"By the way, damage sharing is one-sided."
Selyu crossed his arms over his chest, his expression calm as he looked at Illumi, and said gently,
"Meaning, the damage sharing effect only activates when I am injured.
But if the injured person is the 'marked target,' the damage sharing effect will not activate."
Selyu raised his right arm, which was crossed over his chest, pinched his chin, and with a slight curve of his lips, said,
"After all... even I, a member of Opus Dei, don't want to constantly experience the pain of others.
Nor would I develop a useless ability that shares the enemy's damage."
"Next, whether to fight or retreat, it depends on your decision."
After Selyu finished speaking, he made no further movements. He crossed his arms over his chest and quietly waited for Illumi to make a decision.
"An effect that only activates when damage is dealt to the ability user himself..."
Illumi lowered his gaze. Selyu revealing his ability was to increase his threat level to them.
He was reminding them that even if he was outnumbered three to one, he still had the ability to perish together.
"Swish!"
But just as Selyu thought Illumi was seriously pondering, the light in the room suddenly vanished, instantly plunging into darkness.
"This is...!"
Selyu lowered his arms, which were crossed over his chest, and looked up at the ceiling and surroundings in shock.
Pitch black, nothing could be seen.
"Rustle rustle rustle...!"
Immediately after, Selyu felt a large number of chain-like objects binding his hands and feet, pulling his limbs apart, and slowly lifting him into mid-air.
"No killing intent..."
Selyu thought to himself. This proved that the other party had no intention of attacking him.
If there was killing intent, he would have detected the attack immediately, but without killing intent and in such a dark environment, he couldn't detect it immediately, and his reaction would be slightly delayed.
"Swish!"
Suddenly, a scarlet giant eye abruptly opened on the ceiling.
"Swish swish swish..."
At the same time, more and more scarlet eyes continuously emerged from the ceiling, floor, and walls, covering the entire dark space.
"Swish!"
Suddenly, countless scarlet eyeballs simultaneously stared at Selyu, making the scene extremely eerie.
For a moment, his scalp tingled.
"Your ability is indeed very troublesome, but there's not no way to deal with you."
Illumi's calm voice echoed from the darkness.
Selyu snapped back to attention and tried to struggle.
But he found that the chains binding his hands and feet were like real steel. With his physical strength, he couldn't break free.
He couldn't break free without activating his aura.
But now, under the opponent's control, outnumbered three to one, the situation was very passive, so it was best not to act rashly.
"What exactly is your purpose?"
Selyu gave up struggling and asked.
He already knew that Illumi had no killing intent towards him, but he was curious why the other party had inexplicably sought him out.
"My purpose is only the deceased."
"The deceased?"
Selyu questioned Illumi's answer.
But Illumi didn't care what he was thinking. He passed Selyu in the darkness and came behind him.
"To endure such torment and still have a breath left."
In front of Illumi, there was a bed, and a person lay on it.
His skin was dry and sallow, his lips parched, his teeth yellow, and there wasn't a single spot of good skin on his entire body.
The entire person was like a zombie.
His thighs were covered with spiked ascetic belts, and his entire body was bruised and bleeding. He had suffered extremely perverted abuse.
The area around his wounds was swollen with pus and severely infected.
Not only that, his left hand had been severed, and there was a ten-centimeter long wound on his wrist, which had been sewn up with thread.
Additionally, this person's entire body was shriveled, indicating he hadn't had water for a long time, and Selyu had also bled him.
From his messy, curled hair and foul-smelling body, and the large amount of dried bloodstains on the bed, it seemed that the punishment had been going on for a long time.
And on the wall above his head, the word "SLOTH" was written in capital letters.
"I grant you death, ending your sins."
Illumi opened his palm. A large amount of aura transformed into murky liquid, flowing down his upright palm, covering his entire body.
This ordinary person showed no reaction to any of this. He was already on the verge of death. Selyu had forcibly kept him alive through special means.
Illumi noticed that as his aura gradually penetrated the man's body, a blue, tranquil aura surprisingly rose from him.
For him at this moment, death was a sweet blessing from heaven.
"Not bad, the quality is excellent."
Illumi looked at the dark green liquid gathering before him. The dark green liquid twisted and swelled under Illumi's gaze, gradually taking on a human form.
Finally, a large amount of dark green aura transformed into a gigantic figure, standing before Illumi.
"Hmm!?"
Selyu, who was guessing Illumi's purpose, suddenly looked startled.
"A powerful aura suddenly appeared in the room. Did someone break through his ability's blockade and enter the room?"
"If that's really the case, then that's quite impressive."
While Selyu quietly waited for the opportune moment, intending to break free and leave once there was any movement.
"Swish!"
The room suddenly brightened. The countless scarlet eyes vanished without a trace, except for the bindings on his body.
"So... troublesome..."
"Living... is so troublesome..."
A deep, resonant voice echoed, speaking slowly with a lazy aura.
"This is... a human!?"
Selyu heard this, struggled to turn his head, and was utterly astonished.
He saw a human figure, four meters tall, standing before Illumi. Compared to ordinary people, he was a giant.
He wore overalls, his upper body was bare, and his hands and feet were shackled.
He had peculiar markings extending from his right shoulder to his right eye, and his eyes were entirely white, lacking pupils, just like Gluttony.
His speech was slow, and his movements were sluggish, but it didn't affect the immense oppressive feeling his massive body gave off.
"Where did this person come from?"
Selyu's eyes twitched slightly. This person's aura was not weak, and he seemed to be quite familiar with the three people present.
"This way, we are complete."
Greed stepped past Selyu, approaching Sloth, his face arrogant.
"With this, we will have the ability to protect ourselves and explore the 'Outside World'."
Illumi's lips also curved upwards. He was in a good mood. The last of the Seven Deadly Sins Nen Beasts had finally appeared.
"Eat him."
A powerful aura surged from Illumi's body, commanding Sloth to absorb it.
"So... troublesome. Eating... is also so troublesome..."
Sloth mumbled, slowly opening his mouth, allowing the aura from Illumi's body to automatically enter his.
"He shared his aura with that person?"
Selyu had been observing Illumi's movements. Just as he finally confirmed that the "giant" was with them, Illumi actually shared his aura with that person.
What surprised him even more was that the mysterious newcomer actually absorbed Illumi's aura.
"Boom!"
In an instant, an extremely powerful dark green aura erupted from Sloth's body, making everything in the room clatter loudly. A large number of furniture and decorations fell to the ground.
"What!? His aura grew even stronger!"
Selyu was utterly shocked. Just because he absorbed the aura given by Illumi, his aura wouldn't surge to this extent, would it?
Vaguely, he only felt that the "giant" before him was truly not human, but a "monster."
"Because the emotion of sloth is extremely pure, it was very powerful from birth."
Greed looked at Sloth, whose body was radiating a powerful aura, and chuckled with a grin.
He had not caused such a commotion when he was born.
"Let's go, let's go back."
Illumi turned and walked out. Greed and Gluttony followed closely behind.
"Are they leaving?"
"It seems they have no intention of continuing to attack me."
Selyu looked at Illumi and his two companions slowly disappearing through the doorway, and thought to himself.
"Walking... so troublesome. Carrying people... also so troublesome..."
Just as he thought this, Sloth appeared in front of him, extended his arm, which was thicker than Selyu's waist, and with a giant hand, grabbed Selyu's legs, lifting him upside down onto his shoulder.
"Such powerful strength!"
Selyu's legs were gripped painfully. Although bound by strange black chains, he could still feel the terrifying power contained within that massive body.
An hour after Illumi and his group of five left, more than ten police cars arrived in Ganem Village amidst the torrential rain, gathering around the apartment building.
"Quick, quick, quick!"
The jeep doors pushed open, and over a dozen SWAT team members, armed with assault rifles, poured out, quickly surrounding the old two-story apartment.
Sumner and Seto then got out of the car. They looked up at the sky, rain washing over their faces.
"The weather is too terrible."
Sumner mumbled a complaint. The two then walked towards the apartment building.
Sumner and Seto followed behind the SWAT team members. A group of SWAT team members surrounded both sides of the main entrance, changing hand gestures. Sumner and Seto strode forward.
But a SWAT team member, holding a battering ram, blocked their path, saying,
"The SWAT team must go in before the detectives. You must wait until we confirm there's no danger before entering."
After speaking, the SWAT team member laboriously carried the battering ram to the already prepared SWAT team members in front, and handed the battering ram to the leading SWAT officer.
"Bang!"
The fully armed SWAT team member smashed open the apartment door with a single swing. A SWAT team member, rifle in hand, quickly rushed in, followed closely by other team members.
The rifle-wielding SWAT team members quickly searched the first-floor hall. They kicked open the first-floor guest room door with a "bang." Tactical flashlights attached to their rifles swept around the gloomy room.
Soon, the first floor was searched.
Besides finding a few footprints, nothing else was found.
Immediately, the SWAT team members, with a series of "thump-thump-thump" footsteps, arrived on the second floor. They then directly kicked open the second-floor bedroom door with a "bang."
"Police!"
As the SWAT team members rushed into the room, they shouted loudly. The tactical flashlights on their guns swept around, revealing a figure on the bed covered by a blanket.
"Good afternoon, sweetheart."
The leading SWAT team member shone his tactical flashlight on the figure on the bed and greeted him in a calm tone.
"Get up! You bastard!"
"Immediately!"
"Get up!"
Following that, the SWAT team member shouted in an extremely fierce tone, which would make ordinary people feel afraid.
But even so, the person lying on the bed showed no movement whatsoever.
The four SWAT team members who rushed into the room exchanged glances. Two stood in front, two behind, approaching the bed. They aimed their guns at the figure on the bed and said,
"Get up, you bastard!"
As the words fell, the figure remained motionless.
He nodded to the companion standing opposite him, and the SWAT team member opposite him lowered his gun, reached out and grabbed a corner of the blanket, and with a "swish," suddenly pulled it back.
"Oh, f*ck!"
The four SWAT team members looked at the dry, swollen corpse on the bed and immediately showed disgusted expressions.
"Detective!"
The leading SWAT team member shouted loudly. Detectives Sumner and Seto, who were checking other rooms, were startled. With puzzled expressions, they left their rooms and walked towards the second-floor bedroom where the SWAT team members were.
Sumner came to the bedroom doorway and patted the shoulder of the SWAT team member who was standing at the doorway, looking shocked, signaling him to move aside.
The SWAT team member snapped back to attention, swallowed, and moved aside, allowing Sumner and Seto to enter the bedroom.
The leading SWAT team member looked back at them and, shining his tactical flashlight on the dry, swollen, disgusting corpse on the bed, said,
"Come over and take a look at this."
Sumner and Seto came to the bed and looked at the corpse covered in pus.
"Oh, my God."
Sumner subconsciously averted his gaze, pulled out a handkerchief, and covered his mouth and nose. Seto stepped past him, approached the corpse, and carefully examined it.
"Is that Cleve?"
Seto asked with a frown. Sumner also adjusted his emotions, approached the corpse, and said with a disgusted expression,
"What the hell is going on here? Is this Cleve?"
"Call an ambulance," Seto ordered the police officer waiting outside the door.
"What the hell are you talking about? Just call a hearse directly," a SWAT team member on the side directly retorted.
"Call the forensic examiner!" Sumner also ordered the police officer outside the door, and at the same time issued orders to the other SWAT members.
"Have your men go out. No one is allowed to damage the scene!"
The leading SWAT team captain immediately ordered the other team members in the room, and they all exited the room.
"It's like a wax figure used for a curse."
A SWAT team member said fearfully as he exited the room, looking at the corpse on the bed.
At the same time, his rifle swayed, and the tactical flashlight inadvertently shone on a line of bloodstains on the wall.
"Wait!"
Seto suddenly raised his palm, signaling the SWAT team members in the room to stop.
"What's wrong?"
The SWAT team captain asked suspiciously. Seto didn't answer. Everyone followed the two's gaze to the wall.
They saw a line of letters written in blood on the wall above the corpse's head: SLOTH.
"Sloth."
Seto read out the meaning of the word.
"My God, look at this."
Sumner crouched down and took out a stack of photos from a cardboard box under the bed. They were all photos of the deceased being tormented during his life.
"These photos were taken three days ago. This one was taken a week ago."
Seto took the photos handed to him by Sumner and quickly flipped through them. Each photo was marked with the date it was taken.
"This is a photo from exactly one year ago today. It should be the first day's photo."
Sumner stood up and looked at the photos in Seto's hand. The person in the photo was still healthy, no different from a normal person.
But looking at his current appearance, he was exactly like a zombie from a movie, making one's hair stand on end.
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