Chang Wenyu's eye didn't seem suitable to keep anywhere, so after thinking it over, Chen Ge handed it to Men Nan.
Of all the Red-Clothed, Men Nan had the best people skills and the sharpest mind. Chen Ge sometimes even entrusted him with handling things on his own.
So Chen Ge felt completely at ease letting Men Nan keep the eye for the time being.
"Chang Wenyu is at her weakest right now. She wouldn't dare stay by my side for long, and left as soon as she got the chance. Looks like she still doesn't completely trust me. She's worried I'll have the other Red-Clothed devour her."
Trust took time to build. Chen Ge felt that given enough time, he could definitely earn Chang Wenyu's trust.
The sky was already beginning to brighten, but Chen Ge didn't leave. He wandered around the abandoned school for a while longer.
"The Red-Clothed in this abandoned school and the ones in the Archway are both much stronger than ordinary Red-Clothed, but neither of their settings has a Door. Is it because their despair isn't enough to push one open?"
There was no necessary connection between the Red-Clothed and Doors. A Door Pusher was always Red-Clothed, but not every Red-Clothed had a Door of their own.
Chen Ge hadn't paid much attention to it before, but thinking back now, he felt something was off.
"Could Doors be unique to Han Jiang?"
Chen Ge entered the classroom where the Red-Clothed from the abandoned school had first appeared. On the desk that had once belonged to that Red-Clothed, he saw the familiar words again.
"This is a sick world. Why haven't you realized that yet? I'll cure you, no matter what!"
The words had been carved crookedly into the desk, like some kind of psychological