"Duke Du Wei, Old Zheng's wife and daughter died because of your daughter. When he took revenge at the Grand Bell Tower last time, he forced part of the truth into the open. Why did you bring every investigation to an abrupt halt there?"
Meng Chengfei laughed through his pain:
"That was the second chance I gave you. If you'd only kept investigating, uncovered the truth, and given us an explanation, the ritual would have stopped."
"Then, at the villa, Chief Captain, I kidnapped your granddaughter. I begged you desperately, but you remained unmoved. Only then did I realize that the man you once were had grown old. No, to be precise, the man you once were was already dead."
"Hahaha..."
"If you'd spoken a single word on our behalf back then, just one word, perhaps I would have hesitated and stopped what came next. Sadly, you didn't. Neither did Duke Han Xi. You stood high above everyone, looking down on us all. You never gave us a second thought."
"Of course, my plan went smoothly, too. Through your hands, the Eternal Church's Spades Lineage was wiped out, and all of you received false information."
"That baby..."
"Was the final link in the ritual."
"In fact, I know better than anyone how terrifying the Lord of Darkfall is. I wanted his descent less than any of you."
"He brings disaster and destruction. He will plunge this crumbling world further into ruin, then build a new world amid the suffering. But that process may cost the blood of several generations, even a dozen or more."
"So, as long as you settled it by a vote, all I had to do was guide the good side of your humanity. Just a little nudge, and the votes wouldn't pass the halfway mark. The