He said this on purpose, wanting to see how Ciri would respond out of mischief.

"No, no." Ciri pondered for a moment and said, "It's very wild there, you could even say it's isolated from the world."

She was right. Kaer Morhen was a secluded place even in the witcher world. Similarly, as the lair of impoverished witchers, it was indeed a desolate place.

"You don't like it there?"

"No, I like it very much. Although it is isolated from the world, the scenery there is beautiful. Moreover, my most important family members are there."

"Do you have time to take me there?"

"This……"

"Is it inconvenient?"

“It’s not inconvenient.” Ciri took a breath and lowered her head. “My hometown is very far away. Very far away. And, although my hometown and my family are very good, other places around my hometown are…”

Through comparison, Ciri becomes increasingly insecure about the world she lives in.

Compared to the harmony and order here, where most people on the streets have happy smiles on their faces, the world she lives in is like hell on earth.

There are man-eating water ghosts in the water, terrifying demons and banshees on the ground, and terrifying griffins and pterodactyls in the sky. These monsters exist everywhere in the mountains and threaten everyone's life.

Of course, if it were just monsters, it wouldn't be like hell.

In fact, apart from monsters, the most terrifying enemy facing human survival is actually war.

The endless wars between the northern kingdoms and the southern empire have brought misery to the entire world. People are living in dire straits and their lives are worthless.

Ciri once saw a couple abandon their living child in a jungle full of wild beasts and leave in tears.

They did this not because they did not want to raise the child, but because the burden of family life made it impossible for them to raise the child. They could only bear the pain and sacrifice the child so that more children could survive.

This is of course infuriating and hard to believe.

But what else could the couple do? Their fields were destroyed, their livestock taken by the army, and they had no viable way to keep their family alive except to send their children to die to ease the burden.

If possible, they would also like to sacrifice themselves in exchange for the survival of their children. But if they died, the remaining children, including the one who was sent to be torn apart by wild beasts, would also die.

In that world, few people cared about orphans without parents. Even if there were, it was to squeeze more value out of them. For example, offering them as sacrifices to some evil god.

Even Ciri couldn't stand such a dirty world and twisted values. After coming to this world and seeing the happy lives of the people there, she felt even more that the world she was in was a completely twisted hell!

"Are there still many terrible customs?" An Ran asked doubtfully.

"No, it's not just a custom." Ciri shook her head and said, "Sorry, I don't know how to put it."

It wasn't that she didn't know how to express it, but she didn't dare to. Those ugly and dirty scenes made her hesitate to present such real and bloody pictures to the innocent boy in front of her.

"It's okay, no need to apologize." An Ran smiled gently and said, "Don't think about it. Just have fun here today."

"Yeah." Xili felt even more guilty. She felt like a liar. The other person cared about her so much, yet she had to hide and deceive him against her will.

In fact, she had no idea that the boy opposite her had already seen through everything about her.

Not only did he see through it, the boy also pretended that he didn't see through it.

What's even more outrageous is that the young man didn't feel the slightest bit of guilt for hiding this from Ciri, and was actually quite happy about it. Not only that, he even shared this experience in the group.

Skirt-lifting maniac: This is a bit too much. The ignorant girl was toyed with by you!

Curly-haired boy: What's too much?! Gin-san, I can't agree with you. Being toyed with by our president is her blessing!

Miss Beaver: Blessing?

Scarlet Snake Fairy: You started again?

Book Artist: Lick, lick it hard! You are really disgusting, Yin.

Curly Hair: I'm disgusting? You women, tell me the truth, don't you want to be toyed with by the president? Tell me the truth!

Skirt-lifting maniac: Pfft, is this a serious play for you? If it is serious, I don’t want it.

Lazy Kitty: Damn! Ruiko-chan, you're saying a bit too much. You don't think about serious things, but you do think about them when you're not serious?

750 The Strangeness of Shizuka Marikawa

Skirt-lifting maniac: Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t say that!

Illustrator: You didn't say it, but everyone knows what you meant. Gee, Ruiko-chan is also at this age.

Miss Beaver: What age?

Book artist: It’s an age that cannot be disclosed.

Lazy Kitten: Ah, that is the season of rebirth.

Miss Beaver:?

Lazy Little Kitten: There’s nothing I can do if you don’t understand this. This matter cannot be explained openly.

Hatchet Girl: You, the riddle teller, are really infuriating! (Expression: Angry)

Lazy Kitten: No way, doesn't Kotonoha-chan understand the hidden meaning of what I said?

Hatchet Girl: I understand, but that doesn't mean I don't despise your Riddler behavior! Resolutely resist the Riddler and eliminate the Riddler's tyranny!

This is an actor: Yes, this slogan is well shouted and very spirited.

Lazy Kitten: No! Kotonoha-chan, you still have the time to shout slogans here? Have you found Shizuka Marikawa?

Hatchet Girl: No, but we've found some traces of her. At least, she's still alive.

Book Artist: Congratulations!

Curly: No wonder you act so relaxed now.

Angels of the Hidden Rain Village: Were their traces discovered through spiritual pressure perception?

Hatchet Girl: Well, I’m teleporting over there now.

As the message was sent, Katsura Kotonoha appeared above Marikawa Shizuka's head. Looking down, Katsura Kotonoha's expression showed a hint of astonishment.

They were currently on a large, open platform, surrounded by guardrails and wire mesh. This was clearly a man-made site, and these guardrails and wire mesh were probably built to prevent the Deformed from entering.

However, the defense of these things is obviously still too fragile when facing the attacks of the mutants, which can be clearly seen from the huge gap in the side.

In addition to this gap, various human corpses were scattered around the entire platform.

Some of these corpses had their arms torn off, some had no chest cavities, and some even had their entire heads missing, which looked horrifying.

Most importantly, these corpses were still fresh, indicating that this brutal attack hadn't happened long ago.

In fact, this is indeed the case.

The attackers were still staying in the square at this moment, their bodies were still stained with human blood, and even human flesh residue could be seen on their strange-looking heads.

At this moment, Shizuka Marikawa was standing opposite them.

This delicate, fragile female body should have been the most delicious delicacy in the eyes of the deformed people. But now, these deformed people were strangely indifferent.

Gui Yanye frowned, took a picture of the scene and sent it to the group.

Skull Island Handsome Guy: So strange, what’s going on?

Skirt-lifting maniac: There must be something wrong with this Marikawa Shizuka.

Curly: Hey, is that even necessary? Anyone who has seen this photo would probably come to this conclusion! The key is, what exactly is the problem?

Book Artist: Could it be that these deformed people think of her as one of their own kind?

Lazy Kittens: Very likely, they seem to be quite friendly to their own kind.

The villain in Soul Society: Did you see that? There seemed to be a glint in the eyes of this Marikawa Shizuka.

Wig: I see, it’s blue.

Skirt-lifting maniac: This is so weird, could she be possessed by some strange thing?

Hatchet Girl: From my spiritual pressure perception, there is only her soul in her body.

Illustrator: Perhaps it's not the soul that's been possessed, but rather the consciousness that's been altered? It's not impossible that the evil spirit altered her consciousness through that dream.

This is an actor: there are so many possibilities, just keep watching.

Despite saying so, An Ran didn't think her consciousness had been tampered with. It was more like the evil god had given her some special abilities.

It was because of this ability that these deformed beings did not attack her.

As he thought this, he looked at Ciri, who was riding the roller coaster, hurtling through the air. The girl was a little terrified, clutching the guardrail tightly. She wanted to scream, but the air in her mouth made it impossible for her to utter a single sound.

Interesting picture, I have to save this thing.

Without any hesitation, Anran chose to take photos as a souvenir.

Hatchet Girl: Those deformed ones are all gone!

Gui Yanye looked surprised as she watched the deformed people who were scattered in all directions under the influence of Marikawa Shizuka.

Just as the figures of these deformed beings disappeared, Marikawa Shizuka's strange look finally returned to normal. She looked around and took a deep breath. "Come out! They're all gone!"

Was it to save someone? She came all this way just to save someone. Was this the "oracle" that Marikawa Shizuka had received? No way, could the evil god be so merciful?

Gui Yanye raised her eyebrows and continued to wait and see.

"Get out of here, you damn monster!" A muffled voice came from the iron door on the side. "We won't open the door, don't try to trick us!"

"They've really left. It's dangerous for you to stay here." Marikawa Shizuka shouted, "Hurry, I'll take you..."

Bang.

A gunshot interrupted her next words.

Shizuka Marikawa was shot in the leg and fell to the ground. Her expression was a little confused, and her eyes were full of shock. Why? She came here with good intentions to help these people, so why was she treated like this?

Marikawa Shizuka couldn't figure it out. Could it be that the humans in this world were just like her mother said, ignorant and greedy demons incarnate?

Thinking this in her heart, Shizuka Marikawa seemed to have fallen into some kind of obsession.

At this moment, the gunshot rang out again. This time, the bullet was clearly aimed at Marikawa Shizuka's head, and the other party seemed determined to open her head.

hum.

But at this moment, a flash of silver light flashed by, and the bullet flying in the air broke into two pieces, clanging and falling to the ground.

"I think I understand." Standing in front of Marikawa Shizuka, Katsura Kotonoha held a blade. "So the evil god also likes to be a director."

Swish.

Another flash of a knife's light cleaved the metal door in front of them. Behind the metal door, there was no survivor, but a strange monster holding a rifle.

751 The Evil God's Plan

"This, this is..." Looking at the monster in front of her, Shizuka Marikawa was completely stunned.

The monster resembled a large lizard, its body covered in dense, turquoise scales. It had blood-red, vertical pupils and a large head. Its hind legs were thick enough to stand upright. Its front legs were thin and small, but its claws were so flexible they could even pull a rifle trigger.

And unlike the monsters that Katsura Yanye had seen before, this one clearly had a physical form. It must belong to a different evil force than the monsters that controlled the former mayor of Bedzhu City.

"It's really interesting. Now even monsters can disguise themselves as survivors?" Gui Yanye said meaningfully.

"Go to hell!" Seeing that the truth had been revealed, the lizard monster roared viciously. He pulled the trigger and bullets poured towards Katsura Yanye.

Swish swish.

Holding the knife in her backhand, Katsura Yanye twisted her wrist. With a clang, clang, the bullets, split in two by her blade, fell to the ground one after another, making a crisp sound.

"The fourth binding technique: This rope!" With a flick of her finger, Gui Yanye's spirit energy condensed into a rope, which appeared out of thin air and bound the lizard monster's entire body tightly. "Since you can communicate in human language, you should be able to answer a few of my questions, right?"

"Hehehe, gaze...darkness...is coming..." The lizard monster first laughed shrilly, uttering meaningless words from his mouth.

Snapped.

Katsura Yanye slapped it on the forehead, sending its entire body flying. The lizard monster slammed hard into the wall behind it, letting out a miserable wail.

"Now tell me, can you speak properly?" Stepping on the other person's abdomen, Gui Yanye asked condescendingly.

The lizard monster fell silent, not saying anything more. But Katsura Yanye refused to give in, raising her right foot and stomping down again.

Ow.

The lizard monster howled miserably once more, but the howl only lasted halfway before it abruptly stopped. This was because Katsura Yanye's right foot had moved to its neck, pressing down on its vocal cords.

The lizard monster's face turned visibly red and it tried to struggle desperately, but under the terrifying power of Katsura Yanye, its struggle was completely in vain.

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