"A name is merely a designation, a tool humans use to distinguish one another.
It is not something I require.
It does not matter what you call me.
Because we both know exactly who the other is, as well as the wholehearted agreement we share regarding the inherent evil of human nature.
I simply do not understand why you would disrupt my control over the entire world.
Do you not think that this would better stimulate the darkness within human nature, making all humanity increasingly inclined to cast aside restraint and indulge their evil desires born of primal instinct?
And I can sense that you are actively integrating yourself into the web of Fate I have woven, into Causality."
Accompanied by a low, hoarse, deep, hollow voice, the God of the Abyss spoke through Griffith, voicing the doubts and confusion within him.
Because in his view, the other party should not have been his enemy.
Raymond leisurely sensed the spiritual essence emanating from Griffith's body and replied in a faintly teasing tone, "Integration does not mean approval. It is merely a means of understanding. Besides, evil is a highly subjective definition with many different forms. The evil you understand is not the same as the evil I understand."
"Oh? Then what are the dark side of human nature and evil in your definition?"
The God of the Abyss was clearly curious and interested in this topic.
Because in his understanding, evil thoughts were simply evil thoughts. There could be no discrepancy in interpretation.
All of this had already been defined before his birth by humanity's collective consciousness, which transcended the individual.
Any human who crossed that moral boundary would feel intense guilt.
That guilt born from subjective awareness was the finest proof of the evil within human nature.
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