["This case is known to everyone on the Xianzhou Luofu. Releasing Baiheng now will inevitably attract the attention of certain people. If things blow up and the situation gets out of control, I'm afraid even I won't be able to handle it."]
[Seeing Jingliu's attitude soften, you quickly pressed your advantage.
"Why not let her stay here for a few months? Once the public attention has completely died down, I'll find an excuse to release her..."]
[After your display of Silver Tongue, Jingliu finally acquiesced to your plan.]
[You were ecstatic. You couldn't care less about Baiheng. From the very beginning, your only target was Jingliu herself.]
[With Baiheng in your hands, a few months would be enough to 'tune' Jingliu into a shape that was yours and yours alone.]
[Just as Jingliu was about to leave, you grabbed her hand. With a wide smile, you said to her, "Master, it's rare for you to visit your disciple. Why not let me entertain you properly?"]
[Jingliu immediately realized what you were planning, and her fair cheeks flushed crimson in an instant.]
[Jingliu snapped harshly, "Insolent disciple! What do you think you're doing!? Let go of me at once!?"]
[1. You immediately let go of Jingliu and said, "Master, I was just joking."]
[2. Not only did you not let go, but you pressed yourself right against her and said: ...]
Are you kidding me? The only one who'd choose '1' in this situation would be some impotent protagonist from a Japanese story.
Besides, after that night of passion, Victor seemed to have a complete awakening, and even his mindset had changed.
'Being a villain doesn't seem so bad. It's just a simulation, anyway. Rather than agonizing over it, I might as well enjoy myself~'
So, Victor decisively chose '2'.
As expected, the system immediately entered the phase he had been anticipating most.
[A special event has occurred. Enter Reality Mode? (Yes/No)]
This time, before the message even finished displaying, Victor decisively chose 'Yes'.
The world spun around him, and he once again entered the simulated world.
The sense of touch instantly became real.
At that moment, Victor was standing behind Jingliu. He could feel with perfect clarity the slight squirming of her body as she resisted.
Victor smiled, leaned in close to Jingliu's ear, and whispered,
"Master, Baiheng's treatment in prison for the next few months will depend entirely on your performance~"
Jingliu's body froze as if she'd been hit by a binding spell.
Victor glanced around.
The two of them were in his private office.
The office was quite spacious, but the only thing that could be used as... the desk was piled high with documents.
Just as Victor was hesitating, wondering if he should play the part of a desk-clearing master and sweep all the documents away, a flash of inspiration struck him.
With a gentle push, the Luofu Sword Champion—who had never retreated an inch even when facing thousands of Denizens of Abundance—was pushed without resistance to the enormous glass window by the door.
This window took up the entire upper half of the wall, and through the glass, one could see the scene outside the office with perfect clarity.
However, to protect the Seat's privacy, it was a special one-way mirror: you could see out, but no one could see in.
Victor semi-forcefully made Jingliu place her hands on the glass, and then... he began.
...
Looking at the unobstructed view outside the window, Victor wore a meaningful smile.
Even knowing that no one outside could see in, facing a transparent window with the possibility of someone appearing at any moment would still make a person subconsciously tense.
And when a person is tense, they become exceptionally sensitive.
Victor, who respected his master the most, gently patted Jingliu's back and consoled her,
"Don't worry, Master~ They really can't see from outsi—mmph!"
It turned out that a set of footsteps was approaching, drawing closer and closer to the office. Soon, a tall figure appeared outside.
Victor never would have imagined that someone would actually come to his office at a time like this!
Even though it was impossible to see inside through the glass, for someone to suddenly appear at such a critical moment, separated only by a wall...
That thrilling tension of potentially being discovered at any moment greatly heightened the acuity of all his senses.
When the figure drew closer, Victor saw that it was actually an 'acquaintance'.
The visitor was the judge from the Interrogation Division, Hanya.
Victor had a deep impression of this pseudo-kuudere onee-san, especially because of her habit of muttering complaints, which formed a strong 'gap moe' contrast with her expressionless face.
Of course, Victor's even deeper impression was of her sister, Xueyi, who possessed a puppet body.
Soon, Hanya knocked on the office door.
A moment later, the door opened, and Victor's figure appeared behind it.
However, what Hanya found a bit strange was that Victor only showed his upper body.
A question mark couldn't help but appear over Hanya's head.
Seeing that she seemed to have noticed something was amiss, Victor quickly spoke up, trying to distract her.
"Is there something you need?"
Hanya quickly adopted a serious tone,
"Sir, our Seat sent me to ask if you need to read 'Baiheng's' karmic transgressions?"
Upon hearing 'Baiheng's' name, Victor instantly felt Jingliu's delicate body tremble violently.
"Sir, what's wrong? Is there a problem?"
Victor quickly waved his hand.
"I've already ordered a thorough check of the relevant surveillance footage. Baiheng did indeed enter the Prison of Shackling Souls by mistake. You just need to conduct a routine questioning."
"Yes, I understand."
To avoid exposing himself, Victor quickly sent Hanya away.
Watching Hanya's back as she gradually disappeared into the distance, Victor finally let out a long sigh of relief.
Halfway down the hall, Hanya looked back at Victor's office, a puzzled expression in her eyes. In the end, she just shook her head and left.
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