Eighth Master knew his cousin had come around when he heard Seventh Child say that.
With Seventh Child's promise, Eighth Master immediately felt more confident and stood a little straighter.
He volunteered, "Boss, we'll keep Old Left and Crow occupied. You take Tyrant. If we're lucky enough to kill Old Left and Crow, we'll come back and join you, and we can surround Tyrant together."
Seventh Child nodded too. "I'm confident I can keep one of them occupied."
Eighth Master added, "I'll take Old Left. You take Crow."
Seventh Child thought it over. "All right. Crow's fast and attacks fiercely. I'm confident I can take him on. But I can't guarantee I'll kill him."
Eighth Master looked at Jiang Yue, suddenly seeming to want to say something but holding back.
"If you have something to say, just say it. Don't choke on it," Jiang Yue said irritably.
"Boss, whether Seventh Child and I can kill Old Left and Crow doesn't really matter. Even if those two escape, they won't pose much of a threat. They're both followers. They don't have the makings of leaders, and they can't make much trouble on their own. But Tyrant is different..."
"What are you trying to say? Stop beating around the bush!" Jiang Yue said coldly.
Eighth Master's expression turned grave. "Tyrant is a complete lunatic. Even if you beat him, if you don't destroy him completely, he'll come back once he's recovered. And by then, he might kill everyone in the whole residential complex to get revenge. Even in the Sunny Era, he had an antisocial personality. If things weren't going his way, he'd rather destroy the whole world!"
Seventh Child nodded solemnly. "Right. He'd absolutely do something like that."
"So the most important thing is to destroy him physically, completely. We can't