472: Chapter 10 Coincidence (Part 2) 472: Chapter 10 Coincidence (Part 2) From the fact that the girl did not launch an attack immediately, it seemed that his statement had some effect.
Gongsun Ce recalled the scene of their first meeting, becoming more confident in his assessment.
“The scars on the wreckage were like those torn by wild beasts, quite different from your incredible technique.
There’s not a drop of blood on you or your knife, too clean for a murderer.
Your first reaction when you saw me was to knock me out, not to kill, something a murderer wouldn’t normally do.” Gongsun Ce analyzed each point, “Most importantly, had you been there earlier, the wreckage couldn’t have remained intact— you know what I mean.
Your superpower would have warped everything.”
If the girl had reached the alley and started the massacre earlier, the chunks of flesh and blood Gongsun Ce saw would have been distorted by her power, not maintaining their basic shapes as they now were.
Considering her newbie status, piecing the whole process together became quite simple.
“You got into that place by mistake, right?
Or perhaps, someone lured you there?” Gongsun Ce said confidently, “You must have just arrived at the scene, and that’s why you attacked me first because it doesn’t matter whether I was a passerby or an accomplice of the one who led you there, knocking me out would be harmless— you really are the epitome of a newbie.
Didn’t your seniors or teachers at school teach you?
In such situations, you should contact a teacher or the police immediately, blindly starting a fight will only sink you deeper into trouble.”
Her expressionless face gave nothing away about her thoughts.
To further probe the situation, one could only look into her eyes, but that would be too obvious.
For now, he decided to judge the effect of his words based on the temporary ceasefire.
“So, is the misunderstanding cleared up then?
Gongsun and you are both innocents who got dragged into this.
There’s no need for you to fight me; I…
well, after all that’s happened, there’s not much left to say.”
From being in the right, he had somehow ended up in the wrong; he really didn’t know what more to say.
“If this goes on, I’ll have to get serious.
Shall we stop here if there are no objections?”
Silently, the girl raised a bow and arrow made of air.
Gongsun Ce immediately ducked, and a black arrow whizzed past his ear.
“Despicable man, you’ve ruined my life!”
Her hands trembled with anger as she drew the bow, “You’ve sullied my purity with your vile schemes, how can I face the world if I do not take your life!”
Gongsun Ce was on the verge of tears, holding his head and shouting, “Which era did you travel from?
This is the 21st century, not the 11th; I would concede if you accused me of impropriety, I’d even accompany you to court or pay a settlement, but this isn’t something to lose your life over—please don’t be so feudal!”
“Damn, just because a woman gets touched, she can’t face life anymore?
Then what about ordinary couples who have intimate contacts, should every woman kill herself after a breakup?”
If such new romantic standards were implemented, the city would become a mountain of corpses overnight, and Ustus would likely be destroyed.
The girl flinched, clearly encountering an unexpected problem.
She subconsciously said, “A woman can only love one man in her lifetime…”
“Are you really from another era in Grotto Heaven?
May I ask what year it is now?” Gongsun Ce lamented, “Nowadays, even junior high students date, and breaking up and getting back together is common, not to mention triangular loves, polyamorous loves, and even open relationships with multiple partners are not rare.
How can a contemporary woman advocating independence be so conservative?
I have a friend from the federation; she would curse you to death—no need to find her, ask any girl on the street, and they’d reeducate you thoroughly.
Please take care of yourself a bit better?”
“Triangular, polyamorous … open relationships, multiple partners …?”
The girl mechanically repeated the terms as if she was hearing them for the first time.
…She couldn’t really have never heard of them, could she?
“A triangular love, polyamorous love just means multiple people involved in messy romantic relationships,” Gongsun Ce kindly explained, “Open relationships straightforwardly mean those intimate friendships that involve physical intimacy, and multiple partners are multiple people willingly forming intimate relationships; I know it sounds messy but it’s quite common in the federation…”
She stood there stiff as if struck by lightning, looking utterly dumbfounded.
Although her facial expression didn’t change, her eyes looked as if they had suffered a spiritual attack.
You should be in high school considering your age, why show an expression like your worldview has completely collapsed?!
Gongsun Ce waved his hands but didn’t get any useful reply, only hearing the girl nervously muttering.
“Morals decay, ancient customs lost, degrading societal mores…”
Gongsun Ce quickly brought his hands together and said, “You’ve slapped me already, chased me for half an hour; I really didn’t do it on purpose, spare my life please.
If there’s anything else you want to do, I promise I’ll be there; if not, may I leave?”
Gongsun Ce didn’t hear any response; that strange girl still stood there muttering something.
He mustered his courage, removed his defenses, and asked a few more questions, but got no replies.
Now he really had no idea what to do.
With no other options, Gongsun Ce left his phone number using telekinesis and drifted away into the sky.