The Moment of Devouring (6)

You like watching the excitement?

Fu Qian said it in a flat tone, even obligingly flashing a grin that made him look like he was asking for a punch.

The sight stirred a strong reaction in Doctor Cynthia and Kuraki Eiko.

For a moment, the two looked at him like an ignorant young man who'd been completely brainwashed by a pyramid scheme.

Who would've thought that among the three who'd taken the second test at the same time, Kuraki Eiko had struggled free of its influence, while 1349 was still lost in confused self-judgment.

Yet somehow, the one who looked the most normal was actually the least normal of all!

Of course, this was exactly the outcome Fu Qian wanted.

Given that his top priority was finding someone, and that he was working against a time limit, it was essential to seize some initiative.

In this situation, continuing the strategy he'd used after the first test made sense: the more abnormal he acted, the more opportunities he might get.

At the very least, any information he casually offered would be taken more seriously.

"Mr. Pachi, I think I understand, more or less, what you mean by fun."

After staring at Fu Qian for a long while, Doctor Cynthia finally spoke again.

"Unfortunately, I'm sorry to tell you that you're not the first person to call yourself that."

"Of course, from your point of view, you could simply believe that they were deceiving themselves."

"But just as I can't prove you're wrong, you can't prove you're right either, can you?"

Not the first person to call himself Pachi?

Fu Qian quickly picked up on an important detail in Cynthia's words.

There were two possible implications.

One was that, during this test, more than one person had developed a similarly thorough distortion