Chapter 137 Infinite Response, No Biological Permissions...

"This is--!?"

People nearby heard the screams and immediately went to report the incident in a panic. But when the disciplinary officer arrived, they were also shocked and speechless at the scene before them.

"What a human tragedy...?!"

Seno saw three scattered footprints trailing out from the pool of blood, pointing directly at the blood-soaked man lying on the grass.

The blood-red man opened his eyes upon hearing the voice, revealing bright whites: "Ah, Seno, long time no see."

"!?!"

If it weren't for that voice and that crown, Seno wouldn't have recognized the head that was completely covered by tiger stripes!

"etc!"

Tinari jumped up with its tail between its legs:

"It's not what you see! There's more to the story!"

Mainkuhn: "There's not exactly an inside story, considering what led to this situation..."

Before he could finish speaking, Seno darted forward and rushed in front of the murderer.

"Are you alright?!"

"...It was indeed me."

Mainkuhn belatedly completed the second half of the sentence.

"..."

One lay down, the other sat, and the two looked at each other in silence for a moment.

"According to procedure, you should question me immediately."

Are you injured?

...

"As the chief discipline officer, you should—"

Do you want me to repeat the same question three times?

"well."

Mainkun was really not used to Seno's serious and earnest red eyes, so he compromised and answered:

"No, not a single drop of blood here belongs to me."

"very good."

Sino nodded, reached out to help him up, and then quickly walked towards his colleagues who were setting up the safety barriers, leaving behind a message:

"I will question you after I complete my preliminary investigation. Please allow me at least three hours in advance, during which no one is allowed to accompany me. This specifically refers to Elhesen."

"What exactly is going on with this behavior?"

Mainkuhn immediately complained to the relaxed Tinari:

"As a subject, he questioned the emperor; as a law enforcement officer, he didn't immediately raise his spear against the suspect. It's a contradiction, a contradiction. He didn't follow either path to the end. Was he loyal to me or to the law?"

"sky!"

Tinaly really wanted to roll her eyes.

"Didn't you ever consider the possibility that Seno trusts you and wouldn't do anything evil?"

"Oh."

Mainkuhn himself didn't believe it, but he had to admit that he felt a strange sense of satisfaction after Tinari's explanation, so he shouted:

"Sino!"

"I'm busy!"

Sino picked up the pistol from the ground and paused for a moment.

"The weapons of the Fools? This constitutes illegal intrusion. Coupled with the reason for attacking the King of Wrath, we can certainly hold Zhi Dongfang accountable first..."

The King of Wrath, who killed the intruders, will not bear any responsibility, which is good. But why did the King of Wrath suddenly go on a killing spree, and with such cruel methods? This is not something he would do.

"Sino".

"Stop interfering. Do you want me to start questioning you ahead of time?"

"Sino".

"Quiet."

Cats don't listen to humans:

"SinoSinoSinoSino..."

"Hello!"

Sino turned back angrily:

"Can't you take this time to wash your face and clean the scabs from your ears?!"

As he turned around, a child suddenly appeared in his arms.

"!!"

It was Cole. She was small and thin, and the grass was tall. In his haste, Seno didn't even notice her hiding place.

"This child is..."

His eyes were fixed on the needle marks on the child's arm.

"Waaah—don't touch me!"

Cole struggled fiercely, but Mainkun ignored her resistance and shoved her into Seno's hands.

"I remember you seem to have dealt with demons before? Even if you didn't come into contact with the remnants of demons, you should still have some experience in relieving pain."

"!!"

These words were like a thunderbolt, and Seno immediately understood Cole's identity.

A demonic experimental subject similar to himself.

But that's not right.

“There are indeed fresh signs of erosion in her body, but I can’t sense any ancient will, as if she has just left.”

"Ha, you're quite perceptive..."

Cole's resistance slowed slightly, but her words remained barbed.

"Did you sense where that demon god went?"

...

Seno's gaze swept over the seemingly normal Tinari, finally settling slowly on Mainkuen.

Why are you looking at me like that?

The remnants of demons, the resentment of the defeated, also known as karmic obstacles, evil spirits, pollute the environment, and distort the mind.

However, prolonged contact, or physical suppression...

"But just now, I think something was talking in my head... It felt very familiar, like something I experienced when I was a child."

"But it's alright, I can sense that his resentment wasn't as strong as mine, so I shattered it... Seno?"

Sino grabbed his wrist, his eyes filled with terror:

"You...you said you weren't injured?"

"That's true."

Mainkuhn yawned absentmindedly beneath his mask.

There wasn't even a scratch.

"Fool!!"

He suddenly felt a tight grip on his hand, and Seno pulled him forward with great force.

"Your spirit and soul are equally precious!"

*

What happened?

That's completely unnecessary.

After taking a shower and drying his hair with a towel, Mainkuen looked around at the group of people surrounding him, puzzled.

"how are you feeling?"

Nasita carefully pinched his head with her hand, and in the flashing green light, she seemed to be probing something.

"I'm sorry, all I can feel is a cold, murky atmosphere, just like before."

...Have you looked into my mind before?

"The Wrathful King".

Elhesen stood beside him, his expression impassive, but unusually, he was twirling a pen in his hand, exuding a negative aura.

"You can't go crazy anymore."

Yes, it's El-Heisenberg-style concern.

"I heard you were attacked again? Sigh! I knew you should have a few guards with you!"

Dixia, give up, I won't hire you.

"Cat ears!"

Kavi pushed open the palace gate, looking hurried.

"I heard you were in trouble!?"

"Ah, Kavi."

Mainkuhn was somewhat surprised.

"Didn't you say the other day that you were going to break off all ties with Elhesen and never see him under the same roof again?"

"Oh my god! But you've gotten into trouble! I can't just pretend I don't know!"

Kavi glared at Elhesen, then strode a few steps forward, shoved the date and honey candies he'd bought along the way into Cole's hand, and urged the others to hurry up:

"Good child, tell me quickly, what else did that demon say?"

Ke Lai also took a shower, changed into new clothes, and had her wounds bandaged. When she saw the honey in her hand, she hesitated before putting it in her mouth.

“He said…he said…”

Sweetness couldn't wash away the unease in her heart. Cole looked cautiously at the young man with vertical pupils.

His animal ears stood straight, his eyes were lively, and his every glance and turn revealed a natural untamed spirit and wild majesty.

This made what Cole was about to say seem particularly absurd.

"He said that Lord Li Wang was born a living corpse, without a soul..."

"Smack!"

"That's impossible!"

Upon hearing this, Kavi slammed his hand on the table, startling Cole.

"If he's a corpse, then what is this? What is this?!"

Kavi darted over to Mainkuen's side, grabbed the cat's ears with both hands, and pinched them.

"They're all piping hot!"

Mainkuhn: "Kavi, go home and pack your things to prepare for the desert project."

"Look, it even seeks revenge! You call that soulless??"

The desert ecosystem is now quite good, and even grasslands have appeared, so Kawi is not afraid at all.

"But it can't all be baseless speculation; after all, it's part of the demon god."

Tinari whispered.

"How could this situation, both alive and dead, be created...!"

etc.

Didn't I just recently handwrite a story about a corpse?

The legend about the cat...

"What's wrong, Tinari?"

Sino patted him on the shoulder.

"You look terrible."

"If it's not Nekomata... then everything makes sense."

"What?"

“Elhesen…”

Amidst the bewildered gazes of the crowd, Tinari gently tugged at the ever-calm scholar.

"You once said that the transformed cats could not have offspring because they were already corpses."

"That's true, and I don't think cats even exist, since there are no confirmed cases of people coming back to life in Teyvat."

"No, perhaps there was no resurrection; it was just a corpse."

The corpse of a kitten that did nothing wrong, yet was inflicted with hatred, fear, and numerous fantasies for no reason.

“I assume, Al-Hysen, just an assumption. I assume that the cat resurrects from the dead due to strong negative human emotions—fear, hatred, and the distorted ‘expectation’ mixed in.”

"And then, what about the reverse?"

"Conversely, if we nurture it with countless pure loves, fervent expectations, and the best wishes... could we bring a fetus that could never have been born to 'come alive'? To walk, grow, and exist forever like a real life?"

The hall was deathly silent.

The seemingly absurd whispers of the demon, intertwined with this bizarre yet compassionate hypothesis, point to a shocking possibility.

Mainkun... their king, beneath that seemingly tyrannical and unpredictable exterior, may lie a truth so gentle it's almost cruel.

"Wow...this is just too romantic!"

Kavi was the first to laugh. He jumped in front of the bewildered Mainkun, reached out, and touched the brightest gem on Mainkun's crown very lightly, as if touching a fragile dream.

"You are a miracle created by love, a testament to the unity of human hearts!"

"?"

Mainkuhn couldn't understand or see the bright light in Kave's eyes.

Love? Sorry, in my short life, hate has outweighed it. You've probably guessed wrong, since I can still only feel negative emotions.

"That's terrible."

But apart from Kavi, few people were laughing.

"If this is true..."

Tinari grabbed its ears, its tail drooping to the ground.

"That's terrible."

El-Hysen read it again.

"What's wrong here!"

Kavi is still excited.

"In a sense, he is entirely our human child, because his life and death are... eh?"

The excitement came to an abrupt end as Kavi discovered a horrifying truth.

"His life and death...are tied to the desires of humanity?"

He was able to live because some people rejoiced in him and wished for his survival.

What if one day it's gone?

...

"This is not the kind of creature I have studied or know..."

Tinari muttered to himself.

"There is absolutely no autonomy in this."

...

"It could get even worse."

"Because of his body's response mechanism to human desires, we simply cannot distinguish whether what he is doing now is due to his own thoughts or the inducement of others' desires."

...

At this moment, a discipline officer walked in, hesitant.

"Lord Seno, there's been an unexpected situation..."

"Speak." Sino looked around.

There's no one here worth your concern.

“Strange things are happening in the city. Many people have had this stuffed under their doors.”

He bowed his head and presented a horrifying picture, showing several corpses cut in half at the waist, which looked very familiar to Seno.

"Didn't I warn you not to leak the photos from the scene?! What's going on?!"

"It wasn't us! We've never taken such a wide-angle picture before!"

Disciplinary officials repeatedly clarified:

"Moreover, it says on the back of each picture..."

"What?"

Sino turned it over and took a look.

"This is your king, a bloodthirsty and indiscriminate beast. Behold his true face!!"

Damn it!

With a bloody photograph and such seductive words, Seno could hardly imagine how many ignorant people would develop fear and disgust towards the Tyrant.

"It must be the work of the Fools or the reactionaries; we've fallen for their trap!"

"Lord Seno, shall we now forcibly retrieve the photos?" The disciplinary officer was too terrified to look up.

"No, it's too late. How can we let him forget what he's already seen? Forced retrieval will only provoke a rebellious attitude. We must immediately release the details of the case and clarify the facts!"

"etc."

Mainkuhn interrupted him.

He has not forgotten his desire to save the world.

"No need for clarification, that's exactly what I want."

"ha?"

Seno was furious and glared at him.

"Don't you understand what Tinari is saying! Being hated by you could kill you!"

Mainkuhn has never cared about his own life; he's only concerned with making threats now.

"No clarification allowed, or I'll—"

Bang!

At the critical moment, Alhesen snatched the book and smashed it hard into Mainkuhn's face.

"Sino, go and clarify this immediately."

"Yes!" Seno sped off.

"Erhesen?"

History books fell to the ground, from which petals of refreshing tranquility were flung out.

"I thought we had established a stable cooperative relationship, just like in the past few years?"

Mainkuhn was puzzled, and his forehead turned bluish-purple.

"Don't you dislike change?"

"I'm sorry, although I prefer a peaceful life."

"But I also have basic morals and conscience."

"The traitorous vizier," said El-Hysen.

"Stop him! The potion will wear off in three minutes!"

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Author's note: The underlying logic of Teyvat, the core of human power, is that with a wish, anything is possible.