Jiang Cheng knew that Shao Tong's words made sense after a moment's thought. When they found Lin Wan'er, it was in a cave in the Xixieming Mountains, and Lin Wan'er was in a coma.

If the Night Watcher wanted her life at that time, it would have been as easy as pie.

"What is your mission?" Fatty couldn't help but ask.

Shao Tong crossed his legs and simply sat on the ground, his eyes playfully examining Fatty's face, "To kill you."

"Just kill me?" Fatty was stunned for a moment, then blinked in disbelief. He didn't think he had that much face. The Night Watcher was making such a big show just for him?

It would be more worthwhile for the Night Watcher to make such a fuss over the Doctor.

A moment later, Fatty recalled the newspaper man's last advice in the last instance: he and the Doctor were each other's yin and yang, and there was another Doctor in him. He was the key to determining whether the Doctor would fall into the abyss.

"I only knew this after entering the mission. Lu Qin told me that you have a good relationship. As long as I kill you, Jiang Cheng will have a mental breakdown. That's when I need to take action. I will take the opportunity to use my ability to invade Jiang Cheng's consciousness. If everything goes well, I will replace him and become the new owner of this body," Shao Tong said suddenly.

These remarks really shocked Fatty. "But the Night Watcher ultimately wants to use him. Even if you become him, have you thought about your end? They won't let you go."

Shao Tong laughed when he heard this. "Thank you, Wang Fugui. Of course I know what you can figure out. That's why I've been looking for opportunities to get rid of their control, and Lu Qin is my best pledge of allegiance."

In the previous mission, it was with Shao Tong's help that they were able to set a trap for Lu Qin, thereby killing her without bloodshed and eliminating hidden dangers for the next mission.

"I have a question." Jiang Cheng suddenly asked, "You said you accepted part of Lin Wan'er's ability. This process... I'm afraid it wasn't that easy."

Shao Tong's smile changed slightly, and then became gloomy, as if his sore spot had been poked. After a long while, he said in a muffled voice, "It's more than not easy, it's simply a narrow escape from death. The process of transferring this ability can be described as terrifying. I don't think I'm the first person to accept this kind of gift."

"Not the first..." Fatty suddenly felt a little flustered.

Shao Tong unbuttoned his clothes little by little, revealing his emaciated chest. What surprised Fatty was that Shao Tong's chest was covered with scars. The scars were new, and some even looked like they had just scabbed over, but the density was shocking.

"I said, the process of accepting the ability is a narrow escape from death. I will never forget that night, it was like suffering lingchi (slow slicing)." Shao Tong recalled, his eyes full of despair, "I am definitely not the most controllable one there, nor the most talented one, so there is only one answer to why this important task can fall to me."

"Those who were locked up with you also received gifts, but they didn't make it through. They all died," Jiang Cheng said.

Shao Tong clenched his fist and nodded with an ugly face. "That's right, that's how it is."

"How many people were locked up with you?" Fatty asked curiously.

"I don't know. We don't have many opportunities to meet each other, but judging from the place where we were imprisoned, the number wouldn't be very large. Hehe, after all, we are all freaks. How many freaks like us can there be in this world?"

Hearing this, Jiang Cheng couldn't help but frown, because Shao Tong's words were addressed to him, and the freak he mentioned seemed to include himself.

Suddenly, Jiang Cheng's eyes sharpened. "Where is this place you're talking about?"

The next second, Shao Tong narrowed his eyes, and a complex emotion appeared on his face. He seemed to have an unspeakable feeling for Jiang Cheng in front of him. "Jiang Cheng, you thought of it too, didn't you? You are a smart person, you are also a freak, we are all the same."

Jiang Cheng's face finally darkened. "Answer the question!"

Shao Tong moved his body backward, and finally leaned against the tree trunk. After sighing, his expression fell into reminiscence. "That's a place completely covered in cement, so cold that it's despairing. It's a bit like a prison, with towering walls that you can't see the end of at a glance."

"They said it was a place forgotten by God, and they called it a sanatorium, with the purpose of treating us patients, but a companion secretly told me that there was another name for it, called District 13."

"District 13..."

These familiar and cold words instantly pierced Fatty's heart. He looked at Shao Tong in front of him for a long time and couldn't say a word. He didn't expect that this man who once seemed extremely disgusting to him actually came from that place, the home in his memory.

"So... you are also Crimson, the new generation of Crimson." It took Jiang Cheng a long time to calm down.

Unexpectedly, Shao Tong shook his head this time and sighed, "We have no names, no code names, but I think our role is similar to yours in the past, which is to wipe the Night Watcher's ass and do some shady deeds."

"It's just that after your lesson, the Night Watcher has learned to be smarter this time. They no longer allow the imprisoned members to have too much communication, so there is no emotional connection between us. Everyone just wants to leave there. In order to leave, they will not hesitate to kill their companions."

"They have arranged a doctor for each of us. We privately call them keepers, or tamers. After all, we ourselves don't know if we can leave District 13 in our lifetime. What is the difference between us and the beasts in the zoo?"

Shao Tong smiled mockingly, "No, I'm afraid it's not as good as those beasts. At least they have the right to commit suicide, but we don't even have that."

Shao Tong's emotions were very stable and his thoughts were clear. He was calm as if he was telling someone else's story, but Fatty could completely feel the stormy sea hidden under that calm face at this time.

Perhaps... perhaps from the moment he left that prison, Lu Qin's death as a tamer was already doomed.

"What is your real name? Which of the Night Watcher's thirteen families are you from?" Jiang Cheng asked, hoping to understand more deeply.

"I have no name, maybe I used to have one, but I don't remember it." Shao Tong paused, "I just treat them as dead."

Jiang Cheng was silent. He fully understood the weight of the word "them" in this sentence. He had felt similar emotions before. Compared with other Crimson members, he was lucky. In his memory, there was always a person named Lin Wan'er accompanying him.

Even if it's a deception, that's good.