Relying on his overwhelming strength, Black Bee captured six Reincarnation Paradise contractors alive. The first six had refused to reveal what the mission penalty was, even at the cost of their lives. They were incredibly tough. One of them had nearly driven Black Bee insane with anger—despite having all four limbs chopped off, that man had still been laughing. Before he died, he had said, "Call me Dad. Call me Dad, and I'll tell you."
Black Bee had been furious enough to nearly die of anger, so he directly controlled the swarm to devour that Reincarnation Paradise contractor.
When he captured the seventh, Black Bee had learned his lesson. He did not torture the man. Instead, he frankly told him, "You're going to die anyway. Compared to being tortured, it's better to get this over with. Tell me the mission penalty, and I'll give you a quick death."
To Black Bee's surprise, the Reincarnation Paradise contractor nodded and told him four words: forced execution.
That made Black Bee understand why his opponents were so insane. If he were in their place, he would have done the same. Failure meant death, so why run?
Black Bee realized that having his attributes deducted and being forcibly executed were completely different levels of punishment. They still had a way out, whereas the lunatics from Reincarnation Paradise had nowhere to retreat to. They either won or died.
That was precisely why Black Bee had deceived every Apocalypse Paradise contractor. The reason he had remained in Rube City was not that he wanted to use the advantage he had accumulated in the early stages to fight Reincarnation Paradise to the death here. As for joining forces with Sanctuary Paradise, that was unreliable too. Sanctuary Paradise was no better. The danger posed by those fanatics was