"Tell me, Lord Chi, how much longer do you intend to keep this woman?"
Rhine City's Red Grape Building had been completed thirty years ago. Back then, it had been a landmark building meant to rival Dadu's Hua Banner.
Thus, beneath the Red Grape Building lay a secret base for transcendent beings.
The Ninth Layer underground was an airtight secret prison.
Through the screen before them, they could monitor the prison in real time. Now, the entire underground section of the Red Grape Building had been cleared out for the sake of holding just one person—
Wind City Rose, Yekaterina.
"Before Upper City issues a clear execution order, I have the authority to keep her imprisoned."
Chi Shou expressionlessly looked at the man beside him. Gu Li had now been appointed by the Red Grape Corporation to temporarily take over Rhine City's special authority. In a sense, he was a temporary priest on equal footing with Chi Shou.
"We both know Upper City wants her dead."
Gu Li wore a loose robe and looked languid. Holding a wineglass, he spoke with a smile. "And as far as I know... Upper City has sent more than one order demanding that this traitor be executed."
He paused briefly.
Then he continued with a smile, "Holy Cross Academy's urging has reached Rhine time and again... If you hadn't insisted on keeping this woman in the secret prison, even if she had nine lives, they would all have been cut short by now. I wonder whether news of this reaching Upper City might have any adverse effects on you, Lord Chi?"
"If you have something to say, say it."
"As a priest of the Source Tower, naturally I must obey the Source Tower's God's Decree. I follow the rules. My conduct is upright, and