Once, I wanted to be a good person

"I searched for her for a long time and finally found her trail, and captured her alive to present to my lord."

Upon hearing Sima Liu's words, Fang Ze made an interjecting sound, "Oh?" and received the small box.

Opening the small box, inside was a thumb-sized, exquisite doll. This doll was entirely wrapped in bandages, perfectly proportioned, and lifelike in appearance, looking just like a real person but rigid throughout. From the bandages that wound around it, its left eye that peeked through held no focus.

Sima Liu flatteringly said, "This is one of my abilities: Beauty Doll."

"As long as the target is hit continuously 12 times within 10 minutes by me, I can directly seal them into a doll. After being sealed, the dolls lose all senses and cannot perceive the outside world."

"But no matter what is done to the doll, the person who is sealed will experience corresponding feedback."

"Even if the doll's head is twisted off, once the seal is released, that person's head will also cleanly sever."

"As for the method to release the seal, it's quite simple: just drop a drop of my specially formulated potion on the doll."

Since Fang Ze had earlier taken control of Sima Liu, he was already aware of Sima Liu's wondrous ability, so he nodded his head and commented, "Good. I really like this gift."

"Next, you should return to the Demigod Prison to rest. Once I've finished with matters at hand, I will release you back into the Real World."

Upon hearing Fang Ze's words, Sima Liu immediately bowed deeply and said, "Yes, my Lord."

Fang Ze waved his hand, sending Sima Liu back into the Demigod Prison, then looked down at the humanoid doll in his hands: Bandage Woman.

Fang Ze was not unfamiliar with Bandage Woman. Several acquaintances of his from the Rejuvenation Society were subordinates of Bandage Woman, and during the time Fang Ze was hunted by the Yang Transformation rank of the Jiang Family, Bandage Woman had also stepped in to rescue him.

Therefore, after contemplating for a moment, Fang Ze decided to give Bandage Woman an opportunity.

He would release the seal on Bandage Woman and then attempt to recruit her. If Bandage Woman was willing to join the Devil Sect, then Fang Ze was willing to accept and cultivate her.

However, if Bandage Woman refused, as long as she wasn't secretly plotting revenge against Fang Ze or thinking of betraying him, then Fang Ze would also let her go in return for the favor from those years ago.

Of course, if Bandage Woman feigned cooperation, intending to infiltrate the Devil Sect, or if she verbally stated she wouldn't seek revenge or betray Fang Ze, but harbored different intentions in her heart, then sorry, Fang Ze cherished his life and would only have to send her to hell.

As to whether Fang Ze could defeat Bandage Woman… Not to mention that Fang Ze had already become the most unique Yang Transformation rank in the world with astonishing combat power, even assuming his transformation into Sima Liu was enough to overwhelm Bandage Woman. A Mortality-Shedding rank against a Yang Transformation rank could easily overpower her...

Thinking this, Fang Ze made slight adjustments to the layout of the Late-Night Investigation Room and changed his form back to his original self before he placed Bandage Woman's doll on the ground and dropped Sima Liu's special potion on it.

The potion was red, and upon touching the doll of Bandage Woman, her thumb-sized body began to rapidly expand, quickly returning to her normal human size.

As her original form was restored, Bandage Woman's perception returned as well, and before Fang Ze could even greet her, she suddenly opened her eyes and delivered a side kick towards Fang Ze.

Perhaps because Bandage Woman was not adept at martial skills, or perhaps because she had been a doll for too long and hadn't recovered, even though it was a surprise attack, Fang Ze easily caught the side kick from Bandage Woman.

Then, he grabbed her long legs with his other hand, lifted her entire body, and smashed her down hard onto the ground!

With a loud "bang!" noise, Bandage Woman groaned, heavily slammed onto the floor! And at the same moment, Fang Ze's voice rang by her ear, "Don't fight, I am Fang Ze."

Hearing Fang Ze's words, Bandage Woman, nearly knocked unconscious by that forceful hit, didn't know how to respond for a moment.

Lying half-sprawled on the ground, she shook her head to dispel the dizziness, and after recovering, she looked up at Fang Ze with her left eye that was visible from the bandages and hoarsely said, "Fang Ze?"

Seeing her calm down, Fang Ze then let go of her and said, "Yes, it's me."

Bandage Woman got up from the ground and sized up Fang Ze with a mixture of surprise and suspicion, "Yang Transformation rank?"

The recent hit had exposed Fang Ze's strength, so he didn't hide it and nodded, "Yes, Yang Transformation rank."

The Bandage Woman's eye kept flickering, and after a moment, she slowly said, "That was too fast. Incredibly fast, unimaginably so."

Hearing those ambiguous words, Fang Ze didn't know whether to respond lightly or not. After a brief pause, he coughed and changed the subject, discussing the matter at hand, "Your Rejuvenation Society has attacked our Devil Sect."

Seeing that Fang Ze was speaking of official matters, Bandage Woman also snapped back from her surprise at Fang Ze's strength, and then she hummed affirmatively, not denying it.

Fang Ze asked, "Don't you have anything to say?"

Bandage Woman countered, "What is there to say?"

She paused then said, "The order came directly from the president of the society; we couldn't oppose it. But...I also had the Pang Men inform you beforehand. Didn't you receive the message?" (Chapter 183)

With that, she shook her head, "It's impossible. If you hadn't received it, you wouldn't have been able to make such extensive arrangements in advance."

Hearing Bandage Woman's words, Fang Ze was slightly surprised. He had initially thought that Pang Men had acted independently in leaking the information to him; he hadn't realized that Bandage Woman had also been involved.

With that thought, he eavesdropped on Bandage Woman's inner thoughts.

After confirming that Bandage Woman wasn't lying, Fang Ze also spoke, "Thank you for notifying me beforehand. I, Fang Ze, am not ungrateful, so I will give you two choices."

"One, defect from the Rejuvenation Society and join the Devil Sect, fight for Lord Devil, fight for me. I promise to cultivate you well. Ascension, Absolute Pinnacle, I can't guarantee, but I am quite confident that I can elevate you to the Mortality-Shedding level."

"Two, I will find a suitable moment in the next few days to let you go. We will call our resentments settled, and the next time we meet, let our skills decide our encounter."

Hearing Fang Ze's words, Bandage Woman glanced at Fang Ze, and then asked, "Are you really willing to let me go? No regrets?"

Fang Ze confidently replied, "I always keep my promises, even a debt to Bai Ling I would repay; you can trust me."

Upon hearing this, Bandage Woman immediately believed Fang Ze.

Bai Ling's talent for being "100% unrepayable" was famous in the Awakener circles of Emerald City; even though Bandage Woman had only been in Emerald City for a few months, she had heard of it.

To resist such a "Law of Cause and Effect" temptation and repay Bai Ling indeed meant one could keep promises.

So after a moment of thought, Bandage Woman knelt down on one knee before Fang Ze and swore fealty, "I, Xin Yi, pledge my service to you. I wish to labor diligently for you and for Lord Devil."

Truthfully, hearing Bandage Woman's earlier question, Fang Ze had thought she would choose the second option. He hadn't expected her to decisively choose the first; this was indeed a surprise to Fang Ze.

So he couldn't help but eavesdrop on Bandage Woman's inner thoughts again.

After a moment, his face took on a strange expression....

"I've been bored in the Rejuvenation Society; there's no fun at all. Now that it's nearly annihilated, with only a couple of kittens left, it's even less fun."

"So moving to the Devil Sect isn't bad either. After all, the Devil Sect has Mortality-Shedding level. The Federation definitely won't let them off."

"Joining them, I can play a game of hide and seek with the Federation, a game of cops and robbers."

"Hey....counting the years, how many organizations have I been in? Seems like seven or eight, right? I wonder how long this time with the Devil Sect will last."

Fang Ze:.....

Fang Ze looked down at Xin Yi, wrapped in bandages, her voice hoarse, her appearance both eerie and stern....

He fell into deep contemplation....