"So... why are you telling me all this?"
Vivian looked at Tiandao. She wanted to refute him several times, yet she could never find a reason to.
Because if she connected what Tiandao had said with everything that had happened to her recently,
then it all had an explanation.
But knowing the truth was one thing. Whether she could accept it was another.
Looking at the utterly despondent Vivian, Tiandao knew he needed to press a little harder.
Danika was the key "key" to opening the Gate of Miracles.
Vivian was the indispensable "stepping stone" he needed to reach that Gate of Miracles.
As for whether what he said now would affect the plot,
Tiandao was not worried in the slightest.
Because in the original story, the person who captured Vivian and told her this information was the Fifth Squad's Deputy Captain—Yu Chen.
So all Tiandao was doing now was snatching someone else's scene.
"Vivian, this world is complicated, and the human heart is difficult to fathom."
"You can never know how many masks a person hides, much less whether the face you see is the one she wants you to see."
As his words fell, vast amounts of black ink suddenly appeared around the file labeled "File No. 23."
The ink wrapped around File No. 23, rapidly curling it up, blackening it, and finally reducing it to a handful of powder.
Then, an invisible gust of wind suddenly appeared in the interrogation room, scattering the powder from the table without leaving even a trace behind.
"With the Holy Relic missing, Bishop Cleve will certainly be held accountable by his superiors. But as long as Saintess Euphemia nods, Cleve, who cannot complete the bishop succession ceremony, can retain his current position."
"And without conclusive evidence, the Mechanical God Cult's higher-ups