Who hid My Corpse!

Diana was startled by this sudden thought.

No matter how she thought about it, it was highly unlikely that Isaiah would target her and Rocky because he couldn't find Hand Eye.

After all, before even mentioning Rocky, she was one of the people from Contract Land, where the ring finger is passed down through generations. Isaiah shouldn't possibly make a move against her.

Wait.

Diana suddenly thought of a key issue, which was whether Isaiah really knew the origin of the ring finger.

Thinking carefully, Diana realized she had never disclosed her identity in Taoyuan Village. Although others could guess she came from Contract Land, her more detailed identity was obviously unknown. And the ability of Contractors in Contract Land was also top secret, known only to the Prison Director and contracted individuals, while some less experienced Guardians were unaware.

Given that, to the uninformed eyes of Isaiah, Diana might indeed become a target.

After all, compared to Hand Eye, both she and Rocky seemed easier targets. As long as Isaiah first dealt with her and Rocky, he could then possess four Corpse Blocks to contend with Hand Eye.

Thinking about this, a strong sense of crisis surged through Diana's heart.

The source of the crisis wasn't entirely that Isaiah saw her as a target, since her true body was in Abyss Prison, Isaiah couldn't possibly come here and harm her.

What truly troubled Diana was that if Isaiah targeted her and dragged her into the waters, it could alert the Prison Director to the presence of Taoyuan Village. Then, Diana's involvement would naturally be exposed.

And if she continued to be implicated, like selling information from Contract Land as chips to other Corpse Fragment Holders in Taoyuan Village...

In an instant, Diana pictured the Prison Director's abyss-like eyes in her mind and felt a cold chill throughout her body. It was at this moment she finally realized the trouble she had inadvertently stumbled into.

... Careless.

Diana pinched her thigh tightly.

She should have thought of these things before they came to Contract Land. How could she be so late to realize?

Diana felt a pang of frustration, of course, because for most of the time she believed she was a sufficiently safe outsider, only now realizing she was already in the water.

Diana clearly knew the Prison Director didn't care about power or status, nor did he concern himself with Contract Land's dealings with the Black Merchant in the outside world, what he truly cared about was Contract Land itself, or the mission entrusted to him by the gods. Should he find out that Diana betrayed Contract Land in Taoyuan Village, he certainly wouldn't spare her.

After all, over millennia, there have been countless Contractors wielding the ring finger, but only one Prison Director.

Acknowledging the gravity of the situation, Diana took a deep breath and tried to calm herself.

Realizing the crisis now wasn't too late, she still had enough time to make amends.

So what should she do?

Previously send a Servant to contact Isaiah, inform him of her identity, warn him not to take foolish actions?

Impossible, even Rocky wouldn't make such a foolish move of exposing his own weakness to the enemy.

Then cooperate with Isaiah, promise to help him find Hand Eye as a bargaining chip, let him solve Hand Eye and obtain Hand Eye's two Corpse Blocks? That would give him six Corpse Blocks, handing over three wouldn't matter, he shouldn't refuse, and she might even get a share.

But that would be too dangerous, not even considering if she could find Hand Eye, just personally approaching Isaiah was already risky enough. Who knew what Isaiah could do with so many Corpse Blocks.

Even taking a step back, if Isaiah had no intention to harm her, and their alliance successfully resolved Hand Eye, what then when Isaiah chose Corpse Blocks?

Everyone knew what Corpse Block Isaiah truly desired. In fact, if only he could gather both eyes, Diana believed he would willingly forgo all remaining Corpse Blocks, since the Prison Director wasn't forcing him to relinquish the other eye.

If he were to gather both eyes and successfully evade this robbery...

Diana couldn't even imagine how terrifying a person with both eyes and control over others' information would be.

So, that wouldn't work either.

In this light, cooperating with Isaiah seemed nearly impossible.

Then what about working with Hand Eye to directly eliminate Isaiah?

Diana thought about it and realized this was less possible. Because to cooperate with Hand Eye here there needed to be a premise - estimating that Isaiah was speaking the truth, Hand Eye and Tongue were the same person, otherwise Hand Eye should be staying in the small town where he and Isaiah agreed, he couldn't possibly come here.

If he came here, he'd be an even more dangerous enemy than Isaiah, and Diana couldn't possibly assist him.

Thinking this way, Diana realized she actually didn't have many options, cooperating with anyone was too dangerous.

So Diana could only rely on herself, and if she came on her own, what situation would be most advantageous to her?

Diana narrowed her eyes slightly.