As Mayor Bai explained all this to Su Bai, his smile and tone were quite elegant, but a trace of excitement shone in his eyes.
Perhaps for this "artist" who loved creating cities, his happiest moment was not finishing a work he considered almost perfect, but eagerly recommending it to someone else and hoping they would be surprised, even awed, by his creation.
That was why Mayor Bai kept watching Su Bai, hoping to see a reaction that would excite him on the face of this "material" that had caught his interest.
Unfortunately, Su Bai's expression remained calm. He was calm when he heard the truth about Fog City's people, calm when he heard what the dense fog did, and even maintained a calm smile when Mayor Bai mentioned the new "material" for making Dolls. It was impossible to tell whether he had known all along or was simply good at keeping his emotions in check.
Mayor Bai assumed it was the latter. After all, if it were the former... there would be something terrifyingly unfathomable about the weak human before him.
Even to a Strange Creature, the "unknown" was something frightening.
"How boring. I was hoping to see some livelier expressions on your face, Boss Bai, but you're just like a shoddy Doll." Mayor Bai looked at Su Bai's unchanged expression with some disappointment. "I thought someone who could paint such a wonderful work would be able to feel the same way I do about this city's collapse."
"Feel what?" The smile on Su Bai's face gradually faded. "Sadness?"
"Of course." Mayor Bai nodded without hesitation. "How could anyone watch this beautiful city drift toward destruction without feeling sad?"
Despite those words, the smile on Mayor Bai's face did not fade.
"Perhaps. But I really do find it difficult