"I..." Yuan Zhi'ai raised his head and saw only the bottle of fruit wine held by Qiao Shuya.
At this moment, like a rag doll, she picked up the fruit wine ruthlessly, regardless of the rules about underage drinking, she picked it up and drank it down tons and tons, like a Siberian in the ice and snow.
Qiao Shuya just looked at it like this.
Sitting on the ruins of the zoo, other watchers not far away gathered together to discuss and have fun. After being out of danger, this group of people was somewhat energetic after being milked again, and they were ready to fight in this ruin-like place. In the zoo, build a house with wood and steel bars for fun.
The Dread Lord was not so childish. It just patrolled the zoo as if it were patrolling its territory. By the way, it could judge based on the traces in the ruins what it was that was able to destroy the zoo like this with Qiao Shuya here.
And Yuan Zhi'ai feels that she is out of tune with anyone in the two waves here.
"Master..." Yuan Zhi'ai murmured in a low voice.
"I'm here." Qiao Shuya replied calmly, and there seemed to be a reassuring magic in his words.
It seems that even in any situation, as long as Qiao Shuya is here, everything will be solved.
She piled them on the ground and seemed to move a little closer to Qiao Shuya's place.
"I was once tricked into a zoo by that woman. I stayed in the zoo for three days before escaping. It was at that time that I awakened and became a watcher..." Yuan Zhi'ai narrated in a low voice.
And Qiao Shuya is just a calm listener, like a spiritual mentor...
Nearly three years ago, in Mount Suna, Nara, in an unknown zoo.
At that time, Genjiai was only less than 12 years old and had just graduated from elementary school. Even to her at that time, she only had the identity of a concubine of the Genji family.
It's just that her status as a concubine makes her far different from the real eldest lady of a big family. Although there are no eldest concubines in some weird families who will be ridiculed by the servants, separated from the family, and even ridiculed by the servants. .
However, her overall status is similar to that of an "illegitimate daughter" who became a regular girl. She is not very noble among the Genji, and she is even likely to be made things difficult for her by the elders.
At that time, she still relied heavily on Yuan Ji, because only Yuan Ji could make her feel the warmth of her family in this home.
However, she was sold to the zoo by Yuan Ji and imprisoned in the dark dungeon.
Yuan Zhi'ai never dreamed that her mother had actually colluded with a strange demon for a long time, and even gave birth to her whose only purpose was to become the body of a certain strange demon (the King of Fear).
She was completely imprisoned here, surrounded by children who were deceived like herself. She completely collapsed. During that time, she felt as if the sky was falling and she could only cry.
She didn't know why, even her dearest mother wanted to kill her, as if she had been abandoned by the whole world.
"Were you sent in today?" A sudden voice sounded in the ears of Yuan Zhiai, who had just graduated from elementary school at the time.
Yuan Zhiai saw a girl who was slightly older than her. She had flaxen hair and a braid on one shoulder. Although her dress was very old-fashioned for a person born in the Genshi family, her smile was In this dark dungeon there are flowers that are incompatible with the world.
However, she only has one eye.
The other eye seemed to have been gouged deeply by something, and it didn't even have an eyelid. It was like a pure hollow covered with blood scabs.
"My name is Kuriyama Shimo, you can call me Xiao Shi, what's your name?" The one-eyed girl smiled and asked Minamoto Chiai.
"My name is Yuan Zhiai..." She stared blankly at the one-eyed girl, wondering why she was smiling even in this place.
Kuriyama Shimo was sent here more than ten days ago. Even when Minamoto Chiai learned that it was her mother Minamoto Yuye who tricked this girl into coming to the zoo, she did not tell Kuriyama Shichi the truth. Buried deep in my heart.
In fact, not only her, but almost half of the children here were tricked by Yuanji.
Genji used Genji's resources to establish a children's fund to specifically assist children in Kyoto and surrounding areas.
But these children often disappear mysteriously or die young, and they all end up here.
At this time, Yuan Zhi'ai suddenly realized that he didn't understand his mother at all, that monster in human skin, that woman who even looked more like a monster than a monster...
Kuriyama realized that her eyeballs were poached by a strange demon. In fact, she had been selected as the material for another strange demon to possess her ten days ago. However, the strange demon failed to corrode it, and the strange demon became angry and angry. The devil dug out Kuriyama's eyeball.
She survived by chance and became a spare body, waiting for other monsters to choose and leave when they were ready to possess her.
Yuan Zhi'ai was stunned. At that time, she felt even more desperate.
All the children here will become spare containers for strange demons, and she can only survive as a container for the devil. She seems to have completely lost hope, and even has plans to commit suicide.
However, this young lady stopped her and told her a secret.
"We are going to cause a rebellion and then escape from here." This girl, who was also less than thirteen years old, gave Yuan Zhiai her last hope.
"Rebellion? Escape..." Yuan Zhi'ai was stunned. Something called life ignited in her heart, which had completely lost hope.
"Xiao Ai, let me tell you something quietly. When I failed to be possessed by a strange demon, I awakened a special ability." Kuriyama Shimo whispered, "I can forcefully command an animal in a short time. I tried it before After that, a big lion was controlled by me."
This sister's calm words rang in Yuan Zhi'ai's ears.
In fact, there was no plan. It was just that Kuriyama Shimo had secretly contacted many people and was preparing to riot collectively in one day, kill the guards, and then escape from this prison.
She would take advantage of the guard handover to forcefully control it and open the cage. The group of people would kill the guards and escape in separate groups.
Anyway, staying here means death, so it’s better to give it a try.
And those who are also locked up here like them are all children in their teens.
The action started like this, and everything went as expected.
Kuriyama Shimo controlled the rabbit-faced guard and let him open the cage. Even if he only controlled it briefly for less than ten seconds, he still allowed the children to escape. The guard was bitten by a crazy child. Neck.
There was a collective riot in the entire cage, and all the children quickly escaped from the underground and escaped from the zoo.
Even at this moment, the Endo animals in the zoo began to go berserk. The staff feeding the lions were killed, the lions came out of the cage, the tigers chewed through the fences, and the elephants broke the glass.
The whole zoo went crazy.
It was at this moment that Kuriyama Shimo pulled Minamoto Chiai to escape.
Minamoto Chiai discovered that Kuriyama Chi's sister had uncontrollably shed blood on her face after the riot started, but he still pulled her and ran forward desperately, not daring to look back.
But soon, the simple riot they launched seemed to be easily suppressed.
And a large number of rabbit-faced security guards chased after him.
"Little Ai, run! Run forward! Don't look back, run!" Kuriyama Shi said at last.
"What about you?" Yuan Zhi'ai asked.
"I will escape from the other direction." She smiled, and her facial features that were still soaked with blood made Yuan Zhi'ai feel heart palpitations for no reason.
Soon, the two separated, but at this time, Minamoto Chiai realized that all the monsters in the area behind him were chasing Kuriyama Shimizu instead of chasing her.
Because, Kuriyama's identity as a watcher was exposed just after the riot in the entire zoo.
Minamoto Chiai didn't understand at the time, she just heard Kuriyama Shi's last words.
"Little love, run!"
Yuan Zhi'ai ran as fast as she could, feeling crazy and helpless. She didn't even know how she escaped. It was only when she saw the human town and the vehicles coming and going that she yelled for help. .
The Watchmen Association has sent someone.
Minamoto Chiai was protected by several Transcendent A-level watchers. She told everything about the zoo, and even knelt on the ground and asked them for help, asking these watchers to save Kuriyama Shiki.
After understanding this, the watchers immediately joined forces with other local departments and launched a large-scale search.
However, they found no trace of the zoo.
They only found the bones of many children and wild animals, and called people to come and claim them.
Yuan Zhiai saw the corpse of one of the one-eyed girls, which was the sister who took him out, Kuriyama knew him.
She was completely stunned, and her whole brain seemed to be frozen.
"Is this child a relative of yours?" the forensic doctor said calmly.
Yuan Zhi'ai, who was only twelve years old at the time, froze on the spot. Looking at the tattered bones, she seemed to feel something was empty in her heart.
"People from the funeral home and monks from the temple will come to pray in a moment." The forensic doctor shook his head. They still had more corpses to identify.
But when they left, they said in voices that were too small to be heard by others: "This child must be trying to lure away other strange monsters. It's so miserable. He was bitten by hundreds of times and was bitten to death alive." .”
"Why is she so sure that she can lure away those strange demons?"
"Sa, who knows?"
The two forensic doctors drifted apart.
Yuan Zhi'ai froze on the spot. She looked at the corpse in silence. Even though there were signs of decay now, the corpse was still smiling.
She didn't know why she could hear the forensic doctor's quiet exchange.
In the end, no other children escaped from the riot, and the only survivor was herself.
In fact, Yuan Zhi'ai knew that the reason why she survived was because her sister, who had become a watcher, used her own life to keep her alive.
…
Qiao Shuya listened to the story calmly.
He didn't say much. As for Yuan Zhi'ai's hatred for that woman, it had long been ended with the two thunder-fire swords.
He didn't say much, he just looked in the direction of the Dread Lord from a distance.
At that time, the owner of the zoo was still the Dread Lord. Even though he was just a fat man living underground, the source of all evil should be pointed at him.
However, what Yuan Zhiai has always hated is not the Dread Demon King, but Yuan Ji.
The Dread Lord only did what it should do in line with its identity as a devil. It is a devil no matter how you say it. Even though it is a traitor, its outlook and behavior are completely different from humans.
Perhaps for it, these are just small sacrifices in the plan, not even sacrifices.
The woman Yuan Zhi loved and hated from beginning to end was the woman who deceived all the children into the zoo in the name of charity, her mother, Yuan Youye.
In the countless years that followed, she desperately wanted to become stronger and desperately searched for traces of the zoo, all for revenge, which could even be said to be self-destructive revenge.
And today, it all finally comes to an end.
Qiao Shuya calmly looked at Yuan Zhi'ai, who had already drank the entire bottle of fruit wine. Although the fruit wine was not strong, it still had an alcohol content of nearly 18%.
At this time, her face was already red, and she was still drinking and crying, as if she wanted to vent everything she had suffered over the years.
"That one is really a good boy..." Qiao Shuya said and sighed.
Therefore, Qiao Shuya hates adultery even more than strange demons, especially an organization like the Drunkard. He only knows the three members in it now, but the things they do make people feel more angry than the last. , one is more newborn than the other.
The head of the Hakuba family, Minamoto Ji, and his suspected biological mother, Lilith, the Queen of Pain.
"Xiao Ai, let's go back to Kyoto together sometime." Qiao Shuya said, touching her head, "Finally, go see that child and tell her that you have done all this."
"Master craftsman..."
"Um."
"Teacher!"
"Uh-huh."
"Wow!" Yuan Zhi'ai threw herself into Qiao Shuya's arms and burst into tears, as if she had finally vented her countless sadness and pain over the years.
Qiao Shuya was like comforting his troubled child. He once again thought about Yuan Zhai's uninvited visit a few months ago, which might be annoying, and the person who seemed to be desperate to become his apprentice. action.
Everything she did was for today and for revenge.
Even at that time, Yuan Zhi'ai might have had a little self-destructive tendency. Her so-called revenge and the so-called reason why she had to become stronger were probably just a suicidal instinct formed by self-blame.
Only this suicidal instinct can fill up the inner self-blame.
Just like myself, when I was not willing to die, why wasn't I the same?
Qiao Shuya touched her head. Perhaps Qiao Shuya saw his former self in Yuan Zhi'ai.
Just like that crazy maniac.
…
Tokyo, Wei Ning Office.
Yoshida Tsumugi returned to the courtyard and said: "I'm back!"
However, when the office door opened, no one responded, and Yoshida Tsumugi's expression became tense for a moment.
Because Qiao Shuya is not here today, and Lao Chen is also going to the association today.
But now, when the door opened and the whole house was in a mess, she realized something was wrong.
There is an intruder!
Even the intruder didn't leave!
She quickly thought of something. The enemy might not be able to defeat Qiao Shuya, but they came to find her!
(End of chapter)
