"I, I just wanted to submit a petition to the Xianzhou at the Martial Arts Ceremony... to let you hear the voice of Danlun Temple."
Shanshe wore a sorrowful expression.
"If I appeared in my true form, I'm afraid boarding Luofu would have been impossible to begin with."
Yukong shook her head.
"Regardless of the wish that brought you here, you no longer have the chance to see it fulfilled."
"Danlun Temple's reputation will be ruined by the bloody crime you committed, and a petition is out of the question."
"And all of this has been destroyed by your own hands."
"I...?" Shanshe felt deeply wronged.
Seeing her like this, Luka quickly asked the small robot beside them, "Miss Shanshe was not lying, right, Mr. Machine?"
Shanshe replied:
"...Status: I uphold the precepts, and I do not answer questions from anyone other than Shanshe."
Seeing these two refusing to speak and about to be judged as criminals by Imprisonment Prison, Luka found it completely incomprehensible.
If they truly hadn't done anything bad, then why not defend themselves?
"Mr. Machine, if you and Miss Shanshe are found guilty for observing your precepts, Danlun Temple will also be implicated."
"Your precepts were kept for the sake of Danlun Temple, not to be stubbornly maintained for its destruction."
After a moment of silence, Shanshe replied:
"...The inference is reasonable."
"I am the one who eradicated those 102 people; please direct your questions to me."
"???" Luka was stunned.
Wait, he asked you to defend yourself, and you just went ahead and confessed directly?!
The gazes of Yukong and the other Nether Envoys around them also turned much sharper.
"...Shanshe!" Shanshe chided:
"You promised me you wouldn't expose yourself to danger!"
The small robot remained calm.
"Do not panic, Shanshe."
"Proposal: I will display