Chapter 72: Third Member

Elena held a skewer of meat in her hand as she asked Lia, who was sitting beside her,

"What is the Dao of Villain?"

Evan’s mouth twitched at her question, and he also glanced at the little girl from the corner of his eyes, wondering what his grandfather had taught her while he was away.

Lia gulped down the food in her mouth and immediately answered.

"The Dao of Being a Villain is a superpower that only people of our organization can use. If you want to learn more about it, you will have to join our organization..."

Lia looked at Elena in anticipation.

"Big Sister, are you interested in joining our organization? I am not bragging, but we rarely accept members, and if you join through me, the Vice Leader of the organization, you will have a smooth path."

Evan nearly dropped the meat skewer in his hand upon hearing Lia’s speech and looked at her in disbelief.

’Grandpa tried his whole life and was only able to recruit this little girl after so many years, but she is already on the path to expanding this baseless organization.’

Elena’s eyes couldn’t help but gleam slightly upon hearing Lia’s words.

’An organization... If I join their organization, will I also be able to become strong like him?’

She glanced at Evan, who looked somewhat dazed from the corner of her eyes, and immediately asked.

"How do I join your organization?"

She didn’t bother with things like Lia saying she was the Vice Leader or anything, as she felt it was just a child boasting.

Hearing that she was genuinely interested in joining the organization, Lia’s eyes brightened.

Evan, on the other hand, had a deadpan expression, wondering if this girl had a screw loose in her head.

Normally, when you hear someone talking about an organization, the first thing you should ask is what kind of organization it is or whether it is even worth joining.

But this girl hadn’t even asked the name of the organization and had already asked how to become a part of it.

’I wonder what kind of expression she will show when she learns the name of this so-called organization.’

Evan thought before focusing back on the food in front of him.

"Joining our organization is not a very easy task..." Lia stood up and put on a profound expression, something that Alfred had taught her.

Though, because her mouth was still covered in oil from the food she had just eaten, she appeared somewhat comical.

"Our organization is older than the empire itself. It trans... tranfe..." Lia scratched her head as she forgot the words Alfred had used.

"Transcends..." Evan reminded her.

"Yes, yes..." Lia nodded.

"Our organization is older than the empire and transcends the entire world. To join it, you must first prove that you are worthy of it..."

Evan listened to the grand words Lia was speaking and noticed that his grandfather had modified the speech about the organization a bit, making it sound even more grand.

Three minutes later, Lia finally finished her somewhat strange speech.

"As the Vice Leader, I have special power to recruit more people, so I will give you a test..."

Lia’s eyes narrowed as she decided to ask the same question that Alfred had asked when he recruited her.

Elena showed a serious expression upon hearing that Lia was going to ask a question that would determine whether she could join the organization and her eyes narrowed as she prepared herself.

Lia stared at her for a few seconds and finally spoke.

"What is five plus five?"

She asked in a haughty tone, as if there was no chance Elena would be able to answer it.

Evan, who was drinking water nearly choked when he heard the question, and his eyes twitched.

’Just how desperate was that old man to recruit someone into his shady organization...’

He grumbled inwardly, feeling a headache coming on.

Elena was also stunned when she heard the ridiculous question, and her mind went blank for a moment.

But she soon came back to her senses and looked at Lia in doubt.

She repeated the question inside her mind again and again, trying to figure out whether there was some kind of hidden trick involved in the question.

But no matter how much she thought about it, she couldn’t figure out anything.

In the end, she hesitated before answering in an uncertain voice,

"Five plus five is ten."

Boom!

Lia felt as if her head had been struck by a hammer, and her eyes widened.

"How is this possible...?" She exclaimed in shock.

She had spent an entire day trying to solve this problem when Villain Grandfather had asked her.

But she couldn’t answer such a difficult question even after thinking about it for an entire day.

In the end, when Alfred wasn’t watching her, she had asked Venisa for the answer to the question.

Only after Venisa told her the answer was she able to answer the question.

But now Elena had answered it without any problem.

How could her mind not shake from the shock?

However, Lia soon recomposed herself and acted like a senior while saying.

"Good. You are better than I thought. Although you are still lacking because you were not able to answer instantly like me..." She shook her head with a profound expression.

"Since you were not able to answer the question right away, I won’t be able to give you a high position in the organization, but you can still become a normal member."

Elena heard Lia’s words with a blank expression, seemingly still dazed that she had succeeded in joining the organization Evan was part of so easily.

Lia walked over to Elena and patted her shoulder like a senior passing a great responsibility to a junior.

"From now on, you are the third member of the organization. You must uphold the dignity of our organization at all times and never ruin its reputation."

Elena opened her mouth to say something, but when her brain processed what Lia had just said, her mind shook.

’Three members...’ She stared blankly at Evan, Lia, and then at her hands, her expression dazed.

’So this so-called organization only has three of us and no one else...’

Her mouth twitched slightly.

She had thought it was some kind of powerful hidden organization and that she would be able to become strong after joining it.

But it turned out there were only three members in it.

She looked at Evan with a strange expression, as if asking ’What kind of organization is this?’

Evan noticed her gaze but didn’t bother looking at her as he had no intention of mingling with these two idiots.

Just then, Lia remembered something and said to Elena.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you the grand name of our organization."

Elena looked at Lia and pursed her lips.

Honestly, she didn’t have much hope for the name of the organization after everything that had just happened.

But she didn’t say anything and simply nodded.

Lia cleared her throat after seeing that Elena was paying attention to her.

Then, while spreading her arms wide, she proudly announced.

"The name of our organization is... THE IMAGINARY VILLAIN ORGANIZATION!"

Elena opened her mouth to say something, but nothing came out.

’Can I leave this organization?’ This thought immediately came to her mind.