The villain's way to tame the protagonist

Mingflora Zeger's self-confidence was destroyed that day, destroyed by Hydra's hands.

But Ming Fuluo did not blame Ansher. She only blamed herself for being too naive and stupid, and took it as a warning.

So she thought that there was always a limit to what she could do, and in order to avoid making mistakes, she should not easily touch such limits.

She carefully studied the knowledge about society and tried to think about how to bring about change little by little without causing damage.

The more careful she was, the less confident she became, because Ming Fuluo could not really go deep into the bottom of the world, and these things could not be replaced by knowledge on paper.

But now, Ansher told her that this was not the case at all.

Mingflora Zeger's talent can transcend the shackles of the times and the constraints of society. She is not wrong, but those who think she is wrong do not understand what she can achieve.

At the same time, the most important point is -

The person who can definitely lead everything to the right direction is right beside her.

This is no longer the Helen and Ansel of the imperial capital era. The will of His Royal Highness the Regent will be implemented perfectly and thoroughly in the empire, and her talents will be fully utilized and even sublimated.

"So...I should be more arrogant."

Ming Fuluo shook her head: "It is only now that I understand what you meant by this, Anser."

Mingflora Zeger, a genius who has been supported by Ansel Hydra and has long surpassed her time, why shouldn't she be arrogant?

Should she continue to be so impassive that she can be criticized for being unrealistic by those fools who can't even see the hem of her clothes and who think they are so right?

She has every right to be arrogant because she has already reached a point that is difficult for the world to reach, and in the future she will surely reach a peak whose height even Anser cannot confirm.

If she weren't arrogant, she would be constrained in many ways and wouldn't be able to do many things well.

If she had been arrogant enough, many things in Donggang might have been solved long ago.

"It's not too late for the world to bear witness to your arrogance."

Anser smiled and asked, "You're not planning on giving up, are you?"

“Not since the beginning.”

"Nonsense, I felt like crying when you first came in—"

Ming Fuluo sat hard on Ansel's lap and glared at him: "Don't talk later!"

Anser lazily hugged Ming Fuluo's slender waist: "Got it."

The scholar snorted, and the next moment, densely packed light screens, at least hundreds of them, were instantly projected around her!

Countless complex data streams were rushing wildly, and even Anser couldn't understand what was on the light screen.

"Anser."

"..."

"When I was setting up the defense system, you specifically asked me to embed a central nervous system that no one knew about, much less understood. Did you anticipate this day?"

"..."

Ming Furo glanced at Master Anser, who was well-behaved and obedient and didn't say a word. She maintained an expressionless look for about two seconds, but finally couldn't help laughing.

"Whether it is or not..."

She turned her head and kissed Anser's lips gently.

"I really can't leave you no matter what."

After expressing the sweet happiness and love in her heart, Ming Furo slowly exhaled.

She closed her eyes and let her consciousness flow on a network that only she could control.

Weapons, equipment, energy, authority... all confirmed.

The central consciousness has been loaded and is taking over all subsystems...the authority transfer is complete.

When Mingflora Zeg opened her eyes again——

She already holds the power of steel and destruction.

Chapter 8: Paradise (K)

Lian De, who was waiting on the city wall for Ming Furo to surrender, fell silent as he looked at all the city defense cannons locked onto him.

"…Are you not going to give up, Ms. Zeger?"

Lian De also knew that Ming Fuluo would never hand over the entire city defense system to the hands of the city lords. She must have some trump cards in her hand, but Lian De didn't think that this trump card could allow her to defeat herself.

What's the big deal about a triumphant port city? Can she control the defense systems of other port cities? Even if she controls the armed forces of the other two major port cities, can she still control the entire East Port?

Not only does it require control, but it is also necessary to independently analyze the specific conditions of each city and issue targeted orders. There are no less than a hundred territorial cities armed by Ming Furo. It is obviously a fantasy to want to control the entire Donggang by oneself.

[Origin of the Mechanical God] is just a title. Could it be that Mingfulo Zeger really thinks of himself as a god?

"Why do you think I want to give up?"

Ming Furo's indifferent voice echoed in the sky above Kaixuan Port City, but Lian De vaguely heard something different from this indifferent tone.

A kind of... powerful will that is difficult to question or deny.

Lian De slowly tightened his grip on the indigo blade, trying not to show the growing solemnity in his heart: "I won't say the same thing as them, Ms. Zeger. I won't say that if there is a city that you don't control well, then the civilians of the entire city will become my hostages - although this is true."

A good politician always knows how to put himself in a position that is difficult to refute. This sentence sounds like it states that he is in the right position, but it also sounds like a threat to Ming Fuluo.

But in response to this kind of rhetoric, Ming Furo did not fall into silence due to hesitation as she did in the past. Instead, she sneered with extreme disdain.

This reaction...what on earth is going on?

What did His Highness Anser say to her? How could she suddenly change her mood to a completely different level?

The hand gripping the hilt of the sword tightened even more, and Lian De stared at the highest building in Triumph Port City. Even though he didn't see anyone, both the words and the muzzles of the cannons pointed at him made Lian De feel an indescribable sense of... oppression?

What a joke, how could she feel oppressed by a scholar, an alchemist who had no idea how this world and this empire worked and could only engage in unrealistic fantasies?

"In case you don't understand what I mean, I want to emphasize this to you, Miss Zeger."

Lian De said word by word: "All the nobles of Donggang have sided with me. It doesn't just mean that the defense of the city is useless to me. It also means that the entire ruling class of Donggang is on my side."

"Administration, finance, security, service, order... they represent everything in Donggang. These things cannot be taken back by other means to regain control of the city's defense system."

"They did not succumb to violence and threats. Instead, they chose the right me who would definitely bring prosperity to East Port, based on their own will. Do you understand what this means, Ms. Zeger?"

Lian De calmed down after saying this, because no matter how you look at it, Ming Furo has lost all means of turning the tables - her war is not the desperate violence of the revolutionary army, her war comes from power.

All the powerful people in East Port are on her side, and the entire order of East Port is on her side. If Ming Furo wants to continue this war and wants to use artillery and steel to force the nobles to submit to her, then she is the villain in the war, she is... the enemy of East Port!

"Finished?"

But all Lian De got in response was indifferent words that showed she was not taken seriously at all.

"you--"

Lian De rarely did not know what to say. After being stuck for two or three seconds, he suppressed his anger and said, "If you insist on continuing this war, then I will have to accompany you. Please rest assured that I will not use any despicable means to threaten the lives of Donggang civilians. I will only make you realize what is right."

"You are correct, are you and the nobles of East Harbor the standard?"

"..."

Lian De was stunned for a moment, and she quickly realized what Ming Fuluo wanted to say next, and she felt helpless and ridiculous.

It was ridiculous that she actually thought that Mingflora Zeger had undergone such a drastic change.

"Okay, I get it. You mean the civilians in Donggang should be——"

"You want to say that the common people don't understand what policies are truly beneficial to them. If you give them power, they will only greedily demand it without giving anything in return. Their pursuit of profit and short-sightedness will cause the order to collapse quickly... That's about what you want to say."

Ming Fuluo interrupted Lian De's words directly: "Perhaps you intend to use the example of Elalo as a warning?"

...She knows everything?

Lian De couldn't understand. Since Ming Furo was actually very clear about the correctness of the social structure and knew that unconditionally standing on the side of the common people was a completely wrong and absurd idea, then what was her purpose in singling out the nobles?

"So...sometimes I can't figure out whether you guys have deceived yourselves or you haven't noticed that you are moving yourselves."

Ming Fuluo's annoyed voice echoed throughout the entire East Port through the city defense system:

"Is it to bring a better life to the common people and make the entire empire and the entire world a better place, or is it to gain practical benefits and emotional pleasure from such rule? Don't you nobles know clearly?"

This is just a fact that you can understand if you open your eyes.

If Lian De and the nobles' rule was correct, then Donggang should not be like this now.

Ming Fuluo did not intend to pursue ultimate perfection in one step, but she felt that... the correct society in this world with ether and supernatural powers should definitely not be what it is now.

"It is precisely because there are so many problems now that I want to change—"

"Don't get the order wrong, Lian De."

Ming Fuluo's figure did not appear, but Lian De felt that she was looking down at her, as if judging her.

"These problems are caused by you and them."

Lian De was so angry that she laughed. Although she had not spent much time with Ming Fuluo during this period, she knew very well what this scholar with a head full of delusions was thinking.

"Listen carefully, Ms. Zeger, this world is not perfect. The so-called perfection is also the result of correcting mistakes and omissions step by step."

"You can't demand that we feed everyone, clothe everyone, protect everyone from harm and disease, and end their lives peacefully and happily - we live in reality, not in a fairy tale!"

"The nobles of East Port and I have done our best! To maintain order in this chaotic world and bring a stable life to our people. Even though there are still many problems now, we will solve them step by step, improve them, and make them better. We are doing this! Instead of pointing the weapons originally used to resist the thugs at us like you did, without caring whether innocent people will be hurt, and at the same time, you open your mouth with some unrealistic fantasies that you have never considered whether they are realistic!"

Lian De seemed a little out of control, obviously angered by Ming Furo's arrogant and overbearing attitude. After calming down, he somewhat regretted saying such harsh words - not because he was afraid of offending Ming Furo, but mainly because he didn't want to make Anser unhappy.

But until now, Anser still has not intervened in the argument between her and Ming Furo. Considering Anser's preference for Ming Furo... doesn't it obviously show that she is the right one?

Ming Fuluo's silence made Lian De more confident. She still hoped that Ming Fuluo would stop and not make the situation too embarrassing.

"Don't you think you're ugly, Liande?"

Apparently, she wasn't the only one who was outraged.

Miss Ming Fuluo, whose aggression was rising, said in a cold voice: "Do you know the difference between you, people like you, and me, and Anser?"

"When I questioned whether you and the nobles were the ones who created the problem, you did not admit your mistake at all. Instead, you took it for granted that the current problem was unsolvable."

"'This error shouldn't exist, I should find a way to fix it' and 'There's nothing I can do about this problem, I can't make everything perfect' are two different things, no... the difference is like heaven and earth!"

Ming Furo hated this hypocrisy, hated the self-righteous expression on Lian De's face when he said "we have tried our best", and hated it even more... this woman, and the nobles of the same class as her, probably really thought so.

They really think that they have been very good to the civilians. They really think that without them, the empire will fall apart and the civilians will starve to death on the streets. They think that the current stagnant, backward and wrong-filled society is a gift to the people.

Think... no one has the right to ask them to make the world a better place.

Lian De's hand holding the sword was shaking.

Just as Ming Furo thought and as Ansel said, Lian De was "right". From her perspective, her position, and her boundaries, she was undoubtedly right.

"Do you think... change and governance can be achieved just by talking?"

Perhaps he couldn't stand that his noble principles and dignity were trampled upon like this, or perhaps he couldn't stand that such a person could be favored by Anser, so the completely furious Lian De also roared: "Don't dream! Do you know how difficult it is to maintain order in a territory-"

"waste."

"..."

The vulgar words that Ming Fuluo uttered caused Lian De to crash for two seconds.

"you--"

But before she could ask more angrily, Miss Ming Fuluo, whose anger value had also reached the critical point, launched a ruthless and violent attack:

"I said you are trash, do you understand? Trash."

"You have enjoyed countless resources since you were born. A breakfast can be equivalent to a family's savings for ten years. The magic crystals used to refine ether every day are so many that you can use one and throw it away. Just one sentence can make thousands of people kneel down and kowtow or even die..."

"And now, you tell me like a nagging woman how difficult it is to maintain order in a territory?"

"'Oh my God, I'm a fifth-level extraordinary person, and I'm also a grand duke. I can kill a large number of extraordinary people with a wave of my hand, but I can't manage the people under me well, and I may not even be able to manage myself well. It's not my fault that I didn't make Donggang better. This is the way the world is. I have tried my best' - Ms. Lian De, is this what you want to say?"

The people of East Harbor, whether nobles or commoners, listened in amazement as Ming Fuluo's anger grew more and more pronounced, until at this moment, it completely exploded -

"This is what you should do! Lian De Deep Blue!"

Ming Furo's deafening roar echoed across the land and even drifted towards the sea.

"This is your duty! When you are enjoying these powers, benefits, and those damn glory, you should do your best to fulfill this duty! Instead of saying such disgusting hypocritical words as 'this is how the world is' and 'I have tried my best'!"

"You are not playing house with children. You are ruling an extremely vast land. The safety and happiness of all people on this land depend on you. Do I need to remind you of this? Or do you have no reason at all and have never even cared about their weight?"

"You are such a hypocritical, good-for-nothing piece of shit, and you dare to say you are right in front of me?"