Chapter 1645 - 526: Balance City Full of Malice (Part 2)

Chapter 1645: Chapter 526: Balance City Full of Malice (Part 2)

"What are you staring at? Don’t think you’re really my dad. Don’t look where you shouldn’t, or I’ll get a bunch of people to report you! I’ll end you!" Nini warned.

Wen Xishu withdrew his gaze; clearly, he’d have to sleep on the floor.

Of course, if he could complete a high-level goal and add a milestone goal in advance, he’d get seventy points and could tilt Balance, moving to a better environment.

However, the milestone goal doesn’t seem so easy to achieve.

This goal isn’t complicated, but its difficulty seems currently impossible.

High-level goal: Have your daughter recount her past in front of you.

Milestone goal: Have your daughter genuinely see you as her father.

If hypnosis were possible, maybe the difficulty would be low.

But hypnosis requires choosing a standard life, which cannot tilt Balance.

Moreover, there’s a big pitfall in that.

Wen Xishu said:

"Aren’t you... worried about losing composure?"

Nini thought for a moment and still answered the question:

"I’m not a good daughter; this city needs all kinds of people. Just do the simplest tasks, don’t expect to get high scores from me."

"Of course, if you find it difficult, you can leave. You should be the deluxe version, right? You can mess things up and go to another family."

It seems Nini’s demeanor has become quite prickly.

Wen Xishu wasn’t in a hurry either; he decided to do a small task first.

Father and daughter have a meal together.

This task adds four points—it’s an intermediate task.

Then there’s another intermediate task: fulfilling the daughter’s whimsical request once.

Despite having lost his superpower, Wen Xishu isn’t an ordinary person. Even if he’s lost all abilities and items, just relying on his physical prowess, he can be considered a monster.

Whatever it takes, achieving something special shouldn’t be too difficult.

Wen Xishu opened the fridge at home; there was no food, almost all alcohol: cocktails and beer.

It looks like Nini seems to be drinking excessively.

Wen Xishu didn’t say much.

"I’m going out to buy something; is there anything you’d like to eat?"

Nini looked at Wen Xishu with a complicated expression.

Wen Xishu just smiled:

"I too was abandoned by my mom and dad before. To survive, I learned quite a few skills."

"I’m not bad at cooking. Well, I also have enough money to cover our expenses. How about I go buy some food you like?"

Nini looked at this person who was only a few years older, feeling a bit resistant.

But maybe this person... is better than that old man who resorts to dirty moves to get what he wants.

Although she wasn’t hurt that time, she was ultimately frightened.

Trust between people isn’t absent from the start; many times, it gradually disappears through experiences, then gradually builds barriers.

Nini fears this might be someone... whose face masks a beast, especially knowing that boys of this age mostly have thoughts about her.

Her "little delinquent" attire is meant to intimidate some people; the closer to the outer ring, the more heartless people must be, living fiercely.

But inexplicably, Wen Xishu’s gaze... felt very clean to her. It suddenly reminded her of a time in childhood when she felt this way.

Her dad would gently stroke her head and say:

"What does Nini want to eat?"

At that time, she wasn’t in the Sixth Ring, and she thought she would live well with her father.

[Obsession Collection +1].

Wen Xishu blinked; was it [Obsession Collection +1] already?

Although one point of obsession seems to be worth nothing, far from exchanging back his superpower...

But Wen Xishu suddenly found a bit of a clue.

He looked into Nini’s eyes.

As a Deceitful Tower Enchantress, he was well aware of that little emotion in human eyes.

Wen Xishu vaguely guessed a direction.

"Dissolving obsession... is letting them reconcile, letting their love and hate find a place."

"But collecting obsession... perhaps it’s letting them no longer hide themselves."

All people in this city were performing, repressing themselves extremely to become numb. Because only in this way, they won’t be hurt anymore.

The milestone goal and the high-level goal seem easy to achieve.

But upon closer thought, it’s full of harm.

If he truly could make Nini open up, face the past, and genuinely accept and recognize his role as her father...

Then his Balance would tilt soon, leading him away from this family.

What about Nini then? Just like a clown, struggling to open her heart, struggling to accept having a family member again...

But what awaits is farewell and abandonment.

To survive in such an environment, the most cohesive logic is not to love or hate, living numb, completing the most ordinary tasks—all serious performances, zero emotions.

Yet humans... inevitably have emotions.

And the source of obsession, precisely comes from the awakening of emotions.

Wen Xishu had a premonition... this journey might be extremely heavy; he’d bear quite some people’s obsessions.

Having understood this, Wen Xishu comprehended Nini’s resistance. Even he himself felt a sense of guilt.

Wen Xishu said, "Then I’ll go with my instincts?"

Nini instinctively nodded.

"Okay, you wait for me. You’re probably still hungry too? Let’s not interfere with each other, but since we’re family, even if... you understand, at least let me treat you to a meal. It’s really tasty."