He swallowed, his body stiff as a snail and he turned his head slowly, "More..."
"Bam—"
Before he could finish his words, the boy rushed over, grabbed his neck and threw him to the ground.
"Cough cough."
Hanyu Keidou held the boy's arm and kept coughing, with a shadow covering his head.
When his eyes met, he saw a pair of dark and deep eyes staring at him. Endless murderous intent and cruelty were filled in those eyes. The biting coldness made his heart tremble more than the cold wind blowing on his body.
"Uncle Tada, please... ugh!"
He tightened his five fingers and squeezed Hanyu Keidou's neck so tightly that he couldn't even utter a complete sentence.
"I've been looking for you for a long time!"
Qingyou's face was pale and his tone was cold, like a corpse crawling out of a mass grave, terrifying and creepy.
"If you have anything to say, go talk to the devil in hell!!"
A bloodthirsty red light flashed in his eyes, and he immediately increased the strength of his hands, trying to strangle Hanyu Keidō to death.
[Host, don't kill him. There's a camera behind you. ]
The system gave an anxious reminder.
[No, not just one, but several! ]
Qingyou paused and frowned as he looked at the ugly face of Yuzyu Keidou.
——When did the cameras appear around here? I remember last time...
Suddenly thinking of something, he remained indifferent and did not send another voice message to ask.
However, the murderous wave surrounding him became more and more terrifying.
Hanyu Keidō closed his eyes, cold sweat dripped down his forehead, and his whole body trembled. He was frightened by this aura.
"boom!!"
Suddenly, a sudden explosion sounded in the apartment building, and then the whole apartment was on fire, and the scorching wind blew in the face.
Qingyou stood up suddenly, staring at the apartment surrounded by fire, and then he remembered that the girl was still in the apartment.
He lowered his eyes and noticed the relief on Hanyu Kedou's face.
Judging from that expression, he probably thought he had escaped danger again.
Qingyou looked indifferent, raised his foot and kicked the man's temple with all his strength, knocking him unconscious.
"You bastard, I'll settle the score with you later!"
After saying this coldly, he looked at the raging fire in front of him.
"Oh shit!"
Gritting his teeth and cursing secretly, he clenched his fists and rushed in immediately.
Chapter 65 A Black Suit
The fire was burning with a crackling sound, devouring all combustible materials wantonly. The scorching red light and billowing smoke almost blocked the view.
All I could hear were the panicked cries of other residents and the crackling sounds of sparks from the burning objects.
Her body was tied tightly with thick ropes, and the dizziness and pain from her brain left her without the strength to even move on the ground.
The fire grew stronger with the wind, thick black smoke filled her nose, and she kept coughing, almost suffocating her. Even the air around her felt burning and stinging. The sea of fire was spreading across the room, approaching her little by little.
Beads of sweat formed on her forehead. Hanyu Reizuki's face was pale. She closed her eyes slightly as she looked at the red sparks that were jumping and getting closer.
I'm in a desperate situation...
[Do you need my help?]
A clear and pleasant female voice suddenly sounded in my heart.
Hanyu Reizuki still had her eyes closed. She was not panicked or shocked by the sudden strange phenomenon. Instead, she was calm as usual, as if she was used to it.
"My Lord God..."
She murmured softly, as if responding to the voice in her heart
[Do you need my help?]
A nice female voice repeated the words just now. There was no ups and downs in the voice, but it sounded bewitching. [If you want, I can get you out of this sea of fire immediately.]
[As for the price, it is your taste]
Her long curled eyelashes trembled slightly. Hearing the conditions proposed by the female voice in her heart, Hanyu Reizuki pursed her pale lips and did not respond.
I rested my head on the still slightly cool ground, and my past memories turned into fragments of stars and poured into my mind.
When she was very young, Hanyu Keidō owed a huge sum of money from gambling, and her life gradually became difficult and miserable.
Later, because he was unable to repay the debt, he turned his attention to himself.
Want to use her body to reduce the debt owed
The dark room, the iron door was firmly locked, cutting off all possible escape routes. The men excitedly tore off all her clothes. No matter how she cried and begged for mercy, the flashes in the men's eyes never faded.
At this time of despair, God appeared
Before she was violated, the men turned into a pool of blood.
The price to pay is that your face will be marked with the mark of your clan.
That was her first transaction with the God.
...
One snowy night, my brother was severely beaten by a drunk man and lay in bed with a high fever.
The dying look, as if he was about to die
She had no money to take her brother to see a doctor, so she knelt on the ground and begged the man, but all she got in return was a beating.
She was crying, with extreme despair and grief flooding her body. At this time, the Lord God appeared again.
The cost: One year of life
...
My classmates pressed my head down and forced me into the pool.
The feeling of suffocation from lack of oxygen occupied her mind. At that time, she thought she was going to die here.
God, appears again
All the classmates who bullied her died mysteriously overnight. From then on, no one in the class bullied her anymore.
The price he paid was that the mark on his face turned completely black.
...
The gods always appear when she is most desperate and helpless, and use temporary safety in exchange for something from her.
It's always been like this, nothing has changed
She has always agreed to deals with the gods and has never refused them, not once.
But today...
"I'm sorry, Lord God, I don't need your help." She answered softly with her eyes closed, her cheeks wet with sweat.
[unnecessary...?]
The female voice in my heart paused for a moment, and the originally calm voice was filled with a hint of surprise.
"Well, no need." Hanyu Reizuki repeated her return.
[...]
There was no sound coming from my heart, and it fell into a deathly silence. It seemed that I was very confused about how I could get such an answer.
This seemed to be the first time she heard a rejection from a girl.
Inevitably, a little surprise
[Are you sure? You are in a desperate situation. If you continue like this, you will die.]
"Ok, I know."
[Then you still...]
The words stopped, and her calm tone began to take on a different tone, [Could it be that you are not afraid of death?]
"I am afraid, how can I not be afraid..." Hanyu Reizuki replied softly. Even though she was surrounded by fierce fire, her voice was still gentle and soft.
"It is precisely because of fear that I cannot make any deal with the Lord God."
[Um? ]
The girl's contradictory answer made the female voice in her heart feel puzzled and doubtful.
Hanyu Reizuki did not respond to her. She pressed one side of her face against the ground, looking for the last bit of coolness.
Yes, she was very afraid of death. She hadn't fulfilled many of her wishes. How could she be willing to leave this world like this?
It was precisely because of her fear of death that she agreed to the deal with the God again and again.
I have to agree, I have to agree
Because that was the last straw she could grasp before she was trapped in the quagmire of despair and about to be swallowed by darkness.
The fire was getting bigger and bigger. Everything that could burn in the room was twisted in the blazing fire. The sound of objects breaking could be heard from time to time. The scorching temperature was rising, and the stinging pain on the surface of the skin was getting worse.
Hanyu Reizuki closed her eyes. Even at this moment, there was no fear or panic on her face. She was calm, as if she had put herself outside.
“Hey, Lord God.” She said softly, close to the ground, “You know, every time you appear to me, it’s like the last straw in the swamp. I can only hold on to it tightly to delay the time I sink deeper into it.”
“But this is not redemption.”
[Redemption...?]
Hearing this, the voice seemed to understand something, and the tone of the voice gradually became curious, [So, have you already encountered what you think is salvation? ]
Hanyu Reizuki breathed weakly, the voice of the god echoed in her eardrums, and red flames devoured and burned in the room, and were about to burn towards her following the direction of the wind.
“Hanyu-senpai!!”
Anxious and worried shouts reached her ears through the fierce fire. She opened her eyes and looked towards the source of the sound.
In the clusters of burning red flames, the young man rushed towards her without hesitation, the red light illuminating his handsome face.
At that moment, she was lost in the boy's eyes.
The sparkling and dazzling one is brighter than the raging waves of fire.
——Yes, I have already encountered
In the blazing fire, her lips curled up and her eyebrows curved.
My own salvation
----
"boom--"
The man who had just escaped from the fire with Hanyu Reizuki in his arms was lying on the ground. The shabby apartment surrounded by the fire collapsed in the snow, with thick black smoke billowing out.
Oh, that was close.
Looking at the building collapsed into ruins, Qingyou breathed a sigh of relief and secretly felt lucky.
"Senior Hanyu, how are you now? Are you feeling unwell?"
Qingyou lowered his eyes to look at the girl in his arms, put her down and asked with concern.
Leaving the boy's warm and strong embrace, Hanyu Reizuki couldn't help but feel some regret in her heart.
"No, everything is fine." She quickly concealed those emotions, shook her head, and replied softly.
