After sleeping groggily for a long time, No. 6 woke up leisurely in the hospital bed.

As soon as I woke up, a sharp pain came from my abdomen, as if someone had been sawing it open with a saw, and then poured into the hot magma, making people almost suffocate. Six bit his lip and didn't make a sound.

Sometimes weakness does not inspire compassion in others, but rather tells them: Behold, I have no power to resist.

This is the experience that Six has summed up since he was a child in order to survive. If you want to be in the company of wolves, you have to be more ferocious than them!

Six suddenly remembered the eyes of the other six people in the basement - they didn't see herself as a delicate woman, but a dangerous opponent who would fight for food at any time.

Thinking of this, No. 6 couldn't help but shudder, and the tip of his nose soured and almost burst into tears.

No, you can't cry! That weak Anna is already dead, and now there is only the dangerous Six!

Nine, or rather, Anna held back her tears and trembled as she held the silver necklace on her chest with her hand.

The necklace is quite old and not necessarily made of sterling silver. But it has always been Anna's most precious gift, and the words on it are the first blessing that the prostitute's child received, Attendre et espérer (Wait and hope).

............

"I'm unlucky. "Anna was convinced of this from an early age.

Anna's mother was the most lowly of prostitutes, and she had Anna after a night of love with a rich man.

Her mother was obsessed with giving birth to Anna as a way to escape poverty.

More than once, Anna laughed at her mother's stupidity.

On the night that their mother came to the door, they were thrown into the Yabo River.

Fortunately, the rich man just wanted to give Anna's mother a warning, and soon the mother and daughter were fished out.

The weak mother was reluctant to throw away Anna, and she just got by.

The days when my mother was still alive were not good, nor were they bad. You don't have enough to eat, but you don't go hungry, and you don't freeze to death in winter, even if it's cold. As for the mother who accompanied the wine, she always sprinkled the anger received in the tavern on herself - she got used to it after receiving too many slaps.

But even so, when Anna was four years old, her mother died, in the tavern. For a few silver coins, Anna's mother never woke up after drinking three bottles of wine in one go.

Later, at the age of four, Anna had to fend for herself, and she was accepted or caught by a gang of thieves.

She and other children of her age were forced to beg or steal, and were beaten up if they didn't pay enough each day.

Anna is very smart, she "earns" enough money every day, but she gets beaten the most - she always divides her money among the youngest.

I don't know when such a day is a head, and Anna wants to die like her mother more than once. But the twist came after she saved a man.

said that she was saving, but she just fed the unconscious man a mouthful of water. At the same time, she was ready to take all the money from the man as a reward.

But the man woke up.

The man was covered in wounds, his face was old and haggard, but his eyes burned with brilliant fire.

This man is special, different from all the people Anna has seen in the civilian area. This was Anna's first meeting of the Transcendent.

"Did you save me?" the man asked.

Anna didn't answer but asked him, "Why didn't you die?"

The wounds on the man's body are not simple, and many are traces of torture and abuse - Anna, who grew up in a slum, is familiar with this.

Looking at the thin and scarred little girl in front of him, the man smiled, and smiled softly. He took off the necklace around his neck, hung it around Anna's neck, and said to her, "Wait and hope." This necklace is in your custody for the time being. ”

Then the man struggled to his feet and staggered away. Anna was left holding the necklace in place, stunned.

"Wait and hope. Anna muttered to herself.

The days that followed were no better than before, hunger, cold, violence, as always, without light. Just before going to bed, Anna carefully took out the necklace that was hidden deeply, and whispered: "Wait and hope." ”

Later, when Anna was seven years old, the man returned.

He grew older, his hair had turned gray, but the brilliant fire in his eyes still burned.

On the day the man returned, the adults who had abused the children had disappeared, and Anna did not ask where they had gone.

The man left the ghetto with Anna and the children and opened an orphanage.

It was probably Anna's happiest time. Don't worry about hunger and cold, the man, who is the dean, also taught her to read and write, and finally took her into the world called the Transcendent. In the end, Anna even got into college.

As for the necklace, the dean never had the intention of taking it back.

However, happiness and sorrow in life are equal.

The dean was sick, very sick. Anna knew it wasn't a disease, it was an injury that only the transcendent would suffer. Medications for treatment are quite expensive. At the same time, the growing number of orphanages is also a significant expense.

Despite the dean's objections, Anna took up the burden. As long as the transcendent is willing to risk his life, how can he not make money?

"Dean, children, wait for me to come back. Anna whispered to herself.

With the mask on, she is once again the dangerous Six.

"Wait and hope. ”

PS: Before writing this chapter, I thought about whether I would spend a lot of pen and ink to flesh out the image of a supporting character. In the end, I went to write it.

Number Six is Anna, she is not just a person, she is the epitome of this world, this era, a type of person. While refining her image, it also complements her worldview.

In addition to her, I am also more or less inked by the other robbers, and everyone's image is different. This is also my effort to avoid facialization.

At the same time, the theme of this chapter is called "Wait and Hope." "Taken from The Count of Monte Cristo.

In the prologue, I set the tone for this world through the mouth of a thousand boats: "Its absurdity, its fragmentation. ”

In other words, the overall color of this world is on the dark side, and it is unfortunate that it is the mainstream under the bright coat. But what I want to tell is a story of hope and light.

It's not my credit, it's the effort of the characters who are so distinct. Among them are those who rebel against fate, those who have hope, and those who challenge miracles...... Some of them are already playing, some are still on the way.

"It's none of what the world is like to me, I just try to change myself, change the world, and do what I have to do. That's probably what I'm trying to say.

And Qianzhou will participate in one story after another along the way, and grow in it. There are good people and bad people, but many more people are somewhere between good and bad. Qianzhou's justice will be tortured again and again, and he needs to make his own judgment. Of course, it's not just Qianzhou who grows, and the other characters won't be the same face. When you change the world, the world changes you.

Of course, I'm a newcomer, so I may have limited pen power. If there are deficiencies or immature ideas, please point them out.

Thank you.