Overturned Tower

"The devil's agent..."

Russell muttered and repeated.

From this sentence, he felt a coldness that was almost malicious.

The inferior glanced at Russell.

He was silent for a moment, then sighed slightly.

He whispered: "Part of the reason why the minister asked you to come here is to familiarize you with the process."

"The signing process?"

"That's right. If I am killed one day, it will be you who walks this way."

The inferior said calmly: "At that time, you will also take the newcomers and introduce everything to them.

“By the way, the person who led me back then was ‘Dongri’.

"But I will never become a devil——"

With that said, the inferior pushed open the narrow door in front of him.

The strong white light struck, causing Russell to narrow his eyes slightly.

Russell was a little surprised when he saw this almost completely "white" room.

All that was left for the prisoners in this room were six black floor tiles. Most of them were pressed under the bed, and only a few were beside the bed, leaving a narrow space for him to sit on the edge of the bed.

He reacted quickly...

This is because they are coming to visit each other, or because the other person's signing time is approaching, so the color of the other floors in the room changes.

There is no need for coercion or admonishment. With just a few clicks of a button, you can artificially control the opponent's movement space.

Sitting on the bed was a middle-aged man with short black messy hair.

He wears black-rimmed glasses and tall bunny ears, giving him the impression of a gentle and good man.

He sat on his bed with his head bowed... He raised his head when he heard the door open.

After seeing his face clearly, Russell froze on the spot.

There was frozen ice on his face, and his face was as pale as a corpse.

"...Oh, did you come to see me?"

The black-haired middle-aged man code-named "Winter" showed a gentle smile: "We also have new people with us.

"It's not easy. Does the Special Enforcement Department still exist?"

"The devil has no purpose unless it is eradicated."

replied the inferior.

He sat on the table opposite Dongri, picked up the paper and pen prepared in advance from the table, and interrogated the other party like torture.

"your name?"

"Hibernation."

The man codenamed "Winter" replied so calmly.

That was not his human name, but his spiritual name.

——What lives in this body is no longer the old minister code-named "Winter", but his spiritual power that has gained self-awareness.

"What were the results of your latest physical examination?"

"Red shift seven levels, blue shift one level."

"You are in a good mental state. Are there any abnormalities in your body?"

"I'm feeling more and more sleepy... When you leave, I'm going to sleep."

"That won't work. You still have to hand over the chip."

The inferior replied flatly.

The "hibernating" demon glanced at Russell curiously: "Is it for him?

"Such a young kitten...such a blank vessel."

"I'm twenty-six."

Russell couldn't help but defend.

The other party was a little surprised: "That's really young. You and Shou are the same age."

"Scream?"

"He's talking about my psychic powers."

The inferior explained calmly while writing and drawing on the paper: "My psychic power is called 'Scream of Pain'.

"I told you. Demons are no longer human... what they see is no longer your body, but your spirit. So if demons communicate with you, they are actually Communicate with your spiritual energy. It can also be understood as the so-called 'divine communication'."

"...I've heard you say it many times that demons are no longer human. But I actually didn't realize it until now."

Russell murmured.

But he soon realized something was wrong.

He looked at the inferior in shock: "You are... twenty-six years old this year?!"

The mature and cold temperament of the inferior, the crisp and neat actions, and the frowning brow... made Russell think that he was at least in his thirties, but he looked younger.

Unexpectedly, he actually looked older?

"Can't you?"

The inferior raised his head dissatisfied and looked at Russell: "I'm the same age as you.

"When I entered the Special Enforcement Department, I was not much older than the minister."

The minister here obviously refers to the delphinium, not "Winter".

"Although you are the same age, your mental states are obviously different."

On the other hand, the "hibernating" devil on the side pointed at this: "When Shou entered the Special Execution Department, he was like a beast. Every day he shouted something like 'go to hell' and 'you will definitely not have a good death'." Words like 'I want to die' are always on my lips.

"Now it seems that he has become a reliable senior."

"You might as well freeze your mouth."

The inferior responded coldly.

He doesn't react much to his dark history.

"You are alienated, you have an alienated mentality."

The "hibernating" demon sat on the bed and pointed: "You should see a psychiatrist, Scream. Otherwise you will become like me sooner or later."

"...can I ask?"

Russell suddenly interrupted: "What crime have you committed?"

"me?"

The "hibernating" demon said cheerfully: "Kill three people and eat two. If that can be considered killing."

"How come it can't be counted as killing?"

The bad guy replied coldly: "If freezing someone in a bathtub isn't murder, what is it?"

"It's ice therapy. They're so tired, I tell them to relax."

The "hibernating" demon calmly replied: "Haven't you experienced it too?

"When you are on the verge of losing control, get into my bathtub and freeze it. When you climb out again, all the psychological problems and physical trauma will be gone."

"yes."

The inferior sneered: "But I also have to wear a ventilator, and someone has to monitor my body temperature in real time and break the ice shell regularly. Otherwise, I will freeze to death or drown in it.

"And if you go directly to those innocent people and freeze them without giving them life-saving equipment... then they will just freeze to death inside."

"No, you don't understand."

"Hibernation" slowly shook his head, with a little sadness in his expression: "That is not a life-saving device, but a superfluous thing that prevents them from fully receiving treatment.

"When you sink into my ice, do you really not want to just sleep like this? Forget all the pain and sleep peacefully and forever."

"That's euthanasia."

The inferior said coldly: "Don't believe him, Ultramarine. This person's real spiritual power is actually to make people euthanasia - until the actual death, the body of the 'patient' will continue to be restored. This kind of recovery is not treatment and Healing, but 'recovery'. So even psychological trauma can be treated."

"That's not death."

"Hibernation" argued again: "If you don't break the ice, it will be eternity.

"Their souls sank in the sea of ​​souls, while their bodies remained intact and permanently preserved in the material world. This is exactly the 'eternal hibernation'. It is because you only care about your self on the material level that you think it is dead.

"It would be better to say that it was when you broke the ice that that person truly died - otherwise, he would have just slept peacefully and never woke up. How can this be called death?"

"Got it, Ultramarine."

The Inferior looked back at Russell: "Devils cannot communicate.

"It's not because they kill people, and it's not because they eat people. It's because they are not the same species as humans at all.

"The reason why we imprison the devils in hell is not that we cannot understand each other. On the contrary - it is precisely because we understand each other so well that we understand that we must kill them all."

"You make it sound as if you have nothing to do with the devil."

"Hibernation" smiled: "But isn't your mother here too?

"You were born in this 'hell', Scream."