Chapter 379: Brother, that

Brother, that's not what you said last night!

The night passed without incident.

This night was indeed as Squinty Eyes expected. The Divine Birth Church people were busy all night, organizing a large number of people to check for suspicious traces all over Duoergede. They encountered many petty thieves, but didn't find anything related to heretics.

After all, there were no heretics to begin with. All this was just Lisfeier taking advantage of the chaos to attack Tulading's Church Leader father.

Even if there were, those so-called "heretics" had all hidden in the ruins of the Tribunal, and these church personnel deliberately avoided this place when searching, so it was no wonder they found nothing.

The next day, before dawn, Cheng Shi left the main force with Tian Xie and went to the place Tulading said they could meet Lisfeier.

The two had only rested for a few hours, but showed no signs of fatigue, moving cautiously and quickly through the morning crowd, searching toward the target location.

As for why Cheng Shi insisted on bringing Tian Xie, it was naturally because the power of 【Time】 is the easiest to visualize and has the greatest visual impact. Whether it's used to fool people or show off, it's the best choice.

What's more, Tian Xie is an assassin with sharp senses. Even if he does nothing and just acts as an alarm, it's not bad.

Tian Xie naturally had no resistance to this arrangement. He wished he could tie himself to Cheng Shi's leg to prevent Cheng Shi from running too fast and leaving him behind.

Speaking of which, this little assassin is the smartest person. Although his brain doesn't turn fast, he has been practicing what he said at the beginning: treat the big shot sincerely, and then rely on the big shot to take him flying.

In terms of hugging the teammate's thigh tightly, he achieved consistency.

The two walked quickly. Tian Xie vigilantly examined the surrounding environment, while Cheng Shi constantly observed the surrounding crowd. The faces of the Duoergede people clearly still carried some unease. It could be seen that yesterday's chaos had already spread. Although the church had made the greatest effort to control the situation, panic was still spreading among the crowd.

After all, once a divine descent appears, ordinary people who don't know the inside story can't help but think of the situation in the worst possible way.

They were afraid that evil would spread in Duoergede, and feared that heretics were hiding among the masses to make trouble, not knowing that at this very moment, the biggest "heretic" was right beside them, and could hear their conversations clearly.

After walking for a while, Tian Xie, who was following Cheng Shi, couldn't hold on. He frowned in confusion and asked uncertainly:

"Brother, where are we going?

Our direction is a bit wrong.

Tul... didn't Afuluosi say that Lisfeier's house is behind the market northeast of the church? But I remember this road...

seems to be the road back to the church?"

"You remember correctly, this is the road back to the church."

"Huh?" Tian Xie felt that he had been trying very hard to keep up with Cheng Shi's thinking, but he still failed. This big shot seemed to never play cards according to normal logic, and every time there wasn't an accident, it seemed like it couldn't be considered following the plan.

Cheng Shi smiled and said, "The plan has changed. We aren't going to find Lisfeier anymore; we're going directly to the church to find... Bailiaosi."

Tian Xie staggered under his feet when he heard this and said in shock:

"Church Leader? We're going to find Tulading's dad?

No, Brother, that's not what you said last night!"

"You said it yourself, that was last night. The moon in the sky has turned into the sun now. Isn't it normal for me to change the plan?"

"..."

Tian Xie squeezed out a stiff smile and followed honestly behind without making a sound.

He really wanted to have a brain as smart as the followers of 【Foolishness】, but he really didn't. But he was a little stronger than most followers of 【Foolishness】: he was honest, obedient, and could let go of his face.

Seeing Tian Xie stop asking, Cheng Shi smacked his lips, seemingly remembering some old friend who wasn't very good at supporting the scene, and then sighed, explaining to himself instead.

"Tulading said one thing right: faith, humanity, and wisdom—people can at most take two out of three. Guess which two her father Bailiaosi chose?"

Tian Xie pondered for a moment and said tentatively:

"Faith and wisdom?

Even a tiger doesn't eat its cubs, but he killed his own child, so he should be considered to have no humanity."

Cheng Shi nodded and shook his head:

"Half right. He indeed has no humanity, but...

He also has no faith.

I said at most take two out of three, so of course there is a situation where only one is taken, and Bailiaosi just took wisdom.

He is a cunning power-player with deep hidden motives!"

"Huh?" Tian Xie was startled, then shook his head fiercely, "He is the Church Leader of the Divine Birth Church, how could he have no faith?"

"This is also the place I'm most interested in. Think about it, Tulading admits her father is an old fox, but since Lisfeier's character can be seen through even by Tulading, can't Bailiaosi, as the head of the church, see it?

That's probably not necessarily true. As an opponent, Lisfeier can understand her father better than Tulading. Then, also as an opponent, how could Bailiaosi not understand Lisfeier?

But even if he knows the other party is a power-player who isn't that pious to their benefactor 【Birth】, this Church Leader still didn't deal with his opponent.

If he were a pious follower of 【Birth】, just the point of 'not pious to the god' would be enough for him to cast Lisfeier into the abyss.

But he didn't.

I thought about it and could only infer one conclusion: our Church Leader is not a pious person either. He might be deliberately indulging his opponent to do some small actions, and then establishing his own image by clearing up the chaos, thereby constantly consolidating his authority.

This is a brilliant person in power, but not a pious follower.

The Divine Birth Church of Duoergede, perhaps it has already rotted to the bones.

Since everyone is not pious, and Bailiaosi is also playing with power, why don't we cooperate with him directly instead of finding a second-hand dealer?

We can fully cooperate with him, promise him benefits, and achieve each other in the spread of the evil faith in Duoergede. He consolidates his power and status, and we create our Holy Infant rumors.

In this way, the church can harvest a wave of admiration from citizens without much effort, and we can quietly move underground with the help of the biggest insider when the event ends, happily ending the trial.

Everyone is happy, isn't this quite good?"

Tian Xie's eyes widened as he listened. He swallowed, looking at Cheng Shi with a trace of awe.

Are the big shots with 2400 points all this terrifying in their grasp of the human heart?

He really wanted to ask Cheng Shi what to do if he guessed wrong, but he opened and closed his mouth several times without asking. Because his subconscious told him that the big shot's inference was very likely correct. Yesterday's events were still vivid in his mind, and at least until now, the big shot hadn't been wrong.

"In that case, if the cooperation is successful, can we frame the cleaner as a real heretic and let the church's divine descent clear the... threat for us?"

Cheng Shi turned his head and looked at Tian Xie with some surprise, thinking to himself that the little assassin was quite smart. There really weren't many real fools in this segment.

"Good idea, but it's not needed anymore, because the cleaner is already dead, and you are safe."

"???"

Tian Xie's body stalled, a thunderclap exploded in his brain, and he was completely dumbfounded.

The God-Chosen of 【Annihilation】, dead?

How did he die? Killed by the joint efforts of the 【Prosperity】 God-Chosen and the 【Death】 God-Chosen?

When? Oh right, that thunder! The thunder that shook the world last night! It was at that time!!

So it was in that short moment when the two disappeared that they joined forces to kill the cleaner!?

Hiss—

Is killing a God-Chosen that simple?

"Brother, you guys..."

"What about us?" Cheng Shi felt Tian Xie's shock and shook his head before he could ask, "It wasn't us who did it. God wasn't happy last night and struck two bolts of lightning, which just happened to hit his head. When I saw him, he was already dead, and it has nothing to do with me."

Yes, yes, yes, it has nothing to do with you!

Tian Xie didn't believe this at all, and a light of worship almost burst from his eyes.

Brother, let's discuss something. Can you stick me to your thigh?

I want to make progress too much, take me with you! ===== CHAPTER 380 =====