Yan Xing took a drag from his cigarette, digested the information he had just received, and then said to Max, "You suddenly became so tense because you think I became the Executioner to kill you?"
Max exhaled smoke as well.
"The world mechanism chose you as the Executioner because a new Contrary is emerging. You're being prepared for the next execution. But as destiny's arch-enemy, you wouldn't let me off either. Even if you subjectively don't want to kill me, once you find my true body, fate will arrange all the conditions for you to kill me. Perhaps fate will also arrange for you to find my true body."
"The next execution? A Contrary is emerging? You're saying all this is orchestrated by the world mechanism? Is the world mechanism that powerful?"
