Unexpectedly, the Unexpected Arrived-Where Had the Holy Infant Gone?

(6000 today!)

The fact that the Evil Infant Tribunal was just a shell institution had led the players' exploration into a dead end, but unexpectedly, due to the appearance of Tullatin and Cheng Shi's persuasion, the Trials took an unexpected turn for the Cheng Shi.

That's good. Tonight I don't have to rush back to move those evil baby files, and I don't have to care whether the evil baby history I made up before is true or not. After all, even the court is fake, and there has never been any "legitimate" evil baby in Dolgo D.

Cheng Shi breathed a heavy sigh of relief. He looked at the squinty-eyed man beside him, and the two exchanged a tacit glance. Neither of them mentioned the possibility that Gou Feng might still be hanging from the ceiling on the second floor of the courthouse.

Neither of the two moderates wanted to go back and take the risk, nor did they want to explore the origins of the Three Crow Tribe and Dolgo D. They just wanted to pass the Trials as soon as possible and finish their respective missions.

Tullatin left excitedly to look through the gestation record in the leader's room. He told the players that they would definitely be able to steal the list before midnight tonight, so he told them to hold back and wait until they got the list before making any moves.

Cheng Shi watched Tullatin leave, clicked his tongue, and looked at the crowd, saying:

"I suggest that everyone change their clothes to conceal their identities. Although I think this Church Leader's Son does have the talent to be a [Filth and Decay] Believer, no one can say for sure what means the Divine Nurturing Church has to counter him. So, to be on the safe side, it's better to disguise yourself."

It's not too late for us to show ourselves once he has actually obtained the list and hasn't been discovered yet.

Don't forget, there's still a warrior of [Annihilation] roaming the frontier; perhaps changing his appearance would be safer.

Upon hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement and agreed to find a room in the church to change their appearance, and then meet again in the courtyard outside the church lounge.

The group separated for a rare moment. Scorpio disappeared into the shadows, Gao Ya cautiously blended into the church crowd, and Zhang Jizu remained motionless, showing no intention of leaving Cheng Shi.

Cheng Shi said with a hint of helplessness, "Brother, you've taken a liking to me?"

Zhang Jizu chuckled and shook his head, "You sent them away, where are you planning to go?"

"You noticed that?"

"Your purpose is too obvious, and you haven't tried to hide it. Everyone can see it."

Otherwise, Scorpio and Gao Ya wouldn't have left at this time. You've gained control of the team's decision-making, which is why they've cooperated by giving you personal time.

"They're all shrewd people," Cheng Shi remarked, taking a step in the direction Tullatin had left in. "Tullatin's appearance is too coincidental. Why is it that the mole found in the church happens to know so much? Aren't you curious?"

Zhang Jizu narrowed his eyes slightly, somewhat surprised.

"But this is the target you chose yourself. I followed you and saw you hesitate for a long time among several targets before choosing him."

So why do people think there's something wrong with him?

"Why? I don't know why either." Cheng Shi chuckled self-deprecatingly. He couldn't very well say that he had been deceived so many times that he had developed a stress response and saw every coincidence as a scam.

"What I am certain of is that choosing him as the breakthrough point was based on my own observation, but I am not certain who brought him into my sights."

This is also related to the purpose of my prayer; I need to know what He wants me to know.

Zhang Jizu's pupils contracted, and he asked in a low voice, "What exactly did you pray for?"

Cheng Shi walked, he said, "I prayed for a Trials to meet the Lord of Grace, but I ended up being placed in the [Birth] category."

"You want to see [the Deception]?"

"What does this have to do with the God of Merriment? I'm Wood Elf, so my Lord of Grace is Prosperity, brother."

Ah yes, yes, your Lord of Grace is [Prosperity]...

Zhang Jizu was speechless. He thought to himself, "If [Prosperity] had Believer like you who talks nonsense all the time, he would probably be furious."

However, why did [Birth] intercept [Deception]'s Trials?

Did He really want to tell Cheng Shi something through this Trials?

Why not just summon him directly?

Why have they become so secretive these days? Deception their Believer but refuse to act personally; they have something to Birth but don't summon them directly...

What happened to them?

Could something have happened that I'm unaware of?

Zhang Jizu followed Cheng Shi with a furrowed brow. When he saw Cheng Shi go around the front hall and start climbing the wall to the higher-ups to the leader's room, he realized what Cheng Shi was up to.

"Are you going to keep an eye on Tullatin to make sure he gets his hands on that list without fail?"

"Not really. I have a feeling that someone else will appear in my life just like him, so I'm going to check if there's only one mole like him."

"..." What a unique reason.

But Zhang Jizu didn't say a word and followed after them, just like a dedicated bodyguard whose employer was courting disaster but he had no choice but to follow suit.

The two of them clung to the outer wall of the tallest building in the church compound like geckos, inching their way up until they reached the balcony of the church leader's room.

They peeked out from under the balcony, cautiously observing the activity inside the room, while only Tullatin was in the leader's room.

He undoubtedly understood his father and knew that the leader would not be here at this time, which was why he rushed over in such a hurry.

He deftly reached for a key on the top of a cabinet, opened a drawer under the instructor's desk, pulled out stacks of documents, and expertly counted a specific page before pulling it out.

Seeing this, Cheng Shi sighed with a strange expression:

"You've come quite a few times."

He squinted and gave a soft "hmm": "No one knows a father better than his son."

Just when the two thought things were going smoothly and Tullatin was about to put the list in his arms and leave, a new unexpected event occurred.

Tullatin gripped the birth list tightly, his arm trembling slightly. His gaze swept over the pages again and again, his face blank and incredulous.

"That's not right, how could that be?"

Where is the Holy Infant of the Filth and Decay? Why are there no citizens expecting to give birth recently?

Are they all lying?

No, no, they clearly don't Faith in Birth. What they're saying must be true, but where is the Holy Infant?

Tullatin panicked. He frantically flipped through the other documents, trying to find a piece of paper with the Holy Infant's name written on it, but obviously, there was no such thing. No matter how carefully he searched, he couldn't find a second list related to childbirth.

Upon seeing this, both Cheng Shi and Zhang Jizu's faces darkened.

As expected, this Trials was not so simple; Dolgo D had no officially recorded citizens about to give birth in the near future.

This also means that they have no chance of finding that so-called the Life That Should Not Be Born through such means.

"I knew it. Once I was matched with people like you, it wouldn't be easy to complete the mission."

No wonder He gave us seven days; it seems speedrunning is out of the question.

"..."