Chapter 189: The True Essence of Facelessness! (I)
Six days didn't pass in a blink of an eye.
Kai remembered their every second, every minute, and the smell of dusty, old lamps over his head in the library. If it was in his hands, he could have stretched the time to sixty days.
An end was inevitable, though.
Kai was sitting on the same chair in the library, books, and scrolls strewn around him on the table neatly. His face was pale white, hair rough and tangled, and he had become leaner by such a degree that one could see the change. His eyes were sunken into his skull, but there was a perceptible glint within them, an unearthly desire and hunger for knowledge.
Simon was standing at his side, and he was looking at Kai like he had never seen a thing like him.
No Contestant with Kai's Stats could stay awake for 6 days without using some Skill and yet function with the same output as the very first day. It was an inhumane, nonsensical, and mind-bending work of art, seeing Kai devouring books after books and scrolls after scrolls.
As he sat there at the table, there was something about Kai that baffled all the eyes watching him. An amalgam of demonic and researcher's Wills that could scarcely be found near each other, and when they did, it all culminated in one word — Insanity.
By now, Kai had gone through all the books, documents, scrolls, and miscellaneous notes at least once. His curiosity and scientific mind had even shocked the Chief Bishop when Simon failed to answer the questions after the second day. The best Occlumens under the 6th floor weren't enough to tackle the otherworldly, hideous theories that Kai kept coming up with.
By the time the 6th day approached, even the Chief Bishop had to spend many hours thinking before answering his question.