"Impossible! You must have secretly influenced me just now!"
At those words, Shi Zhao's delicate frame trembled, and her face paled slightly. How could someone as kindhearted as her slaughter every living soul?
I'm absolutely not some Female Devil who kills without batting an eye!
Heavenly Desolation fell silent for a moment, then gave a long sigh. "Even more alike. When she was young, she was just like you... hmm, rather flighty."
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Shi Zhao shook her head. She did not consider herself particularly flighty. Most of the time, she acted that way deliberately, merely playing along with her younger brother's antics. But there was no need to explain that.
Her expression grew composed again, and she soon calmed herself. "But you should know I'm not her."
"Of course you aren't her. Surely you'd learn your lesson after being stabbed in the back?" For some reason, Heavenly Desolation seemed to grow agitated. It sneered. "Let me ask you this: why did you spare those people? Don't tell me it was out of kindness."
Shi Zhao opened her mouth, but ultimately said nothing.
"Heh, another fool!" Heavenly Desolation mocked. After a while, its voice grew low. "Why have I run into another fool...?"
"I'm not a fool. Sometimes I think I'm clever as hell," Shi Zhao protested.
"Then stop harboring kind thoughts! Protecting all living beings? Your own people? They deserve to die! Every last one of them! Just kill them all!" Heavenly Desolation broke free of her hand and shot upward, constantly shifting between gold and black as though it had gone mad.
Shi Zhao was startled at first, then could not help pressing a hand to her forehead.
Oh no. This thing seems a little unstable.
It looked as though it was descending into madness, but in truth, as