Great, I'm surrounded by villains.

Chapter 428 Facing Your Heart
There were a total of 32 assassins lurking in the Holy Metropolis Cathedral, 20 of whom were believers of the Church of Embers, including a member of the choir, and the remaining 12 were entourage personnel from various consortiums. Among them were clerical staff, logistics personnel, and even the private security guards responsible for security work were infiltrated.

In subsequent investigations, people found common ground among them.

Some of the black hexagram marks were engraved on weapons, while others were simply tattooed directly on their bodies.

This is the evil mark representing the void demon.

The band conductor who was nearly assassinated broke out in a cold sweat. He had no idea that believers of the Void Demon had sneaked into the church.

This is different from a simple parasitic infection. These people did not lose their scorching sun energy due to illness, but instead became devout believers of the Void Demon.

But at the same time, this was a bloodless assassination.

When these demon spawn bared their fangs at them, strange things happened.

The dagger engraved with the hexagram did not pierce the band conductor's back, not because the band conductor reacted, but because the pagans suddenly changed their actions.

He threw down the dagger in his hand, and while the band conductor was stunned, he grabbed his arms and started a passionate ballroom dance in front of everyone.

Even the knowledgeable Nagaeda Konoe was confused by this scene.

When these pagans broke into the private room of the company's top executives, they were ready for a bloody battle. However, the pagans did not attack them, but invited them to a ballroom dance like the people on the stage.

This was probably the strangest scene they had ever seen in their lives.

It's so weird that it's even a little creepy.

Every pagan had a smile on his face. For some reason, these descendants of the void demon suddenly put aside their prejudice and hatred and hugged each other in a friendly manner with the believers of the Sun King.

But when they investigated carefully, they found that all the pagans had the same expression, grinning like puppets.

"Why do you want to ballroom dance?"

The young man in charge of interrogating the heretics on the church side had a famous nickname - the man with the leaky front teeth.

Even the pagans had heard of his famous nickname, and instead of answering, they asked, "Why do you speak so lamely?"

The young man was very angry.

When he thought of himself slipping and hitting his front teeth on the stairs, he felt an unprecedented sense of humiliation.

This must have been the darkest moment in his life, especially when he was about to take over Yelena's seat and this ugly scene was seen by those familiar with him in the church.

“Now I’m the one asking the questions!”

The young man raised his voice tone, but still couldn't change the fact that his speech was leaking.

"This is a truth."

The pagan who attacked the band leader explained. He was still laughing and looked very happy, as if he was not worried at all about being a captive of the Church of Embers. "Just like you can't stop your speech from leaking, we can't resist our instincts."

Although this was far from their original plan, when the time came, they knew they should drop everything and respect the call of their instinct.

Their instinct makes them want to dance and embrace the happy things in life.

So they laughed and experienced unprecedented happiness and relaxation.

The young man was not satisfied with the pagan's answer. It was obvious that the two things could not be confused.

His speech was lisp because he missed a step and fell while going up the stairs. These pagans were mentally ill. Each of them looked happy, but also like clowns in an amusement park, laughing in a creepy way.

And now, this group of mentally ill pagans gave an answer that could not be explained by common sense.

They heard a voice.

The voice told them it was time to dance.

So they did.

But in fact, after investigation, the identities of these people and the marks imprinted on their bodies are not simple.

The young man didn't think that they could really hurt the distinguished guests in the private room. They were no match for the Nagaeda Guards at all. The only reason they were able to survive was that they suddenly started dancing like crazy. The Nagaeda Guards kept them alive in order to extract some valuable information from them.

Although these pagans continued to talk nonsense after being arrested, the investigation into their identities had made some progress. The only thing they had in common was that they had previously come into contact with people from the Flash Flag Chamber of Commerce.

Before the relationship between Universal Company and the Chamber of Commerce became increasingly tense, the two sides had a lot of business dealings.

The answer is ready to come out.

The Chamber of Commerce bribed these people and changed their beliefs.

And if we follow this line of thought... does it also prove that the Void Demon has always been the belief of the Semitic people?

While the interrogation was going on, Duan Mingyuan had already returned to the mansion where he was baptized.

Before this, he had prevented a bloody incident, which he regarded as his thank you gift to the band conductor in return for the other party's invitation to listen to the hymns.

Next, it's time to face some issues.

"...Mr. Mingyuan?"

Jiu Yue tensed up nervously and sat obediently on the chair opposite Duan Mingyuan. Her tail wagging behind her expressed her mood at the moment.

"Recently, many people have falsely accused me of being one of the Void Demons."

Before that, he gave September a brief introduction to the situation.

Jiu Yue didn't seem surprised by this. "It can't be helped. It's hard to hide the identity of an ogre after all."

But compared to those, she is far ahead.

The first moment she saw Duan Mingyuan, she knew his identity as an ogre.

"It's 'black mud'."

Jiu Yue lowered her voice and explained in a low voice, "Mr. Ming Yuan, 'Black Mud' and Ogre are in conflict. There is no such profession as Ogre Black Mud."

In her opinion, demons can have many different occupations, but their race is fixed.

As a scholar studying ogres, she must point out the cognitive errors made by Duan Mingyuan in an academic spirit.

And this is why she has always believed in Duan Mingyuan.

When everyone suspected that Duan Mingyuan was the "black mud", only she knew that it was impossible.

Because Duan Mingyuan is an ogre and belongs to a different tribe than "Black Mud", the two cannot be used together.

Duan Mingyuan ignored Jiu Yue. He had learned to automatically block any topics related to ogres.

"Assuming their theory is correct, then my past identity and memories could be fabricated."

Duan Mingyuan thought of a way to verify it, but this method required the assistance of others.

Someone who is trustworthy.

"I need someone other than myself to look at this memory and discern what is true and what is not."

People who are involved in the matter are often confused. If these perceptions were fabricated by him for some reason, then no matter how many times he reviews them, he will not be able to see the flaws in them.

Therefore, he needs an impartial and objective third-party perspective.

Duan Mingyuan said seriously, "Jiuyue, I need your help."

"I understand."

Jiuyue also followed suit and put on a stern face, trying her best to show her most trustworthy side.

She is the person Mr. Mingyuan trusts the most, and she will never let him down.

She was ready to watch the story of the ogre tribal war.

(End of this chapter)