At dawn, the Sheriff's Department received a report that Mrs. Faphora had died.

When the new vigilante Lugo arrives with his soldiers, he finds Faphora hanging himself from the kitchen of the warm bakery, the rope used to hang himself and his body frozen in the cold.

On the table next to the corpse were neatly placed 300 silver moons, as well as piles of copper and iron moons, where all the savings of the family of three were located.

A suicide note was left next to it, in which he expressed his hope that the money would be donated to the orphanage to help children who had lost their parents.

Lu Ge led people to conduct a detailed investigation at the scene, and determined that it was not a homicide, so he invited the mortuary to bury him, and all the monthly coins were donated according to the will.

When Baixa heard the news, the blood on his face quickly faded, and he stumbled towards the office and banged on the door.

"Enter."

Baiza pushed the door and entered, and said in a trembling voice, "My lord! Madame Favran hanged herself..."

Chino was holding the little black cat, sorting out the report submitted to the Governor's Palace, and let out a faint "um".

"Hmm??? Did you hear me?! I said she since—" Baiza froze halfway through, remembering Chino's earlier "farewell"...

Baiza's lips began to tremble, and he said in despair, "You already knew that she wanted to kill herself..."

Chino: "Yes. ”

Baiza's emotions were a little out of control: "Then why don't you stop it?!" ”

"Stop, and then what?"

"And then... And let her live! ”

Chino finished writing the last word of the report, put it aside, and said calmly, "How do you want her to live?" Her husband died a few months ago, the family lost their backer, and now their only daughter is also dead, she has no worries in this world, and there is nothing to be nostalgic about, and dying quietly is the final destination. ”

"We... We can enlighten her! Go find her some... Friends or something... I have time to patronize more..."Baiza was hesitant, stumbling, and even he couldn't convince himself when it came to the back, so he couldn't go on.

"You see, you're aware of that." Chino leaned back in his chair and stroked the cat for a moment, "When life loses its meaning, death becomes a relief." It's the most basic courtesy not to stop someone who has a heart on death, isn't it? ”

Baisa clenched his fists and said in a tone of extreme reluctance: "We are talking about man, a living person!" It's not as simple as throwing away furniture if it's broken! Don't you have mood swings in your heart? You've got it! At that time, you ordered the lockdown, and you were obviously angry! ”

Chino said inexplicably: "Are you talking nonsense? I am the administrator of Twilight City, and visitors from outside the world are wantonly killing people in my city, and exploding in the streets, which is equivalent to a slap in the face on my prestige, do you think I am angry? ”

Baiza's eyes widened: "Prestige? Gone? Wendy's death didn't move you? Absolutely! You care about her, don't you? ”

Chino: "Of course I do. Wendy is dead, and I'll never be able to eat that good honey oatmeal bread again. ”

At this moment, Baixa only felt frozen in his heart.

From the first day of Chino's change in Shirin, Baixa had a feeling that this man was very strange, and that what he did, and what he inadvertently revealed, was always faintly uncomfortable.

Baiza didn't understand what the problem was at first, but now, he finally understood.

This is a person who has no ability to empathize.

Chino is not the kind of murderous maniac who is brutal and bloodthirsty, and his heart is as cold as iron, on the contrary, his emotions are very diverse, not much different from ordinary people, he will be happy, angry, irritable, helpless, etc.

But he doesn't have the capacity for empathy.

He doesn't feel lost, sad, or empathize with the pain of others.

Wendy's matter, Baixa finally figured out why Chino was so annoyed at the time that he wanted to forcibly close the city, and now it is as plain as smoke.

Does Chino like Wendy? Of course I like it, a cute and well-behaved little girl who makes you breakfast every day, who doesn't like it?

But herein lies the problem, for Chino, Wendy is just "making breakfast stuff" in his mind.

Just imagine, one day a gangster rushed into your house and blew up your kitchen without saying a word, are you angry?

Of course angry, you'll be so angry that you want to kill him.

But after killing him, you won't grieve for the kitchen, it's just a kitchen.

The kitchen is gone, just replace it.

Wendy, in Chino's heart, is this kitchen.

He loves this kitchen and loves it because it makes his favorite honey oatmeal bread.

If someone destroys this kitchen, he will be angry and will make that person die a bad death.

But he doesn't grieve for a broken kitchen.

Because it's just a kitchen, that's all.

I see...

Finally understood...

Chino's psyche...

This person is polite, always smiling, giving people the feeling of a warm friend, and it is a very lucky thing to be loved by him.

If you are confused, he will talk to you about life, talk about the world, and teach you a lot of truths.

When you cry, he will wipe away the tears for you and help you solve the difficulties in life.

If you are hurt, he will avenge you, so that the wicked who hurt you will not die well.

However, he will not grieve for you and will not empathize with your pain in any way.

Because you are not a living person in his eyes, but some kind of tool, or part, or piece of flesh that moves.

There is no concept of "man" in his mind...

...

It has to be said that Baixa is both lucky and unlucky.

In this world, he may be the first person to see through Chino.

But seeing through Chino's incident is unfortunate in itself.

Chino's hand stroking the little black cat slowly stopped, and looked into Baisa's eyes, as if trying to find something in his eyes.

Gradually, a strange smile appeared in Chino's eyes: "Baiza, I found that you are a person with a great sense of justice, and you can't put sand in your eyes. ”

Baiza bowed his head and said, "I am a soldier, and it is my duty to punish evil and promote good..."

"Very well, that's what a good military commander should be." Chino's eyes were already smiling into a crescent moon, "Madame Faphore's matter is not good for me, I will reflect on it." You go down first, I'm so proud of you. ”

Baixa greeted Chino and turned to leave.

After Baixa left, Chino called out, "Guard, ask Paladin to come to me, thank you." ”

After 20 minutes, Paladin came to the office: "My lord, are you looking for me?" ”

Chino casually asked, "How is Baiza's archery skills?" ”

Paladin looked proud and said without thinking, "One in a million, he was once the most famous archer in Shilin Town, and he could shoot a mosquito a hundred paces away. ”

The corners of Chino's lips slowly settled, and an imperceptible cold glow appeared in his pupils.

Paladin scratched his face: "My lord, why did you suddenly ask this?" ”

Chino put the little black cat on the table and began to write the paperwork: "The Governor's Palace has asked me to write a personal report of the eight officials of Twilight City, which can be used for future promotions. I need to know the martial arts of the military commander, and you know him best, so I'll ask you. ”

For the sake of his brother's praise, Paladin did not hesitate to praise: "I can vouch for my personality, with Baiza's archery skills, not to mention Shirintown, there is no one in the whole of Twilight City who can compare with him!" ”

Chino nodded: "Baiza's archery skills are so superb, I will report to the Governor's Mansion truthfully." Thank you for your hard work, go and get busy with the business of the Chamber of Commerce. ”

"Okay, farewell." Paladin bowed his head and left.

"That's right." Chino suddenly stopped him and smiled, "I asked about archery, and please keep it a secret for me, I want to leave a surprise for Baixa." ”

Paladin laughed, "Of course, I will." ”