The villain's way to tame the protagonist

He was so indifferent that he didn't even bother to regard them as enemies.

"Because then you can listen to me properly."

At the same time, in the phantom meeting of the Revolutionary Army's top brass, someone roared in anger and madness:

"Lian De! You damn traitor! I'm coming to Donggang to kill you now!"

"Traitor...me?"

Lian De laughed out loud, she stood up, and the long sword symbolizing the Deep Blue Family gathered in her palm like flowing water, pointing directly at the old phantom who had been silent since the beginning of the meeting.

"There is only one traitor in the new world!"

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"Lian De Deep Blue."

"What's the matter, Miss Zeger? Not only did you come to see me, but you also came so solemnly--"

"I know you are from the Revolutionary Army, but do you know that there are people from the Church in the Revolutionary Army?"

On the light screen, Ming Furo looked down expressionlessly at Lian De who was handling official business. Grand Duke Shenlan's frozen smile blended with the interlaced light and shadow to form a perfect composition.

"It's beautiful."

Anser, who was watching this scene, suddenly chuckled, "What do you think, Miss Saint?"

"...Mr. Devil, are you talking about Miss Doll?"

"No, no, no, I'm talking about this scene. The scene that Luo deliberately showed. If the full score is 10, I can give her 9 points."

He raised his glass as if he was congratulating Ming Fuluo, his eyes filled with unconcealable satisfaction and joy.

"A Luo really won't let me down. She will never let me down."

"..."

Xin finally realized where the lingering bad feeling came from after Ming Fuluo appeared.

Why, why even now...Mr. Devil is still staring at Miss Doll?

Shouldn't she just be a cover-up for my downfall?

Chapter 6.5: Pride Part (K)

"...Ms. Zeger, are you still trying to make fun of me at this time?"

Lian De put down the feather pen in his hand, frowned and looked at Ming Fuluo: "I think there are more things worth your time and energy. Telling me some incredible words here... can it help us defeat the rebels?"

"Why not?" Ming Fuluo's eyes were calm and indifferent. "If you stand on my side, won't they lose for sure?"

Grand Duke Deep Blue stared at the willful Lord Qishou for a long time, then stood up, pointed at the emblem on the chest of his luxurious dress, and sighed:

"Do you know what this is, Miss Zeger?"

Without waiting for Ming Fuluo to answer, her cold and even angry voice echoed in the office: "This is the glory of the Deep Blue Family for nearly a thousand years. It is the proof of my status as an imperial noble. It is my responsibility to rule and maintain tens of millions of people and bring them order and stability."

She leaned forward, almost face to face, and spoke to Ming Fuluo word by word, "And you think that I have colluded with those rebellious rebels?"

Ming Fuluo's expression fluctuated slightly, but it was not surprise or timidity, but a kind of... boredom.

"I really don't like talking to people like you because it always wastes so much time."

"Ms. Zeg, I hope you can understand me as a deep blue—"

"Let's start with the four members of the Revolutionary Army you killed."

After hearing just this one sentence, Lian De couldn't say another word.

Her anger at the tarnishment of her noble honor was now solidified on her face, like a crudely made mask.

"I don't know if you've found the fifth person... It doesn't matter if you have. Anyway, I already knew everything I needed to know from him, and I was the one who let him go."

Ming Fuluo did not look at Lian De. Her gaze passed over Grand Duke Shenlan's shoulder and fell on the pile of documents on the desk.

Lian De seemed to be always busy. Ming Fuluo had only looked for her a few times, but every time she saw her, she was dealing with government affairs that seemed to never end.

After her eyes swept across the elegant handwriting on the document, Ming Fuluo glanced at Lian De with her peripheral vision: "I can give you half a minute now to make up a reason why you must kill the entire revolutionary army team on the spot."

As she said this, she walked around Lian De and went straight to the desk, picked up the document on the table and started reading.

Half a minute later, Ming Fuluo raised her head and glanced at Lian De's back: "Have you thought about it?"

His Excellency the Grand Duke of Deep Blue, who had spoken so forcefully just now, remained silent.

"Not enough time? Then I won't give you more time. But in order to prevent you from coming up with some ridiculous excuses and wasting my time again, I hope that after listening to these words, you can honestly admit your identity."

Ming Fuluo put down the document, and tiny iron-gray particles emitted from her fingertips, disappearing without a trace and going nowhere.

"Leng Yu's order made me clearly aware of the progress of the Revolutionary Army. At the same time, the five third-level extraordinary people whose memories can be easily read or brainwashed can provide a lot of intelligence. You realized that someone had provoked me through my overly nervous reaction. Although I don't know what happened, I know that I must kill these people as soon as possible. This is the cause of their death."

Ming Furo lowered her eyes slightly as she said this. She noticed that Lian De's fingers trembled uncontrollably. The fact that he couldn't even overcome this reaction was enough to show how deeply the Grand Duke had been shaken.

"From this, all your abnormal actions in Donggang, especially those that confronted me, are explained."

"You knew that if my defense system was completed in East Port, the Revolutionary Army would have no chance of winning, so you tried every means to stop it, and you succeeded. You knew that if Elallo held the power of East Port alone, your subsequent actions would be difficult, so you destroyed Elallo. You knew that if you were too aggressive, it would attract my attention, so you tried every means to push Su Silun, who had no foundation in East Port, to the front, and hid yourself behind the scenes, making it difficult for me to catch you."

Ming Fuluo's sharp and cold eyes seemed to cut Lian De into pieces, cutting open his skin and flesh: "You said my ideas were wrong and that I would suffer, so Donggang experienced a huge turmoil when Elalo took power... Do you think that I didn't know what happened in Donggang during the time I was away?"

"What a pity. The earliest record I can trace back happened to start with the great turmoil in the territory ruled by the Triumph Family."

Xin stared at Ming Furo's gorgeous purple eyes, as if the person confronting Ming Furo in the picture was not Grand Duke Shenlan, but herself.

Her breathing gradually became rapid, and a feeling that had never occurred in her heart before, but different from the many unfamiliar emotions before, began to spread little by little.

It was a cold feeling that made it impossible to control the body or even the consciousness.

No...that's not the truth.

Lian De was indeed the driving force behind the turmoil caused by Ellaro, but the fundamental reason was that Ellaro wanted to use this to pave the way for Lian De's future rule over East Port, and Lian De's instigation was more because she was angry at Ellaro for not fighting back. In this matter... her consideration of the responsibilities of the revolutionary army did not exceed her self-esteem as a noble.

But that's not what Miss Puppet saw, she only saw Ms. Spider trying to destroy Miss Elalo.

Because... because of what I did to Miss Elalo, Miss Puppet felt sympathy for her, and all her hatred was doubled and directed towards Ms. Spider.

So from that time on, Miss Doll had already begun to doubt Ms. Spider, so after she discovered that Ms. Spider had killed those revolutionaries, she did not hesitate to conclude that Ms. Spider was on the side of the Revolutionary Army, because this was not an overly radical speculation for Miss Doll, but... a fact that had long been proven!

So at that time...

At that time, Mr. Devil wasn't actually doing it for me?

From that time on, he was doing it for... Miss Doll?

Xin turned to look at Anser in a daze, only to find that Anser was also looking at her.

The devil's face still had that intoxicating smile.

It was a smile that Xin had never really seen through from the beginning to the end.

"You said you have a better way to fight the Revolutionary Army, but in fact you don't have any strategy at all, because you just need to delay until the Revolutionary Army is at the gates of the city, until I can't arm the entire East Port... These policies are just pure government management, without any war response strategy, which is the best proof."

Ming Fuluo's sneer echoed in the office: "Don't make a mistake, Liande Shenlan. No matter how much Susilun has her own ideas, she is still Anser's servant. Even if she has no foundation, she at least knows your policy preferences. And she told me... all your policies are just like nothing happened, paving the way for the next stage of rule."

Su Silun is an inconspicuous and non-existent character in this whole incident.

But Xin only realized now that if Su Silun had not appeared, Lian De would not have had the confidence to force Ella Luo to abdicate. If Lian De had not forced Ella Luo directly, Ella Luo would not have revealed his identity, and she would not have forced Ella Luo to do those things. Naturally, the secret behind Ella Luo would not have had any chance of being exposed, and the subsequent series of events... might not have happened.

Even now, she has provided Ming Fuluo with another strong evidence.

Su Silun's appearance was reasonable, but only Xin knew...her appearance in Donggang at that critical time point was clearly arranged by Anser!

Ming Fuluo glanced at the swinging pendulum. The tone of the judge showed no sign of easing. "These words should be enough. If you still intend to be stubborn, I can only take some coercive measures, such as telling Anser that you are lying to him."

This was her original plan, to use this to coerce Lian De directly, but the backlash against Ella Luo provided Ming Furo with a better choice.

“No…wait!”

Lian De finally showed a huge panic that he could not control: "This... This is not His Highness Anser's war. I will talk to you, I will talk to you... Miss Zeg, we can... have a good talk."

Ming Fuluo was too lazy to mock her ridiculous appearance of being arrogant at first but respectful later: "I don't intend to threaten you. What I want is an absolute victory. Therefore, I need you to recognize the fact that the revolutionary army is hopeless. Only in this way will you stand firmly on my side."

Lian De staggered to sit on the sofa in the office, propped up his forehead with both hands, and said in a hoarse voice: "So that's what you said... There are people from the church in the revolutionary army?"

"When did you start to contact the revolutionary army?" Ming Furo nodded slightly.

"It's too early. I've already forgotten about it."

The scholar's eyes narrowed slightly: "How could you forget such an important thing?"

"This is not a turning point in my life, Ms. Zeger. Do you think joining the Revolutionary Army is a big deal for me?"

Lian De lowered his eyes slightly: "I have never believed that this world is right since I was a child. I joined the Revolutionary Army not because it changed me, but because it needed me."

"Then you should remember the approximate time, right? Is it more than twenty years?"

"of course."

Hearing these two words, Ming Fuluo's figure flashed to the door in an instant. She turned her head and glanced at Lian De: "That proves that I am right. Come with me, I will take you to see someone."

"……who?"

"Your friend." Ming Fuluo, whose expression had hardly changed, showed such a clear mockery at this moment, "Once."

Miss Doll... took Ms. Spider to see Miss Elalo? !

Why...why didn't I know? How could I not have noticed—

"She is still hanging around Anser. Time is short. I'm not sure if she will suddenly come to me. So you only have one minute to recognize Elalo's current situation, Liande."

Ming Fuluo stared at the movement of the bracelet and gave Xin the answer.

She really didn't know when Xin would show up, but she knew when Xin was with Anser.

Not only that, there were other factors involved, because Xin at that time was... too arrogant.

She thought she had already won. The final misleading had been completed. The clues of Representative Ellalo had been cut off by her. Ming Furo had no means to reverse the situation, so she stayed close to Anser and relaxed her vigilance against Ming Furo.

"This is... Ella?"

In the picture, Lian De looked at Elalo, who was sitting on the bed with his hands on his knees and a dazed look on his face, and his bloodless lips began to tremble.

"She was attacked by some kind of spell, a curse that had been buried deep in her soul a long time ago. She was like this when she was rescued by that woman."

"Originally, I couldn't be sure what caused Elalo to become like this. Her life had never been smooth before the war. There were too many people who could have done this to her, until... that stupid woman lied to me."

Ming Fuluo leaned against the door, looking at Elalo with a complicated expression: "In order to prevent me from getting the most crucial information from Elalo, she did the most stupid thing - she thought she could deceive me."

……impossible.

Xin's body shook a bit. She stared at Ming Furo in the picture, with a strange color accumulating in her holy blue eyes.

Miss Doll...how did she know that I was lying to her? I have learned so much from Mr. Devil, and I have done it perfectly, how could she -

No matter how Lian De called out to Elalo, Elalo just sat there quietly like a puppet. If it weren't for the occasional confusion in her eyes, Lian De couldn't even confirm whether she had self-awareness or not.

"——When Elallo Osen was that age, Anser was still a young master in Hydra Territory."

Ming Fuluo sneered disdainfully: "She said that Elalo, whose memory has degraded, has no way of knowing what a gun is. How could he have such an obvious reaction to my action of pulling the trigger?"

Ming Fuluo did not realize that Xin was lying at first. She was even fooled by Xin's acting skills - she was fooled by the words "I will never let Mr. Devil down."

But even so, she would not have even a little trust in Xin. A seemingly simple test, which was extremely difficult for Xin to detect, took shape in her mind in an instant.

The one who was deceived was never Ming Fuluo, but Xin who thought he had a sure win.

"Now that you've seen the miserable state of your friend, you should be curious about what I meant by those words, right?"

Ming Fuluo glanced at Lian De: "It's time to go. She will be back at any time."

"Who... is she?"

Lian De slowly turned his head, his eyes that seemed to be cracked... seemed to be bleeding.

"Is it that... bastard who manipulated me?"

"Manipulate your..."

Ming Fuluo's face showed some doubt at first, and then within a few seconds it instantly turned into a bone-chilling sneer.

At this moment, Xin realized that he had completely lost.

"I was right. It's all the church's fault. It's all... you who are causing all this trouble."

"The woman I'm talking about and the guy you're talking about manipulating you must be the same person."

Ming Fuluo and Lian De have returned to the residence of Grand Duke Shenlan, and Ming Fuluo is slowly revealing the shocking secret that will completely change the course of this war and even the current situation of the empire: