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Chapter 1094 What is Human Nature?

In contrast to California and Wall Street, those bastards who hold resources but only want to consume more biological resources to prolong their lives are a different story.

obviously,
The governing forces behind Tokyo may be even more sinister.

Su Wen did not believe that there was only one or a few evil god worship sects and anti-human organizations operating in the shadows.

He raised his eyes and looked calmly at the boundless darkness.

Monsters like the Jorogumo can't even be considered gods. Those hybrid monsters are at most at the fourth rank.

Moreover, if the third-order [Knowledge and Ability Clarity] still has the possibility of mind replacement.

That fourth tier is called "Flawless," meaning pure and flawless. How could a bunch of Frankensteins possibly advance to that tier?

Although Japan claims to have eight million gods, many of them are indeed just charlatans or monsters pretending to be gods.

But at this moment, Su Wen believed that this experiment had only one possibility:
They extracted the few remaining, even extremely rare, divine genes from those monsters and then genetically modified them.

Only purified divine genes,
Perhaps only then can one break free from the constraints of the fifth-tier [Gold] level.

now,

Su Wen recalled what old Constance had once said: those monsters could indeed be called "divine abominations," even the lowest level of divine abominations!
Even though they are nowhere near comparable to the Chinese mythical creatures, such as the Nine-Headed Serpent or the Flying Serpent.

"They were crazy, but they were even more foolish than I thought."

Looking at Tsukishima, who was still in a daze, Su Wen finally reached out his hand:
“I am not a superhuman from Tokyo, unlike your exorcism department.”

I am just a night watchman.

That's it.

Similarly, I won't tell you about saving this place, because those words are too hypocritical.

I have only one request.
Live on, and then take revenge on them.

To obtain the final piece of the puzzle for genetic advancement and to uncover the secrets Lucia is hiding, he must take this step.

Even that one road,

The only answer must be found within the broken genetic code of the gods.

But inside the ramen shop on the other side, perhaps because Su Wen had soothed the oppressive atmosphere with his Dawn Psionic Energy, Chie experienced a rare period of gentle time.

Even so, amidst this joyful atmosphere, she could still sense a lingering smell of decaying leaves in the Tokyo night air.

Those tastes were very cold.
very disgusting.

Chie Natsume recalled standing in front of her grandfather's tombstone not long ago, when the early spring rain, as cold as ice, flowed down the collar of her black school uniform and into her neck, but she felt no cold at the time.

She recalled her previous experiences:

A month ago,
My grandfather passed away from lung cancer, and my mother is bedridden due to illness.

Just three days ago, her funeral, which she had finally managed to scrape together, was also shattered by a group of demons.

"Hey, isn't this the murderer's daughter?"

A piercing sound came from behind.

Chie didn't need to turn around to know who it was—Sato Kenta, the leader of the second-year high school bullies and the one who started bullying her.

"Grandpa is not a murderer..."

She retorted softly, her voice drowned out by the rain. Sato's companions burst into laughter, and someone threw an egg onto the tombstone. The yellow yolk dripped down the marble, much like her grandfather coughing up blood before his death.

"It was your grandfather who killed my brother!"

Amidst loud and angry shouts,
Sato suddenly grabbed Chie's hair and pressed her face against the tombstone. The cold stone hurt her, and tears mingled with the rain as they streamed down her face.

"If he hadn't misdiagnosed my brother, how could he have died?"

Chie wanted to explain that her grandfather was just a village doctor and had no advanced diagnostic authority, but her throat felt constricted, and she couldn't utter a sound. Sato released her grip and kicked her hard in the stomach again. She could only curl up in the mud, listening to their laughter fading into the distance.

There were seven of them in total.

After the funeral, she returned home.

This is a dilapidated wooden house with mold covering the walls.

She went into her mother's room. Her frail mother was already asleep, and a faint smell of medicine lingered in the room. On the desk sat an old wooden box, her grandfather's keepsake.

Chie Natsume opened the box; inside were only a yellowed photograph and a suicide note.

In the photo, the grandfather holds his young daughter under a cherry blossom tree, his smile radiant. The suicide note was written in trembling handwriting:

"Chie, forgive me for not being able to walk with you to the end."

Live well, no matter what happens...

Tears blurred her vision as she pressed the suicide note to her chest.

Survive?
In this malicious world, what reason do I have to live?

Thinking of this, she simply lowered her head, letting large tears drip into the ramen bowl, even choking back sobs that she could hardly swallow this feast, which she hadn't eaten in the past month.

now,

The cat demon, who was lying on the ground, struggling with the second piece of fish fillet, was also at a loss for what to do when it saw her like this.

The burly-looking shop owner had originally planned to ask his wife, who was acting as the cashier, to comfort her.
But at this moment, Su Wen finally walked straight back. He patted the little girl's head and spoke gently:
"If you can't eat, then don't. I know what you're thinking."
Don't worry,"

Just before he left the ramen shop, the little girl didn't say much about herself, only that her mother was sick.

Therefore, Su Wen decided to help her resolve this matter first.

Unless it's a particularly difficult illness, with the advanced treatments from Essaya Life Technology and Dr. Krossane as an advisor, these are not difficult cases.

As for those bullies
Su Wen recalled his actions at Huaxia High School and couldn't help but sigh:

"What a pity."

I was too young back then; I just beat them up, knocked out two teeth, and broke an arm.
Looking back now, it really wasn't enough.

But this is Tokyo, Japan.
"We can loosen up a bit now."

Chie, in a little while, your teacher will teach you how to protect yourself.

A chilling light appeared in the handsome scholar's eyes.

On the path of the [Judgment Knight], Su Wen has reached the third tier, and it is time for him to properly fulfill his [Ascension Lineage].

Time passed slowly like this,
Su Wen finished his ramen without wasting any food.

After confirming the numbers were correct under the warm yellow light, he carefully placed the folded Japanese yen banknotes flat on the wooden dining table and handed them to the somewhat rugged-looking ramen shop owner.

To his surprise, the shop owner, rather than checking the bill, earnestly reminded him to be careful, as Chie was probably in a bad mood, and that as her teacher, he should comfort her.

Faced with such rare goodwill, Su Wen gently agreed.

As a rational scholar, he was well aware that:

If someone treats you with kindness, you should respond with kindness. But if you receive malice in return, you must respond with malice as well!

This is not purely good or evil; it is rationality.

This is human nature.

So Su Wen thought for a moment longer, then simply smiled and left the shop owner a small tip:
"Your tonkotsu ramen is very good. If I have the chance, I will come back just to try it."

(End of this chapter)