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Chapter 254 [Eradication of Evil] and the Hostility Hidden in the People
There is 1 day, 22 hours and 17 minutes left before the opening of the [Martial Arts Tournament]. At night, in the living room of [Imperial Youth Fang Yi].

After the arrival of Linglu, one of the Four Rakshasa Ghosts, and his battle with Disma in the hall, Fang Yi punished the opponent and threatened him with a knife.

This Rakshasa ghost seemed to be keenly aware of Fang Yi's murderous intent hidden in his scabbard, and chose to give in at the speed of light.

After bowing, apologizing, and fleeing from the house in a panic, the living room, which had been neat and elegant a few minutes ago, had become a mess.

The overturned coffee table, the sofa stained by the bloody hands of the Four Rakshasa Ghosts, the carpet torn to pieces by the energy released by Fang Yi in the fight with him, and the cracked floor all pointed out one fact - this living room had basically lost its function of entertaining guests.

Although it was not far from becoming a ruin, Fang Yi felt that this was obviously not a good place to have a conversation.

Just as Fang Yi was about to invite Disma to go to another room to use Linglu's incident to plan the appearance of [Death in the Mist] tomorrow and take the opportunity to understand the other party's talent, Disma spoke first.

From the moment Linglu left, Disma stared at the sofa stained with bloody handprints where Linglu had sat, with resentment written all over his face.

It was not until Fang Yi moved his Adam's apple to start a conversation that he turned his head and expressed his heartfelt apology to Fang Yi.

“I’m sorry, I accepted the responsibility of guarding this mansion, but I failed to fulfill my promise perfectly.

"I've attacked malicious enemies twice, but failed to achieve any results. I need you to take action again.

"If I were stronger, I wouldn't be a burden to you in battle.

"And I was a bit arrogant earlier and said, 'I'm strong enough to deal with most enemies.'"
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After hearing Disma's somewhat simple speech, Fang Yi did not choose to interrupt him.

This kind of speech is usually the other person releasing emotions, and at this moment you just need to play the role of a listener.

If you don't want the conversation to turn into an emotional drama of pushing and pulling, the best option is to let the other person finish speaking and express everything they want to say before you stop.

Therefore, Fang Yi also restrained the standard smile that had always appeared on his face during the battle, put on a serious expression, and listened carefully to Disma's "review".

Until Disma finished his "review" and started using the translation function of the space, the sentences were somewhat poor and simple, with highly repetitive vocabulary. After expressing his apology for causing Fang Yi to take action more than once, Fang Yi felt that it was time.

He did not choose to respond to Disma's "review" immediately and accept the other party's apology, but patted the other party on the shoulder.

Then, under Disma's surprised gaze, he picked up the blood-stained sofa, straightened it, and began to explain his point of view.

"Don't worry, facing an enemy with such overwhelming power, not everyone has the courage to fight it.

"You have done your best within your capabilities and made contributions far beyond your capabilities in the battle. That is enough.

“People have different abilities and excel at different things.

"In a battle against an enemy that controls 'momentum,' I am the 'strong one,' able to provide assistance to others. However, in certain aspects, I might also become the 'weak one,' requiring help from others."

Fang Yi found a relatively intact tea set from the overturned coffee table, poured a glass of water from the kettle beside the fireplace and handed it to Disma who was standing there.

While motioning the other party to sit down and talk, he poured himself a glass of water, sat down on the ground, and spoke to Disma, who was holding the cup and feeling a little helpless.

"So, let's drink to the fact that we've driven away these unwelcome guests."
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After hearing Fang Yi's bizarre reason for the toast, Disma was stunned at first, then he quietly chewed over Fang Yi's speech.

Then Fang Yi, imitating the others who were sitting on the ground, also sat down on the ground and raised his water glass hesitantly. "Then, let's drink to drive away the bad guests."

What answered Disma was the sound of the cup clinking in his hand, the gurgling sound of water flowing through Fang Yi's throat, and the words Fang Yi conveyed to his ears.

“It is precisely because people are different that the concept of cooperation was born.

“Therefore, there is no need to worry about your strengths or weaknesses in certain areas, nor about not being able to do things beyond your capabilities. This is a permitted ‘flaw’ for humans.

"After all, those who are omniscient and omnipotent are called gods, and we are obviously not gods."

After Fang Yi finished expressing some of his ideas with a smile, he added a murderous remark to Disma.

"Also, I want to add that I am relatively tolerant compared to most people, so I am very tolerant of other people's rude behavior.

"According to the countdown to the opening of the [Martial Arts Tournament], it is now around 1 a.m.

"The time they picked is really good. After dark tomorrow, it won't be more than 24 hours from now."

Just as Disma touched the flintlock rifle at hand in confusion, he recalled the scene where Fang Yi decisively killed a male protagonist who turned into a zombie.

When he began to wonder when the other person's personality changed, Fang Yi's next words full of "kindness" made him suddenly realize.

"You said that the [Death in the Mist], who has been missing for a while, might appear tomorrow night by 'chance'.

"While completing his goals, what about killing some evil people who have blood on their hands and like to touch things, and continuing to follow his philosophy of 'returning evil with evil'?"

Tomorrow night, I will strike again and kill Linglu along the way.

Disma glanced at the bloodstained sofa and replied seriously.

"I don't know, but it's said that there's actually more than one member of the Shinsengumi, the organization of the Death God in the Mist.

"I believe one of the members who is said to like fighting with guns and daggers will definitely show up."

I will join this fight.
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After hearing Disma express his intention to participate in the battle, Fang Yi began to explain his specific goals and the information he had collected, while also beginning to explore the talents of his teammates.

"The longer the night, the more trouble you have. It's best to deal with this uninvited 'visitor' tomorrow night.

"I've gathered some information, but they won't spontaneously gather like ants finding honey.

"So it's best for us to assign mission objectives according to our respective capabilities and make thorough preparations."

After hearing Fang Yi's words, Disma subconsciously called out the talent [Eradicating All Evil] displayed in the space and was about to repeat it to Fang Yi word for word.

Just as he was about to repeat the functions of his talent, Disma, realizing one of its effects, hesitated unusually.

This robber, who acted decisively and without any nonsense, rolled the words that were about to come out of his mouth twice in his throat.

Disma stroked the wooden handle of the flintlock to relieve his tension, took a deep breath, and slowly revealed his talent when Fang Yi asked, "Is it inconvenient to reveal it? Or..."

"My talent is called [Eradication of Evil], and it was unlocked during the mission where I met you.

“It has only a few functions.”

Following the robber's narration, Fang Yi finally understood the function of the other party's talent.
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【Eliminating evil】

By killing the evil people or evil creatures in your mind, you can gain temporary attribute gains that can be stored, and you can temporarily store the skills and [skills] of the other party that suit you.

The temporary attribute gains obtained can be partially consumed, and the gains themselves can be temporarily taken out during battle.

The temporary attribute gains obtained can be slowly converted into naked attribute gains over time and by continuously killing villains.

Temporarily stored skills and [skills] can be slowly transformed into skills and [skills] that suit oneself over time and by continuously killing villains.

The maximum number of temporary attributes, skills, and abilities that can be stored is affected by the talent holder's strength. Each world has a maximum income conversion limit.

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[Attribute Breakthrough·Talent Additional Enhancement]:
When facing evil people or evil creatures in your opinion, you can pay a certain amount of mana to attach energy to the weapon and mark the target.

When weapons or skills using energy hit marked targets, they can cause great damage to the aforementioned targets.
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Just as Fang Yi summarized Disma's talents, he was wondering why the other party was unwilling to reveal his ability to [observe the enemy] to him.

And when thinking about what the other party said, the breakthrough of multiple attributes to 20 points will bring additional talent enhancement.

The words spoken by the robber in his ears suddenly became intermittent.

"This talent also has a most important function, which I gained after I participated in killing Zhu Tian.

"According to my concept, I can activate my talent and sense the degree of goodness or evil of a creature within a certain range.

"People who are far away will turn into dots of different colors in my eyes. For example, the guards across the street are 'yellow dots', and the woman just now is a 'red dot'."

Fang Yi heard Disma's speech and was still wondering why the other party was hesitant about talking about this function.

In just half a second, the other party's next words answered Fang Yi's doubts.

"Also, when I'm at a certain distance from someone, I can clearly sense whether they have malicious intent towards me, and can also tell me how good or evil they are in my opinion.

"As long as the other party conforms to my concept of 'evil', I will classify them as 'evil camp'.

"I can even judge the truth of what the other person says to a certain extent, that is to say.

The robber looked at Fang Yi and truthfully told him his concerns about not wanting to describe his talent.

"People close to me become 'transparent' to me after I activate my talent.

"Whether it's their true attitude towards me or the truth of their words, it's all clear to me.

"It's also possible that due to my incorrect concept, my talent classifies me as 'fuel' that can amplify my own self after being killed."

Disma thought so after expressing his concerns.

People don't always live in the real world. Lies that are difficult to distinguish between true and false, and conflicting outlooks on life are also part of life.

[And if someone like me reveals that I have such an ability, regardless of whether I have activated my talent or not, I will be shunned.]
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Fang Yi was stunned for a moment, then scratched his head and said happily.

“You are too honest and too sincere.

"In fact, you can avoid this embarrassing situation by simply concealing your ability to detect lies.

"Besides, wouldn't this ability be great for reconnaissance?
"With your help, it will be difficult for us to be surrounded by the enemy, and we can also find the target early."

But the robber was obviously still struggling with his ability to detect lies, and he quickly added a few more sentences.

"I will try my best to avoid using this ability on my friends. It's just that sometimes the perception brought by activating my talent is beyond my complete control."

Fang Yi suddenly smiled and interrupted Disma's explanation.

"Then you can tell whether what I said is a lie?
"I, Fang Yi, have a natural ability that allows me to communicate better with dogs."

Hearing Fang Yi's somewhat familiar words, the robber first activated his talent, and then slowly nodded, "The truth."

"My gift allows me to communicate better with all living things, including but not limited to humans."

Hearing Fang Yi's answer, Disma was stunned at first, then he activated his talent and nodded to Fang Yi.

But this time, when he made his judgment, he became a little hesitant. "The truth?"

Fang Yi smiled and nodded, speaking in a sarcastic and teasing tone.

“You see, this ability is not as powerful as you think.

"It seems that it can be easily deceived with a little trickery, but it is not reliable to rely solely on it to judge the authenticity.

“You have to judge the truth of words yourself.

"So, you don't need to worry about the ability to detect lies mentioned in your gift. When others ask you about it, you can hide it. After all, you 'don't have' this ability."

Disma nodded slowly, even though he felt something was wrong with the logic.

But after seeing Fang Yijiu's vivid example, he felt that what the other party said made some sense, so he let go of his worries about his own talent.

Afterwards, the two of them had a preliminary discussion on tomorrow's plan and the intelligence Fang Yi had obtained through the "Intelligent Crow" on the appearance plan of the "Death in the Mist".
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The next day, in the morning.

Disma was staying in his residence, disassembling his pistol as usual and starting to maintain this weapon which was of great commemorative significance to him.

He would activate his talent for reconnaissance at regular intervals, and after activating his talent, he 'saw' a large area of ​​'red dots' and a confrontation between the 'yellow dots' representing the Guards, and was approaching the house.

[The villains in my opinion? There are so many of them, are they enemies?]

Disma quickly put away his gun, stood up and looked through the window, alert for possible enemies.

Then the robber saw a scene that he could not understand.

Yesterday, the warrior named Yi Zang, as Fang Yi said, was standing in front of the gate that he had kicked in, holding half of the huge iron gate.

At night, the arrogant Linglu was responsible for holding the other half of the huge iron gate and standing on the other side of the gate.

Both of them had faces as black as coal, and they were still standing in front of the door.

From a distance, they look like a pair of door gods.

Standing in front of the gate, smiling and with elegant manners, knocking on the door was the usually elusive [minister].

[As Fang Yi said, is this an apology from the [Minister]? Then it seems I don't have to worry about it.]

But the next moment, Disma frowned.

He sensed a strong hostility in the crowd that seemed to be directed towards Fang Yi.

This hostility is deeper than the hostility towards Fang Yi from Linglu, one of the Four Rakshasa Ghosts.

He turned his head and saw a bald man nearly two meters tall with a hooked nose and a red tattoo on his face among the guards.

It was Yuan Qi.

(End of this chapter)