Chapter 253 Brothers 17

Chapter 253 Brothers 17

"Hmm... I get it now," Feng Bujue said. "But there are two things that I need to confirm with you.

"One, why do you want to become a human? As a Xin clan descendant, you should know how weak and deplorable human beings are. So, why would you give up your natural talent and gift to become one of them?

"Two, why did you allow me to live until now? You could have done everything on your own, couldn’t you?"

Arthur looked at Feng Bujue deeply and then smiled. "Humph... Even if I tell you, you won’t believe me."

Feng Bujue smiled in response. "Then let me take a guess."

He moved slowly forward and started his extrapolating like this was some kind of detective show. "The thoughts of human beings, as intelligent creatures with a limited life span but a wealth of emotions, can change over time. The same person will act differently when he is forty compared to when he was twenty, and similarly, it would be different when he was thirty. On this point, I believe it is the same for descendants of the Xin clan."

Feng Bujue sounded confident when he said that.

"Therefore, when we view at this chronologically to predict your behavior and thoughts back then, everything will have a reasonable explanation. When we were still young, be it the bond between siblings or love for our mother, they were both real and simple."

He raised the yellowed picture. "Just like in this picture."

Several seconds later, his tone changed. "Unfortunately, our mother had her own plans. She probably did not expect you to see through her plan when you were only fourteen. You could have killed her directly, right? Of course you could, but that would have caused a series of problems. For the sake of living, our family had to have some outer interaction, and our mother’s death could not be explained away easily. You had to find a reason that would make her death seem reasonable.

"So, you created the illusion of a disease. The suffering of a long and incurable disease was an acceptable reason. As the eldest son, you would naturally take over the responsibilities at home and on the farm. Everyone who had any interaction with our family, including myself, was mentally prepared for that. Other than that, based on my personal prediction, there is another big reason you did this, and that is... when a person is on their death bed, their disguise will fall."

When Feng Bujue said that, he could not help but be reminded of himself. Speaking of which... he was also someone with an incurable disease and could die at any moment. But he still lived his life like usual. He did what he was supposed to. Why was that? Because he had nothing else to do or because he could not care less anymore? Neither seemed right, so the only explanation was that he was mad...

"You’re right... When the woman realized that she was going to die and knew that she was unable to steal my power, she chose to ’make use’ of me, using our family bond as a chip, to have me take care of her biological son after her death," Arthur replied.

"And you promised her that," Feng Bujue added.

"Hah... It’s what she deserves." Arthur smiled. "It wasn’t easy for her to put up the act for decades. Objectively speaking, she provided me with food, a home, education, and care. No matter her aim, I should repay her investment kindly."

"You sure have your own set of morals." Feng Bujue smiled back. "Is the incurable disease part of the repayment?"

"Current quest complete. All main quests completed," The system said, but the notification that everything had been completed did not come. Several seconds later, a new hint appeared.

"Triggered and witnessed Arthur’s Servant.

"Checked and confirmed you are carrying ’Dirty Soap’, ’Carved Fake Teeth’, ’Perfume’, ’Feather Leather Cap’, ’Soaked Blanket’, and Fake Eye’.

"Entering the hidden ending.

"Hidden quest triggered. Kill Candace."

"So, this is it..." Feng Bujue scratched his chin. "So... there are two conditions to trigger the real ending. If I entered the gray room without fulfilling these two conditions, there might have been a fight instead of a conversation. And it was a fight that I would have had a hard time winning... Even if I did win, I would have cleared the scenario without knowing the truth."

He walked toward the stairs. It did not take long to head to the second floor. This time, the locked room changed. The shadow from earlier was standing before the door, as if waiting for the player to arrive.

This place is where the hidden boss is. I would have come here after talking with Arthur.

Feng Bujue first ran to the room with the collapsed floor and peeled back a piece of broken wood. Then, he came to the corridor, took out anti-gravity gun, sucked on the wood, and aimed it at the shadow, shouting, "Speak! Are you Candace’s bodyguard‽"

The shadow did not move or reply.

Feng Bujue would not attack unless necessary, so before pulling the trigger, he activated the first function of the Bell of Jin Gang to study the shadow, and to his surprise, the shadow was not a monster but an NPC...

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Name: Dancing Shadow

NPC Stance: Neutral

Level: ?

Height: 180 cm

Weight: 60 kg

Can Be Fought: No

Can Trigger: The welcome stage, unlocking the secret room’s door.