CHAPTER 295: CHAPTER 228: THE SHADOW IN THE CAFETERIA

"So you’re asking me to ride this and cross the Debating Pool, huh?" Rosen questioned Hou Yi with disdain.

"Others can shout ’Oli Give’ and swim across without complaining, what about you? Do you have that kind of unwavering determination?" Hou Yi retorted.

It’s important to know that when Hou Yi practiced archery back then, he’d use apples placed on people’s heads as targets. Before he became a great power, he had already killed countless people, and thus, his divine bow possessed the power of blood sacrifice.

Rosen wanted to gain the ability to cross the Debating Pool but didn’t want to overcome a single hardship. Such a mindset was gravely mistaken.

"So you’re suggesting I sink into silence with your model ship, is that it?" Rosen questioned.

Hou Yi, however, explained, "Just like how you performed in the game’s secret realm, you must remain calm and treat danger like a paper tiger. You can imagine the model ship as a real super steel cruise ship."

Rosen didn’t expect Hou Yi to use his own methods against him, leaving him without a reason to argue back.

Thus, Rosen could only throw the model ship into the Debating Pool. He found that the model sank straight down, unable to hold up even for a second.

Indeed, it was quite the trap.

Helpless, Rosen was forced to reach the highest state of Lightweight Skill, imagining himself standing on an invisible cruise ship, then drifted across the Debating Pool to the opposite shore.

Hou Yi initially thought Rosen wouldn’t have a way to deal with it, but he didn’t expect her to actually be able to fly in the air. This left him astounded.

"Oh, I see, I understand now. The Debating Pool had thick miasma accumulated over the years, plus Rosen knows a bit of Lightweight Skill. It’s actually quite simple, just keep suggesting to herself in her mind, making herself light and buoyant. This is also the source of Rosen’s Lightweight Skill."

And with Lightweight Skill, Rosen could float above the dense miasma and drift forward.

After understanding this principle, Hou Yi was immediately excited because it meant he could easily enter the Capital City’s secret realm by using this principle. He immediately and happily went to try it.

But as soon as Hou Yi stepped onto the miasma, he immediately fell down.

No way around it, he recently exceeded his weight limit and couldn’t fly.

Hou Yi started to regret it, knowing he shouldn’t have eaten braised pork, sweet and sour ribs, sweet and sour tenderloin, roast duck, roast chicken, meat dumplings... every day.

Thinking of this, Hou Yi swallowed a gulp of rebuttal, immediately falling into a green poison state.

Speaking of Rosen, when she successfully crossed the Debating Pool, she felt much lighter.

Only then did she discover the interior of the Capital City was surprisingly peaceful and calm, completely different from what Rosen initially suspected.

Nevertheless, Rosen felt it was just an illusion, perhaps even an Illusion Technique or something.

"Illusion Technique, release!"

After making a gesture to dispel illusions, a wave of chakra spread out, yet it didn’t change the scene in front of her.

Rosen breathed a sigh of relief, saying, "Looks like I was overthinking it. This is indeed how the Capital City should look."

Rosen came to an old lady selling vegetables and asked, "Boss, how much is this kitchen knife?"

The boss looked up at Rosen, "A wen a piece, handsome guy buying vegetables?"

"No, I just want your kitchen knife."

Rosen paid for the knife and felt a bit smug, not caring at all that the boss thought something was wrong with him.

In reality, Rosen immediately saw that the kitchen knife was an antique, a divine artifact. The patina on it made it clear it had been soaked in the Debating Pool for years, proving valuable for researching the pool’s depth and corrosiveness.

But that’s not what caught Rosen’s eye; he was truly interested in the debating aura that the knife picked up, possessing three points of toxic continuous damage.

If it were just three points of damage, Rosen wouldn’t consider this weapon powerful, but it was continuous damage.

The word ’continuous’ is terrifying. If it inflicts three points of damage a hundred times a second, that’s three hundred points of damage, but this kitchen knife, because it was soaked in the Debating Pool long enough, can produce thirty thousand points of damage per second, which is terrifying, equivalent to acting ten thousand times a second. It’s unthinkable how horrifying it would be if it affected one target simultaneously.

The boss using this knife to chop vegetables is like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

No wonder there’s a huge pile of rotten wood behind the boss; it’s corroded by the knife. Imagine, with thirty thousand damage a chop, what cutting board could withstand it? Even a steel plate would be instantly scrapped.

After obtaining this knife, Rosen certainly intended to use it for defense, and wouldn’t take out the knife unless absolutely necessary.

He knew this place was sure to be dangerous, hiding a murderous intent beneath the peaceful surface.

Rosen entered a dark alley, thinking such a place could easily breed evil and reveal the dangers of the area.

Just as Rosen anticipated, he saw a group of seniors snatching candies from juniors.

Seeing the candies, Rosen couldn’t help but drool, but he knew he couldn’t act like those seniors and commit such wicked acts. Instead, he needed to be someone who stood for justice.

Though Rosen came to the Capital City to seal the city’s demons, he realized that the real demons were those hidden within people’s hearts.