Chapter 1002: Coward and "Hand"

"Fang Liangye, you are a coward!"

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"The poisonous milk powder produced by that group of lunatics killed our younger sister! Didn't you see how she was tortured in the hospital? She wasn't even a year old yet!!"

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"I asked you to go with me to take revenge on them, but you wouldn't go; all you knew how to do was hold up banners and write complaint letters! Didn't you hear what those people said? That’s an industry of the Twilight Society! Do you think the Witchcraft Association has the guts to deal with the Twilight Society??"

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"Fine! If you, the big brother, don't dare to go, then I will! Whoever produced the poisonous milk powder, I’ll kill them! So what if it’s the Twilight Society? I, Fang Liangyu, am not like you! I am not a coward!!"

"...No, Xiaoyu!!!"

Fang Liangye woke up abruptly from the nightmare!

Fang Liangye had had a very long dream... He seemed to have dreamed of that rainy night many years ago again, a fourteen-year-old boy holding a knife and roaring angrily in front of him, then rushing into the rain without looking back...

By the time Fang Liangye saw him again, he was already a corpse covered in a white sheet. The police said they found him on a desolate ridge, covered in bruises, as if he had been beaten to death.

That was the darkest time in Fang Liangye’s life.

He had never hated his own cowardice so much. He had always believed that as long as people followed the rules, justice would stand up for them, but he was wrong... Justice can only deal with those who also follow the rules.

Fang Liangye would never forget the look in Xiaoyu’s eyes that day—that anger, sorrow, and disdain, which pierced his heart like needles, becoming a pain that would never heal.

As his own memories returned, the pain and self-reproach buried deep in his heart flooded over Fang Liangye like a tide... His cheeks were covered in tear tracks, and he sat blankly in place, his eyes completely hollow.

The Silver King had swapped his memories, which had also allowed him to briefly forget the pain and self-reproach.

Chen Ling’s memory of being decisive and ruthless was like a drug, making him addicted, making him intoxicated, making him forget his regrets... And now, the effect of the drug was gradually fading, his true self was returning, leaving only endless emptiness and pain.

"I..."

Fang Liangye looked at his own ordinary and powerless hands, his fingertips trembling involuntarily.

Just then,

A palm gently patted his shoulder.

Fang Liangye turned his head subconsciously, only to see a figure wearing a bright red drama robe quietly looking at him, a touch of complexity rippling in those deep, lake-like eyes...

"There is something I’ve always wanted to tell you." Chen Ling paused for a moment.

"The Twilight Society has never had its own factories, nor has it ever sold poisonous milk powder... That so-called 'Twilight Society industry' back then was likely a background fabricated by local black-hearted merchants for their own profit."

Chen Ling had possessed Fang Liangye’s memories, so naturally, he knew his past. Fang Liangye had always believed that the Twilight Society’s poison factory had killed his younger sister and then murdered his younger brother Xiaoyu, who had gone to seek revenge. This was the source of his hatred for the Twilight Society.

But in fact, if one knew even a little bit about the Twilight Society, they would know this was complete nonsense.

First, most Twilight Society members hid in various domains; because of their missions, they couldn't stay in one place for too long, let alone build a factory and blatantly sell poisonous milk powder. Second, the Xiaoyu in Fang Liangye’s memory was beaten to death. If a Twilight Society member had struck, killing an ordinary person would have been a matter of a single thought, and they certainly wouldn't have left the corpse lying on a desolate ridge.

If it were the former Fang Liangye, he might not have believed Chen Ling’s explanation, but the current Fang Liangye had experienced Chen Ling’s memories and could naturally realize this...

He lowered his head, his fists clenched tightly... then released them helplessly.

"I thought my fate was miserable enough... but compared to you, the things I experienced don't count for anything." Fang Liangye looked at Chen Ling. "I envy your crazy drive to risk your life. If I could have been like you, maybe Xiaoyu wouldn't have died..."

Chen Ling shook his head. "No need to envy me. You and I both know what kind of price one has to pay to become like this..."

Chen Ling helped Fang Liangye up and looked at the Wuji Domain in the distance, which was shrouded in chaos:

"...I should go."

"Yeah."

"By the way, the thing I asked you to investigate, was there a result?"

Hearing Chen Ling’s question, Fang Liangye’s body trembled slightly.

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"Hello, I am the newly appointed Deputy Chief Justice. You can call me... [Tanxin]."

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"I heard from the Leader that you don't like politics and aren't good at management... From now on, I will be your 'hand' to help you manage the Aurora Domain."

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"Me? I am indeed of the Soldier God Path, but unlike you, an [Asura], my God Path doesn't have any attack power... If we get into a fight later, remember to protect me."

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"Although you are my superior, you can't just disappear for so many days without a word, right? Do you know how much effort I spent to help you cover it up with the Leader?"

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"You... sigh, forget it, let’s leave it at this for now... Don't be so willful next time, you know?"

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"Are you such a grown person that you can't even write a duty report? Did you really put all your talent points into combat? If you hand in such a large blank space, the Leader will scold you again... How about this, you fill in these achievements of mine; that should be enough to muddle through."

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"No, you can't even copy homework when I tell you to? Forget it, forget it, give me the pen, I’ll write it for you, okay?"

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"Leave the research matters of the Aurora Lord to me; you don't need to worry about it. If you understand the set of 'Panda Panpan’s Wonderful Adventures: Taking You into the Magical World of Magnetic Fields' that I gave you, and then memorize the data I taught you, you should be able to muddle through with the Leader..."

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"I really don't know how a fool like you, who only knows how to fight, managed to grow up..."

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Tears flowed uncontrollably from Hongxiu’s eyes. In a trance, all the memories returned to her body, vast and mighty, making her feel as if she were once again under the aurora...

She remembered that the Aurora Domain was very cold, and life there was dull and boring.

Only that figure was warm and brilliant, making it impossible for her to look away... The entire domain had temperature because of his existence.

"Tanxin..."

Hongxiu sat blankly on the ground, as if remembering something, and tremblingly took off the pendant on her neck, placing the tongue that was still speaking to her ear...

Hongxiu wanted to hear his voice one more time.

At this time, at this moment.