Listening to Scarlet keep rambling nonstop made Lucifer feel very annoyed. He knew what the hell she was thinking in her head but what devil king gives a damn about what others think?
"You like being messed with in perverted ways like that, so I'll do it, okay? After I'm done, you shut your mouth and don't complain anymore, alright?"
His voice was extremely serious and that scary look startled Scarlet. She knew if he wanted to do anything to her, no one could stop him. That power wasn't something humanity should have.
"No complaining, I won't complain anymore. And don't you pull any tricks on me either. Oh, you said the earth is about to go to shit, so is my dad still okay?"
Once she confirmed she was safe, she immediately thought of her dad. Truly a good daughter, not like some people who, even after being raised for twenty years, absolutely refused to call Victor their foster dad.
"You go call him. He's probably fine because that guy keeps a weapon on him most of the time. Besides, I don't think he's unlucky enough to get infected and turn into a zombie right as things just start."
Lucifer answered in a careless, flippant tone as if he didn't care whether Victor lived or died. Anyway, consider it a deal: Victor helps him get money, and later if he has to go down to hell, he'll give Victor a nice job.
"Hmph, heartless jerk… What do you mean by infected?"
Scarlet wasn't the slow-to-adapt type either. The current world probably wasn't the same as the world she knew after the tower appeared and then that zombie earlier.
"That tower appeared carrying a toxin. Call it a toxin but really it's more like a kind of rule. Humanity will gradually 'get sick' and turn into zombies."
Even though Lucifer didn't participate in designing that tower, he still understood how those guys in hell operated.
They didn't simply want to destroy humanity. They wanted everyone to see humanity's weakness, so they set up these kinds of games.
"Huh? How is that possible? That's not scientific… No, right, things have gotten to this point. Why am I even talking about science? Lucifer, if my dad gets infected, is there any way to save him?"
With Lucifer's suspiciously calm attitude, she was sure that he understood very well what was happening on earth. To put it more bluntly, he might even be heavily involved in this whole thing.
Whether he was involved or not wasn't her concern. She just wanted to know if there was a way to make sure her dad stayed alive.
"There is, but now's not the time. When the tower opens for you guys to enter, you should be able to find what you need inside. So for now, rely on luck… No, that's not right. More precisely, rely on willpower. The stronger the will, the slower the poisoning."
Even a devil king couldn't act recklessly and ignore the rules. So there's no way the head of state gets infected before some idiot.
Most people with weak willpower will turn into zombies first. Except for some unlucky cases where they get bitten by a zombie and turn, that's different.
Scarlet listened to Lucifer while calling her dad. Luckily her dad picked up right away, otherwise she'd be extremely worried.
"Dad! Are you okay? Sob, sob, sob…"
Just one question in and seeing Victor's face still normal, she started crying uncontrollably.
Lucifer knew she was planning to tattle on him to Victor, but nothing would come of it. If he wanted to be Victor's dad, Victor would eagerly agree, so don't even think Victor would help her.
"What's wrong? Who's bothering my precious daughter? Just tell me, I'll send someone to teach them a lesson for you."
Victor's voice was full of doting, but underneath there was immense firmness. He wasn't joking; he'd really do it. Because he wasn't an ordinary businessman either.
"It's Lucifer… That perverted bastard messed with me and also forced me to be his slave. Dad, kick him out of the house. Don't give him any more money."
"Huh?…"
Not only Victor was stunned, but Lucifer was also stunned. Lucifer came to earth to find some fun to play with, and now someone dares to plot to cut his allowance so he has to go to work? This is definitely a bad kid who needs a spanking.
Lucifer didn't care at all that Scarlet was on a video call with Victor. He immediately sat on the bed and enthusiastically spanked her one hundred and eighty times. This time he hit harder to teach her some manners.
"Dad! Come save me!"
Scarlet cried miserably, and Victor's face on the phone instantly hardened. He wasn't stunned because of her screaming but because he couldn't recognize Lucifer.
Hair color, eye color, and body shape were all completely different from their meeting a few months ago. If he hadn't talked to Scarlet and the armor Lucifer was wearing wasn't a gift from him, he'd have thought some stranger was hitting his daughter.
"Ahem, bad kids deserve a spanking. How can you talk bad about Lucifer like that? He's doing it for your own good. Being a slave is actually a good thing. The way he talks might be a little harsh, but following him has only benefits, no downsides."
Seeing Lucifer wearing armor and his appearance changed, Victor knew right away that something big was about to happen to this world. So he wanted to ask Lucifer to take care of his daughter for him.
"Lucifer, please take care of this brat for me. If she doesn't listen, just call me. You spank her and I'll scold her. I promise she'll behave better."
Victor's 'performance' here must be said to have polished Lucifer's inner arrogance excellently. Just looking at his proud face when seeing Scarlet 'betrayed' by her dad, you could tell how thrilled he was.
"Ha ha ha, don't worry. As long as Scarlet follows me, I promise she'll live a very long time."
He flashed a smug grin and used an extremely provocative look to stare at Scarlet. And she had already stopped crying by now.