"So Admiral of Stars also believes in The Fool?"
When Danitz asked this question, his mind was actually blank, completely unaware of what he was saying.
Lin Ruo's previous few sentences contained too much information, so much so that Danitz's brain, which was listening in a daze, stopped working, and he could only instinctively ask a question that was still within his comprehension.
"Pfft..." Hearing his question, Lin Ruo couldn't help but laugh out loud. Then, while suppressing his laughter, he reached out and patted Danitz's shoulder, saying, "That's right. But don't worry, Danitz, no matter how many new members join the Church of the Fool, you will always be the junior I think most highly of."
Hearing this, Cattleya's eyelids twitched, but she didn't refute. After all, although she didn't truly believe in The Fool, as a member of the Tarot Club, Cattleya really didn't dare to say that she didn't believe in Mr. Fool.
Although Mr. Fool had never asked the Tarot Club members to believe in Him, gods, you know.
Cattleya just subtly glanced at Danitz. She had a clearer understanding of this guy who once belonged to the Golden Dream and now clearly had defected to The Fool.
As for Klein, he had already slightly averted his gaze, while using his Clown ability to strictly control his facial expressions, otherwise, he was truly worried that he would laugh out loud on the spot like Lin Ruo.
Who wants your approval...? Danitz, hearing Lin Ruo's comfort, subconsciously retorted in his heart, but his cowardly instinct still made him swallow the words back, forcing a smile, and said, "Thank you very much for your high regard."
Lin Ruo immediately put on an expression of 'this child is teachable', nodded slightly, and then said, "Oh, right, don't tell your captain for now about the Five Seas becoming The Fool's diocese."
Danitz almost jolted, his previously muddled brain instantly became clear, and he immediately realized the terrible consequences that such a major event could lead to if the captain knew. He immediately nodded and said, "I won't tell the captain."
"I trust you." Lin Ruo smiled. On such a major matter, he still trusted Danitz's ability to keep secrets, especially since this matter also involved Vice Admiral Iceberg.
As for why he didn't tell Vice Admiral Iceberg about this, the reason was simple—Vice Admiral Iceberg was backed by the Traitorous Dragon. Although Lin Ruo felt that the other party's stance was neutral, if the other party really knew about this, it might intervene.
In fact, let alone the Traitorous Dragon, Lin Ruo did not intend to tell any True God about the plan to establish a new order in the Five Seas with Solomon and convert the Five Seas to The Fool's faith at this stage.
The struggle for faith is too sensitive. Although everyone knows that the Lord of the Mysteries will inevitably share a portion of the faith in the future, that is still in the future. And just as in the original work, the Church of the Lord of Storms's concession to the Church of the Fool was actually completely out of helplessness. Before the situation is settled and some things are not finalized, exposing such plans too early is not a good thing.
People are selfish, and so are gods. Lin Ruo would not bet on his friendship with the gods in such matters; there was no need.
So, at this stage, Lin Ruo still plans to act low-key, using Nast Solomon as a shield, making all his actions seem like he is helping Solomon's descendant ascend to Sequence 2. This also conforms to his consistent persona—even if some people suspect whether Solomon has revived because of this, it is harmless.
The Seven Deities cannot descend casually at present, and their control over the Five Seas is not as strong as their control over the dioceses of various countries due to the lack of Beyonders. In this situation, Lin Ruo believes that as long as he doesn't jump too much in the early stage, he can still lie low.
As for formally negotiating with the Seven Deities about the propagation of the True God's Church, it's not too late to do so when the groundwork is laid in the Late Stage, the Rebel Army is spread throughout the Five Seas, and his and Klein's strength has also increased.
Thinking this, Lin Ruo continued to return to the main topic: "Of course, the establishment of a new order is not a matter of a day or two, so this will be a long-term goal that will take a long time to achieve. And at this stage, our plan is to first deal with the Pirate admirals."
"Or rather, to win over and clean up the Pirate admirals and the tentacles their behind-the-scenes organizations have extended to the sea."
Speaking of this, Lin Ruo looked at Klein and Cattleya and smiled, "This also coincides with your upcoming hunting operation."
But we only want to hunt a Admiral of Blood, at most adding his pirate crew, but you want to turn the Five Seas upside down... Cattleya opened her mouth, but in the end, said nothing.
Klein thought for a moment and said, "There are seven Pirate admirals. Besides Cattleya, among the remaining six, Admiral Hell and Vice Admiral Iceberg can both be considered our semi-allies? How do we deal with them?"
"As for Admiral Hell, I will inform the Numinous Episcopate at an appropriate time. If they don't intend to give up Ludwell, they should choose to have Ludwell withdraw from the Five Seas or choose to support Nast." Lin Ruo continued, "As for Vice Admiral Iceberg..."
He paused here, looking at Danitz, who was clearly in a state of tension, and said, "Although you cannot tell your captain about Mr. Fool, later, when the time is right, you can write to your captain about my decision to help Nast Solomon become the King of Pirates and advance to Sequence 2."
"I believe that after knowing this, she, or rather, the power behind her, will make the correct choice, and she will also be able to preserve herself in this change."
"Of course, I will tell you when the time is right."
"Ah... Okay, I understand." Danitz was stunned for a moment, then quickly nodded. Although he was still confused, he decided to trust Lin Ruo this time.
Because the other party had never lied to him about such major matters.
Lin Ruo, on the other hand, curved his lips. His action was naturally also a kind of test.
What attitude the Traitorous Dragon has towards him, he believes this test will reveal something.
"What about the other Pirate Kings?" Cattleya couldn't help but ask.
"If you're worried about Bernadette, I've already said that I will personally talk to Her about this later and try to reach cooperation." Lin Ruo could clearly see who Cattleya was worried about, and smiled gently, "Don't worry, Bernadette is different from Nast Solomon. She will always return to the shore, return to her homeland, so in this matter, she and Nast do not have a fundamental conflict."
Although she was also forced to drift in the Five Seas, Bernadette clearly had no attachment to the Five Seas, staying there only out of helplessness, unlike Nast Solomon, who had long planned to establish his own pirate kingdom in the Five Seas and help himself advance, but had never had the ability, and now that he could pursue his dream, he couldn't be driven away.
When the Great Emperor returns later, Bernadette should go home.
"As for the other two, of course, we'll deal with them if we can." Lin Ruo smiled at this point, suddenly thought of something, and said, "In a sense, those two are actually easier to handle than the Pirate admirals."
The Pirate admirals are basically backed by either a True God's Church or a top-tier secret organization. Simply killing these guys is always a temporary solution, not a permanent cure. To eliminate their existence, one must negotiate with the forces behind them, or remove their claws in the sea and make them feel the pain.
But behind the Four Kings, there are mostly no forces, so once they are killed, it's a permanent solution.
However, the strength of the Four Kings themselves, their forces, and the environment of the Five Seas also determined that even if the official wanted to kill them, it would not be easy—not that it couldn't be done, but that it wasn't cost-effective, or rather, unnecessary.
But now Nast Solomon needs to establish a new order of pirates, and with the support of Lin Ruo and Solomon, some difficult and unnecessary things naturally become doable and necessary.
Moreover, Lin Ruo hadn't forgotten that one of the remaining two was also related to a certain acquaintance, so perhaps in the end, only the King of Immortality would be hurt?
"Oh, right..." Lin Ruo thought this and smiled, then suddenly thought of something else and looked at Cattleya, saying, "Is the force behind you now the Moses Ascetic Order?"