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Looking at the people of Mount Sumeru, the scattered soldiers suppressed their mocking smiles and stood by the French windows for a while before walking into a place out of their sight and pushing open the door to the study.
The sage of the Church of Christ was drinking wine.
Looking at this guy whom he had wanted to kill just a few days ago, the soldier found him unusually pleasing to the eye today.
"Very good. If things continue like this, that guy will have to slink away from Sumeru in less than three days."
"Will there be any problem with voting?"
The stragglers still spoke.
Although he was quite satisfied and at ease with the current situation on the streets.
But since it's still a secret ballot, the stragglers are worried that things might get messy in a few days.
If he suddenly loses the vote, that would be hilarious.
"Do not worry."
The sage smiled faintly, stood up, and patted the stragglers on the shoulder.
He scoffed, "So what if Nel and Desia believe him?"
"It's ridiculous."
"A dancer and a mercenary."
"You still want to tell those ignorant people the truth?"
"Does he really think he's some kind of important figure who can handle anything with ease?"
"They're just two insignificant little people."
What good would it do to tell them the truth?
Who cares about the truth that has nothing to do with them?
"Is the image we and the Fools have been building for you over the past six months a lie?"
"Isn't this the moment we've been waiting for?"
"Do not worry."
"In the end, it is still up to our Order of Teachings to decide what to do with Mount Sumeru."
As he spoke, the sage's smile grew even wider: "Once this is over, Mount Sumeru will truly become our domain."
Even the stragglers managed a rare smile, then shook their heads.
"It's a pity we couldn't kill him."
"You still want to kill him?" the sage asked with interest.
The stragglers said, "I won't be at peace until he's dead."
The sage chuckled, took a small sip of wine, and spoke calmly and confidently.
"It's not impossible."
"Oh?" The skirmisher became interested: "What method?"
"Killing other powerful individuals might be quite difficult."
"But that guy is even more foolish and naive than the Little Lucky Grass King."
"It's not difficult to kill such a piece of trash who has power but no corresponding character, and who even cares about what those ignorant ants say."
The sage stopped halfway through his sentence and instead poured a cup of wine for the stragglers.
The soldier, who was thinking about how to kill Lin Jiu'an, understood and accepted the wine glass.
He made a promise: "Once this incident is over, I will bring Hazard and the others back from that forest."
The wise man then said, "This matter is not difficult."
Then, he suddenly changed the subject, chuckling, "Have you heard?"
"Dina Zede was recognized while buying food."
“Your supporters noticed that the amount of groceries she bought was not right and followed her with people, and found that she was delivering food to hotels.”
"They then guessed that Lin Jiu'an and the others were inside."
"Take some men and go smash the door."
"Guess what happened after we broke down the door?"
Before the soldiers could even speak, the sage burst into laughter again.
"That guy actually escaped with those women?"
"He was led by that group of ignorant and unruly people to bang on the door and shout insults outside, but he didn't get angry at all."
Instead, they slunk away with their men!
After hearing this, the soldier, who had been somewhat anxious, was completely relieved and couldn't help but laugh.
"Hahahahaha."
"That's exactly the kind of thing that naive and stupid guy would do."
"That was when I was getting Raijin Heart in Inazuma."
"They joined forces with those officials to hunt him down."
"He actually refused to harm the soldiers of the Heavenly Commander who were hunting him down, or the civilians who exposed him, as if there were some kind of 'no-kill' rule. It's absolutely hilarious."
“I thought he had made progress during this time.”
"I can't believe he's still the same stupid guy!"
The two of them laughed until tears streamed down their faces.
The sage's expression grew even more confident as he smiled and said, "If you want to kill him, just start with this."
"Let our people launch a propaganda offensive."
“When you wake up tomorrow, you will see people on the street starting to petition for the punishment of Lin Jiu’an.”
"Those idiots will definitely support it then."
“We don’t even need to push them; they might just start chanting slogans like ‘Kill Lin Jiu’an.’”
"When the time comes, we will 'follow the will of the people,' and those fools will spontaneously assist in capturing Lin Jiu'an. That weak and incompetent idiot will definitely not dare to lay a hand on civilians. At that time, no matter how strong he is, he will still have to obediently surrender and be slaughtered by us."
Upon hearing this, the soldier imagined the scene and couldn't help but laugh again.
The two men exchanged a glance, raised their glasses, and gently clinked them together in the air.
"Pleasant to work with."
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Three days passed quickly.
Inside the city of Sumeru.
The enthusiasm and number of demonstrators reached their peak.
The signs ranged from "Lord Ah Mao, don't leave us!" to "We want 'Ah Mao,' not 'Lin Jiu'an'!" and "Lord Ah Mao is the hero of Sumeru!" The most outrageous one was "Lin Jiu'an, get out of Sumeru."
It turned into "Lord Ah Mao lives! Lin Jiu'an dies!"
"Capture Lin Jiu'an! Punish Lin Jiu'an! Kill Lin Jiu'an!"
"There is only one hero in Sumeru, and that is Lord Ama!"
"Lin Jiu'an, the clown!"
The deadline for voting is getting closer and closer.
The crowd's enthusiasm grew, and cheers and slogans pierced the sky.
"Lin Jiu'an, you clown, get out of Sumeru City right now!"
"Lin Jiu'an, you overestimate yourself. Quickly apologize to Ah Mao."
"Lin Jiu'an, who thought himself clever, knew better than to walk into the trap."
"Lin Jiu'an, whose infamy will last for generations, just give up and die!"
In a house in a corner of Sumeru City.
Hearing the loud shouts that could be clearly heard even with the door tightly closed, even the good-tempered Nel was furious.
Dixia was so angry that she wanted to rush out and kill them.
The more worried they were about them three days ago, the more they wanted to stab them now.
In the past few days, they have changed places almost every day. They can only stay for half a day at most before they are discovered by the Sumeru people. They come over, bang on the door, and shout things like "Get out of Sumeru City" or even worse, "Go to hell."
Why are they like this?
"Even if we don't want the stragglers to die, how could they say such a thing?!"
in contrast.
Seeing Lin Jiu'an still laughing, Dixia was furious.
"They've all said that, how can you still laugh?"
"hold on."
"What are we waiting for?!"
Lin Jiu'an stroked his chin and pondered for a moment, then casually said, "Let the bullets fly a little longer."
Chapter 5 Revelation/Killing (4K)
That night.
The stars twinkled, and the bright moon hung high in the sky.
When the large bell east of Sumeru City struck its fifth time...
The three-day voting period has ended.
Even Nel and Desia, who had given up all hope, couldn't help but check the voting results in the Void Terminal immediately.
Before they could even finish reading...
The cheers that echoed through the sky outside the window told them the result.
"Justice will prevail!"
The news spread like wildfire, from one person to ten, from ten to a hundred, and the previously shouted slogans became even more clamorous.
And this time.
Nilu and Desia then saw the voting results.
It was exactly as they had expected.
The number of voters who chose to let the stragglers "stay" far exceeded the number of voters who wanted them to "leave".
The stark difference was like the contrast between Mount Everest and the small hill in his hometown.
Most of the Sumeru people chose to let the stragglers "stay".
Some people chose to abstain.
Only a small minority chose to stand with Lin Jiu'an and let the stragglers "leave".
After seeing this result...
For some reason, Nilu felt rather happy and felt no sadness about what was about to happen.
And just then.
Suddenly, she heard several loud noises outside the door. Before she could go to the window to check the situation, she heard the sound of the courtyard gate being broken down, and the dense footsteps of many people stepping into the courtyard.
“I saw it, he lived here back then!”
"Hurry, catch him right now, don't let him escape!"
Excited voices could be heard from outside the door.
The words have not yet fallen.