Pretending To Be A Boss-Chapter 495 - 92: Two Catfish (Part 2)_2

It wasn't until the captain died that the mystery was uncovered. It turned out that the captain had put a catfish, which primarily fed on fish, into the fish tank full of sardines.

After the catfish entered the tank, unfamiliar with its surroundings, it swam around incessantly. It was like seeing something lively in still water; although all of them were doomed to end up as human food, the catfish seemed to defy its fate, enjoying swimming around until its last breath.

It made the sardines feel as if, perhaps one day, they could swim out to a future."

"So, they were all eaten in the end?"

"Of course, what else did you think would happen?" The girl said matter-of-factly.

Akasi smiled and said,

"I thought that with their desperate efforts to leave the fish tank, they might one day manage to escape."

"How naive you are."

The girl paused, then said,

"I'm leaving now. If you're still alive next time, we can continue our chat."

With a hearty laugh, the girl prepared to leave.

Suddenly, Akasi said,

"You haven't told me your name."

The girl hesitated, then said,

"I'm Number Seven."

"I mean your name."

"I threw that away a long time ago."

"Please, tell me," Akasi probably thought that using that tone would work for sure.

But the girl furrowed her brow and said seriously,

"I don't like my name. Number Seven is quite good. Names are for people who have a future."

"I'm Akasi. Please, tell me your name."

"Number Seven. I'm off." The girl left nonchalantly.

Akasi was taken aback. He said nothing.

She seemed to be from another arena.

Surviving a battle meant many had to die.

Each combat in the cage left only one person alive.

The final clash was between the strongest from each region.

Akasi had never interacted with someone in this way before; could it be that Seven was new here?

He began to look forward to meeting the girl again.

As Akasi thought this, perhaps the catfish was indicative of those living in the evolution zone.

Even though the girl's smile was hearty and she seemed optimistic, unlike many test subjects who possessed extremely bizarre temperaments, Akasi still felt... that she was despairing deep inside.

Perhaps that's why she started with the story of the catfish when approaching a stranger?

A pitiful ghost that keeps thrashing until it ultimately drowns in the tank.

Just like... those who thought winning the cage battles meant they could leave this place.

...

...

Tang Xian's pace slowed even more.

Tang Feiji was slightly worried, but he didn't believe that a ruler of Eden, a presence that had instilled fear in the Myriad Beasts Realm centuries ago, would just suddenly die because he hadn't slept well.

In Tang Feiji's view, Tang Xian appeared as if he was about to suddenly collapse.

Like someone who had barely slept for several days in a row.

Tang Xian certainly had ample rest, but the more he became convinced that he had indeed encountered someone intimately connected to him, the more the scent began to uncontrollably trigger his memories.

"Are you speaking of that child? My dear, why should we bring the greatest experiment, the potential of humankind, to the weakest among us?

You have seen how he is bullied on a daily basis," the voice appeared again, a man's voice.

Tang Xian's expression had calmed down a lot, but the rhythm of his breathing still betrayed the unease in his heart.

It was like a truth, enigmatic like a riddle that he had tried to remember for a long time but couldn't, suddenly because of the appearance of a certain entity, began to be forcibly poured into his own consciousness.

"I don't even know the child's name, he's ranked seventh, so let's call him Number Seven. Out of the seven, the strongest is Constantine. If his lineage could combine with those from the mining district, as long as we can acculturate him, the future of humanity would have an incomparable existence!"

"But he has humanity."

"Humanity? My dear, we all know the reason they were born, they certainly have temperaments, but those emotions worthy of being called kinship just don't exist in them."

"This child is different... Although I also play the role of the one who bullies him, because of this, I can feel that he wants to fit in with everyone; he feels loneliness, sadness, and pain. You don't see this in any of the other children!

Constantine is certainly the best, but have you ever thought that he's not even three years old yet and he already has the mind of an adult? He's clearly much more mature than the other children.

Even once, Constantine said to me, 'Teacher, you don't have to pretend to fit in to bully that defective product.'

The other children didn't notice at all, but he did!

Have you ever thought that we may not be able to acculturate him?"

But that child... I believe he has love in his heart. He's like an outsider... like we are."

Finally, following the guidance of his breath, Tang Xian arrived at the location he had explored yesterday.

He looked up at the fourth-floor ceiling, the conversation in his mind not stopping.

"He is too weak, just a catfish.

We all know the meaning of his existence, it is purely for the other six children to bully him, to give them a sense of superiority, to provide them with amusement.

His journey's end will be when these few children are sent to other Pyramids to take charge of different domains.

After that, do you really not know what his fate will be?"

"What if he has the same intelligence as the other children? What if he's just... insufficient in talent, but not weak in other abilities? The key point is, that child... he might truly be liked by humans."

The man's and woman's voices intertwined.

Tang Xian felt that they were plotting to transform one of the children.

Among the seven children, is it better to choose the strongest and most perfect one or the weakest, defective one?

"You should know that even the one you think has the most humanity, their personalities will be very different from ordinary people! Their behaviors are often incomprehensible to many.

What if they are hated? What if they despise humans?

Choosing Constantine, he only cares about interests. But choosing someone who may be empathetic, perhaps he will genuinely help humanity, but maybe, his unfortunate childhood will lead him to destroy humanity."

"Then go love him!"

The woman's voice pierced Tang Xian's soul.

"If it rots here, it will just become another monster that hates the world.

What I can see... the child's heart is kind. The humanity buried within him is exactly what we are looking for.

He will surely meet friends who are willing to follow him, he will lead them in search of true freedom.

And the world is so vast, in the future, he will surely meet someone who will genuinely like him.

He will also meet the person who wants to protect him with their life."

"Do you really think so, or are you merely pitying him because he is the one being bullied?"

"You are now pregnant, can I interpret that as an overflow of maternal instinct?"

"I won't make any subjective decisions at such a crucial juncture. You trust me; we can't change Constantine, but we can change this child!

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Let's go love him, nurture him, live with him."

The man's opposing voice did not rise again; the woman's resolute attitude seemed to have settled the matter.

Then go love him.

The phrase kept echoing in Tang Xian's mind.

Although she was someone he could not remember, when she said that phrase, it touched him profoundly.

Apart from that time when he rescued Li Xiaoyu at the fortress on the lower level, listening to Li Xiaoyu's tearful complaints to Li Wanye; apart from many years ago, when he was on one side of the artificial lake, watching the girl in the center of the lake looking for fish; it had been a long time since Tang Xian felt so panicked.

These memories were of a conversation between two people, but if he wasn't there, how could he have these memories?

Or was it that at that time, he was like an experimental subject, in a state of hibernation?

Perhaps the couple speaking... had not noticed that their conversation had become a part of his memories?

(Although it was planned to take a two-day break, I finally rested well for six hours yesterday and decided to continue updating this morning.)