Overturned Tower

In the past, the scene of Hangzhou talking to the barber in his basement appeared in the barber's eyes.

"——How did you respond to Wrath Gate?"

"——I am angry because of this unfair world. What did you say again?"

"——I am angry because of this unfair fate, and I am angry because of my own weakness."

The "unfair fate" that Strangler talks about is exactly "why I was born so small."

If I am destined to be humble, why should I see that person who is above me?

Why give me hope that I can "replace them"?

"If they can do it, why can't I? Why can they be so superior and only I can't?

"Is it because of my origin? Because I am destined to be born an irredeemable scum? Because I have been in this damn quagmire since I was born?"

The orange-red flames dancing in the white lion's pupils were like dried blood stains on a bandage.

He took a deep breath.

In the snowstorm, it turns into white mist.

Strangler declared: "I probably want to do something different from what you want to do, barber. You want to rescue us and make us obey you...I don't have a problem with that."

"I can obey you, I can obey your orders. But that is not because I am your pet cat, nor because of any loyalty. It is because the lions will develop better under your leadership, better than me. You should do much better yourself.

"Lions are social animals and always live in groups. I have always been a lion, and you are now the leader of the pride.

"As long as you dare to control me, I will obey you - but if one day I see your timidity, cowardice and compromise... don't blame me for snatching the rope from your hand and making myself the king. .”

The lion roared with such menace.

But in the barber's view, this is an attitude of sincerity.

He just smiled and accepted the statement "I can't be loyal forever."

- Ultramarine is a hero, but others within the container are not.

The godfather is a mentor, a commander, a monarch... other identities also have different identities and positions.

If it is Ultramarine, hearing such words may make him angry for his injustice.

But the godfather's words would only lead to a happy nod.

Because he has the power of a monarch.

Originally, loyalty was not absolute.

Can those couples who swear an eternal vow at their wedding really maintain their loyalty for a lifetime?

It would be naive to believe in such empty so-called "promises".

Even those who have sworn loyalty will betray very smoothly when encountering adverse situations or huge interests. Compared with them, being able to bluntly say that his loyalty is "depending on the situation" is considered very honest.

As long as Strangler can't think of betrayal, that's it.

That doesn't matter.

"Then it seems that you can only work for me for the rest of your life."

The barber said slowly: "You'd better remember what you said today."

"Ah. I will remember it carefully until I decide to forget it."

Strangler sneered and whispered: "My... leader."

"—You know, strangulation."

The barber passed by Strangler, who was standing there, and walked in front of him.

He also didn't look back, but his voice was very loud: "Circus lions are usually as docile as dogs.

"Lion trainers like to play tricks like opening the lion's mouth and counting the lion's teeth. Those who are more adventurous also like to stick their own heads in to prove to the audience that they have completely tamed the lion."

"...What exactly are you going to say?"

A low purring sound came from deep in the strangulation's throat.

"But there are always some lions whose wild nature is hard to get rid of. No matter how docile they usually appear, they will suddenly close their mouths and kill their own lion tamers.

"It's not that the lion trainers didn't know there was such a danger, they just took a chance and thought that at least nothing would happen this time.

"But after this time, there will be a next time. As long as you continue to work in this business, you will always make mistakes. Because after all, lions are beasts, beasts that cannot communicate."

"so what?"

Strangler sneered: "Are you planning to strike first just in case? Are you going to pull out my sharp teeth or grind off my claws? Or feed me poison to make me exhausted?" ? Or are you planning to please me and become my lion tamer?"

The barber shook his head: "No.

"——I want to make you human."

He said calmly and rationally: "I want you to tame yourself. Let you become a person wearing a lion puppet, a person pretending to be a lion...

“I want you beasts to know from the bottom of your heart how good it is to be a human being.

"That is a world where you can be happy and free without biting off the lion tamer's head."

He took one step forward, and the world around him suddenly became distorted.

The strangulation behind him and the blizzard in front of him disappeared at the same time.

His surroundings once again fell into darkness, and in front of him were circles of illusory and transparent circles of light.

Looking at the eight circles of light, an idea emerged in the barber's mind.

[Requires path: Anger*4]

Only after passing through four areas belonging to the Path of Wrath can the door to the next area be opened.

The barber stepped forward without hesitation.

[Verified: Raging Volcano]

When he passed through the first circle of light, the circle of light seemed to be suddenly injected with power, turned into a bright fiery red, and then rotated and expanded to become larger.

As if some recharging sound sounded, a color suddenly appeared in the dark world.

But those colors are like blocks of color and look extremely abstract.

The barber moved forward again, stepping through the second circle of light, then the third, and then the fourth.

[Verified: Rage]

[Verified: Ancient Battlefield]

[Verified: boiling soup]

One after another, the halo of light was activated by the barber as he passed by, bursting out with bright red light, spinning and unfolding, and making a buzzing sound of activation.

When the world is filled with four colors, something can be vaguely seen, but it is still not clear enough.

At this time, a looming door appeared on the left and right sides of the barber.

On his left is the [Crazy Mountains], and on his right is the [Sea of ​​Despair].

This is what is written on the door.

The barber walked towards the remaining four circles of light without hesitation.

[Requires path: Contemplation*2, Temperance*2]

The barber went right through it.

The first two haloes were activated, bursting out with a dark blue halo.

[Verified: Fossil Sea]

[Verified: Xinhu]

The remaining two rays rotated and spread out, emitting a metallic silver-gray halo:

[Verified: Blade Cliff]

[Verified: Slowly walking on the snow mountain]

[Completely verified——]

With the remaining four colors filled in, this has become a very close to real, stagnant world.

Bright red, semi-solidified rivers like lava flowed everywhere. They looked like bursting blood vessels, and the whole world's sky was filled with steaming white mist.

A low, growling voice sounded in the barber's heart.

It was the exact same sound as a barber.

[For you, does grand anger make you stronger, crazy, or desperate? 】

"Then naturally, become stronger."

The barber was still smiling.

He answered without hesitation.

The next moment, the whole world cracked and shattered.

The cover in the stagnant world was removed, and a more vivid and moving world suddenly surged up with the steaming sulfuric heat.

The tinkling sound of forging iron continued to be heard in the distance, as well as the sound of pouring molten iron.

"Welcome to the Furnace of Pain."

Following the barber, Hangzhou appeared behind him and slowly said: "This is my 'home'."

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