Wen Xishu broke free from the hug and took a step back:
"Brother... does this mean you really have your reasons? Our family, we’re not the bad guys, right?"
This question wasn’t asked by the "fool," as the "fool" couldn’t speak so fluently.
Ever since Wen Xishu discovered Wen Chaohua could call him both Xishu and Little Tree, he had found it odd...
But what’s even stranger is that regardless of whether it’s himself or the "fool," it seems Wen Chaohua treats both of them as his younger brother.
"Good or bad depends on your perspective. This experience of confronting the Priest should have given you a better understanding, hasn’t it?"
This statement also made Wenren Mirror suddenly fall into a daze.
Although Wenren Mirror was simulated, he knew the Priest’s situation because it wasn’t his first time meeting with Jessica.
The Evil Land Divine Kingdom sequence summons the victims who suffered from one’s own evildoings.
Did Jessica really do evil against herself?
Did Wen Xishu really do evil against Chaohua?
Good and evil are simply a matter of perspective.
Sometimes, the families of the Security Bureau members also resent the Bureau, believing it was the Bureau’s arrangement that sent their family members to the Slaughter Tower, which led to their sacrifice.
From their perspective, it’s the Bureau committing evil.
But from the Security Bureau’s perspective, sending soldiers to the Slaughter Tower is training, it’s their duty.
"You guys are at too low a level. Maybe only the teachers know what’s going on, but they’ve probably given you similar answers before." Wen Chaohua said with a smile.
Wen Xishu thought about it. When he asked Albert, Albert did say this:
"The secrets about Wen Chaohua that you hear from me or others will all lead you to despise him. You need to find out for yourself."
To see farther, one must stand higher.
So how does one reach higher?
If Albert is the only one standing at the highest point, then the "high" that Wen Xishu could think of would be the level of the Three Towers.
"Go dig for more secrets, experience more stories, witness the growth and decline of more legends. Then you will know, you will know everything."
Wen Xishu thought to himself... this is really a big load of nonsense.
But he was happy; he didn’t know if this happiness came from himself or from that fool.
Wen Chaohua said gently:
"Brother, I am not the real me, I am just a product created by the Evil Land Divine Kingdom. The truth, let’s wait until you have a real chance to meet the real me."
"First, you need to make the one who can shoot the causality arrows put down his obsession with you and owe you a favor."
"Or... set up a situation to kill him."
"However, no matter which method, you will need luck, but you are indeed very lucky. This time we got very valuable information from the Priest, and I will go find the real me and pass this information along."
"I think this might be a good start."
"By the way, the Great Devour has begun, right? I am really very sorry that I am not by your side, and also very sorry for making you experience the destruction of your home, the enmity of the world."
"I am really sorry, brother, I have already... tried my best."
Wen Chaohua hugged Wen Xishu again.
Wenren Mirror felt aggrieved and angry because of the phrase "Don’t force me to kill you," but at this moment, seeing Wen Chaohua apologize to Wen Xishu, his heart silently felt a pang of sorrow for the brothers Wen Chaohua and Wen Xishu.
Wen Chaohua was no longer in the Bunker.
No one knew what he had been through to achieve his current strength and know so much that they didn’t know.
And what about Wen Xishu? The continuous climbing of the tower—was there a hidden longing to find his brother behind it? And if his steps slowed down, if he couldn’t quickly grow, would he perhaps face persecution?
Wenren Mirror couldn’t help but feel a bit guilty.
After the Wen Family’s extermination, faced with the overwhelming "Wen Family Guilty" theory, he prided himself on always considering Wen Chaohua as a friend, but he had never... never made any effective efforts.
He hadn’t even protected Wen Xishu.
It was the younger brother everyone thought was a "fool" who suddenly awoke one day and began to climb the towers madly, saving himself.
He felt too guilty, thinking himself unworthy to be friends with Wen Chaohua.
Wen Xishu, however, noticed that phrase.
"Making you experience the destruction of your home, the enmity of the world."
You.
It turned out that both he and the fool were the ones Wen Chaohua longed to protect? Wen Xishu had to admit, that opening was truly difficult.
The request to climb the Deceit Tower had even been rejected. Even when he later gained the opportunity to climb, it was a near-death experience.
"It’s okay, brother, I accept your apology."
Although it was a near-death experience, he had ultimately survived.
Wen Xishu was very aware, the value of the Fallen Dice, this item was already beyond what any orange item could compare to.
This was a real god-level item. Without it, although he might be good at climbing the Deceit Tower, in many areas, he would be severely limited.
For example, when facing Jiang Qing, the Water Bearer Attendant, to survive, he could only choose a secondary ending.
The Fallen Dice broke the Three Towers’ mechanism, maybe something even the gods couldn’t do, making extremely difficult checkpoints unbelievably easy because of the mechanism displacement and mixing.
To be able to leave such an item with his brother, indeed, Wen Chaohua had done his utmost.
Thus, Wen Xishu accepted his brother’s apology.
"How annoying... it seems I have to go back." Wen Xishu truly felt annoyed; the task completion prompt appeared at this moment.