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Keynes didn't care that Le Jing said he was a monster who didn't fit in the world.Since he was a child, he has always been a monster in the eyes of everyone.Even he himself considers himself a monster.

So he curiously asked the young man: "Are you a monster too?"

The young man seemed not to notice the dagger on his neck, and nodded with a smile.

"Don't you have any feeling about killing?" Keynes asked again.

The young man blinked his eyes, and instead of answering his question, he asked him, "What do you think about killing people?"

There was only pure curiosity in the eyes of the young man, even if Keynes pointed a dagger at him, there was no personal emotion towards Keynes in his eyes.It was the first time Keynes met such a person.

Did he think he wouldn't kill him?

No, a man who can be wanted all over the continent would not be so naive.

So he is particularly brave, not afraid of death?

Keynes didn't think so either.

While he was struggling, he discovered the desire to explore in the man's eyes.

He finally understood.

This man is not afraid of death, he is ignoring death.Fear of death is mastered with a condescending superior posture.

Spiritually, he conquered death.

After he figured this out, an electric current spread from the tailbone to the cerebral cortex. He constricted his pupils excitedly, and he couldn't help but get goosebumps all over his body.

He was finally sure.This man was undoubtedly a monster too.

He simply retracted the dagger on his neck and looked at his monster companion: "Can I have a cup of tea?"

The young man showed a friendly smile, nodded slightly and said, "Of course."

So under Victor's jaw-dropping gaze, the half-elf known as a murderer sat peacefully with his prey, talking happily with the curling fragrance of tea.

For some reason, he was not surprised when he thought that one of the protagonists was the terrible monster of Lejing.After all, Le Jing is the scariest monster he has ever seen in his life, so it seems normal for a big monster to subdue a small monster?

...Although he didn't understand how Le Jing turned an enemy into a friend through those few words.

After Cairns took a sip of hot tea, he finally began to answer Le Jing's question: "Since I was young, I have no special feeling for killing people. For me, killing people is as normal as eating and drinking, so I don't understand Why do humans give so many definitions to killing. I want to kill, and I have enough strength to kill, so why don't I kill?"

The half-elf looked at Le Jing with confusion.He was really wondering about these things.He is not the legendary pleasure criminal who takes pleasure in killing, nor is he an antisocial personality, and killing people will not make him feel guilty.For him, killing is just part of his [daily life].

It can be said that Keynes is a type that Le Jing has never seen.

The corner of the young man's lips curled up, revealing a pleasant smile, which made the black cat, who had been secretly observing this side, furrow in horror, and almost fell to the ground.

"In a sense, I can understand your thoughts." Le Jing took a sip of tea, quietly looking back at the confused half-elf through the dense tea fragrance, "Want to hear about my past?"

Keynes put down his teacup and sat upright on the chair, "I would like to hear more about it."

Le Jing chuckled, and began to slowly tell about his past.

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Le Jing is an ordinary person.

In other words, he is trying to be an ordinary person as much as possible.

The grades are always maintained at the middle level, and the way of the mean is also pursued in dealing with others.He obviously has a good appearance that conforms to the aesthetics of the society, but he has always dressed himself in an inconspicuous manner.

He would not do anything out of the ordinary because it would attract attention.

Attracting attention is what he hates the most.Once he attracts attention and his inner self is explored, his identity as a [heterogeneous] cannot be concealed completely.

Although he doesn't mind being isolated or attacked, he doesn't mind making him pay for those who dare to do so.But in that case, he would probably be locked up in a mental hospital like his mother.

Although he thought his mother was a normal person, doctors and his father said that his mother was a born antisocial personality and a potential criminal.So the father who was a policeman put his mother in a mental hospital without hesitation.

In his opinion, mother was too careless, and also too stupid.Now that you have chosen the policeman as your partner, you must be careful to hide your abnormality.Because her negligence was noticed by her father, she was sent to a mental hospital, which was her own fault.

If it was him, he would be careful enough not to let anyone see his abnormality.

So all the while he's playing a mediocre, boring, normal guy.

And all along, under his father's monitoring, he has performed flawlessly, and successfully deceived a normal evaluation from the psychiatrist.

But his father's sensitivity and intuition as a policeman were not so easy to fool, and his father never let go of his monitoring.Maybe he was too perfect?

Fortunately, he loves reading, and whenever he is immersed in the world of books, he can get breathing space from his father's strict supervision.He pondered all things by books, thus perfecting his cognition of the world.Books are truly the greatest achievement in human history!

Soothed by the ideal world constructed by books, he was able to linger in the real world. He was able to attend a humble university step by step, choose an ordinary major, and then became a reporter under the arrangement of his father.

How ridiculous.He, a monster who can only live in the shadows, has become a journalist whose purpose is to expose the darkness of society.

Le Jing originally thought that he would have to become the night watchman of the era of justice, and because of this, he made a painful decision to abandon the doctrine of the mean.However, he soon discovered that many of his colleagues were more peaceful and wise than the golden mean he pursued.So he immediately gave up his previous ideas, and became a mediocre social veteran-because this is the [daily life] of mortals.

After working like this for three years, Le Jing has been successfully playing his role as a passer-by, conscientious, and no one doubts him.Then because of his "excellent" performance, the newspaper leader promoted him to editor.

It was originally such a happy-go-lucky plot development, but fate suddenly took a sharp turn—there was news from my hometown that my parents were in a car accident and died on the spot.

To be honest, when he first heard the news, what he concealed under the dull sadness was enormous joy and a sense of relief.

Parents are dead, no one can restrain themselves.

He is free!

For the first time in his life, he truly felt that he was alive.

However, the death of the parents is quite Rashomon.

Because the perpetrator was his uncle's son, his cousin.

The cousin knelt in front of him and wept bitterly, saying that he didn't do it on purpose, because he mistook the gas pedal for the brake because of panic, which resulted in this tragedy.

The uncle and aunt's family also knelt in front of him and begged bitterly, saying that a few days after his cousin got his driver's license, he ran a red light because he was in a hurry to visit his sick aunt in the hospital, but...they hoped that he could forgive his cousin .

According to the law, if the cousin didn't do it intentionally, then he just violated the road traffic law, and he only needs to bear civil responsibility instead of criminal responsibility.So the three members of the uncle's family insisted that the cousin didn't do it on purpose.Indeed, in the eyes of outsiders, my uncle's family has always been harmonious with my own family, and there is no deep hatred at all, and my cousin can't do anything to kill his uncle and aunt on purpose.

So he smiled and forgave his cousin softly, in exchange for his cousin's gratitude and... pride.

He narrowed his eyes, revealing a harmless smile.Maybe it's because the golden mean that he has always pursued is too perfect.That's why he was underestimated by his cousin.In his cousin's perception, he has always been a submissive "dad boy".

Although he was indeed relieved when his parents died, there was no doubt that he still had feelings for them. Although it was thin, it was enough for him to complete the so-called "revenge".

Having said that, Le Jing stopped and took a sip of tea to moisten his throat.Keynes thought for a moment and asked, "Did you hire a killer?"

Le Jing asked in surprise, "Why do you say that?"

Keynes replied honestly: "Because you look weak."

Le Jing laughed. He shook his finger at Keynes, and warned earnestly: "There are many ways to kill, and killing with a knife is just the lowest one."

Keynes asked unconvinced: "So how did you do it?"

"It's very simple." The young man took a sip of tea casually, his voice was clear and flat, without any emotional fluctuations, "I just made him a plate of uncooked Jianshouqing."

Noticing Keynes' puzzled gaze, the young man explained: "This is a kind of fungus. If you eat it uncooked, it may cause vomiting, diarrhea, and hallucinations, and it may cause drowsiness."

"I told him, who was delirious, that you are poisoned by fungus, and the symptoms are relatively mild, just drink more water and you will be fine..." The young man smiled and said nonchalantly, "Then I fed him a glass of mad dog's saliva."

He patiently conducted science popularization on Cairns, a medieval aborigine: "You know that if you are bitten by a mad dog, you will get mad and die, right?"

Keynes nodded in bewilderment.

"That's because the body fluids of mad dogs contain something called rabies virus. If this virus enters the human body, people will get the same madness as mad dogs."

"This virus, if it is carefully preserved, can survive outside the body for a week. And do you know what is the most wonderful thing?" The young man asked the half-elf enthusiastically, his black eyes showed a lighter amber color under the light. The time is shining brightly, "The incubation period of rabies is very long, the highest can reach 20 years. And my cousin was scratched by the family dog ​​when he was a child."

"He hadn't been vaccinated at the time." The young man propped his chin with his right hand, his eyes were bent into beautiful crescents, "so two months later, my cousin started to feel sick, dizzy, and itchy all over his body, and then a few days later, he became afraid of water, afraid of The wind caused convulsions all over his body, and finally his whole body was paralyzed, his breathing and blood circulation system failed, and he fell into a coma quickly. Then, more than ten hours later, he died miserably. The whole process only lasted six short days."

"I have been by his side for the past six days." The young man said with a smile, "There are two types of rabies patients. Brother, unfortunately it’s the latter kind.”

Victor swallowed, and cautiously joined the conversation: "That is to say...?"

"He was sober and witnessed his own death the whole time." The young man smiled and affirmed the black cat's thoughts, then sighed, his eyes were a little dull, "I've realized since then that killing people is really easy .”

Although reason told him not to ask any more questions, Victor still couldn't help asking the young man curiously: "Do you think your cousin killed your parents on purpose? Why?"

"I was curious too. Then I found out after investigating." Le Jing curled his lips and lowered his eyes uninterestedly: "There is no special reason, it's just that he wants to do this."

"He's just an ordinary pleasure criminal who enjoys killing people."