Jiang Yiyi thought for two seconds. How did things develop to this point? How could the Collector's hidden ending be revealed just like that
Given that he hadn't done anything, and even the conversation had just begun, Jiang Yiyi had to regretfully attribute the reason to the peculiarity of the Collector himself - which meant that it could not be replicated on other people with special abilities.
That's such a pity.
"After all, I know very well that I absolutely cannot kill the doctor." The collector used two "absolutes" to express his certainty: "And a dead doctor is not what I want to collect."
"Isn't it this vivid posture that attracts people's attention the most?" The collector said in a relaxed tone: "Death will only destroy it, destroying the most dazzling collection I have ever seen."
Since the hidden ending was revealed, Jiang Yiyi simply changed his posture and continued the conversation in a relaxed and casual manner: "So, you don't have to collect these valuable things?"
The collector noticed a subtle change. Compared to the calmness during the previous conversation with Jiang Yiyi, he now had some slight emotional fluctuations, which made him break away from that impeccable state and covered with human warmth.
This is not to say that Jiang Yiyi is not a human being, but just like the pair of eyes that he admires and is deeply fascinated by - the god is looking at the world, taking in all the scenery of the world, but not himself.
Jiang Yiyi looks at the world with a detached attitude, without desires, weaknesses, hobbies, or even obsessions. An existence that can achieve this level, even if it belongs to the human race, cannot be simply summarized by the word human.
Because while possessing great power, it also possesses unimaginable self-discipline, and has become an invincible "monster".
At least before this, the collector looked at Jiang Yiyi with this mentality, but in the conversation just now, he changed his mind.
But at this moment, Jiang Yiyi, who had the warmth of a human being, completely overturned his idea.
It’s not a “monster”, it’s not a “god”, it’s Jiang Yiyi.
The powerful soul that can support this body is enough to restrain the bad nature of human beings.
The collector paused for a few seconds, then relaxed and said casually, "The fact that the doctor asked this question proves that he really doesn't understand me."
Jiang Yiyi said frankly: "Knowing you too well may not be a good thing."
“The doctor is right,” the collector admitted frankly. “It’s just that few people can do this, even if they know that the process of understanding us itself means issuing a kind of invitation to us.”
“Because curiosity is an instinct.”
Collector: "Whether it's a tragic past or the only soft spot in the heart of a hopelessly bad guy, it's very interesting to others."
"So I'm sitting here now, continuing this conversation." Jiang Yiyi was very frank: "Because I'm a little curious about why you are different from other people with special abilities."
"I was just about to say that doctors are different from them..." The Collector curled his lips, "But looking at it this way, it seems that I think doctors are too inhuman. Even doctors would be curious about our secrets, right?"
But this may not be a good thing.
The collector did not say this. After he finished his sigh, he returned to the main topic: "If owning a collection is considered collecting, then the doctor's definition is too narrow."
“I’m interested in your definition of not being narrow.”
“Some collections, due to objective reasons, need to be carefully preserved in order to maintain their most valuable moments.”
The collector said, "For example, if the heart of an abnormal person is not properly preserved, it will be completely destroyed, and there will be no container left to store it."
"The 'it' here refers to what you call the pure evil of mankind?"
"This is a kind of existence that is difficult to materialize." The Collector showed a distressed expression: "Only abnormal ones can be considered to have pure malice."
Jiang Yiyi realized something: "So, before you asked Xingyu for the heart of the dead, what you really collected was..."
"Deviants?"
The death of the abnormal person forces the collector to settle for the second best and collect the heart with symbolic meaning. But if the abnormal person is still alive, then the most valuable collection should be the abnormal person himself.
This speculation, coupled with what the collector just said, "If owning a collectible is considered a collection, then the doctor's definition of this is too narrow," makes the image of the collector infinitely close to the image of a person with special abilities that Jiang Yiyi knows.
So, it is because of insufficient understanding that one comes to a different conclusion from other people with special abilities
The Collector was not the first person that made Jiang Yiyi make a wrong judgment. In fact, Jiang Yiyi's first impression of every capable person was wrong.
Of course, the most fundamental reason for this is that we don’t understand them well enough.
Once you get close to these people with special abilities, you will find that behind every harmless/cowardly/friendly first impression, there is another bad soul.
A soul bad enough for them to be sentenced to life in prison.
"That's right." The Collector smiled gently and said with some regret: "It's a pity that due to the restrictions of the Star Prison, the most eye-catching part of the abnormal person has lost a lot of its luster."
"He can't display his purest evil, nor can he appreciate the good shows others put on when they release their evil thoughts. He is not an outstanding collection."
"It sounds like your collection of him is just observation?" If that's the case...
Before Jiang Yiyi could think of the next thought, the collector had already answered his question: "If it is just observation, how can it be considered a collection?"
"The Star Prison is observing him, the ability users are observing him, countless people are observing him, so whose collection is he?" Collector: "Only collections with clear ownership can be considered collected."
"How do you know who the other person is?" Jiang Yiyi: "If I remember correctly, the abnormal person is 1-005?"
Being ranked before the collector at least proves that the other party's overall strength is higher than that of the collector in Star Prison's assessment.
“That’s what I call it, another collectible.”
The collector said slowly, "He has his own will, and he exists in a form of living. This is dangerous. The steps to collect him are extremely complicated, and you need enough patience to complete the collection."
The collector glanced at Jiang Yiyi.
Jiang Yiyi suddenly realized the other subtext in his words. In his eyes, Jiang Yiyi was also such a collectible.
Jiang Yiyi glanced at the hidden ending that had been played, and accepted it well - something that could never become a reality, no matter how beautiful it was, was meaningless.
"In fact, they are my main collection." Collector: "After all, valuable dead objects always pale in comparison to living things."
"So, how do you collect them?"
"It depends on how powerful the other party is." Collector: "Generally speaking, my collections will stay in the collection area that I carefully prepare for them."
"But in some cases, such as abnormal people, whose collections are difficult to control, I will choose to observe them closely until they lose their collection value or actively agree to go to the collection area I prepared for them."
The collector's words were understated, but Jiang Yiyi's ears were enough for him to instantly translate the part that the other party had not omitted - or rather, it was not that the other party had deliberately omitted it. After all, based on Jiang Yiyi's understanding of them, they had no such awareness of "hiding their terrible existence from the eyes of ordinary people."
Ordinary people are not within their field of vision at all, so how can they pay attention to the feelings of ordinary people
The reason why he omitted some things is more likely because he felt that those omitted were not important.
Jiang Yiyi seemed to understand that the other person seemed to have received a good education and even had a happy childhood.
Because he is indeed rich, rich enough to allow him to develop "extravagant" hobbies.
Jiang Yiyi heard this from the two sentences he just said casually, and realized that the other party might be the richest person he had ever met.
Those carefully prepared collection areas must not be in an ordinary house. And those things he described as "dead objects with value" must not be small gadgets sold on the street.
Considering his hobbies, he might be richer than Jiang Yiyi could imagine.
From this point of view, Xingyu is indeed fair, throwing all the people with special abilities into the bottom layer without discrimination and sentencing them to life imprisonment...
Jiang Yiyi paused for a few seconds, reacted, and looked at the collector: "What's your sentence?"
"That's Kong Yueze." The Collector denied Jiang Yiyi's idea: "There is no way he can be 'persuaded' to rule the Star Prison into a Star Prison independent of the Star Alliance."
"Life imprisonment, considering that I still have some research value."
At least Kong Yueze is still Kong Yueze.
Jiang Yiyi brought the topic back to the topic that had gone off track: "Lose its collectible value? Voluntarily agree to go to the collection area? What makes you so sure that these two things will happen?"
The collector tilted his head to think for a few seconds, then asked Jiang Yiyi, "Why wouldn't it happen?"
He did not intend to get an answer, and then said: "There is a premise for both of these. I am observing closely."
"So, not just observation?"
"Of course, I'm a collector." The collector pointed at himself and smiled, "Observation is not my hobby, collecting is."
"In a sense, observation and collection are equivalent." After all, isn't the greatest value of a collection to be appreciated
“That’s after it becomes my collection.” The collector clearly has a very clear understanding of this: “I observe and make sure the value of the collection is not damaged in any way.”
Jiang Yiyi glanced out the window. The conversation did not take up too much time, and the sunlight was still shining warmly on her body.
But Jiang Yiyi has begun to regret his inappropriate curiosity - the reason he restrained his curiosity was to avoid this situation from happening.
Digging into the secrets of a bad soul will not make people happy. On the contrary, it will only make the situation worse, and even get completely out of control in the end.
Jiang Yiyi didn't say anything, and the collector continued on his own: "In fact, the abnormal person has agreed to my invitation."
Jiang Yiyi looked at him and said, "Go to the collection area that you customized for him?"
"That's right. Of course, the premise is that we can leave the Star Prison." The Collector said casually: "So, this is part of our contract."
"I took him out of the Star Prison, and he became my collection."
As the collector spoke, a vague thread emerged in front of Jiang Yiyi's eyes, connecting everything.
"Are you planning to escape from the Star Prison?" Jiang Yiyi corrected herself after she finished speaking: "No, to be precise, are you planning to destroy the Star Prison?"
"You are worthy of being a doctor." The collector nodded modestly: "I just let him know the answer."
Jiang Yiyi's expression was a little strange: "But as you said before, that's Kong Yueze."
"Yes." The collector agreed with Jiang Yiyi: "So the plan failed. We were very cautious, but we were still discovered."
The collector looked at Jiang Yiyi, implying: "Everything that was planned has been dug up from the roots."
So, Mukong Yueze’s death last week was actually because of the collector
The collector waited for a few seconds, but there was no response from Jiang Yiyi. Obviously, Jiang Yiyi did not hear his subtext.
"To uproot them all means that the main promoters of this plan, including other participants, are all dead."
Jiang Yiyi turned her gaze back in confusion and stared at the collector for a few seconds, then suddenly realized the meaning of the other person's words.
"Your... parents are still alive?" No, it should be: "Before this, were they still alive?"
"Doctor, the way you ask this question..." The Collector shook his head: "The experiences of abnormal people cannot be extrapolated to other people. Of course, similarly, my experiences cannot be extrapolated to other people."
"Before that, they were indeed still alive, enjoying the wonderful world for them as winners in life."
"Of course, he is indeed dead now, dying quietly in a corner where no one cares."
Jiang Yiyi was a little unsure about the other party's attitude towards this - the tone he used when he mentioned this matter was so light and without any personal emotion.
"Excuse me?"
"The doctor's reaction was a little unexpected to me," said the collector, "but it was very consistent with my initial assessment of the doctor."
"I can only say that this is the reaction a doctor would have."
As an ordinary person, you will have emotional fluctuations because of this, but as a capable person, you will just ignore it.
And Jiang Yiyi, somewhere in between, watched everything calmly, including sin and death.
"They are not my collection." The collector retracted his thoughts and explained to Jiang Yiyi: "So, there is no need to mourn."
Jiang Yiyi was a little skeptical: "If I'm not mistaken, they are the source of funds for your little habit to continue?"
"Indeed," the Collector said, "but if the doctor wants to get a glimpse of human nature from me, then that's a bit..." The Collector paused and searched for the right words: "Too inappropriate?"
"When they are alive, they are the source of funds for my collection to continue. But if they die, then I don't need a source of funds."
The warm sunshine shone on Jiang Yiyi. The collector remained polite, restrained and gentlemanly, like an alien who should not exist in Star Prison.
But at this point in the conversation, Jiang Yiyi already knew clearly what kind of terrible soul was hidden under this harmless appearance.
The collector said calmly, “Because I already own these.”
The author has something to say: There is no detailed description.
It's about the wealth and power that the Collector's parents possess - being able to organize and plan an assassination against Sora Yueze is enough to prove their strength.
And how terrible the collector hobby really is.
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