Although Saints have various strange moves, emitting lasers from one's eyes was indeed unheard of and unseen for Mu. Moreover, when the opponent attacked, there was no so-called Cosmo fluctuation at all, only an energy so powerful it was matchless.
This didn't look like a Saint at all, nor did it even seem like a move an Earthling could use. Once this move was performed, Shin's identity as an alien immediately became much more credible.
Of course, knowing Shin's identity as an alien was meaningless for Mu's current situation, especially since he estimated the laser beam the opponent had just emitted and sadly felt that he probably couldn't even withstand the opponent's gaze.
This was only because the gods had placed a seal on Earth that Shin's heat vision only carved a trench several hundred kilometers long. In a normal state, if Shin's eyes just flicked, the Earth would be sliced into eight pieces.
Feeling that his strength was far from being Shin's match, Mu gritted his teeth and put on a look of fighting to the end: "Don't even dream about it, whoever you are. The manufacturing method for the cloth will never be given to you!"
"This is the highest secret of the Saints! I will absolutely not leak it!"
Shin curled his lip and spoke: "Don't be so absolute! You make it sound like you're the only person on the entire Earth who knows how to manufacture cloths."
"The Mariners here, the Specters, and whatever messy God Warriors and the like—their cloths aren't all made by you, are they?"
"I think if I were to seek them out for a trade, they would definitely be willing to give me that face."
"I just don't know what conditions they would propose at that time?"
Mu, who had already ignited his Cosmo and was prepared to fight desperately as soon as the battle began, suddenly had a completely dumbfounded expression.
Heaven have mercy, when had Mu, born into a world where Saints generally had simple personalities, ever met such a devious and crafty character? Shouldn't everyone have a conventional understanding that if I don't give it to you, you prepare to fight?
Then he would be imprisoned, refusing to reveal information even under torture, and finally, other Saints would come to the rescue—that should be the standard plot.
Blinking his eyes, although Mu believed his side of the Saints had integrity above the passing line, if it were the Specters and Mariners, they would definitely be very willing to trade this technology for a powerful ally.
As for what kind of trade those people would make, Mu could figure it out with his toes. Besides occupying the Earth, what else could they do?
Thinking of this, Mu suddenly felt that, actually, there was still room to talk about this matter!
Anyway, if his side didn't sell it, other factions of the gods would. So why couldn't they sell it to exchange for benefits?
At this thought, Mu's originally burning Cosmo extinguished with a whoosh, and a stiff smile appeared on his face: "Actually, there's still room to talk about the matter!"
Shin nodded slightly; he didn't want to go through the trouble of finding Specters and Mariners either. Moreover, if it came down to technology, the cloth manufacturing technology of the Mu people was the most authentic.
Compared to the Specters and Mariners, Athena's 88 cloths were in a state of total suppression, whether in terms of quality or potential.
For example, the cloths of the Saints have the ability to evolve, which the Specters and Mariners do not have. Furthermore, the spirituality of the cloth far exceeds that of the surplice and scale armor.
And as the peak 12 gold cloths, it could be said that besides being slightly inferior when facing gods, the cloths of various other warriors were completely incomparable—at least, a gold cloth had never been truly and completely shattered when facing an opponent other than a god.
To some extent, besides that God of Fire on Mount Olympus, Mu, who inherited the technology of the Mu people, could be said to be the number one person in cloth manufacturing today.
Furthermore, Shin couldn't really go and trade with the Mariners and Specters. Although his moral baseline was flexible, he did have one after all; it was impossible for him to really go and play at exterminating humanity.
At that time, he would probably still have to use his fists to talk, forcing them to hand over the cloth manufacturing technology. He might even have to try god-slaying or something, which would be way too troublesome.
"Um, Mr. Alien..." Mu looked Shin up and down, and Shin then spoke: "Just call me Shin."
"Alright, Shin," Mu followed suit and continued, "I can teach you the cloth manufacturing technology, but what do you plan to use for the trade?"
Shin tilted his head slightly and looked at Mu with a half-smile: "Whatever you want, you can just say it!"
Mu took a slight breath: "Shin, since you know about the Mariners and Specters, you should understand the current situation on Earth very well, right? They are all great enemies of us Saints."
Shin nodded. The situation of the Saints had actually never been that good. Occupying the Earth, they were basically equivalent to a target, and all sorts of messy specters and gods aimed for them. Not to mention they also needed to fight the Holy War with Hades.
In any case, before almost every Holy War, the Saints would first suffer a wave of casualties. The number of times they went into a Holy War completely intact was truly very small.
What's more, their main opponents, the Specters, not only surpassed them in terms of paper stats, but Hades also frequently gave them cheats. Whether it was reincarnating with memories, having the help of Thanatos and Hypnos, or the Specters living and dying and living again, it all made the Saints suffer greatly.
"So, you want me to help intervene in the Holy War?" Shin looked at Mu and asked.
"Uh... not just that. In fact, the situation of the Saints today is even more severe than in previous years," Mu said. "Actually, the current Pope of the Sanctuary is a fake! Even Goddess Athena has gone missing!"
Shin glanced at Mu. He didn't know if this guy really didn't know the news that Athena was Saori Kido or if he was intentionally trying to hide it from him, but it didn't matter; he didn't care.
"You should just tell me directly what you want to do!" Shin waved his hand somewhat impatiently.
Mu looked at Shin carefully again. "I hope you, Shin, can become the current Sagittarius Gold Saint! At least in this Holy War, fight for Goddess Athena!"
"That way, if I pass the cloth manufacturing technology to a fellow Gold Saint, it can be considered a justifiable reason."
Shin blinked his eyes and looked at Mu somewhat blankly. "...This request is truly a bit unexpected..."
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