"Why... why should I believe you..."

Visakha snapped back to reality from her daze, feeling like she had just watched a movie. She shook her head, trying to organize the information she had just received and feeling dizzy, as the intel provided was truly astounding.

"This is not a matter of belief, but rather a choice that only you, Lady Visakha, can make..."

Gu Mo raised his fist to his mouth and coughed lightly, speaking earnestly, "Your Divine Artifacts are outside; they've been corrupted by Demon Qi, and the situation is quite serious. I brought them back and am currently using the shrine's pure water to cleanse the affliction..."

—Not considering for yourself, at least consider the Divine Artifacts you treat as family.

—That's roughly what it means, though it's quite tiresome to keep repeating, but it's not wrong to use old tricks as long as they work... Especially since Visakha is resistant to persuasion except for this, he can only keep reminding her this way.

"You!... Whose Demon Qi do you think it is!"

The golden-haired Valkyrie glared at him furiously, wanting to point at his nose, but as soon as she raised her arm, she realized something was wrong and quickly withdrew it to cover herself, trying to hide her exposed state. Embarrassed and angry, she was both upset and anxious.

When she gets emotionally agitated and moves slightly more than usual, she immediately falls into a very awkward state, forced to shrink back. Thus, after several such exchanges, even the strongest presence dissipates completely, making her unconsciously take a psychological backseat, becoming weaker and more passive.

"Hmm... shouldn't it be my Demon Qi?"

Gu Mo thoughtfully placed his hand on his chin, pondering the issue, then somewhat uncertainly said. It looked more like the Nine-tailed's Demon Qi rather than his... Yes, that's it.

Damn guy, shameless enough...

Visakha nearly bit down on her silver teeth, making repeated deep breaths to calm herself down despite the threat being quite distasteful. Nevertheless, she couldn't help but relent... Her genuine feelings for her adopted Divine Artifacts are not mere pretense but sincere.

Since they're treated as family, now that all the Divine Artifacts are under someone else's control, it's as if the entire family's lives are at the mercy of outsiders, and their survival hinges on her upcoming decisions. The immense pressure naturally forces her into reluctant concessions.

As long as she never refused outright from the beginning, the result was already destined, hesitation means indecision, which means slowly relinquishing original thoughts.

Now this golden-haired Valkyrie has seriously considered the other party's proposal, although she's uncertain of the truthfulness of the given information, somewhat aware of her own self-deception... But what can she do?

She's trying to convince herself that if the clues provided by the other party are true, cooperating with them doesn't seem to be a betrayal of High Celestial Plain's interests, as the matter already described is intolerable even to High Celestial Plain—

The issue with the Puppet Demon Mage.

A mage capable of manipulating Masked Demons is a publicly acknowledged taboo among the gods, known to all... because "Heaven" is particularly averse to this matter; any trace immediately warrants a strong response to completely erase the issue and its instigators.

Generally, the stricter the prohibition, the more it arouses curiosity in people, everyone has a sense of curiosity and rebellion, and the gods are no exception. However, the gods reside in the High Celestial Plain, and the dominance of the "Celestial Gods" make it too powerful—

As the pinnacle among eight million gods, it hasn't been achieved through amicable demeanor letting everyone admire the person and voting them through "democracy" and "justice".

It's instead been fought for, even now every god with "Heaven's registry" must swear allegiance to "Heaven," or else they will be deprived of their registry and deemed an "Evil God" for eradication... It's a history dating back to the age of gods when all adversaries were continually subjugated to allegiance.

So maybe some are still scheming, wanting to see what's so mysterious about the power so detested by Amaterasu; could it fulfill their ambitions if obtained... But these thoughts can only remain secretive, at least superficially not daring to probe, fearing being blacklisted by High Celestial Plain.

Visakha was previously aware but not in detail; thus, the breaking news thrown out by the other party strikes her with shock.

The whereabouts of Yellow Springs Language... the truth about the Masked Demon...

Plus the mysterious Puppet Demon Mage, repeatedly reincarnating in humans thanks to the ability of divine possession, consistently evading strikes...

And so on.

These assorted secrets accumulate, astonishing her while also sowing apprehension; that High Celestial Plain has hunted for so long yet failed to grasp a crucial target, while the other party has basically managed to grasp the outlines of the intel?

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