"Chasing danger?"
Joey found the conversation interesting and looked at Sigg who seemed a little reserved.
The impression this man gave him was always that of a timid, introverted person, but after listening to what he said, it was obvious that there was more to this person than that, and those were just his appearances.
"People are complicated, aren't they? There are many faces in the same person, just like Lorenzo."
Sigg always mentioned Lorenzo intentionally or unintentionally, as if this detective had some attractive magic.
"What do you mean?"
There was still plenty of time, and Joey had plenty of spare time to chat with him.
"Lorenzo never tries to hide anything. You should be able to feel it, right? He is a complete lunatic, the kind with a tendency to self-destruction, but he never hides that he is a lunatic, and sometimes he is proud of it."
"In some ways, he is incredibly frank. I have always been afraid of a conflict between him and Mrs. Van Rudd. You know her character well, right?"
Hearing what Sig said, Joey remembered the grumpy old lady and began to understand Sig's concerns.
"Once a conflict breaks out, it is very likely to end in bloodshed, but Lorenzo has never done anything excessive. It's like he becomes a madman when he goes out, but becomes normal again after stepping over the gate."
Sigg thought back to what he had heard about Lorenzo.
"He is like a dead tree..."
He spoke softly.
"You can see through the cracks of an old, dying tree that a raging fire is burning inside, burning everything from the inside out, carbonizing it until it dies."
"But even so, there are still new green shoots on the dry surface... So I think Lorenzo is very interesting, very interesting, and I have always wondered how he became like this."
Sig said, and there was something odd about his words, and Joey couldn't help but feel a little surprised.
"You should ask him yourself. Aren't you his roommate?"
"But he is very dangerous... People like to pursue danger, but at the same time, they will hesitate in front of danger, just like... the dark side of human nature."
Sigg continued his statement. He looked at the other people in the mutual aid group. There were men and women, young and old. Everyone looked normal and harmonious.
"Look, everyone is so friendly, just like brothers."
Looking at them, some have already started exchanging contact information, while others are preparing to travel together.
"Joey, can you imagine? It's this group of people who almost fell into that fatal illusion before. They sold their property for that short-lived and illusory happiness. Some of them even went astray..."
The voice gradually became more eerie. What Sig said was not false. Things like this might be happening in the downtown area right now.
"I used to think that human nature and even the world are two-sided, either black or white, either good or evil. But the longer I come to Old Dunling, the more I can clearly see my mistakes. There is no good or evil, it's just a hazy gray."
Sigg lowered his head. Rather than talking to Joey, he seemed more like he was narrating and reflecting on himself.