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"Perhaps,"
Doctor Gou shook his head without arguing and looked towards Hungry Monkey, "If one day Miao died, and you only needed to sacrifice a city's worth of people to bring him back, would you do it?"
"..."
After a momentary pause, Hungry Monkey nodded with utmost determination, "Of course, I would, is there even a need to ask?"
"That's just it."
Doctor Gou gazed down at his own large knife, his thoughts seemingly drifting as he murmured, "When someone extremely important to you suddenly passes away, and there's a way to bring that person back to life, with the condition being merely the death of a city full of strangers to you."
"And you wouldn't be exposed, as long as you don't admit to it yourself."
"Most people would choose to do it."
"So from a certain perspective, I can actually understand him, a long time ago, I had the same thought."
Hungry Monkey didn't speak again, just continued to watch the person on the stage, lost in thought.
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