Because I Am a Law-Abiding Good Person

The severed metal wires still remained in his body. While the soft tentacles were convenient, they were somewhat inadequate for pulling out these long, thin wires.

After moving forward a few hundred meters, a massive, empty space appeared before He Ao.

The decoration of this space was extremely simple, with only two rows of huge bookshelves densely packed with paper books.

In the corner, there were piles of skulls and finger bones, along with some stationery.

He Ao had been a little curious earlier about where Job and the others got the sacrifices from. It turned out they had stolen from this Priest's home.

However, this place really did look like somewhere a Priest of the God of Knowledge should live.

He Ao's gaze swept over the rows of books on the shelves. He set aside the profound philosophical books and specifically looked for history and news-related books to browse. This would help him quickly understand this world.

According to the system's previous statement, it seemed he would have to come back to this world in the future, so understanding it was essential.

At the same time, he was also looking for books related to summoning rituals. Although he vaguely remembered how to perform a summoning ritual, he was worried that this hazy memory might be incomplete. It was more reliable to find some written records.

There weren't many history and news books among these. He finally managed to find two in the corner with great difficulty. He extended his tentacles and took out these two books, but as soon as he opened them, he was stunned.

There was no content in these two books; they were just blank pages.

He quickly randomly selected a few more books and opened them; they were all blank pages. Only one or two elementary school textbooks still had content.

This reminded He Ao of those coffee shops that put fake books on their shelves to enhance their image.

So, this Priest of the God of Knowledge put so many books here but didn't read them, and most of them weren't even real? Just for show?

Where was your professional integrity as a Priest of the God of Knowledge?!

Damn, this fake Priest!

Just then, a sense of danger suddenly rose in He Ao's heart again.

He turned his head and looked at Selina, who was hanging in the air, suspended by him.

"Yezuola, you still have your sanity, right? Were you saving me just now? Why did you save me?"

Selina, being stared at by that skull-like head, suppressed her fear and began to change the subject, trying to buy time.

She had just finished clearing all the data and was starting to reload the operating system.

During the time the system was loading, she had no combat ability. The backup underlying action system would also temporarily lose most of its functions due to data usage. Currently, she could only move her mouth and head slightly.

She stared at He Ao with wide eyes, seemingly waiting for his answer.

He Ao glanced at her, then slowly moved his head closer bit by bit. That skull-like head, carrying immense pressure, like a demon from hell, was slowly eroding her psychological defense.

The danger level of a sane Evil God Priest and a chaotic, insane Evil God Priest was completely different.

The latter could be easily dealt with by a regular investigation team, or even a well-equipped senior investigator, while the former required an entire team of investigators led by a supervisor, or even the deployment of city defense forces.

Just as intelligent but frail humans can set traps to hunt fierce beasts, a sane Evil God Priest is cunning and insane. Hunting them, often with a moment of inattention, can turn the hunter into the prey.

For example, Selina herself had personally experienced such a transformation, from a hunter who held life and death in her hands to prey entangled by tentacles, possibly even to be toyed with.

Although Job's sneak attack from behind was a factor, the endurance and cunning displayed by this Evil God Priest before her far exceeded her expectations.

He even incredibly snapped the restraint device. Selina felt this was already beyond her understanding of the world. She could vaguely see the metal wires from the snapped restraint device still embedded in He Ao's tentacles.

She even wanted to ask He Ao: Doesn't it hurt?

If she had known this Evil God Priest was so terrifying, she wouldn't have come out of the city so easily to hunt him.

She was now starting to suspect that the consortium had bribed her superior and deliberately assigned her a mission she was sure to die on. But after thinking about it, she shook the thought out of her head.

This should indeed be an accident. Although her superior was a bit unreliable, his character was trustworthy.

He Ao didn't know how many thoughts flashed through Selina's mind in that short time. While leaning his head towards Selina, he rapidly flipped through sets of books with his other tentacles.

Honestly, using hundreds of tentacles was more efficient than using two hands.

While doing this, he had already moved his head in front of Selina, revealing a smile.

"Because I am a law-abiding good person."

This was in response to Selina's previous question, 'Why did you save her?'

Selina watched the skull-like head lean in, splitting open to reveal stark white teeth. Between the teeth, there were even some bright red strands of meat.

She felt her sanity was once again under attack.

Such a terrifying and grotesque scene would probably scare all the children in the school to tears.

He Ao didn't realize how terrifying he looked right now. There were no mirrors here. To make Selina relax a bit, he had even deliberately shown a 'kind and amiable' smile.

It seemed to be working well. Selina wasn't making as much noise and had quieted down considerably in a short time.

She must have felt his goodwill.

Meanwhile, Selina, across from him, gradually recovered from her fear. She admitted that for a moment she had been scared stiff, and even now she was still a little afraid.

For a moment, she even thought He Ao would just eat her.

However, after being scared so many times, she felt she was getting a little used to it.

She looked at He Ao. Generally, rational Evil God Priests, although still carrying intense madness and thoughts different from ordinary people, were not completely irrational. So she began to try and find He Ao's weaknesses in his thinking through conversation.

"Your 'law-abiding' means attacking us as soon as we came in?"

He Ao hadn't attacked them, but it was likely something the Evil God Priest Yezuola had done before his arrival.

However, the game rules required He Ao to play the role of Yezuola well and not be exposed. So he grinned, "You broke into my house. I have the right to protect my life and property. This is self-defense."

Selina: "?"

It felt somewhat reasonable, but something still seemed off.

So she pressed further, "Your 'self-defense' is killing seven people and keeping me controlled here?"