"First question, where is the eldest lady?"

The gentleman's answer went through three stages.

Stage 1: "She's in the house, isn't that why you're here?" We're only a dozen meters away from that house now, do you think you'll be able to run away if I go over to check if there's anyone? Are you really mentally retarded?"

Stage 2: "Yes, I'm sorry, she's actually in an ownerless empty house on North 2nd Street, and there are two of our people who take care of her. The system punched him in the nose: "Only the mentally retarded would want to lie to others as if they were mentally retarded! "I'm sorry, it's actually ...... South Third Street" was another punch, and red blood flowed out of his nostrils like a mountain spring. “...... Well, it's on South Fifth Street — "One Punch." "......" punch.

Stage 3: "She's in the east of the city! That's all I'll say." "A punch came up. "Uh-huh. The gentleman spat bloody spit on the face that belonged to Brunei, and perhaps because it was not his own business, the system smiled nonchalantly, punched him several more times, raised his knee, and slammed him on the stomach. The gentleman's body shrank sharply, but he couldn't bend down, and the system grabbed him by the collar and grabbed it, showing a smile that fit the word "kind" very well.

"Very good, it seems that you have understood the basic rules of Q&A. Don't lie, if you want to hold on, you'll be punished, but I don't want to know so much, you don't cooperate with it, well, at least you won't die. ”

"Well, the second question. What the hell is a spirit emblem?"

This time, Mr.'s answer was very timely and cooperative, and it seemed that even though he was a die-hard, the unnecessary beating of the system still left a deep impression on him: "There is no exact definition of the spirit emblem now. All that can be determined is the performance of the emblem bearer. According to their descriptions, they sometimes hear their own magic emblem speak. Most of the time there is no ambiguity, but it usually becomes clear when the holder has some kind of intense emotion, echoing the emotion. ”

The gentleman paused at this point, took a breath, and then kicked him on the calf: "You haven't finished speaking, have you?

The gentleman screamed in pain, and before he could finish screaming, he forcibly stopped, glanced at the system with a little frightened eyes, and got the system's approving gaze, and grinned a little helplessly: "The so-called 'Wisdom' magic emblem is like this, you should know this aspect better than me." In addition to this, there are commonalities among the holders of the emblem. ”

"First and foremost, and most strangely, is that the owner of the emblem usually hides the fact that he or she holds the emblem as much as possible. Since the emblem of magic itself exists as a bridge between the mage and the outside world through magic, the emblem of magic with intelligence is often very helpful in the process of casting spells - aside from the uncertain characteristics of the emblem holder, who are usually precocious and intelligent, they are basically genius spellcasters, and the identity of the 'emblem holder' is usually respected and trusted. This makes their deliberate concealment seem very strange. ”

"Secondly, the means that the emblem holder uses as hole cards - that is, the means you use now. Do you want me to elaborate? Okay. They immerse their consciousness in the emblem, allowing themselves to become one with the emblem - this is the description of several emblem holders themselves, in which case they will be more comfortable with magic, consume less mental energy, produce stronger effects, and even simplify some spell casting processes, including spells and gestures. According to them, this state does not last long, it can be quite tired afterwards, and when they are in this state, their personality usually changes very sharply - and it is not necessarily possible for you to go from extreme introverted to overly ostentatious, and vice versa, or in other directions. ”

"Finally, the emblem bearer sometimes has a noticeable personality change around the age of 18...... In several cases that we are aware of, this change in personality has converged towards the personality orientation that is reflected in the 'integration of one'. ”

【......】

The system loosened the collar, and the gentleman flattened his clothes with a stiff expression, and quickly glanced at the woods to the side. In the moonlight, he could barely see the road in the woods, rough and uneven—but even on the paved road, the gentleman thought that there was no way to escape by his physical strength alone, so he turned back and bowed his head in thought.

And the system raised his hand to rub back and forth on his chin, Brunei has grown a short hairy beard in the past almost a year, but after taking over Scarly's guard work, according to Scarly's request to "pay attention to appearance", it was shaved off, and now it feels very smooth, and the system seems to be a little dissatisfied with the frown slightly, smacking his lips: "Tsk." I see, that's it. ”

Do you know what the spirit emblem is?]

The system snorted contemptuously, looked at Mr., and made him tremble a little, then leaned over, gently rubbed Mr. on his soft silver hair, laughed with satisfaction, and showed a gentle smile again: "Well done." So you see, I'm not such an unreasonable person, if you cooperate well, won't you suffer a lot less?"

The gentleman coughed twice and nodded with a wry smile on his face. The system could undoubtedly see that he didn't mean it, but it was obviously unconcerned about it: "Next, the third question, you and Franks, who are you two loyal to?

“...... Hum. Our purpose is simply to determine if you are the holder of the Radiance. The gentleman, who had been a little cringe before, suddenly calmed down, and his face that was bruised and swollen from being beaten actually looked awe-inspiring under the smile, "And the identity of the owner behind me and Franks...... Oh, do you think I'm going to tell you?"

"Ahh ”

"Little Bruneith, you should be calculating, right? Is the effect of the Bloodthirsty Technique over? ”

[Yes, it was just two minutes ago.] However, without the low-level Bloodthirsty Spell bonus, my body could still do such a difficult move...... Don't break it for me. 】

"Hey, hey. After the system landed, he smiled at Mr. twice, raised his right foot, lifted it suddenly, and kicked Mr. in the chin again, Mr. leaned back suddenly, his upper body straightened, and made a movement like "plopping" when he knelt on the ground, and then, as if he was kneeling down, he lay on the ground again, spitting out a large mouthful of blood, which looked like the already yellowish blades of grass under his face were dyed black in an instant.

To be honest, Brunei didn't have a good impression of Mr., but seeing that the system had been beating Mr. so unreasonably, a trace of compassion still rose in his heart, like watching people beat children. However, the guilt of bullying the weak is undoubtedly meaningless to the system, and even on the contrary, it seems that the system is quite happy with this series of actions.

Proof of this is that the system twisted his whip leg again, kicking him to his side on the ground.

The gentleman clutched his flank, which he had been kicked by the system, and his other thin arm was propped up on the ground several times, but he couldn't hold it up, but instead vomited a mouthful of blood again. Even Brunei could smell blood very clearly.

"Fourth question, guess where that big black lump just now landed?"

The gentleman finally gave up his useless efforts, lay flat on the ground, rolled his eyes, looked at the system with contempt, and opened his mouth again, but this time he was about to vomit a mouthful of blood when he said two words, and it didn't go well: "Ahem...... Hehe...... You have given up on the so-called ...... Ahem...... 'You Ask, I Answer' game......? Cough...... But even if you find it...... Franks, it doesn't make sense either. He will never betray the people behind us. ”

The system grinned, lifted his foot, and stomped on the gentleman's chest: "You're not answering my question. ”

"But that's okay, I'll spare you this time. This brings me to the last question. ”

"According to the theorem of artistic creation, the principle of echoing from beginning to end, in order to create a dramatic atmosphere, and to dye the otherwise shallow plot with the heaviness of tragedy and heroism through a fatalistic plot, the last problem is the initial problem. ”

While saying this series of puzzling words, the system bent down, picked up the long knife that Mr. threw on the ground before, held the handle of the knife with both hands, held it upside down, chose above Mr. 's body, closed one eye, and shook the blade of the knife that flashed with a faint blue cold light back and forth as if aiming, and then, with an incomparably cold smile on his face, he shouted loudly full of malice but as if he was extremely happy: "So, the last question - do you know how much you have suffered for me by doing this, you stupid monkey!"

The cold light flashed, and the gentleman closed his eyes as if resigned to his fate after a moment of surprise.

His eyes may have crossed his not very long life, remembered the childhood friend he hadn't seen for a long time, remembered the first person he had killed, remembered the first person he helped, his friends, his own family, or, he didn't think about anything, just wanted to be like this, and let his consciousness sink into darkness.

In short, when he opened his eyes again, he found that the pillar between his head and his body was still intact, and the surprise in his heart could be imagined. And the crimson-eyed monster has long since disappeared.