I Want to Detonate Him

What is this supposed to be?

Xiao Xiao's gaze slowly retreated from the man in the chair, as if guided by a thread.

He looked at the man with mixed feelings and finally understood why he was wearing such a strange little black dress and why Mister Ye. Ye called him a "woman" even though he was Mingming a man. It was because the life of the man in front of him was no longer his own, but came from that kind female caregiver who wanted to live but had no chance to live anymore.

However, upon understanding all of this, Xiao Xiao's mood seemed to plummet to rock bottom.

"It's probably the most beautiful blessing in the world..."

Mister Ye's voice came through the microphone to Xiao Xiao's ears. "It was an emotional legacy left behind by a girl as she left this world. It is precisely because of this pure beauty that he was able to hold on in the face of overwhelming despair..."

"Otherwise, he would have left this world long ago."

"..."

"No..."

Xiao Xiao shook his head and suddenly said, "This is a curse."

Mister Ye was clearly surprised. "Hmm?"

Xiao Xiao closed his eyes slightly, recalling the feeling he had when he first entered the corridor, from the endless sense of loss to the thought of freeing himself, to the increasingly strong thought that turned into a tempting candy, and now, as he was being observed up close, he felt an intense, terrifying, gloomy, hellish darkness.

A sudden surge of anger, or rather, panic, rose within him. "This is a curse."

"It is a tragedy to let someone who doesn't want to die die, and it is equally tragic to let someone who wants to die live."

"I don't deny that the girl is kind and good, it's just a pity that she still doesn't understand this person. She just imposes her own wishes on this man, so what she thinks is a blessing is just a curse to him..."

"..."

As he spoke slowly, he even seemed unable to control himself and took a step forward.

She sensed an even stronger sense of gloom and despair emanating from the man, and her expression turned somewhat sorrowful.

"To make someone who suffers torture day and night live a difficult life..."

"What could be more cruel than this?"

"..."

Mister Ye seemed surprised by Xiao Xiao's words and fell silent, unsure how to respond.

After a long silence, he spoke in a low voice, "But perhaps that's why he maintained his balance at this moment."

"His strong will to die and his determination to live have kept him in this state. The intense Pain Substance has reached an astonishing Class A. When the Old Chairman and I found him, we were almost panicked, but we were also shocked that he could remain stable at this level. So after discussing it, we decided to keep him."

"I have already calculated that once his balance is broken, that terrifying desire to die, that black tide of despair, will instantly form a huge wave that will submerge half the city. In this black tide, whether they are natives, strangers, or members of the Hell Organization, they will all be enveloped by this intense desire to die and eventually end their lives uncontrollably."

"Class A aberrations are those that possess terrifying power capable of threatening the city."

"That's why I call it the most powerful weapon."

"..."

Xiao Xiao took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "So, the key to Black Gate City's fight against the Hell Organization lies in this point?"

"Yes."

Mister Ye said slowly, "I can ignite his despair; it's that simple."

"All you need to do is erase what that girl said to him."

"However, I cannot control his sense of despair. In other words, once it is detonated, all living things within the range of the black tide will lose their will to live, becoming indiscriminate in their choice of friend or foe, and their scale will be uncontrollable. Moreover, they will only have one chance..."

"That's why I can't be sure."

"After all, we don't really want to detonate this bomb and perish together with the Hell Organization."

"The key is deterrence, forcing the Hell Organization to leave."

"So, how exactly should we use this bomb to achieve our intended purpose, and should we really detonate it...?"

"These are all things that the chairman needs to decide."

"..."

"Deterrence, is that it?"

Xiao Xiao didn't need Mister Ye to explain much before he understood what he meant. Just like the nuclear bombs in the previous world, everyone had these things, but they were only used to scare people. Whoever actually detonated them would have to bear the consequences of everything being destroyed. Mister Ye. Ye was only telling him about the terrifying things hidden in Black Gate City, but he wasn't sure how to use them.

He brought me here just to discuss something with me.

How can we use this bomb to deter those members of the Hell Organization and achieve our goal without bloodshed?

But...

Looking at the man sitting quietly and silently in the plastic chair, as if he were constantly being overwhelmed by a tide of despair.

Suddenly, an irresistible desire welled up in Xiao Xiao's heart...

"But..."

He suddenly looked up, his voice sounding strange. "I really wanted to detonate him..."

"You..."

Even Mister Ye's usually slow and methodical mechanical voice seemed somewhat flustered at this moment.

He could sense Xiao Xiao's genuine emotional fluctuations from his words.

At this moment, Xiao Xiao was in a state of intense Mind Burst, so his expression was very calm. He seemed unusually calm and composed no matter what he said or did. However, when he uttered this sentence, he exuded a kind of determination, even expectation, which made him suddenly lose his composure and feel an invisible panic, as well as the situation spiraling out of control...

This isn't a firecracker, how can you just light it whenever you want?

He couldn't bring himself to say those words; after all, this was the president...

But after a few seconds of this shock, he suddenly realized something deeper, and his emotions slowly settled:

"It's all up to you."

"..."

"Very good."

Only then did Xiao Xiao slowly smile and say, "Then our task is not to use it for deterrence."

"Instead, we chose how to detonate it."

"..."

For the first time, Mister Ye let out a sigh and said in a low voice, "Yes."

At this moment, he also understood. Perhaps, it was precisely because of this that the Arcane Compass guided this person to the position of chairman? Even he himself, even though he had known about the existence of such a bomb for a long time, Mister Ye did not know what to do when faced with madmen like the Hell Organization. He did not know whether such a bomb could really deter the people of the Hell Organization.

And it is also certain that once detonated, it will bring irreparable and enormous losses to Black Gate City.

But it wasn't until she saw Xiao Xiao's determination, and even a hint of expectation, that she realized what was happening.

He suddenly realized that perhaps only someone like him could successfully deter the Hell Organization.

This new chairman is more terrifying than the Hell Organization...

Xiao Xiao, however, breathed a sigh of relief after confirming this, and turned to walk outside.

He was already struggling to withstand the intense radiation emanating from the man before him, and the urge to kill himself was constantly rising within him. This radiation wasn't even the man's true Pain Substance; it was merely a faint ripple emanating from his body, a result of the intense concentration of all his Pain Substance and suicidal desires stored within him.

Even this slight fluctuation is so terrifying, so who knows what will happen when it is fully released?

Xiao Xiao didn't think about it too deeply.

He was simply determined to help this man find relief.

"He's actually a very kind person..."

"..."

Because of his kindness, he restrained himself when the female caregiver suggested that his suicide attempt would affect her future.

That's why, for the sake of the female caregiver's desire to live, she endured this boundless pain and struggled to survive in the world.

But why should kind people suffer like this?

So I must detonate him, not for any other reason, but to help him break free.

However, as he left the corridor and walked further and further away, the man sitting on the plastic chair in the room, who was almost motionless like a clay or wooden sculpture, suddenly and slowly raised his stiff and sluggish head.

It is indeed an aberrant entity with Class A threat, but it has not yet become completely aberrant.

So he was still rational, but he had lost interest in everything in the world.

Just now, Xiao Xiao's conversation with Mister Ye was clearly audible in this silent, tomb-like space, reaching his ears.

He looked in the direction Xiao Xiao had left, and his eyes suddenly became slightly moist.

His lips moved, silently uttering two words:

"Thanks."

"..."

"..."

"There's no need to worry anymore."

Just as Xiao Xiao left the sanatorium, the knights in Black Gate City, still feeling anxious and at a loss, received a notification from Mister Ye at the same time. "I have just discussed with the guild master and formulated a final plan to effectively strike the Hell Organization. Gentlemen, this time, it is not Black Gate City that will suffer a second attack from the Hell Organization..."

"It is, rather, our revenge against the Hell Organization."

"..."

Whether it was Yang Jia, or the Red Eyes Ling Ping, the Serpent Sisters, Old Zhou Under the Bridge, or even Ruan Ruan, who hadn't yet obtained the intermediate Knight Pact but was already considered Ruan Ruan prospective knight, they were all shocked by this news. They knew that Mister Ye didn't lie. Even though he had lied to Yang Jia before, he only used the discrepancy in information to mislead others, not to actually deceive them.

So, what did they actually come up with?

But what kind of plans could they possibly have to dare to say something so confident?

"Oh no, oh no..."

While everyone was in shock and Mister Ye. Ye refused to answer, Xiao Xiao, who had been secretly following Xiao Xiao and, with Mister Ye's special permission, had seen the men in the sanatorium and overheard their Little Four, was filled with endless fear:

"Mister Ye. Ye showed the chairman a nuclear bomb..."

"And the president's excited expression immediately made him want to set him on fire..."

"Right now, we're just deciding who to bomb..."

I'll update this chapter first. I need to sort out the plot later. I'm also reflecting on my writing style. I don't dare to force myself to write when I have no ideas. Rather than letting everyone read empty chapters, I'd rather each chapter have something substantial.