the 'truth.'
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"That… explains it?" Irene could probably see that I was not lying. All the more reason she was conflicted right now.
Though she can find all that out if she asked about the town, so that should suffice her curiosity. The main point is what she is going to do right now.
"Risa. What is your decision?" Wesker asked again as he looked at Risa.
While we could easily take the entire city with force, doing it nicely has far fewer complications, so I wanted to do it this way. Certainly there would be a lack of trust, but it's not like there was much to begin with.
And I highly doubt she would be double crossing me, anyway.
"Sigh… All right. In for a penny, in for a pound. I guess, I have little option but to trust you. I just hope I am not diving into something that could turn into my worst mistake ever," Risa spoke, sounding a bit more tired than before.
"Don't worry. The problems we have will involve at least a couple of kingdoms or more. It's either kingdoms being destroyed or nothing at all." Wesker smiled innocently this time.
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For a few seconds, everyone was quiet again before Risa spoke.
"Not sure if that makes me feel better."
Risa then stood up as she asked," if that is all, then can I leave? I need to manage a lot of things… and prepare for what is to come."
"Love you, Risa," Wesker spoke sweetly and Risa gave a weary smile before she moved out of the meeting room.
"Rosalyn, you wanted to talk to me?" I then turned to the witch who came with us. The other mommy in the room.
"I.. uh… I wanted… to…" Rosalyn kept looking at Irene over and over, while I shook my head before turning to Irene.
"Darling. Let's start with you first, then. What do you want right now?" I asked as I looked at Irene, changing my expression from a love struck fool to a guy with a mature aura.
She narrowed her eyes at me before she spoke slowly,
"I would love to take you with me… though it seems to be a bit hard, doesn't it?"
"Take Morpheus. We need him there anyway," Wesker spoke before I could.
"And why would I do-" Irene wanted to interrupt but Wesker spoke again,
"He knows the secret to Pandora's Box. In fact, he has been there for more than a week."
And immediately, she turned to Morpheus, her pupils widened big enough to barely hold them in.
During my last life, I once attended the Pandora's Box event where all the players had a single chance to explore the Pandora's Box. It was a fun event that held quite good rewards at the end.
While the high-ranking players survived for over 2 months, since I was a little above average, I could only last a week and a bit more.
It was just before the World Order was destroyed as well, since the weapon that wiped them, the players got from there and presented to the Gods as a sacrifice for a powerful blessing.
Morpheus nodded with a smile, making Irene, Rosalyn, and Leena blush a little. Though Irene got her composure back before she nodded,
"All right. You can… come… within- I mean… with me."
Morpheus then stood up before taking a glance at Leena and Anna as he spoke.
"Follow Wesker and we might meet again in the future. Till then, try living your life more freely than you had done before. I can count on that, right?"
Anna and Leena seemed sad to see him going, but they both nodded with a resolved face.
"We will live the best life we can," Leena spoke.
"Promise!" Anna added.
Morpheus then smiled as he looked at me and then at Wesker.
"Try not to overdo it. And take care of yourself."
His eyes turned to me and then he repeated," it was good to see you, brother. Say hi to 'him' and Falcon from me."
We both smiled as I was getting amazed how capable these clones were.
Earlier I planned to do all this slowly, one by one, by doing it over and over, but now a single thought is enough to make these clones do what I want.
And the most important fact was that I could see what he was thinking, seeing, hearing and even feeling. A little focus and I could even take manual control over him.
Maybe I can even see his memories as well? I haven't tried it but I am pretty sure I can.
Heck, let's check it.
"I will wait outside the main city gate," Morpheus spoke before vanishing from there, as we all just kept staring at the space he was in only a moment ago.