"No!!!!!! You're lying! None of this is true!"
After hearing secrets he had never known before, Kirsten Bartlein immediately seemed to go mad. Completely ignoring his broken arm, he kept twisting his body, trying to break free from the other man's control.
Not only that, his eyes quickly became bloodshot, and his entire expression looked both twisted and ferocious.
Combined with his disfigured face, anyone who saw it would feel intense physical and psychological discomfort.
Without a doubt, just as this old soldier had easily shattered Tony Stark's psychological defenses earlier, Allen had effortlessly shattered his as well.
After all, the reason he had endured until now was the family he had once believed to be happy and whole.
But now, he had suddenly learned that his wife had been fooling around with other men behind his back, while his beloved youngest daughter had been abused by a pedophile. The last Pure Land and source of comfort in his heart had vanished.
All that remained was a body full of sins and rage with nowhere to vent.
Watching Kirsten Bartlein look as though he were about to explode from holding it all in, Allen said meaningfully, "Whether it's true or not, you should know best. Think carefully. When you came home on leave, did you ever notice anything strange about your wife and daughter? You had done so many terrible things that you always felt guilty around them without realizing it, so you overlooked some details. Of course, I'm not telling you this to prove anything or use it as leverage to threaten you. Quite the opposite. I simply want to see you suffer, despair, and lose your last shred of faith. Trash and scum like you don't deserve faith or convictions."
As the last word was blurted out, the