Fude the Counter-Spike Beast and Yi the Hidden Earth Beast, who had been captured earlier; Big-Nose Man and the others, who had been captured later; and Rose the Shadow Demon were not directly killed by Ashan. Instead, they were given a chance to be reformed.
The method of reform was simple. The first step was to make them memorize the ideals of the "Temple Forest Society" until they could recite them fluently, then have them explain the meaning word by word and sentence by sentence. Later, they were even required to write reflections and the like.
The second step was to treat them as laborers, assigning them the bitterest and most exhausting work. Their abilities were used to make the city shine and give off heat, so they could feel the beauty of construction and the evil of destruction.
The third step, and the most crucial one, was to lock them up for several years, grind away their edge, and then release them! These people could refuse to obey, resist, or even try to escape, but the shackles on their bodies would soon release powerful electric currents and make them obedient.
For more serious cases, they were thrown directly into the Dark Room for three days.
At dawn, more than a dozen people wearing handcuffs and ankle shackles, dressed in striped uniforms, marched in neat steps while shouting loud slogans: "Love the people, love life, turn over a new leaf, make a new beginning..."
Fude the Counter-Spike Beast shouted the slogans with his mouth while cursing madly in his heart. What kind of damned slogan is this? I'm actually shouting this garbage? This is the greatest humiliation of my life! Once I regain my freedom, I'll pay him back a hundredfold...
"Rip~"
The instant Fude lost focus, two arcs of