"Quack? Quack, quack!"
Psyduck refused without hesitation. What a joke! Was traveling something anyone should be doing?
Ye Qing smiled and did not insist. He had only been joking anyway.
The aroma of cooking drifted from the kitchen. Watching his mother bustle about, Ye Qing resolved to protect his family in the future.
Seeing Ye Qing come in, Ye Dad hurriedly put down his phone and asked, "Ye Qing, tell us what happened in the Imperial Capital. All the news online has been deleted. We can't find any information at all."
Ye Menghan's appetite for gossip flared up too. "Yeah, big brother, what happened in the Imperial Capital? I heard even the Ghost-type Elite Four member died. Is that true?"
"Yes, what you saw was true."
Ye Qing sat on the sofa, his tone calm, as though he were discussing something that had nothing to do with him.
Ye Menghan exclaimed, "Huh? Then they said you went on a killing spree, big brother. I heard you killed everyone in a residential complex. Not just the elderly and children-you didn't even spare the Pokémon. Is that true too?"
"...What moron posted that online? Of course it's fake! I only wiped out the Luo Family."
Ye Qing was utterly exasperated. The internet was far too unreliable these days. All those media outlets were making things up just to catch the attention of people looking for gossip!
"You wiped out the whole family? Wasn't that too ruthless...?"
Ye Mom came out holding a spatula. Her son's words had shocked her too.
Ye Qing sighed. "Mom, it's not that I'm ruthless. They forced me to kill them.
"It was to make an example of them. Otherwise, our family will only face more of this sort of thing in the future."
Ye Dad voiced his