When Lin Jie spoke these words, his face bore a hint of reluctance. For him, murdering someone in a quick and clean manner was utterly uninteresting. The phrase "kill people" sounds simple, but what are humans, really?
They are beings endowed with intelligence and emotions, their hearts are fickle, hard to fathom, and it is these qualities that lead to unpredictable reactions when different actions are taken against them. These reactions are what he, being human himself, loved to witness—because of their instability, there could always be surprises.
It's like playing a certain game where using one's superpower scares the NPCs, but after all, a game is just a game, and the NPCs only have a few monotonous responses. However, when you have superpowers in real life and display them in front of people, the sense of vanity one feels knowing it's real, is something games can't provide.
