Not only Bo Yi, but even Mitian, whose body had gone so stiff he was practically turning into a wooden puppet, visibly froze at the "Clown's" words.
"'The person you like'..." Bo Yi raised an eyebrow at Mitian, his expression loaded with meaning. "The person you like... could that possibly-"
"Be me?"
Now Mitian really was about to turn into a wooden puppet.
He had originally planned to choose the perfect moment to confess to Bo Yi once this Instance ended and he had recovered all his power. To that end, he had even made a point of securing control over this Instance at the earliest opportunity, just so he could properly confess to Bo Yi on the Ferris wheel once everything was over-he had specifically researched it beforehand, and humans in Bo Yi's world seemed quite fond of expressing their love on Ferris wheels.
What he had never expected was for the other man to reveal the cruel truth, leaving Mitian too ashamed to tell Bo Yi how he felt.
He was the one who had made Bo Yi suffer so terribly...
The images of Bo Yi trembling under the chip's control flashed through Mitian's mind one after another, and his fingertips dug deep into his palms. After what he had done before-even though he had not known Bo Yi at the time-what right did he have to tell Bo Yi he loved him?
Yet just when he had already decided to give up, someone had caught him completely off guard and exposed his secret.
-A mighty Evil God, and someone else had delivered the confession he had so carefully prepared...
Mitian: "..."
He had originally intended to keep the man alive and torment him slowly, but now-
Maybe I should just kill him outright!
The "Clown" froze too.