Chapter 5394 (five thousand three hundred and ninety-four) Self-examination
"What happens next?" the gray-handed man asked.
"I didn't say anything, just waiting... to be sucked in by the regret gate, but I was unwilling to do so. He stretched my hands again," the man said.
"Still testing you?" the gray-handed man asked.
"Yes." The man said.
"Is it the same one I tried before?" the gray-handed man asked.
"No more." The man said, "The way he stretched my hand this time was different from last time."
"What's different?" the gray-handed man asked.
The man replied: "This time he turned my hands around and... stretched them."
"Turn?" asked the gray-handed man, "How did it turn?"
"When he stretched my hands before, I had the backs of my hands facing up." The person said, "Before he stretched my hands this time, he turned both of my hands to...the backs of my hands were facing down."
"What does this mean?" asked the gray-handed man.
"He said... this is to test whether I have a chance to reflect on myself without a conscience." The man said.
"Did you ask him?" the gray-handed man asked.
"Yes, I asked." The man said.
"How did you ask?" the man with gray hands asked, "did you take the initiative to talk to him?"
"No." The man said, "This time...he took the initiative to tell me after he heard me shouting."
"When did you shout?" the gray-handed man asked.
The man replied: "Just when he turned my hands, and then...stretched my hands again."
"Why are you shouting?" asked the man with gray hands.
"Because it hurts," the man said.
"You just yelled but didn't say anything?" the gray-handed man asked.
"Yes." The man said, "I didn't have time to talk to him... As soon as I shouted, he talked to me."
The man with gray hands asked again: "What did he tell you?" "He just told me... It seems that I still have a chance to reflect on myself." The man said.
The gray-hand man said: "Is it because you shouted?"
"Probably so." The man said.
"What else did he say?" The Gray Hand Man asked, "I asked about... introspection."
The man said: "After he said that, he said... I shouted out because of the pain, so... I still have a chance to reflect on myself."
The gray-handed man said: "Did you ask anything else?"
"I didn't ask." The man said, "I... didn't dare to speak at that time. I was worried that if I said something wrong, it would bring consequences to me, especially... in this situation... this time he turned my hands over. It really hurts when I stretch it again!”
The man with gray hands asked again: "Did he continue to speak?"
"He said it." The man said, "He said...since I have the opportunity to reflect on myself, why didn't I reflect on myself earlier?"
"Is he asking you something?" the man with gray hands asked.
"Yes." The man said.
"Did you answer?" the gray-handed man asked.
"Answered." The man said, "I said... I couldn't understand what he was talking about."
The man with gray hands asked: "What did he say after hearing this?"
"He asked me which word I didn't understand, whether it was 'introspection'." The man said.
The gray-handed man said: "What do you think?"
"I said 'yes'," the man said.
"Did he tell you?" the gray-hand man asked.
"He didn't tell me anything. He just asked me...if I never knew what the word 'introspection' meant." The man said.
"What did you say?" asked the gray-handed man.
"I said no," the man said, "I said... I just don't understand what he meant by 'introspection.'"
(End of chapter)