Previously, to better plan his schemes, Lin Ran had specially set aside a section of his Divine Might space for temporary imprisonment.
For instance, just before Kanna Gusuji and Dinu were about to die, buried by the meteorites, Lin Ran activated his Divine Might to confine them within the small prison of his Divine Might space.
Now that the crisis had passed, it was naturally time to release them.
These two were clearly still a bit disoriented, their eyes blank as they looked at Lin Ran and Luo Qingyan. They had no idea what had just happened.
However, compared to the utterly bewildered Dinu, Kanna Gusuji seemed to be faring slightly better.
He could still discern from their appearances which of Lin Ran and Luo Qingyan was the...
As for Dinu, due to Lin Ran's illusionary magic, he couldn't see their faces at all.
To Dinu, Lin Ran was now a complete stranger.
"You?! This… this… this…"
"Why is it you?! How could you be here?!"
"What does that thing that fell from the sky just now have to do with you?!"
Overwhelmed by confusion and bewilderment, Kanna Gusuji completely abandoned any pretense of imperial dignity or composure.
Before the dizzying sensation of spatial traversals had even fully subsided, he had already eagerly prostrated himself on the ground, questioning them like a dog.
However, Lin Ran showed no inclination to answer Kanna Gusuji's questions, nor did he deign to acknowledge him.
He simply bypassed Kanna Gusuji with his gaze, fixing it instead on Dinu.
"Dinu Tianshen, one of the dark faces of the Holy Light Church."
"Possessing your own independent statue and the power of faith, holding immense prestige and a mysterious status within the Church, and one of the current Pope's favorites…"
"Powerful and strangely gifted, wielding the Azure Restraint with masterful skill, and possessing the ability for long-distance spatial teleportation…"
"This time, you were personally dispatched by the Pope's decree to cooperate with the Kyushu Island's sealing array to capture Emperor Sakura, Kanna Gusuji, and obtain the Sakura Country's Imperial Seal and the ancient soul of the Kanna family from Kanna Gusuji…"
"Your objective, of course, is to forcibly seize a share of this delicacy from the Lighthouse Country, plunging the Sakura Country into disunity…"
"Starting from Kyushu Island, to gradually devour each of Sakura Country's islands as your own sacred land…"
"Besides that, you also harbored selfish intentions, planning to steal the Sakura Country's Heroic Soul Shrine for your own use…"
"Did I miss anything?"
Having said all this, Lin Ran looked at Dinu with a smile.
Dinu's face immediately darkened.
Who was this person, to know everything about him so clearly and thoroughly!
Not only did he know the Pope's orders precisely, but he even knew things that Dinu had never revealed to outsiders, things he had only whispered to his most devoted captain of believers…
If it weren't for the absolute impossibility of it, Dinu might even have suspected that the captain of believers had been secretly deceiving him all along, and had now transformed into someone else to deceive him.
But if Lin Ran wasn't that captain of believers, how could he have known in such detail?
It was truly bewildering…
At the same time, Kanna Gusuji's expression became remarkably complex.
Good heavens, for a moment, he had actually thought this Dinu was a genuinely good person…
But he never imagined that Dinu harbored such treacherous ambitions!
It was enough to make him furious!
With a face ashen, Kanna Gusuji turned his murderous gaze towards Dinu, sending a chill down Dinu's spine.
Upon noticing the palpable killing intent, Dinu actually wanted to explain himself.
But with Lin Ran present as an unvarnished witness, he couldn't find any ground to stand on to deny it!
Therefore, he could only vent his pent-up rage onto Lin Ran.
"Who exactly are you? How dare you speak such nonsense here…"
"Do you truly know what a heinous crime it is to slander the current Pope?"
Since Lin Ran's words were irrefutable, he could only resort to his final strategy – outright denial!
Lin Ran didn't seem overly concerned with debating the truth of the matter. Instead, he smiled at Dinu.
"Forget it, it's rather boring to keep up this pretense…"
"Why don't I just show you who I really am!"
With that, Lin Ran blinked his eyes, then dispelled the illusionary concealment he had cast on Dinu alone.
Its removal immediately startled Dinu.
He stared, dumbfounded, for a long time before finally managing to stammer out a sentence.
"Lin… Lin Ran… it’s you…"
"I never expected you to be someone who hides their abilities to such an extent!"
"But don't you think that knowing everything means you have the power to change it all?"
"In the face of our Holy Light Church, individual power is ultimately too insignificant!"
"You are a very talented individual, and I appreciate you…"
"And I believe that if you display your talents before His Holiness the Pope, he will also appreciate you!"
"This is a great opportunity to convert to the Holy Light Church, and I don't wish for you to abandon it…"
"Otherwise, it will mean you stand in opposition to the Holy Light Church!"
"And this will mean you will be an obstacle that we must clear from our path!"
Seeing that matters had come to this, Dinu no longer intended to maintain his disguise.
After all, from his perspective, Lin Ran had been lurking for so long, and his sudden appearance at this juncture indicated thorough preparation and no room for doubt.
Therefore, all he could do now was to make these people shut up!
If you can't solve the problem that exists, can't you solve the person who caused it?
This method of nipping problems in the bud was precisely what Dinu, a proponent of violence, favored most.
Lin Ran, upon hearing Dinu's declaration, sighed with a troubled expression.
"Alas, I truly didn't expect this…"
"One of the eminent representatives of the Holy Light Church's dark side is such a heartless scoundrel…"
"During the disaster of falling stars and buried everything, I went through immense hardship to save both of your lives."
"And now, before we've even crossed this bridge, you're planning to tear it down!"