Feixiao was shocked: "What... did you say?"

"Those Descendants of Du Lan who came to rescue me were full of expectations that when I regained my freedom, I could turn the tide of battle and change everything... allowing all the Borisin hunting packs to flourish once again! But this is nothing more than a beautiful dream manipulated by those with ulterior motives. They would rather pin their hopes for survival on a nebulous the Savior than possess even a shred of courage or strength for a death-struggle. Such Borisin might as well be completely wiped out!"

"And I, a prisoner held for seven hundred years, a war criminal who couldn't even seek an honorable death in battle—once I return to the tribe, I will become a puppet manipulated by others. I will never accept such a fate!"

"To the truly strong, 'Foxian' or 'Borisin' is just a name; the truly strong can decide their own path. I will carve out a brand new path for myself and hand the power to decide the hunting pack's fate to you—the former Borisin war slave, and the future master of the Foxians."

"Your Physician, Jiaoqiu, serves you so loyally that he would not hesitate to die to cure your Moon Frenzy. I told him that the way to liberation is in my hands." Hoolay's figure appeared behind Feixiao, pacing back and forth beside her.

"With just a nod, you will immediately wake from this nightmare of madness brought by the 'Crimson Moon', and your body will be completely renewed. From then on, madness will no longer plague you, doubt will be but dust easily brushed from your heart, and fear will vanish without a trace."

—

Jujutsu Kaisen.

"This guy is way too smart! Knowing he can't go back, he directly tries to poach a General from the enemy camp to be the Warchief... he's a genius!"

Although Hoolay wasn't a good person, Itadori found it hard to deny that he was a very charismatic leader, and his strategic vision was simply too strong.

He never intended to live from the start, and every step was within his calculations—he even factored the General into his schemes. Feixiao would either remain trapped in Moon Frenzy and eventually die, or become the new Warchief of the Borisin. In a sense, he had done the best he possibly could.

"Feixiao won't agree, and even if she did, becoming the new Warchief of the Borisin would mean standing in opposition to the Xianzhou Alliance. Even if she is the Great Victory General, she couldn't withstand the encirclement and suppression of the other Generals." Atsuya Kusakabe took a cigarette from his pack and put it in his mouth. "In a sense, from the moment she consumes the Crimson Moon, there's only one way to live—the Crimson Moon helps her restore her sanity so she can continue being a General of the Xianzhou."

Shoko curled her lip. "How is that possible? Hoolay's move is a scorched-earth tactic, handing the Crimson Moon over to the Borisin's mortal enemy for nothing—wouldn't those Borisin brats back home faint from rage if they found out?"

"What if they are angry? Hoolay has already expelled the Borisin back home from the pack. In his eyes, they are probably just a pack of puppies kept by the Lord of Longevity; they lost the bloody nature of 'wolves' long ago and aren't worth saving."

—

"So this is the path you prepared for me... to become another you?" Feixiao asked with a cold laugh.

"Exactly. After all, you and I are so similar. We are both monsters born for war and destined to die for war."

"...I don't need to say the answer." Feixiao looked up. "I refuse."

"I said, Borisin or Foxian is just a name. You can be whoever you want to be. You can do whatever you want to do. Accept all this, and the Borisin will submit to you. Destroy them until not a bone remains, or civilize them to become vassals of the Xianzhou... everything is as you Wish."

"Your name will be carved in the annals of the Xianzhou, or in the register of great enemies; it is all up to you."

—

Miss Krillin's Dragon Maid.

"Agree! Just agree already! With such a good deal right in front of you, why wouldn't you agree?!"

Thor looked at Feixiao's expressionless, almost amused face and was dying of anxiety. Isn't this a situation where you'd agree one hundred percent? Since she could do whatever she wanted after agreeing to Hoolay, wouldn't that mean she could just go back and continue being a General?

Thor was completely sold; wasn't this Crimson Moon basically a free gift? Hoolay even said she could civilize the Borisin—this was simply the best opportunity to end the thousand-year war between the Borisin and the Xianzhou people!

But why did Feixiao remain completely unmoved? Thor couldn't understand it at all. Was using the Crimson Moon to solve her Moon Frenzy and being able to subdue the Borisin not what she wanted?

"Hmm... Although the price Hoolay offered is very generous, that's ultimately just the enemy's side of the story." After a moment of thought, Krillin analyzed seriously, "...Hoolay is far too cunning. No one knows if he's lying. General Feixiao probably has that concern in mind."

"Is that how it is?"

"There's another layer. At least as I see it, making a deal with the Borisin might involve the bottom line of how the Xianzhou treats Abominations," Krillin said.

"Bottom line?"

"Even though the price Hoolay offered is generous, once she agrees to his conditions, it means the Xianzhou Alliance has taken the lead in breaking the bottom line regarding the Abominations of Abundances. And once a precedent for breaking a bottom line is set, it becomes practically non-existent."

—

"You don't understand, Hoolay. You don't understand at all what I want." Feixiao closed her eyes and shook her head. "When I was still a child, my hands first became stained with blood just to escape the whips and shackles of the wolf-heads."

The young Feixiao chased after the shooting star that streaked across the sky, urging the Foxian girl behind her: "Ningli, don't stop, run fast...!"

"Ningli! Run with me!"

...

"We ran and ran, using all our strength, not knowing where we were heading. I escaped the hunt of the pack and met a woman who could fly... a Cloud Knight."

Hoolay: "I guess you kept your promise."

Feixiao shook her head: "Regrettably, when I brought her back to my homeland wanting to liberate my companions in Kulu, I saw that only a bottomless chasm remained on the earth."

Hearing this, Hoolay burst into loud laughter: "Hahaha, the light of the Demon Bow... a calamity star falls, and all things are annihilated."

Feixiao ignored him and continued calmly: "In the years that followed, my Cloud Knight comrades and I chased the trajectory of that light countless times, and countless times watched it fall. Gradually, I understood—that was no shooting star carrying wishes. The appearance of every arrow of light meant the annihilation of a hopeless world and countless living beings."

"I prayed to the Reignbow Arbiter, asking Him not to let me witness the'shooting stars' fall again."

"But... the God never answered me."