"That made sense." Dai Yunze reluctantly accepted the explanation. "Then should I still be cautious in the future? Will changing the original plot have any negative consequences?"
"Didn't you already have an answer to that question in your heart?" Tang Liu did not answer directly, deliberately keeping him in suspense.
Dai Yunze said nothing and merely pondered in silence.
Indeed, the moment he had decided to disregard everything and step onto the field to compete, his heart had already become whole. Asking Tang Liu now was only because he wanted further confirmation of what he truly felt.
Since Tang Liu had not given him a definite answer, though, that was equivalent to acknowledging what he felt. He should simply follow his heart and stop overthinking things.
Just like he had said before, he had simply happened to think of it, and then he did it.
Of course, that specifically referred to doing good deeds. They might not necessarily be good deeds in the absolute sense, but Dai Yunze could never do the sort of things a deranged lunatic would do.
After affirming his own thoughts, Dai Yunze realized that he did not really have anything else to ask. Still, he did not leave it at that. He thought for a long time, wondering whether he had forgotten any questions.
After deliberating for quite some time, Dai Yunze decided to ask one final question. "How did you die and end up here?"
Tang Liu looked at the blue-black light entwined around his fingertips, the colors long since indistinguishable from each other, and the corner of his mouth twitched. "That question is really morbid." Was that to be expected of the bearer of Ultimate Evil? "I died of food poisoning."
Discussing the ways they had died really did make the atmosphere rather