Vic still couldn’t quite understand Bai Wei’s meaning, the idea of obsession felt too profound.
Moreover, before he could ponder it further, suddenly, Vic found the path beneath his feet somewhat familiar.
So he stopped, staring blankly ahead.
"Here... I’ve been here," he said to Bai Wei.
"Hmm?" Bai Wei looked at Vic, smiling, "There’s only one path here, of course, you’ve been here... What you want to say is that you’ve remembered something, right?"
"Yes, yes, I remembered." Vic walked two steps forward and pointed at the First Rank stone steps beneath him, "Ade and I were here, right at this spot, on this step, at that time Ade suddenly stopped walking, it, it..."
Vic seemed somewhat dazed again, unable to recall it clearly.
But Bai Wei already saw in Vic’s memory, that little wolf lying in front of this section of steps, baring its teeth, unwilling to move forward as if something terrifying awaited them ahead.
"Keep going," Bai Wei patted Vic’s shoulder, "You’ll remember more when you reach the front."
Vic instinctively followed Bai Wei, and after taking two steps, he suddenly had a vision.
It seemed that the person walking ahead of him was no longer Bai Wei, but... himself?
"Don’t be afraid, Ade." He saw himself saying to himself, "No matter what’s ahead, I’ll protect you."
So, he went up to follow.
After the corner up ahead, a towering but broken building appeared before them.
He saw his mouth open wide, in an astonished expression.
"Is this... Senluo Temple?"
But what came out was Bai Wei’s voice.
Vic suddenly snapped out of it and found Bai Wei standing in front of the temple, half-turned looking at him.
"This is Senluo Temple," Bai Wei pointed at the temple in front, smiling, "Still talking about being a Hunter? Can’t even recognize your own family temple?"
"No, it’s not." Vic took a deep breath, "This really is Senluo’s temple."
The temple blocked the road squarely like a mountain gate, only through this gate could one continue forward.
"You don’t look so well," Bai Wei asked, "Did you remember something again?"
"Not yet, but..." Vic hesitated, "Priest Ulu, I don’t know why, but many of my memories are not from my own perspective."
"Oh? Not from your own perspective?" Bai Wei knowingly asked, "Is it a dog’s?"
"Yes... No, it’s Ade’s." Even at this moment, Vic didn’t forget to stand up for Ade, "I don’t know why, but it’s not the first time, every memory I have is from Ade’s perspective looking at myself, this feeling really... weird, do you know the reason?"
"I have a guess, but it’s just a guess." Bai Wei said, "But I’m not planning to tell you... Don’t look at me like that because those guesses without evidence won’t help you now and will just affect your mood. Think about it, what did the old Hunter say to you back then."
Vic’s expression darkened: "He said... Ade might have been devoured by me."
"Yeah, how do you feel about that?"
"Exactly," Bai Wei shrugged, "It’s just a guess without evidence, nothing but affecting the mood, is there any point keep asking? Isn’t it better to find out the answer yourself?"
"...You’re right," Vic took a deep breath, his eyes gradually becoming firm, "I won’t be lost again."
"Hmm, seems like you’ve made similar resolutions many times."
"Ah?" Vic was startled, "Really?"
"Yes, but it doesn’t matter, as long as you can do it in the end." Bai Wei said smiling, "Keep going."
Vic quickly followed Bai Wei, then preceded Bai Wei by pushing open the temple’s grand door.
The door wasn’t locked, so the sunlight streamed in, like a sword cutting through the darkness inside the temple, eventually falling onto the Senluo Divine Statue in the center, giving a feeling of the God of Senluo returning to the world.
The two entered swiftly.
Not sure why, but even after entering numerous dilapidated Senluo Temples all these years and seeing countless Senluo Divine Statues, Vic never felt anything strange.
But this Senluo Divine Statue before him exerted enormous pressure, making him subconsciously want to say something to ease the suffocating feeling.
So he spoke: "Here... Why is there a temple of the God of Senluo?"
"Hmm?" Bai Wei turned back, looking at Vic with an expression like "are you joking?" "Is it surprising to have a temple of Senluo in Senluo’s Sacrificial Arena?"
"No, no, no, I just..."
Vic instinctively waved his hand but then a piece of dialogue surfaced in his mind.
"Why is there a Senluo Temple here?"
"Why wouldn’t there be? This is Senluo’s Sacrificial Arena."
"What’s wrong?" Bai Wei noticed Vic’s expression change, "Stunned again?"
"No, it’s not." Vic murmured, "I’ve spoken to someone here."
"No, I mean... the last time I came here, I had talked to someone," Vic said loudly, "There was someone else here!"
Bai Wei raised his eyebrow: "Are you sure?"
"...Absolutely!" Vic felt more memories about here rising to the surface, "Definitely there was a person, I remember, it was a woman."