The villain's way to tame the protagonist

After all, during the duel, Lian De had already felt the extremely gloomy gaze of Miss Zeger... To put it bluntly, she might have wanted to kill him at that time.

After all, you were kicked out by His Highness Anther in such a speechless way... It's understandable that you vent your anger on me, Miss Zeger - although it's a bit narrow-minded and unworthy of His Highness Anther.

Thinking of this, the smile on Lian De's face became more genuine and sincere.

"Very good. I don't want to waste time talking to you. During this period, the efficiency of the defense system construction was lower than I expected. I think there is a problem. In the entire East Port, the only thing that could cause problems is..."

Ming Fuluo walked to the desk step by step, stared at the hypocritical smile that made her sick, and said indifferently:

"You're the only one."

"Um……"

Although his weak spot was touched, Lian De did not show any nervousness. Instead, he asked curiously, "You mean... not as fast as you thought?"

Then, she showed a somewhat embarrassed expression: "If you ask me to explain this, I don't know how to explain it to you. After all——"

"I don't understand politics." Ming Fuluo interrupted Lian De directly, "So you don't have to explain it to me, I will explain it to you."

She raised her hand and tapped the frame of her glasses gently, and a light screen with a large amount of data was projected onto the wall.

There was still the same indifference in Mingfuluo Zeger's eyes, but Lian De had already vaguely felt something... a very bad premonition in his heart.

"Because I understand math, and math doesn't lie."

"These data are based on the completion, execution speed and various performance of administrative orders in the entire Deep Blue Family territory after you took office. Finally, I quantified your administrative efficiency after you took office."

Ming Fuluo made a casual move and a number appeared on the light screen. She magnified it, which should mean Lian De's administrative efficiency.

"And this is the administrative efficiency that has been derived from the various data on the advancement of defense system construction over the past four days."

She magnified the two numbers and placed them directly in front of Lian De, adjusting her glasses indifferently: "The latter is 20% larger than the former... It sounds more efficient, right?"

The next second, the muzzle of the floater gun was pointed at the back of Lian De's head.

Bang!

Ming Fuluo slammed her palm on the table, her gorgeous purple eyes behind the lenses floating with undisguised anger: "But do you know what time it is now? The war is coming soon! As the first person to learn of the news, you should be the first to prepare for the war and protect the people in your territory, but your efficiency is only 20% higher than when you usually handle government affairs? The efficiency ratio of other territories is higher than yours, and the Deep Blue Family's territory is the lowest. After all, this is your territory, right?"

"You think you did a great job, impeccable, and that I don't know anything, and that even if I use all sorts of tricks, I won't be able to find any evidence of your doing anything?"

hum-

The muzzle of the floating gun was already accumulating energy amid the buzzing sound, and Ming Fuluo's extremely cold voice also sounded:

"Lian De Shen Lan, do you think I need evidence to kill you? Even if it's just a guess, even if I don't need this data, as long as I go to find Anser, you will die."

Su Silun seemed to be frightened and didn't even dare to say a word, but Lian De, who had been threatened like this, remained calm.

"Then why didn't you go to His Highness Ansir to take my life?" She smiled instead: "Why did you come to me and say these words?"

Without waiting for Ming Fuluo to speak, she continued, "Because you are not such a person, Miss Zeger. You never rely on the favor of His Highness Anser, do you? Or... if you were such a person, and wanted to kill a Grand Duke before the war came based on pure speculation, His Highness Anser would not favor you."

"Ah, to be exact..."

Lian De showed no fear and added with a bright smile: "It's not just about killing a Grand Duke, but killing a Grand Duke who had already revealed the arrival of the rebels to His Highness Anser and was the first to directly announce the impending war to the entire East Port."

That’s right, this is the key to Lian De’s confidence.

As long as she didn't make the mistake of leaving any real evidence, and as long as she remained cautious, using the two actions of providing key intelligence and declaring Donggang to be in a state of war as her amulets, Ming Furo would have no reason to touch her, no matter how much she doubted herself.

When Lian De announced the coming of war after the duel, he was adding a strong guarantee for the safety of his identity.

Of course, all this is based on the fact that Ming Fuluo and Ansher are both law-abiding people. If either of them was not inclined towards lawfulness, Lian De would probably have died long ago.

Lian De had indeed not expected Ming Fuluo to have such a skill, but so what? Does the lack of administrative efficiency really mean anything? Does it mean that she deliberately reduced the efficiency? Lian De didn't know how much Ming Fuluo knew about mathematics, but she still agreed with the previous statement.

—You really don't understand politics, not at all, Miss Zeger.

The right things should be given to the right people to do... Your idea is correct, but you forgot one thing, that is, you are not worthy of being the one who gives orders, you are not worthy of being a leader, to be... a ruler.

Lian De looked at the silent Ming Fuluo and knew that he had won again.

If Ming Furo acted decisively at this moment, blew her brain to pieces with a cannon, and then kicked Su Silun away with an absolutely domineering attitude, forcibly took over everything in Donggang, and suppressed all those who disobeyed, then Lian De would admire her instead, admire her for having the will and awareness to walk with Anser.

But unfortunately, she didn't. After all... she was just a scholar who was too well protected by Hydra and was still daydreaming.

"You have to give me an explanation."

Ming Fuluo spoke slowly, as if compromising, and said in a cold voice: "You do have a prejudice against my plan, and there is a possibility of objective obstacles. I need a reason. I want to know why you do this."

Lian De looked at her for a long time, then sighed and said, "Well, since you said so... then suppose, suppose I really wanted to stop you, and put it into practice, then there can only be one reason."

"That is, you are absurd."

"Do you know how astronomical the cost of the weapons you deployed in Kaixuan Port City and the magic crystals that drive the weapons of the entire city to operate non-stop for 24 hours is?"

"Do you know how incredible the number would be if such a large number of weapons and magic crystal consumption were to be expanded to the entire East Port?"

In a sense, Lian De was telling the truth. She was absolutely sincere at the moment: "If these resources were used for construction, what a great scene would be created. Can you understand? Even if the war brought by the rebels really caused great harm, even if one tenth of them were taken out... it would allow Donggang to usher in great development after the post-war reconstruction!"

The Deep Blue Grand Duke, a true, pure noble, shook his head in deep regret: "But you want to waste these resources like this, arming every city to the teeth... How can there be a war without the dead in this world?"

To put it more bluntly... those who died in the war were regrettable, but necessary sacrifices.

"Has there ever been a real war in this world?"

Ming Fuluo asked back expressionlessly.

This sentence stunned Lian De, while Ming Fuluo continued indifferently: "Since there is no such thing, any kind of war is possible."

"So, when I say there will be no victims, there will be no victims."

Under normal circumstances, when it comes to this, Lian De would be tactful and shut up, but Ming Furo did not deliberately show this arrogance. Instead, she downplayed it, thinking that this kind of thing was justified. This arrogance deeply irritated Lian De.

"But you are just relying on the power of His Highness Anser."

She curled her lips and said, "Although I don't think you will rely on His Highness Anser's favor, but in this matter, aren't you completely wasting His Highness Anser and the resources accumulated by the Hydra family? What do these resources have to do with you?"

"……Ah."

It was clearly just a chuckle, but this chuckle, coupled with Ming Furo's waving of her hand to remove the floating cannon, almost made Lian De lose control of his emotions.

"Then I'll give you all these things."

A sneer appeared on the woman's face, which was intellectual and cold but still mature and charming: "Do you have the confidence to do this?"

"Of course I-"

Lian De said these three words subconsciously, but suddenly got stuck.

Does she have the confidence to be like Ming Fuluo, without any hesitation, or even as calmly as drinking water, and say something like "I said there will be no victims, then there will be no victims"?

"Make no mistake, Deep Blue. It's not Anser who gave me these resources that allowed me to do this."

Ming Fuluo seemed to have lost interest in continuing the conversation with Lian De, or perhaps she felt that her motives were ridiculous.

Her figure once again turned into iron-gray particles and disappeared without a trace, leaving behind only a sentence that seemed to overlook Lian De:

"It's because I can do this, and do things far beyond this, things that are simply unimaginable at your level, that Anser will give me... everything I need."

"Including himself."

The scholar lady, who never had much emotional fluctuation, spoke with contempt in the last sentence, as if she was mocking some kind of desire hidden in Lian De's heart, and mocking her arrogance.

"...Ah, Miss Zeger is still as arrogant as ever."

After a long while, Su Silun sighed softly, "What an awe-inspiring demeanor. Only the master can control her... What do you think, Ms. Lian De... Ms. Lian De?"

"Hmm? Ah...you are right, little princess."

Lian De came back to his senses and smiled with his head down: "Indeed... he is a great man that ordinary people find difficult to even approach."

After she finished speaking, she suddenly stood up and bowed slightly to Su Silun to apologize: "I'm sorry, Your Highness, I think it's time for me to take a break. I will be back in about... half an hour to continue to assist you in handling the affairs of Donggang."

"It's okay, it's okay." Su Silun waved her hand generously, "It's okay to take a day off. I can handle it."

Lian De smiled and said, "That won't do. I can't make Miss Zeger unhappy again. She has already pointed out that my efficiency is not high enough."

Having said this, she turned around and left the office neatly, and no one knew where she went.

"..."

Su Silun put down her pen, put her face in her hands, looked at the main door of the office, and suddenly chuckled.

"Sometimes... there's really not much difference between being pathetic and being stupid."

*

Boom, boom, boom——!

In the middle layer of the dangerous waters of the Lost Sea, continuous explosions along with the surging seabed whirlpools caused a terrible disaster in this sea area.

Lian De had a ferocious look on her face as she wielded a dark green blade. The surging ocean current she controlled strangled all living things within a few hundred meters around her. Not even bones could be seen, only patches of thick blood red.

Only you can? I can do it too... I can do it too!

If I were also a pledge of loyalty, if I were following His Highness Anther, if I could contribute my strength to His Highness Anther... what I could do would be hundreds or thousands of times better than what you, a stupid woman who only knows how to daydream can do!

Ming Furo's ridicule and contempt made Lian De lose control and she had to vent her anger in this way. She couldn't remember how long it had been since she had done such a shameless thing.

Lian De closed her eyes, trying to resonate with the endless ocean and calm herself, but the ocean currents around her were messed up by her, and it took her a long time to get rid of the jealousy and hatred she had just felt.

Can't be influenced by her...must continue to maintain the current state.

My suspicion has been completely eliminated on Zeg's side. Now all I have to do is -

“It’s not completely eliminated.”

歘——!

A green sword energy one hundred meters wide directly formed a vacuum channel in the ocean. Lian De suddenly opened his eyes and quickly retreated, terrified.

"Calm down, I did you a big favor."

The voice rang in his ears again. Lian De forced himself to suppress the urge to swing the sword again and turned his head with some difficulty to look at his side.

Then the whole person fell into a trance.

……moon?

A moon entangled in thorns?

At this moment, Lian De first thought that he saw a bright moon wrapped in thorns, but in a trance he seemed to see a beautiful face that could not be described in words.

“No matter if they are from a higher or lower class, Mingshuo should not be here. Who… are you?!”

Although he seemed to be communicating with the other party, Lian De had already stimulated the ether in his body to the extreme, and could launch an extremely terrifying killing move at any time.

"It doesn't matter who I am. What matters is that I helped you, just now."

"...Do you want to say that you helped me stop some sea tyrant?"

"no no."

The bright moon shook her head and said, "It was a conversation between you and Miss Doll. She came to me on purpose and asked me if I was lying."

At this moment, Lian De almost suffered backlash due to the sudden stagnation of the ether flow when accumulating huge power.

Although he didn't know what the nickname "Miss Doll" meant, it didn't prevent Lian De from understanding the meaning of this sentence.

"Lie... about my conversation with Miss Zeger?" The woman's fingertips trembled slightly. "I'm sorry, I didn't lie."

"Ah, sorry, I didn't make it clear."

Ms. Mingyue tilted her head, her action was very cute, but her words made Lian De feel like she was falling into an ice cave:

"It's not lying, it's concealing - you, concealed your true identity and purpose, didn't you? The leader of the Revolutionary Army, Ms. Spider."

"Oh, by the way, I didn't say your code name is Ms. Spider. I'm just used to calling you Ms. Spider. Your code name is...ah, Phantom, right!"

Without trying to be tough, nor attacking Ms. Mingyue, whose identity was unknown, Lian De remained silent for a long time before saying with great difficulty, "What do you want me to do?"

"Hey...Ms. Spider is really easy to talk to." Ms. Mingyue seemed surprised that she didn't put up any resistance, and then said straightforwardly, "I need you to do me a favor, it's very important."

She moved a little closer to Lian De, and in a trance, Lian De saw that face again, and saw that she seemed to... be smiling?

That pure, sincere, innocent, yet so... chilling smile.

"You don't want Mr. Devil to know that you're lying to him, right?"

Chapter 80: Mr. Devil Continues to Operate

No one is born free, and this was emphasized in the education that Xin received since childhood.

People cannot wash away their sins by their own strength. Anger, greed, jealousy... these sins make people narrow-minded and unable to be free.