My avatar is becoming the final boss

Chapter 67 Parents
When Ji Minghuan heard the word "Majin", the first impression that came to his mind was actually "Majin Buu" from "Dragon Ball".

When he was a child, he particularly liked this cartoon because it was one of the few ways to entertain the children in the orphanage: whenever the children performed well, the nurses would show them an episode of Dragon Ball as a reward.

Everyone gathered around the TV, arguing about which Saiyan form of Goku was the coolest.

Unfortunately, cartoons are just cartoons after all. If demons really existed in real life, they probably wouldn't be short, fat villains with squinty eyes, so cute they'd make you want to pinch their cheeks. Instead, they'd be some awful-looking weirdo.

"That sounds really bizarre... How do humans and demons mate?"

The boy in hospital gown clicked his tongue and asked a question that sounded inappropriate for children.

The instructor took a sip of water to moisten his throat, then explained, "Some high-level demons possess intelligence. They can even transform into human form, disguising themselves as ordinary humans and infiltrating human cities. And in human form, it's not impossible for demons to mate with humans. Firion was born that way."

"So, there are a lot of demons?" Ji Minghuan asked.

"No," the instructor shook his head. "Firio is the first demon we've discovered so far. His father must have been a very powerful demon, otherwise it wouldn't explain why Firion possessed such terrifying power at such a young age."

Hearing this, Ji Minghuan thought silently: So, if Firion's father is still wandering in human cities, then I should have a chance to meet this demon in the future?
Which parent doesn’t love their children? I think I can guide them to the base of the Salvation Society and rescue their children.

According to the mentor's description, although Firion's father is a demon, he still has a human mind, so it seems that there should be no problem communicating with him.

Maybe this demon is leading an army of demons, which would make it easier to deal with.

Devil Taijun, the mission of rescuing me from the laboratory is now yours! Taijun! All my hopes are pinned on you, you must help me, Taijun!

Ji Minghuan raised his head and asked expressionlessly, "What does this little demon look like?"

"As the name suggests, he is half demon and half human: he has both demonic and human characteristics."

"No wonder he's locked up here..." Ji Minghuan murmured, then asked, "How are his parents now?"

The instructor was silent for a moment. "By the time we followed the clues, his mother had already been eaten. Only some body parts remained in the house, and the demonic father who fathered her child is still missing."

Ji Minghuan raised his eyebrows: "Could it be his devilish father who ate his mother?"

"That's what we assumed at the beginning."

"and then?"

"Later we found out we were wrong. The person who ate his mother..." The instructor paused and lowered his voice:

"It was Firion himself."

Ji Minghuan was stunned.

He seemed unable to believe his ears. After a moment of silence, he stared into his mentor's eyes and repeated himself, "You mean... Firion ate his own mother?"

"Yes, we found undigested human limbs in his stomach."

The mentor lowered his eyes and spoke slowly, "When a demon is young, it is like a pure beast. Even his demon father only gained a stable mind after growing up... So one day, when his demon father was out hunting, Firion ate his mother with his own mouth."

He paused. "When we found Firion, he was still crying, 'Mom, where are you?' None of us thought at the time that he had eaten his own mother with his own mouth - of course, for him, this was more like an unconscious, instinctive behavior engraved in his genes."

Ji Minghuan was silent.

Naturally, he didn't expect to meet a kind and good boy with a red scarf around his neck in such a ghost place.

But the first person to come up was a heavyweight hunk who ate his own mother alive, which somewhat shocked his three views.

He hesitated for a moment and whispered, "My mother taught me that I should be cautious when making friends. Otherwise... I'd better not make this friend."

"It's too boring without making friends... I see you really want someone to chat with you?" The instructor raised an eyebrow.

Ji Minghuan leaned back in his chair and sighed, "I'm only concerned about whether this guy named 'Firio' will suddenly open his mouth and eat me while we're chatting happily."

"Impossible." The instructor smiled and interrupted, "Don't worry. We found Firion when he was young and brought him back to the laboratory. The people here have raised him well. The 'human' part of him clearly outweighs the 'devil' part. In his mind, he is a human being, so he would never do something like cannibalism."

"Then... does he know that he ate his own mother alive?"

"We wanted to hide it, but when he grew up, he remembered it himself."

"What was his reaction at that time?" "He pinched his own neck and lay on the ground vomiting for a long time, vomiting so much that tears fell. Finally, he dug his throat and asked me with a look of despair: 'Why was I born?'"

Ji Minghuan was silent for a moment: "Oh... If I encountered these things, I would also become withdrawn. It's normal."

"It's normal for you to be afraid of Firion, but just imagine, if even you are afraid of him, how will others view him... He's such a lonely child. If we can't accept him, then no one else in this world will. If you're willing to be his friend, that would be great."

The mentor spoke in a low voice, and there seemed to be a hint of sadness in his voice.

Ji Minghuan tilted his head and looked at him silently for a while.

For a moment, it was hard to tell whether the man in front of me was pretending or was genuinely feeling it.

He asked, "So tomorrow, the three of us will meet in this room?"

"Yes, Kong Youling will come to see you too." The instructor smiled, "I know you really want to see her."

Ji Minghuan was silent for a moment, then raised his eyes to meet his mentor's. "You should also know that I'm willing to sit here and chat with you because you haven't caused any substantial harm to her. Otherwise, I wouldn't say a word to you, and I wouldn't be accompanying you to find the 'nuclear bomb switch'."

He paused. “If I really found it… I would press that switch immediately.”

What he meant was: If that demon loses control and hurts Kong Youling, then the worst that can happen is that everyone will go crazy together and stop playing... Let's see who is the scariest monster locked up here.

"We're not bad people. How could we threaten a child with someone he values?" the teacher chuckled. "Your misunderstanding and prejudice against us are profound."

Ji Minghuan withdrew his gaze from his face.

In fact, he knew in his heart that the Saviors were more worried about Kong Youling dying or getting injured, as his supernatural powers would get out of control in the first place.

So from the beginning to the end, they used Kong Youling as his "mood stabilizer".

Ji Minghuan was silent for a moment.

He began to feel a little confused about these people's real intentions.

Assuming that the Salvation Society is a kind organization, why would the exorcist "Red Light" suddenly go crazy overnight, turning into an insane executioner, slaughtering innocent exorcists and deliberately leaving the mark of the "Salvation Society" after committing the crime?

This doesn't seem like something a good person would do.

Could it be that... there are actually two forces in the Salvation Society?

The one who caused "Red Light" to go crazy and kill was the bad side, while the mentor was actually on the good side?
Ji Minghuan's mind was full of mixed thoughts.

There are still too many questions about the "Salvation Society" organization waiting for him to sort out, but there is one thing he can be sure of: no matter whether the other party's original intention is good or bad, whether they want to use him or want to protect him, he will definitely take Kong Youling away from this broken place.

What did the destruction of the world have to do with him? It was better than being locked up in this cage without seeing the sun for the rest of his life.

People like them who have no home can only keep running, even if there is no place for them in the whole world, they have to keep running forward.

It’s just that…the orphanage they wanted to escape from at first;

Later, it became the laboratory in front of us.

After a long silence, he whispered, "I'm sleepy and want to rest."

"Okay, let's take a rest today." With that, the instructor stood up from the table, turned around and walked towards the exit.

Before leaving, he suddenly stopped, turned his head, and asked hesitantly, "By the way...are you curious?"

"What are you curious about?"

Ji Minghuan gently picked at a scab on his index finger and asked without raising his head.

"You abandoned your parents. What happened to them now?" said the mentor.

The entire cell fell silent, a deathly stillness shrouding the room for a full ten seconds. After a moment, Ji Minghuan's gaze shifted from the scab on his index finger. He slowly raised his head, met his instructor's gaze, and asked, almost word for word:
"These two sons of bitches...are they still alive?"

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