Chapter 270 The Lord of Honest Lies
It should be noted that most of the stories of dealing with demons on earth that eventually lead to betrayal of their souls to demons are from Mephisto.
Most of the people who traded with him also knew this.
Even so, there are still so many people who trade with him. The most fundamental reason is that he can indeed realize the wishes of those traders with him.
For example, a teenager once chose to make a deal with Mephisto in order to save his father who was about to die of cancer. In the end, Mephisto did cure his father's cancer, but his father soon died of an accident and still failed to survive.
The final outcome of this deal was that the young man sold his soul to Mephisto and became his subordinate, but still failed to save his father.
Afterwards, Mephisto admitted frankly that he had known that the teenager's father would die of an accident, rather than the teenager's imagination, he would die of cancer.
In other words, whether Mephisto cured the teenage father's cancer or not, he would die of that accident.
From the perspective of the boy, Mephisto undoubtedly used information asymmetry and deceived him.
But objectively speaking, did Mephisto lie?
Of course not.
Not only did he not lie, he also cured the teenage father's cancer as promised according to the content of the transaction.
Although his ultimate goal was to get the boy's soul, he did not tell the boy that his father would die in an accident, even if he could tell.
In terms of results, the young man not only failed to save his father, but also compensated himself.
But in this process, the transaction made by Mephisto and the boy was completed as promised.
As far as the transaction itself is concerned, Mephisto not only does not deceive or cheat, but is also very honest.
Of course, if he wanted to, he could have completely changed the fate of the young father so that he would not die by accidents, so that the young man would not have to have resentment towards him.
But he didn't do that.
Because he enjoys this feeling of being loved and hated by others, this is also one of his greatest pleasures.
In fact, there are actually many things like this.
Some people are more lucky than teenagers and do not sell themselves completely to Mephisto because of a single transaction.
But there is only a difference between zero and countless times when dealing with demons.
As long as you taste the sweetness and still have desires, you will not be destined to be only once.
Among the 100 people who traded with him, perhaps half of them would not taste the bitter fruit because of the first transaction.
But there may not be even one who can never taste the bitter fruit in your life.
However, as Mephisto said, no matter how weak the dealer is, he will not use force to force the other party. The transaction is definitely something you want, and he still disdains to use power to achieve his goal.
If that is the case, he will undoubtedly lose the pleasure of using transactions to play with all living beings.
Therefore, he never forces anyone to trade with him.
Just like now, he clearly was stirring Modu's dissatisfaction with the ancient master.
Of course, Modu couldn't see this.
"Mephisto, don't think I don't know what you are trying to do..." Modu said to himself with a blank expression, "Many Mamus are using Casillas, but isn't your ultimate goal the same as Domam, to clear away the teacher's obstacle?"
"I never seem to deny this?" Mephisto chuckled, "I admit that in the eyes of us lords, the existence of the Ancient One wizard is very annoying. As long as we have the chance, we want her to disappear."
"But I am different from Domaum. Master Ancient One has no personal grudges. He is just a different position. You really don't need to be so careful about me..."
Modu: "No need to say anything more. The teacher is as kind as a mountain to me, and I will not be used by you!"
"Oh? Then why don't you just tell her that I've come to you?" Mephisto asked with a smile.
Modu remained silent.
Mephisto continued to laugh, "After all, you still can't believe her completely, right? Or, you have never believed in anyone completely... If you are afraid that she will doubt whether you were bewitched by me if you tell her about this."
"Bored." Modu said coldly.
"Hey……"
Mephisto smiled and did not continue to argue with Modu, and disappeared quietly.
Only Modu, who looked gloomy and unstable, was left.
"who?!"
Modu suddenly turned around and saw a blond man smoking a cigar under a big tree not far away.
Of course he is familiar with this blonde man, he is the man who has been the most talked about in Kama Taj recently—
John Constantine!
Many mages were very dissatisfied with this guy who seemed to be in a turbulent manner, thinking that he was not worthy of being a mage, and thinking that the ancient priest should not allow him to stay here.
Among them, Casillas is most dissatisfied with him and often mocks him in person.
It’s a pity that he never responded, so Casillas couldn’t even breathe it out even if he was angry.
Modu's personality is not as clear as Casillas's love and hate. He has no likes and dislikes to Constantine, and the two of them do not communicate much, so they can only be regarded as acquaintance.
But now it's different.
Because he was not sure when the other party appeared there, nor did he understand why he hadn't noticed the other party before, and he only suddenly noticed it now...
More importantly, he was not sure whether Constantine heard the self-talk he had just said!
"Good afternoon, Master Modu—"
While saying hello, Zhakang gave out a breath of smoke and walked towards Modu.
He patted Modu on the shoulder and smiled and said, "Don't worry, I just happened to pass by. I didn't hear anything just now, and I didn't see anything."
“…”
"You're busy, I'll take it off first."
Without waiting for Modu to respond, Zakang's personality walked towards the direction of Casillas' departure.
Modu, who was behind him, looked increasingly ugly, his fists clenched and loosened, loosen and clenched!
"Oh by the way, I may go out for a walk in the next period of time. If you meet Master Gu Yi, remember to tell her for me." Deputy Zha Kang suddenly stopped and turned around and said to Mo Du.
The moment Zhakang turned his personality, Mo Du's face returned to normal as if he had changed his face, and nodded and said, "Okay."
"Thank you--"
Deputy Zha Kang raised his hand and turned around again.
Looking at Zhakang's back, Modu couldn't figure out what the other person meant for a moment.
First, he said he didn't see anything, but it sounded clearly that he was saying that he saw everything, and then he asked him to help him tell Master Gu Yi, as if he was showing kindness.
"I want to use this to threaten me...or?"
Modu fell into deep thought.
Chapter completed!