"Cake or something..."

Hearing Xiao Ya's words, Strangling is brows furrowed and muttered in a low voice. Don't bother to buy me that kind of stuff - that's what he meant to say.

But he was silent for a moment, and then he saw Xiao Ya's sparkling eyes.

"Ah, if it's cake, I actually want to eat it..."

Xiaoya clasped her hands together and closed one eye apologetically: "I really want to eat their luxurious durian cake - but I can't eat it alone, it's too big!" It's not good to waste things

Now I can rely on the excuse of thanking Mr. Strangled to relieve my hunger, I am really grateful!

"Oh yes, speaking of which...... Mr. Strangulation! Can you eat durian?"

「… Either way."

Strangler was silent for a moment, then replied in a low voice.

"Can you eat it, or do you like it?"

Xiao Ya asked in reverse.

Her eyes lit up at the mention of the cake: "If you don't like it, you don't have to eat it with me." Their strawberry ice cream cake is also a must, it is said to be made with real strawberries frozen into powder and seasoned before being remade into the shape of strawberries! Wow, I wanted to eat it when I saw it on the video - but it would be too wasteful for me to buy it alone."

"..... long-winded."

Strangling frowned, closed his eyes and whispered, "You just buy it." If you can't finish eating, give me the rest."

Anyway, he's long been used to eating leftovers.

As for the cake or something......

Maybe I still had some thoughts when I was a teenager, but now I don't have that naïve idea anymore.

"Cake" is never a sign of happiness.

It does not represent anything, and all the beautiful meanings attached to it are nothing but false echoes and self-fulfilling prophecies. It's like devotion to the gods, not so much praying to God as praying to yourself.

And now the strangulation thinks of it, and can only feel pain.

But even then, he doesn't lose his temper.

If you have been strangled by the way of "anger" before, you may be enraged by this... But now, he has cut off from his past self. Now that he is sensible, he can sense Xiaoya's kindness and gentleness.

Because of this, even if he wanted to vomit just by imagining the cake, he would never show it in front of her.

Strangler has that kind of confidence - even if his body instinctively wants to vomit, but his ability to control his body can make him not even frown the whole time. Don't say it's eating cake or durian...... Even if he had to eat, the strangulation would never waver from it, let alone show the slightest fear.

His pride is not something superficial.

"So, is it a durian cake? Or strawberry cake? Or there are other styles, I remember something else, let me check it out..."

"Strawberries are fine."

Strangler interrupted with his eyes closed, "Just strawberry cake."

This is by no means the strawberry cake he bought back then, so his heart throbs a little about the name......

It's just that he was a little annoyed by the noise and hurriedly let her go.

I don't know why... She's just staying here, and she's going to upset the strangulation. He felt as if he had lost the patience of a hunter, and his emotions could easily spiral out of control.

Probably because...

… Why?

Strangulation was stunned.

He subconsciously wanted to give meaning to his actions, but he couldn't even remember why he treated her differently.

"Okay, strawberry cake - I'm going to buy a big portion!" It's definitely enough to feed Mr. Strangler!"

Xiaoya hadn't slept much at all last night, but she seemed quite energetic now: "I remember that Mr. Strangulation was here to find someone...... You can leave a little for Mr. Inferior too! I don't know what happened to him, but if something bad happens, just eat some cake!"

「… It's hard to say if he's still alive."

Despite himself

In my heart, I also firmly believe that the inferior must still be alive.

But for some reason, when Xiao Ya so conclusively thought that the inferior was still alive, the strangulation felt that she had to lift a bar to be comfortable.

This kind of behavior is also irrational.

Why am I like this......?

Strangling was confused.

Could it be that I see her as my protector, and therefore when she makes a certain opinion, I want to take over the voice out of the sense of the leader?

Or do I want to see the survival of the inferior, but I prefer to be pessimistic in the hope that she will refute me and establish my true position from another angle, while lowering my expectations to avoid frustration? Or...

Strangler made a straight face and seriously psychoanalyzed himself.

Either seems to be possible. But none of them seem to be entirely true.

Waiting for Xiaoya to leave, the prosthetic doctor, who was silently performing nerve connections, chuckled and said, "My heart may not be beating too fast, Mr. Strangulation. You can relax a little bit."

「…… I'm sorry. It's me who is nervous."

"Not really...... Forget it, it doesn't matter."

The well-informed prosthetist smiled, noncommittal.

He lightly changed the subject: "Actually, let's talk about common sense... We generally recommend that amputation and fitting of prostheses be separated for a period of time. Because amputation will always damage the vitality, it is better to adjust it and wait until you have more energy...... This makes it less likely to develop cyberpsychosis."

"I'm running out of time."

Strangler whispered, "I'm here on a mission... I have to get back to fighting as soon as possible."

"Mr. Strangler is such a good employee."

"Huh."

Strangler sneered, "I said yes, sooner or later he will betray me... The boss."

As he was about to speak, he swallowed the name of the godfather again.

For some reason, he always didn't want others to know that he was serving the Godfather.

"Say yes to your boss?"

"Yes."

The strangler replied blandly, "Because I am destined to betray."

From the moment he was rescued by Tovatus, it was decided that sooner or later he would repay the favor of the elf.

And from the time of the confrontation between the Church Father and Tovatus...... Strangling understands that sooner or later he will betray the godfather fiercely.

But he's reminded — he's reminded many times.

But the casual words of the prosthetic doctor made the strangulation frown: "Can the betrayal declared in advance really be considered a betrayal?"

"As long as there is the fruit of betrayal, it is betrayal."

Strangler retorted without hesitation, "It has nothing to do with motivation, preparation, or process. Betrayal is a kind of work that only judges the end result... Stupidity, wit, goodness, and evil in the process and motivation mean nothing in the face of the result."

"You're still a consequentialist."

"I always have."

Strangler closed his eyes: "Let's change the subject."

And the talkative prosthetist is also very calm: "When it comes to the problem of prosthetics, the operation is performed in two parts, in fact, there are also its shortcomings. It's not just a matter of delaying time, but also having to get used to the feeling of missing an arm, and then getting used to the feeling of growing an arm, which will inevitably cause an imbalance in the two arms, and a lot of work that requires a high degree of cooperation between the hands will take a long time to return to the previous state. It's about two twenty-one days.

"And for you, Mr. Strangulation, there's one more thing that's hard to get used to. That's the weight. Missing an arm can shift your body's center of gravity...... If you bring the prosthesis back after a month, you will have another offset. This can have a serious impact on balance. Thinking about it this way, you only need to admit that the risk of cyber psychosis is less than 3% to save so much time... Isn't it cost-effective?"

"You really see people talking." Strangling sarcastically.

"To reassure patients. We work hard and want to make patients believe in themselves

There is nothing wrong with my choice, so I can only tell part of the truth."

The prosthetic doctor replied casually while inhaling a cognitive enhancer and engaging in nerve engagement.

He whispered, "Cost and value for money, risk and results...... How many good options are there in this world? Isn't it all about choosing the pure of the two good and the lesser of the two evils? Since they can't choose the only good option, at least they will not regret it so much."

「… It's really eloquent."

Strangled was silent for a while, and sighed in a low voice, "Are you aquatic souls so good at talking?"

"In addition to me and Xiaoya, has Mr. Strangled ever greeted other aquatic creatures?"

"Well, I know two soul-related gentlemen who are whales. There was a 'baleen whale' on Happiness Island, and when I first arrived, I met a 'roundhead whale'."

「…… Strictly speaking, roundhead whales aren't exactly whales."

"Huh?"

Strangulation remembered, "He did say, 'Sure enough, I look like a whale, right, and that's pretty self-satisfied.'"

"Because of the round-headed whale...... That is, the short-limbed pilot whale, which is actually an animal of the dolphin family. It is a whale in a broad sense as it is an animal of the cetacean order. But it's not exactly a whale either, because he's from the dolphin family."

The prosthetic doctor casually said, "It's just that it looks like a whale, it looks like a whale in size, and it looks like a whale in behavior. So people called it the roundhead whale.

"Let's just say that... If there is a 'werewolf' in this world, he is actually completely different from the human being who is related to the wolf spirit. But if he looks like a human being, behaves like a human being, and has the same social interactions as a human being, is he fully human?

"Some people think yes, because they are consequentialists; But some people also think that it is not, because they are essentialists. But in general, you can say that you are not wrong. But it's not entirely true."

"You're really strict in your circle-talking, are you so afraid of offending people?"

Strangler scoffed, "If there really is a werewolf... He looks like a man, he feels like a man, he kills like a man – then he is a man. If you think about it so much, can you eat it as a meal?"

"So you're a consequentialist."

"I think most people should be like me. How can there be so many philosophers who are full of discussion of the essence..."

"Because just to survive requires all your might."

The prosthetic doctor sighed, "Probably because of this, the legend of werewolves is so popular."

「…… What werewolf legend?"

Strangler's brow furrowed: "Tell me."