Criminal X : Epitome Of Evil
Chapter 336 336: Love And Happiness

Nike was eager to know his Ego.

Pablo had copied it and to share its details with Nike, he had to see it himself first.

'Show me.' He commanded.

The system obeyed and a window appeared in front of Pablo.

[ Creator (Dark Red) : You can create anything you want as long as you have a clear image of that thing inside your mind. ]

[ Note : You can create only one thing per day. ]

Pablo read the Ego and his lips curled up.

'This will surely come in handy.'

"What is my Ego, sir?" Nike asked again.

Pablo finally told him.

"You can create anything as long as you have a clear image of that thing inside your mind."

Nike's brows shot up.

"That's amazing, right?"

"Yes. But you can only create one thing in a day."

"Oh. That's tough. And no wonder I was not able to know what my Ego was. I never tried to create anything."

Pablo nodded. "Now you know."

"But how did you get to know my Ego?" Nike asked.

"I have my ways. You just focus on what I tell you to create."

"Okay."

"Now go back. It's Hena's turn now."

Nike obliged and went back.

Then Hena came forward and sat in front of Pablo.

"Give me your hand." Pablo said.

Hena slowly raised her hand.

Pablo took it without any hesitation and started his work right away.

'Use both. Might as well see her feelings.'

Pablo used both of his Egoes.

[ Empathic Echo In Use! ]

His first Ego did its work and in just a second, Pablo felt his feet tingling.

His tongue also found the taste of something sweet like nectar.

'As I thought.'

Pablo exhaled a cold breath.

"What is it?" Cupid asked.

'She is in love with me.'

"What?" Cupid exclaimed.

'Yes. Not as much as Sera. It's the starting phase. She is also nervous about this feeling. Draxus was also telling me about this. What did I ever do for her to feel like that?'

"Must be your kindness."

'Yeah. Nice joke.'

"Your kindness towards her, that is."

'I don't know. I will deal with it later.'

Cupid stopped talking and Pablo focused on his second Ego.

[ Mimesis Malefica In Use! ]

[ Keep holding the Target's hands for five seconds! ]

[ You are copying this Ego for the first time! ]

[ You will now see the Target's Memories! ]

Pablo readied himself and the next second, Hena's memories flooded inside his mind.

He saw them and most of them he knew about because Hena told him about it herself.

Though, he did get to know the moment Hena fell in love with him.

'When I promised her that no one would touch even a single strand of her hair, she found that heartwarming and developed feelings for me. I was just assuring her though.'

"Sometimes that's all it takes." Cupid shared her thoughts.

Pablo didn't reply to her and the memories finally ended.

[ Ego Successfully Copied! ]

[ You can keep this Ego with you for twelve hours! ]

[ As a result, a large amount of life force will be taken from the Target! ]

Pablo looked at Hena and Hena averted her eyes.

'That's not the time for blushing, elf.'

The next moment, Hena, just like Nike, contorted in pain. She felt weak all of a sudden and gave a questioning look to Pablo.

"It will go away. Bear with it." He said.

Hena nodded and strengthened her will to endure the pain.

After a few more seconds, the pain went away and Pablo let go of her hands.

"What's.. mine?" She asked.

"Wait."

Pablo would see the Ego first.

'Show me.'

The system showed him the Ego.

[ Manifesting Fairy (Gray) : If you want something from your heart to happen, it will happen. You have to imagine it happening in details and it would happen like magic. ]

[ Note : You will get tired after using this Ego. ]

"Just what I thought." Pablo said out loud.

"What is it?" Hena asked.

Everyone else also paid attention.

"If you want something from your heart to happen, it will happen. You have to imagine it happening in detail and it would happen like magic. Though, you will get tired after using it."

Pablo shared the Ego and Hena smiled.

"Then whatever I want to happen will happen?" Hena seemed excited.

"There is one more drawback other than being tired." Pablo said.

Cupid frowned. She saw no other drawbacks in the system window.

"What is it?" Hena asked.

Pablo replied, "You can't make anyone love you by using this Ego. It doesn't work like that. You can't control feelings like that."

"Oh. I see." Hena agreed. She lost her excitement.

"Wait, boss." Flashy spoke.

"What?" Pablo asked.

"If she can't control others' feelings then how did she make the women happy who were being held captive by that General Lombard? I was there. All those women who were devoid of happiness were smiling and laughing. Her Ego did make them happy."

'This motherf-'

"Yes. I did manage to make them happy." Hena also said.

"Happiness and Love are two different things." Pablo argued.

"I think they are the same, czar." Draxus said. "Love and Happiness. You are happy when you love someone. Just one look of their face makes your day. Just one smile of theirs makes your heart flutter. What else is love if not happiness?"

Everyone stared at Draxus with wonder and Draxus raised his hands in the air.

"That's just how I think it is. Love and I haven't officially met yet."

Pablo sighed. "But you are wrong."

"How so?" Draxus asked.

Pablo looked at him. "Love is the opposite of happiness. You shared the aspects of love that everyone imagines. But it isn't like that. Your downfall begins when you fall in love.

You start doing things to make them happy. You start changing yourself. And the worst is, when they don't love you back. You begin to beg for their attention and when you don't get it, you start hating yourself. Your self respect goes down to nil. You become a living corpse.

Love is like holding a burning candle and letting the hot wax cover your fingers. You don't want to let it go in hopes that at some point the wax won't burn you. It will finally give you coldness. And like this, you keep hoping for something that won't happen and in the end, the candle dies and you are left with nothing but solid useless wax."

Now everyone was staring at Pablo with wonder.

Hena was also one of them and Pablo sensed pity in her eyes.

"Fuck all this. Just know that happiness and Love are different. She can't make anyone fall in love with her by using her Ego." Pablo concluded.

"Okay. I understand." Hena didn't argue anymore and no one else said anything as well.

But there was one person who could say anything without worrying about being killed by Pablo.

It was his Angel, Cupid and she certainly spoke something.

"You just made that condition up because you don't want Hena to use her Ego on you to make you love her."

'Yes. And it's alright. You can't make someone love you by magic. You have to agree with me on that.'

"I agree. But your viewpoint about love is twisted."

'Shut up.'

Cupid said some more things but Pablo was ignoring her by now.

"You can go back now, Hena. Make sure to use your Ego in consideration. You will be tired after that."

"I will."

Hena went back and now Pablo didn't know what to do.

"What now, Boss?" Flashy asked the same thing.

"Go back to your rooms for now. Only Draxus will stay here." Pablo ordered.

Nike and Hena nodded and left the room.

Pablo's eyes fell on Flashy.

"Do you need an invitation? Get lost."

"But this is my room. Why do you keep forgetting that?"

"Right. Stay silent then."

Flashy gave up on arguing. He was used to it by now.

He was in the corner of the room and Draxus came in front of Pablo.

"What is the plan for today, czar?" He asked and Pablo shared the plan as well.

"We will kill Kony today."

"I already know that. I was asking for the plan."

"We don't need to do anything. Kony will give us a chance himself. The greed of flesh always prevails."

"Oh. You mean that?"

"Yes. Just come to pick me up at the right time."

"As you wish. Anything else?"

"No, you can leave now."

Draxus nodded and left the room as well.

Now only Flashy and Pablo were left.

Pablo turned his head at Flashy.

"This is my room!" Flashy barked.

"I didn't even say anything."

"You were going to. I know."

Pablo chuckled. "Fine. You can think like that."

"Why don't you go to your Marshal's room? That room is way bigger than this. And if you stay here, everyone will get suspicious of you as you might be the killer."

"I know. All the Abyssal Butchers live here and if someone saw me living here then they would certainly think that I am the killer. That's why I don't enter this room when no one is on the ground and leave this room only via Draxus's shadow. And I will stay here until all the five rapists are dead."

"Fine. I don't care anyway. You won't ask me for help so why should I care?"

Flashy lied on the floor.

"Your time will come, don't worry."

Flashy didn't reply and Pablo also lied on the bed.

He closed his eyes and after a few hours, he drifted to sleep.

Soon, the night came and Draxus was ready to take Pablo towards his fourth victim.

The fourth rapist—Kony.