From the end of the world

Chapter 111 Epilogue
Strictly speaking, this was my first time killing someone.

But I don’t know if it’s because I’ve done a lot of things that are close to murder in the past, or because the people I killed deserved to die, but I have no feelings about it.

Or maybe it was because Agent Kong was right. Killing was too easy for me. I could turn a person into ashes with just a thought. There was no bloodshed or screams in the process. There was only a flash of fire. The person being killed might not even have time to feel the pain of death. Therefore, as a murderer, I naturally couldn't feel the reality, let alone the guilt.

I don't see it as a bad thing. I will probably continue to fight people in the future, and I will probably encounter situations where I have to kill my opponent again. It is better to have no feelings than to have resistance or even unnecessary obsession.

However, on the other hand, I did have a strange feeling. It wasn't that something had changed in my heart, but it was a matter of how I felt. As I actually took someone's life, my superpowers seemed to have changed slightly.

What happened? I moved my hands and feet in surprise, feeling the operation of my superpowers. The operation of the superpowers themselves was fine, but it seemed that there was an unprecedented foreign object, but I couldn't check it for the time being.

Seeing that I took the initiative to kill people first, Zhu Shi seemed to want to make some suggestions, but in the end he said nothing and just let out a long sigh.

By the way, I didn't burn the entire Shadow Changer to ashes, at least I left the head. This is what Mazao needs to investigate where the Monster Maker will go.

Under the complicated gaze of the goldfish, I handed the head to Ma Zao, then turned to Lu Youxun and said, "Let's disband here and discuss it after Ma Zao has a result."

Lu Youxun had no objection and turned to leave the place. But Changan seemed to have something else to say. It just so happened that I also had something to say to him.

The existence of the demon hunter family and the blood of demons destined Chang'an to go deeper into the weird world in the future, and Ma Zao's existence has been exposed to the vision of all parties, so now there is no need for me to stick to the lie I told him when I parted with him. I took him aside to talk alone and took the initiative to explain the real reason why I stayed away from him in the past.

Besides, I was originally worried whether my "firefly" would bring disaster to him. Now that his personal danger has been resolved, he will probably continue to enter and leave the barrier of the Zhu family mansion, so I will no longer use "firefly" to monitor him.

"No wonder you suddenly acted so weird last time. It turns out you encountered these things." Chang'an said suddenly enlightened.

"Yes. So you'd better not come near me in the future," I said.

He nodded in agreement: "I understand. I'm not really stupid. I won't do anything that would become a burden to my friends and make them worry for no reason."

Is he serious about what he said? Is he really self-aware?

"But, if I become stronger in the future. For example, through the blood of sealed monsters, or the inheritance of the demon hunter family, I can gain enough power to protect myself. By then..." He hesitated to speak.

I took the initiative to take over the conversation: "Until then, we can be friends like before."

Having said that, in order to avoid bringing him unnecessary danger, it would be better to have less contact with him at that time.

I think this sentence is more appropriate as a parting word, but his attitude is very strange. After hearing what I said, he paused, and then looked at me with a look that I couldn't understand.

"Will it be the same as before..." he said to himself.

"What's wrong?" I asked curiously.

He shook his head first, then smiled and said, "Then, see you later."

We parted ways.
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Lu Youxun called not long after and briefly informed everyone about what happened at the nightclub, which marked the end of the shadow-changing monster incident.

Although I made quite a commotion inside the nightclub when I was trying to capture the Shadow Changer, the nightclub owner did not stay away from the place. I don't know if it was because he was not vigilant enough, or he wanted to live and die with the nightclub, or he just didn't care about anything, but the law enforcement team successfully arrested him after destroying the nightclub.

During the interrogation by the detective, she confessed everything she had done, including what was related to the goldfish.

Why did she allow Goldfish to work in the store even though she knew the true identity of the Shadow Changer? It was because not only did Goldfish want to use her body to create black material against her father, but she also needed this handle to counter the Shadow Changer who forced her to cooperate. She looked down on the Shadow Changer from the bottom of her heart, but she had to succumb to his tyranny in the past, and this fact made her full of resentment.

She saw the Shadow Changer's obsession with crossing social classes as a normal human being, and thought that this handle was enough to destroy his social future. Of course, after getting this handle, the Shadow Changer might also turn the table over and use violence to settle accounts with her rebellion. Any rational person would realize that this handle is actually a bomb that could destroy himself.

Unfortunately, she is not a rational person. In the past, she was able to take revenge on her husband by sending her body to a brothel just because he cheated on her. This shows that she is essentially like a goldfish, a woman with a brain that is definitely out of place. She doesn't care whether the method she chooses will destroy herself in turn, and she will just use whatever method she thinks of. From another perspective, it can be said that she is very capable of taking action, which makes people want to "stay away from her" while being speechless.

"Women are always unreasonable. She is one of the best there."

Before ending the call, Lu Youxun sighed on the phone. I think his view of women is biased. Has he suffered a great loss from women before?

We walked out of the grove.

Chang'an should have been going back to the Zhu family residence, but Zhu Shi did not go back with him, but stayed with Ma Zao and me.

Ma had found an abandoned plastic bag on the roadside and put the head in it. She seemed to be still thinking about her previous experiences, and looked at me from time to time. I asked her what she was thinking about, and she thought about it and confessed to me.

"That man named Lu Chan said earlier that men have two major fantasies..." She looked at me very seriously, "Zhuang Cheng, do you also want to be hugged by a girl younger than you like a mother? You helped me a lot before and treated me very kindly. If you want, I can hug you too."

Hearing this, Zhu Shi, who was walking nearby, almost fell.

I looked at Ma Zao's tender beauty, like a flower bud, and her slender and soft body, and I was actually a little moved. However, the righteous gaze next to me, full of social common sense, forced me to restrain myself for the time being and politely declined with righteous words.

Ma Zao seemed to remember that Zhu Shi was still around, so he added: "If you need anything in the future, you can come to me alone. You can always let me do something of this level."

"No, no, no, this kind of thing is definitely very strange!" Zhu Shi couldn't help but interrupt, and then said, "Also, Zhuang Cheng, I've always wanted to tell you..."

"Are you talking about the murder?" I was mentally prepared for this question.

"Of course I have to talk about that, but we can talk about it later. Now I want to ask another question," she said. "Why didn't you dodge when the Shadow-Changer attacked you during the trial? Although his attack speed was very fast, from my reaction afterwards, it seemed that you didn't intend to dodge from the beginning."

"There's really no need to dodge," I said. "Although he's controlling a shadow, it's still a physical attack in essence. You know the condition of my body, that kind of attack won't work on me."

"This is a wrong idea, Zhuang Cheng." She said seriously, "Your elementalization is indeed an amazing skill, but the soul is very fragile. The body is both a seal and a protection for the soul. Transforming the body into natural elements means exposing the soul defenselessly.

"As long as we demon hunters concentrate our magic power with the intention of killing souls, we can make physical attacks have the power to kill souls. I think your soul must be countless times stronger than that of a normal demon hunter, otherwise the flame transformed from your spirit would not be so powerful, and it would not be so easy to destroy it.

"But even so, your soul is still defenseless when it transforms into an element. This is probably your only weakness. You shouldn't rely on your ability to ignore physical attacks and suffer damage from the enemy without any defense."

"Soul attacks are so common among demon hunters?" I didn't expect that the attack attribute that I feared the most could be achieved so easily.

"That's right. The two weirdos who fought with us before probably didn't know the trick to attack the soul, and Agent Kong who fought with you in the past was probably killed by your powerful firepower before he could use soul attack. Otherwise, even you would definitely feel that your soul was damaged to some extent." She nodded, "In fact, I should have reminded you earlier. It's just that this matter is common sense for demon hunters, and I didn't remember to tell you. This can also be regarded as a kind of knowledge barrier.

"You don't have to worry too much about this. Because soul attacks are very common, items that increase the defense of the soul are also very common. In the future, I will find a way to help you collect some powerful items related to this. You just need to equip them on your body and pay more attention to the enemy's attacks."

"Thank you." I said solemnly.

Zhu Shi nodded, then looked at the plastic bag containing the monster's head in Ma Zao's hand and asked, "Ma Zao, you told Lu Chan before that it would take a week to find the place where the monster maker gave the monsters physical examinations. That was a lie, wasn't it?"

"It's a lie." Ma Zao nodded, "I don't believe him, and he seems to be quite obsessed with the matter of Monster Maker and the Humanitarian Department. To be on the safe side, I didn't tell him the truth."

"So how long does it actually take?" Zhu Shi asked.

Ma Zao said confidently, "It's hard to tell the exact time, but as long as I take the initiative to investigate the strange incident, I should be able to find it out before we miss the opportunity."

(End of this chapter)