From the end of the world

Chapter 63 Exposing Strength 2
I understand Chang'an's current emotions. Suddenly two people were burned to death in front of him, and the murderer was his friend. His mood must be very complicated.

Even I am not completely unmoved by this. However, I will put off the sentimental part for later. Now I should deal with the current affairs as soon as possible.

"Changan, listen to me, I..."

I was about to continue speaking when the situation took a new turn.

With the help of the information transmitted by the flames, I felt that the two bodies beside me were quickly transformed into other substances. Turning my head, I saw that the two bodies turned black in the blink of an eye.

Looking closely, it was not the charred color caused by the flames, but the black color as if it was soaked in ink. The two people wearing black suits originally had light yellow skin, white shirts under the suits, and dark blue ties. Now these "extra colors" were all stained with black.

I recognize this "black". It is exactly the same shadow substance released by the fallen demon hunters in the past.

After turning completely black, the two corpses immediately lost their shape and turned into a sticky black liquid that spread on the ground. Then they disappeared into thin air like gradually fading shadows.

"Disappeared?" Chang An was stunned for a moment and said, "They... are not human?"

At the end, he looked at me again and then breathed a sigh of relief.

“…This is what I wanted to ask.”

I came to the place where the body disappeared, squatted down and touched the ground, but I couldn't feel any residual black shadow substance.

The two people who tied up and beat Chang'an before were definitely related to the Fallen Demon Hunter. Their existence reminded me of the demons that attacked me. Now looking back, the demons I encountered in the past were probably monsters summoned from the shadows by Agent Kong, or clones or something like that.

But Agent Kong was clearly dead, so where did these guys come from? Could they be other people with similar powers to Agent Kong?

The Fallen Demon Hunter incident is still not over?
What was the other party's purpose in kidnapping Chang'an? Was it just to take Chang'an out and beat him up?

I turned my head and looked at the ropes that tied Changan to the wooden chair. The ropes burned through, and Changan was freed. He struggled to support his body. It seemed that he was still a little dizzy because he had been beaten too badly before.

He looked at the burnt rope in disbelief, then looked at me, as if he wanted to ask a lot of questions but didn't know where to start.

"Chang'an, how did you get involved with those two guys?" I asked.

"I don't understand either..."

Under my guidance, he tried to focus his attention on his problem.

It's a pity that he also looked confused, and the series of sudden changes seemed to make him dizzy.

"I was just going to eat outside the school, and suddenly I was knocked unconscious from behind by someone. After I woke up, I was brought here, and I was beaten for no apparent reason..." He looked at the place where the two men disappeared, and continued, "I thought it was someone I had offended before who wanted to teach me a lesson, and I wondered if they had gone too far this time. I didn't expect..."

In fact, I am not completely without this idea, and now I understand why the "firefly" sounded the alarm so late.

As a fragment of my soul, "Firefly" probably has the same "stereotype" as I do about Changan, that is, it is normal for him to cause trouble outside, and it is not surprising to be taken out and beaten. If those two guys didn't seem to really want to beat Changan to death, "Firefly" would not have regarded this incident as a life-threatening situation for Changan.

"Think about it again. Apart from the cave in the room on the 15th floor, have you come across any other strange things recently?" I reminded.

"Strange things..."

Changan sat on the ground, folded his arms and lowered his head, thinking hard.

Suddenly, his expression moved.

I know him so well that when I saw his reaction, I immediately understood what he was thinking of.

"It seems that you know the idea. Tell me and I will help you," I said.

Hearing this, he raised his head and looked at me with mixed feelings: "Ah Cheng, if I told you...what would you do?"

I didn't understand what he meant and said, "Of course I want to help you. Isn't that what I just said?"

"Will you kill people?" He said in a deep voice, "Like you killed those two people just now."

"It's not like you didn't see they were not human," I said.

“But you didn’t know at first that they weren’t human,” he pointed out.

"So...what do you mean? You won't let me help you because I can kill people?" I had a bad feeling.

Sure enough, Changan became stubborn and said, "When you were in danger, didn't you let me help you? This time... I already have an idea. I can find a way to solve it myself." "How can this be the same? Just like you have seen, I have superpowers and ways to fight against weird things. Do you have them?" I couldn't just stand by and watch his situation. "If you have them too, then show them in front of me and convince me. If not..."

However, no matter what I said next, Chang'an didn't listen. Once he entered this state, no one could persuade him.

I had to change my thinking temporarily, walked to the warehouse door, and called Zhu Shi.

Zhu Shi has two mobile phone numbers, one for daily socializing and one for her demon hunter identity. She gave me both of them.

In college, she is the gentle and amiable female student Zhu Shi; while in Luoshan, she is the strong and cold demon hunter Zhu Shi. The friends made by the former know nothing about the latter.

I don’t know if it’s my illusion, but I always feel that Zhu Shi seems to be living a double life like a masked hero.

I am now dialing the mobile number of "Demon Hunter Zhu Shi".

After the call was connected, Zhu Shi's calm voice, which was consistent with his identity as a demon hunter, came from the other end: "Is this Zhuang Cheng? What's the matter?"

If I dialed the mobile number of "female student Zhu Shi", I wonder if she would call me "Senior Brother Zhuang" at the beginning... As this thought emerged in my mind, she continued: "It just so happens that I have something to talk to you about. It's about the fallen demon hunter..."

Is there something going on with her? Although I am curious, I still want to prioritize things here: "What I want to talk about here is also related to the Fallen Demon Hunter, and it also involves Chang'an."

"What?" She was startled at first, then quickly said, "You speak first!"

I briefly told her what I had encountered here, and she immediately said, "Send me the location, I'll be right there!"

She hung up the phone in a hurry. I opened the chat app, sent my location information to her chat box, and then returned to Chang'an.

Chang'an was still sitting on the ground resting, and it was impossible to tell how his mental state had recovered. After all, his face was still bruised and swollen.

He looked at me and apologized: "I'm sorry, you came to save me, but I treated you so badly just now..."

I said unhappily, "If you really feel sorry, then tell me all the clues."

"...By the way, you're actually a person with super powers. I'm really shocked..." He changed the subject, "When did you become a person with super powers? Could it be that the cave emits some strange radiation, and your super powers were awakened after you came into contact with it..."

Seeing that he was avoiding the subject, I could only sigh and answer, "It was about four and a half years ago, at the end of my third year in middle school."

“So early…” He was stunned. “…Come to think of it, you seemed to have been studying Taoism and magic during that time, but suddenly gave up and focused on ghost stories and urban legends… It turns out that you didn’t give up because of failure, but because of success…”

How does he know so much about me? I don't think I have ever talked about this with him.

But as he said, the reason why "lighting the candle with eyes" was my last attempt was not because I planned to "never do it again if it doesn't work this time", but because I awakened my superpowers.

Actually, I have continued to collect and study materials on Taoism and magic since then, but I only tried them briefly, so they are not counted in my number of times. Rather than continuing to "draw the lottery", it is better to study more about the superpowers I have. That's what I think.

"Zhu Shi will be here in a while. You should think carefully about how to explain your current situation to her," I said.

"Zhu Shi?" Chang An was stunned. "Why is she here?"

I don't know what Zhu Shi is going to do here. According to what she said before, she concealed her identity as a demon hunter in front of Chang'an. Is she going to come here as an ordinary person this time? What can an ordinary person do?

Fortunately, my worries were unnecessary.

Not long after, Zhu Shi appeared in the sight of Chang'an and me.

Perhaps in order to show her identity as a demon hunter in front of Chang'an, she specially changed into a brown and black straw raincoat and a bamboo hat, and carried a black and red sheathed sword on her back. Like an ancient knight, she walked in from the warehouse door with a dignified posture.

Chang'an seemed not to be able to recognize that it was his sister for a moment. When Zhu Shi came closer, he realized belatedly and showed an emotion of great surprise.

As if he had a vague premonition, he sat on the ground and asked tentatively: "Sister, why...why are you dressed like this?"

Zhu Shi did not answer immediately, but looked at Chang'an's bruised face carefully. Then he sighed, took out a piece of white talisman paper from his arms, and threw it at Chang'an.

The talisman paper did not fall directly on Chang'an, but disintegrated and shattered in mid-air, turning into countless shiny white dust. When the white dust came into contact with Chang'an's body, the bruises on his face miraculously began to fade. In just a few seconds, he had recovered as if he had never been injured in the first place.

He stroked his face as if in a dream, then raised his head to look at us, his eyes constantly moving between his friend (me) and his sister (Zhu Shi).

After a long while, he said in disbelief: "So... you two are actually super-powered, and I'm the only one who knows nothing?"

(End of this chapter)