Gu Tao took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "You're too kind, this is my job after all, to earn my keep."
In truth, he felt somewhat guilty toward the elderly man, because it was his failure to oversee the Little Evil God that had led to everything. Could the Little Evil God be blamed? Obviously not! The creature only knew to go out and play, and then it got drunk. But could you say it had no responsibility? Of course, it had some. Yet how to punish it? There truly was no way to punish it, and that's exactly why oversight agencies needed to exist, just as when a tiger eats a person, the responsibility does not lie with the tiger. It is within the tiger's powers, its instincts, and the human victim, though innocent, was merely caught in a tragic accident.
