Chapter 5500 (Five Thousand Five Hundred)
“What’s wrong with seeing the child’s hands?” asked the Gray Hand Man.

“I noticed his fingernails were… blue,” the man said, “the blue color that is unique to people with blue nails.”

“So?” asked the Gray Hand Man.

“So… I think as long as I don’t admit it, that… adult won’t force me to ask.” said the man.

“Why are children’s fingernails blue? Do you think adults won’t force you to ask them?” the man with gray hands asked again.

The man replied, “Because in addition to seeing the color of children’s fingernails, I also saw the color of adults’ fingernails.”

“What color?” asked the Gray Hand Man.

“It’s not blue,” the man said. “It’s just the color of ordinary Tiecang people’s fingernails. It’s similar to the color of my fingernails.”

“Just because you looked at the color of the two people’s nails, you think that person won’t force you to ask?” Gray Hand Man asked, “Are there any other reasons?”

“There is no other reason.” The man said, “It’s simply because of the color of those two people’s nails.”

“Be more specific. Why did you think so after looking at the color of those two people’s nails?” asked the man with gray hands.

In fact, the Gray Hands man had an idea in mind when he asked this question. He wanted to let the other party speak out because he wanted to verify his own thoughts and because he could not control his behavior of delaying time. “Because… at that time, I thought that since the child was a Blue Armored Man and the adult looked about forty years old, that is to say… he must be over twenty-five years old, so I concluded that the adult was an Iron Cang person, and I… am also an Iron Cang person. I believe that the adult will not interrogate an Iron Cang person just because he believes in a Blue Armored Man.” The man said.

“Do you think that adult knows that you are also from Tiecang?” asked the Gray Hand Man.

“Whether he knows I’m from Tiecang or not, he… should know I’m definitely not a Blue-Armored Person. The place I was in the dream… seems… generally there are only Tiecang people and Blue-Armored People, it’s hard to see other people. I guess… he would think I’m from Tiecang. I look much older than my actual age, and people always say I look old. Anyway… as long as he sees that my nails are not blue, he will definitely not think I’m a Blue-Armored Person.” The man said, “Everyone knows that if a person is a Blue-Armored Person, his nails will turn blue when he turns 25, the blue that is unique to Blue-Armored People. And I… look like I’m over 25 years old, and my nails are not the blue that is unique to Blue-Armored People, but are similar in color to that adult. He… should think I’m from Tiecang.”

The Gray Hand Man asked again, “Didn’t you say it was a dream?”

The Gray Hand asked this question in order to secretly test whether the man was sure that what he was describing happened in a dream, and also to speculate whether it was possible that he would suddenly remember after a while that this was actually his real experience.

“Yes.” The man said, “It was in my dream. Did I say something wrong?”

“I didn’t say you said anything wrong. I just want to ask, in your dream, will the nails of the blue-armored man also turn blue when he reaches the age of twenty-five?” said the gray-handed man.

“It seems so.” The man said, “I felt so in my dream.”

(End of this chapter)