Grand Foreigner (Chapters 1- 200)

Chapter 159

Ainz was happy that he had been able to, at least for himself, affirm the importance of his title and position as leader and boss. But the confidence that that realization had given him, which had even made him get up and leave the bar, was not accompanied by an unexpected prophetic revelation, or even a clear understanding of the situation. So, after being inspired to reach new heights, having left the bar and stepped into the street, Ainz breathed the night air, looked up at the sky and asked himself. "And so... what now?"

Unlike in fiction or stories, while Ainz's sudden newfound confidence in himself and the mental impulse that came from it were great things, it doesn't actually give him any answer to his problems. The problem was that even though he was sure he was needed as a boss, he still didn't know exactly what he needed to do in this Singularity. Nor does he know what he requires to strive for and what was the necessary outcome of his actions.

That is, of course, he had to destroy the Singularity and restore the course of normal history with as little personal interference in it as possible. But what in the end was he supposed to do in that case?

In fact, once he had gone outside the bar, Ainz simply stood still.

"Ah? What do I do now?'

The thought that his Servants had obviously already come up with some kind of plan came to Ainz' mind, but...

"Their plan relies on me having a plan, doesn't it?"

Ainz's plan originally relied on his Servants coming up with some kind of plan on their own to solve the Singularity. And the Servants' plan relied on the fact that Ainz himself had a plan to solve this Singularity.

In other words, in fact, there was no plan to solve the Singularity, Ainz was back at the starting point of the Singularity itself.

He needed to do something, but no one knew what it was, even himself.

In this case... In this case, there were only a few possible solutions to the problem.

The first option was for Ainz to come clean to his Servants, but the problem was that from the Servants' point of view, he already had a plan. If he revealed the fact that he actually didn't have a plan... It would definitely destroy any reputation he had as a leader and boss.

Not only would he show himself as an incompetent leader without a plan to solve the problem, but also as a liar.

And secondly, it could disrupt the plans already made by the Servants, since the plan already created by them was created with Ainz's so-called 'plan' in mind.

Umm... What was he talking about again?

"This all just too complicated for me," Ainz shook his head slightly from side to side as he tried to wrangle the various 'plans' in action.

The next solution to this problem was that Ainz could do nothing. Something which comes with all sorts of difficulties. After all, no matter what his Servants had accomplished, it was just collecting information, very important information sure, but not really actualized gain that would bring the Singularity to a close.

Yes, if he didn't act in any way, he wouldn't disrupt the Servants' plans, but neither would the Singularity likely be resolved until he made some significant decision on the information gathered. Right or wrong, they might be.

And there was one last option, the crux of the issue, Ainz could actually just 'do' something personally...

Yeah, that's right, he should just 'do' something... Too bad he has no idea whatsoever on what to 'do'.