Nine p.m.
No. 78 Hewan Avenue, third floor.
After a busy day, Eugene returned home, sat at his desk and rubbed his temples to relieve fatigue.
Then, he got distracted.
Not long after, he came back to his senses and saw a note suddenly appeared on the desk out of thin air.
He took a closer look and found that there was only one sentence on it:
"I was asked to kill you."
In an instant, he felt himself enveloped in a huge sense of fear, and even his heart seemed to skip a beat.
"I'm dying!"
That was the only thought in his mind at that moment.
He knew very well that if he could put the note on the table in front of him unconsciously, it would be easier to kill him.
It took a while for Eugene to recover from his dazed state.
He subconsciously touched his neck and chest. While taking a breath, he also felt confused, "Why am I not dead yet?"
He subconsciously looked at the note again:
"You have a choice: die, or disappear."
"Write your answer."
This time Eugene no longer felt fear, but felt extremely intense anger.
He yanked open the drawer on the right side, took out a brass-colored revolver, stood up and searched the room.
He searched around and found nothing.
When he returned to his desk, he found another line on the note: "Opportunities are not unlimited."
"who?!"
"You give me..."
Eugene only managed half of his anger before he fell into a state of dementia and distraction again.
When he regained consciousness, he found that a large piece of clothing on his chest had been cut off, and there was even a shallow blood stain!
Now he panicked again, "Don't kill me!"
"Who invited you here? I'll pay double, no, five times!"
However, the room was quiet and there was no response.
Eugene walked around the room several times uneasily, and then he thought of running away.
He paid careful attention to his surroundings and strode towards the door leading to the stairs.
Then he got distracted again.
When he came to his senses again, he found that he was back at the desk again, and there was one more line of writing on the note.
There is also an extra bloody handprint.
"last chance!"
After seeing the bloody handprint, Eugene subconsciously looked at his right hand.
Sure enough, it was his own fingerprint!
Eugene felt a little weak in his legs.
He has never encountered such a weird thing before, or even heard of it. Is this a ghost? Still having nightmares?
His life was at stake, and he didn't dare to think about it again, fearing that he would lose his mind inexplicably again...
He was afraid that he would not wake up again after losing consciousness this time.
While saying "I want to live, don't kill me.", he grabbed the pen on the table and wrote his answer on the note.
After another spell of confusion, Eugene found an extra paragraph on the note when he woke up:
"Leave Backlund quietly, now!"
The expression on Eugene's face changed for a while, but in the end, he was still succumbed to the shadow of death. He found the hidden cash and property from several hidden places in the room, then turned and went downstairs.
This time, he reached the first floor smoothly.
When Eugene saw the two gang boys at the door, a hint of joy flashed on his face, and he walked over quickly, wanting to reveal the news to them.
However, the attempt was in vain.
He didn't even have a chance to speak, so he walked away from them in a dazed state.
Only then did Eugene realize that the hidden life-threatening ghost figure was still following him.
He did not dare to resist openly, and walked honestly to the nearest pier, intending to use the sampan to get rid of this controlled state first, and then worry about it later.
Soon, the dock arrived.
After getting closer, Eugene realized that this time he was not absent-minded, but his younger brother who stayed at the dock was.
He shouted several times and even slapped the other party, but it had no effect.
The terrain on the shore was flat. Eugene looked around and found no hiding place, but his brother's condition showed that the ghost was obviously still nearby.
"Damn it, how did I mess with such a powerful monster? Is he still a human?"
Eugene cursed secretly, but his face didn't show anything.
He looked around again, but still didn't find it, so he had to jump on a docked sampan and push it away from the shore with some unfamiliar movements.
…
On the surface of the Tasok River, on the sampan.
Eugene didn't feel the presence of the ghost for a long time, so he gradually relaxed and finally cursed suddenly.
"Damn it, come and kill me again, monster!"
When he jumped into the sampan, he was careful to let the boat rock so hard that he might be able to feel the monster if it followed the boat.
Apparently, he now felt he was safe.
But how is this possible?
After yelling, Eugene lost consciousness again. When he came back to his senses, he found that the package containing his belongings had been opened.
Upon checking, he found that all the bearer checks and cash were missing, which was almost half of his property!
Eugene was angry and frightened.
Where could he hide in such a small sampan? Is it really a ghost? But the ghost also needs gold pounds?
By the way, leave Backlund!
Eugene suddenly remembered Ghost Shadow's request, he had to leave Backlund.
He quickly adjusted the direction of the sampan, going down the Tasok River and gradually moving away from Backlund.
…
Overnight, the sampan floated Eugene and Varina to the confluence of the Stepford and Tasok rivers.
Daybreak will be soon.
Varina once again controlled Eugene, knocked him unconscious and then controlled the sampan to dock. He went ashore and left, leaving him lying in the sampan to continue drifting.
…
Baiya Town is a small town located further south in the Southern District of Backlund Bridge.
The Stepford River flows through this town, turns a corner and then merges into the Tusok River. It is the last tributary of the Tusok River before it enters the sea.
At seven o'clock in the morning, Varina arrived in White Cliff Town.
On the platform of the steam train station, Varina held a ticket and was waiting for the first train to Backlund.
Woo!
Amidst the sharp and long whistle, the tall and monster-like steel train puffed out smoke with some sparks and stopped beside the platform.
Varina smiled lightly and boarded the train.
He took a big risk and spent the whole night, naturally not just to let Eugene live.
Letting go of Eugene is just an appearance, the inner foundation lies in the realization he got, or in other words, another code of acting——
"The 'Assassin' wields the blade himself, rather than becoming the blade."
He is a person with self-thought and self-judgment, not a tool at his disposal. He has reasons and must be able to decide for himself who to kill and who to spare.
This time, he decided to let Eugene go and kill the president.
So, this task is not over yet.
