A Reward from the Devil?

A guy covered in "black mist"?

Murphy and Austin watched Luo leave, then stared blankly at each other.

That characteristic sounded awfully familiar.

Hiss...

That rookie, You Wei, who died in Wailing Gorge—when he used his Talent Abilities, hadn't he also been covered in black mist?

It couldn't be such a coincidence, could it...?

Murphy's voice was low and full of doubt. "Hey, Austin, do you think it's possible..."

"Impossible!" Before Murphy could finish, Austin shook his head and denied it.

"Absolutely impossible!"

"It's just a coincidence that they displayed the same characteristic."

"You Wei is already dead, Captain Murphy!"

"Captain Rahem picked him—you and I both saw it clearly!"

Just then, Rahem, having finished collecting its sample data, finally put away its auxiliary camera and slowly approached them.

Hearing Austin's shouting, it replied unhurriedly, "I never told the rookie to go die. How he carried out the mission was entirely his own decision."

"On the contrary, that Evelina from your Assault Squad 886 nearly had me permanently shut down in Wailing Gorge."

Austin had wanted to argue a little more, but Rahem's words immediately silenced him.

The latter had no intention of continuing to bicker with the Oglin Orc either. Its four mechanical legs moved in succession as it silently glided over to Murphy.

"General Murphy, do you remember the 'scent of conspiracy' I mentioned to you aboard the shuttle airship?"

"The big-data analysis is complete. My guess was correct."

"The demons' behavioral patterns differ greatly from the data samples previously recorded. The ratio of kills to deaths has fallen below the average."

"Ahem, could you put that in simpler terms?" Austin scratched his head and muttered quietly.

One of Rahem's mechanical eyes turned toward the Oglin Orc as it explained at an even pace, "During this Demon Eye