The villain's way to tame the protagonist

"Are there so many believers of the Church of the Holy Spirit in Donggang?"

Ming Fuluo couldn't help but ask.

"After all, the Church of the Holy Alliance started its expansion into the empire from here. Isn't it normal to have such a large number of believers?" Anser shrugged. "Rather, after so long of development, even the number of believers in Donggang is only this large... The missionary work of the Church of the Holy Alliance is obviously not ideal."

"Because the emperor is too powerful." Xin looked quietly at the Ouroboros statue at the deepest part of the church on the pulpit and said softly, "The emperor of Feast of Flames used violence to cover up people's reverence for God, but this is not their fault."

"is it?"

Anser asked with interest: "If the majesty of God can be easily obscured by the existence beneath it, then this God is a bit too tasteless."

"But why would God need style?"

Once it comes to God, Xin's tone and manner become very serious: "God never needs to show off his greatness in front of people. He doesn't care about that."

"So, you are protecting your god on your own initiative, rather than it giving you orders to form a church and spread its existence?"

"Yes." The Saint was very proud of this, and a faint smile appeared on her cold face. "Things that can be given a mission by God are all great and important. God will not give a mission for the sake of meaningless fame."

The conversation between Ansel and Xin gave Ming Furo a strong sense of déjà vu.

Induce, push, and little by little make the topic develop in the direction he needs.

Finally, the object of his control would become confused and even...collapse because of his own words.

"So……"

Ming Fuluo suddenly asked, "What on earth made you establish this church?"

Her words stunned both of them. Anser smiled happily after a moment, while Xin said uncertainly after a brief pause: "Ms. Doll...what do you mean?"

"What A Luo means," Anser said at the right time, "if the founder of the Church of the Holy Spirit founded the church out of his own accord to display the glory of God... then where did his understanding of 'the glory of God' come from?"

"You said that your god would not boast about his existence." Ming Fuluo spoke again, and the couple began to tacitly perform a mixed doubles match against Xin. "But if it never boasted about its existence, then how did the first person who wanted to serve it come up with the idea of ​​'serving it'?"

“Or…” Anser kneaded Ming Fuluo’s small hand leisurely and easily, “Your God actually cares whether he can be known by others? After all, he is an existence that even the Gods cannot sense, right? Could it be that the founder of your church is stronger than the Gods?”

Xin was stunned by this series of attacks. It took her several seconds to recover. She said in a daze, "What are we doing here?"

Before Anser could speak, Ming Fuluo, who had entered the state, spoke first: "No matter what you do, it won't affect the topic we are discussing now, right? Didn't Anser come to Donggang for your church?"

The Church...the Saint.

Ming Furo didn't know what Anser was going to do, nor did she know what he and Lian De were planning to do regarding the affairs of the church, but she was very clear that this saint lady in front of her, who looked abnormal in every way, was Anser's most important target now, and Anser was now planning to use this clever opportunity to carry out his unique "taming".

What I have to do, naturally, is to cooperate with Anser.

Ming Furo now had no distracting thoughts or hesitations in her mind, and her heart was extremely clear. After catching the direction induced by Ansel's words, she immediately said something that complemented it.

If one wants to trick this saint into getting his hands on her, the first thing to do is to strip her of her sense of belonging to the church... Even if Ansel didn't think so, his words would lead Xin's thoughts in this direction.

Incorrect doctrines, false beliefs... If you want to distort the will of a believer, you can start from these aspects.

Although Anser may not use such an old-fashioned method, the direction will never be -

"You are wrong, Miss Doll. The church is not mine."

Contrary to Ming Fuluo's expectations, Xin did not show any confusion. His sluggishness just now seemed to be just digesting what they said. Instead, he corrected them patiently, "The church belongs to God. How can it be mine?"

"Are you changing the subject?"

Ming Fuluo responded quickly - she knew that Anser must be playing the role of a gentle and good boy in front of Xin, so it was natural for her to play the bad guy. The scholar said in a sharp and disdainful tone: "Is there no way to respond to the question just now?"

"The question just now..." Xin tilted his head slightly, "Miss Doll, you mean the relationship between the church and God, right?"

"That's right. According to the logic just now, the relationship between the Church of the Holy Alliance and the God you mentioned... is nothing but a lie full of loopholes."

Ming Fuluo stared at Xin with sharp eyes: "Is the church a lie, or is it..."

"Your God is a lie?"

"A Luo." Anser coughed lightly and blamed her unhappily, "Don't be rude to Miss Saint."

"Just telling the truth."

Ming Furo snorted lightly, her dissatisfaction and arrogance were vividly revealed, but in her heart she felt a little funny and... happy.

I am delighted that they still have such a tacit understanding between their minds.

"...Miss Doll's arrogance is indeed serious."

Ming Fuluo's words obviously worked. Xin lowered his head slightly, and his tone also carried a sense of detachment from the world, as if he had abandoned all human elements and had a divine indifference.

"Is this how you make your own judgement on everything you see?"

"Why can't anyone actively perceive God?" She asked, "In the endless and vast coordination of eternal operation, everything that exists is reasonable. Since there are divine souls, why can't someone have the talent to perceive God?"

“Why can’t there be people who, after realizing God’s greatness, voluntarily spread its light?”

Ming Fuluo was still relentless: "No matter how you talk, it sounds like self-consolation and self-deception... You are really a typical believer. No matter what rebuttal is made, you can always find a one-sided statement to justify yourself."

"But I don't need to and am not defending anything, Miss Doll." Xin's expression was very calm, so calm that it was close to that uncomfortable expressionless face. "I'm just answering your questions."

During this brief exchange, Ming Furo deeply realized the... troublesomeness of this saint. Although she still didn't know why she was so close to Ansher, she had to take back what she said that she didn't seem to be the destined one.

Xin was indeed not defending anything. She did not waver in the slightest when answering Ming Fuluo's questions, proving that she had never doubted the correctness of God even for a moment.

All the knowledge about God given to her by the church has been engraved in her instinct and soul like breathing, and it is something that cannot be shaken no matter how much criticism and questioning there is.

The most important thing is that she is not simply blind and abandons all common sense in her faith... She clearly understands the common doubts of Ming Fuluo and Ansel. On this basis, whether it is self-justification or self-deception, she can still give a truly "reasonable" explanation to still insist on the correctness of God.

"Ms. Doll... I have heard these questions and similar questions many times before."

Xin paused, and then said something that shocked Ming Fuluo: "Many people in the church, even the bishop, no longer have the fear of God that they used to have."

She placed her hand on her heart, and the faint sadness on her face and the blessing of her lofty divinity was moving: "They are clearly bathed in the gospel given by God, but they question the existence of God. This is more than enough to prove God's magnanimity and greatness. God does not blame these hypocrites."

"Even though this group of people turned the church into a tool for ruling and amassing wealth, God never specifically asked me to clean it up...Isn't this proof that God doesn't need the church to proclaim its greatness?"

"you--"

It was rare for Ming Fuluo to be unable to speak immediately when facing someone other than Ansher.

Who could have thought... that a saint from the church could actually say something like "the church is a tool of rule". This is too unbelievable.

Miss Scholar paused and narrowed her eyes slightly: "I didn't expect that you, as a saint, would look at the church in this way."

"But I am a saint of God, not from the church." Xin tilted his head.

"Since God doesn't need the church and the church has fallen," Anser finally spoke, "Why does Miss Xin always stand on the side of the church?"

...start to pry her openly so directly?

Ming Furo was a little surprised. She thought Anser would be more tactful, or wait for another opportunity, because the mind of this saint lady... was obviously extraordinary strong, and Anser's words had almost no effect on her.

“God doesn’t need the church, but the church needs God.”

Xin's emotions gradually stabilized, and he returned to his calm and gentle appearance, but his words were still shocking.

“There are sinners in the church, but there are also righteous people of God who need God’s church. The church with the most righteous people is the one in the world that can best help me fulfill the mission given by God.”

The Saint Lady said innocently, "Why shouldn't I stand on their side?"

Ming Fuluo had to take back her words again.

This woman... not only has the qualifications to be the Destined One, but is also much more troublesome than her and Sitana.

Like Anser, she has almost no bottom line.

Chapter 6: Unhappy but Not Really Unhappy (K)

Ming Furo finally found the reason why Xin was inexplicably close to Anser. This saint, who was supposed to be kind and noble, was essentially the same kind of person as Anser.

Judging from Anser's expression, he should have guessed that Xin would answer like this, so is he using this topic to reveal the true nature of this saint to me? He can use any means to achieve his goal, etc...

No, that's not right, she's more like... my old self.

Ming Fuluo did not understand religion, but she knew that there was no "God" as Xin mentioned in this world. So there was no doubt that everything this saint lady believed in was a false lie, so similar to the despair she had experienced.

So, Ansel is planning to use the same method he used to scheme against me on Xin?

Exposing lies, destroying oneself, and rebuilding the soul... Every time Ming Furo thought of the process by which Ansher turned her into "Helen", no matter how much of a filter she had for Ansher, she would still feel an uncomfortable chill.

If it weren't for the fate that made her make the decision to turn everything around three years ago, she would have been Ansel's good daughter and a puppet in the hands of the devil.

If that was the case, Ming Fuluo knew exactly how she should cooperate with Anser next. After all, no one understood the process better than her, but...

The scholar lady lowered her head slightly with a complicated look in her eyes. She didn't look at Anser, not wanting to make him worry or embarrass him.

Reconciling with the past is a difficult thing. Until now, Ming Furo has not been able to face the Tower of Babel and her parents well, let alone facing her past self who lived in lies and knew nothing about it.

Ming Fuluo found it difficult to accept for a moment that she had to use the same method that had once persecuted her to persecute another poor person who might be as miserable as she was.

But if it's for Anser...

"Miss Doll, don't you still have things to do?"

Xin blinked, as if the previous conversation had never happened: "Don't want to continue?"

The fact that she didn't care about the unpleasantness of the previous second at all made Ming Fuluo more certain of Xin's true nature. This woman was even more serious than her and Anser. At least she and Anser were still affected by emotions, but for Xin... emotions seemed unnecessary to her.

A fanatic who only has God in her eyes... If that's the case, it would be easy to destroy her by cooperating with Anser.

Anser is best at destroying people's distorted beliefs and egos; the faith of fanatics is nothing compared to him.

"No need to look any further, it's right here." Ming Fuluo turned her eyes away from the Ouroboros at the end of the church and turned away calmly. "The church... this place is very good. The Church of the Holy Alliance can barely be considered a third-party force at this time, and it has no conflicts with the Revolutionary Army. If the shield generator is placed here, it can be largely avoided from being destroyed."

"Then you have to find a way to convince the priest here." Anser smiled, "Or are you going to treat anyone else the same way you treat Ms. Lian De, A Luo?"

Ming Fuluo did think so. After all, whether it was the emergency situation of the war, or the power and status she possessed, let alone Donggang, even in the empire, there were few people who could go against her wishes. Not to mention placing a device, even if she razed the church to the ground, no priest would have a say.

However, Ming Furo, who has already gotten into the rhythm and knows what to do next, certainly would not say that.

"Although I have no knowledge of this church, since it can rule half of the continent in the form of religion..."

Ming Fuluo glanced at Xin and said, "Then its teachings should at least include the principle of protecting the innocent. If that's the case, I don't think he has any reason to refuse."

"Hmm? There is no such rule in the doctrine." Xin, noticing Ming Fuluo's gaze, answered openly, "Although there are requirements for the character of clergy, that is because sinners are not qualified to serve God. Priests and nuns are friendly to everyone, not because of the doctrine, but because they are good people."

The more Ming Fuluo listened, the more she felt something was wrong. This Holy Association Church... was it really normal?

She had no knowledge of religion, but her innate wisdom made her keenly aware that there seemed to be some huge problems with the entire structure of the Holy Church.

Thinking of this, the petite woman narrowed her eyes slightly: "But you also said that the current Church of the Holy Spirit has a big problem. Not all clergymen are the friendly people you say they are."

"Yes, even bishops are entangled in sin, how can clergy be like righteous people?"

Although it was a denial of the church's words, Xin's tone of reply was so matter-of-fact: "But God did not ask such sinners to serve Him, just as He never took the initiative to ask the church to publicize its existence. These are the self-criticisms set by the once noble priests."

...He can really make up a story to justify any problem. Is this what a fanatic is?

Even though the method Ansel used might be the same as the one he used on himself, Ming Furo knew that this time it would definitely not be as simple as before.

Because Xin...is illogical.

Even though Ming Fuluo was an extremely paranoid idealist, she was still thinking in a normal way that was in line with the social environment. That was why Anser's deception, deception, oppression, and distortion were effective, because no matter how paranoid Ming Fuluo was, she was still a normal person who could feel pain, despair, and helplessness.

But this woman, she is not normal.

She probably already has a set of three-dimensional defenses for her God that can justify herself no matter what and has no logic at all. What should she do if she wants to destroy such a belief?

...No, the most important thing is to first confirm the extent of her mind-reading ability. The previous tests were always too superficial.

Thinking this way, Ming Fuluo and Anser returned to the bustling streets of Deep Blue Harbor City. While she was still carefully considering how to test Xin, the Saint Lady who had been floating behind them suddenly said, "Ah, something happened to Miss Wild Wolf. I have to go check it out first. Goodbye, Mr. Devil, goodbye, Miss Doll."

"Varied--"

Before the scholar could finish her words, Xin disappeared.

Ming Furo turned her head and stared at the air behind her for a long time. Even though she knew that she had no way of detecting Xin's existence, she still tried several times. Finally, she let out a long breath and leaned towards Anser tiredly, close to the warmth and breath that made her feel at ease.

"I've only walked a few steps, and I'm already so tired."

Anser smiled and gently lifted Ming Fuluo's messy hair: "Do you want to find a place to rest?"

"...No need." Ming Fuluo shook her head. "Let's just go. Try to finalize the strategic layout of Deep Blue Harbor City within three hours."

"Apart from research and study, this is the first time I've seen Luo so serious."

The young Hydra first said the usual teasing words, but the next sentence made Ming Furo's body tremble slightly.

He gently held Ming Fuluo's narrow shoulders and said in a gentle voice, "Is there still no way to let go of that war?"

Ming Fuluo felt her body become even weaker, not because of the hand that Ansel placed on her shoulder, but because of the indescribable torment and fatigue on the spiritual level.

She leaned into Anser's arms and whispered, "Probably."