Ark, after I died, the operators started to love me.

Before I had these glasses, I knew nothing. Now that I know, it brings immense fear.

Mike stammered, "Kal'tsit, we don't need to do this, right?"

The lynx stared at him and casually asked, "When you confessed your feelings to other operators, did you ever consider me?"

Confess your feelings to Kal'tsit?

How can this be.

He and Kal'tsit were colleagues, partners, and friends, but the option of being lovers was not one of them. He never thought that Kal'tsit would agree, so naturally he never considered her.

Faced with Mike's silence, the lynx stuck out its bright red tongue and licked the edge of its lips.

Why didn't you give it a try?

Look.

Send a proposition.

Even though Mike was exceptionally intelligent and highly educated, he couldn't give a direct answer.

"Kal'tsit, I think between us..."

But he was interrupted before he could finish speaking.

“Mike, things aren’t as you think. Some of your confessions to the operators are genuine, and some are not. You need to be able to tell the difference.”

Kal'tsit's words silenced Mike once again.

In the months since he arrived in Longmen, he has carefully recalled his painful past.

The events at that time were full of coincidences and unknowns. Some operators who might have agreed to his confession were not around, while others would never have agreed.

This is probably what they mean by a twist of fate.

"You wrote a letter to an operator who wasn't on Rhodes Island to express your feelings, but I'm afraid no one will be able to give you a timely reply."

"Have you considered this answer?" Mike asked.

Kal'tsit nodded: "You should know what I mean."

The man laughed and couldn't help but say, "So you also wanted to keep me on Rhodes Island, but circumstances prevented you from doing so."

"Competing with others for options that don't belong to me—if I wanted you, do you think it would have taken until today?"

Lust +10.

Mike suddenly felt a chill run down his spine; he realized how dangerous his past self had been.

If Kal'tsit wanted to do something, the lynx would have succeeded long ago, given his frail physique.

This also fully demonstrates that Kal'tsit knows that forced relationships are never happy.

Now he felt relieved.

The guards leading the way were unaware of what was happening behind them.

He could feel the guidance coming from the depths of the outer ring of the Dragon Gate, a power that belonged to the same origin.

Slowly, he stopped and waited for the people behind him to catch up.

"Lord, the environment becomes extremely complex as we go further ahead. Do you and your men want to get any closer?"

Kal'tsit said calmly, "You Ursus Guards are experts at dealing with these monsters, but we are not without research either. Just go and search, and we will naturally provide assistance when necessary."

The guard laughed: "If anyone else had said this, I might not have believed it, but it's you who said it, Lord. You never disappoint us."

"It's a pity that I really disappointed you more than ten years ago."

Mike, standing not far away, heard the entire conversation clearly and knew what Kal'tsit was talking about.

More than a decade ago, a horrific massacre occurred in Chernobog. At the time, the Ursus executive officer believed that Kal'tsit was dead, but she escaped from the laboratory by her own means and is still alive today.

"Lord, let bygones be bygones."

"I never expected to hear these words from an inner guard. But I'm sorry, the facts won't change because of your or my will. Someone will always remember everything, and you can't kill everyone."

"Alright, our argument is pointless. Let's get this problem out of here as soon as possible."

The inner guard gave up on his verbal sparring with Kal'tsit. His not-so-sharp mind fully realized that even if several more of him stood there, they would not be a match for this woman.

As for the person following behind, he should also be considered an assistant invited by the lord; her problem is left to her to solve herself.

Watching the inner guard enter the most deserted and eerie area of ​​the outer ring, Mike could feel the strange sensation of being immersed in the air just by standing there.

"what do you think?"

"This is very bad."

"Are you sure?"

"Without that bodyguard, I would be 80% sure, but now that I have him, I'd be lucky to be 50% sure."

Kal'tsit countered, "Why?"

“It’s true that the Inner Guard is the helper you invited, and he is indeed the best choice to deal with this type of monster. But that’s the problem. Their powers are of the same type. I can’t guarantee that they won’t infiltrate each other when they fight that monster. If something goes wrong, we may have to face two powerful monsters.”

“So that’s what you’re worried about. I admit you’re right, but there aren’t any good options right now. Inviting a Celestial Master from the interior of Yan is a long and inconvenient journey. Apart from the Northern Frontier, it’s hard to find an effective solution. I have no choice but to resort to this.”

"I hope that when you explain this to Wei Yanwu, he will listen to your explanation, but I think you may end up in prison for a while."

Mike's words made Kal'tsit's lips twitch twice.

Does he really want her to go to jail?

“Now it’s just the two of us. Which way do you want to go?” Mike asked.

"You go your way, I'll go mine."

"Really? Are you sure?"

"no problem."

After Kal'tsit finished speaking, she also walked forward. She only took a few steps, but her shadow stretched out and then she flashed to a distance of more than ten meters.

The terrain here has been distorted, the boundaries of numbers have become blurred, the distinction between long and short has lost its meaning, and order has been moved towards disorder.

It really is a troublesome matter.

Mike sighed.

Being forced into this matter was also unexpected for him.

Why didn't Kal'tsit call a few more helpers?

Once this problem is resolved, be sure to request compensation from Rhodes Island.

He's still on vacation.

Should we ask for double pay or triple pay?

Mike flicked the cursor on his digital watch, and a dazzling blue light erupted from his body, transforming him back into a ferocious monster.

To deal with distortion, the more violent the better.

He then made a habitual gesture.

He clenched his left hand into a fist, and held his right hand loosely above it, his fingertips gathering a sense of solidity as he slowly drew out a long sword that emitted a faint glow.

"Old buddy, you're still here. With you around, dealing with that thing will be much easier."

He slammed his right hand down hard, and the knife vanished into starlight.

Let me see what this thing is...

Mike leaped into the air and vanished instantly.

2. Follow the Lateran duo

Mike has received many answers these days.

Texas likes him, Lin Yuxia is unwilling to let go, and Kal'tsit is secretly preparing to do something underhanded.

There was both joy and sorrow.

He was happy that the operators really loved him, but worried about what would happen if someone forced themselves on him.

Boys need to protect themselves when they're out.

The azure monster cleaved the collapsing entity that was trying to approach him with a single slash.

Some plots of land in the outer ring of Lungmen were once used to support the livelihood of the mobile city. However, with the spread of the economic crisis in Terra and the contraction of trade between countries, Lungmen has become an emerging economy. The original plots were too small and located on the edge of the city, making it difficult to project the influence of the Guard Bureau, so they were on the verge of being abandoned.

When Mike first set foot here, he had only one thought in his mind.

Instead of trying to clear the twist points and kill the collapsing entities, it's better to just give up and use the city's defensive cannons from the mobile city to finish the job once and for all, saving time and effort.

It's easy to think about, but very difficult to actually do it.

After all, giving up a piece of extra land is no small matter. Even though Longmen is now Wei Yanwu's personal fiefdom, he still has to consider the opinions of others.

"The shortest distance between two points is not a straight line; it can either be lengthened or shortened. How long has the source of this distortion been lurking here?"

Mike recalled seeing the Ursus Saber that day and thought it was very likely an Ursus man, which was why Kal'tsit had called the Inner Guard.

As he pondered, his right hand, with its long, sharp nails, thrust the long sword into the chest of the collapsing entity that was about to launch a sneak attack. The entity's face, which had turned into nothingness, disintegrated into nothingness, like a burst bubble, exploding completely, leaving nothing behind.

"That's why the evil spirits are so troublesome, far more troublesome than Hai Si back then. Even calling Shui Yue wouldn't help."

With a slight push from his legs, Mike leaped six or seven meters high, landing on the rooftop of a row of bungalows.

He is more powerful in his Dark Form than in his Balanced Form, so why not use Dark Form from the beginning?

Because the consumption is too great.

As Mike thought to himself, he deactivated his dark form and reached out to wipe the fine sweat from his forehead.

“In this state, even Talulah, who is parasitized by the black snake, is no match for me. But I will expose myself. I never doubt the malice of this land. As long as I haven’t given up on my operators, I must be careful of the malice hidden behind the scenes. I don’t have the power to smash the continent with one punch, nor can I kill hundreds of thousands of people like nuclear weapons. I can’t threaten others with fear.”

The man chuckled self-deprecatingly. So, does that mean he's now the Dark Knight Returns?

Just as he was about to make a move, he suddenly saw two people walking towards him in the distance. Perhaps due to the distortion, the newcomers did not notice him.

"Kal'tsit did indeed call others, and Laterano got involved too."

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