I'm a villain, not a devil

Army Day is coming.

Although the war is still going on, the imperial capital will not be affected too much. On the contrary, in order to boost people's morale, this military celebration will be more grand than in previous years.

The streets of the imperial capital were already covered with pro-military slogans, and restaurants, hotels, even red houses and casinos were all making intensive preparations - after all, when the military anniversary arrived, all soldiers would receive generous rewards, and when the military's grand gathering was over, there would always be many soldiers who wanted to celebrate again.

The enthusiastic residents of the imperial capital often indulge in luxury on this day.

However, the atmosphere in the military, which is regarded as the main consumer, is somewhat solemn.

Grand Marshal Wu Xiao sat in the first seat with an expressionless face, and then threw a piece of intelligence in front of everyone.

"Where are the people?" he asked.

However, no one in the war room dared to reply.

Wu Xiao lowered his eyes a little: "Who can tell me where the person is?"

No one answered.

Wu Xiao slapped the specially made metal table top and actually flattened it to the ground!

He grabbed the intelligence report and said word by word: "This group of returning soldiers... they have entered the border of the empire! And then, a total of more than 10,600 people just disappeared in front of your eyes? Just disappeared in our country?!"

"Come on, Director of Intelligence, tell me, where are the spies we specially trained? Have they arrived at anything?"

The director of the Intelligence Bureau was a thin, one-armed middle-aged man. This man, also known as the One-Armed Director, was usually praised for his ability to remain calm even in the face of a catastrophe. However, under Wu Xiao's anger, beads of sweat were clearly visible on his forehead.

The intelligence chief's throat moved. How could he not know the seriousness of the matter? The soldiers who had returned from the wounded had returned to the imperial capital for supplies and, of course, to receive rewards.

However, these soldiers who had exchanged serious injuries for glory disappeared within the imperial capital...

It's not just Grand Marshal Wu Xiao who will be furious about this. I'm afraid His Majesty, who has not been concerned about state affairs for a long time, will also be furious...

His voice was filled with bitterness: "Reporting to the Grand Marshal, all of my spies responsible for the periphery of the Imperial Capital have been sent out."

Wu Xiao's eyes flashed like lightning: "Then how did my soldiers disappear?"

"I don't know..."

"Don't know? A director of an intelligence agency... doesn't know either?!" Wu Xiao's anger became more and more terrifying.

The head of the Intelligence Bureau looked increasingly bitter. "Our spies...didn't notice anything. They only knew that when they woke up in the morning, the wounded troops stationed there had disappeared without a trace...But our people have walked that route no less than thirty times and have never found anything unusual...If someone familiar has sneaked into the border of the empire and wants to kill our people quietly and quickly, they would need to deploy at least five times more troops. Tens of thousands of tree people have entered the border of the empire. This is a situation that cannot be ignored..."

Wu Xiao sneered: "So, you are reminding me now that this matter has nothing to do with the tree people, and those more than 10,000 people are just unlucky?"

"I... don't know..."

"Then why are you waiting here?" Wu Xiao raised his head and glanced at the other person, "Why don't you go find him quickly?!"

"Yes!"

Soon, all officers received orders and walked out of the operations room quickly. This matter was extremely important and they had to find out what happened before the military anniversary.

Just when everyone was about to leave the operations room, Wu Xiao called out to the person at the end of the team.

"Your Highness, please stay."

Bai Zhan's original power was basically in the military, and of course he also held a nominal position in the military. Theoretically speaking, Bai Zhan was still Wu Xiao's subordinate.

However, they had just had a falling out, which made Bai Zhan, who had been suspicious recently, even more suspicious.

After everyone else had left, Wu Xiao raised his head and looked at Bai Zhan.

There was a hint of chill in the Grand Marshal's voice: "Your Highness... don't you think there are some things you should explain to me?"

Bai Zhan frowned: "Marshal Wu Xiao, do you think that the disappearance of those soldiers was due to me?"

Wu Xiao said in a deep voice: "Although you have never confessed to me, I am not stupid. Your Highness, you have a lot of connections with outsiders, right? And only some high-ranking military officials know the several places on the marching route that our army often uses that can be ambushed."

In an instant, a great sense of shame surged into his heart, and even Bai Zhan's voice became sharp: "This... can't possibly be related to me! Marshal Wu Xiao, as the eldest prince of the empire, don't you think you should think more carefully before speaking?!"

Wu Xiao didn't say anything, but just stared at him, and only looked away after a long while.

The Grand Marshal casually cupped his hands and said, "I have wronged Your Highness. I'm sorry."

Bai Zhan snorted coldly, turned around and was about to leave.

However, Wu Xiao stopped him again.

"Your Highness, I have to remind you..." Wu Xiao frowned, "The Empire was founded on military power. Don't forget our roots."

"I don't need you to teach me that, Lord Marshal."

……

Returning to his residence, Bai Zhan seemed to be normal, but as soon as his bodyguards left and closed the door of the room, he suddenly stood up and smashed everything at hand.

"Wu Xiao! How dare you insult me ​​like this today!" He clenched his fists tightly, his eyes filled with resentment, "I want to see whether you can still hold on to your position as marshal, regardless of whether I inherit the throne or am deprived of the right of inheritance!"

After being angry for a while, Bai Zhan sat down on the chair.

He called his guards again and asked, "Where has the military advisor been during this period?"

The prince whispered, "According to your instructions, the most trusted brothers are always watching the military advisor...but the military advisor has been staying in his room, and no one has seen him go out on business."

Bai Zhan snorted coldly. Ever since the last incident, the focus of his suspicion had almost completely shifted to Jehovah.

The device implanted in Cheryl's body that was supposed to relieve him of the energy pressure had been reprogrammed - and without it, the terrible energy-binding device would have blown Cheryl up into "a giant, exploding balloon."

Bai Zhan found that he still didn't understand the military advisor and Sean enough, so instead of investigating privately, it would be better to let the military advisor reveal his flaws himself.

If the hatred towards Sean was compared, then Bai Zhan would have to be at the back of the line.

Jehovah is the one that hates the most.

After two days of thinking and research, Bai Zhan discovered that Jehovah and Sean were most likely not in the same group, but Jehovah must be using both him and Sean at the same time.

Using the enemy as a pretext and himself as the object of theft made Bai Zhan's hatred for Jehovah even more deep-rooted.

The disappearance of the returning legion this time had nothing to do with Bai Zhan. He did have special means to contact the tree man, but that thing had been moved away along with the platform.

Then, apart from myself, how many people are there who know the marching route and can make them disappear quietly?

"Isn't this another plot of the military advisor? Am I getting caught up in this mess again?"

Bai Zhan frowned, he found that even if he knew the true identity of the military advisor, he seemed powerless to do anything.

The goal should always be to focus on the most important thing...

Thinking of this, a hint of coldness flashed in Bai Zhan's eyes: "Then let's just pretend that nothing happened..."

"Army Day is the perfect time for you and Sean to go to hell together."

……

At this time, on the other side, Jehovah was also thinking.

"A team of 10,000 wounded soldiers just disappeared? Even if the camp was full of wounded soldiers, they could only rely on five times more people to achieve this... No matter how corrupt the imperial capital is, the military is still in the hands of Bai Youming and Wu Xiao. They won't let the army get into too many bad habits... So, how could the military not have noticed anything unusual?"

"Unless there is someone who is extremely familiar with the military's operating rules and is causing trouble... and it would be best if this person has a huge influence..."

Bai Zhan frowned, and he realized that this person could only be Jehovah?

"I don't know what's wrong with this stupid prince... Could it be that this kid has led a large number of tree people to the border? Can he not help himself?"

When Jehovah thought of this, he felt uncomfortable all over.

He did such a big thing without consulting me, which shows that Bai Zhan no longer trusts me...

And Cheryl, I clearly gave her the information about the mitigation device, but Cheryl didn't see any improvement... I don't need to think about it, it must be Bai Zhan's doing...

Jehovah's pupils suddenly contracted violently.

Wait a minute... Could it be that...

Bai Zhan and Sean are in touch?

This doesn't seem impossible...

However, at this moment in the prison, Sean's etheric body was chatting with Cheryl.

"I can only stare blankly in jail... Damn, time goes by so slowly..." Sean complained.

Cheryl, who was almost unable to hold back, turned around with difficulty: "Brother, those two idiots are not going to start their plan yet? I can't hold back any longer..."

Sean chuckled and said, "Just bear with it for a while. No matter who wants to touch me, they have to get past you."

"What if they don't fall for it?" Cheryl asked.

Sean's etheric body spread his hands and said, "This is easy. As soon as I show up, they will be fooled no matter what. Jehovah hates me to death."

"Besides," he smiled, "if it's a coincidence, Jehovah will even think that I'm connected with Bai Zhan... Idiots like this always like to use their self-righteous cleverness to guess what others are thinking."

"Then when will they turn against each other?" Cheryl asked again.

Sean shrugged his shoulders. "Probably when this stage play started... Tsk, what if they were trying to capture me and Bai Zhan suddenly found out that his basement had been robbed again?"

"Bai Zhan will probably admit his death, saying that it was Jehovah who was behind this... and from Jehovah's perspective, if Zhan's plan fails again, he will also suspect that you and Bai Zhan are having an affair."

"No matter what the situation, these two can't help it."

While the two brothers were talking, suddenly, a crisp yet harsh dragging sound was heard outside the prison.

Sean frowned instantly.

Why does this noise sound so familiar?

The prison door slowly opened, and the sound of the chains dragging became increasingly harsh.

A tall figure about two meters and five appeared at the door. He was covered with various equipment and it seemed that he had encountered more stringent management measures than Cheryl.

However, these external things are not important. After seeing the face of the person entering the prison, Sean's pupils flashed quickly several times.

He clearly didn't recognize this "prisoner" who had just arrived at the prison, but something in his body was cheering faintly. He even unconsciously felt a sense of familiarity and goodwill towards this stranger whom he met for the first time.

Bernard the Fisherman...

No, it’s a younger Bernard, and in the eyes and eyebrows of this Bernard, one can still see traces of a gentle woman.

It was as if...it was the child born to Bernard and his wife.

However, Bernard's wife's pregnancy was originally seduced. Her belly was not the fruit of love, but rather the means by which an evil god tried to revive.

Why does this person dragging the chains look so much like a certain figure of the seducer Gao Yi?

Why was this guy transferred here?

If I guessed correctly, this was the monster Major General Lance brought back... a creature that was originally locked up in the deepest layer of the shelter, a god that was trying to descend with an evil ritual...

The lure is high!

Even Sean didn't expect Gao Zhi to appear in this place.

However, one thing Sean could be sure of was that although the aura of this monster was terrifying, he was completely on a different level from the evil god's body he had seen.

Is this some kind of manifestation of Gao Yu? Or is there something else going on?

Why was he transferred to Bai Zhan's private prison?

After thinking for a moment, Sean called out in his mind: "Noah."

"I'm here, Saint Three. Is there anything you can do with me?"

Sean said in a deep voice: "Last time I asked you to copy Bai Ye's study and all the secret information, have you sorted them out?"

"Of course, Saint Three," Noah replied.

Sean nodded: "Very good... implant the database and extract all the content containing the keywords."

After thinking for a while, he said, "The key words are ritual, replacement, advent, evil god, and body..."

Sean listed a bunch of words and then ordered, "Search for content containing these words and let me classify them."

"Yes. Searching... Searching completed. Saint Three, do you need to see all the results?"

Sean nodded: "Roll with this, and then filter according to my requirements."

"Ok."

……

ten minutes later.

“Filter out all that stuff.”

"Tsk... move on to the next category."

“Okay, the categories include…”

Finally, Sean stopped.

“A ritual of reinvention that comes from a particular model of coming of age in a small town.”