"Why are you here? Are you looking for me?" Rulu said in astonishment, surprised by C.C.'s sudden appearance.

"Of course! Otherwise, would I risk such danger to come to a place like this?" C.C. frowned and looked at Rulu with a reproachful gaze.

"How did you know I was here? Was it you who caused the explosion just now?" Rulu asked again.

"Didn't I tell you before? I can sense your location. As for the explosion earlier, that was also caused by me... Enough about that, come with me quickly."

"Where to?"

"Just come with me, unless you want to be caught by the Sanctuary." C.C. glanced around and then quickly moved through the dark alley.

Rulu stopped asking questions and followed C.C. through the alley. After a while, they arrived at a manhole entrance on the street. C.C. crouched down, forcefully moved a circular manhole cover, and quickly crawled inside.

"I see, we can escape through the sewer. The armored soldiers are larger than humans and can't easily enter the sewers to pursue us. Even if we encounter soldiers from the Sanctuary inside, I can handle it." Rulu realized this and immediately followed C.C. into the sewer, covering the manhole.

The two of them then swiftly navigated through the city's sewer system. Fortunately, they did not encounter any soldiers from the Sanctuary. They exited the sewer in a safe location, got a car nearby, and drove to the cemetery near Blue Sea City, then walked into the woods within the cemetery.

"Okay, we should be safe here." Rulu stopped in the woods of the cemetery, leaned against a large tree trunk, and breathed heavily. C.C. was also quite exhausted and rested against the tree trunk.

After a while, Rulu recovered and looked at C.C. beside him, saying, "C.C., I owe you this time. If it weren't for you, I really wouldn't have survived today."

"Rulu, you fool!" C.C. said forcefully, looking very angry. "I already told you this is a trap! I didn't expect you to actually go assassinate that Prince Suwen. Do you know that not only will this endanger yourself, but it will also endanger me, and even more so, Nana!"

Hearing this, Rulu was stunned for a moment, and then he became angry, shouting, "C.C., you have no right to say that! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have taken such a huge risk to assassinate that guy. You forced me down this path!"

"Ah, what does that have to do with me?!" C.C. exclaimed in surprise.

"You still say it has nothing to do with you?!" Rulu said angrily. "If you had been willing to provide me with some intelligence instead of insisting on your so-called neutrality, I wouldn't have been left with no choice and wouldn't have to take such a huge risk to assassinate that Prince Suwen."

C.C.'s face stiffened, and she argued, "Even so, you didn't have to do this! As long as you kept hiding, that Prince Suwen wouldn't have been able to do anything to you. You didn't have to kill him!"

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"It is necessary, and it must be done." Rulu said fiercely, "Now I just want to ask you, C.C., are you really on my side? If you're not on my side, then why did you come to save me just now? What are you thinking?"

C.C. paused for a moment and said, "I only know that you can't die, Rulu. I need you to do something for me in the future. As for the rest, it has nothing to do with me."

Rulu snorted and said, "That's right. You saved me just so I would help you accomplish something in the future. But I can honestly tell you, my target is the entire Sanctuary. I am willing to pay any price, even my life. Similar events to tonight will happen again. I will not rest until I achieve my goal."

C.C. looked at Rulu intently, carefully observing his facial expressions. When she realized he was serious about what he said, she sighed and said softly, "Why do you have to be like this? You are a person from the Sanctuary, and a prince of the Sanctuary. Why do you hate the Sanctuary so much?"

"Do you want to know? Fine, I'll tell you." Rulu's eyes flashed with hatred as he spoke in a low voice, "Seven years ago, my mother and sister were assassinated in the Sanctuary, and I was the only one who escaped. The killers in that assassination were mostly members of the royal family of the Sanctuary, including that Suwen."

"I see, so you want revenge on the Sanctuary. You want to take revenge on the royal family of the Sanctuary."

"No, my target is not just those people. My target is the entire Sanctuary, especially that emperor of the Sanctuary."

"Ah, isn't he your father? And didn't he cause the deaths of your mother and sister?"

"Hmph, although he didn't directly cause my mother and sister's deaths, he is not much better. After my mother and sister died, I went to find that emperor, demanding he capture the killers of my mother and sister and not let any of those involved in that assassination escape. Do you know how that emperor responded to me?"

"What did he say?"

"That... that emperor said there was no need for that." Rulu gritted his teeth and said, "He said my mother and sister deserved to die. Their deaths were because they were too weak. Otherwise, why did everyone else in the Sanctuary live well while they died?"

C.C. pondered and said, "Well, that does sound a bit excessive, but it does sound like something that guy would say."

Rulu continued, "I asked that emperor if he loved my mother. If he didn't love her, why did he bring her to the Sanctuary? That guy said that to him, my mother was just an object. He thought that this object had some value, which is why he brought her to the Sanctuary and kept her by his side. But my mother's death proved that his view was wrong. My mother had no value. Such a person didn't deserve to stay by his side, didn't deserve to remain in the Sanctuary. He would never make the same mistake again."

"Is that so..." C.C. sighed lightly, unsure of what to say.

Rulu punched the tree trunk hard, dejectedly saying, "That emperor... that guy doesn't love my mother at all, nor does he love my sister. He doesn't deserve to be a father. In his eyes, people without value shouldn't stay in the Sanctuary. If you want to stay in the Sanctuary, you must prove that you are stronger than others. Only by defeating and killing more people can you gain that guy's recognition. Only the victors have the right to remain in the Sanctuary and attain immortality."

C.C. said, "Although this is a bit cruel, survival of the fittest is how the world works. Don't you also respect this theory?"

"So being weak is a crime? My mother and sister deserved to be killed? Do you know my sister was so lovely? She was just like Nana, gentle and considerate, knowing how to care for others. She hated no one and only thought of others. Why did she have to die while those despicable people who killed her live? I absolutely do not accept that. That emperor must pay for his actions. I want him to know that what he said is not the truth. He doesn't deserve to be the emperor of the Sanctuary, nor does he have the right to control this world."