Mystery: Chaos Path

Adam was clearly not surprised by Roland's open attitude. As an observer, he could tell that Roland was telling the truth, or at least, in his understanding, it wasn't a lie.

However, Adam didn't forget another matter and reminded him calmly, "Your Time Shadow is not a technique that Sequence 5 should possess."

Perhaps on the unprecedented Sequence that Roland had chosen, he was indeed only equivalent to an ordinary Sequence 5, but that didn't mean he didn't have other methods.

Not lying didn't mean he wasn't concealing the truth.

"Ah, sorry, I forgot about that skill." Roland chuckled insincerely, making it difficult to tell whether he was doing it on purpose or not. He then skipped over the topic and said with the same frankness:

"Although I can indeed turn others into puppets, the prerequisite is that their will is not strong enough. As for Mr. Adam... I don't think I can control you."

That was the absolute truth. Roland didn't think Adam's will couldn't resist the control of the Persona Mask.

This was also the truth.

Adam also had his own judgment in his heart. After a few seconds of silence, he said:

"...Your abilities might not be useful on me."

"Just try it, you won't lose anything anyway." Roland tried hard to promote it. He really wanted to test his skills on the King of Angels. What a rare opportunity!

Adam took a deep look at Roland and finally nodded, saying, "Alright."

Although it was a bit risky, for Adam, it was also an opportunity—he also wanted to experience what the power of this unknown being was all about.

Some abilities could only be understood more clearly after experiencing them personally.

Thus, the two hit it off. After completing the transaction of 008 and Conqueror characteristics, they began the experiment.

First, the implantation of the Persona Mask with the "Joy" attribute.

Adam seemed slightly surprised. Of course, he might not have the emotion of surprise. Anyway, after a slight pause of a few seconds, Adam said, "There is some influence, very slight, but it does exist."

"So it really works..." Roland blinked and suddenly snapped his fingers, using the ability of emotional manipulation. The target was naturally Adam, and the emotion being manipulated was also joy.

Adam's change was even more obvious this time. He seemed to smile, a smile different from his usual seemingly gentle but actually cold and formulaic smile, and it carried some genuine joy.

"You smiled, so it's still useful after all?" Roland asked curiously, looking at Adam's seemingly genuine smile.

"...It's more intense than the previous ability, but the duration is very short." Adam's expression seemed to be in a daze for a moment before he looked at Roland and said, "The essence of your ability is very high. Ordinary Sequence 7s, even if they possess similar abilities, cannot affect me in the slightest."

"But even so, limited by the Sequence, the effect is still limited..." Roland was a little disappointed. As the user of the ability, he could feel that Adam was indeed affected by him, but only a little bit. If it were an ordinary Sequence 5, the emotional manipulation just now would have been enough for Roland to turn them into a puppet, but Adam...

Probably filled about one percent of the progress bar!

It seemed that there was really no way to make him into a puppet.

Roland sighed regretfully in his heart.

"Forget it, it's already awesome enough to have an effect on the King of Angels, what more could I ask for." Roland quickly threw the disappointment behind him. After all, he didn't really expect to make Adam into a puppet, so he just said with great interest, "Then Mr. Adam, would you like to make a deal?"

"What deal?" Adam's golden eyes looked at him. This time, they were finally no longer completely calm, but seemed to carry some genuine warmth.

"I need to digest the Mask Weaver potion, and you probably wouldn't mind experiencing the emotions that a normal person should have, so would you be willing to temporarily wear my mask and help me digest the potion?" Roland asked generously, with undisguised interest in his eyes.

There were many ways to digest the Mask Weaver potion, but which one could compare to letting the emotionless Imaginary Angel regain emotions?

It was interesting enough in itself, wasn't it?

Roland admitted that his prankster genes were activated.

Adam seemed to see through what Roland was thinking, and gave him a meaningful look. He neither refused nor agreed, but simply said:

"Emotions of this level will not affect my judgment."

In other words, even if I wear your mask, I won't become what you expect.

"That's not necessarily true." Roland smiled and then snapped his fingers, saying, "How about this?"

Adam was slightly stunned. He could feel that something seemed to have changed, but the feeling was too subtle for him to discern.

"What did you do to me?"

"I just changed the attribute of the Persona Mask you're wearing." Roland didn't intend to hide it. The attributes of the Persona Mask were not fixed. As the owner of the ability, he could modify them as long as he was within 10 meters.

"What attribute is it?" Adam asked.

"It's love, the purest and most essential thing, love for this world, love for all living beings." Roland gave the answer with a smile, "This is also one of the few attributes that I cannot detonate through emotional manipulation."

The emotions that "Emotional Manipulation" can detonate are basically emotions like joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, while love does not belong to any of these.

Adam probably didn't expect to hear this answer. He was silent for a few seconds and said, "Do you think I will change certain actions because of love for this world?"

"I'm not sure, but I'm looking forward to it." Roland looked at Adam with a smile, "I'm looking forward to seeing you love this world again."

Would a soul twisted by divinity, after being twisted again, love this world again? Roland was really curious about the answer to this question.

"...I'm also looking forward to it." Adam was silent again, and after a few seconds, he said.

Roland then smiled and said, "Then let's have a pleasant cooperation, Mr. Adam!"

"Pleasant cooperation, Mr. Roland." Adam said calmly.

"Well, it's getting late, I have to rush to the other side to save the day, so I won't chat anymore." Roland took out his pocket watch and glanced at it, saying.

Adam naturally had no objections.

Before leaving, Roland seemed to remember something, and looked at Adam, saying, "Ah, right, I forgot to say... Mr. Adam, the reason why you brought a Conqueror characteristic to trade with me, is it because, as Medici's loyal master, you finally intend to do something for him?"