Then he switched on the Lie Detector. "Whether you answer my next question is entirely up to you. Only those who pass by answering will receive any Crimson Crystal, though."
"Have any of you ever sent followers to the 14121 Region to plot against me?"
After asking, Qin Siyang folded his arms across his chest and said nothing more.
After a moment, Chris said, "I haven't."
Chris had actually chosen to answer.
Then the bulb on top of the Lie Detector glowed green.
"Beep-answer true."
The other three members of the World Salvation Church all froze for a moment.
Jin Shengyu demanded angrily, "Chris, how could you accept this humiliation?!"
Chris said, "The Crimson Crystal has important uses for the entire World Salvation Church. I am doing this to spread the teachings of the God of Worldly Salvation. Even if I accept this humiliation, the God of Worldly Salvation will not blame me."
Qin Siyang was very pleased that Chris had taken the lead in cooperating. "Guardian Chris, thank you for your cooperation. I, Qin Siyang, keep my word. If the World Salvation Church receives a share of the Crimson Crystal, I will share the contract only with you."
He pressed the button on the Lie Detector to reset it.
Then he said, "I'll keep asking the same question until no one else is willing to answer."
"Have any of you ever sent followers to the 14121 Region to plot against me?"
Chris's defection unsettled the other three.
Li Tianming's guess had been correct.
As the largest openly recognized Church within the Safe Zone, acknowledged by all parties, the World Salvation Church was not entirely harmonious internally.
The three Guardians and the Holy Son essentially maintained a balance of power, each keeping the others in check.
If Chris alone controlled