Reincarnation Paradise Park-Chapter 894 - 24: Emotions

The Seventh School District, inside a restaurant.

Numerous diners with varying expressions sat inside the restaurant, their attire diverging, yet their expressions were identical, bearing a dazed look as if witnessing something extremely rare.

Su Xiao sat at a dining table, chewing on food, contemplating the next course of action. He casually forked up a piece of steak and bit away a small portion.

"Woof!"

Bubu Wang suddenly barked, interrupting Su Xiao’s train of thought.

"What’s wrong?"

Su Xiao snapped back to reality, startled to realize when his dining table had loaded up with piles of dishes, with two stacks even reaching half a meter high.

Bubu Wang jumped off the chair and bit Su Xiao’s arm, clearly indicating that Su Xiao should stop eating.

Su Xiao also noticed something was amiss. He glanced at the clock in the restaurant—since he entered, approximately two hours had passed, yet it felt like just a short moment to him, even if absorbed in contemplation, thinking for two hours seemed too exaggerated.

Su Xiao scratched his chin, reflecting on previous events. From the point he entered the restaurant, he apparently kept ordering, consecutively consumed food equating to six to eight times his usual intake. Without careful thought, these things completely escaped his attention.

Eating so much, Su Xiao indeed felt odd during the meal—a notion emerged out of nowhere, dismissing his doubts that he needed energy to recover from grave injuries.

"Bu Bu, have I done anything abnormal recently?"

Su Xiao checked his own state using the Reincarnation Mark. In a magic-prevailing world like Magic Prohibition, falling unknowingly into a scheme isn’t strange.

Bubu Wang squatted next to Su Xiao, catching a jar of orange juice in its meaty paw, and placed a napkin over its Kobold head, feigning to pour down.

Seeing this, Su Xiao chuckled.

"Did we try waterboarding that woman? It’s not exactly abnormal..."

Mid-sentence, Su Xiao’s pupils tightened. He suddenly realized something—that compared to physical interrogation, he was accustomed to destroying the enemy’s psychological defensive line through words, clues, intelligence, and exploiting weaknesses to extract information. The intelligence gathered through psychological breakdown often proves more accurate than physical interrogation—an outcome refined through repeated practice.

And this time, Su Xiao didn’t consider breaking the enemy’s psychological defenses at all, instead resorting directly to physical torture, which led to rather imprecise intelligence.

Thinking of this, Su Xiao’s brows furrowed deeper. Not only that, he also recalled that killing Stiyl was the right decision, as for that woman disguised as Kamijou Hitoha, she need not be killed immediately. That woman seeks death earnestly; killing her benefits Aleister and Lola Stuart the most. If she remains alive, Aleister might offer chips for her death.

"Indeed abnormal; I was impulsive at the time. No—when killing, I didn’t consider much."

Reflecting on his thoughts at that time, Su Xiao’s sole intention was to eliminate enemies and gain the freedom to act within Academy City—nothing else concerned him.

"Bu Bu, punch me."

Su Xiao’s words baffled Bubu Wang, its little eyes seemingly saying, "I’ve never heard such a bizarre request."

"Stop babbling, hurry up and act..."

Bam!

Bubu Wang delivered a straight punch on Su Xiao’s calf using its dog paw—how it learned to use its paw to punch was beyond comprehension.

"Hit in the head..."

Bam!

Bubu Wang was indeed obedient, punching Su Xiao’s chin before he finished speaking.

"With full force..."

Bam!

Bubu Wang threw a third punch at Su Xiao, appearing somewhat despairing, seemingly probing Su Xiao: "Master, when did you awaken such an attribute; don’t stop the meds."

"Dumb dog, I said, use full force to punch my head..."

Mid-sentence, Su Xiao paused; the red light in his eyes rapidly receded—a red light had flashed in his eyes once before when he was staring at someone in the dark building. That person was Yukidaseki Tanxi.

"When the body incurs external injuries, the brain’s thoughts begin to muddle—thoughts become singular and stubborn."

Leaving a few large-denomination bills on the table, Su Xiao led Bubu Wang out of the restaurant. He had already checked his personal information multiple times: attributes normal, vital signs normal, mental state normal.

Yet the previous abnormality, unrecognized, felt unremarkable; once recognized, Su Xiao felt truly abnormal. Even amidst a battlefield surrounded by corpses and blood in War World, he never experienced emotional impulse.

Moreover, the excessive eating in the restaurant further deepened his sense of abnormality. Just as he left the restaurant, he felt the weight of the food in his stomach—if not for his robust physique, ordinary people consuming so much could die from overeating.

Su Xiao strolled along, gradually digesting food and pondering. Given his current situation, he might be under the influence of someone’s ability or maybe imprinted with a magic mark or spiritual imprint, or some skill affecting his emotions. If it’s a skill, the duration should be fairly long.

A lively young female student walked past Su Xiao, a faint scent of perfume drawing Su Xiao’s attention.

Noticing Su Xiao’s gaze, the female student politely smiled at him.

Bubu Wang, walking behind Su Xiao, perceived something amiss and immediately bit Su Xiao’s calf.

Receiving a slight prick of pain, Su Xiao regained his senses and patted Bubu Wang’s head. He had just entertained an absurd notion of abducting the female student and rubbing her against the ground.

"It’s growing stronger."

Su Xiao briskly walked down the street and found a hotel. After booking a room and locking the door, he sat cross-legged on the bed, Dragon Slash resting across his legs.

Calming his mind, Su Xiao began to meditate. Regardless of the situation, meditation always grounded his emotions—Bubu Wang sat beside him, ready to alert Su Xiao at any sign of anomaly.

This meditation diverged from the usual. Upon entering a Meditative State, Su Xiao sensed seven symbols on his arm: 々, ㄍ, ㄘ, ㄞ, ㄣ, ㄨ, ㄋ.

Perceiving these symbols, Su Xiao procured a carbon pen and outlined the invisible symbols on his arm, maintaining their position and size.

Finishing the outline, Su Xiao retrieved a magnifying glass from his Storage Space.

[Yubil’s Magnifying Glass]

Quality: Blue

Category: Special Equipment

Equipment Effect: Emotion Amplification (Active): Can designate any target for Willpower Attribute Determination. If the target fails the determination, amplifies the target’s most intense emotion once, lasting for 5 minutes.

...

Since acquiring this magnifying glass, Su Xiao had stashed it in his Storage Space for occasional use, but now, this tool came in handy.

He activated the Emotion Amplification (Active) ability, using it on himself—no Willpower Determination required when used on oneself.

He attempted to use [Yubil’s Magnifying Glass] to magnify the symbols on his arm. As expected, upon amplifying a symbol with Yubil’s Magnifying Glass, a bout of greed welled in his heart—he seemed to desire everything in the world.

After five minutes, Su Xiao deciphered the meanings of the seven symbols on his arm. The seven symbols are:

’々’ signifies Anger.

’ㄍ’ signifies Pride.

’ㄘ’ signifies Gluttony.

’ㄞ’ signifies Sloth.

’ㄣ’ signifies Envy.

’ㄨ’ signifies Lust.

’ㄋ’ signifies Greed.

The seven emotions amplify according to the environment Su Xiao is in, interacting dynamically, amplifying emotions excessively and extremely—the earlier waterboarding of the enemy amplified emotions of Anger + Pride.

More troubling than the amplification of seven emotions is Su Xiao’s uncertainty about when he began exhibiting such responses and whose ability it is—Aleister? Unlikely. Mingtu Zhuihun? Even less plausible.