I created the Bureau of Anomaly Control

After receiving Rafael’s explanation, Mann also signed the contract.

Hearing Rafael so easily mention that devils and contracts were created by angels, Mann thought of what he had been searching for—a way to completely eliminate all contracts.

In fact, contracts are not entirely without ways to be解除 (jiěchú - removed/terminated); the most basic method is that as long as both signatories agree, they can be directly解除 (jiěchú) through an intermediary. If a standardized contract provided by the Balancer is used, it may be more complicated, but there is still a way to solve it.

But in this case, his contracting party is the Federation itself, and obviously the Federation will not agree to解除 (jiěchú) the contract under any circumstances, unless he has terrifying power to suppress the Federation.

If that were the case, he naturally wouldn't need to find a way to解除 (jiěchú) the contract.

Besides this, there are also rumors that some devils in Hell have ways to解除 (jiěchú) or bypass contracts, but in those stories, people who tried to解除 (jiěchú) contracts through devils ultimately achieved their goals in ways they desperately did not want. Considering that the Federation is willing to negotiate with him using a Hell contract, they probably aren't worried about these things.

In fact, this statement has its rationality. The contract itself is something that devils created in conjunction with shedding their Hell essence, a result of them transforming from demons into devils, so they must be the group most familiar with this power. However, Mann doesn't think he can resolve his deal with the Federation through a deal with a devil.

If any devil could do this, they would definitely not fear his solar divine power, and would definitely exploit his needs to scheme against him. Besides, Mann has his own methods.

As long as he can find some anomalous entity that represents the contract, he can temporarily banish the contract's influence from this world by containing it and exert feasible influence on it.

In fact, Hell contracts themselves are not particularly suitable anomalous entities for containment. It is not some magical power that can be easily utilized, but more like a complex mechanism that has already been fixed in place. Moreover, Mann can use this mechanism to sign contracts with others without containment, so containing it doesn't actually have any special meaning.

Unless he wants to violate the contracts he has already signed.

And this is why he recruited the little devil. He wants to figure out what the contract entity actually is. There are many views on this in the anomalous world now, and one very important view is that the contract is no longer simply a derivative of Hell's power, but some kind of independently existing individual.

That is to say, he doesn't need to find a way to contain the entire Hell to potentially contain the contract.

So, before Rafael formally raised his question, Mann first raised his own question.

"By the way, you shouldn't have any way to deal with contracts, right?"

Mann deliberately pretended to be worried that Rafael would break the contract.

Rafael immediately said:

"Absolutely not. I can sign a contract right now to confirm that I'm not lying, or if you want, I can use other ways to prove this."

Mann expressed his suspicion:

"Sorry, but you mentioned that contracts are related to you angels."

Rafael also sensed Mann's suspicion and worry. He was not surprised by Mann's idea, after all, among the Rank 5 entities active in human society today, Archangels can be considered the most cunning and insidious.

Even Seraph, known for his cunning, is far behind her in this regard. In Rafael's view, Seraph is more like a wise and decisive king, but Archangel is completely a schemer.

Unlike the brave and resourceful Seraph, Archangel will not act unless absolutely necessary.

And she was the mastermind behind the devil's birth, so it is reasonable for Mann to suspect that Heaven and the churches have mastered something related to the power of contracts. Logically, if there are loopholes in the power of contracts, they would definitely be secretly controlled by several major forces, including Heaven and the Federation.

But they really don't have this kind of power.

"I understand your thoughts," Rafael explained. "But the contract itself is not in our hands. It is precisely because we can be sure that no one can influence the operation of the contract that we promote its use."

Mann asked curiously:

"Even devils can't influence it?"

Rafael nodded:

"When the Archangel cooperated with those demons who had not yet become the first devils, they had already determined that this thing would not be controlled by anything, otherwise those demons would not have agreed to cooperate."

Mann continued to ask in depth:

"So, is this contract some kind of concept, or is there some entity?"

This is not that important to him, as long as he knows enough, he can use special methods to contain it. After all, the two gods he recently contained had no entities.

Hearing this question, Rafael paused and did not answer immediately, obviously he did know something about it, and it was not something that everyone knew.

Just as Rafael was thinking about what to say to answer Mann's question...

Sensing this, Mann took the initiative to change the subject:

"By the way, what did you come to me for this time?"

Hearing this, Rafael immediately became serious as if the previous question had never existed:

"I was also present when you solved Seraph. To be honest, I thought Seraph would still be the victor as he always had, because in my opinion, if you put aside Divine Firmament, few people can defeat him in the Southern Federation."

Mann said modestly:

"We have a solar eclipse ritual to suppress Seraph."

Rafael said with a smile:

"But it can only last for a few minutes. I also felt your suppression of him, but I also know that the power in Seraph's body is not just what he showed. He is extremely resistant to suppression."

"Since I came into contact with divine magic, I have been extremely confident, and even somewhat arrogant and conceited before I learned of the existence of Divine Firmament, almost thinking that I was the brightest star of the future."

"And now, although I am particularly convinced by Divine Firmament, I still have enough confidence to say that I am one of the strongest humans besides Divine Firmament, but I am not sure that I can solve him in such a short time."

"I can't imagine how you won, and those angels must think the same."

"Remember the Archangel and Seraph who went to you at the time? To be honest, I know that they even suspected that you did not defeat Seraph, but were just cooperating with Seraph to deceive them."

Mann asked:

"So you are here to confirm this again and again?"

Rafael nodded:

"That's right, but do you know why we care so much about whether Seraph is dead or not?"