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After efficiently resolving his business outside, Louis strolled home, carrying a large bundle of belongings.
At this point, seven or eight days had passed since he ran away from home.
When Louis got home, he saw Russell already sitting in the yard waiting for him.
Louis: "...I ran away from home! I've been gone for a few extra days, no, it wasn't on purpose..."
His arrogance vanished quickly, and a hint of cowardice crept into his defiant expression.
However, Russell quickly noticed the signs of fighting on Louis.
Being as intelligent as she was, she naturally understood that something must have happened to Louis.
But since Louise didn't say it directly, she simply pretended not to know.
"Have you eaten yet?" Russell asked, naturally leading Louis into the house.
This is considered the interlude of the second stage.
The next morning, Louis found Russell already outside exercising.
Years of fighting had left Russell riddled with wounds, the most serious being a piercing wound to the abdomen that damaged his internal organs, leaving him with a persistent stomach ailment.
From then on, Louis paid special attention to the food Russell ate.
Louis does all the cooking at their house; he doesn't let Russell cook for himself.
However, his quirky and awkward personality as a teenager prevented him from ever mentioning this. Instead, he would say, "Your cooking is terrible, you have absolutely no talent. Watch me."
Then he became a "naturally passionate, immature young man" who loved cooking.
Louise had just finished cooking breakfast and went into the yard when she saw Russell exercising. She couldn't resist going over to spar with her.
This is a player-controlled battle where the outcome can be arbitrary.
If Russell wins, he will very politely reach out and help Louis up, and Louis will mutter under his breath, "He didn't even hit me lightly. I was letting him win."
If Louis wins, this guy will be smug: "I haven't even used my full strength yet."
Although everyone knows that Russell certainly didn't use his full strength.
The two then went on to hunt a wild boar.
The mutated wild boar was quite cautious; it would run away as soon as it saw a human figure.
Russell smiled and said, "Louis, do you remember the stunt double trick?"
Then the two put on a brilliant display of teamwork:
Russell first alerted Louis, giving him a chance to sneak up, and then shot a marked arrow.
Wild boars have thick hides and tough flesh, and this blow made them run far away again—but the markings on the arrows allowed Russell to flash them quickly and kill the wild boar with a single blow.
The two, having successfully cooperated, dragged the wild boar back home, one on each side, bickering along the way.
—Exactly the same as back then.
However, the two also chatted about how there seems to be room for improvement in stunt double tricks.
Louis said with a hint of pride, "I've learned a new ability; now I can transform into other people. From now on, my double tricks will be even more unpredictable."
After the heartwarming intermission, a new storyline quickly unfolded.
The supernatural organization that Louis had provoked quickly retaliated—after all, Louis had destroyed an important research base.
This time, the battlefield has moved to a new base city, which is filled with various superhuman clones and monsters that have been researched and created.
By the end of this level, Louis had captured the city's central control room.
Seeing that there were practically no normal humans around, he chose to press the "self-destruct" button.
What he didn't expect was that there was also a large underground space in the city—the normal people among them lived in the underground city.
Recklessness and impulsiveness cost Louis dearly at this moment.
Thousands of people were trapped underground, unable to move forward or backward. A huge dragon-severing stone formed a door, blocking the way out to the surface. It was a heavy object that could not be moved by human power.
No other traps or arrangements are needed; the special underground space will quickly suffocate anyone left inside.
Louis used all his bones to support the giant door, making him appear to outsiders as a terrifying monster.
People screamed in terror and fled, no one heeding Louis's commands, rushing away from him for their lives.
Click, click...
The hard bones began to crack, and excruciating pain surged forth.
Louis roared at them, "Get out! All of you, get out of here!"
Just when Louis was in a terrible predicament, Russell reappeared.
Russell's teleportation ability came in handy at this moment, allowing her to teleport these innocent civilians out.
—Louis was also freed from under the massive stone gate and helped Russell evacuate the people.
Later on, Russell's body could hardly support such a heavy workload. Towards the end, she turned pale and started having nosebleeds.