Let them offer their loyalty!

Upon hearing Larilo's words, Qiu Tu did not try to wrestle control of the conversation's rhythm as usual.

Instead, he actively handed over the control of the conversation to Larilo.

He forced an awkward smile, then feigned stubbornness, and said, "How dare I discuss business with Your Highness."

"I am here to save Your Highness."

After that, Qiu Tu took the initiative to say, "I saw the Illusion of the Law belonging to Yan Chen appear and discovered that something big seemed to have happened in Xinjie City."

"So, I captured many people, and after lengthy interrogations, I learned that Yan Chen had set up a trap, a snare, wanting to Devour Your Highness and become a Fourth-order Catastrophe-evolver."

"Having obtained this intelligence, I communicated with Your Highness immediately, wishing to save Your Highness."

Sure enough, upon hearing Qiu Tu's recounting, Larilo laughed lightly, then taunted, "Save me? Do I need saving by you?"

She spoke with slight disdain, "Do you really think Yan Chen can outwit me?"

"The tactics he and Bai Yu have been playing, I have seen through them all too clearly."

"In fact, I have made targeted arrangements."

"Yan Chen feels that he has outwitted me, but in reality... everything is a plot within a plot, a scheme within a scheme."

As Larilo spoke, Qiu Tu was intently watching her expressions, trying to discern whether Larilo was telling the truth or lies.

But whether Larilo's acting was too good, or everything was indeed fact, Qiu Tu could not detect the slightest flaw.

Therefore, he became even more cautious, and tentatively said, "Is that so?"

"Then... may I ask Your Highness to resolve some of my confusion?"

Feigning a puzzled frown, Qiu Tu said, "Having learned about the general process of the entire affair today, I truly feel like the whole Xinjie City is a giant chessboard."

"And it seems like you and Yan Chen have been laying out your plans for many years."

At this point, Qiu Tu brought up several key terms on purpose.

He said, "For instance... what exactly is the deal with Zheng Tao and his wife?"

"And when did Bai Yu feign allegiance to Your Highness?"

"When did Your Highness begin to conceal yourself by Yan Chen's side?"

"And how did Yan Chen plan to outwit Your Highness?"
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Having said that, Qiu Tu then put on a look of dejection and said, "I'm now only piecing together a general picture from various sources of information, but I cannot understand the timelines or your arrangements at all..."

On hearing Qiu Tu's words, Larilo's crimson eyes took Qiu Tu in from top to bottom, a flicker of surprise in their depths.

Obviously, she had not expected Qiu Tu to know so much intelligence and detail, and that he had figured out the crux of the matter in just a day's time.

It was only certain key nodes of information and timing that were not clearly sorted out.

Such ability to gather and analyze intelligence was indeed astonishing.

Thinking this, Larilo also couldn't help but reassess Qiu Tu, as if considering whether to tell him everything or not.

After a moment, she came to a decision.

She slightly tilted her head up, then said, "Well then~since you want to know, I might as well tell you briefly."

"Consider it a demonstration of my might...."

Saying so, Larilo roughly recounted to Qiu Tu the mutual strategizing between her and Yan Chen over the past two years.

According to Larilo, her focus on Yan Chen began a few years ago.

At that time, the Sanctuary had just decided that Xinjie City would become a Planning Area, and Yan Chen, General Ye, and Commissioner Jiang were subsequently designated as the highest officials for Xinjie City's three major institutions.

Old Master Qin learned of this news through some secretive channels.

So he gathered information about these three individuals for Larilo to see who could be swayed or breached.

Ultimately, Larilo chose Yan Chen.

The reason for choosing Yan Chen was simple: his wife had passed away a few years ago and could be revived using "Cloned Female Body", and he also had a daughter, convenient for Larilo to descend in hiding.

Thus, carrying with him grand gifts, Old Master Qin visited the Sanctuary as a would-be supporter, held secret talks with Yan Chen, and finally, with the condition of Cloning and reviving Yan Chen's wife, reached a preliminary collaboration—Old Master Qin's second son, Qin Zhengguang, would take up a post in the Investigation Bureau.

Afterwards, the Qin family would continue their cooperation with Yan Chen once he arrived at Xinjie City.

Of course... all of this was a ruse. Old Master Qin's cooperation was fake, the real objective was to steal Yan Chen's daughter's genes.

When discussing the technology of "Cloned Female Body", Old Master Qin fabricated a story: Since Yan Chen's wife had been dead for a few years, cloning her directly from the leftover genes was impossible, and a living cell template from his daughter was required for corrections.

Not much living tissue was needed, just a vial of blood would suffice.

Yan Chen, clearly not realizing that Old Master Qin's target was his daughter, agreed to the condition without much hesitation.

So, upon returning to Xinjie City, Old Master Qin began the cloning of Yan Chen's wife and Yan Yan.

During this period, the clone body prepared for Old Master Qin matured.

Thus, Old Master Qin, following his plan with Larilo, abandoned his old body, his Soul split in two, and entered both his cloned body and his elder son Qin Heng's body, continuing to serve Larilo.

In this way, Xinjie City was officially established shortly thereafter, and Yan Chen successfully became the Xinjie City Investigation Bureau Chief and arrived at Xinjie City.

Honoring the initial agreement, Old Master Qin presented the cloned wife to Yan Chen, who in turn promptly fulfilled his promise: Qin Zhengguang was appointed as the Deputy Division Chief of the Investigation Bureau.