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"Now, tell me. Which one of them do you think you need the most?"
Shin could not help but be silent when he heard those words. He felt that he was a test. He felt that the professor was testing him right now to see his insight and understand his disposition more.
He knew that there was no wrong answer here, but he felt that there must be a right one.
From his experiences, he understood a single thing. He might be a little stronger than most of the people in his generation, but it did not mean that he was absolutely at the peak.
He also encountered opponents that he could not defeat with his current strength, particularly Coffin Maker and Butcher, who surpassed his strength far too greatly. Even the Artificial Mutants that they had encountered during the mission were stronger than him.