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Chapter 43 Goodnight, Miss Crow

Chapter 43 Goodnight, Miss Crow (First Update)
He picked up the folding knife from the ground and casually tossed it away with a "snap".

The blade, covered in scratches under the moonlight, was yellowish-white, indicating that this cheap folding knife had been frequently sharpened.

"An adult's toy, right?"

Bai Zhou blinked.

He fell to his knees with a thud.
The skinny man begged for mercy with a mournful face:
"Brother, just ignore me, I was just joking with Lao Zhao!"

"Yes, yes!" The muscular man nodded vigorously.

"We know we were wrong!"

—If you walk too many dark roads at night, you'll encounter a ghost!

Where did this kid get a gun?!

Although the gun looked somewhat strange and unfamiliar, judging from the kid's fearless demeanor...

Doesn't look fake.

The skinny man was closest; he could even smell the pungent odor of gunpowder from above.

—It's like the gun just fired!

This is no easy target; it's a heavy weight holding a durian.

Not only is it prickly and hard, but it also has a smell!

Bai Zhou shook his head in response to their pleas for mercy.

"It doesn't seem to you realize you're wrong..."

I'm just scared.

However, fear can only produce flattery, but not any goodwill.

"look at me."

The dark muzzle of the gun swayed gently in front of the skinny man, drawing his gaze involuntarily.

Gradually, the skinny man's eyes, following the swaying gun barrel, became dull.

A very simple hypnosis technique.

It is absolutely ineffective against extraordinary individuals, and it doesn't even work against normal, ordinary people.
But for thin people who are in a state of panic and are mentally unstable, hypnosis is very effective, and they can do whatever they want.

"What do you mean by 'last time'?" Bai Zhou asked.

"Yes……"

In the muscular man's dazed, bewildered gaze,
The skinny man, somewhat dazed and hesitant, began to answer every question.

"Last time, a little child..."

“We went to the black market…and made a fortune.”

"But soon, we gambled it all away, so..."

"...Nobody knows these things."

Make a fortune.

This word is somewhat sensitive to Shirabuki.

The smile on his face gradually faded.

really.

The one who understands fear best is often the most wicked.

"Ah... witchcraft!"

The skinny man suddenly woke up, collapsed to the ground, and scrambled away to the side, his eyes filled with terror.

For a moment just now, he suddenly felt dizzy and as if he had been cursed.

The incredible, unprecedented experience filled him with immense fear.

"You're a ghost!"

But Bai Zhou gave an irrelevant answer.

"Once upon a time, there was a mermaid who grew tired of life in the sea and wanted to see the warm and beautiful land of legend."

"With high hopes, she paid a great price to come to land."

Bai Zhou suddenly remembered this story.

"...However, the land was not what she expected."

"She witnessed a fisherman pretend to fall into the water, and when his companion swam to his rescue, she snatched all the gold coins from his pocket and then accused him of pushing her into the water."

"She also saw well-dressed merchants dumping barrels of pungent black oil into her ocean."

"Thus, the disappointed mermaid, unable to return to the ocean, became a lake fairy on land."

"—Guess what?"

"..." The skinny man and the fat man both shook their heads, not daring to utter a sound.

"Congratulations, you guessed right."

Bai Zhou nodded approvingly.
"Whenever a woodcutter passed by, she would come out with two axes and ask them whether they had lost a gold axe or a silver axe."

In the silent environment, Bai Zhou slowly put away the "Judicator-300" enchanted pistol.

This action made the skinny man's eyes light up with surprise.

This also made the muscular man in the white vest next to him stare at Bai Zhou's back, itching to make a move.

—But then, Bai Zhou pulled out a short, black stick from behind him.

The moonlight shone on the dark stick.

Bai Zhou revealed a bright smile, unveiling the ending of the story:
"Then, the fairy maiden in the lake will use those two axes..."

"—Chop all these greedy and hypocritical humans into mincemeat!"

……

The dark clouds gradually moved away.

The moonlight is exceptionally bright tonight.

"This Blue Star... or rather, Listening to the Sea, doesn't seem to be much better than I thought."

Emerging from the bushes, the white boat moved nimbly, disappearing into the moonlight.

"That's not entirely true."

"...There are good people and bad people everywhere."

The crow walked quietly beside the white boat and answered softly.
"Moreover, this is the forgotten edge of the city, the lowest of the low."

"When there is nowhere else to go, people's bottom line becomes extremely low, or even non-existent."

“That’s true…” Bai Zhou shook his head and patted the mud off his body.

Cooking the two guys was easy, but dealing with the aftermath and covering up the traces was a real hassle.

Always cautious, Shirazuki pays special attention to after-sales service.

—But it was also this time,
It was only then that Bai Zhou fully realized that he had undergone a significant change overnight.

Two lives were lost at his hands, but he didn't even have much of a psychological reaction.

Perhaps it was the matter between Deputy Commander Han and Section Chief Liu that touched him deeply.

He still maintains a reverence for life itself, but it is precisely because of this reverence for life that he is exceptionally indifferent to those who arbitrarily take innocent lives.

He could no longer trust the efficiency of so-called federal government enforcement.

Besides, there will always be people in the world who believe that evil deeds will live on for a thousand years. That won't do.

So, Bai Zhou thought...

Since I've encountered this, it must be fate.

If we clearly have the ability but stand idly by and let them continue to do evil...

Then what's the difference between him and an accomplice of the perpetrator?
If Heaven won't take them, they will!

—Perhaps this is their "destiny".

……

Finally, Bai Zhou walked down another street and found a better base in this area on the edge of development where progress had been interrupted.

This is an unfinished villa with about five floors. There is a river not far behind it, and a highway is a short walk ahead.

In the middle, wild grass and reeds grew wildly.

"That's it."

Bai Zhou made up his mind.

If we can't find a place to stay temporarily, the sun will be rising soon...

—In short, Shirazuchi has also moved into a large villa.

But now is not the time to rest.

Forcing himself to stay alert, Bai Zhou found a lot of discarded industrial materials in the villa.

Multiple tripwires were made from discarded electrical wires and broken glass and concealed in various corridors and stairwells.

Linked to the cable-stayed rope are rows of sharp, rusty steel bars.

...Even, Bai Zhou found several dried-up dead rats.

These are good things.

After being ground into powder, it can be used with bone fragments from small animals to create protective rituals.

However, Shiraishu's special training had not yet reached this advanced level, so Ya had to do it for him.

An abandoned villa was thus gradually "enriched".

It was pitch black everywhere, with no light, so everything was arranged to be extremely well hidden.

Bai Zhou finally felt a sense of security.

—Let's continue with the rest tomorrow!
If an uninvited guest were to rush into this "White Boat Happy House," they would find that there are many surprises waiting inside.

I just hope this uninvited guest is a pursuer from the Special Administration Bureau, and not some foolish thief...

"clatter……"

Bai Zhou climbed the stairs to the top-floor room and cleaned it thoroughly.

— His escape cured his minor obsession with cleanliness, but not completely.

Although half of the top floor wall is open and drafty on both sides,
But this ironically provides the best panoramic view and the most moonlight.

"Finally, I can rest!"

Bai Zhou spread the suit jacket on the floor and lay down directly.

"—There shouldn't be any special training tonight, right?"

"Hmm." Crow nodded slightly.

She said softly:
"You've already handed in your graduation exam papers."

A black ribbon hangs in the air, and she sits horizontally on it, her back to the white boat lying on the ground.

As night faded, the moonlight sank lower.

The morning light is dim.

A tranquil breeze blows across the river, sweeping over wild grasses and reeds, carrying the scent of damp earth.

The wind blew up the corner of the crow's coat.

Then, the wind, carrying a hint of orange and coffee, swirled and brushed against Bai Zhou's cheeks.

"You've worked hard... Go to sleep."

She stood alone in the moonlight, her voice drifting gently over.

"I'm here for you."

Just get some sleep.

Wake up,
It's a new feeling, a new world.

Even if new troubles may come rushing in when I wake up tomorrow...

That's for tomorrow.

I've had a tough day.

Please, tomorrow's me!

then……

Bai Zhou crossed his arms and curled up in the corner of the broken wall on the rooftop, slowly closing his heavy eyelids on the blanket made of his suit.

The unease of the past few days was released like a flood.

He felt a chill run down his spine for no reason, followed by waves of exhaustion.

It was almost dawn.

Bai Zhou drifted off to sleep.

In a trance,
It must have been a dream.

It must be an illusion.

He seemed to see something vaguely—

Miss Raven, with her back to him and alone under the moonlight, turned her head, and her iridescent eyes softened unusually...

she says:

Goodnight, Shirazuki.

—It must be a dream.

and so……