Looking at Kannagi's divine advisor, whose expression was even more manic than his own, Dinu's insides twisted with regret.
Why had he gone and provoked this utterly insane fellow? He had completely messed things up now...
His original plan was to trap Kannagi's divine advisor without suffering any damage himself, a purely positive outcome.
But now, it seemed like a business venture that had resulted in a colossal loss.
Kannagi's divine advisor, who had appeared so pathetic, had such a hidden move up his sleeve – it was enough to make someone spit blood from sheer frustration!
He could only be grateful that he had a statue erected in his honor in the Holy Light Church. After his physical body perished, he could still be resurrected by drawing upon the power of faith.
Otherwise, Dinu would have truly fainted.
However, this consumption was naturally immense, and a severe reprimand from the Pope was an absolute certainty.
This was agonizing! Such a precious opportunity, wasted so carelessly by him!
Especially when it was wasted on such an idiot.
Seeing Kannagi's divine advisor's increasingly arrogant, perverted laughter beside him, Dinu, knowing he wouldn't truly die, let out a helpless sigh.
Fine, there was no point in continuing this verbal sparring with him...
He had initially intended to say something to provoke him, but then he reconsidered; it seemed unnecessary.
He was already a dead man, so he shouldn't reveal his trump cards now and deliver another heavy blow.
Letting him leave the world with a smile was, in its own way, quite good...
Thus, Dinu put on a foolish smile, looking at Kannagi's divine advisor with mockery, intending to let him figure it out himself.
This, in turn, genuinely piqued Kannagi's divine advisor's interest.
Since they were all going to the same destination anyway, and there was nothing else to do in this final moment, he might as well continue to tease Dinu, who had destroyed his last sliver of hope for escape.
Unlike Dinu, Kannagi's divine advisor possessed an extremely extreme personality. Anything that could displease Dinu, he would never let go of.
Therefore, when he saw Dinu smile again, Kannagi's divine advisor began plotting how to erase that damnable superior smile from Dinu's face...
And he actually thought of a brilliant idea!
First, he glanced up at the approaching star above him, calculating how much time he had left, before Kannagi's divine advisor, with a beaming smile, approached Dinu again to strike up a conversation.
Although Dinu didn't want to pay any attention to Kannagi's divine advisor, it didn't mean Kannagi's divine advisor didn't want to engage with Dinu!
At this moment, he wished time would just stop so he could unleash a torrent of taunts upon Dinu!
After all, he now held a piece of good news that would surely infuriate Dinu!
"Hey, you know, since we're all going to die together, why don't we speak some truths?"
Looking at Dinu, who was not far from him, Kannagi's divine advisor sent out another communication request.
Initially, Dinu really didn't want to deal with this person, but now, it was just a dull phase of waiting to die, and there was really nothing else to do. Teasing a fool might not be so bad!
"Oh? Truths? What do you want to say?"
Dinu put on a somewhat interested expression, preparing to thoroughly enjoy Kannagi's divine advisor's upcoming performance.
Moreover, Dinu had already secretly decided that no matter what emerged from Kannagi's divine advisor's foul mouth, he would find an angle to relentlessly grill him!
Kannagi's divine advisor chuckled:
"Let's talk about you first... Tell me, why did you come to Kyushu Island, and why were you looking for the Emperor of Sakura Country?"
Upon hearing this, Dinu let out a disdainful scoff.
In his opinion, talking about these things with Kannagi's divine advisor, who completely failed to grasp their grand vision for the future, was like playing a lute to a cow.
Even if he explained it earnestly, this fool might not understand.
Not to mention that the falling star might not give him the chance for a lengthy explanation before it descended and destroyed everything...
Therefore, instead of wasting energy talking to Kannagi's divine advisor about these matters, he might as well tell some jokes.
Seeing that his words had no effect on Dinu and that Dinu still wore that disgusting smiling face, Kannagi's divine advisor became instantly displeased:
"What, you're a dying man, and you'd rather take this secret to your grave than share it?"
"Your life is truly quite dull, you utterly ridiculous person!"
Dinu sneered:
"It's not that I'm unwilling to tell you, it's just that your intelligence is too low to comprehend what I have to say..."
"Humans like you, who are willing to sell out to foreign races, deserve to be crushed by a meteor! What is there for me to say to you?"
Even now, Dinu, unaware of Kannagi's divine advisor's true identity, still believed Kannagi's divine advisor to be a lackey of the alien heroes, with both sides feigning an attack to lure out the enemy.
Damn it! You, who still see me as a fallen one and don't know my identity, have the audacity to mock my intelligence?
Without a second thought, Kannagi's divine advisor returned Dinu's cold sneer:
"Oh? Is that so? I thought your intelligence was much higher!"
"Although I don't know why you're looking for Kannagi's divine advisor, the fact that Kannagi's divine advisor is standing right in front of you now, and you haven't recognized him, tells me just how high your intelligence level is..."
"A mere corpse was enough to trick you into a frenzy, wanting to die and be buried with it. It's utterly laughable!"
Kannagi's divine advisor's words stunned Dinu into silence.
Dinu's expression turned astonished, and he stammered:
"What?"
Seeing that Dinu had finally lost that irritating smile, Kannagi's divine advisor then let out a triumphant, hearty laugh:
"I am the Emperor of Sakura Country, the true Kannagi's divine advisor!"
"What the alien heroes showed you was merely a shoddy imitation!"
"And even that piece of garbage managed to fool you completely..."
"Someone like you, worthy of discussing intelligence with me? Go eat shit!"
With that, Kannagi's divine advisor threw open his outer robe, revealing the energy tattoo mark on his chest representing the Kannagi family, and then took out a jade seal, the color of deep green, symbolizing their national destiny:
"Open your damn eyes wide and see the difference between the genuine article and the fake!"
"Only an imbecile like you would believe such a lame and clumsy lie!"
Seeing these two pieces of irrefutable evidence, Dinu's mind went blank.
No! This was a complete and utter disaster!
The mission arranged by the Pope was for him to capture the target alive!