Enforcer Manual
Chapter 460: Sorry, I’m the Villain_1

Chapter 460: Chapter 460: Sorry, I’m the Villain_1

Deity, dissipated.

As the remaining consciousness faded, the colossus too burned and shattered due to a program error and an overload state. The barrier that maintained the black pyramid lost its function, and passersby who happened to come by were surprised to find the bizarre building that had suddenly appeared on the empty lot.

Song Lan, standing before the throne, listened to the dull thud of something heavy falling. He watched as the light in the colossus’s eyes went out and guessed that the brain placed somewhere within this body had ceased to function.

And he, as a villain who had defeated the Protector, stood within the temple constructed by countless researchers of Spiritual Energy abilities, witnessing the entire process of the Protector’s collapse and shattering.

There was no joy of victory in his heart.

Just moments before, he had witnessed the entire process of the "Artificial God" project. More than the sophisticated technologies he, as a layperson, could not comprehend, what impressed him most was the astonishing brainwashing technology of the United Government’s researchers. They did not resort to traditional religious means but found a scientific path.

With a vast amount of information and memories instilled into the brain, coupled with strong psychological suggestion, they could strip a Consciousness Entity of its humanity, turning it into the Deity they had preordained.

Perhaps this was the most difficult step of the entire plan.

Until the end, the colossus steadfastly carried out the mission assigned by the researchers. As for who Amberville was or why he woke up in this way, it was no longer significant to him personally.

Amberville’s consciousness certainly transcended human constraints, but rather than a Deity, Song Lan felt he was more like a program with immense power and computing capacity. Professor Myles’s entire curriculum was perfectly demonstrated in the colossus, and even though the professor ultimately died at the hands of the program he created, it did not stop the program from continuing to run autonomously.

As for the "Shadow" and "Demon" mentioned by Professor Myles in the memory fragments, they indeed existed in reality.

They were not the product of some imagined creation, because when the colossus collapsed, the "Shadow" hovering above their heads thanked him sincerely and said some words to him that were unclear in their significance.

"You finally came to rescue us!"

"I knew you wouldn’t abandon us!"

And then they turned into ink, broke through their cages, and merged into the darkness, rapidly dissipating into the world.

For the United Government, the villain had won a sweeping victory. Not only had the Protector been defeated, but the evil creatures guarded by it had been released as well.

Song Lan, the principal culprit, became the focus of attention for the monsters to rally around.

This swiftly turned his question from "Who are you?" into "Who the hell am I?"

Although the Shadows treated him with great respect, they fled at tremendous speed, disappearing without a trace in the blink of an eye, giving him no chance to seek a clear explanation.

Song Lan could only analyze based on the information he had at hand.

The consciousness in the colossus did not recognize him, but it recognized the form of his Spiritual Energy at a glance. The monsters seemed to regard him as their leader too. When Song Lan had to re-examine the residual memories in his body, he became more convinced that those memories were unreliable.

In his original memories, he had never left District Seventeen, let alone encountered these shadow-like monsters.

Having witnessed grand scenes, he knew that in 2166, changing a person’s memory was too simple—Spiritual Energy and science could easily do it. Song Lan grew more suspicious that he might never have lived in the orphanage in District Seventeen at all.

Ironically, among the memories from the shattered colossus, he found his true identity, yet all the truths turned his past into a new puzzle.

However, that might explain the origin of his Spiritual Energy.

A person who had peacefully grown up in the orphanage of District Seventeen would not suddenly become a major villain.

More and more onlookers gathered outside the pyramid. Before the agency for extraordinary case investigation arrived, Song Lan left the crime scene.

Those puppets who had broken free from the threads of fate were still struggling in the harsh reality.

Angle Safron embarked on a journey of escape.

Hanna was waiting for the parts for her new body to be delivered to the hospital.

And in a dorm room at Morning Star Academy, Lu Xiang was waiting for his return.

"Is it over?"

Hearing the door open, Lu Xiang, sitting on the bed, asked.

She saw an explosive piece of news—students had discovered alien ruins near Hamill Street. The structures and facilities within appeared to be far beyond their current technological level. They had also found a damaged colossus, a scientific creation beyond their imagination.

This became yet another strong piece of evidence for the existence of aliens and swiftly sparked heated discussion on student forums.

"I don’t know."

This time, Song Lan gave her an uncertain answer.

She watched as Song Lan took off his heavy coat, removed his mask, and placed all the disguises together, using Spiritual Energy to turn them into dust.

Lu Xiang’s concerned gaze greatly calmed Song Lan’s mood.

For some reason, he suddenly remembered a line of bold text posted in the law enforcement department of District 17: "Confess and be lenient, resist and be strict."

To this day, these eight words still resonate deeply with people.

"Supervisor."

He sat down seriously next to Lu Xiang. The words he was about to say were extremely important to both him and Lu Xiang, and he intended to take a lenient approach by confessing, "What I am going to say next is very important, so please do not be afraid."

"Afraid?"

Lu Xiang was very puzzled.

"Actually, I might not be a good person."

He could neither be certain of his past’s authenticity, nor did he know what those shadows that had broken out of their cages really were. He could only deduce from the tone Professor Myles took every time he mentioned them that they were probably not seen as good by the United Government either.

Song Lan didn’t know if the line "I had no choice before, but now I want to be a good person" would work in the year 2166, nor did he know if Chief Lu Xiang would give him that chance.

Lu Xiang didn’t respond immediately, just gazing at him, and Song Lan could tell that her confusion seemed to deepen.

To ensure that there was no ambiguity in the conversation she was about to have with Song Lan, Lu Xiang felt compelled to confirm, "What exactly are you referring to?"

Now it was Song Lan’s turn to be confused, "What do you mean by ’what exactly’?"

Lu Xiang thought for a moment and clarified, "Do you mean in daily life, or during the times you killed Chai Ke, Angel Foster, Dorago Safron, Wild Bone, Su Li, Father Bruno, and others? Or maybe when you betrayed United Government official Pero, researching dangerous weapons within the territory of District 17..."

Facing these accusations, which could have got any United Government citizen executed a hundred times, Song Lan admitted that Lu Xiang’s retort certainly struck a chord.

But clearly, the focus of this conversation was not here.

"I am referring to something earlier, before I became a Law Enforcer."

"Who else did you kill?"

Lu Xiang looked at Song Lan, her face calm.

"I don’t know; I feel that human memory is unreliable."

"You mean there is no evidence."

"...You could say that."

Lu Xiang’s comprehension skills were always so exceptional. With her interjection, the atmosphere of the conversation eased up quite a bit.

"I see."

Upon hearing this, Lu Xiang nodded gravely, "Then I will help you look for it."

"Huh?"

"If it really existed, there will always come a day when it is found... But now you are a dangerous individual, so I have to keep an even closer eye on you in the future."

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