Xu Le's explanation almost had the other three going in circles, but they gradually began to grasp what he meant.
The so-called tragedy, the so-called ideals, those feelings of mutual appreciation...
"They were all fake?" Ai Li asked.
"They were all real," Xu Le gently countered.
After a while, Xu Le slowly continued:
"Everything was real. Everything he did actually happened, and he worked hard enough at it. There wasn't the slightest deception.
"It was precisely because everything was real that he fooled everyone.
"What he did was real, but his purpose was different.
"Some say a good lie is nine parts truth and one part falsehood. But his lie was ten parts truth, without a single falsehood. Only his ultimate purpose was hidden.
"Xiong Zemo's goal was to gain a new life. He was selfish from beginning to end.
"Whether or not he could kill me or defeat me, the identity of Mo Chen had to die. He'd already found a new target. He wanted to keep living in a new, youthful, vigorous state..."
Although everyone present was a supernatural being, they still felt chills running through them as they listened to Xu Le's deductions about Xiong Zemo.
"You think he's at the Illuminati Church now?"
"I don't know. Let's get moving first. I started running first, so even if I wasn't as fast as Xiong Zemo, we should arrive at about the same time."
"All right."
In District C, amid the rubble left behind after Xu Le and Toad smashed through the secret chamber.
The Night Watchers were quickly clearing away the rotting creatures here. Although they didn't know what these things were, one thing was certain: these Oddities carried no Guyinduo aura. That was very strange.
"Has the Alchemist arrived?"
"I'm here, Captain Zhang." Duo Lei's