"Person on the Wall. You've come into contact with Him. You carry something He left behind."
His voice was very low.
"How much do you actually know about the things related to Him?"
Kame's right eye fixed on Lu Yuan as he remained silent for a long time.
His throat bobbed several times. Lu Yuan had already prepared himself to see another "I can't say it."
But this time, Kame spoke.
"He is incomplete."
Lu Yuan froze for a moment. He had only seen this matter in the Gray-White Text. Beyond that, during his contact with Him, Lu Yuan had not learned much.
After a brief silence, Kame seemed to be testing how much the contract would allow him to say.
"Not only that."
He paused, a thin sheen of sweat seeping from his forehead.
"I also know something about his true purpose, it's just..."
Kame's body suddenly went rigid. His shackles struck the iron chair with a shrill metallic clang. Bloodshot veins flooded his right eye, and the veins on his forehead bulged as though something had seized his throat from inside.
Kame's head drooped, his chin resting against his chest as he breathed heavily and rapidly. Sweat dripped from his swollen forehead.
"I was a direct participant in the harvest. I had to ensure its success. I knew the price of failure. The Tower of Erudition and I would be nailed to the pillar of shame, and every sacrifice would be pinned on me, the Vice Dean."
"They called it a violation of Imperial regulations."
Kame smiled soundlessly.
"So when I faced the Person on the Wall, I made a contract long ago. But most of what I asked were... questions. That was my bargaining chip for staying alive."
By this point, Lu Yuan roughly understood what Kame's