Chapter Twenty-Three: A Secret Encounter

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The sharp pain like a bone cracking spread throughout my body with the right leg that landed first, and I was completely stunned the moment I fell, and the pain of the heavy landing made me feel a hot current rushing through my chest, and there was an immediate smell of blood in my throat, I reached out and touched the surroundings, it was full of rubble and wooden blocks, fortunately, I didn't feel any fractures except for the skin trauma. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

It was dark, with little light coming in, and I guessed I must have fallen into the basement or something, and when I looked up at the collapsed place, it was as dark as a hole open to me from the top.

"Momoi—"

I yelled, but no one answered me.

"Momoi, Sakura..."

Still no response, I felt for the phone light, the phone battery had begun to give a warning that the battery was too low, and the red light kept flashing, as if it was constantly flashing a danger signal.

With the last remnants of the light, I quickly looked around, the place was as cluttered as above, only darker and darker, almost no light at all, and as I was about to slowly get up, my right leg protested in a way of severe pain, and my heart sank, was it really broken? At this time, you must not break your legs, even if your hand is broken, it is better than a broken leg, I learned the method taught in the common sense of self-help, I slowly touched my own leg with my hand, there is no bone rubbing and irregular place, the whole leg is still intact, I breathe a sigh of relief, it is estimated that it is the pain caused by soft tissue contusion, I gritted my teeth and slowly stood up, it took me a long time for this action, until I could stand upright against the wall, and the cold sweat on my back had penetrated my clothes.

"Didi-" After the last two low-battery warnings, my eyes fell into complete darkness.

Fear in the dark is because I don't know what will happen or touch something I don't know, I struggled in my heart for a while, now "timid" is useless, even if I pee out of fright, there will be no light here, I barely walked a few steps forward against the wall, longing for how good it would be if the light could slowly appear in front of me, perhaps, I was found by Momoi and Sakura trees while walking... Just as I was soothing myself with my fantasies, suddenly, I stepped on something soft.

The touch coming through the soles of my shoes reminds me of something very bad...

I retracted my foot as if I had stepped on thunder, completely ignoring the injured part that was still in pain, I looked down, although it was dark, but after the pupils adjusted to the darkness, I could still see something darker in the dark, and in contrast to the surroundings, there was a deeper contour in front of me, and from the shape, I had just accidentally stepped on it - it should be a person.

"Who is it? Who's here? ”

I asked in a whisper, wishing someone had answered me, "I'm Ruriki, who's here, please answer me." ”

Even though no one answered, I asked to myself, and although it was risky, I would rather take the risk than think about the worst and most terrible aspects, but I felt that the truth was happening in that direction.

-- I accidentally stepped on a corpse, perhaps.

It was a terrible feeling, and I was about to get around it, but just as I was hesitating where to put my foot down, suddenly a hand grabbed my ankle -

"Ahh

I let out a scream, and though it wasn't loud, the pores all over my body exploded.

I kicked my feet hard, crying and screaming and struggling, I didn't know what I was kicking, I just wanted to break free and escape...

"Ruriki..."

A faint sound came from below, and my ankle was finally released, and then I heard the other person move his body.

"You kicked me in the face."

Just as he finished speaking, a light shot out of the ground, it was a flashlight, and thankfully, I could finally see it, and at the same time I could see who the other person was.

"Kihara-san? How did you end up here? ”

He sat up slowly with a flashlight, his movements were very difficult, as if he had been injured, and when he sat up completely upright, I realized that Kihara's waist was full of blood...

"Are you hurt? Shedding so much blood..."

I crouched down beside him, and judging by his pale face, the injury must have been light.

"Let me see where you're hurting."

Although I shouldn't have taken it upon myself to lift Kihara's clothes, I can't take care of it so much at this time, and although I don't know first aid, maybe I can help somewhat.

He didn't protest against my actions, just closed his eyes and half leaned against the wall, I looked carefully with a flashlight, only to see that Kihara's waist was cut with a large bloody wound, obviously cut by a knife, the edge of the wound can see pink flesh, blood is still oozing out, if it seeps like this, he will definitely lose too much blood and cause shock, but if this kind of wound needs to be treated, it must be disinfected, sutured and bandaged, etc., which is something that doctors can only do, not only will I not, but I don't have these first aid supplies at hand.

"What can I do? This goes on like this..."

I looked at him anxiously, and he suddenly grabbed my hand and opened his eyes slightly.

"There's a bandage and wine in the bag, you should be able to stop the bleeding..."

“......”

I was stunned for a moment, then turned to open the backpack next to him, which did contain the same things Kihara had mentioned, a small flask and a few rolls of bandages.

"It's going to hurt a little, you bear with me."

"It's okay."

In front of that blood-red wound, I knew that if I had to pour wine to disinfect it, probably everyone could imagine how much it would hurt... My hand holding the flask was shaking, and after taking several deep breaths, I unscrewed the lid and slowly poured the wine over his wound...

Kihara tilted his head to one side, and I saw him clenching his teeth with his eyes closed, a slight snort in his throat, and a layer of sweat immediately oozed from his forehead and neck.

"Alright."

After wrapping his bandages, I let out a heavy breath.

"Did someone make you like this?"

I whispered, judging from what I knew, someone must have cut Kihara with a knife, and maybe there was some kind of fierce fighting.

"It's Liaotai."

"Is it his letter mission?"

From the beginning of this "game", I saw the instructions that everyone received as a "letter mission".

"Well, I didn't know it at first, so I was defenseless when I saw him, and I didn't confess to me until he stabbed me, Liao Tai must have never stabbed anyone with a knife, so he stabbed me so indiscriminately, and thought I was dead, and then said a few words that he felt sorry for me."

Kihara slightly hooked the corners of his lips and smiled, he didn't expect him to laugh so much.

"What did he say?"

"Kill Kihara, don't let him meet Ruriki, or he'll die or something, and said a lot of nonsense, but that's probably what it means."

"Kihara-san, if it's convenient, can you tell me..."

"What's the content of my letter, right?" Give the letterbox key to Ruriki'... That's what it says on the paper. ”

"That's the only one?" I asked.

“......”

"If you don't say no, will anyone die?"

"No, that's all."

As he spoke, Kihara took his letter from his coat pocket and handed it to me.

"What's a mailbox key?" I wondered.

"I want to ask you that question too."

Kihara looked up at me.

"Ruriki, how did you get back?"

"Huh-?"

"I said, how did you do it all over again? I remember you and I chatting one night at the convenience store downstairs from your house..."

Under the flashlight, I looked at Kihara's delicate face, and at this time, should I ask him - who are you?