Persecution Complex

"Master—Boss, are you okay?!"

The sudden turn of events frightened everyone. Tang Chuan's dazed expression made them think something had gone terribly wrong.

But Tang Chuan gradually raised his head. That bite seemed not to have caused him any tangible harm. "Brilliant. Impressive. So that's how it is."

Ye Tai held Chouchou by the scruff of his neck and asked worriedly, "Are you all right, big boss?"

Tang Chuan shook his head. "I can't see any problem for now, but a mark has already been planted on my origin. It hasn't caused any harm, but it definitely won't be that simple. This mark... can't be erased unless the one behind it is annihilated."

Then he fixed his gaze on Chouchou. "Were you hiding this deeply?"

Chouchou hung from Ye Tai's grip by the back of his neck, looking pitiful, innocent, and aggrieved. "I don't know why I bit you either, Lord Boundless Heavenly Venerate. I was wrong..."

Tang Cai's hatred surged. She had never expected that anomaly to appear among her subordinates. Come to think of it, it was even connected to her.

Tang Cai said, "How should we deal with him? Should the three of us work together and try to trace the culprit back through him?"

The Associated Body was also furious. "Still putting on an act here? Chouchou, was it? What a perfectly pitiful and obedient little appearance!"

Seeing everyone treat him with such hostility, Chouchou began crying miserably. "I don't know... Chouchou doesn't know! I was wrong, Lord Boundless Heavenly Venerate! Chouchou was wrong..."

Having snapped out of it, everyone had gone from doting on him to wanting to skin him alive and pull out his tendons. They had truly frightened Chouchou.

But Tang Chuan spoke up at that moment. "It doesn't seem like an act.