Yuanshi looked at Red Boy. Though he wore a sorrowful expression, he smiled inwardly.
Based on the deductions Taishang Laojun and the others had made using the Chaos Star Disk, the next person who could deal with Xuanzang was Red Boy.
Yuanshi had come here this time precisely to persuade Red Boy to deal with Xuanzang. As long as Xuanzang was killed, they would succeed.
Yuanshi did not painstakingly try to persuade him. Instead, he used the bond between Kinkaku and Red Boy to provoke Red Boy's anger and shame. That would produce better results.
Sure enough, after he had casually said a few things, Red Boy was already wavering.
"I know you respect Goku and Uchiha Shin greatly, and that no matter what, you would never become their enemy. But Xuanzang is different. Although Xuanzang is Goku's friend, he is not your friend. You have never met Xuanzang and are not familiar with him. You cannot abandon revenge just because of that.
"All living things in the Three Realms are connected to one another. If you trace those connections one by one, perhaps we, too, are friends of your friends' friends' friends... Would that mean you could not lay a hand on us either?" Yuanshi continued.
Red Boy listened and pondered, his heart filled with hesitation.
He did not want to do this—not because he had any feelings for Xuanzang, but because he did not want to make things difficult for his father or anger Goku and the others.
But when he thought of the bond between himself and Kinkaku, he could not bear to do nothing.
"Fine. Since you are so hesitant, I will say no more. It seems the bond between you and Kinkaku was nothing but empty words. At most, you two were drinking buddies. I