Chapter 84 84. Irresistible temptation
Xu Zhi checked Yu Shenwei's condition. She had been awake less and less in recent days. It was not because her physical condition had worsened, but simply because she did not want to wake up and face it.
Why don’t you want to face it?
Of course it’s because I have begun to waver.
But this wavering effect is not strong enough. If she were given a choice, she would still choose faith without hesitation. Perhaps, she needs an opportunity, an opportunity that will completely make her waver.
Xu Zhi intends to take advantage of the feud between Huo Ze and the deacon to create this opportunity.
She fed the unconscious girl some more blood and found that even in her coma, the girl would involuntarily turn her head slightly and move closer to her when she smelled her own blood. Xu Zhi couldn't help but smile, "Why do I feel like you're a little addicted?"
This is not a good habit.
He withdrew his finger, and the small wound healed on its own after a while. After the wound healed, Xu Zhi patted Yu Shenwei's face to wake her from her coma, and then deliberately opened the door to call Huo Ze.
"Miss Xu, what's wrong?" Huo Ze sounded a little puzzled. These days, Xu Zhi never let Huo Ze stay in the same room with her and Yu Shenwei. Although she would occasionally chat with him, Huo Ze felt that chatting with Xu Zhi was a very brain-consuming thing.
Because she always seemed to have something else to say, and would always ask questions that Huo Ze didn't want to answer, and the topic would jump around a lot. Often, she would be talking about how there were a lot of mutant animals on the streets today, and the next second she would be talking about whether believers could fall in love with each other. It was such a ridiculous question.
Therefore, when Xu Zhi called him at this time, Huo Ze always felt that Xu Zhi was going to ask some questions that he didn't want to answer.
Sure enough, this time when Xu Zhi opened his mouth, he asked another question that made Huo Ze's face darken.
"If you had that ability and were already a candidate for the Archbishop, would you kill the deacon?"
Xu Zhi's expression was very casual when she asked the question, but Huo Ze couldn't tell what her intention was in asking this question. However, she had also witnessed Xu Zhi's strength in recent days, which was far beyond his ability to compete with. Huo Ze didn't dare to lie, so he could only reply honestly:
"meeting."
He didn't see that the saint lying on the bed moved her fingers slightly.
Xu Zhi continued to ask, "Why? Since you have already obtained the position of candidate archbishop, there is no need for you to kill her, right?"
"I can't feel at ease if I don't kill her. Who knows if she'll find another more suitable candidate?"
Huo Ze's thoughts were quite comprehensive, and Xu Zhi was amused. She asked:
"Isn't the more suitable one better? You are all believers. Shouldn't you choose the most suitable one to better serve your master?"
"That's different!" Huo Ze retorted.
Xu Zhi's eyes narrowed in pleasure. She heard Huo Ze say firmly, "The Lord doesn't care who becomes the Archbishop. He just needs someone to become the Archbishop. I can do a good job, but I don't trust anyone else."
It was a high-sounding excuse for his greed and ambition, but this was the answer Xu Zhi wanted.
Xu Zhi asked again, "What do you think of the Saint becoming the Archbishop? Her extraordinary abilities are so special, maybe she would be a good choice?"
Huo Ze sneered: "Her? Wasn't her extraordinary ability given by the Lord so that she could be sacrificed to the Archbishop?"
"Although the Saint is noble, she is only a sacrifice and not a suitable candidate to be the Archbishop."
"So no matter who becomes the archbishop, she is just a sacrifice and is destined to die, right?" Xu Zhi's voice deliberately carried a hint of pity.
This made Huo Ze a little alert, thinking that this woman should not do anything stupid just because he felt sorry for her!
He quickly said, "Sacrificing for the birth of the Archbishop will be an honor for the Saint! She will only look forward to this moment."
"Really? But it must be unpleasant to have your internal organs ripped out. Will your Lord remember her sacrifice?"
Xu Zhi knew that this would certainly not happen. Yu Shenwei was just an insignificant cannon fodder. How could that existence that couldn't even be named pay attention to her?
Huo Ze obviously knew this as well. "That's just what she should bear as a saint. Other low-level believers who want to be saints don't have the qualifications. It's just their job. How can we expect them to remember her?"
Huo Ze said this without any emotion, just stating the fact.
And Yu Shenwei himself must have known this, and even agreed with it before.
However, hearing this fact again from someone else at this critical juncture must have made him feel very complicated.
"Well, you believers are really cruel. Please get out of here. I have nothing else to ask."
Xu Zhi could summon Huo Ze at will, but Huo Ze didn't dare to say anything, not even to show his frustration on his face.
Xu Zhi closed the door and returned to the bed. Yu Shenwei, who heard the sound, opened his eyes and looked at her with disapproval and confusion in his eyes, as if he didn't understand why Xu Zhi did this.
The girl didn't explain her behavior, but just looked at her with a smile: "I don't think he's right. If your internal organs were destined to pave the way for the emergence of the Archbishop, then why isn't the person who owns these organs, you, the Archbishop?"
As if the devil was whispering in her ear, Yu Shenwei's ruby-red eyes trembled, expressing her inner hesitation at the moment.
She didn't realize that since when, Xu Zhi's voice began to become unusually clear to her. Even in a coma, she seemed to be able to hear Xu Zhi's voice, especially his laughter. This seemed to be a subtle change, slowly usurping the position of the "master" who should have occupied Yu Shenwei's entire mind.
Xu Zhi did not directly persuade her to give up her faith. Instead, he said, "Look, your companions don't care who serves the Lord or whether they can serve him more wholeheartedly than you. They only care about whether this benefit, this power, and this authority can fall on their heads."
The clever thing is that Xu Zhi did not lie, she was just stating the facts.
"You are willing to sacrifice your life for your master, and even endure immense pain for it. Who could be more loyal and dedicated than you? How could they have the right to step on your corpse to ascend to power?"
The girl's voice was filled with confusion and temptation, and Yu Shenwei began to feel that she was right.
Why did she endure such great pain only to make things easier for others?
They are not necessarily very sincere and are far inferior to me.
Why am I, the most sincere person, now being arbitrarily distributed and sacrificed like a lamb to be slaughtered and an object?
"How about you cooperate with me temporarily? I think you are more suitable for the position of archbishop than Huo Ze."
"As long as you become the Archbishop, all the pain will disappear. Of course, more importantly, you are far more loyal than they are, aren't you?"
"If you agree, blink three times."
I went back to the countryside to worship my ancestors on July 15th, and this is my draft!
The next chapter should be written and posted after I return from the countryside!
(End of this chapter)
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