Let them offer their loyalty!-Chapter 471 - 309: Larilo is My Woman (10,000-word plea for Monthly Ticket!)

Qiu Tu wasn't teasing Zhao Ji on purpose; rather, he had his own objectives.

During his recent interactions with Larilo, he had discovered a very important issue:

Individuals as significant as Old Master Qin and Jia Wei, such valuable allies, Larilo could readily discard or sell them off.

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This indicates that although the Evil God considered believers as tools for gathering power and as a means for descending, He...didn't particularly value them.

This might be because the source of the Evil God's power still originated from within Himself, and the aid from the believers wasn't as substantial as one might assume.

So, if Qiu Tu were to tell Zhao Ji that he was a follower of Larilo, in the eyes of someone like Zhao Ji, a Great Evil God, it would be equivalent to Qiu Tu introducing himself as: I am a disposable, one-time... item of Larilo.

Therefore, after Qiu Tu devised his plan to deceive Zhao Ji, he began to ponder which identity he should use.

After much consideration, he felt that the role of Larilo's partner was most appropriate.

Such a special status could not only draw Zhao Ji's attention, but also deter her from acting rashly. It would lend more weight to his words—a win-win on all counts.

Of course... when he was formulating this plan, he also feared that Zhao Ji might not accept a mere human as a "brother-in-law" and might disregard Larilo's feelings and kill him outright.

So, when he revealed his "identity," he deliberately drew out his words, elongating the "I am...." to give himself time to react.

If Crisis Countdown raised an alert, he would immediately change his statement. If not, then he would continue speaking.

Now it seems...everything is at least moving in a positive direction.

Thinking this way, Qiu Tu did not bother about Zhao Ji's silence. He kept an eye on the prompts from Crisis Countdown and proceeded with his plan, "Sister Yueyue, I actually have urgent matters to discuss with you this time!"

"Little Lar seems to be in trouble...."

The address "Sister Yueyue" seemed to trigger a keyword.

In that moment, Qiu Tu felt as if he could perceive the oppressive scrutinous gaze of Zhao Ji slowly turning towards him from the darkness.

Time seemed to stretch in that instant....

Only after a while did Zhao Ji coolly "hmm" in acknowledgment, as if indicating she was listening.

Qiu Tu let out a soft sigh of relief and then said, "I met Little Lar four months ago."

"At that time, she wanted to recruit me to serve her, even promising me the position of 'Archbishop.'

"But... I fell in love with her at first sight. I just wanted to be with her."

"So, I gave up the offered position of 'Archbishop' and began to pursue her."

"At first, she didn't really want to accept me. But..."

Qiu Tu slowly recounted his "past" with Larilo, mixing lies with a glimmer of truth.

Since most of it was a "retelling" of actual events, with plenty of details and little habits and quirks of Larilo to corroborate, it sounded incredibly real.

However, Zhao Ji was clearly not someone who enjoyed long-winded stories, so she abruptly interrupted Qiu Tu with a cold, "Get to the point."

Upon hearing this, Qiu Tu took the advice readily and skipped the various complications of his love-hate relationship with Larilo... then went straight to saying, "Alright, Sister Yueyue."

"Little Lar might have realized long ago that she could have been set up by someone. That's why before she pretended to be Yan Chen's daughter, she told me that if she really was in trouble, I shouldn't panic and should come directly to you."

"She said that you could sense her current situation and know whether she is alive or not."

"Afterward, she instructed me to follow your arrangements."

At this point, Qiu Tu paused for a moment, then added, "As for the ritual and method used for summoning you, she told me all of it as well."

"So... how is Little Lar doing now? Is she still alive?"

"Can we... save her?"

After finishing, Qiu Tu stopped and then quietly waited for Zhao Ji's response.

In the darkness, Zhao Ji fell into a long silence.

She seemed indeed to be a woman of few words. From the beginning of her meeting with Qiu Tu, she had only spoken a few words, and each time just a word or two.

Furthermore, since she had not shown herself from start to finish, Qiu Tu couldn't quite grasp her psychological state and thus dared not make any hasty moves.

In this way, Zhao Ji fell silent for a full minute before slowly beginning, "She's not dead. But... her condition is grave."

Qiu Tu, anxious, quickly said, "Can I ask Sister Yueyue to save her?"

"She must be in desperate need of your help now."

Upon hearing Qiu Tu's words, Zhao Ji once again lapsed into a few seconds of silence before saying coldly, "She's alive but has neither contacted you nor me, which means she doesn't need our help for the time being."

Qiu Tu, however, had a different view, "Could she be in some kind of danger? Like being imprisoned by someone?"

"So, she couldn't get in touch with us?"

If it had been someone else observing Qiu Tu's genuine concern for Larilo, his continuous analysis and conjecture, they might have believed him, or even started to analyze the situation with him.

But Zhao Ji was different. She obviously held very strong convictions.

After hearing Qiu Tu's words, she responded coldly, "That's a possibility. But, what of it?"

"If she can't even handle this amount of trouble, even becoming a deity again would only make her prey for others."