I'm a villain, not a devil

"The real coordinates have been generated. The database has been updated from the map data you uploaded nineteen days and seven hours ago. Saint Three, please confirm."

"confirm."

"Yes, real coordinates are being sent."

When the real coordinates matched the directions on the map, Sean narrowed his eyes slightly.

This location...how come it's in the north of the imperial capital? And it's almost outside the city.

Sean originally thought that this location would most likely lead directly to the imperial palace, and even directly correspond to the emperor's bedroom where he had stayed for more than ten years.

The black nematodes must have been created by the emperor, but the importance of this implant is self-evident. How could it not be connected to the palace? Could it be that the location it points to is some secret base of the emperor?

and many more……

Sean suddenly paused, as he remembered that the direction of the Black Pigeon Prison was exactly north of the imperial capital.

The prisoner imprisoned at the bottom of the Black Pigeon Prison has a great connection with the black nematodes. Sean even suspects that he is the source of the black nematodes. The emperor locked him up in order to continuously produce "resources".

Now that the prisoner and the black pigeon have flown away together, doesn’t it mean that the resources used by His Majesty the Emperor to control the people of the entire imperial capital have no follow-up?

However, the release of Black Pigeon was apparently the work of Bai Zhan, but in fact, Bai Zhan must have obtained the tacit approval of the emperor... The emperor must have known what would happen after this decision was made...

Wait, then why, after all this, did ordinary residents of the slums begin to show signs of dormant black nematodes?

Because the criminal who might be the source of the black nematodes was far away from the imperial capital - just like the distance between the larvae and the mother was too far, resulting in the larvae being unable to establish a mysterious connection with the mother, and the larvae could only enter a dormant state...

Sean frowned, pacing back and forth as he stood there, pulling his chin as he thought about everything that had happened recently.

He always felt that there was something that didn't make sense.

Sean is a person who often makes speculations based on the details he observes, and facts have proved that his speculations are often on the right track.

As for matters concerning the black nematodes, the eldest prince Bai Zhan, and the emperor, Sean obviously knew more secrets than others. He did indeed guess many things that others could not have guessed, but he always felt that there was something he had not thought of.

Sean thought carefully about what he had focused on during this period of time.

Gradually, he found that he seemed to have been following Bai Zhan's rhythm?

Starting from accompanying Bai Ye in his promotion to Crimson, although it was Bai Ye who took the initiative to advance and he helped that time, everything that happened near the Raya volcano cannot be said to have nothing to do with Bai Zhan.

Next came the incident of Paradise City. The group of tree people tried to control Jin Kui and take charge of Paradise City, but were taken down in advance by Sean who had invented the new summoning ritual and was well prepared.

Then there was the Black Pigeon Prison incident not long ago. Others didn’t know, but Sean knew very well that the mastermind behind it was Bai Zhan himself.

Finally, Sean traced the fire at the construction site and the crazy beast incident back to Kaizhi Institute.

Sean did not think that Bai Zhan was the first to grasp his information and actions, and led him step by step into a trap in various ways, because he took the initiative to participate in all these things, and in the second half of the matter, he was exposed to deeper secrets because he wanted to dig out more secrets.

To be frank, with the brains of Bai Zhan and the people behind him, they wanted to set a trap for Sean, wait for them to travel back to Earth, meet the production team, and then travel back again. This is almost the same.

Sean was very sure that he would not follow the opponent's rhythm for no reason, which could only mean one thing.

All these things seem to be unrelated, but they are closely related behind the scenes, and the ultimate goal is highly consistent with what Sean wants to achieve.

This directly led to Sean accidentally "keeping up" with the opponent's rhythm - Sean even believed that this "rhythm" was not caused by Bai Zhan, because according to the much information he discovered, Bai Zhan seemed to be one of those who was brought into the rhythm.

So, what has been your goal all along?

Sean is determined, and what he wants to do is simple - to completely overturn the world he created.

As for whether the world will turn into hell after the overthrow, or be reborn on the ruins, this is not something Sean cares about.

To achieve this goal, Sean needs to conduct enough experiments for a long enough time. The three acres of land in Paradise City is not small, and the person in charge there has a close relationship with him, making it an excellent choice for an experimental site.

But unfortunately, Paradise City is only a city-state after all, and the city in ruins still needs time to develop, soar, degenerate, and become corrupt - Sean firmly believes that the latter two can be done well with the nature of Paradise City, but the former two are always indispensable.

Then, a sufficiently powerful and vast empire became Sean's best choice.

Whether it is fully supporting Bai Ye, or taking Elisa Lam under his wing, or building a good relationship with Bai You, who is both his brother-in-law and nephew, it is all for the purpose of controlling the empire.

Uncovering the secrets and secretly suppressing the other princes was also for this purpose.

In other words, the person who made Sean unknowingly follow the same rhythm was also doing the same thing.

That person also wanted to completely control the empire in his own hands...

This seems too broad - whether it is Bai Zhan, Bai Wen or Bai Si, they are all doing this. Even Cardinal Karado of the Golden Dawn and the unknown strong man of the Self Church, who says they don't want to?

Then let me elaborate on my feelings a little more... The other party is just like me. He wants the empire to become more chaotic and develop in the direction he envisions in his heart.

Sean suddenly realized that if the scope was narrowed down like this, there would suddenly be no one left within the selection range.

Because this goal is in natural conflict with the ideas of those at the top - those with vested interests and those in high positions naturally want stability.

So, what if the other party’s desire to do all of this even outweighs the natural desire of the upper class to maintain stability?

This means that the other party must have something that he or she has to accomplish, and this kind of thing is often related to the most important factors, such as... life and death.

Sean narrowed his eyes slightly.

Life and death... chaos... guiding the white war...

All of this points to the Emperor, who rarely shows up and is gradually being labeled as foolish.

It sounds ridiculous.

The emperor is already the most powerful person in the entire empire. With just one word, he can make the entire country tremble, because this country is his property.

Allowing your possessions to become cluttered and disordered is, fundamentally, an act of conflict.

However, the emperor was dying.

What if he really found a way to prolong his life, and this method requires throwing the entire empire into chaos?

Logically speaking, the emperor could have made more foolish moves, as he had plenty of ways to do things instead of secretly pushing Bai Zhan like he is doing now - yes, Sean has almost concluded that Bai Zhan may have thought that many of his decisions were made by him, but in fact, not everyone can perceive the emperor's hand behind the scenes.

However, these speculations are all viewed from the most realistic and practical perspective, and certain secret factors cannot be derived by Sean's current guesses.

"If it is said that all that Bai Zhan did was secretly promoted by the emperor... Bai Zhan may not know that some people in the slums have black nematodes in hibernation. No, to be precise, he doesn't even know the existence of black nematodes, and he just thought that the lowest-level prisoner of Black Pigeon was a strong man from the tree people..."

"But, everything Bai Zhan is doing now is what the emperor himself wants... The fire at the construction site and the crazy beasts are to cover up the thousands of extra corpses. Since corpses and death can be used, Bai Zhan is most likely preparing for a super-large ceremony, which corresponds exactly to the Self Religion."

"But this is what the emperor wants... Could it be that this is also a ritual?"

Sean muttered to himself, then turned his gaze again to the statue on the throne in front of him. Even though it was blurred, it could still be seen that the statue was looking calmly into the distance.

Sean looked in the direction of the statue's eyes. That was the highest point in the entire imperial capital, the mountain in the city, and on the top of the mountain was the emperor's bedroom.

He looked down at all the people in the imperial capital from a high place, and made all the eyes of the people look at him.

Sean grinned. This emperor must be a super narcissist.

However, if this is the emperor’s own plan, is there any need for me to intervene?

this is a problem……

Sean has always been a pragmatist. Although he likes to indulge in the gentleness of life, likes to pretend to be a bit cool, and likes to see despair on the faces of those who are against him, it must be said that if many things can be solved without his personal intervention, he would also be happy to have some free time.

This has little to do with ambition or not, it's mainly laziness...

If he suspended many investigations now, the Emperor's plans would probably proceed as usual, and the Empire would likely fall into chaos as he had guessed - even though this chaos was caused by their Emperor himself.

But for Sean, it doesn't matter who caused the chaos, what matters most is that the chaos occurs.

It seems that putting everything aside is the most cost-effective option.

However, after only half a minute of hesitation, Sean gave up the idea.

He stretched vigorously, then lazily dropped his arms, looked up at the high and mighty Emperor, and said helplessly:

"Your Majesty, if my guesses are correct, then you can help me a lot... It's a pity."

Sean showed a row of neatly arranged white teeth: "Although I am lazy, I still don't like to leave important things to others."

The statue showed no reaction.

However, in the imperial palace far above the peak, someone stood up from the bed.

There were hurried footsteps, and the Palace Prime Minister Covens walked in quickly with a few eunuchs, asking in a low voice: "Your Majesty, are you feeling unwell again? I brought some painkillers and tranquilizers."

The emperor on the bed couldn't see his face clearly through the curtain. He just coughed a few times and waved his hand: "It's okay, it's just that there have been a lot of things going on recently, so I can't sleep well."

"Your Majesty, are you concerned about the progress of the statue? How about I send someone to ask His Majesty now?"

"I am still confident in Bai Zhan's work, even though... even though this kid sometimes has some small thoughts, it's nothing serious. Covens, go down, I'll rest for a while."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

When the room became quiet again, the man on the bed raised his chin slightly.

There was a hint of doubt and solemnity in his voice.

"This dream... is really quite interesting..."

In his dream, he felt like he was falling rapidly, surrounded by broken feathers. He looked up hard, but only saw a weird smile.

"Is this, some kind of reminder..." He slowly turned his head and saw a potted plant in the corner in front of the bed.

The emperor stretched out his hand and barely touched the potted plant. The leaves were limp, as if they had not been watered or exposed to the sun for a long time, but they were still a little prickly.

The emperor flicked the curled up leaves lightly, and his voice gradually became deeper and older, but for some reason, his face was filled with the same strange smile as in the dream.

"Mother, it seems that someone... wants to stop me..."

His body was twitching, his arms were curled up like a bird retracting its wings, and his head was stiffly tilted at a weird angle.

"Mother, no one can stop me... because no one can stop your child..."

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"Boss, this is the distribution map of the area. According to your instructions, we only asked a few brothers who were active nearby to observe it intentionally or unintentionally, but they didn't notice anything."

Sean nodded. The gang member's observation was just a casual instruction and he didn't expect to find out anything.

Unfolding the distribution map, Sean frowned slightly: "Sewer pipes, and connected to the moat? Why haven't I seen them on the previous map?"

Black Fox explained: "Because this is an old map, that place is almost outside the city, and there are no living areas or markets nearby."

He pointed at the distribution map and said, "Look here. I heard that there was originally a very, very large pit under the imperial capital, and this pipeline was not dug later. It was just a slight modification. Both the pipeline and the pit were originally there, but we don't know how they came to be."

"After the imperial capital was built, I heard that the pits were filled, but a lot of places were left connected and made into sewer pipes. Didn't you notice? No matter how heavy the rain was, there was no flooding in the imperial capital."

"Yeah, I see." Sean nodded thoughtfully, and then asked, "What about the situation you were asked to investigate in the slums?"

"There are too many people and the place is too big, so we dare not go in and ask openly. However, the preliminary situation is indeed very similar to what you said. Some of the residents who disappeared recently are indeed very easy to be discussed during this period, mostly for disrespectful issues. So, when they disappeared, many people speculated that they were arrested by the authorities and punished."