"Just professional competence."
Faced with Yul's shock, Fu Qian waved a hand, perfectly calm, as if it were all routine.
As for that declaration he'd just chanted, the character he was playing this time was simply too iconic. He couldn't resist getting into it.
"To be honest, I can't be sure you can see it."
"But I have a good habit: even if something is only a dangerous possibility, it's best to have a contingency plan."
"And in a chaotic, mysterious, incomprehensible world, blindly assuming any place is safe is a rather foolish thing to do."
Fu Qian gestured around them.
"In fact, I've been repeatedly considering my situation for a long time. In these nightmares, could there be a pair of eyes watching me the whole time?"
"And that feeling became stronger than ever the first time I saw Loretta."
"That's undoubtedly bad news. There's not much I can rely on here, after all."
He looked down at his chest.
"You've seen this thing before, haven't you?"
"I have, but it gave me a bad feeling."
Yul answered Fu Qian's question in a low voice.
It was obvious he'd never expected anyone to swallow something so dangerous.
"Got it. So this is probably why I was able to make contact with them so easily, right? You wanted to use me to test something?"
Fu Qian clicked his tongue.
"As the saying goes, humanity's value often shines brightest when people use each other."
"Your plan was actually quite reasonable. Having one suspicious target test another suspicious target seems like a good idea from every angle."
"Your only problem may be that you're far too full of yourself. You faced a strange, twisted nightmare and assumed you had everything under control."
"Unfortunately for you, I've seen something similar before."
Fu Qian