"Then why should I answer your questions?" Azib sneered at Xia Xiu, who sat before her.
Faced with [Desolation]'s mockery and derisive gaze, Xia Xiu was entirely unbothered. He set down his newspaper and approached her, his golden eyes meeting her pink ones as he smiled warmly at [Desolation]:
"Yes, I'll kill you whether you talk or not."
"The only reason I'm doing this is to leave the choice to you. I'm simply giving you the right to choose."
Xia Xiu had kept her alive solely to let her make that choice. Whether she was willing to provide information mattered little to him, because he would kill her regardless.
As he gazed at [Desolation], his golden eyes made no attempt to conceal their extraordinarily pure killing intent.
He would kill her. It had nothing to do with morality or allegiance. Like a child crushing an ant, he would end her life with the purest killing intent and malice.
Faced with the blond young man's almost unreasonable, absurd questioning and undisguised evil, [Desolation] smiled. She raised her head and gave him a long look.
"He would certainly be exceptionally fond of someone like you."
The blond young man before her would surely be a favorite of that supreme being who wrote fate. A certain quality in him closely resembled His. It had nothing to do with strength or standing; it was a purity ordinary people did not possess.
"Thank you for the compliment."
Xia Xiu smiled, then brought his face closer to hers. Looking at her finely sculpted features, he once again broke into an utterly brilliant smile.
"Could you tell me where Ativik and Anut are?"
[Ruling Gongzhu · Ativik] and [Missing Gongzhu · Anut] had triggered massive strikes, protests, and rights campaigns that swept across all of Youyang in