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Chapter 1889: Chapter 755: Elina: Qiu Tu, That Poisonous Scholar!

Since the Star Casting God King helped Elina complete the information, Elina has actually started to suspect Qiu Tu.

After all, as the Star Casting God King said, everything was too coincidental, leaving one with no choice but to ponder.

Thus, Elina deliberately set up this "Wine Pool situation."

The Divine Kings of the "Order Path" have always been the most cunning. And once she learned from the Star Casting God King about Qiu Tu’s past, Elina knew Qiu Tu would certainly be the same.

If it was just regular probing, it might give Qiu Tu time to react and he might avoid it.

Hence, Elina directly used the ambiguity of this wine pool to weaken Qiu Tu’s vigilance, then suddenly reversed and directly attacked the mental aspect.

After all, for a Divine King, even a 0.1 second change in facial expression could be captured and reveal some clues.

Thus, despite Qiu Tu’s excellent and quick cover-up just now, Elina still noticed something amiss.

However, because that disguise was fleeting, Elina could not completely confirm it. So she still wanted to continue probing Qiu Tu to see if she had made a mistake.

Unexpectedly, Qiu Tu didn’t pretend anymore and directly admitted he was a traitor.

At that moment, two thoughts sprang into Elina’s mind.

The first was: Is Qiu Tu crazy? He directly confessed his identity? Doesn’t he fear death?

The second was... Could there be some hidden agenda?

After all... normally, most intelligent life forms, when deliberately concealing something yet being exposed, their first reaction is usually to continue disguising.

Only when they cannot disguise anymore do they reveal the truth.

This is due to the "sunk cost" and "psychological game."

Someone as direct as Qiu Tu is indeed rare.

’Or perhaps... Qiu Tu saw through everything in those few seconds and began a deeper strategy with me?

’Am I on the second level, and he’s on the third level?’

Thinking this, Elina felt she might be worrying too much.

If Qiu Tu really could figure everything out in such a short time and foresee her predictions, then Qiu Tu is indeed terrifying.

Calculating this way, there aren’t many people in the "Order Temple" who could outsmart Qiu Tu.

So, comparatively, Elina was more inclined to believe that Qiu Tu’s current reaction was his most honest response.

Thinking this, Elina refrained from the fleeting killing intent she felt upon hearing Qiu Tu admit he was a traitor, instead continuing to lean into Qiu Tu, and with narrowed eyes, she said with interest, "Oh? Qiu Tu the Divine King is certainly honest."

"Once I asked, you directly admitted."

"It seems the Star Casting God King wasn’t wrong; it really is all your doing."

Even though she had guessed that Qiu Tu might give her an unusual answer, Elina showed no sign of it, and instead continued to apply pressure towards Qiu Tu.

And after these few seconds, Qiu Tu, who was originally somewhat panicked, now was completely relaxed.

Upon hearing Elina’s words, he casually smoothed Elina’s hair and said,

"There’s no need for you to use the Star Casting God King as a scapegoat. Actually, you should have guessed from the first time we met when I pointed out Yao Qin’s identity, right?"

Elina’s expression froze.

For a moment, she couldn’t quite tell if Qiu Tu was praising her or insulting her.

Or perhaps... he was explaining?

Sure enough, as Elina thought about this, Qiu Tu began to speak, "I never intended to hide the fact that I am a traitor of the "Chaos Camp."

"Otherwise, I wouldn’t have deliberately revealed Yao Qin’s identity when we first met, and highlighted my conflict with the Star Casting God King."

"And when explaining the upper, middle, and lower strategies, I deliberately left anomalies for you to sense something amiss."

"If I’m not mistaken, you probably detected some abnormalities at that time and went to verify them with the Star Casting God King after sending me away."

"Then, tonight, you laid down a banquet to test me."

Elina:.....

Elina realized that Qiu Tu really had a way with words.

After such an analysis, not only did she appear wise and powerful, but it also perfectly aligned with her mentality.

Elina did indeed notice some anomalies at that time, but didn’t think about it deeply. Now, hearing Qiu Tu’s flattery, she almost couldn’t discern whether she subconsciously suspected Qiu Tu before.

And more importantly, since Qiu Tu had praised her so much, she couldn’t directly refute him and claim she was just addled by happy events―that would suggest she was foolish.

Hence, she could only nod slightly, making a faint "mm" sound, as if everything was truly as Qiu Tu said.

And at this time, seeing Elina acknowledge everything as he said, Qiu Tu couldn’t help but reveal a slight smile.

He said with a soft smile, "So, since it’s the tacit understanding between you and your subordinate, why wouldn’t I dare to admit it?"

Hearing Qiu Tu’s words, Elina suddenly realized something was amiss.

Hold on! Qiu Tu’s identity was clearly extracted by her deceit; how did it become mutual understanding?

At that instant, Elina suddenly understood the purpose of Qiu Tu’s previous words: Qiu Tu was cornering her.

Either admit she’s foolish, or agree that Qiu Tu had quietly hinted at her earlier.