'Shin-Woo!?'

'I have a lot on my mind right now, so don't talk to me.'

Shino Rendu’s superhuman arm and super regeneration… It was obvious Lee Shin-Woo would’ve become much stronger if he were to obtain both of those.

[Can you even...call that living...?]

"Fine then. If you want to die..."

[No...!]

However, Lee Shin-Woo could not raise his lance again after noticing Shino Rendu regaining his reasoning.

Call it a whim. He didn’t feel like finishing Shino off.

[Let me live... Even if I have to live as an undead...]

"Alright. I'll let you live."

[Ah, ahh...!]

Lee Shin-Woo chuckled as he suddenly looked back at the thoughts he'd had the day he rescued Ye Jin-Jin.

It would be more advantageous to save her? How absurd.

Humans couldn’t always calculate all possible outcomes before acting. Life was no game. He didn't know if he would regret making this decision, but...perhaps it would end up being the greatest decision he'd ever made.

He couldn’t predict the future. That made sparing Shino the attractive choice. It was a choice that followed his heart, and those were the only kind of choices he could make as a Joker.

"My name's Paul Zero. What's yours?"

[Shino... Rendu...]

Although...