Deception

"Who am I?"

"Who exactly am I?"

"I know—it was you! Bernard Kaka! You used Deception to alter my personality!"

But the next moment, the Rank 7 demon fell into confusion.

"Deception can only deceive oneself, so I deceived myself."

"Then who am I?"

"No! Bernard Kaka's Deception must have made a breakthrough. He..."

"Deception only has three realms. The second is self-deception, so... am I Bernard Kaka?"

Like a madman, he kept talking to himself, denying himself and redefining himself.

Very soon, all the questioning stopped.

Reason returned to the Rank 7 demon's eyes.

He greeted Chen Yi with a harmless smile. "Long time no see. Should I call you Galen Norton, or Rowen Yi?"

This conversation felt familiar.

Chou Zhongsheng had greeted Chen Yi in much the same way.

Chen Yi did not bother with such empty talk. "Gombuzab, I didn't expect you to regain your sanity."

Bernard Kaka froze for a moment, then burst into laughter. "Impressive! Impressive!"

"How did you know I was using you to stabilize my consciousness?"

After struggling against a Rank 7 with no consciousness and only instincts for so long, Chen Yi had gained a deeper understanding of what Rank 7 truly meant.

Deception was certainly strange, but it could not allow a Rank 6 to defeat the wills of two Rank 7s, even if those Rank 7 wills were extremely weak.

So Chen Yi guessed that the conversation just now had been a new round of Deception.

Deception aimed at the other two wills within that body.

If Chen Yi acknowledged Bernard Kaka's identity, then the Deception would take hold, and the other two wills would most likely believe it.

Bernard Kaka did not deny it.

False within falsehood, truth within truth.

That was Deception.

After receiving Chen Yi's telepathic message,