In the center of the park.
Zede, standing upright, suddenly disassembled his injured right leg and brought the bleeding sole of his foot up to his face for a closer look.
"A cut from scissors? It must be a soul-level attack to have harmed my essence... Right? This is what makes it interesting!"
In an instant, a bizarre smile tore through the black eye mask, revealing all his teeth and gums, even altering Zede's usually somber and oppressive aura.
It became more frenzied and chaotic.
A short distance away, Yi Chen, upon witnessing this scene, quickly asked,
"Catherine! Did you inject 'Smile Thought' into Mr. Zede's mind with that attack just now?"
Catherine, attached to a spring, hurriedly waved her hands:
"Don't talk nonsense. If it were that simple, would I have needed to die so many times? I haven't done any such thing, this is just a change that's happening on its own."
"Could it be!"
Yi Chen immediately thought of the worst-case scenario—[Loss of Control].