The Speedrun Manual of Miss Witch
Chapter 163 - "Subverter" is So Useful! (3/3)

Although this was the most Fate Points Ciel had ever gained, and at first glance, it might seem like the system had suddenly become generous.

But upon closer inspection, she realized the system still significantly shortchanged her.

You know, in the last simulation, putting aside instigating a Tier 3 to summon a powerful spiritual being and then killing them using a dream, she had advanced two tiers and even survived until the end, preserving a Tier 3 save file.

In such circumstances, she only received 168 Fate Points...

You know, the system charges 100 Fate Points to sell a bottle of Tier 1 potion...

Although it gave new skills and a sealed artifact, that sealed artifact was truly hard to evaluate... providing a hint or suggestion that is probabilistically true? And while holding it, she had to speak 90 words within every thirty seconds.

Does it want her to learn to rap?

And if she didn’t speak enough, the side effect would silence her for 27 hours, effectively making her mute for a day.

The side effect was useless, and the effect was also useless. As a sealed artifact, it was completely unqualified.

Its only possible use was to overload it with the gear. There should be a high probability of getting a correct hint or suggestion then.

“Hmph...”

Ciel slowly exhaled, sat up straight from the sofa, and raised her hand to rub her dizzy head.

The tentacles from the fissure on her right hand waved before her eyes, reminding Ciel that her spirit hadn’t fully recovered. Even for the sake of her spirit, Ciel couldn’t continue the simulation.

After recovering for about ten seconds, Ciel opened her eyes. Her dark red pupils became cold.

Lydia Ashcroft.

The Keyman’s real name.

On July 7th, she would attend the lakeside banquet at Manor No. 5 in Sir’s Bridge District. On that day, she needed to contact members of the Chaos Squad, arrange all subsequent matters, and officially launch the plan to assassinate Avena and other nobles.

At that time, the grain merchant Balfour, who would be present, would be instigated, becoming a chess piece and bait for the Chaos Squad, adding to the Keyman’s framing plan. More nobles would also be used, becoming members of it.

Ciel had to find a way to kill her on the day the Keyman appeared, before she spread her plan.

Moreover, all this should ideally happen without exposing Ciel’s identity, and be as quick as possible, and also not arouse suspicion from the Society of Merriment.

If the Society of Merriment noticed something unusual and sent more people, it would fall into an unending cycle of trouble.

That day was also the day the Chaos Squad gathered... Ciel had to find a way to catch the entire Chaos Squad in one sweep—not kill them, but control their minds.

Wiping out too many at once would definitely arouse the Society of Merriment’s suspicion.

Better to make the Chaos Squad members her inserted agents within the Society of Merriment. Although they definitely wouldn’t be as loyal as Tara, as long as they were useless freeloaders, Ciel’s goal would be achieved.

For this, a meticulous plan must be formulated...

In reality, she couldn’t recklessly order Tara to summon her loyal subordinates. This would attract suspicion from the Divine Advent Church.

Ciel thought for a moment, then opened the system’s skill list.

One day later?

Seeing the simulation time for Future Days, Ciel shook her head in disappointment.

As long as the date didn’t reach July 7th to see the results, Ciel could basically choose to ignore it, especially now that her spiritual power was still contaminated by the Other Side’s erosion.

She could only wait for this time to pass and refresh, then see the new Future Days simulation time.

She already had quite a bit of information on the Keyman now. Having read the other party’s spiritual note, Ciel dared to guarantee she knew the Keyman better than the Keyman knew herself—because the Keyman’s spiritual note was starting to become somewhat nonsensical in the later stages.

If possible, Ciel also wanted to get her hands on the green emerald ring sealed artifact in the Keyman’s hand.

Ciel stood up, her bare feet on the carpet, pacing back and forth along the edge of the sofa. Her mind quickly thought of ways to eliminate the Keyman.

Killing a Tier 3 quietly in reality was a challenge for Ciel.

It wasn’t that she had to assassinate her. She could cause a big commotion when she died, but it had to be in a very normal manner, without arousing any suspicion from the Society of Merriment.

The Tier 3 transcendents Ciel had eliminated before basically caused quite a stir. The most recent time she killed Tier 3 “Radiance Bishop” Braque, she also used spiritual summoning, which ultimately caused a significant commotion.

As for Sherlon, she assassinated him when he was still Tier 2.

Various possibilities surfaced in Ciel’s mind, then were rejected one by one by her. She still had plenty of time. She needed to consider the plan as comprehensively as possible.

Actually, her simulated self under the influence of the “Subverter” potion had written quite a few plans in the notepad, but looking at those plans after Ciel got rid of the potion’s effect, they were all incredibly insane, aiming to involve more factions, making them fight and scheme to the death.

These were good methods in simulation, but they went against Ciel’s original intention of not wanting to attract the attention of high-tier transcendent forces.

She needed to think calmly, starting with the Keyman’s weaknesses...

Weaknesses... weaknesses...

If the Keyman, Lydia, had any weaknesses, besides her impatience for success, it was her messy potion digestion state.

Even if Ciel left the Keyman alone, after two or three months, the Keyman might collapse on her own—even if this attempt to instigate and frame the Church of the Savior Goddess failed, the potion in the Keyman’s body would directly backfire on her.

Unfortunately, Ciel didn’t have this time to wait for her to go insane on her own.

Is there any way to drive her insane beforehand? And do it without anyone noticing...

She couldn’t expose herself, couldn’t let others suspect it was Avena’s awareness, and she also had to make her death appear natural, logical and reasonable. And she also had to take over the Keyman’s control of the entire Chaos Squad...

Ciel raised her hands, tied up the long hair behind her, allowing the cool breeze to blow across the back of her neck, stimulating her spirit slightly.

First, break down the goal, starting with making her death appear natural.

First, the Keyman must die on July 7th, because only on that day will she appear in Berren City, and it is accurately recorded in her spiritual note. There are even details of various banquets. This is an opportunity for Ciel. If she misses it, there might not be a next time.

Ciel opened the system’s skill list and began searching through her skills and system items, hoping to find some inspiration.

Soon, her attention fell on one of the skills.

【Nemesis Lv.2】

In the simulation, she brought the Keyman extreme fear, even eventually driving her to commit suicide.

In the description of Nemesis Lv.2, the fear created in the simulation would also carry over to reality.

Her simulated self had already driven the Keyman insane, even to the point of potion breakdown and suicide before collapsing.

In reality, is it possible for Nemesis to disrupt her potion, making her suffer a backlash?

If she were to overload 【Nemesis】 using the 【Overlimit Gear】.

If she looked at her, would she go insane?

A possibility slowly surfaced in Ciel’s mind.