The Hound watching the old man greeted the middle-aged man.
They had just reported that "Lord Hua Yi has arrived" and were waiting for the Family Head to praise their cleverness, only to see his face turn pale.
There was none of his usual composure left.
Hua Yi slightly shook his head, signaling the newcomer not to disturb him.
The "Family Head in the Wolf's Shadow" immediately went rigid and retreated to the side to await orders.
!
Chadwick was, after all, a Genius Club Member. Even though he repented for his past research and waited to die in the dreamscape, he had not lost his intelligence.
The old man realized that Hua Yi's identity was anything but ordinary.
Or rather, he was terrifying.
"I once heard of many figures who wielded overwhelming power, and I have seen those who hid behind the scenes and stirred the currents. Their methods were unfathomable, trapping even someone as talented as myself without my realizing it—You seem rather different, but that could simply be another disguise."
Several glints of sharp light gradually appeared in Chadwick's clouded eyes.
"Are you here to pass judgment on me?"
"'Pass judgment' is generally used to describe the crimes of the accused."
Hua Yi met the old man's gaze.
"It seems you have long been condemned by your conscience."
"Conscience... Isn't it a little humorous to speak of conscience to an executioner whose hands are drenched in blood?"
The old man's wrinkled face twitched, and Chadwick's lips curved in self-mockery.
"Young man, I shall call you that for now. You came for me, and you can make the Hound Family Head wait nervously at the side. Do you not know that the weapon I researched killed countless living beings the moment it was unveiled?"
It could not be