"This is the heart of a superpower user."
John's voice turned low, like a whisper in a dream. "He's already dead, but his heart is still alive. How fascinating. It truly is a miracle."
The heart on the table seemed to understand John's words.
Its beating grew faster and faster.
The sound grew louder as well.
Jiang Qiao felt his own heart beating along with the rhythm.
"Thump! Thump! Thump!"
"Thump! Thump! Thump!"
Each beat was like a heavy hammer pounding a drum. The sounds of the two hearts began to overlap, and gradually, it became impossible to tell whether it was the heart on the table beating or his own.
It was at this moment.
In a daze.
He felt as if his heart had been placed on the table.
No... That wasn't right!
The heart on the table was his heart!
"Young man."
"What's your name?"
"What's your identity? What's your purpose in coming to Edward Town?"
John's voice was deep, carrying the eerie air of a devil tempting the world. It made people involuntarily want to bare their hearts and tell him all their secrets.
"My name is George."
"I have an older sister named Pei Qi."
"We came to Ugly Country for a secret plan, but we can't tell anyone."
Jiang Qiao's eyes were hazy.
He seemed to have been hypnotized.
"Excellent." A smile appeared at the corner of John's mouth.
"As I thought, there's something wrong."
Tom, who had been wearing a kindly expression just moments ago, suddenly became extremely cold. "There are always fools who overestimate themselves and come to investigate the club's secrets while pretending to be travelers."
"Heh."
"We've killed more than a hundred of these people."
"More than that." Spike picked up the wine on the table, clinked glasses with Old