All Villains

You could judge how vile a person was by the tone they used when describing their own crimes.

Those who sounded cold and threatening often were not truly that vile. They might simply have wanted to show that they were not to be messed with.

But this Ah San bro named Sita could speak of it with a smile, which meant he clearly thought his crimes were nothing much.

Of course, doing that sort of thing to animals was, in the jokes of the vast online community, merely a racial talent. Whether it truly outraged both man and god was hard to say.

But Kane, the one who had first dealt with Wen Xishu, was unquestionably a complete beast.

"Ha ha ha ha! How about we choose the captain according to the severity of our crimes? I'm on death row, but I think my crime is the least serious. The judges on the fourth floor really don't understand the law."

The others said nothing.

Wen Xishu also wanted to know what kind of past this soon-to-be teammate had.

Kane was a tall, somewhat handsome white man. There were quite a few white people in the lower levels, so that was not strange.

Kane had a sunny disposition. If one only looked at his smile and first impression without learning more, the word "disgusting" would not have seemed fitting.

"I only liked giving women a home... then letting them leave this painful world. What was wrong with that?"

"You know, many women in the lower levels dreamed of finding a strong man, a man capable of changing their social class through Slaughter Tower."

"I was that kind of man. Ha ha ha ha! I had thirteen wives. None of us had registered our marriages. I gave them fantasies, and in the end, I took them out of the Bunker."

"When they were alive, they were worthless in the lower levels. But when they died, every part of them was valuable. I heard that organ transplants at Level Five hospitals could reduce risks and improve compatibility."

When Kane smiled, he looked like a sunny young man. He did not continue.

But Wen Xishu already knew what this man did.

His expression remained fairly calm.

Wen Xishu had his own way of dealing with scum.

But one thing suddenly gave Wen Xishu pause.

A Level Five hospital possessed certain abilities that made organ transplants easier. That should have been a good thing, yet it had also spawned certain industries.

Kane's actions were certainly monstrous, but if there were no market for them, he would not have chosen this line of work.

A secondary function of a Level Five facility could give rise to an evil industry.

Then what about a Level Six facility?

This world was indeed full of variables. While people were being saved, perhaps new demons would also emerge.

Devils never worried about going extinct.

"What about you, Mr. Wen Xishu? You were caught and sent here at such a young age, and you're good-looking too. Even Desire Tower would have accepted you. I imagine your crime was no ordinary one."

Wen Xishu said,

"Oh, not really. I just had a slight mental issue, but I don't think I did. I'm mentally sound. The doctor was the one with the problem."

"Don't mind the fact that my entire family is gone and I'm the only one left. But it wasn't because of me that they died, right? Ah, my memory isn't very good. I can't remember. But that isn't important."

After speaking, Wen Xishu revealed a Jack-like smile.

Kane immediately felt pressured.

Wen Xishu had not told a single lie, yet the impression he gave was of a deranged freak who had wiped out his entire family—and one who did not think there was anything wrong with what he had done.

That truly made the others shudder the more they thought about it.

Sure enough, the way those around him looked at Wen Xishu changed. Even Sita, the Ah San bro beside him, unconsciously took a step away.

Wen Xishu then looked toward another teammate, a man whose features carried a distinct Middle Eastern air.

"I... I'm Mendemuer. I... I'm not guilty. I really didn't do anything. It was just that my wife—no, no, my ex-wife... said I abused her, but I didn't!"

"I really didn't. I left with nothing, and I even took on the debts she owed... I have nothing left. I could only come to Strange Tower to strike it rich."

They had both come to Strange Tower because of women, but compared with Kane, Mendemuer was worlds apart.

Kane threw an arm around Mendemuer's shoulders and said,

"Brother, you look like a virgin. Don't be afraid. If we make it back alive, I'll teach you how to deal with your ex-wife. I bet she sells for a good—oh, no, I mean, she must be a good girl."

Sita was somewhat angry. Why did even such a weakling have a woman, while a tough man like him, who dared cross species boundaries, had none?

Sita looked toward the woman in the group. She had full lips, which cost her some points, but her overall features were quite exquisite.

Wen Xishu's first reaction was that this woman was an informant.

Yes, from what he had observed earlier, most of the women around them were disheveled and fierce-eyed, but this woman looked like an upperclassman from Tower of Desire Academy.

Aside from those full lips, which Wen Xishu could not appreciate, everything else about her matched the tastes of most Asian men. Of course, some people liked the sausage-lips style.

The way Sita looked at the woman was like he wanted to devour her.

But the woman also carried a dangerous aura that kept Sita from approaching. A beautiful woman coming to make a living in Strange Tower was inherently strange.

That was also why Wen Xishu suspected she was an informant.

The woman said in an indifferent tone,

"My name is Park Mihee. I'm also a criminal. My charges are sexual bribery and extorting officials."

Wen Xishu became somewhat interested.

"Oh? Are crimes like that serious enough to get you exiled to Strange Tower?"

Park Mihee said,

"That depends on whom you bribed. I used to frequent Desire Tower too. This isn't my first time entering the Three Towers. I simply wasn't content with living below the sixth floor of the Bunker. I wanted to climb higher."

For some reason, her words reminded Wen Xishu of the girl in the library.

Tower of Desire Academy had no shortage of girls who wanted to climb higher. There were countless ones who used their bodies and beauty to change their class.

But in the end, few of them met a good fate.

Park Mihee was one example.

"My looks pleased quite a few people, and I was willing to do certain things to please those men—even women, or people of unknown gender."

"Each time, I carefully recorded it all... I thought that as long as I filmed it, one day I could use it to threaten those bastards with families."

"But in the end, I failed. I thought I was the uninhibited one, the one who played wild. But the people above were actually even more perverse."

"When they heard that I intended to use those videotapes to blackmail them, they arranged for someone to find me and took me to observe one of their dinner parties."

"That dinner party had no front entrance. We entered through an underground passage in a celebrity's home... Inside were high-ranking figures from various organizations, people I could never have come into contact with."

"Only then did I realize that the depravity and decadence of the upper levels were beyond anything I could imagine. Those videotapes in my possession could not threaten them at all. They even... played them with great interest to liven things up."

"In the end, I lost everything."

Wen Xishu nodded. On the surface, he accepted her explanation, but inwardly he thought,

She seemed a little too honest. As though she were in a hurry to prove why someone as beautiful as her had reasonably ended up here.

Rather than diminishing, Wen Xishu's suspicion of Park Mihee deepened.

Everyone's attention soon fell upon the final prisoner.

Unlike the others, this prisoner's mouth was locked shut by an iron mask.