Elder brother's garrison

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The Pope stared at the photo of the white-haired girl on the ID card for a long time before finally confirming that it was indeed Xiaobai herself.

then.

The Pope's face instantly darkened.

It was so gloomy it looked like it could drip water.

The Pope's hand holding the ID card was trembling, and his fingers, which were gripping the ID card tightly, began to turn white and then blue.

"You liar, you despicable woman, you filthy, vile commoner!" The Pope bared his teeth, raising his head and hurling insults at Xiaobai with eyes blazing with fury. His demeanor was a far cry from the kindness and patience of just seconds before. "You're like a maggot in a sewer, a demon that leads people astray, an ugly devil, a dung beetle in a rotting forest! How dare you covet the identity of a saint! You delusional toad! You shameless snake trying to steal the elixir of immortality!"

Xiao Bai was startled by the Pope's sudden barrage of insults.

"Huh? What's wrong?" Xiao Bai never expected that the Pope's attitude would change so drastically after looking at his ID card.

next second.

The Pope threw his ID card at Xiaobai.

"You wicked woman, how dare you deceive me!" the Pope screamed. "You are not a minor at all! Your ID card clearly states you are twenty-one years old!!! You have no bearing of a saint; you are nothing but expired canned meat, a rotting soul, a mere shell—a fraudster! You are utterly unworthy to receive God's blessing from me!!!"

"what?"

"Guards!!! Guards!!!!" the Pope shouted frantically.

In an instant, as the Pope's voice faded, the doors around the hall opened, and a large number of believers dressed in black robes rushed into the hall.

"Take this fraudster to the dungeon!!! I'm going to torture her with the most vicious punishments in the world!! I'll make her regret deceiving God!!" The Pope pointed at Xiaobai in a frenzy.

"Huh???" Xiaobai exclaimed in surprise.

Chapter 2380 Unexpected Choice

In contrast to the sacred and bright villa hall, the dungeon beneath the villa was dark and damp.

The single cell in the dungeon occupied only three or four square meters of space. In this cramped space, there were only two pieces of furniture: a dirty single bed and an empty bucket next to it. Apart from that, there wasn't even a toilet in the entire room. The walls were full of cracks between the bricks and tiles, and the side facing the exit was a rusty iron gate and railing.

A strong smell of thatch and the metallic tang of iron filled the air.

This feeling is just like returning to Miss Yu Gan's home, which is very warm and welcoming.

"So, what exactly made me get locked up here?"

Little White stood behind the iron fence, her two little hands gripping the iron bars, and asked the guard outside the gate.

“Deceiving the Pope, heresy, blasphemy, and… coveting the position of saintess.” Outside the iron fence, a black-clad believer holding a torch listed Xiaobai’s crimes. He pasted a handwritten document on the iron fence gate and informed Xiaobai, “You are beyond redemption. Our Pope is furious. After he rests for a while, you will face a terrible punishment. Be prepared, you devil.”

"I'm a real human being, you know?"

“We will not believe you. The devil’s methods are exposed under the light of God.”

“Your Pope used to trust me a lot…”

"That's because you tried to deceive our Pope." The black-clad believer waved a torch at the little white figure in front of the iron fence.

The firelight offered a slight illumination of the scene in the darkness.

The white-haired girl's pitiful and delicate appearance, set against the backdrop of the flickering firelight, was reflected in the believers' eyes.

"..." The black-clad believer stared at Xiaobai's face in silence for a long time. He took a few steps back, and then waved the torch in Xiaobai's direction a few more times as if holding a demon-revealing mirror. Finally, he said coldly, "As expected of the demon who almost deceived the Pope, your girlish appearance almost made me feel pity. It seems I need to leave here as soon as possible and go to the sanctuary to buy an indulgence to cleanse my soul. You can stay here alone and reflect on your sins in the darkness."

"Hey, don't go!"

Little White reached out his hand through the iron fence and called out to the believers.

"I have something to ask you. Um, do you have a really fragrant girl here...?"

Xiaobai hadn't finished speaking.

The believer completely ignored Xiaobai's words, turned around and left the dark dungeon.

Da da da……

The heavy footsteps faded into the darkness, and the dungeon, devoid of torchlight, returned to a night-like silence.

Xiao Bai's hand, which had been reaching out over the iron fence, hung in mid-air before finally falling down helplessly.

"Sigh..." A helpless sigh came from the darkness. "Did I succeed in infiltrating, or did I fail...?"

Xiao Bai withdrew her arm, turned around, and looked around her suite.

Although I'm not entirely sure what exactly went wrong with that pope just now, in terms of the outcome, I've now managed to join the cult... right?

Although he was a criminal.

Xiaobai walked to the bed in the single suite, patted off the dust, and carefully sat down.

"The size of this dungeon... it must have been converted from a basement, right?" Xiaobai surveyed the cell's environment without a trace of panic, showing no awareness whatsoever of being a trapped person. She even casually reached out and poked the cell wall, analyzing it with an air of seriousness, "Hmm... if it's a basement, then the outside must be soil... or some kind of foundation, right? No wonder it's so dark here, and the air is so stuffy..."

Based on the information he just learned, Xiaobai has concluded that Akagi from the Deep Sea is most likely hiding in this area.

The main target of Deep Sea Akagi's "Holy Shroud" production is... Since this cult uses "Holy Shroud" as its selling point, Deep Sea Akagi should currently be somewhere in this region, diligently producing "Holy Shroud."

In order to accurately locate Deep Sea Akagi from a cult of several thousand people, this operation must adhere to the principles of secrecy and discretion as much as possible...

Although the process was somewhat unexpected, in the end, he had successfully infiltrated the cult and now enjoyed a secluded environment where he could be alone without any disturbance. The group in the villa hadn't paid much attention to him after throwing him into the dungeon, but while the dungeon was more than enough to hold ordinary people, it certainly couldn't hold someone like Xiaobai with ship-like equipment.

"Staying here isn't very meaningful. I should think of a way to sneak out... But there's a high chance someone will be guarding the door, so going through the front door is out of the question... If I insist on breaking through the wall, I'll probably break through the foundation of the villa, which would be too noisy... Should I do that...?"

Xiao Bai poked at the wall with his fingertip, deep in thought, weighing the pros and cons.

But before Xiaobai could come to a conclusion, a series of sounds, crisper than the previous footsteps, rang out from outside, growing louder as they approached.

Xiao Bai stopped thinking and subconsciously looked up in the direction the believer had left.

In the darkness, crisp footsteps slowly approached.

"Squeak—crack—"

Soon, the sound of a door opening came from outside.

A familiar figure carrying a torch entered the dungeon.

The firelight dispelled the darkness.

"Am I a little early? You've been locked up here for so long, and you haven't even cried or made a fuss." A cool and indifferent voice rang out as a beautiful nun stood by the iron bars, holding a torch, and spoke to Little White in the cell.

"Uh...actually, I've only been here for a few minutes..."

"Really? Then I'll come back in two hours." The nun, holding a torch, made as if to turn around.

"Hey, no, no, no..." Little White quickly got up, ran to the iron fence, and gave the nun outside an awkward smile, "Sister nun, please don't go..."

Upon hearing this, the nun stopped and turned around, holding a torch as she approached the iron fence.

"You're probably one of the most mentally resilient people I've ever met," the aloof nun said to Xiaobai. "Ordinary people locked up here, even if only a few minutes have passed, would quickly break down emotionally. It's truly remarkable that you can still talk to me like we're having a casual chat."

Xiao Bai couldn't help but smile as she listened to the nun's evaluation.

Xiaobai is indeed not afraid of being locked in the dungeon, because this dungeon simply cannot hold her. This may be what is meant by "as long as you have a powerful backer (referring to the land-based ship equipment), you will not change your expression even if Mount Tai collapses in front of you."

The nun who appeared before Xiaobai had met him once before.

She was the aloof nun who had been rude to Xiaobai when he entered the villa's hall. At that time, she had been reprimanded by the High Priest for underestimating Xiaobai. Xiaobai had initially thought it was just a typical face-slapping moment, and that the nun wouldn't appear in his storyline again. But he never expected that this seemingly insignificant NPC would appear in the dungeon at this time and in this way.

"Actually, I was scared too. Look, I ran over to talk to you as soon as you came out, didn't I?" Xiaobai said with a smile to the nun outside the fence.

"It seems you don't have a clear enough understanding of your own identity and how you'll be treated," the nun said, looking at the innocent expression on the young boy's face, which seemed completely untouched by suffering. "In this religious organization, everyone imprisoned in this dungeon is a heinous blasphemer. Not only do they have to live in this boundless darkness day and night, but they are also dragged out every night to be tortured with various instruments of torture. In addition, the conditions for rest and food are terrible. Many people who are newly imprisoned here, after a while,..."

At this point, the nun paused slightly in her cold words, seemingly not wanting to say anything that might cause Xiaobai psychological trauma, and closed her mouth.

"never mind."

After a while, the nun continued to speak.

The nun held a torch in one hand and took a key out of her clothes with the other. She approached the iron gate and gently turned the lock.

A creaking sound was heard.

The rusty iron gate was slowly pulled open by the nun's furrowed brows and straining movements.

Xiao Bai stood behind the iron gate in surprise, looking at the nun in front of her.

"What are you still standing there for?" The indifferent nun urged, seeing that Xiaobai was not moving. "Come out quickly, I don't have much time left for you."

"Huh? Sister nun, what's wrong...?"

"Go away, this is not a place for someone like you." The nun took back the key and took out an ID card from her pocket and handed it to Xiaobai. "This is a cult that extorts money and harms people. You need to be able to distinguish right from wrong and stay away from places like this as much as possible. After all, there won't always be someone like me who will save you."

Xiao Bai took the ID card handed to him by the nun, looked down at it, and saw that it was indeed his.

The nun handed over the same ID card that Xiaobai had given to the Pope earlier. The Pope had thrown it at Xiaobai when he was angry, and Xiaobai hadn't caught it.

"I've already sent those two guards outside to the kitchen to cook for them," the nun said to Xiaobai. "When you go out later, turn left, go up the stairs, then turn right and enter the first door. You'll then arrive at the hall you went to before. There's usually no one in the hall. Just leave through the back door. Understand?"

"Oh, oh oh oh..." Little White nodded like a chick pecking at rice.

Chapter 2381 Little White's Revenge

Seeing Xiaobai nod rapidly, the nun's cold expression softened somewhat.

“I’ll go out and check the situation outside for you in a bit. If everything is alright, I’ll knock on the door three times gently,” the nun said. “You can come out after I leave. Don’t show up with me. And if you happen to get caught on the street, don’t say that I let you out.”

"Hmm." Little White nodded, blinking as she stared intently at the nun.

"Then proceed according to plan." The nun said, turning to walk towards the door.

"Sister Sister." Just then, Xiaobai called out to her.

"What is it?" The nun stopped and turned to look at Little White.

"Sister, you...you're a good person after all?" Little White asked belatedly. "Why did you save me?"

"...There's no reason, it's just something I'm interested in." The nun glanced at Little White, turned her head, and ended the conversation. "Let's go, there's not much time left."

"If the Pope and the others find out I'm missing, won't the consequences be severe for you?"

"...Hmph." The nun snorted softly upon hearing Xiaobai's words. "Don't worry, they won't have time."

"what?"

"..."

The nun didn't seem to have any intention of explaining things to Xiaobai just now.

The nun, holding a torch, left the dungeon alone.

After a while.

Three knocks came from outside the dungeon door, followed by the sound of footsteps fading away.

Xiao Bai waited in place for a short while, then tiptoed to the outside of the dungeon and gently pushed open the dungeon door.

The dungeon door opened.

suddenly see the light.

The sacred and magnificent medieval church-style decor came into Xiaobai's view.

Standing at the dungeon entrance, with the villa scene in front of her, Xiaobai looked back at the deep, dark dungeon behind her and couldn't help but feel as if she had returned to the human world.

Xiao Bai slammed the dungeon door shut behind him.

"Hmm... Anyway... this can be considered a way to sneak out, right?" Xiaobai stood at the dungeon entrance, pinching her chin and looking around at the scene, muttering softly, "I never thought there would be such a kind-hearted human girl in a cult organization. There is indeed warmth in the world."

Following the route the cold-faced nun had given him, Xiaobai arrived at the villa's main hall, where, as expected, there was no one in sight.

Back in the familiar villa lobby, Xiaobai once again saw the two heavy villa doors, and a small door at the other end of the lobby leading to the garden—this should be the escape route the cold-faced nun had just told him about. Leaving from here should allow him to avoid most people's attention and quietly leave this cult area.

However, Xiaobai's purpose in coming to the cult was not just to escape.

Xiao Bai glanced at the back door from afar, then looked away and walked straight toward the entrances to the other rooms.

The deep-sea fortress has not been found yet.

How could Xiaobai bear to go back?

In short, since there's hardly anyone in this villa, I might as well just look for Akagi Akagi here.

This villa is so big, with over a hundred rooms for people to hide in, enough to keep me searching for a while.

Xiao Bai randomly ran to an empty corridor and started browsing through the rooms one by one.

Although the villa appeared luxurious on the surface, most of the rooms were actually empty and uninhabited, with only a set of furniture hastily placed in each room. Xiaobai walked through the empty rooms from beginning to end of the corridor, and after ten minutes, she still couldn't find Akagi Shinkai.

"Hmm..." Xiaobai walked out of the last room, frowning as she looked at the doors in the corridor and thought for a while. "Searching room by room seems too inefficient... and if I stay here too long, the probability of being discovered will increase... or should I go ask the Pope?"

Thinking about it, Xiao Bai inexplicably returned to the entrance of the hall where he had previously met the Pope.