I'm a villain, not a devil

"Isn't this a pure tyrant?"

Sean came to a conclusion.

Bai Ye didn't even refute him - you know, this princess still cares about the reputation of the royal family. Just like when Bai Zhan colluded with the traitor, she was still used to calling him big brother. When Sean was disrespectful to the emperor, she often pointed it out.

It can be seen that what the emperor did this time made many people dissatisfied.

"The war is going on at the front line, and they are doing these things that waste people's money and time. My godfather and other ministers didn't point it out? Based on my godfather's personality, I'm afraid he would have an argument with the emperor." Sean said again.

Bai Ye said faintly: "We've already had an argument, and we almost got into a fight..."

Sean: "..."

It’s worthy of Bai Youming.

Bai Ye sighed: "My uncle was strongly opposed to it and even rushed to the front. The other ministers were almost the same. However, my father insisted on having his own way..."

Her eyes gradually dimmed: "To be able to make my father turn against his uncle... this can only mean..."

Sean shrugged his shoulders: "I'm desperate to try any possible means."

The emperor of this empire is very famous, but now he has reached the point where he doesn't care about the war on the front line, state policies, or his children's power struggles. He even wants to build that sick statue at this time. This can only mean one thing.

The emperor's time is running out, and now it has come to the point where he has to try every possible method.

Bai Ye knew what Sean meant. She frowned and said, "Now that the order has been issued, the eldest brother will be responsible for his suggestion. With the support of the emperor, no one can stop him... I took a look at the list of the first batch of materials... It's shocking."

Sean pursed his lips and said, "There's nothing we can do. Just let him do it. I just don't know why your brother does these things."

Bai Ye shook his head: "It's not a matter of construction anymore. This is the first batch of lists. Take a look."

After taking the manual, Sean, who didn't care much at first, gradually narrowed his eyes. Finally, he threw the booklet away and said speechlessly: "Is this building a statue? This is not building a country."

Bai Ye's word "shocking" was still an understatement. The contents of this list alone were enough to build another huge city-state, and it also included a lot of extremely valuable materials.

"Which statue can use a full hundred energy core sequences?" Sean said speechlessly, "The empire's most advanced energy cannon uses three cores per cannon, and a 100,000-man army is only equipped with 50 cannons. How can this statue be used as lighting equipment for the entire imperial capital?"

One glance reveals that the eldest prince is lining his own pockets. Although Sean would also be a huge parasite if he were in that position, Bai Zhan is indeed a bit shameless.

Bai Ye said faintly, "This is just the first batch...Some people have already complained that the resources on the list are too huge, but Father ignored them and asked Big Brother to speed up the construction."

"accelerate?"

Bai Ye nodded: "At the meeting this morning, the first batch of resources has begun to be shipped out, and my brother has even led people to clear the area - by the way, this matter is also related to you."

"With me?" Sean didn't understand for a moment. He was still a 'dead man', what did it have to do with him.

Bai Ye said faintly, "The statue was built at the former headquarters of the Golden Dawn, which is the new territory under your name. After your death, the construction of the territory was slowed down. However, judging by the time, the only foundation of your territory should have been demolished by now."

Xiao En was stunned, and then he started to curse: "Dog emperor, stupid prince, do such a thing as giving birth to a child without an asshole!"

When you first found out about it, there wasn't such a big fuss...

Bai Ye was speechless for a while, then he sighed: "Father has been possessed by the devil...Big brother's action is almost an open conspiracy. He is taking advantage of the opportunity to hollow out the foundation of the empire, but with father behind him, no one can break the conspiracy."

Xiao En cursed a few more times, and then asked: "The fact that you can make this suggestion shows that your elder brother knows the specific situation of your father. To be honest, I have never found out the specific current situation of your father, and my godfather is not very clear about it either. How did Bai Zhan know?"

Bai Ye shook his head: "I don't know either. Even at the court meetings, my father did not show up. Most of the time, it was the Palace Minister Covens who acted as a mouthpiece, and my father only said a few words occasionally. To be honest, I haven't seen my father for a long time. The last time was before I went to Heaven City."

Sean thought for a while, then said, "There might be something wrong with your father... By the way, what does that damn statue of the founder look like?"

Bai Ye searched for a while and took out a blueprint.

"It has been sent to the engineering department. This is it."

Sean took the blueprint and his pupils began to vibrate violently.

Bai Ye did not notice Sean's abnormality and continued to introduce: "According to the blueprint, the statue is three hundred meters high, while the tallest building in the entire imperial capital is less than two hundred meters. In addition, the location of the construction is expected to be just in harmony with the imperial palace on the top of the mountain after completion."

"At the same time, the statue also has many other functions, such as connecting the sound equipment throughout the imperial capital, lighting equipment that can illuminate the imperial capital at night, etc...."

As they were talking, Bai Ye discovered that Sean seemed to have not spoken for a long time.

She turned her head in confusion, only to see Sean holding the blueprint tightly with a frown on his face.

"Is there something wrong?" She sensed something was wrong.

Sean turned around and said in a more serious tone, "This statue is built in the image of your father?"

“Of course, some details have been slightly changed, probably to make the overall look of the statue more majestic.”

"What about these?"

Bai Ye looked in the direction where Sean pointed.

The statue on the drawing was enlarged in real life proportions, and the place Sean pointed to was the decoration of the statue.

The chains wrapped around his arms and the empty pocket watch on his chest.

"This..." Bai Ye thought for a while and replied, "When the imperial capital was first established, my father led the troops to fight. That was basically the last large-scale battle in the imperial capital. After he came back, my father's hands were wrapped with iron chains..."

At this point, Bai Ye was also stunned: "The iron chain... This should be a trophy, but now that you mention it, I remember that there is no relevant record in the historical records of the imperial capital... As for this empty pocket watch, I don't know, it may also be one of the trophies, but I have never seen my father wear it."

Empty?

Sean licked his dry lips.

It was clearly a blueprint, but why did Bai Ye feel it was empty?

The iron chain and pocket watch were clearly in the hands of the fisherman Bernard, and they were also important items that could revive the lure Gao Zhi and gain him strength.

The most important thing is that only Sean can see the pointer on the pocket watch - and the pointer on the pocket watch on the drawing can only be seen by Sean.

It's almost a conceptual difference.

Noticing that something was wrong with Sean, Bai Ye subconsciously asked, "What's wrong?"

"Where's Shadow?" Sean asked.

Although Bai Ye was confused, he still called out Shadow. The poison that the other party had been infected with had been reversed and he had now recovered.

After the shadow appeared, he described it as Sean asked, and sure enough, he could only see an empty pocket watch.

If I can’t see the real object, how can I not even see the image on the drawing?

"Is there something wrong with the pocket watch? Is it some kind of special item?" Bai Ye knew that Sean held many secrets, and immediately realized that there was something wrong with the chain and the pocket watch, especially the pocket watch.

Sean didn't explain immediately, he just grinned.

"I originally thought that your eldest brother was planning to take advantage of the current situation to enrich himself and eventually unite resources to accomplish something... But now it seems that there is more to this than I thought."

"What do you mean?" Bai Ye also became serious.

Sean smiled and said, "Have you heard of the evil god, the seducer?"

"what?"

……

After the explanation, Sean did not hide any information except that he did not tell anyone that he was half an evil god.

Bai Ye, who has been receiving elite education in the empire, is a staunch atheist and scoffs at so-called "faith" and "gods". However, after Sean's detailed explanation, she suddenly realized that there may be many things outside this world that she still does not understand.

"The ritual of sacrificial summoning... This does not conform to the law of the veto's ability. The space system can achieve this, but this is the ability of the veto itself. It does not require others to sacrifice and summon to come to the cross-space... As for the weak, I have heard that someone is trying to develop a space-crossing device, but it is only the beginning of research... This is unreasonable."

Bai Ye was puzzled.

Sean shrugged his shoulders. "There are so many unreasonable things. First of all, there are so many crazy beasts in this world, and humans are beginning to evolve and absorb the blood of crazy beasts... Doesn't this sound even more unreasonable?"

Bai Ye choked, but she also knew that Sean had no reason to lie to her about this, which meant that he really had encountered something similar...

"Wait... something's wrong." Bai Ye seemed to have discovered something. "Father's previous image was related to the seducer Gao Yu, but this blueprint was provided by my eldest brother..."

"Various investigations have found that the statue itself may be a ritual," Sean explained.

Bai Ye shook his head: "That's not what I meant. You lied to the I-Cult and asked them to go to the Gray Sea to investigate Gao Zhi, right? The I-Cult knew about Gao Zhi, and they were in contact with Big Brother... Then Big Brother provided this blueprint, how could the I-Cult not know about it?"

"This statue is obviously related to Gao Yu. How could the I-Church allow Big Brother to use the whole country's strength to build a statue?"

After hearing what Bai Ye said, Sean realized that he knew too much information and neglected the information exploration of others.

Indeed, the Self Church and Gao Yu are hostile, so it is unreasonable for Bai Zhan to build this statue...

Unless, the Self-Religion does not know this specific image?

But there must be a deep meaning behind Bai Zhan's building of this statue. He has a connection with the Self Church, and the Self Church should also have participated in this statue... If he didn't know that this was a high honor, then what was the point of building it?

This doesn’t make sense…

Or is it just an image, part of a ritual?

Sean realized that he still knew too little about religion.

“I have a feeling that building this statue is not a good thing,” he muttered.

Bai Ye said angrily, "Everyone knows that! Now the key is to figure out why Big Brother built this statue. At the most superficial level, he did it to please our father and to enrich himself. And if we knew that Big Brother was secretly communicating with the tree man, we would think that this was Big Brother weakening the empire's national strength in disguise."

Sean narrowed his eyes slightly. "You mean, only someone like me who knows the reputation of the seducer can realize that the underlying logic here is actually unreasonable?"

Bai Ye nodded: "If you don't tell me, I won't know, and the same is true for other people. If even the I-Church doesn't know this, then doesn't that mean you are the only one who can see that something is wrong here?"

"I see..." Sean narrowed his eyes.

He suddenly turned his head and looked at Bai Ye.

"Then can I make this guess... What if Bai Zhan himself doesn't know?"

Bai Ye's eyes suddenly widened.

……

"My father has indeed agreed. Now, we must build the statue as soon as possible." Bai Zhan paced in the room excitedly.

The man in black with a scar on his chin chuckled. “No one will know why you built this statue… Even His Majesty, even if His Majesty knew about your connection with the tree man, he would not stop you now.”

An inexplicable look flashed across Bai Zhan's eyes: "Father...he can't wait any longer."

"Yes, so even if Princess Baiye knew the truth and reported it, no one could stop you... Of course, the most important thing now is to build the statue. To this end, I have some suggestions."

Bai Zhan nodded: "Military Advisor, please speak."

The man in black chuckled. "First of all, the military personnel cannot be moved. This is the bottom line of His Royal Highness. If they are moved, even with His Majesty's support, His Royal Highness will do everything he can to obstruct them. Secondly, the requisition of a large number of civilians, basic repetitive labor requires a large population. In addition, in order to ensure that the statue can be completed as soon as possible, I suggest that you enter the palace again. His Majesty will definitely find some ways to support you."

Bai Zhan said thoughtfully: "That makes sense. I will go see my father later."

"By the way, Your Highness, I have another suggestion..." The man in black licked his lips, "We can think of another way to help the tree man and release the things at the bottom of the Black Pigeon Prison."

Bai Zhan frowned. "Are you sure? The tree people have been unwilling to tell me who is imprisoned in there, and I can't find any information from other places. The tree people are so anxious, it must be beneficial for them to release the people imprisoned in there. Although we cooperate with them, there is no need to strengthen their strength like this, right?"

"Your Highness, now is a critical moment... Think about it, who is the person most likely to hinder the plan?"

"Of course it's my uncle."

"That's right, so we need something to divert His Royal Highness's attention as much as possible... and His Royal Highness's strength is stronger than I thought, so we have to find a way to enhance the strength of the tree man."

"……rational."