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"Do I have to be human?"
"Can't I just stay a beast?"
"No need to think, no need to make judgments, just follow your instructions and bite..."
Richard sighed and ruffled Taufik's hair, speaking in a deeply regretful tone. "I know everyone wants to slack off, but I'm sorry, there are already more than enough beasts. I can barely deal with them all. Our school's High Sequence Beyonders can't be brainless. You have to be human."
He snapped his fingers. The bloodstains on the ground and everything that should not have been there vanished, merging into the sunken floor and the nearly collapsed walls, restoring them to pristine condition. At the same time, the invisible seal lifted, as though a thin membrane had been torn open. The commotion just now should have drawn everyone in the hospital and the surrounding area long ago, but Richard had sealed off these few dozen cubic meters of space, preventing even the slightest spirituality or vibration from affecting the outside world.
No matter what happened inside the seal, the people outside would never know... Taufik realized this as well. A small corner of the Black Wooden Mask with Red Patterns on his face cracked, exposing a patch of skin covered in burn scars beneath it.
The corner of his mouth moved, and he gave a bitter laugh.
"If I hadn't controlled myself, would you have disposed of me too?"
"Yes, but it's not quite that extreme. It would depend on your condition."
Richard admitted it without reservation. He stood up, hauling Taufik off the floor as well, and held him as though carrying a large black-and-red sack. Except the sack kept dripping blood, like an oversized body bag freshly retrieved from a murder scene.
"The best outcome was for you to hold back