My mom is waiting for treatment, and you're summoning me to be a hero?

"We only want you to... kill Gao Yang."

Upon hearing this request, everyone in the room fell silent.

Yin Xue's wings froze in mid-air, forgetting to flap, and his scarlet eyes churned with an extremely rare bewilderment.

For the first time, pure astonishment appeared in the Goddess of Judgment's eternally calm gray eyes; her lips parted slightly and then closed again.

The God of War placed his battle axe at his feet, muttered gruffly, "Are you kidding me?" and then couldn't say anything more.

Mianmian turned to look at Lin Mo, wondering what terrible mistake she had made to make her father say such a thing.

Yes, it takes a lot of determination for parents to ask the enemy to kill their son.

Benevolence does not shy away from anyone's gaze.

He simply folded his hands on his apron, looked down at the chiffon cake that was no longer steaming, and remained silent for a long time.

Then he spoke, his voice still gentle and calm.

"In our memory, Gao Yang was missing for two years. About half a year after Tian Tian's accident, he suddenly disappeared. The school said he suddenly disappeared, and his classmates said they didn't know where he went. We reported him missing to the police, posted missing person notices, and searched all the places he might have gone, but we still couldn't find him."

During those two years, we searched for Gao Yang while also handling Tian Tian's funeral arrangements. Tian Tian's room had to be cleaned every day, because we were afraid that if Gao Yang suddenly came back, he would be sad to see his sister's room covered in dust...

Hearing these words, Lin Mo was touched.

The reason for Gao Yang's disappearance is obvious: he came into this world.

The couple stayed home to suffer.

The story of benevolence continues.

"Two years later, Gao Yang suddenly returned. He was wearing clothes we had never seen before. He stood in front of Tian Tian's portrait for a long time. The first thing he said to me was, 'I have found a way to save Tian Tian.' Later, he brought us into this world and we saw everything, including everything Gao Yang had done..."

At this point, Ren'ai withdrew her hand from beside the cake, placed it on her knees, and curled her fingers slightly.

"We watched him capture the first batch of babies, and we watched him put those living children into coffins. We still remember the cries of those babies. He told us to wait and said that we would see Tian Tian soon. Then the first batch of experiments all failed, and all the babies died."

He didn't give up, and soon after, he brought in a second batch of babies. We tried to persuade him, saying that he would be punished for doing this, but he looked up at us, his eyes showing no remorse, and said, "It doesn't matter." We said, "Those are other people's children." He said, "I know, but Tian Tian is also my sister."

"He walked this path for a long time. He killed many people, tore their souls apart, and extracted the part that was closest to Tian Tian. We have also seen a soul that looks exactly like Tian Tian. She opened her eyes, looked at us, and called out 'Dad' and 'Mom'."

We cried with joy, and Gao Yang cried too. We thought it was finally over, that he could let go of everything.

But that soul only existed for less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn before it disintegrated on its own.

Gao Yang knelt before the pile of soul fragments and pounded the floor with his fists until his knuckles shattered.

We hugged him and said, "Forget it, really forget it. Tian Tian wouldn't be happy to see you like this from heaven."

He broke free from us and locked himself in his room for three days and three nights.

On the fourth day, he came out and stood at the door, his face expressionless.

He said that since they couldn't bring Tian Tian back to life, they would go back to the time when Tian Tian was still alive.

Upon hearing this, everyone present exchanged glances.

They had already guessed Gao Yang's purpose from his previous actions.

Using the laws of time, go back to the past, back to the day Gao Tiantian was still alive, back to the day before the car accident.

"He changed after that. Before, he would explain to us, argue with us, and say, 'It's all for Tian Tian.' But after those three days, he stopped explaining."

He used the laws of time to kill countless people in the future, not just people from one particular era, but people from all timelines.

He no longer just extracted soul fragments for experiments; he began to harvest the souls of all humanity in bulk, turning them all into sweet-tooth elves.

He said that these souls would be eliminated by time sooner or later, so it was better to start accumulating them now. Once he had enough, he could use the laws of time to reconstruct the entire causal chain and bring Tian Tian back from the timeline.

In order to ensure that we could live until that time, he put us into an emotional clone called Mercy.

This is the body you see now.

We followed him as he stormed the realm of the gods, watching him imprison the native deities one by one.

We no longer know how much blood is on our hands; the number of gods and humans is countless.

But he is our child, so we can't help but love him.

When Ren'ai said this, her voice finally trembled slightly, as if she couldn't suppress it.

His fingers, clenched so tightly on his knees that his knuckles turned white, then he looked up at Lin Mo, his eyes still red-rimmed, but the gentle calm in his gaze was gone.

Rather, it is a naked and resolute determination revealed after all concealment has been torn away.

"Although I don't want to admit it... our child has gone mad, so I want to ask you to kill him. We have no other choice. He refuses to stop and can't turn back. We have been thinking about this for three thousand years, and finally we have found you. Only you can free him."

Lin Mo remained silent for a long time.

He sat on the wooden chair, his fingers still pressed on the hilt of the black sword, his knuckles neither loosening nor tightening.

His voice remained calm when he spoke.

"I still can't trust you. Why would you believe I could kill Gao Yang?"

Ren'ai sighed upon hearing this.

The sigh was very soft, so soft that it seemed to contain all the weariness accumulated over thousands of years in that single breath.

"Because we've seen you before."

Lin Mo was taken aback.

Renai reached out her hand and waved gently.

The wooden shelf behind the dessert shop counter slowly moved away, revealing an extremely simple altar.

There were no statues of gods, no incense burners, no offerings on the altar, only a sword.

A long sword, entirely black, its eerie blue light faded to a faint hue by time, still flickered slightly on the altar.

The dents on the hilt from countless grips, the tiny nicks on the blade.

Lin Mo recognized every detail, including the unique crack at the end of the sword hilt.

His pupils suddenly contracted.

"This is... a black sword?"

It is not a resemblance, not an imitation, not a counterfeit created by benevolence using laws.

That really is the Black Sword.

It was exactly the same as the black sword hanging at his waist.