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Colin, still smiling, quietly handed Chris a silver coin worth 1 silver crown and whispered, "New members must voluntarily donate 1 silver crown to charity so that the 200 contribution points will be counted in my contribution as the developer."

Upon hearing this, Chris's eyes widened again, once more astonished by the church's outrageous methods of accumulating wealth.

Is this what you call voluntary donation?

Soon the preacher stood up with a smile, nodding repeatedly to the believer in front of him. Then, to Chris's surprise, he saw the other man seem to have taken three silver coins from the believer's hand.

The smallest denomination of the Im Empire silver coin is 1 silver crown, and the largest is 20 silver crowns, the difference being the silver content.

Chris didn't know the exact denomination of the three silver coins, but they were at least three silver crowns.

This is quite different from what Colin said.

Colin seemed to notice this as well, and immediately whispered before the preacher could approach Chris, "Remember, only donate 1 silver crown, no matter what they say to you, only donate 1 silver crown..."

Colin seemed to want to say something more, but the preacher was already looking at Chris.

The other person also noticed Colin and smiled, nodding at him.

The preacher then approached Chris, bent down, and maintained that irresistible smile on his face.

"Hello, my name is Logan, and I'm a deacon from the Church of Obsidian Tongue. May I ask your name, sir?"

"Hello, Logan... Butler, you can call me Chris."

"Oh, it's Mr. Chris. Are you a friend of Colin's followers?"

"Of course, we're colleagues," Colin whispered before Chris could reply.

Chris could only nod slightly upon hearing this.

His attention was now completely drawn to the dark red notebook in the hands of the deacon Logan.

Previously, due to the distance and the dim lighting, Chris hadn't been able to see clearly.

Upon closer inspection, he noticed that the cover of the dark red notebook in the other person's hand seemed to have a very faint, slightly recessed symbol printed on it.

The symbol is almost identical to the one on the pass that Chris just received for the gathering of occult enthusiasts.

They are all composite graphics formed by overlapping three square patterns.

It seems highly likely that the existence of this gathering of occult enthusiasts is the work of the Obsidian Tongue Church.

Although he had never heard of this church before, the fact that they could do such a thing right under the noses of the Torchbearers and the police meant that, just as Colin had told him, they really did have connections.

Knowing that the other party was someone not to be trifled with, Chris, despite feeling displeased with this pyramid scheme-style preaching, still smiled and engaged in friendly conversation with them.

"So, Mr. Chris, did you join my cult voluntarily?"

Logan shifted his gaze from Colin to Chris, maintaining his friendly smile as he asked calmly.

"Of course," Chris replied, glancing at Logan's gold-rimmed glasses.

"You were recruited by Colin's followers, right?"

"Yes."

After a brief inquiry, Logan's smile deepened. He opened his notebook, picked up the black pen clipped between the pages, and began writing in the notebook.

After a moment, Logan looked at Chris and asked again, "Mr. Chris, would you be willing to contribute to the development of the church?"

Upon hearing this, Chris knew that the other party was about to reveal their true intentions.

He was holding the one silver crown coin that Colin had just handed him, and he remembered Colin's last words very clearly.

"Of course," Chris replied with a smile.

Although he didn't know why Colin was so obsessed with that special obsidian, now that things had come to this point, he couldn't let everything Colin had done go to waste.

Anyway, it wasn't him who spent the money.

In Chris's past memories, Colin was a very nice young man.

The other person joined the company around the same time as him and has always maintained a good relationship with him.

Even a month ago, after Chris had just transmigrated to this world, he made a few mistakes at work because the memories he received from the original owner were not comprehensive. Colin helped him solve them.

While Chris and Logan were talking, Colin, who was standing to the side, kept his fists clenched and looked over with a slightly uneasy expression.

Chris also noticed Colin's situation.

Without hesitation, he took out the one silver crown coin that Colin had handed him.

"I am willing to contribute to the development of the church."

Looking at the coin in Chris's hand, Logan's smile remained unchanged, but the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes subtly diminished.

Although Chris did not activate his spiritual vision, he keenly sensed a change in Logan's emotions.

The other person's acting was excellent, but Chris still saw through it.

Do you think it's too little?

Chris wanted to see how the other party would convince him to donate more "heartfelt gifts".

But things always turn out differently than Chris expected.

Logan didn't say anything particularly persuasive or enticing, but instead continued, "Would Mr. Chris be willing to offer even more?"

This seemingly ordinary question actually slightly shook Chris's firm resolve to donate only 1 silver crown.

Something's not right.

Chris's mind raced, and he suddenly realized that something was wrong with his body.

"Would Mr. Chris be willing to offer something more?" Logan asked again when Chris did not answer immediately.

This time, Chris suddenly felt an urge to donate another silver crown.

"This is not what I really think."

It was only then that he realized that Logan, the Obsidian Tongue Deacon, was probably no ordinary person.

The other party must have used some unknown and extraordinary power to influence me to make a decision against my will.

This could be some kind of spiritual influence.

Could the other party be a Holy Path Walker?

Or is he just an ordinary person who has mastered some kind of mystical power?

Chris really wanted to use his spiritual vision to see the spiritual changes in Logan, but after weighing the options, he gave up.

Even if he notices something is wrong, what can he do?

Did Logan expose the other party in front of everyone, telling them that Logan was using extraordinary powers to influence them?

Regardless of who people around him would rather believe, Chris would never do something like openly breaking ties with the Church of Obsidian Tongue.

The two sides are completely mismatched in strength.

He is just an ordinary person now.

At least at the biological level, that is the case.

However, Chris is not without countermeasures.

He began to sketch the image of the key in his mind.

This key not only allows him free access to that mysterious space, but also retains the function of dispelling all the negative emotions in Chris's heart.

This was the first time he had tried to use this key to dispel the influence of extraordinary forces on his spiritual level.