God Loves All People? Shameless!

In the corner, Illumi's interrogation continued.

No, it could no longer be called an interrogation.

Completely controlled by the Nen Needle, Pige Aaron lay limp on the floor like a wineskin drained of its soul, reduced to a puppet that could only divulge information according to orders.

Bai Zhu pulled over a wooden chair and sat down in front of Ella. With a casual motion, he untied the rope of light binding her and tossed the blanket that had slipped off back over her.

"You saw it too. Your husband has completely gone mad for that false god of his." Bai Zhu's voice held no warmth. "But your reaction is fear, not fanaticism. You're different from them."

He paused and gestured toward the corner.

"Madam, stay quiet for now. Listen to what secrets your husband reveals next. Perhaps you'll have some new thoughts after hearing them."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ella's body suddenly arched violently. Like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, she curled up in agony. She clutched her stomach tightly, all color draining from her face.

The repeated shocks and stimulation had clearly disturbed her pregnancy.

Bai Zhu frowned.

That would not do. If she died, how was he supposed to question her? How was he supposed to continue the achievement mission?

Without hesitation, he rapidly crossed his hands before his chest, forming an intricate hand seal that no one present had ever seen before.

A low, rhythmic chant rang out in the deathly silent room, carrying a strange, soothing power.

"Silent sins, I am the Mother of Yellow Heaven. I am willing to bear all things for the people... Kaidō No. 33: Angel's Gaze!"

A soft green light bloomed from his palm and spread like ripples across water, instantly enveloping Ella.

The gut-wrenching pain vanished in an instant. Ella only felt a warm current flow through her body. Even the exhaustion and hidden injuries accumulated over days of torment from the fetus seemed to be gently smoothed away by an invisible hand.

She opened her eyes in disbelief and looked at Bai Zhu. Much of the hatred in her gaze had faded.

That green light just now... that feeling...

And that chant! "Mother of Yellow Heaven"—wasn't that another title for the Virgin Mary?

God had not abandoned me!

Even though she had betrayed her faith, the great Lord had still sent down a miracle to save her!

Tears instantly welled up in Ella's eyes. Clasping her hands before her chest, she began praying softly to herself.

Bai Zhu's face twitched fiercely.

Well, damn.

I worked my ass off singing, dancing, rapping, healing the wounded and saving the dying, and then you turned around and credited the KPI to your boss?

Fine. Thank whoever you wanted, as long as you did not delay his mission.

He could not be bothered correcting this woman's thought process. His goal had been achieved anyway.

However, from the moment Bai Zhu formed the hand seal and began chanting, the other two people in the room had already frozen.

"Big Brother! Big Brother!" Milluki's face fat trembled with excitement. Lowering his voice, he desperately tugged at Illumi's sleeve. "Did you see that? Hand seals! Chanting! Holy shit, that was fucking cool!"

As a seasoned shut-in, Milluki's DNA had been thoroughly awakened.

Illumi paid no attention at all to his disappointing younger brother.

Kaidō? Kidō? Number thirty-three...

Did that mean there were at least thirty-two more? Or perhaps the numbering went far beyond that?

A completely new power system, born from "Nen" yet entirely independent of it, with a complete system of numbering and classification!

The Nen Needles between Illumi's fingers seemed to sense their owner's emotions, letting out an almost inaudible hum.

An unfamiliar, uncontrollable impulse rose from the deepest depths of his heart.

I really wanted... to thoroughly study this person called Bai Zhu, inch by inch, from the inside out, from his body to his soul.

This feeling of being beyond his control was simply too... exhilarating.

Bai Zhu looked at Illumi, who was so excited he was nearly unable to contain himself, and sneered inwardly.

Little brat.

He had long mastered that Kaidō technique so thoroughly that he did not need hand seals or chants at all. Yet he had deliberately gone through the entire routine, specifically for Illumi to see.

After all, cooperating with the monsters of the Zoldyck family was far too dangerous. He had not forgotten that, when they first met, he had not sensed Illumi approaching at all. Even when Illumi entered the room just now, he had likewise noticed nothing.

What if this guy decided his strength was nothing special and suddenly fired a Nen Needle at him? With his current body, he might not even be able to dodge it.

So, it was better to reveal a few more trump cards and make himself seem as mysterious and unfathomable as possible. Only by making Illumi unable to gauge his true depth would he not dare act rashly.

Illumi reined in his thoughts and returned his attention to the puppet.

"Tell me. What is the purpose of hunting women everywhere and having children with them?"

Drooling, Pige Aaron replied in a flat, mechanical voice, "To resurrect my Lord. My Lord will become a Holy Infant through a mother's body and return to the human world."

"The Creation God?"

"Yes."

"Why are so many pregnant women needed? Only one is required for birth." Illumi's words were cold and direct.

"Many of the children born are incomplete. More often, the pregnant women cannot withstand my Lord's power and die during pregnancy."

At this point, Bai Zhu roughly understood. But his next mission still required Ella's cooperation, so he had to completely shatter this woman's fantasies.

Thus, he took over with a smile. "How many women have you 'hunted'? And how many have borne children for you?"

"Many. Ella was the tenth."

"What about your previous 'wives'?"

"They all died." Pige Aaron's tone did not ripple in the slightest. "The first ran away herself. After she was caught and brought back, she was burned to death. The third gave birth to a malformed child and was disposed of along with the child as a failed product. The seventh was the most regrettable. She was only one month away, but her body could not hold on and failed... Actually, Ella will most likely be unable to give birth to this child either! Her body is too weak. She cannot endure several baptisms!"

Those words struck Ella like a bolt from the blue. Her body trembled violently.

Unable to hold herself back any longer, she demanded emotionally, "Then all the kindness you showed me... was fake? You said you loved me... was that fake too?"

Pige Aaron's hollow face turned toward her, and in the calmest tone, he spoke the cruelest truth.

"Yes. My mission was to impregnate women and prepare a womb for my Lord's birth. To achieve that goal, we learned from childhood how to please women."

"As long as they became pregnant, that child might be our Lord. Naturally, we would treat them well."

"But once the child is born, or the mother's body declines, that soil naturally loses its value."

Upon hearing that answer, the last light in Ella's eyes was completely extinguished.

At that moment, a line of translucent text quietly appeared in Bai Zhu's field of vision.

[Congratulations, Host, for completing the series achievement: Ella's Suffering Holy Infant (1/?)]

[Achievement Point Reward: 50 points]

[Current total Achievement Points: 506 points. Remaining distributable Achievement Points: 66 points. Current total Spiritual Pressure: 5060]

Holy shit! Fifty points!

And that "?" at the end was simply overflowing with possibilities!

Bai Zhu became excited in an instant. He had fucking unearthed a god-tier series mission!

He looked at the woman who had lost her soul, as though it had been ripped from her body, and a bold, insane plan rapidly took shape in his mind.

Bai Zhu slowly rose to his feet, walked over to her, crouched down, and met her gaze.

In Ella's hollow, despairing eyes, he revealed a smile that seemed gentle enough, yet carried a devilish temptation.