4. Son of the Devil, return
Vashag - One of the seventy-two demon gods, the powerful Demon Realm Supreme. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Every five years, he would visit the human realm to seek out the shadowy soul powers, and give them the ability to devour time, eventually becoming a soul angel, hidden in the human world.
These souls make demons, each with only one year of vitality. In order to survive and not be destroyed, the soul demons must continue their existence by constantly killing and devouring the life force of humans. However, 99% of the life force they devour will be directly supplied to their master, the demon god Vashag; The remaining 1% can be converted into their own life force.
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"To put it simply, if you kill a human, he has 100 years left to live, and the only time you can leave for yourself is one year."
Vashag explained to Tianyun in detail the mission of the Soul Messenger and the rules of survival. The dark red eyes fell on the little girl with a calm expression in front of her, and Vashag couldn't help but feel a little surprised.
Killing can be a huge psychological burden for ordinary souls. Especially for ordinary human souls, while plundering life, they will feel a strong uneasiness. This comes from the respect for life from the source of the soul. Thus, most of the human souls of the Devourers of Time in the past showed uneasiness and faint fear when they heard that they had to kill to complete the devouring.
For this uneasiness and fear of the human soul, Vashag is commonplace. But the strange thing is that Tianyun's reaction at this moment is unusually calm. One, bordering on indifference, calm.
The dark red eyes stared at Tianyun's face, straight into the pair of blood-colored eyes, in a vain attempt to interpret the emotions of this human girl at this moment through the eyes of truth.
However, to Vashag's surprise, Tianyun's heart was calm at the moment. Calm without waves like stopping water.
"Uncle, when can I become a soul demon?" Tianyun looked at Vashag quietly, her eyes were full of anticipation?
"Once you've chosen the right host, I'll give you the power of the Time Eater. Girl, I must remind you once again that every soul demon can only choose one host. So, you have to be careful with this choice. ”
"Good!" Tianyun thought for a moment, then said, "Host, I have already chosen." ”
"Selected?" Vashag couldn't help but look at Tianyun in surprise. Did she choose parasitic humans so quickly?
"Yes." Tianyun nodded solemnly and said the name of the human being: "The person I want to choose is Jones Irene." ”
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Jones Irene.
A young and beautiful prosecutor in the judiciary.
Four years ago, Erin passed the Common Professional Examination after graduating with distinction from King's College London. With her hard work, beauty and intelligence, Erin spent just one year in the Queen's Prosecution Service (normally, two years are required) before she was eligible to study at the Big Four Bar Schools. She was only twenty-seven years old when she officially became a prosecutor in the Crown Prosecution Service, and only three months later, she was given the opportunity to argue in court.
And that time in court, the case that Erin prosecuted was in the juvenile court, prosecuting --- Tianyun, an eleven-year-old Chinese girl, who was convicted of intentional homicide.
It was Erin's first court appearance. In order to succeed in the prosecution, she stayed up all night reviewing countless files and visiting Tianyun's neighbors, friends, as well as friends and colleagues of Tianyun's parents. Strive to be able to make this crime a crime that lacks direct evidence.
In court, Erin invited the children of Tianyun's neighbors to testify. In court, those children described Tianyun as a strange being with a strange personality and a capricious temperament.
"She has no friends." The fact that Erin said in her mouth made Tianyun powerless to refute. "How could a normal, mild-mannered eleven-year-old girl not have a good friend in a city with a low population density?" Erin's words were reasonable, and almost everyone in the court agreed: "So, it can be seen how weird this Chinese girl's personality is!" And she has a withdrawn and weird personality, but in the end she held a grudge because of the occasional reproach of her parents, which eventually led to the tragedy! ”
"Everyone must have heard this nursery rhyme: Liz Burton took an axe and slashed her father forty times; When she realized what she had done, she slashed her mother forty-one. …… This is not just a nursery rhyme, but a truly cruel case in American history! In Massachusetts, USA, 32-year-old Riz Burton picked up an axe at home and killed his father and stepmother! And later, because of Riz Burton's image of an innocent lady in the courtroom, he won the sympathy of the jury! Final acquittal?! The mistakes that have been made in history have allowed us to let that sinner go, but on the premise that we have learned from the past, are we still going to let this terrible murderer go unpunished this time?! ”
As a prosecutor, throughout the statement, Erin's wording was rigorous and very organized, and she used several sensational minor murder cases in the history of the United States and the United Kingdom as cases to make direct and strong accusations against Tianyun!
However, what Erin will never forget is that throughout the trial, in the face of fierce accusations, the little girl with black hair and red clothes had a calm look in her eyes. That unwavering calm, as if with a strong sense of irony, pierced into her heart like a sharp blade. In the final stage of the debate, Erin was talking to herself, no matter what questions she asked, Tianyun didn't answer, just looked at her calmly. And in the end, the little girl with the weird blood pupil actually smiled at her?
…… What kind of smile is that? ……
Thinking of it at this moment, Erin couldn't help but feel cold, and the whole person couldn't help but tremble. The coffee cup in his hand was overturned on the newspaper in front of him.
Erin picked up the tissue on the side in a panic, wiped the tabletop, and her eyes froze.
In front of her, on the coffee-soaked newspaper, an inconspicuous headline text crashed into Erin's sight.
- "Son of the Devil - Is it death?" Or is it a regression? 》。
Erin picked up the newspaper and read the brief report silently.
- Still by Harry Woodson. But this time, it wasn't the headlines.
The report revealed the death of the Chinese girl, Er Tianyun. ――“…… The twelve-year-old girl, with demonic blood-colored eyes, died on the banks of the Thames. In the early hours of the morning two days ago, passers-by found her body. When the police got the news, they quickly cordoned off the scene and forbade journalists to take pictures. According to people familiar with the matter, the death of this Chinese girl, who was suspected of committing the crime of killing relatives, is extremely strange. According to photos provided by people familiar with the matter, the girl was wearing a bright red dress at the time of her death, holding a dead black cat in her arms, and a strange smile on the corner of her mouth......
Erin looked at the blurry photo under the report. The girl's face in her memory resurfaced in her mind. For a moment, the strange and unknown smile on the photo overlapped with the memory.
"Ahh Erin jumped up in shock, and turned to look behind her, but it was her friend Jun Hao.
"What's wrong? It doesn't really scare you, does it? Jun Hao looked at the pale Erin, and couldn't help but feel slightly sorry for deliberately scaring her behind her back.
"It's fine." Erin reached out and rubbed her forehead, smiled reluctantly, looked at Jun Hao's apologetic face, and shook her head: "Reading the report is a bit distracted. Are you here to get the information? There, the information of the Indian priest 'Sin'. ”
Jun Hao followed Erin's finger, picked up the blue folder on the top of the documents on the side of the desk, flipped through it casually, and said with a solemn expression: "This damn Indian priest buried children alive in the name of sacrificing to the goddess of exorcism. It's a pity...... No one was willing to come forward and testify against him...... Hopefully, we can find other evidence of the crime and prosecute him. ”
"Yes. yes......" Erin replied casually. Jun Hao's eyes turned to the newspaper in Erin's hand, and asked curiously, "What report were you reading just now?" ”
Erin pointed casually, and Jun Hao's gaze fell on the report.
"Son of the Devil - Is it Death? Or is it a regression? ......Jun Hao silently read the content of the report, his sword eyebrows rose slightly, and asked, "Is it the girl who was prosecuted for intentional homicide?" She's dead? ”
"Yes. She's dead. Irene felt distraught again, and tore through the newspaper and threw it into the wastebasket.
"I remember, in her case, you are the prosecutor?"
Erin didn't answer Jun Hao's question, but reached out and rubbed her forehead, then got up and picked up the cup, ready to make another cup of coffee.
"Jun Hao, it's late. If you don't go back, Su Luo will probably rush to you. ”
"No, it won't. I just called him. As soon as the words landed, Jun Hao's mobile phone rang, and he picked up the phone with a wry smile, Jun Hao made a "BYE" gesture to Erin, that is, he picked up the blue file folder and hurriedly walked out the door.
Seeing Junhao leave the office, Erin sat down at the desk again, and then took a sip of coffee.
The strange smile of the black-haired girl with blood-pupils resurfaced in my mind. Grabbing her heart, Erin tried in vain to soothe the intense uneasiness in her heart.
…… The kid ...... Dead? ……
…… How did he die? …… Suicide? ……
Erin thought uneasily, and suddenly took two more sips of coffee. Shaking his head, he decided not to think about anything about the girl in red. Flipping through a book of documents, Fang read two words, but a black shadow climbed up the black and white paper.
"Prosecutor, don't you rest so late? - Hehe, hey, really hardworking. ”
A crisp child's voice followed. Looking up in shock, what came into sight was a pair of bright red pupils!
"Ahh
screamed and jumped up, almost fell directly to the ground, and finally held on to the table, and when he raised his eyes again, he still had those blood-colored eyes!
…… Not a hallucination? ……
…… Be...... It's true?!! ……
Erin was so shocked that she took a few steps back, the coffee cup in her hand fell to the ground in response, and she retreated to the wall in a panic, looking at the girl in red who suddenly appeared in front of her in horror, and exclaimed in a trembling voice: "You! You! You! ……”
"Me?" The girl in the bright red dress pointed at herself with her white fingers, and said with a smile: "What's wrong with me?" Need to be so surprised to see me? ”
Erin looked at the girl in front of her with a shudder.
…… That's right! It's impossible to be mistaken! ……
…… It's her! It's really her! ……
…… It's that weird girl with blood-colored eyes! ……
…… But...... But! …… Isn't she already dead?! ……