If the men hadn't tortured and killed rare birds, if they hadn't profited from it...
Then aside from being condemned by others, their actions wouldn't have had any more serious consequences.
But now, they'd all been possessed by a monster and reduced to skeletons.
Wasn't this punishment... too severe?
Meng Jixi quickly shook his head.
Too severe?
They deserved it.
Those who do no wrong need not fear ghosts knocking at their door in the dead of night.
That saying might not quite fit.
But it got the general idea across.
If they hadn't tortured animals in the first place, why would the monster have targeted them?
They'd brought this on themselves.
The Flying Head Man turned to look at Xiao Xiao.
What the human had just said had given it an unpleasant idea.
It shuddered from head to toe.
Its fur stood on end.
It was in a bad mood.
But it understood what the human meant.
In that case...
It really was a severe punishment.
So that was how terrifying prisons were.
The Flying Head Man began to feel wary of human prisons.
Humans really were cruel.
They'd even created such a terrifying place.
The Flying Head Man pursed its lips.
Yet it felt a sense of satisfaction.
That human deserved to be locked up in prison.
It suffered in the sunlight.
So that human must be suffering in prison, too, right?
"A Xi, thanks for making a special trip here."
Xiao Xiao smiled faintly.
"You've worked hard."
They'd investigated the matter almost completely in such a short time.
"We serve the people."
Meng Jixi put on a serious expression.
But the next moment, he smiled. "You provided us with information, too."
"Once we had a lead, it was much easier to investigate."
"Besides, they