"Heh... heh..."
After swatting Yao Fu away, Yu Zhengqing did not press his advantage. Instead, he kept shuffling forward step by step, a chilling laugh like a broken bellows rasping from his throat as his grotesquely deformed lips opened and closed. "I used to envy you, but now I realize you're just as pathetic."
His voice was low and hoarse, as though thick phlegm had blocked fully half his windpipe, making even those listening feel as if they were suffocating.
"But you know what? I'm still jealous of you."
"Why do you get to fuse perfectly with the modified serum, gaining incredible strength while still looking like a normal person, while I have to turn into this monstrosity!"
Yu Zhengqing advanced step by step, the oppressive atmosphere mounting with each one.
"And that's why people need to read more."
Xia Xu suddenly cut in with a sneer. "If you'd used the modified serum on yourself back then, wouldn't you have ended up looking just like this if you were lucky? You should be glad you got your wish."
"Consultant Xia, I really can't handle him! It's bad enough that you won't run, but now you're provoking him, too."
Yao Fu, who had just struggled to his feet, groaned miserably at Xia Xu's words, his face turning green.
He did gather from Xia Xu's words that this monster might be Yu Zhengqing, but that was no help. He had never developed any sort of friendship with Yu Zhengqing, the Bat-Man. They had only ever been using each other, and had known each other for less than two days.
Expecting Yu Zhengqing to spare them was nothing but a pipe dream.
"You make it sound like this thing would let us go if I didn't provoke him."
Xia Xu shrugged.
"I almost