The Moment of Devouring (20)

Cynthia's strange reaction obviously wasn't because of Split Attack, leaking overbearing aura, or anything like that.

As an upgraded finishing move, Fu Qian's Internal Organ Critical Hit was terrifyingly powerful. More importantly, it could damage any conceptual category associated with its target.

As the saying went, one grab and straight to the soul.

That was exactly why Fu Qian had chosen it to finish things.

"You're really insane!"

Looking at Goya's mangled remains on the ground, Cynthia's voice sounded unusually shrill with tension and fear.

"What does this accomplish for you? If you keep acting so recklessly, even if you become a Doctor, you'll never get an exemption from the company."

Become a Doctor? An exemption?

Cynthia's words made Fu Qian pause briefly before he realized what she meant.

He hadn't spent much time learning about the Yasui Company, but he'd heard a few things.

Compared to other major organizations, it really was different in some ways.

Most notably, it had an extremely strict hierarchy, determined entirely by supernatural rank and unaffected by any other factors.

Each level also had its own title, and Doctor seemed to correspond to one of the Intermediate Tiers.

Come to think of it, he'd heard others call Cynthia that more than once. But his usual way of thinking had led him to make assumptions, so he hadn't considered it.

As expected, preconceived notions were no good.

But that was just a minor detail. Cynthia's threat was utterly feeble in Fu Qian's eyes.

Never mind that he had no career plans at the Yasui Company. Even if he did, if a Doctor's exemption wasn't enough, he could always aim for the next tier!

Besides, it was clear that Cynthia was so shocked she hadn't even realized what was happening to her.

"Don't panic. How are