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The man in the white robe fell silent, his gaze towards Xiao Xiao filled with complex emotions.

There was disappointment, but also some unexpected surprise.

At this moment, Xiao Xiao simply looked at him with a quiet smile on his face.

"That was close, I almost got convinced by him..."

"... If I hadn't already spoken with my good friend from the Hell Organization beforehand!"

"..."

Thinking about how his perception had collapsed and been reshaped in such a short time, Xiao Xiao felt an unusual sense of danger. The words spoken by the man in white robes had precisely touched upon some of his doubts. As an observer, he had always harbored his own doubts about this world and could not be as convinced of his identity as a stranger as Yang Jia was.

If cognition is a piece of porcelain, then my own piece of porcelain is riddled with cracks.

And this guy named Lin Bo could strike at the cracks in the porcelain with every word he uttered.

Talking to him can easily make you feel like he has all the right arguments and has refuted you to pieces. But after being completely refuted, it's easy to feel like you've been persuaded by him and almost give up on this sacrifice and leave with him.

Fortunately, I had spoken with the Hell Organization once and had the ability to Mind Burst, so I figured out the key point.

What is the world really like? Whose perspective represents the truth, and so on?

The key is knowing what you should do.

The Hell Organization broke this net because they abandoned their principles and bottom lines, and no one could restrain them.

I haven't reached that level yet, so I choose to do what I want to do.

When you're unsure if you're going crazy, what's the right thing to do?

It's very simple.

No matter how many people say I'm crazy, I must try my best to be a normal person.

The normal thing to do is to see a scumbag and have the ability to kill him.

Kill him.

Even if everyone in the world comes to criticize me, saying that I am crazy and sick.

But I think it's the right thing to do, so I'll do it.

After all, what if it's actually the world that's gone mad? Should I go mad too?

"As an observer, I've had countless doubts about my understanding of this world. These doubts almost made me want to give up everything and return to that oppressive and cramped bedroom. But now I've figured it out. Who cares how others understand this world? Who cares if I'm crazy in their eyes? All I need to do is figure out who I am first..."

"How can someone who doesn't even understand themselves have the right to talk about understanding the world?"

"..."

"..."

Lin Bo, the Dante Organization's envoy dressed in a white robe, clearly had no idea what Xiao Xiao had been thinking in that extremely short time.

But one could see calmness, even disdain, in Xiao Xiao's eyes.

This made him realize that all his efforts had been in vain.

This was the first time I had ever encountered him in such a complete failure, and I was speechless for a moment.

At the same moment, the elevator in the underground parking lot not far away suddenly lit up, the numbers changed rapidly, and the elevator doors opened.

Wearing a white trench coat, black leather boots, and her hair tied up, Yang Jia slowly walked out of the elevator. The first thing she saw was the sports car with its front torn apart and a man inside who had been beaten to a pulp. Then her gaze skipped over to Lin Bo and Xiao Xiao, who were about three meters apart, looking at each other with cold and wary expressions.

Seemingly unintentionally, he let out a slight sigh of relief, a strange hint of mockery in his expression, and suddenly laughed:

"It failed?"

"..."

Lin Bo turned around abruptly and looked at Yang Jia with sharp eyes, filled with deep dissatisfaction.

Yang Jia, however, wore a faint smile, and made no attempt to hide the schadenfreude in her expression.

Then Lin Bo suddenly spoke up, "What is failure?"

"I'm just saying what's right. Of course, some people will accept it, and some people will..."

"..."

Yang Jia said, "Just tell me, did we fail?"

Lin Bo's arrogant face revealed a hint of annoyance, as if he subconsciously wanted to refute the statement harshly.

But after a long pause, he seemed deflated. "So far, yes."

Why do you always do things like this?

Yang Jia looked at him and said coldly, "Disrupt someone's perception and take advantage of their confusion to implant your own ideas..."

"Is this important to you?"

"..."

"The success rate used to be very high..."

Lin Bo's face betrayed his embarrassment as he tried to explain, "Theoretically speaking, when a person's perception is shattered, a sense of trust and obedience will naturally arise. I'm not the kind of person who's brainless. Before I came here, I knew that the guild leader of Black Gate City was not easy to deal with. Even though I knew I couldn't protect that thing, I still had to keep it in my own hands..."

"... Persuading him would have been the best way to solve the problem."

"..."

Yang Jia's sneer deepened, "And then?"

"Then..."

Lin Bo looked at the sports car with a hint of helplessness and shook his head. "I didn't expect him to actually be a little..."

"... Different from others?"

"..."

While they were talking, Xiao Xiao was silently reading the Butcher's information.

From the moment Yang Jia appeared, he knew he was safe and didn't have time to deal with this strange guy.

[Special Dangerous Item: Bloody Butcher]

[Danger Level: Class B]

[Pain Substance detected are increasing. Strengthen/Decline?]

[Enhancement Cost: 13 points]

[...]

"As expected, it still didn't reach its goal..."

With a heavy sigh, Xiao Xiao could feel that the Butcher's emotional impact could generate a large amount of Pain Substance at once, in preparation for the next enhancement stage. However, this member of the Dante Organization interrupted this process. Although he immediately finished off the guy after figuring it out, he did complete the Butcher's "hunt" once again.

However, since it was interrupted midway, the impact was affected, and the accumulation of Pain Substance was not as significant.

This means that we are currently 13 points short of the required amount for enhancement.

Damn it...

... I could Mingming saved those 13 points.

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, and she turned to look at the man wearing a white robe.

Theoretically speaking, Dante Organization came to provide support and was an allied force, but why send such a self-righteous guy?

Before they could speak, several figures slowly appeared outside the underground parking lot. The people were divided into two groups, and they all seemed a little wary of each other. The people on the left were Ruan Ruan, Red Eyes Ling Ping, and others who had just arrived. Little Four was right above them, using his hands and feet to climb on the ceiling. The people on the right were all unfamiliar faces.

There was a man wearing a plaid shirt and thick glasses.

There was a woman with messy hair, wearing a white coat, no makeup, and dull skin.

Another man, tall and sturdy, over two meters tall, carrying a heavy and sophisticated instrument on his back, with a cannon barrel over two meters long and about twenty centimeters in diameter in front of the instrument, silently walked into the parking lot with him.

They were clearly strangers to Ruan Ruan and the others, unsure of who was friend or foe, and were looking at each other with some wariness.

"Who are you, and where did you come from?"

Ruan Ruan, still holding a wrench in her hand, coldly questioned the tallest man.

The man first looked around warily, but saw no one.

Only then did he realize what was happening. Looking down, he saw a woman standing not far from his feet, holding a metal wrench and with a fierce expression. He was startled and shrank back. Then he lowered his head and aimed the Ruan Ruan directly at Ruan Ruan. However, he was too tall and was restrained by Ruan Ruan, so his action of aiming at Ruan Ruan looked extremely difficult, and he almost knelt on the ground.

Ruan Ruan was also taken aback. Looking at the man who was kowtowing directly in front of her, she asked in surprise, "You want New Year's money?"

"No."

At that moment, the man in the plaid shirt next to him adjusted his glasses with his middle finger and said, "He's aiming a cannon at you."

"It's just that you're too short; he has to kneel down to aim."

"..."

Ruan Ruan was instantly furious, raising her metal wrench in a flash. "Who are you calling short-legged?"

"I didn't say your legs are short, I just said you're short."

The man in the plaid shirt said, "Besides, I was just stating an objective fact; I didn't mean to insult you."

Ruan Ruan's anger flared even more, and she grabbed a wrench, ready to strike.

Fortunately, Red Eyes Ling Ping was right next to her and Ruan Ruan stopped Ruan Ruan, which allowed her to find out the other party's identity as a member of the Dante Organization.

He maintained a polite expression and extended his hand to the other person.

Unexpectedly, even after the misunderstanding was cleared up, neither of them were moved by Ling Ping hand of friendship.

"Among the Enhancement Element mastered by strangers, many are impossible to defend against and can be activated through handshakes."

The man in the plaid shirt calmly looked at Ling Ping and said, "I know you mean well, and after all, we came here to provide support. You have no reason to plot against us. However, good habits should be cultivated before accidents happen, so we will not shake hands with you. In fact, we consider your act of shaking hands with us to be a highly unprofessional gesture."

At this moment, Red Eyes Ling Ping's expression also turned extremely ugly.

Xiao Xiao, inside the parking lot, took in everything happening outside with his keen observation skills and sighed helplessly.

"Now I understand why we sent this guy to lead the way..."

"Compared to everyone else, this arrogant and obnoxious guy is actually quite mild, isn't he..."