Zhou Zhi's expression remained calm.
He gently picked up a pastry in his hand and took a bite.
Sweetness flowed through his mouth.
All this time, Ruan Yin had appeared harmless and innocuous before Zhou Zhi.
But Zhou Zhi would not forget what Ruan Yin was like toward everyone else.
By allowing the Holy Kingdom to become what it was today, Ruan Yin had never regarded anyone other than herself as human.
She possessed no simple sense of right and wrong, no normal empathy, not even the self-awareness of a human being.
Every one of Ruan Yin's goals was to gather Severed Limbs and find stronger opponents, then... eat them!
"Why do I have to die either way?"
Zhou Zhi asked, "Wouldn't it work if I handed over the Severed Limb like Huo Hu did?"
Ruan Yin shook her head. "No. You're different."
Zhou Zhi lowered his eyes. "I understand."
"Since that's the case."
Zhou Zhi slowly raised his head. "Then we'll settle this in this world's way."
"[Plague Duel]."
There would be no contest of medical knowledge or surgical treatment.
Between Zhou Zhi and Ruan Yin, there was only one ultimate bloody battle to the death.
"Here?"
"Right now?"
"After we finish these pastries?"
Zhou Zhi asked softly.
Ruan Yin thought for a moment. "I talked for quite a while just now, and I've decided against it."
"While I don't particularly care about those people from the Medical Department, I do care about my research facilities—[Chernobyl], [Ruan Yin Building], [Sterile Royal City], [Savior University]..."
"If we have a Plague Duel here, the aftermath of the battle alone would level this place. That would be troublesome."
Ruan Yin's words made Twenty-Three breathe a slight sigh of relief.
Though she was not the president from her Past Life, she still possessed