Pain Immunity: Worried the Villains Aren’t Twisted Enough

Chapter 910: Agony's Confession, Forcible Mask Removal!

Listening to the "himself" speaking before him, Lu Ce frowned, finding it incredibly unsettling to look at that face.

Was this Agony?

Setting aside all the issues with what the other party had just said... first of all, why are you using my face?

He knew that the external appearance of gods could change at will, but both Pleasure and Death maintained relatively stable human forms.

What, before me, were you just some formless, indescribable blob?

"Can you not talk to me using my face?"

[You must be wondering why I took your form, right?]

Both spoke at the same time. Lu Ce was stunned for a moment, then looked at the Agony across from him, who now wore a smug, self-satisfied expression.

"No... you didn't even guess right! What are you so proud of?" Lu Ce said, speechless.

Agony didn't bother to reply at all, showed no sign of embarrassment, and tossed its hair back with great self-importance before speaking:[Because it'll be more fun this way, and at least it'll annoy you a bit.]

Lu Ce:...

Looking at this guy before him, full of childish malice, nonsense, and arrogance, babbling nonsense while wearing his face, Lu Ce felt a headache coming on.

The sense of crisis he'd felt before arriving here had completely vanished. This Agony didn't seem as sinister and terrifying as the gods' rumors suggested.

"You—"

[I know you have a lot of questions for me right now, but don't ask yet.]

Lu Ce tried to speak again, but once more, before he could get a word out, Agony raised a hand to cut him off.

[I know exactly what you want to ask. What I'm willing to answer, I'll tell you one by one. What I won't answer, there's nothing to be done.]

[Because... right now, I'm not a person!]

Hearing Agony's mysterious tone deliver such a reason, Lu Ce couldn't help but say:

"No shit, of course you're not a person, you're a god, aren't you?"

[Hey! I bet you were going to say, 'You're not a person, you're a god,' right?]

...I already said it out loud, what the hell are you guessing for?!

These two sentences weren't even spoken simultaneously either—there was a gap of two or three seconds between them!

This Agony wasn't just thick-skinned; it seemed to really enjoy making things awkward.

Lu Ce seriously suspected that the Agony before him had some mental issues. Considering that Pleasure liked it, that made perfect sense, since Pleasure was always into the messed-up ones.

But soon, Lu Ce's clever intellect regained the high ground as he noticed something strange.

Ever since he'd entered, it seemed like he and this Agony had already gone back and forth a few times.

But he suddenly realized this couldn't really be called communication, because whether he spoke or not seemed completely irrelevant!

Even if he said nothing at all, the other party could still rattle off this same script, like a pre-recorded audio track.

Sensing these peculiarities, he fell silent and began to observe.

Agony also stopped talking. Instead, it turned around and walked forward, positioning itself half a step ahead of Lu Ce.

[If your intelligence is relatively high, you've probably figured out some of the issues by now. Follow me; we'll talk as we walk.]

Lu Ce followed it forward, his mind stirring, and suddenly asked:

"Where did the Black Knight go?"

Agony acted as if it hadn't heard Lu Ce's question at all, continuing on:

[There's not much distance to cover, really. It's just that when talking, I find it more comfortable to chat while taking a stroll...]

Lu Ce finally understood. This Agony before him had something wrong with it. What it meant by saying it wasn't a person was that this thing wasn't its actual body.

It was more like a pre-recorded "video" that, based on his reactions, might have a few different preset responses—like some kind of customer service robot.

Having figured this out, Lu Ce lost any desire to speak. He simply followed this thing along.

His wariness returned, the skin on his face twitched, and the multicolored mask materialized.

He didn't know what Agony was planning, but he figured staying in his strongest state and adapting on the fly was the best approach.

Besides, with this mask on, his mind was difficult to influence—after all, wearing it practically meant he was already insane. It's hard to make a pile of rubble collapse again.

However, the Agony that had been walking ahead suddenly whipped its head around, its gaze burning intensely at him.

The sight was slightly eerie because its head turned a full one hundred and eighty degrees!

Then, at a speed that even Lu Ce at this moment couldn't react to, it pounced forward, its hands becoming blurs as they wildly smeared across Lu Ce's face.

[Don't bother with this useless nonsense. You've already met me, yet you're still wearing this thing.]

[These seven items are good, but they're nothing special. After you hear what I have to say today, you'll understand everything. Use them, don't rely on them. Got it?]

After it finished speaking, its movements stopped. At the same time, Lu Ce's eyes went completely blank!

Because he was witnessing the most shocking scene of his entire life.

In the sky beside him, seven faces were plastered against the air!

Like seven unique opera masks, each ten meters in diameter, they twisted and writhed in the sky, contorting into grotesque, exaggerated expressions!

—Those were the seven faces of his own Seven Deadly Sins!

He reached up and touched his own face. The sensation of flesh was unmistakably clear. He had truly been unmasked like this!

This mask had already reached its final form, fused with his face. Normally, it would simply disappear when not in use. Now, it had actually been peeled away!

The reason he relied so heavily on his mask was mainly because it had been proven to be something the gods themselves didn't fully understand, serving as his leverage against them.

But now, Agony understood this thing very well. From what it was saying, it was clear this thing might even be related to it!

Wasn't this a bit too terrifying? He had obtained it through one of Pleasure's Divine Messengers.

Wait... Pleasure...

After doing all this, Agony acted as if nothing had happened and continued walking forward.

After his initial shock, Lu Ce composed himself and quickly followed.

He finally understood why the gods had been so interested in him, even a little wary, when he was still very weak.

It was because of this god that had died inexplicably before—Agony!