The two made their way toward the Bird's Nest, taking seats at the round table next to the swimming pool. As for playing chess, it was merely a pretext; once seated, neither spoke of the game.
Duo Bao Tathagata Buddha smiled and said, "Junior brother, you actually handed over the Treasure Money to Shen Gongbao. Did you anticipate that the West Sea would defect to the west?"
Bai Jin nodded and replied, "That's right, I did have some speculations earlier, but I didn't expect your actions to be so swift that I was not fully prepared. In my projection, the West Sea's defection was supposed to occur after the Western Tour Tribulation, leveraging the surge of momentum to be unstoppable."
"Whether earlier or later, it's all a foregone conclusion. How did junior brother come to that guess?"
Bai Jin stroked his hair and said, "Just intuition!"
Duo Bao Tathagata laughed heartily and said, "My Buddhism has planned in every possible way, yet was perceived by your intuition."
