Once, I wanted to be a good person
Chapter 888 - 888: 226. Late-Night Investigation Room's First Interrogation of a Demigod!_2

Finally, after sulking for a full two hours, the Flower God returned to the room in a huff, cradling the lamb chop Fang Ze had brought her, taking big mouthfuls... savoring them several times.

Once she had drawn out all the flavors and satisfied her craving, the Flower God dashed to the bed and lay on Fang Ze, sinking into a deep sleep.

Even in her slumber, her face held a lingering pained expression, as if burdened by an unresolved worry.

Meanwhile, Fang Ze in the Late-Night Investigation Room observed her actions, his mind racing, trying to deduce the odd behavior of the Flower God tonight. Soon... he gleaned a bit of truth.

'She must have gone to Villa No. 8 and discovered some clues, right?'

'Or perhaps she heard about what I did in Emerald City and realized I am the instigator of her plight.'

With these thoughts, Fang Ze pondered for a moment more, feeling his assumptions were likely correct. Thus, he began planning how to deal with the situation.

Truth be told, given the Flower God's importance to Fang Ze's future plans, there is no way Fang Ze would let her go.

Therefore, Fang Ze was essentially left with only two choices:

The first approach: Going hard—since the truth has already been discovered, Fang Ze need not pretend any longer, but instead use the God-Imprisoning Method on the Flower God like he did with Dahei Jialuo, to imprison her in the Demigd Prison, thereby controlling her entirely.

The advantage of this would be that the Flower God would pose no further threat. Moreover, Fang Ze could have a second Demigod vest, which would be useful for his upcoming visit to Spirit Realm Mountain.

The second approach: Going soft—although Fang Ze already knows the Flower God knows the truth, the Flower God doesn't know Fang Ze knows she knows. So Fang Ze can fully utilize this information gap to fool the Flower God again to keep her by his side.

The benefit of this is saving one use of the God-Imprisoning Method.

Previously, Fang Ze had used the God-Imprisoning Method twice to restrain Dahei Jialuo, leaving him with just one remaining.

If he uses this last one on the Flower God, Fang Ze won't be able to interrogate Dahei Jialuo again in the short term. This would significantly impact Fang Ze's plans.

Of course, aside from saving a use of the God-Imprisoning Method, this choice would also help maintain Fang Ze's current relationship with the Flower God to the greatest extent.

So, after pondering for a while, Fang Ze ultimately chose the second method: or rather, a fusion of the first and second methods.

He plans to prepare the God-Imprisoning Method in advance, then have a good chat with the Flower God in the Late-Night Investigation Room to understand her heart.

If he can keep the Flower God with the "soft" approach, he will use "soft": allowing the Flower God to retain her freedom while saving a use of the God-Imprisoning Method for himself.

But if the "soft" approach fails, Fang Ze will not hesitate to choose "hard"! He will forcibly keep the Flower God! Then have Hei Po quickly create another batch of God-Imprisoning Methods.

With this thought, Fang Ze hesitated no longer. Adjusting the entire Late-Night Investigation Room to match his bedroom exactly, he activated the summoning for the already sleeping Flower God...

...

Tonight, the Flower God's mood was actually very bad and conflicted.

The believer she once considered most devout turned out to be the culprit who ruined her fifty years of plans, preventing her descent. Moreover, she had been living and eating with him over the past month or two, trusting him greatly! She even once considered taking him back to Spirit Realm Mountain as her consort!

So, upon learning the truth, the Flower God genuinely felt utterly embarrassed.

Several times, she thought of killing Fang Ze out of spite, or leaving him to recover her strength for revenge later.

But... ultimately, she never made up her mind.

She didn't know why she couldn't bear to act against Fang Ze: maybe because although Fang Ze harmed her, he did save her in her most critical moment; or maybe because Fang Ze never treated her as an aloof Deity but as a peer; or maybe because Fang Ze had all sorts of delicious and fun things that made her experience the happiest time since birth...

In the end, she returned to Fang Ze's bed to sleep, holding in her grievance without taking action.

Although she didn't act tonight, she still had no idea what to do in the future, or how to choose.

She so hoped Fang Ze was not the one who harmed her, so hoped Fang Ze was truly her friend...

With such fantasies, the Flower God drifted off into deep slumber.

And she didn't know how long she slept before suddenly feeling her Divine Soul grow chilly, as if a cold wind was blowing over it. She shivered slightly, slowly waking up, and looked around before seeing Fang Ze, who was originally asleep on the bed, standing by the window, gazing at the moonlight with pensive melancholy.

Seeing this scene, the Flower God paused a moment, softly inquiring, "What's the matter?"

Upon hearing her, Fang Ze turned back to look at her, giving no reply but instead asking, "Why are you awake?"

Truthfully, the Flower God was also puzzled by her sudden awakening. Under normal circumstances, no night wind should chill her. But at this moment, she certainly couldn't express this, so she merely shook her head, "I'm fine."

After speaking, she looked at Fang Ze again and asked, "How about you?"

At this moment, standing by the bed with his back to the moon, Fang Ze gazed at the Flower God, staying silent for a while. Eventually, he slowly spoke, "Your Grace, there's something I wish to confess to you."

Hearing Fang Ze's words, the Flower God's eyes widened sharply, her heart brewing an odd sense of foreboding. Sure enough, she heard Fang Ze say, "Actually, I'm not your believer."

"On the contrary, I'm the mastermind who ruined your fifty-year scheme: the former Director of the Emerald City Security Bureau, Fang Ze."

To be honest, at Fang Ze's admission, in that instant, the Flower God became a bit flustered: Is this for real? Is he really admitting this at such a moment?

Why would he admit it? Is he planning on killing me? Should I self-destruct my Divine Soul and escape right now?

Moreover… what expression should I have when facing him? Should I act like I already guessed it, being calm and composed? Or should I pretend to have just found out, expressing surprise and anger?

Perhaps due to having too many thoughts and failing to match her expressions, the Flower God's face took on an incredibly bizarre look, appearing on the brink of tears, laughter, and sternness all at once, nearly amusing Fang Ze, who had been eavesdropping on her inner turmoil, to no end.

Truthfully, perhaps due to having little exposure to Outer Realm Demigods, Fang Ze had previously perceived Deities as lofty and omnipotent beings. Even Demigods, with their infinite lifespans, should perceive changes of the ages with airy indifference.

After all, the passage of time can fade many things and cause "gods" to lose their sensitivity to emotions.

But after interacting with the Flower God and hearing her internal monologue this time, Fang Ze felt the Flower God to be a woman with the demeanor of a femme fatale but the heart of a young girl.

This also piqued Fang Ze's curiosity about the state of the Outer Realm Demigods for the first time.

Are they all one race? Do they come from another world? Do they have families, clans? How did they become Demigods? Did they earn the recognition of the world's essence like humans?

Why did they attack the Real World? What was drawing them to the Real World?

Moreover, this being Fang Ze's first Demigod investigation, the more information he obtained, the more harvest he could reap.

Thus, while listening to the Flower God's internal dialogue, Fang Ze silently made a decision: tonight, not only to successfully charm the Flower God, but also to extract a lot of information.

This way, when he heads to Spirit Realm Mountain in the future, it will be smoother sailing, and tonight's Demigod interrogation can yield a greater harvest!