My Avatar is Becoming the Ultimate BOSS-Chapter 714 - 385: The Curtain Rises (13,000 Words—Seeking Monthly Votes!)

"If you don't want to talk about yourself, there's no need to shift the topic to me." Restricted Level 1001 paused, "Let me give you another example, are you really trying to say that you truly like that Japanese girl and you're not using her?"

Ji Minghuan was silent for a while, looking down at his wrist, "I don't quite understand either. It's the first time I've met someone so kind to me. I always feel... I really don't want to see her sad, though when she's sad, she must still be a bit clueless."

"That would be counterproductive. What you should do is keep your distance from her..."

"I know... but the more I understand what's going to happen next, the more conflicted I feel, okay? Subconsciously, I just want to make up for something, even though it's very difficult."

Ji Minghuan murmured to himself, a handful of sand suddenly appearing in his hand. The harder he tried to hold it, the more it slipped through his fingers, scattering onto the ground.

"Guilt and affection are two different things. I've seen too many similar cases over this century. You are just a child, it's normal not to grasp these things." Restricted Level 1001 said, "Your problem is that from the start, you shouldn't have developed feelings for someone you were using. That's just tying yourself into knots."

He paused: "You may have wronged that girl in the kimono, but you haven't wronged the Gu Family—if you hadn't helped them, they would have been entirely wiped out long ago. Using them to rescue your own body is just a deal without any loss for either party, so what's there to feel guilty about?"

"Oh, what about Ayase Origami?"

"To be honest, she herself is just a scumbag who killed countless people, why should you feel guilty about using her?"

"How do you know?"

"Is there any possibility of good people being in the White Crow Travel Brigade?" Restricted Level 1001 said expressionlessly, "No matter how tragic childhood experiences are, they cannot be an excuse for a person to do evil. Otherwise, since you can sympathize with Ayase Origami, then logically... you can fully sympathize with Jack the Ripper too."

Ji Minghuan was silent, lowering his gaze.

"She said she liked me." He said, "It sounds a bit like dreaming talk, she was so tired at the time that she couldn't even open her eyes... but it was the first time I've heard anyone say they liked me."

"Even if it's not dreaming talk, so what?" Restricted Level 1001 said coldly.

"I'm saying, could you, this hundred-year-old bachelor, stop pointing fingers?" Ji Minghuan sighed, "I don't even dare to imagine what kind of weirdo I'll become after our personalities merge."

"Open your eyes and think it over. She only likes the puppet you're playing, and besides... she'll soon realize you're deceiving her. Stop deluding yourself."

"You make it sound like I'm some male Cinderella, who wears crystal shoes to a party, attracts the prince, but eventually flees in disgrace."

"You know, I'm not just talking about revenge against Jack the Ripper, but the very existence of 'Xia Pingzhou'—if Ayase Origami knows Xia Pingzhou is just a fictitious person, what do you think she'll think?"

"What difference does it make?" Ji Minghuan asked softly.

Restricted Level 1001 said, "She only likes the layers of lies you've woven, and the reason you can still get along is that this layer of lie hasn't been exposed yet."

He paused: "I've said so much, do you still think she'd go with you?"

Ji Minghuan thought for a moment: "Actually, it's alright if she doesn't come with me. This way, she won't get involved in the Salvation Society's affairs."

"She's a member of the brigade. Even if she doesn't defect with you, she'll follow the captain to the Salvation Society to seek answers from you." Restricted Level 1001 said, "You can't even bring yourself to tell her the truth in advance, and you dare claim to care about her?"

Ji Minghuan was silent for a long, long time, "I do care, I just care about her, that's why I can't say it... those you don't care about, why worry so much?"

He paused: "Right now, you can have me run to the Swallowing Silver Mice and shout a hundred times that I'm not Black Cocoon, I'm Ji Minghuan, and I'd definitely not care..."

"So I said, you'll only end up hurting her more deeply..." Restricted Level 1001 said meaningfully.

At this moment, Red Dragon Wales suddenly sighed and spoke up.

It slowly said, "Observer, don't be too harsh on a little kid starved of love. I've already said, no matter how much a child knows, they're still a child, with no essential difference."

Restricted Level 1001 remained silent.

"Are you guys done or what? One of you has lived over a hundred years, and the other doesn't even know how many centuries, yet you old folks are ganging up on me?"

Ji Minghuan glanced angrily at them, his face showing annoyance as he stretched out his arm and shouted vehemently.

"You two disgusting old farts can't tell the drawing room from the living room. I'm kicking you out tomorrow, and you better have your butts cleaned and ready!"

Afterwards, as if he was drained, his body suddenly slumped backwards, sprawling on the ground.

The boy in the hospital gown had one cheek pressed against the ground, while the other cheek was covered by a layer of hazy afterglow.

"I'm really tired, okay?" he said softly, "Can't even rest for a few minutes all day. To be honest, we haven't found the Salvation Society's base yet. Even if we do find it... I don't know what I'll do when I meet Ghost Bell and Blue Arc. Sometimes, I even hope I never find it, then I wouldn't have to force myself to see them."

"What's so hard about that?" Restricted Level 1001 asked.

"Come on, I don't want to see them at all; especially that irritating Diaper Demon."