I created the Bureau of Anomaly Control

Wang Yang flew out of the corridor with a livid face, his face filled with black resentment. He charged recklessly through the corridor, flying directly towards the outside of the Federal building. All he wanted now was to follow his instincts, tear a few living people apart, and drink their blood clean.

"Calm down, calm down," a gentle, almost cowardly, boy's voice sounded in his mind. "She's deliberately trying to provoke you. Kania definitely knows you're easily affected by this topic. Don't let your nature control you."

But at this moment, Wang Yang didn't want to pay attention to the voice in his head at all. He flew directly out of the high-rise building. Just as the voice he heard said, Kania couldn't possibly fail to notice his already present irritability and resistance. She definitely knew that repeated stimulation would easily make him reveal his true nature, but this only made him even less willing to restrain himself.

Because even though he was affected by resentment at this time, he could still vaguely judge Kania's purpose in doing so. Her purpose wasn't really to make him lose control. She knew that he, having been taught by Shenxiao, actually had a way to regain his sanity.

Before he met Shenxiao, he and Wang Yin were in such a near-mad, bloodthirsty state, no different from the rumored vengeful spirits. If anyone dared to mention anything that made him unhappy, he would follow his bloodthirsty nature and cruelly kill them.

It wasn't until they met Shenxiao that they regained their sanity.

But even if they had just met Shenxiao, if they were forcibly calmed down and heard Kania's words, they would definitely disregard their own lives and consequences, and tear her into pieces like hungry beasts.

Even though he looked so much like a living person now, he was still essentially a dead person full of resentment. He had been cruelly killed by that evil alchemist many years ago, and he was able to move now because of the powerful resentment guided by that alchemist.

If he really abandoned his resentment, it would be impossible for him to continue to exist.

This was the real him.

"What can killing a few people change? Don't forget what she taught you," the boy's voice sounded again. "We don't want to live like monsters. Even if we have to satisfy our nature, we can't just pursue the lowest level of pleasure."

"Now that you've come this far, don't succumb to your nature."

Wang Yang still ignored his auditory hallucination. In fact, the reason he was angry was because he was very likely unable to escape Kania's calculations. She repeatedly mentioned Shenxiao and his past to fill him with resentment, but this was also unavoidable.

Under normal circumstances, as a vengeful spirit, he would never answer such questions, because that would only arouse his resentment. Vengeful spirits would not face the thoughts they resisted, just as they had never accepted the fact that they were dead.

Only when he was really in this state would he face the thing he resisted most in his heart—the real Shenxiao in his heart.

"That's right, being easily influenced by a few words is your nature," the boy continued. "But you can overcome it. If you were still alive, it would be impossible for you to fall into this madness because of a few words from Kania. Do you really think this is what you want?

"Of course, you can vent your emotions at will now, and act like a spoiled child following your instincts, but you have to think clearly about what price you will ultimately pay for doing so. The future you expect will never come true.

"You can also choose to think carefully about what Kania's purpose is in doing this, what you are worried about in your heart, and what she expects you to say."

Wang Yang said dissatisfiedly:

"You are not a real thing at all, just a hallucination after I went crazy."

The boy replied:

"Or rather, I am yourself—the more rational you. What you hear is indeed just an auditory hallucination of the vengeful spirit's instinct, but isn't your hallucination a part of you?

"Moreover, even Kania can see that there are some things in your heart that you are unwilling to face. Can you really turn a blind eye?

"Do you want to escape for the rest of your life?"

Wang Yang gradually realized that what his hallucination said was actually correct. He also calmed down a little, and the black aura surrounding his body became dimmer. Kania's stimulation was not out of malice.

At least not entirely.

There were indeed some knots in his heart that were difficult to face, and they also contained things Kania wanted to know.

Unexpectedly, the hallucination that had trapped them and guided the vengeful spirits to kill crazily would now become an obstacle in front of his madness. The things Shenxiao taught them back then were truly incredible.

Finally, Wang Yang, who had calmed down slightly, began to think about what he was unwilling to face.

Was it the state he was in before he met Shenxiao? Or the help she gave him? Or his ingratitude…

No, none of them.

He had already figured these things out. Although Shenxiao helped him get rid of being controlled by his instincts all day long and drove those crazy illusions out of his mind, they didn't need to regret their betrayal.

They were vengeful spirits—a race born evil and bloodthirsty.

Doing good deeds may bring satisfaction to the living, but it will only cause trouble for the vengeful spirits, and doing evil deeds will often bring a sense of guilt and remorse to the living, just like Jiang Yuanda who betrayed Shenxiao, but the vengeful spirits will only get pleasure.

So these were not the problems he resisted. What was the real question…

Wang Yang slowly fell into memories, and fragments of his past interactions with Shenxiao began to flash through his mind, trying to find out what he was worried about from his memories.

But not only did he not find the reason for his worry, but he felt a bit strange. He had never sincerely recalled her in his memory like this since he betrayed Shenxiao, so it was not until now that he vaguely realized something was wrong.

Many things that seemed normal to her at the time were not very reasonable, but those behaviors that made him and Wang Yin think Shenxiao was crazy, he could now somewhat understand.

The vengeful spirit, who was deeply mired in the quagmire of memory, did not realize that the black resentment on his body had become even stronger after he calmed down.

"I finally understand what I'm worried about," Wang Yang said with relief. "Since I betrayed Shenxiao, I have been worried day and night that she would regain her freedom, and I have been fearing the punishment that might befall me.

"I think it may be that her image of complete victory was too profound, so I haven't quite reacted from her defeat."

"You're right, so…" the boy's voice replied, but the tone suddenly slowly twisted, "Do you really believe I will lose?"

Wang Yang's whole body froze.

A soft and heavy hand rested on his shoulder, and a peaceful voice that he was familiar with to the point of terror came over:

"Maybe there is such a possibility that the worry in your heart is not wrong at all, and the reason why you collapse so easily to the point of resentment is because you have already clearly realized that this is true. In fact, you are not as fragile as they think.

"Self-deception is always better than living in fear every day, isn't it?"

He opened his mouth almost tremblingly, but his body couldn't utter a single word.

"Don't open it, I know what you are going to say. You want to say that I am just your illusion, the embodiment of your fear of Shenxiao, a crazy idea produced under the influence of resentment. All of these are correct, I am not the real Shenxiao.

"But how do you know this is not in my expectation?"

After Wang Yang slowly accepted the fact that she was not Shenxiao, he finally tremblingly said:

"I am scaring myself. You don't exist at all, and you can't pose any threat to me. The current Shenxiao has been completely imprisoned by the Federation. You can no longer retaliate against us…"

Shenxiao said with a light smile:

"Really? Didn't you hear what the Federation said? They said that I will leave the prison soon to go to Atlantis. If this hadn't happened, you could still use this excuse to deceive yourself.

"But now do you still think this is an accident? Haven't you thought that this might be in my expectation? Or do you really think that I have no way to seize this opportunity? Have you forgotten what I used to do?"

But Wang Yang was much calmer than before, and then he could finally speak in a normal tone:

"Yes, I am indeed worried about your return, and this recent incident has undoubtedly exacerbated my fear, but this also further shows that you at this time are just my delusion in panic. You are not objective and rational at all."

"Oh? So you think my existence is very objective and rational?" she asked amusedly.

Wang Yang swallowed, and then mustered up the courage to say:

"That's right, I don't think your complete victory is a myth. The reason why you can always win is not because you can't lose, but because you are just strong to the point of being almost invincible, but when you encounter an opponent stronger than yourself, you will naturally be defeated. You and we are the same.

"And just as you once taught me, succumbing to fear will only make it stronger.

"I won't kneel to you either."

Shenxiao said:

"It seems that I didn't teach you in vain. You have indeed learned something, but some things can reflect the truth more than language. No matter what I said at the time, you should have seen a fact—those who didn't submit to me are all dead."

Wang Yang had unknowingly clenched his fists:

"You are also a human being. As long as I can do the right thing, I can defeat you. Even if you are the embodiment of Shenxiao's will, your appearance here also means that my submission is meaningful to you. You need me to help you get out of trouble.

"Conversely, as long as I persist in fighting against you, I can prevent your return. Kania has also noticed that I am strange. As long as I tell them about your appearance, the Federation will prevent you from getting out of trouble."

Shenxiao said in a flat tone:

"So this is your idea? To go against the world's strongest Tier V ability user, and then pray that you can survive, then can you explain how you can do what other Tier V ability users can't do?

"You can choose to refuse to accept the facts, but can you really continue to live after I come out?"

Wang Yang's mind was running at an unprecedented speed:

"Of course, you are just my illusion. I know very well what the real Shenxiao is like. She won't retaliate against us, not only because she is not as petty as us bad guys, but also because she cares more about the future than now.

"You are not her at all, and you don't understand her. You are not even me, just my fear."

Shenxiao said with a smile:

"So that's it. You always thought I was a madman, but now you suddenly understand that I won't retaliate against you. Since you think so, why not think about it from another perspective? I will kill you as soon as I come out. Do you know why?

"Because I am a prophet, I certainly won't kill you because I hold a grudge against you. You know I don't care about these things, but I think you have also learned something about my way of looking at things after following us for so long, otherwise you would not be able to hear the following sentence.

"Shenxiao will kill you, only because you have not accepted my proposal now.

"The reason why she 'will' do this is for the sake of our conversation at this moment.

"This is how she views time."

Wang Yang could understand the meaning of his illusion, because he knew that Shenxiao was a prophet, so he knew that Shenxiao might indeed take action because he did not accept the illusion's proposal now. Although from a normal person's logic, no matter what she did at that time, she would not be able to affect the present.

But this was not the way Shenxiao thought. For her, the past was meaningful, because for Shenxiao, time was relative, and the so-called past could also be the present relative to the future.

"She won't succeed," Wang Yang said. "The Federation will protect me. They gave me a promise when I betrayed you, and you are just my illusion, not the real Shenxiao's prediction."

The Shenxiao behind him laughed:

"This is the thing you can't accept the most. You are still saying that I am an illusion. Haven't you thought about why I found you? Haven't you realized something very interesting?

"It is precisely because you are vengeful spirits that I can drill into your mind when my power is completely suppressed. I brought you by my side just for this moment when you will fall into madness because of fear, and I think you actually understand why I did this.

"Because only in this way can I plant my own spies within the Federation. When you betray me, the Federation will use various methods to test your determination. If you sincerely follow me, it is impossible to gain the trust of the Federation.

"I am a complete victor, do you know what this means…

"Wang Yang, I have never lost."

The boy's body paused, and then the hand on his shoulder finally disappeared.

He couldn't tell whether this was a prediction or an illusion. With his fear of Shenxiao and the characteristics of the vengeful spirit, it was quite normal for an illusion of this degree to occur. Shenxiao might not be able to predict that far at all.

But is this a prediction or an illusion…

Does it really matter?