Emperor Youluo hated Kihara Masaki beyond measure. In fact, every member of the Eight Trigrams Faction hated Kihara Masaki just as deeply, including Nai Pa.
Without a mental exchange, Xiao Ran found it difficult to understand exactly why they hated Kihara Masaki so much. Nor did he know what kind of person Kihara Masaki truly was. Everything he currently knew about Kihara Masaki had come from others, followed by his own deductions. But that did not stop Kihara Masaki from becoming, in Xiao Ran's mind, a major troublemaker and a schemer.
Xiao Ran actually liked dealing with schemers like this. Such people often had broader vision, greater capability, and the good sense to recognize the times. When they could not resist for the moment, schemers would often choose compromise. No matter how they chose to compromise, they would compromise, then seek further opportunities during that process.
But for Xiao Ran, as long as they compromised, that was enough. One compromise meant lifelong restraint, a binding they could never escape. Prometheus did not care whether they intended to compromise forever. As long as they happened to entertain the thought of compromise at the right time, the rest was simple. They would be directly bound by Prometheus's rules, unable to turn against him even if they wanted to.
Judging from the information he had obtained so far, this man called Kihara Masaki was dead, yet still alive. He also seemed to possess quite formidable scientific research capabilities. Zel Duma was probably something Kihara Masaki had deliberately left behind for his own resurrection. He was intelligent and ruthless—at the very least, ruthless enough toward himself—and highly capable as well. Personally going to his death while plotting his own resurrection was frightening just to think about.
In any case, Xiao Ran was becoming increasingly