Catastrophe Containment Facility
Chapter 549 - 547: Sinful Force Overwhelming the Sky

Chapter 549: Chapter 547: Sinful Force Overwhelming the Sky

Wen Wen looked intently at the Clown and asked, "What is a Demon Sword?"

Whether it was about the ’Sword Qi Crystal’ or the ’Demon Sword,’ Wen Wen was very interested in both.

Lately, he had been pondering what could truly be considered his sword.

It wasn’t a sword forged by himself, nor one seized by himself; thus, this ’own sword’ might not be related to the ownership of the sword...

The conclusion Wen Wen eventually reached was that it should be a sword connected to his heart and blood.

But how to obtain such a sword was Wen Wen’s problem, so he was very sensitive to any news about swords.

The Clown hesitated for a moment and said, "It is said to be a longsword with boundless power and surging demon flames, a sword that alone could vastly enhance Red Beard’s strength, turning him into a true ’Big Shot’."

"That’s why he madly searches for rare metals, collects special souls, and even goes so far as to capture demons!"

"But how could he, a mere Demon Instrument Forger, possibly create such a thing, and even if he did make it, how would he keep it?"

Clearly, the Clown looked down upon Red Beard who wanted to forge the Demon Sword.

However, Wen Wen wouldn’t take the Clown’s words at face value; he turned his head and asked the buck-toothed old security guard, "Do you know what Demon Sword Red Beard is trying to make?"

The buck-toothed old security guard shook his head and said, "I am just a security guard at an old hotel, I don’t know what the boss is up to."

"I see... I should take care of him first then."

It was clear that the old security guard knew something, but he was not willing to explain it to Wen Wen.

Wen Wen didn’t insist but instead stood up, dragged the Clown into a room, and by the time he came out, the Clown had disappeared.

The Clown’s abilities were not strong, and Wen Wen didn’t value his skills, but being a superpower user of the Assimilation Realm, he could at least add some diversity to the inmates of the Sanctuary.

Seeing the Clown disappear inside the room, the buck-toothed old security guard wasn’t curious but looked gravely at Wen Wen and said,

"I don’t know why you appeared in Little Chai’s room, but she is just an ordinary person, the old hotel’s issues shouldn’t involve her."

"Oh? You care about her?"

Wen Wen’s voice was slightly raised, and he started to see the ugly old man in a new light.

The buck-toothed old security guard shook his head and said, "I don’t have the right to care about others; she just shouldn’t have stepped into the old hotel in the first place. I just want her to leave safely."

"Isn’t that caring..." Wen Wen turned around and faced the old security guard squarely.

In just a few sentences, the image of the old security guard in Wen Wen’s mind had changed.

According to Chai Yun’s narrative, Wen Wen’s first impression of the old security guard was that of a cruel, killer pervert.

But upon reflection, most times the old security guard took action, it was when Chai Yun was about to be harmed by a criminal.

Even though he bit people impulsively making the scenes too bloody, causing Chai Yun to only feel fear, Wen Wen, as an observer, could discern right from wrong.

If not for his ferocity, Chai Yun, an ordinary college girl, would not have been able to work safely for fifteen days in this hotel full of evil people.

"Your character really doesn’t match your appearance, but you should know this place harbors filth. Why would you work in such a place?"

The buck-toothed old security guard sat on the ground, smiled wryly, and said, "Where else could I go but here?"

Wen Wen looked deep into his eyes and sighed softly.

Yes, where else could he go?

Although he was a superpower user, not a monster, where else could he find shelter, being old, ugly, and deformed, except here?

Despite public condemnation of discrimination, it was omnipresent.

Verbal and physical abuses had decreased, but just one abnormal glance, just an unconscious avoidance, was enough to hurt them.

Over six percent of the people in the Capital District were disabled, yet those seen on the streets probably amounted to less than one percent.

The buck-toothed old security guard, with his looks, found it hard to live comfortably outside the old hotel because only here could he avoid hiding due to his differences.

Besides the old security guard, who else among the other hotel staff hadn’t encountered similar issues?

The amputee old lady on the third floor, the woman at the fourth-floor door wearing a hood that obscured her face...

Except for Chai Yun, every single employee at the old hotel seemed to be physically impaired.

This old hotel was their place of livelihood and their place of solace.

Wen Wen was silent for a while before he asked the old security guard, "I have another question, why does this hotel only allow evil people to stay, what rule is this?"

The old security guard shook his head, remaining silent.

He was a qualified employee, and when it came to the boss’s secrets, he kept mum.

However, Wen Wen could guess as much, even if the old security guard didn’t speak. Chai Yun had mentioned earlier that the old security guard would mark some people’s names with a red mark.

"The clown once said that Red Beard, in his quest to forge the Demon Sword, is looking for rare souls, which must be selected from the guests of the old hotel."

Wen Wen suddenly understood why the Hunters Association had rarely taken action against Red Beard in recent years.

If all of Red Beard’s victims were great villains, then the Association’s turning a blind eye was somewhat understandable.

The body of the old security guard shook, he asked in surprise, "How do you know that?"

"No denial, so I must be right then."

The old security guard suddenly slapped himself, hating that he had inadvertently leaked a secret.

"One last question, how do you judge good from evil?" Whether guests could stay was decided by the buck-toothed old security guard, thus Wen Wen was curious about how he judged.

"That is my ability..." the old security guard sighed and began to explain.

He would not mention anything about Red Beard, but he did not conceal his own matters from Wen Wen, especially since Wen Wen had just saved his life.

"Deception, theft, robbery, murder... all the evil deeds one commits in life, even if there are no witnesses, will leave marks on their body, which I call Sinful Force."

"And my eyes can see the Sinful Force on people. Those enveloped in Sinful Force aren’t necessarily bad people, but those with less Sinful Force can certainly be considered good."

Chai Yun had almost no Sinful Force, which was the reason the old security guard protected her, consciously or unconsciously.

"Sinful Force, interesting..."

The old security guard’s statement reminded Wen Wen of Yan Xiu.

The mask of Yan Xiu also allowed him to see the filth on people, which was probably the same thing as the Sinful Force described by the old security guard.

So Wen Wen straightened his robe and said solemnly to the old security guard, "Then see how much Sinful Force I have..."

The old security guard complied, and a strange light flashed in his eyes as he looked at Wen Wen. Then a streak of blood tears streamed down from his eyes.

"You... your Sinful Force is overwhelming!"