Chapter 1189 - 189: The Parliament’s Generous Gift · Bewildered Lady Bayonetta (2)

Chapter 1189: Chapter 189: The Parliament’s Generous Gift · Bewildered Lady Bayonetta (2)

Su Li then said, "Then we ask Commissioner Smith to return and convey my gratitude to the Speaker."

On Senator Smith’s effeminate face, the smile grew more profound, mixed with envy, regret, and a look of enjoying the spectacle.

"Lord Su Li, the Speaker’s ’generous gift’... is not just a piece of news." He deliberately elongated his tone, his gaze sweeping over Su Li and Hilude, who stood beside him brimming with fighting spirit.

He gently clapped his hands. Two subordinates dressed in parliamentary guard uniforms, but with particularly sinister eyes, laboriously carried a large wooden box covered in heavy velvet cloth into the room, placing it heavily on the floor in the center of the Chamber of Commerce’s hall. The box appeared exceptionally heavy, emitting a dull thud upon impact.

Su Li’s brows instantly furrowed, as an ominous premonition surged into his mind. Hilude also cautiously placed her hand on the hilt of her sword, her sharp gaze scanning the box and Smith.

"What is this thing?" Su Li’s eyebrows knitted tightly.

Smith’s smile carried a hint of imperceptible lechery and envy: "The Speaker knows well that Lord Su Li... has quite an interest in Lady Bayonetta. But the lady is fierce by nature, and hindered by her status, ordinary means are difficult to approach."

He paused, lowering his voice with a tone of sharing a secret, "So, the Speaker specially returned this... ’treasure’ you once sold with your own hands, to its original owner. However, it has been... ’adjusted’ this time, and is now used on a perfect target."

He stepped forward and suddenly tore off the heavy velvet covering the box!

Inside the box was no treasure or weapon. Lady Bayonetta was curled up at the bottom of the box lined with velvet! She still wore that fitted, high-status-defining deep purple senator’s robe, but it was in utter disarray. Her exquisite updo had come loose, and a few strands of golden hair, damp with sweat, clung to her unusually flushed cheeks and smooth neck.

Her state was even more alarming.

Her eyes, normally cool and sharp as a cold pond, were now shrouded with a glistening, dreamy sheen, as if enveloped in a thin mist of fantasy.

Long eyelashes quivered helplessly, her gaze as soft as a spring stream, bewitching enough to make one completely fall into it!

Her full bosom heaved violently, each breath accompanied by a subtle, heart-wrenching whimper, similar to the wails of a dying swan. It was like a signal of joy being amplified to its extreme, originating from the most primitive instincts of the body, and utterly uncontrollable!

Her long legs were tightly closed, the hem of the expensive silk robe was wrinkled into a bunch, revealing the taut and alluring curves of her calves encased in white stockings.

The whole scene was like a precious flower, ravaged by a violent storm but blooming with a demonic allure, forming an arresting contrast between her noble temperament and the fallen posture dominated by desire.

The air seemed to be permeated with an invisible, sweetly seductive scent, shaking the spirits of those with weaker wills.

This was the horrifying effect of the [Sensual Torture Silver Harp]’s curse—[Joyful Delight]! It did not destroy Bayonetta’s mind, but infinitely magnified her body’s most sensitive, primal sensory nerves, plunging her into a purgatory of extreme craving and illusory joy! Any slight touch, or even a mere gaze, could, in her presently curse-twisted senses, raise a tidal wave drowning reason!

Smith looked at Lady Bayonetta, who had once been haughty and untouchable, now in such a state in the box, a flicker of greed and twisted delight in his eyes, but mostly fear of Speaker Vigo’s methods. He licked his somewhat dry lips and said to Su Li, whose face was ashen, "The Speaker calls this... a favor of love. This ’generous gift’ is something he hopes you, Lord Su Li... can thoroughly ’enjoy’."

He stressed the words "enjoy" with an ambiguous and repulsive smile.

"The Speaker asked me to relay," Smith’s voice lowered, carrying a hint of chill, "to deal with Bayonetta first, then eliminate the City Lord’s ’foundation’; even if the City Lord returns... he would just be a stray dog. Only then can the cooperation between the council and Hesse Territory truly stabilize."

Su Li looked at the helpless, trembling, and curse-tormented-to-the-point-of-instinctual-desire Lady Bayonetta in the box, a cold fury sweeping through him instantly! This was not the conquest he desired!

Speaker Vigo’s methods were more underhanded and ruthless than he imagined! This was not just the destruction of Bayonetta, but also a blatant utilization and humiliation of him, Su Li! Using him as a knife to handle filthy matters while conveniently satisfying private desires!

Hilude also drew a sharp breath, her heroic face full of anger and disdain: "Despicable! To use such demonic methods!" Her gaze at Bayonetta was filled with sympathy, but more so with disgust for the council’s filthy tricks.

Su Li forcefully suppressed the violent rage in his heart, his gaze as cold as the edge of a sword. He stepped towards the large box, looking down at the curled-up Lady Bayonetta inside. Her dazed eyes seemed to sense his approach, letting out an even longer, more longing whimper, her body involuntarily moving slightly in his direction, like a drowning person yearning to grasp driftwood.

Su Li crouched down, extending his hand, not to touch the enticing body, but to use his fingertips to gently brush aside her sweat-dampened golden hair from her forehead. This slight gesture made Bayonetta shudder violently, emitting a nearly collapsing moan, a mix of extreme joy and agony! As if this insignificant touch alone was enough to ignite the fierce flame of the curse within her!