Chapter 631

"Then why did you invite me to dinner? It wasn't just to change the strings on your harpsichord, right?"

Tobias's tone carried lingering doubt and disappointment.

"I originally wanted to kill you."

But Hannibal's words made everyone shocked once again!

How similar this was to Tobias's initial thoughts?!

These two psychopathic serial killers facing each other right now.

both had thoughts of putting the other to death!

Tobias abandoned this thought when he discovered Hannibal was his peer.

Turning instead to wanting to become friends with Hannibal.

But Hannibal is different!

He knew from the beginning that Tobias was a murderer! A psychopath!

And his desire to kill Tobias had not changed!

Hearing what Hannibal said.

Tobias's face also changed slightly.

He subconsciously looked at the food he had just eaten on the table!

Hannibal also saw what the other party was thinking.

"I didn't poison you, Tobias, I wouldn't treat food that way."

Hannibal's tone was very sincere.

But Tobias couldn't quite grasp Hannibal's attitude for a moment.

However, the audience in front of the screen understood Hannibal better than Tobias did.

This sentence of his... should not be a lie....

The degree of importance Hannibal places on food.

is probably really as he said himself!

In Hannibal's view.

The importance of food is far greater than killing Tobias!

At least for Hannibal, food is sacred!

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And just as the two were at a stalemate.

A doorbell rang.

"Are you expecting other guests?"

"No."

Hannibal shook his head and turned to walk toward the front door.

While Tobias walked toward the balcony with a tacit understanding.

The wind and snow outside the window were growing heavier.

As Hannibal opened the door.

Will shook the snow off his body, while excitedly saying to Hannibal,

"I kissed Alana."

"Please, come in."

Hannibal simply gave a "wow" in agreement and then welcomed Will inside.

Seemingly not worried at all that Tobias, who had just been dining, would be discovered.

"Do you have guests?"

Will looked at the meal on the table.

"A colleague, he just left due to an emergency."

"Without even finishing dinner?"

"He received an emergency call and had to go deal with it immediately."

Hannibal's tone had not a hint of panic.

It was calm, carrying a confidence and indifference that could convince anyone.

"You came just in time, I prepared dessert for two."

As he spoke.

Hannibal walked toward the oven with absolute naturalness.

Diverting Will's attention elsewhere.

"Tell me, what was Alana's reaction at the time?"

"She said she wasn't right for me, and I wasn't right for her..."

"I agree completely. She thinks observing you is an obligation within her field of research, and that you would resent her for it."

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Facing Will's frustration.

Hannibal didn't shy away from anything.

He spoke bluntly, laying everything bare.

Alana also serves as a counselor for Will's psychological issues.

Over time, this would eventually cause Will's resentment.

"I want to know why you kissed her at that time, and drove an hour to tell me about it."

"Ever since I met her, I've wanted to kiss her. Her lips are very tempting."

Will said, feeling a bit embarrassed.

Although he and Hannibal can talk about anything now.

Private topics regarding emotions still made Will feel a bit strange.

"You held back for so long before, which means there must be other reasons that prompted you."

"I heard an animal trapped in my chimney. I chiseled open the wall, but there was nothing inside."

Will recalled what happened today.

Waking up from a nightmare, he had even started to experience auditory hallucinations.

Hearing as if an animal was trapped in the chimney.

Speaking of this.

Will was a bit hesitant, his thoughts in chaos.

"Alana appeared. She looked at me, and her expression seemed different. I can't explain it, but she knew...."

"She knew what? Will."

"There was no animal in the chimney. It only existed in my mind... I sleepwalk... I have headaches... auditory hallucinations... emotional instability..."

"So you kissed her, attempting to maintain emotional balance?"

Hannibal accurately stated the behavioral logic in Will's subconscious and continued to analyze.

"You said yourself that your work is not good for you."

"Unfortunately, this work requires me..."

"When you close your eyes, can you still hear the killer playing the serenade?"

"It's a duet."

Finally, Will said the truth with a bitter smile.

The development of his illness was much more serious than imagined.

The music played by the killer in his mind was never composed by the killer himself.

It was already a shared thought between Will and the killer.

And this point.

He had been hiding it from Hannibal from the beginning.