The door of the cane shop opened, and a figure appeared in the doorway, and through the dim light, Arthur could clearly see that it was Tate - the same as Tate's face in his previous memory.

Even, the smile is even brighter.

It's just that in this dim light, this kind of smile makes Arthur instinctively resist.

It's not that the smile isn't genuine enough, or it's like wearing a mask.

On the contrary, the other party's smile is very sincere, so sincere that it is not mixed with the slightest hypocrisy.

And looking at such a smile, Arthur wished that there was a mixture of falsehood.

Because......

That's going to be like a person.

"Welcome, guest!"

"Is there anything you need?"

With a sincere smile, Tate asked earnestly.

"Nope."

"No, you don't."

"Thank you."

Arthur replied quickly, and at the same time, tapping on the carriage, motioning for the coachman to leave.

However, the reins shook as they should have been made did not appear.

The auxiliary police officer who was driving turned around and climbed on the roof of the car with one hand, as if he wanted to say something to Arthur, but from Arthur's point of view, all he could see was the blue uniform on the upper half of the other party's body.

But suddenly, a single head took over Arthur's entire vision.

The head of the driving auxiliary police officer was flipped and pressed against the glass of the car, filling Arthur's vision, and the neck was stretched to a certain limit, but there was no pain on the other party's face.

Yes, just a smile.

Bright smile.

A sincere smile.

"Advisor, do you have any orders?"

The driver asked.

Arthur didn't panic, he didn't scream in fear, he sat there as if he was seriously thinking.

Then, look up.

"Give me some fries."

"Sweet tomato sauce with a hint of black pepper."

"By the way, the fries should be wide."

Arthur's serious answer stunned Tate and the driving auxiliary.

They had no idea that Arthur would answer like that.

And, most importantly, they didn't feel the slightest bit of fear from Arthur.

But at this moment, a faint sound of footsteps came to the ears of Tate and the driving auxiliary police, and they immediately understood what was going on, the person in front of them was fake, and the real person had already run away, and immediately they chased after the footsteps with their habitual laughter.

"Guest, do you have anything to need?"

"Advisor, do you have any orders?"

Sentence after sentence, words rang out from their mouths, and almost the entire Seamerk Avenue was filled with their voices.

But they didn't catch up with what they wanted.

There was nothing there.

There are only empty streets and endless torrential rain.

Bang Bang Bang!

After the raindrops smashed on the glass of the carriage and took the opportunity to move away with the [Void Hand] carrying the [Athos Box] away, Arthur began to adjust his sitting position and neck pillow to allow himself to sit there in a more comfortable position.

He squinted at the sound of the rain as if he were taking a nap in the afternoon, even though there were two monsters around him.

The head of the auxiliary police officer who was driving back long, but he began to tear his face incessantly, and his whole face became bloody and blurry in the middle of his breath.

The only constant is the smile.

Scarlet blood rendered the smile.

Tate had completely lost his face, his eyes, nose, and ears were gone, as if he had been scribbled with black charcoal, and only darkness remained.

But the smile is still there, and the other party still maintains a sincere smile.

It's just that the white teeth, against the backdrop of the pitch-black face, began to become sharp.

Hello, Hello!

Heavy gasps, the heavy rain brought out a thick and fishy stench, and the two monsters just swirled around the carriage, like wolves waiting for an opportunity, ready to pounce into the carriage and tear Arthur's body open.

And Arthur?

He opened the door of the carriage.

He extended an invitation to the two monsters.

"Come on, come up."

"It's too cold in a rainstorm."

"I'm here, it's warm."

Arthur's soft voice made the two monsters hesitate a little, they had never encountered such a situation before.

Inexplicably, from their point of view, Arthur became a little strange.

They looked at Arthur's sincere gaze with some horror.

Fear?

Impossible!

They are the ones that should be feared!

How could they be intimidated by Arthur?

They jumped into the wagon.

Their entry makes the carriages crowded all at once.

They are almost face-to-face with Arthur.

Arthur could even clearly smell the smell of blood and the unknown stench.

Moreover, unspeakable darkness began to envelop the carriages.

Everything in the carriage, Arthur could see clearly.

Everything outside the carriage was completely pitch black.

But, Arthur didn't care.

He stared at the two monsters and continued to smile.

"Everybody yells at each other, nobody respects each other, and nobody puts themselves in each other's shoes – and I'm different.

I understand you.

Because......

I'm also called a 'monster'.

Hahaha! ”

Arthur's laughter grew high, torn, and completely less human.

He covered his face and laughed maniacally.

A lit match appeared in his hand.

"Come on, light it up."

Arthur said as the match fell on the floor of the carriage

A lead was ignited again.

This is not the first lead to be ignited.

As Arthur laughed maniacally, the first fuse was ignited, and it burned to the end.

When the two monsters found out, they were about to flee, but Arthur grabbed them by the arm, and Arthur looked at them with a smile and said in a relaxed tone.

"Why is it so serious?"

"Keep your smiles on your face!"

"There's nothing more powerful than giving a smile to someone!"

Lunatic!

Let go of me madman!

You monster!

The two monsters roared, but nothing could change the intended outcome.

Rumble!

The violent explosion and the sky-high flames directly shattered the police station carriage, and the surrounding darkness was also dispelled in an instant.

But, the next moment—

It's raining and it's still falling.

Arthur was still sitting in the carriage.

The 'Tate Cane Shop' next door was open, and the Tate was sticking to his creed.

The auxiliary police officer who was driving the car jumped out of the carriage and walked to the side of the carriage.

"Advisor, do you have any orders?"

Arthur smiled and waved his hand.

Text prompts that only he could see began to emerge—

【Deception +5】

[Bluff Lv. 5: 5/30]

……

Arthur was naturally played just now, he is a simple 'spirit medium', how can he be a monster?

It's all slander!

It's all slander!

He just borrowed the shoulders of other giants once in a while.

Arthur glanced at the damaged [Protective Copper Coins], his eyes narrowed slightly—it was obvious that although it was some kind of illusion just now, the 'harmful act' was real, both for him and for the caster.

Listen intently to the sound of wheezing from the alley next to the shop.

The other party has already tried to suppress this respite.

But it didn't work.

The backlash was too violent.

From the very beginning, Arthur heard more than one coughing up blood and struggling in the rain after falling.

The other party doesn't seem to have the power to resist?

The damaged [Protective Copper Coins] need to be compensated!

Arthur took the umbrella handed by the auxiliary police officer and walked to the mouth of the alley, looking at the figure that had fallen to the ground in the torrential rain, curled up.

He asked faintly-

"Sir, do you see me like a man, or like a god?"

(End of chapter)