Hunter of Mysterious Creature-Chapter 592 - 146: Proof

"Wha... What?!" Ye Jiu stared blankly at his sister, "You... can you say that again?"

"It would be best if you stay calm now and don't make any moves that might arouse suspicion," Ye Xuan said seriously. "Based on the current evidence, you're unlikely to be subject to 'harmless disposal'... but your personal freedom will certainly be restricted, and 'Carnage' will be temporarily sealed. Until we figure out exactly what's going on or ensure this strange artifact can be safely used, only then..."

"Find a new candidate for this thing?" Sun Hang asked.

"It's difficult." Ye Xuan shook her head. "For the candidates of strange artifacts, seamless transitions are rare. To ensure stable synchronization rate, while a strange artifact has an official candidate, it won't match with other reserve candidates. So between each candidate of a strange artifact, there will be a gap that could be as short as a few months or as long as several decades."

"You people are all true love warriors; it's really tear-jerking." Sun Hang gave Ye Jiu a thumbs-up.

"Why are you still in the mood to joke at a time like this?" Ye Jiu said sluggishly, "I... Should I be taken back to Chunming City..."

"Yes, unless something unexpected happens, you'll probably spend the rest of your life under surveillance in Dubhe Tower, with certain restrictions on your personal freedom," Ye Xuan nodded. "This might not be your fault, but there's nothing I can do..."

"No... it's my fault." Ye Jiu sighed, "It's all because of my damned fluke mindset... I always think I'm the most special one; I thought 'Carnage' would be as gentle and obedient as when I first made contact with it... so much so that when I fell into an illusion, my first reaction wasn't that I was experiencing backlash from the strange artifact, but that Chimera 17 was behind it... Sigh, it's too late for anything now."

Ye Jiu extended his hands and looked at Ye Xuan: "Xuan'Er, you should have handcuffs, right?"

Ye Xuan glanced at him, then silently took out a black collar.

"It's an explosive collar... makes sense, for someone as dangerous as me, regular handcuffs certainly aren't safe," Ye Jiu took the explosive collar and, without hesitation, fastened it around his neck.

"At home... there's Dad and Mom, I'll leave them to you..."

Before Ye Jiu finished speaking, Ye Xuan coldly interrupted him: "You never cared about family matters before, and now you suddenly remember?"

"How does that saying go, 'The words of a dying man are kind...' I also don't know what impact my actions will have on Dad, but I imagine his competitors won't miss this opportunity, right?" Ye Jiu sat dejectedly on the wet floor, hands resting on his knees, "Actually, I also thought that such a day might come... but I didn't expect it to come so soon."

"A person may be dying, but you're not necessarily going to die." Sun Hang lifted Ye Jiu up abruptly, and patted his back vigorously, "You might not even need to leave Tianfu City."

"No need to leave Tianfu City? What do you mean?" Ye Jiu turned to look at Sun Hang, a flicker of expectation in his eyes.

He was aware of the close relationship between Sun Hang and Mr. Pei. If Sun Hang was willing to help him get out of this situation... maybe...

However, the flicker of expectation in Ye Jiu's eyes quickly died out.

As a candidate, he understood his current situation very well.

There had to be someone held accountable for today's incident, even if the actual culprit was Chimera 17, they couldn't, nor would they let Chimera 17 bear the responsibility.

This responsibility could only fall on Ye Jiu for "hiding his abnormal condition."

Moreover, Ye Jiu didn't dare to gamble that future accidents wouldn't happen again with "Carnage"...

What if next time the killer isn't an anthropomorphic strange object, but himself wearing "Carnage"?

Ye Jiu didn't dare to think about it.

"Forget it, Sun Hang." Ye Jiu sighed, "There's no need to plead for me... I know how bad an impact this has had, even if you guys don't think I'm a dangerous person, but in the eyes of others, especially those powerful figures, for someone like me, harmless disposal might be the best outcome."

"They might give my father some face, leave me alive, and lock me up in the special prison in Dubhe Tower." Ye Jiu gave a bitter smile, "I've seen that place before, it's actually not bad. Besides the lack of personal freedom, it's quite comfortable to live there, and it even has a gym and entertainment room... most people would want to stay there but can't get in."

"No, I mean, you've made such a serious mistake, and you still want a stable later life?" Sun Hang sized him up, "Tianfu City is short on combat strength now, and you want to run back to Chunming City after getting into trouble, where in the world would it be so easy?"

"..." Ye Jiu looked at Sun Hang, not knowing what kind of trick he had up his sleeve.

"Have you heard of the ancient death row camp?" Sun Hang suddenly said.

Ye Jiu nodded, the extinguished firelight in his eyes flickering to life.

As an avid player of virtually all strategic simulation games globally, Ye Jiu certainly knew what a death row camp was... or rather, it wasn't a troop designation, but a "special unit type" that inevitably appears across various eras and forces.