Chapter 568

"I... will not continue to be confused."

"You...!"

Seeing Bronya pick up the old-fashioned flintlock pistol she had obtained from the lower city and aim it at them, the leading Silvermane Guards officer immediately spoke angrily.

"You traitor! Lady Cocolia will—"

With a gunshot, Bronya used her weapon to precisely graz her colleague's helmet.

Then, she looked at her colleagues and said coldly.

"I will naturally have a good talk with Mother later, but for now..."

"—This is the last warning, everyone. Don't waste your lives."

"Even if you try to stop us here, you will only be defeated or even killed by us. Instead of wasting your lives here, what you should be doing now is bringing this message to Mother."

"You, you just wait...!"

Seeing that the leading officer had actually run away, Serval whistled and swaggered over to Bronya, teasing Bronya.

"Wow, Bronya, your aura has gotten much stronger since I last saw you."

"Now is not the time for pleasantries, Miss Serval."

Upon seeing the familiar face before her, Bronya immediately spoke to Serval.

"Who are these people?"

"Ah, outsiders, I've already heard about what they've been up to."

Seeing that the group clearly regarded Lin Yu as their leader, Serval readily extended her right hand to Lin Yu.

"My name is Serval, and as you can see... well, now I am also a wanted criminal that Cocolia is after."

"Just call me Lin Yu."

After shaking hands with her, Lin Yu looked at Serval with a smile.

"From now on, we're all in this together, so please take care of me."

"Sigh, they say they'll take good care of you, but really it's all about solving the problems Cocolia brought up."

After releasing her right hand, Serval looked at the group of strangers in front of her and shook her head helplessly at them with a hint of sympathy.

"You guys are just unlucky; you happened to run into her at her most erratic."

"If I had come earlier in the morning, Cocolia at that time... well, let's not talk about it."

"Now she's already planning something big. Judging from how she's frantically dispersing the Silvermane Guards's forces, she probably wants to keep everyone busy."

At this point, Serval's lips curled into a wicked smile.

"She's always like this; before she even starts doing anything, she makes everyone around her busy first, and then..."

"When everyone's attention is diverted, it's easy to miss some details."

"So, I deliberately started running along the street for this reason—after making a big fuss, everyone else, whether they are on Cocolia's side or preparing to oppose Cocolia, will eventually start to take action because of me, the 'trigger'."

"But..."

Seeing Serval's confident demeanor, Bronya felt a growing sense of unease.

"You just said that Mother likes to keep everyone busy, which makes everyone miss the details. Aren't you actually helping her by doing this?"

"It's not that bad."

Seeing Bronya's worried expression, Lin Yu explained to Bronya.

"The premise for making everyone forget to pay attention to details is that the mastermind behind the scenes has not revealed his true identity."

"But now, Cocolia has a lot of problems, and she is 100% being watched by the others in Belobog."

"In addition, we also know that the problem lies with her. She wants to hide it, but the problem is that the opponent she is facing this time is not so easy to fool."

"More than these, I'm quite curious."

At that moment, facing Lin Yu who had taken the initiative to approach her and was looking down at her, Bronya swallowed hard and unconsciously took a step back because of his imposing aura.

Are you really mentally prepared?

"If you're not mentally prepared, then I think it's not a bad thing to change the choice of Supreme Guardian, for example..."

"—Miss Landau beside me is very suitable to become the new Supreme Guardian."

"Hey, hey, hey, don't make such inappropriate jokes when we've just met."

Before Bronya could react, Serval immediately and hurriedly whispered a reprimand to Lin Yu.

"My Lang family is full of loyal martyrs. How could I possibly agree to be a traitor to you!"

After saying that, Serval muttered something in an even quieter voice.

"You're even more radical than me."

"Hey, what do you mean by being a traitor? Cocolia is going to use the Star Core to destroy Belobog, she is Belobog's biggest traitor."

As Lin Yu stretched his limbs, he gave Bronya a smile.

"I roughly know what you're thinking, and giving you face wouldn't be a bad thing, but..."

"If you don't even have the courage to take this step, then it only shows that you have no awareness of shouldering the future of a country."

"If such a person were to become the Supreme Guardian, he would ultimately be crushed by those burdens, just like Cocolia."

"Rather than creating another Cocolia, I think it would be better to end the so-called Supreme Guardian surname of [Rand] here."

"No!"

Faced with Lin Yu's 'advice', Bronya, who had been pushed along, spoke with unwavering determination.

"I will correct Mother's mistakes, this..."

"It is also my responsibility as a member of the [Rand] clan!"

Listening to the conversation, Seele, who wasn't very educated and liked to speak her mind, whispered something to March 7th beside her.

"Hey, March, don't you think what Lin Yu said... is a little uncomfortable?"

"Well..."

Most of the time, the beautiful girl March 7th, who considered herself exceptionally intelligent, suddenly began to find Lin Yu's words rather strange after being reminded by Seele.

"What's this kind of talk called again? CPU? CPU? Or something else?"

"Call me PUA, Sister March."

After correcting the basic mistakes made on March 7th, Lin Yi said helplessly to everyone.

"Dad... this occupational hazard is kicking in again."

"Occupational disease?"

Listening to Lin Yi's choice of words, Seele felt that something was even more wrong.

"What does your dad do? Is his job to seduce women?"

"Hmm, that's not right either."

Sigh, I knew it.

Hearing Lin Yi's words, Seele felt a little relieved.

Although she found Lin Yu's words a bit uncomfortable, she still had a good impression of Lin Yu, the one who had dealt with all the Void creatures and relieved the people of the lower city from the threat of monsters for the time being.

After hearing what his daughter said, Seele felt that she had probably overthought things.

Lin Yu is, after all, a truly kind person who selflessly helps others regardless of his own safety; how could he possibly be a scumbag who habitually deceives women...?

"Well, to be precise, Dad lies to both men and women. He lies to men and women alike, and his main principle is gender equality—why are you all looking at me like that?"

Seeing everyone staring at her with incredibly strange looks, Lin Yi said with a slightly aggrieved expression.

"Um, did I say something wrong?"

"Alright, Xiao Yi, stop teasing everyone."

Seeing his daughter in such a predicament, Lin Yu smiled and said to everyone.

"Never mind what the kids are saying, we need to get down to business now."

"That's true..."

After hearing Lin Yu change the subject, Seele felt that her mindset was a little off.

Since this morning, after learning the secrets between Belobog and the Star Core, Natasha, as the Firefly Leader, dispatched Seele to accompany this group of kind strangers and help them solve the problems brought by Cocolia.

Logically speaking, this matter concerns a major crisis for Belobog, and she should have taken it much more seriously.

But now...

Honestly, even when the topic returned to serious matters, Seele still felt she couldn't get her attitude right.

The reason is simple—because of Lin Yu, their Breakfast team now focuses on a relaxed and enjoyable atmosphere.

Honestly, if Bronya hadn't looked so worried the whole way, she would have almost forgotten just how outrageous what they were doing was.

Overthrowing the rule of the Supreme Guardian... I've heard that the citizens of Belobog in the past did the same.

But the past is the past, and the present is the present.

Even though she harbored resentment and dissatisfaction towards the Upper City and the Supreme Guardian, and even though her personality was unconventional, as a citizen of Belobog, Seele still held a slight sense of awe for the title of Supreme Guardian deep down.

The atmosphere of this team right now gives her the feeling that 'everyone is singing and dancing, greeting everyone they meet along the way, and then going to solve the problems caused by Cocolia '...

In this atmosphere, it would be a miracle if she could maintain a serious and tense demeanor.

Moreover, Lin Yu is not only strong, but more importantly, Seele, who followed Lin Yu, discovered that with him in the team, it seemed that the others hardly needed to use their brains.

For example, Lin Yu and Serval have only been together for less than three minutes, and the two are already discussing how to fundamentally overthrow Cocolia's rule.

Based on their conversation, Seele could glean that some of the Cocolia, and some had even died outright.

It was only because she was the Supreme Guardian and had governed Belobog well for a period of time that all the discontent was suppressed.

However, the suppressed dissatisfaction will not disappear. Now, Lin Yu has already begun to discuss with Serval how to use the Landau family's intelligence network and fallacious propaganda tools to spread the truths that Cocolia has hidden.

It's important to understand that in the world Lin Yu once lived in, some unlucky souls were forced to prove their innocence after being slandered, exhausting a great deal of their energy, and still might not be able to prove their innocence.

Judging from his past energy levels, spreading rumors about innocent, unlucky people can have an incredibly powerful effect.

Moreover, Lin Yu has no intention of spreading rumors this time.

Not to mention that his methods were dishonorable—he could have solved many problems simply by revealing the facts, so it would be somewhat foolish of him not to stand on the moral high ground at this time.

"Wow, Lin Yu, your heart... is a little dirty."

After listening to Lin Yu's general plan, Serval looked at Lin Yu with a subtle change in her expression.

"Well... when you're going against bad people, it's a bit ridiculous to talk about rules in this situation."

After suppressing the benevolent smile on his face, Lin Yu spoke calmly to Serval.

"I can hear the spirits of the Silvermane Guards crying out in despair."

"Faced with Cocolia, who killed these heroes..."

"I think no means are too much."

"That's true."

Although she has left the Silvermane Guards, it doesn't mean that Serval has lost all feelings for her old comrades.

In the past, when she learned that Cocolia was issuing such an abstract command as "Silvermane Sharpshooters, advance twenty meters," she at most thought that Cocolia was mentally unstable.

Now, after exchanging information with this outsider, she realized that Cocolia was deliberately sending the Silvermane Guards to their deaths—it would be a miracle if she could continue to tolerate this.

If Serval had harbored even a sliver of hope for Cocolia before today, now that she knows the reasons behind some of Cocolia's past actions, Serval only feels that if Cocolia still cherishes those past feelings, she would be a complete fool.

Cocolia, now even your daughter has chosen to stand against you...

Even if you realize it now, it's already too late.

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