Girl, you form the head.

Chapter 47 Not everyone can be considered a human being.
In the past, Ruri might not have been so angry. No, not perhaps, she wouldn't have been angry at all.

After all, the ominous type of special ability has always been known for its unpredictability, so isn't it normal to be called despicable by others? But this guy not only insulted her, but he also had to add "not as good as the red form," which immediately made Ruri Ei so angry that her teeth itched.

How is it inferior?

Where is it inferior?!
Bai Chi had no idea what Liu Li Hui was thinking. He stared at the half-crippled old cat in front of him and said coldly, "This is your last chance."

"Heh, the last chance, is that it?" Old Cat was still laughing maniacally, a hint of murderous intent flashing in his eyes. "I never need anyone to give me a chance. Just watch."

As he spoke, the guy suddenly raised both legs and pointed both feet at Bai Chi.

Ruri was taken aback: "What does this guy want to do?"

The old cat couldn't hear Ruri's voice, but it still answered amidst its maniacal laughter: "Let me teach you one last lesson. People's fingernails don't just grow on their hands!"

A "tear" sound.

The nails, sharp as blades, ruthlessly pierced the top of the shoe, tearing through the leather with an unstoppable force, like bullets suddenly pushed into a gun barrel.

Old Cat believed that at this distance, Incandescent could only use teleportation to dodge.

But that would achieve his goal, because his real target was Hao Lang, who had been hiding behind Bai Chi for a long time without daring to make a sound. As long as he killed Hao Lang, he would be considered to have succeeded even if he died.

"That's it..."

Old Cat was about to declare victory, but the words he was about to say suddenly stopped as if a pause button had been pressed, his pupils dilated instantly, and his face was full of disbelief.

Because his throat had been pierced from top to bottom by the knight's lance.

"you……"

As soon as the old cat opened his mouth, blood gushed out, rendering him unable to utter a single syllable, and his consciousness rapidly blurred.

He tried desperately to launch his last fingernail, but saw Bai Chi grab the gun handle.

"I gave you a chance."

As Bai Chi spoke, he suddenly exerted his strength, twisting the lance that had pierced the old cat's throat ninety degrees. The immense brute force directly shattered the old cat's neck, forcefully severing his entire head. The gushing blood instantly engulfed half of the knight's body and stained the entire wall behind him crimson.

The powerful visual impact instantly stunned Ruri, who had been indignant about the old cat's words just a second ago.

She couldn't tell if it was an illusion or if she truly felt some strange resonance with the knight's body. But at this moment, she could clearly feel the spurting blood, as if it were splashing directly onto her. That sticky, warm sensation, coupled with the old cat's still twitching body, seemed to replay in her mind, instantly triggering a strong churning in her chest that almost crushed her, making her want to vomit.

"What are you doing?" Ruri was completely bewildered.

"Murder." Bai Chi naturally sensed Liu Li Hui's emotional fluctuations. "Is there a problem?"

Why do you insist on using this method?

“This is the easiest and most direct way to cut off the special person’s control over the special particles.” Bai Chi pointed to the old cat’s feet, making Liu Li Hui look at the toenails that had already shot out halfway. “Only in this way can we stop his final counterattack.”

Liuli opened her mouth, but Bai Chi's reasoning was so sound that she didn't know how to refute him. In the end, she could only mutter, "If possible, please use this method less often in the future. I... I can't handle it."

"Is that so?" Bai Chi nodded thoughtfully. "Then I understand. I'll be more careful in the future."

"Thank you, thank you." Ruri-e stopped talking; she needed to calm down.

With the old cat dealt with, Bai Chi was finally able to get down to business.

So he shook the blood off his hands, stood up, turned around, walked up to Hao Lang, who was already dumbfounded, and extended his hand to him.

"Don't worry," Bai Chi said slowly. "I'm a good person."

Hao Lang looked at the old cat's still-rolling head, then at the blood dripping from Bai Chi's hand, and opened his mouth.

"I... I can see it."

……

"I am pleased to inform you, Mr. Julin, that your daughter is in excellent health."

Inside the hospital, a doctor wearing thick reading glasses smiled as he looked at Julin, who had a worried expression on his face.

"Are you really sure everything's alright?" Kikkari was still worried. "If everything's alright, why does she feel uncomfortable?"

"It is very common and understandable for teenagers to occasionally bump into things or feel temporarily uncomfortable over minor issues, and there is no need to worry too much."

"Do we need to have a check-up or something?"

“Attorney Julin, forgive my bluntness,” the doctor said, half-jokingly and half-seriously, “I bet there’s almost no check-up she hasn’t done on our list of medical examinations that you’ve had for your daughter every year at our hospital. Believe me, she’s very healthy.”

Hearing the doctor say this, Julin finally felt relieved and thanked the doctor repeatedly.

"You are the most doting father I have ever met," the doctor said with a smile.

"There's nothing I can do, he's my only family."

After saying this, Kikyo left the doctor's office and picked up Kikyo, who was sitting outside waiting anxiously.

"Don't worry," Julin said to Jufeng with a smile. "The doctor said you're very healthy."

Ju Feng pursed her lips. Of course, she knew she was healthy, and she was already used to her father's habit of "rushing to the hospital at the slightest thing." When her mother was still alive, her father could still restrain himself; but after her mother passed away from illness, this worry seemed to have become a burden, and her father became even more excessive in this regard.

"Let's go." Julin smiled and patted Jufeng on the shoulder. "You must be starving. If you are, hurry home. Let's eat something good tonight and make up for it."

Ju Feng gazed at her father's gentle profile, yet the horrifying, bloody photos of the experimenters were etched deeply into her mind like a brand, creating a stark contrast with the loving face of her father before her.

Finally, Ju Feng couldn't help but ask, "Dad, are you really helping that cult with their lawsuit?"

Julin's smile vanished. He seemed to have guessed something and turned to look at Jufeng: "You looked at those files? Who gave you permission to look at them?"

“It’s you,” Ju Feng said. “You said before that I could look at those files.”

Julin was silent for a moment, then nodded: "That's true. Then you shouldn't look at it anymore."

After he finished speaking, he continued walking forward, clearly not intending to delve deeper into the topic with Ju Feng.

But since Ju Feng had spoken, how could she give up so easily? She immediately caught up with Ju Lin: "So is this true? Why did you do this?" "What do you mean why I did this?" Ju Lin's voice had turned cold. "I'm a lawyer. People come to me for lawsuits, and I help them with their cases. It's that simple."

"Is it really that simple?" Ju Feng said. "You've clearly seen those photos; you know what they're doing! You're helping them kill!"

Ju Lin stopped again, his sharp gaze locking onto Ju Feng. It was a strange gaze Ju Feng had never seen before, carrying a certain oppressive feeling, which made her heart tighten.

"What do you mean? Are you saying I'm a murderer?" Julin moved closer to Jufeng. "Is that what you mean? Are you accusing your father of being a murderer?!"

Intimidated by her father's imposing manner, Ju Feng couldn't help but take two steps back. However, she did not give in. Instead, she gritted her teeth and chose to confront her father head-on: "You may not be the principal offender, but you are at least an accomplice. Accomplices are just as guilty, aren't they? This is something you taught me yourself."

After saying that, Ju Feng felt as if his father was about to erupt like a volcano, with the air filled with the smell of fury.

"come here."

Julin grabbed Jufeng's hand, abandoning her previous gentleness and roughly pulling her forward.

The two walked down the empty and quiet corridor, where there were only two or three nurses. They would smile and bow when they saw them, like waiters.

However, as they stepped out of the corridor, the previous emptiness and tranquility were instantly shattered. Turning the next corner, they were met with countless patients crammed into a cramped space, waiting anxiously. A tremendous sense of oppression, mixed with the pungent smell of disinfectant, washed over them like a tidal wave.

"Did you see that?" Julin asked.

"What do you see?" Ju Feng still didn't understand what his father meant.

"Do you know what the procedure is for seeing a doctor in our country?" Julin stared intently at Jufeng.

"Seeing a doctor... isn't it just seeing a doctor?" Ju Feng said, "Coming to the hospital and seeing a doctor."

"And then the best attending physician is waiting for you alone, right?" Julin sneered. "Xiaofeng, that's just the procedure you think you're following. You only have that procedure because you're my daughter. Let me tell you the real procedure: If it's a minor illness—I mean, one that won't kill you immediately—then you need to make an appointment, at least a month in advance. You'll only have a chance to see the doctor a month later. Oh, and you need to pay the fee before making the appointment. And if you get better a month later, or even die, the money won't be refunded!"

Ju Feng opened his mouth.

“Of course, if you really can’t take it anymore and you get a life-threatening illness, then you can pay a large sum of money and come to the hospital that same day.” Julin raised her hand, pointing to the bustling waiting area in front of her. “Then it’s like this: you wait here. If you’re lucky, you wait a few hours; if you’re unlucky, you wait a whole day, or even if you don’t get an appointment after a whole day, you come back the next day and continue waiting. You think these people are unlucky? No, they are already very lucky. Those who can’t afford it can only guess what’s wrong with their health, then buy medicine at the pharmacy and treat themselves. They don’t even have the chance to come to the hospital!”

“You might be wondering why it takes so long, why it’s so complicated for them to see a doctor, are all the doctors in this country this busy? If you have that question, I can tell you.” Julin poked Jufeng’s shoulder hard and said, word by word, “Because he’s busy treating people like you and me! Understand?”

Ju Feng was deeply shocked by his father's words, especially when his father mentioned those patients who could not even go to the hospital and could only buy medicine from the pharmacy themselves. Yan Le's image immediately flashed into Ju Feng's mind.

"But so what?" Ju Feng said through gritted teeth, "What does this have to do with you helping that cult? You're just making excuses!"

"Sophistry? Heh, don't you understand what I'm trying to tell you?" Julin said. "Then let me make it clearer."

Julin leaned close to Jufeng's ear and uttered each word carefully.

"The law is meant to serve people, but in this country, not everyone can be considered a 'person'."

……

“There must be many people like me who were chosen,” Hao Lang said in a low voice. “No, they didn’t treat us as human beings at all, just lab rats. Lab rats undergo multiple experiments, and so do we. Enhancing special particles is just one of them.”

Bai Chi caught the key information and immediately asked, "What other research is being conducted?"

“There are also those who alter specific traits, and those who can copy one person’s special characteristics into another,” Hao Lang said. “These people will suffer a worse fate than us; most of them are already dead.”

"Did you see the red mist?"

"Red, red mist?"

“Yes.” Bai Chi gave a brief description of the red mist.

Hao Lang thought for a moment, then said somewhat uncertainly, "I think I've seen it before, but I'm not sure if it's the kind you're talking about, in warehouse number five of the pharmaceutical factory, a man locked up."

Pharmaceutical factory, warehouse number five?
Bai Chi then asked Hao Lang to describe the warehouse's features in detail, and then silently memorized them.

After saying that, Hao Lang finally mustered up the courage to look at Bai Chi: "Can you help me?"

"what you mean?"

"Help me turn back to normal," Hao Lang whispered. "I don't want the money anymore, I just want to go back to how I was before... I really don't dare to see them looking like this."

Bai Chi was silent for a moment, then shook his head: "I don't have that ability."

"Is that so?" Hao Lang gave a miserable smile. "I should have thought of it sooner. There is no medicine that can save me now. From the moment I chose to be a guinea pig, my life was already destined."

Hao Lang closed his eyes in despair and whispered.

"I've told you everything I know. Whatever you do is none of my business anymore. Just leave me here alone."

Bai Chi nodded and prepared to leave.

"Hey, hey, he told you to leave and you actually left?" In the consciousness space, Liuli Hui hurriedly called out to Bai Chi.

"Why don't you leave?" Bai Chi said. "The police will be here soon. So many people have died. It's such a big case. They can't hide it even if they want to."

“That’s not the issue. Do you think he can hold out until the police arrive?” Ruri said. “In his current state, he’ll just slit his own throat the moment you leave.”

Bai Chi frowned slightly: "Then what can I do? I can't stay here and guard him forever."

“You don’t need to stay by his side all the time. Sometimes saving someone isn’t that complicated; a single sentence is enough,” Ruri said earnestly. “Listen to me, I’ll teach you how to say it.”

……

Amidst pools of blood and mud, the Dark Knight, bathed in twilight, spoke to the despairing Hao Lang in an unprecedentedly gentle voice.

"Whatever you ultimately decide to do, please remember this sentence."

"What your family needs is not a 'better' you, but a you who is 'still here'."

Hao Lang was stunned. He suddenly opened his eyes, only to find that the knight in front of him was gone, leaving only a gentle sunset.

After a long while, he burst into tears.

(End of this chapter)