"How could you!" After a moment of silence, Zhou Ze started to laugh. His laughter grew increasingly frantic, and his voice sounded as if it were being squeezed through clenched teeth. "Damn it, I knew it... Even if you look just like Mr. Zhu, you are *not* Mr. Zhu."
Chu Bamboo: "?"
"I knew it. Mr. Zhu, our patriarch... how could he call his hometown a 'settlement'... Why would he use a strange term like 'monsters'? How could he think *they* were human... And the strength of your body! You really are one of those monsters, aren't you."
Chu Bamboo: "..."
'So that's how it is!'
Chu Bamboo's brow relaxed slightly as a thousand thoughts raced through his mind. 'Zhou Ze is just as I remembered him...'
'Smart, quick-witted, loyal, decisive...'
'He noticed the difference between me and this timeline's Mr. Zhu. That's intelligence!'
'He willingly followed a monster he deemed extremely dangerous, all to come here with a plan to save Mr. Zhu. That's courage!'
