Shadow Slave novel Chapter 2484

Chapter 2484 Nature Versus Nurture

Sunny scoffed.

"Well, obviously."

"There really are two of him. Damna… huh? Wait, you ate all of that, already?"

Sunny threw a napkin at her.

Even if the driver's body had been pierced by metal debris, the shape of the wounds would have been different. The edges of the cuts would have been different, as well — so, the chances of these ones appearing on the body of course were close to zero.

She lingered for a moment, then sighed.

Effie's expression changed.

"That is why he did not react in any way when I told him to snap out of it. It was not that my authority had no effect on him — it's just that he had always known the truth, so there was nothing for him to snap out of."

Sunny glared at her.

"Who knew the two were one and the same? It's like the best of both worlds. Lord of Shadows in the streets, Master Sunless in the…"

"What about you, partner? If you had an evil twin, what would he have been doing?"

Effie smiled.

Sunny smiled faintly.

He shivered.

Sunny frowned.

He shrugged.

Effie looked at him somberly.

Soon enough, they found themselves in the familiar decrepit diner. The food was just as delicious as it was the previous time, though — neither Sunny nor Effie was in the mood to discuss serious matters at the moment, so they simply enjoyed it in silence.

"Well, it was what you told us back when Nephis first brought you along, wasn't it? You said that you knew yourself to be a killer, and that you hoped that all the killing you did changed the world into the shape that allowed better people than you to build things. Even if they had to build them on the ruins left in your wake."

"Wait, does that make Soul Steal an evil twin of an evil twin? That's like… double the evil!"

"Nature versus nurture, huh? No… there's definitely something wrong with Mordret — the one from the real world, I mean. He would have been an eerie creep even in Mirage City."

"How about we go back to that diner and eat something? It's on me, partner."

Eventually, Effie sighed in satisfaction and looked outside.

"I guess an opposite version of me would have been selfless, kind, and honest… and dead because of it, most likely."

She shrugged.

Sunny scoffed.

"Then again, I did have an evil twin for a while, in the Tomb of Ariel. She just went around devouring Nightmare Creatures — and people, I guess."

"I did not show it then, but I was actually quite touched by that speech. I thought… what a nice guy! Inferior to Master Sunless in all regards, of course, but still a catch!"

"Because of that discus thing?"

Effie nodded again.

"What a turn of events, huh? Makes me wonder… if I had an evil twin, what would she be doing?"

Sunny exhaled slowly.

She looked at him with curiosity and asked:

Sunny raised an eyebrow.

"Do you? How so?"

Effie chuckled.

"Someone killed that man, and Mordret is covering for that someone."

"I am not sure that it's so simple — that there's a nice and evil version of Mordret. Who knows? Maybe if the Mordret we know grew up in the idyllic Mirage City, he would have been nice too. And if the CEO of the Valor Group experienced everything his other version experienced, he would have become a insane bastard too."

"No idea. Who says that I'm not the evil twin?"

"Sure. Spending illusory money to treat me to an illusory meal… how generous of you."

Opening the preliminary autopsy report of Mordret's dead driver, he shook his head.fr eewe(b)nove.l.co\m

Sunny sighed.

She laughed.

Sunny raised an eyebrow.

There was now a pile of empty snack packets on the floor of his car. Sunny's eye twitched. "And why are you throwing them on the floor?! My PTV might be a scrap heap, but it is not a trash heap! Pick them up immediately!"

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She chuckled and shook her head.

Which meant that Mordret had lied to them.

"Whether or not I am the real Detective Athena, I presume."

Something had happened between the second the car fell into the water and the moment Mordret and his dying driver were found on the shore of the river.

"Yes. I wasn't sure at first, but after rummaging in my counterpart's memories, it is obvious. That guy might not be the Mordret we know, but he was testing us. She won many medals, but her most famous win was a record-breaking spear throw, not a discus throw. She actually messed up while throwing the latter — she gripped the discus so hard that it cracked and fell apart in the air. It was a pretty lackluster performance."

"Cut it out, damn it…"