CHAPTER 185: CHAPTER 156: THE 5TH PLACE ON THE IMPERIAL CAPITAL KILL LIST_3

The crimes that can be discovered are the standards to determine if they are followers of the Evil God.

However, this time Minos was not adequately prepared; he was suddenly tasked with taking over Ethan’s interrogation and had yet to conduct a thorough investigation of him.

This doesn’t align with his usual style, but the church was pressing hard, having found him as the most performant prosecutor.

Seeing this prosecutor, who seemed to be in a midlife crisis, with an uncertain expression, Ethan worried he might suffer a nervous breakdown and said, "I have a simpler solution. Why not let the God of Truth make the judgment?"

Minos was taken aback.

Ethan continued to question him, "My superior mentioned to me that this circle can differentiate truth and lies; it is a power bestowed upon its followers by the god. Why do you not directly ask me this question?"

"Are you... a follower of the Evil God?"

Minos gritted his teeth as he asked; he certainly knew the result of this question.

If you want to charge someone with a fabricated crime, you definitely should not directly ask them this question under the witness of the God of Truth.

"Yes."

As Ethan spoke, the runes on the circle burst into a bright red light, "Maybe this is the answer you want, but the God of Truth doesn’t seem to think so."

Minos stared at the circle for a long time, knowing this interrogation was destined to make little progress. He initially thought Ethan was just a common youth from a border city, lacking the courage to confront him directly. But now it seemed there was a reason why the eldest lady of the Margaret family had him as an assistant.

But this was only the beginning.

"Enough for now."

Minos said gloomily, staring at Ethan with a vicious gaze.

Sooner or later, you will be charged as a follower of the Evil God, just like those before you.

"Thank you for your efforts."

Ethan withdrew his wrist from the circle, nodded politely to Mr. Minos, "If there’s nothing else, I’ll be off to prepare dinner for my cat at home."

Upon leaving the Reception Bureau, Ethan didn’t forget to bid farewell to the Blood Seekers and others, but the investigators seemed scared of him, looking timid during their conversations.

Probably fearing that if he was killed as a follower of the Evil God, they would be splattered with blood.

Returning to the apartment, Lindong was lying on the hotel’s bed reading a book, and as soon as he entered, he saw her swinging feet.

"How’s this angle?"

Hearing the noise behind her, Lindong turned her face to look at him, this angle was also one she had carefully designed.

"...What do you want for dinner tonight?"

Ethan awkwardly changed the subject.

The swinging frequency of the feet increased; Lindong knew Ethan was a person full of lies, and most of what he firmly clarified was likely untrue.

For instance, Ethan always tried to clarify he had no interest in feet.

"Flavorful stew with apple pie."

Lindong casually named a common dish, asking, "Who was responsible for interrogating you? Let me guess, Chief Prosecutor Minos?"

"You know him?"

"Hmm, let me think." Lindong consulted a death list, saying, "Ranked fifth on the Imperial City must-kill list, three members of the Violet Society were sentenced by him, including Ave’s mentor Gretchen. He should really thank you."

If it weren’t for Ethan, tonight people would have discovered a floor of ice shards in Minos’s home, while he himself would be missing, "He’s like a mad dog that won’t let go once he bites the prey, he will definitely continue investigating you."

"No problem."

All this was within Ethan’s plans; he would be uneasy without someone like Minos.

As Ave said, this is the authentic Imperial City, where someone will always try to pin you as a follower of the Evil God.

Ethan walked to the bed; as soon as he sat down, Lindong turned herself over, sliding her feet into Ethan’s lap, bringing a touch of silk, "I went through a lot to sneak into the restricted section of the library, almost sprained my ankle."

She gradually grasped Ethan’s "user manual." If you directly call him a foot fetishist, he will certainly jump out to clarify, but if you give him a relatively undeniable reason, he’ll go with the flow.

"What did Ave find out?"

Ethan decided to focus on the main matter, as for his hand’s movements, they belong to muscle memory.

"The name of the Bloody Priestess has changed; it seems you taught well, Mary became a Saint in people’s eyes and battled the new Bloody Priest her entire life until the fall of the Scarlet Dynasty."

This was indeed an interesting discovery because according to the theory of the pollution zone’s existence, they experienced events that had already occurred, and all people they interacted with were illusions of the past. From a historical standpoint, Ethan ultimately revealed the essence of the Scarlet Plague using his identity as a follower of the Evil God to Mary, merely as a useless act of defiance against Bazatous.

But now, the true historical timeline has changed.

"More interestingly, I asked the Hightower and Rowena, they said the book here depicts history."

Lindong said, "Only those of us who went to the pollution zone remember what happened on another historical timeline; this is the first time I’ve seen such a thing, and it doesn’t seem to be Old Ba’s skill."

Bazatous’s power and the concept of time seem unrelated, but he indeed participated in this conspiracy. Now Lindong knows the reason Old Ba desperately wished Ethan to compromise in the pollution zone.

It’s not just psychological submission, "If you really spread the plague in the city, your story would be written into history and your identity as a follower of the Evil God would be confirmed; who would have thought Old Ba would be so insidious."

But now, Ethan was only slightly mentioned.

Until the very moment of Saint Mary’s demise, she was still thinking of Ethan, reminding the church to beware of a man wearing a vortex mask.

It was precisely this man who brought the plague, mysteriously appeared, and then vanished without a trace.

"Looks like you left the Saint lady with a severe psychological shadow."

Lindong tilted her head to look at Ethan, showing an innocent smile, "Let me interview you, being remembered by a beautiful woman your entire life, how do you feel about that?"