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Chapter 525: [Self] Database

Edward tapped his finger on his desk, removing the Anti-Magic or Sealing Domain he released. The variants sighed in relief, but their eyes conveyed that they wanted nothing more than to kill him. He ignored them and continued:

"What is the most valuable aspect of the Council?" asked Edward, but he did not give anyone time to answer. "Is it sharing our knowledge or information? Or the exchange of resources? No, it's our individual mind."

His voice could reach everyone in the assembly despite speaking softly.

"As long as we can work together, there is absolutely nothing in this universe we cannot achieve."

He paused and gave them a few seconds to marinate his words.

"Unfortunately, our ego, pride, arrogance, and mistrust will never allow for complete cooperation without reservation. Knowing this problem, I have come up with a solution."

Edward waved his hand to materialize six helmets. One had a white stripe on the head, while the remaining five had blue stripes.

"You," said Edward, pointing at a random person in the audience. A halo appeared above the person he chose, bringing all the attention to that person.

"Y…Yes?"

"Do you have a super important project you've been working on? However, the project is extremely difficult even for you and requires a long time to accomplish?" asked Edward.

"There is," replied U-765.

Edward waved the white helmet to him. "I need five more volunteers."

No one volunteered, plunging the meeting into an awkward quiet.

"Common guys, I need you to meet me halfway. Otherwise, this council will be useless. I have signed the contract and cannot hurt any of you."

The variants rolled their eyes. They would never trust the person who created the contract, believing they must have left a backhand.

"I will trust you," said A-001, who raised his hand, and one of the red helmets floated before him. Without hesitation, he placed it in his head. The quiet lasted for a moment before a few adventurous variants who were curious chose to test things out to find the truth.

Edward secretly smiled. He chose the helmet on purpose, despite knowing one of his variants' taboo was anything related to their brain and soul. Once it is proven that nothing was wrong with the helmet, even though it involved the soul, he can garner more trust and make his time as president easier.

'I'm glad I did not have to force that puppet C-137 to come forward,' thought Edward.

With all the volunteers present, the experiment began. U-765 and the other five closed their eyes. The stadium became quiet to the point someone could hear a pin drop. These people did not need to breathe, so even this sound was gone as they focused on the six of them.

Ten minutes later, U-765 was the first to open his eyes. His facial expression displayed joy, longing, and regret; it was obvious he wanted more of whatever he experienced.

"Why don't you tell everyone what you experienced?" said Edward with a smile.

"I was in a white room with the other five," said U-765. "I presented them with my project, and in the next ten minutes, we discussed, planned, and theorized how to accomplish my project. Everybody had unique insights and ideas, accelerating the project completion rate to an astonishing level," explained U-765 with a look of longing.

"How much time do you think you saved?" continued Edward.

"More than a hundred years, at the minimum."

"Ten minutes to save a hundred years, not a bad trade off," said Edward with a smile. "What about the other five?"

"I was in a white room, alone, seeming to be in a meditative state," replied B-890.

"It was the same for me."

"Same experience," nodded A-001.

"In other words, you guys help U-765 while also keeping his secrets?" said Edward with a smile, and everyone's eyes dilated. Then, everyone looked at him with intense focus.

"It's as you guessed. The machine will create a projection of you with similar memories and experiences. Then, the person with the main headset can ask his fellow variants to help them with their magical theories and technology while also keeping their biggest secrets. The others helping will have no memories of the experience since they are only helpers.

"In the future, if you want help with something and don't want anyone to know what you are working on, you only need to ask the right people to volunteer after coming to an agreement on the reward and use this machine to accelerate your research."

A normal exchange between their variants is fine. After discussing the appropriate price, they can easily exchange knowledge, information, and technology. However, there are certain projects these variants refuse to allow others to know, so they cannot ask for help.

However, with this technology, they can use the knowledge, unique experience, and out-of-box thinking of their variants to help them. Just like the president said, their greatest asset is each other. However, total cooperation is impossible because of their personality.

"Pre…President, your idea is good and all, but how do we guarantee you cannot peek at our secrets? After all, this technology is yours and yours alone."

This variant did not ask to inspect the technology as he already had an inkling it was beyond his capability. Although it hurt to admit, it was a fact their president, G-003, was miles ahead of them for some reason. Many people wanted to know the reason, but now was not the time to search for an answer.

"I know someone will say these words," replied Edward. "To gain your trust, you guys can work together to create the most restrictive contract or oath to prevent me from peeping at your secrets, and I will sign it."

"Are you serious?"

"I am," replied with a smile while secretly sneering. He did not care what contract these people came up with since it was useless. If it restrained his soul, he would be fine if he prevented it from affecting his Soul Flame.

If it affects his bloodline, he can modify his Life Code and render it useless. If it involves his mana, he can still abandon this body and swiftly return to Tier 8 in another body. If the contract involves the Plane Will, he has a good relationship with Cronai and could find a loophole with her aid.

The only problem that could arise from this contract was if these people used a higher being as the witness to this contract. However, even then, it won't be much of a problem.

His variants do not trust higher beings, especially the ones they do not understand or are more powerful than them. Furthermore, unless that higher being is Tier 11 or above, it won't have an effect on Edward, as he could still hunt them down.

And even if they were Tier 11, he could still leave the universe where the being could not influence him.

Everyone discussed the contract to restrain the president in the next few hours. Edward only intervened when someone demanded he release the technology behind the headsets. He humiliated the guy by saying he couldn't even understand it, so what would be the point of releasing it? Furthermore, it was his property.

The final result was a contract restricting his soul and bloodline and a terrifying curse on his body.

"You guys are ruthless," said Edward, shaking his head. He checked the contract over and over, making a face as he hesitated to sign it before gritting his teeth and doing it.

Everyone exhaled in relief; they felt this was the best outcome, especially since they could make this arrogant president suffer a small loss.

'This is hard to wash,' said Morgana.

'Why do you say that?'

'It's like watching an adult bullying children.'

'Anyway, we have now taken another step toward Tier 11,' said Edward with a secret smile. The core technology of this helmet is the [Self Primordial Runes] he studied.

Every time his variants used the helmet, Edward would record their [Self], creating a database of all his variants. Then, when he is trying to become Tier 11, he will use himself as the  [Main Self] and assimilate everybody else [Self].

The first step to this plan is to have enough data on his other [Selves] or [Variants].


Chapter 526: The End of the Meeting

After signing the contract, the council's atmosphere drastically changed. The president showed his willingness to compromise and ensure things proceeded smoothly, so these arrogant people were more willing to cooperate and compromise.

"Our next course of action is to set up the departments that govern the council, starting with Law Enforcement."

Edward did not believe these people would follow the rules if they did not have to. Furthermore, he also knew the contract did not completely restrain them, so there needed to be a department that reinforced the rules.

"The leader of the Law Enforcement Department needs to have enough strength, so let's use the previous system to choose the leaders and other members."

Using Virtual Reality, the interested variants started fighting to choose their Department Leader, along with other members of the department. In the end, C-137 was the final winner, becoming the department head, allowing Edward to have more control over the council.

"Now, let's deal with the basic rules and regulations of the council."

The variants discussed for the next hours create basic rules and guides everybody needs to follow. There were few rules; the general idea was to be respectful, not create trouble or chaos, and a few others. Most of the rules were protocols for people who chose to keep a lab in the citadel.

Edward created these rules and was adamant that everyone followed them. He knew how crazy these variants were, so if something went wrong with their experiment, it wouldn't be long before the citadel was destroyed. Luckily, there were many variants who shared his paranoia and cautious nature, so they supported his stringent rules regarding experiment protocols.

"Next on our list is establishing a Fair Exchange Program," continued Edward. "The main use of the council is to exchange knowledge, information, and research. However, it's possible to disagree on the value of certain objects or trades. So, we need an AI that will act as a tiebreaker in this kind of situation. Let's develop it together to ensure fairness."

For the next ten hours, the variants argued while creating and fine-tuning a new artificial intelligence that would facilitate fair trade between each other. In the end, after countless hours, efforts, and Edward having to forcefully intervene a few times, the final product was created.

"What's the name of this AI?" asked variant I-312.

"I think we should just call it Siri and get it over with."

"I prefer Alexa."

"Everyone knows Cortana is the best."

"What stupid name are you guys using when Jarvis is there."

"No, the Red Queen is the name to go; it's a classic."

"I actually like Griot from Black Panther."

"Karen from Spider-Man is also a good name."

"Jesus Christ," said Edward, not hiding the embarrassment he felt hearing these people arguing, and he was not the only one. "Let's put it to a vote."

In the end, Red Queen was the final winner, followed by Jarvis and Cortana, who tied for second place.

The next step of setting up the council was the tedious work of ensuring other systems of the citadel were functioning properly. Departments like IT, Engineering, Communication, and even Data Keeping needed to be established.

Edward took care of everything perfectly and smoothly, astonishing many people. Most variants came to the council to win the position of president as a way to show off to their other self and because of their ego to be known as the Primed Edward Bones. As such, few of them prepare in such detail for the establishment of the council.

Seeing how Edward worked made these people realize that G-003 came prepared, knowing he would be the president. Furthermore, he seemed to take his job seriously and prepared everything.

[Is G–003 the Primed?] was a question that many people asked themselves. In the end, they denied it or refused to accept such a thing. They all believe their current weakness and lack of knowledge was only temporary; it's only a matter of time before they caught up and surpassed G–003.

The meeting took three days before everything was settled. Then, before dismissing everybody, Edward said one last thing: "Now that I've done such a great job, it should not be a problem to use this opportunity for my personal gain."

Everyone rolled their eyes, cursing how shameless their president was.

"I'm looking for knowledge, technology, or even the slight news or rumors about two races: the Savant and Magus Race. As long as you have anything related to them, you can contact me to trade.

"You should know my ability. As long as there is something you want to know or a piece of technology you want, there is a 95% chance that I have it. So, don't hesitate to contact me."

Everyone looked at the president, wondering what he was scheming. Based on his tone, information about these two races seems extremely valuable. So, everyone decided to pay more attention while traveling the Multiverse.

G-003's magical knowledge and technology seemed very advanced, so they might get something extraordinary from him.

After the meeting ended, Edward had another brief meeting with the other Council Members. The variants wanted to decentralize his power, so they established the rules that the governing department of the citadel was composed of nine members, including the president. They chose the eight Tier 8 Variants that C-137 once chose.

According to the rules, the Council Members' terms are only 50 years, then there will be re-election, and the president's term limit is 100 years. However, most people rejected the idea of a specific number of re-elections, meaning everybody can run as many times as needed during their infinite lifespan.

The idea of these variants is that whoever is the best should be the leader, and a true prime would be the one who can suppress everyone, sitting in the president position for the longest.

Edward sneered at these people's psychology. Anyway, he only needs to stay president until he reaches Tier 11. Then, this council will become useless.

After discussing it with someone, he waited to see if someone would bring him any news from his last announcement, especially knowledge about the Savant Race. Edward did not have much hope until Morgana contacted him that someone wanted to make a deal with him.

Soon, a hologram appeared before Edward.

"President," said a variant who looked exactly like Edward, dressed in a purple robe similar to Dumbledore; however, he had countless white on the side of his black hair, and his eyes looked tired.

"Hello, you are?"

"I'm variant G-334."

"G? Then, it seems we are fated."

Maybe," muttered G-334. "President, can you remove curses?"

"It depends on the curse, but I'm indeed accomplished in this field."

"I need you to remove a potent curse from a soul for me. In return, I will give you this," said G-334 as he took out a black cube with red markings. "I got this from a ruin; it's an inheritance from the Magus Race and should be high-level since I haven't been able to open it so far."

"Deal," replied Edward. "Where do you want to meet for the exchange?"

"Let's meet at the Exchange Department." G-334 worried something would happen, so he chose to use the official route for this exchange. If something goes wrong, the credibility the president established would be ruined, making his terms extremely difficult to proceed.

Edward soon arrived at the destination.

"Let me see the item."

G-334 showed him the cube, and Edward nodded in satisfaction after inspecting it. Then, G-334 gave him an orb containing a black soul.

"It's indeed a cursed soul," said Edward as he analyzed things. With G-334's Tier 6 Level, removing this unique curse is difficult. Even after reaching Tier 8, it might not be easy. Edward also understood why he was willing to exchange with him–the soul in the orb won't last long. If not dealt with swiftly, the curse will annihilate it.

"Can you deal with it?" asked G-334, trying to hide the trembling in his voice.

"No problem, just give me a few hours."


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