May 16, half past eleven o'clock in the evening

He glanced at the metal cane in his hand, and then Chong pinned the things in his pocket, turned his head and looked at the living room on the first floor, the light had been extinguished, at this time the girls had already fallen asleep, and the only one who didn't know how old Shi Qi was didn't come back at all in the middle of the night, but came back in the morning to have breakfast and went to school, and I don't know if she was addicted to pretending to be a student, as for when she slept She could deduce from the black gas on her homeroom teacher's face how long she slept

"After opening the door, he walked straight to a more secluded place, of course it was impossible to wear mourning clothes, it was not a matter of bad luck, it was to dress like that and go out without being taken to the abnormal human research center or to roll into the small underground black house in the academy city, so he only had a copper coin in his mouth, saying that this thing is a very expensive souvenir, don't accidentally swallow it."

"Roar" walked for about half an hour, and not long after twelve o'clock he heard a few intermittent roars from the grass in the suburbs, he had said a long time ago that this house was built in the suburbs, even if it had undergone several major changes along with the neighborhood later, it did not build anything, especially after nine o'clock in the evening, no one would pass by alone, it was a good place to encounter strange things

Chong glanced into the grass a few times, it nested in as if it was provoking itself, but he couldn't find where he was hiding at all

"Since you don't come out on your own, then I'll ask you to come out" Chong reached into his pocket and felt for something

"Think it's a cookie? Sorry, it's a bomb" bites the safety valve open and throws things in, and a few seconds later the violent explosion blows up the entire weed pile

"Haven't you come out yet" A few bits of blood flowed from the tip of his nose because of the wind pressure, but until the smoke cleared, Chong didn't find any creatures similar to dogs, but a lot of earthworms and gophers were blown up, and the rest may be insects, because there is a lot of ash swirling in the wind in front of him

"The other party's speed is very fast, although he said that he was unprepared at the time, but he can run away after biting and running away, after all, he has reached out and thrown a flashbang by the way, and now he has a leg wasted, but he has no idea of running, he can see its actions clearly

“！” Just as Chong kept looking around, the ground suddenly sank into a piece

(This animal. Will you burrow into the ground?! Chong calmly lifted the crutch and pressed it into the pit

"Ka" immediately heard something bite the top of the cane

"It's not good to bite something!" Twisting the handle to the side, he already fired, and the next moment the huge recoil force almost dislocated his right hand

"Roaring !!!" There was a wail from underground, and then the head that bit the cane was already loose

(and a head) struggled to raise his right hand and flung it to the left, seemingly lucky, as he heard the sound of bones being cracked

"Roar!! This time, I heard the sound of both heads wailing at the same time, and it was really conscious at both ends

"Boom!" A lump of dirt sank into the ground, and the red-blooded two-headed dog jumped from the ground to the ground, with a collar on its right head and a left head that had lost everything above its lips

It was as if the clay had been remixed by a child's hand, and a piece of mud spread from the chin upwards, and then it continued to form and multiply, and in a few seconds a dog's head was formed

The blood-red eyeballs of the "roar" were staring at him, and some pitch-black flames kept leaking out of his mouth

"Angry? But the one who wants to be angry is me," Chong barely stabilized his body and raised his cane up to it, facing it, "I want you to die"

"Roaring !!!" The next moment, the crimson shadow had already jumped high and pounced on him, and he also raised his cane to meet the enemy with all his might

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"Welcome back, you're a little warrior!" The old man opened the door and welcomed himself into the house, "How was the result?" ”

"Boom!" Chong, whose clothes were tattered and his body was soaked in blood, threw two packages on the table, one of which spread out and revealed a dog's head

"Oooh! This is the head of Cerberus! The old man looked at the red head in front of him in fascination, "It's amazing, I just need such a collection, I don't know if I can cut love?" ”

"I'm not interested in this guy's head, I only need one sacrifice, it's enough," Chong glanced at his eyes in disgust, "It's a reward, this is yours"

"Would you like to take a hot shower?" The old man asked, holding his head

"No, I just have something I want to ask you," Chong sat down unceremoniously and said coldly, "Do you know Aihua. The name Cointron"

"I don't know if it's a monster," the old man shook his head, "I'm not a professional intelligence dealer."

"Then I'll tell you the second thing, there is a patient who died today, and his name is this" Chong's eyes stared at him, "the patient of the doctor who asked you about this dog"

"What do you mean, kid?" The old man felt that the atmosphere was not right, so he asked

"Today I went back to the man's house, and as soon as I entered, I saw that he was dead, the cause of death was suicide, but I don't know who took the heart" Chong ignored his inquiry and continued, "It's a pity, it's a great failure, if it wasn't for the murderer who took the heart, I wouldn't be so bored"

"I found a diary from his hometown of Ravenham, which was found in the cellar under the ruins of the monastery, "Chong pulled out an extremely old diary from his clothes" on which he could not see clearly, but there were a few key pieces of information in it, probably because it was at the end of the diary and was not completely destroyed."

"I don't have time to read it to you, but I'm going to tell you that it mentions the name of the demon dog Cerberus" Chong's voice grew colder and colder, "That's the name of his pet dog"

"Well, please go on"

"What do you think is the reason why a monk would give his dog such a devilish name?"

"Maybe he doesn't believe in God?"

"It was after he died, there was a news in England at the time, five people mysteriously disappeared in a local monastery, three of them were local leaders and one was himself, and the other was a young man, red-haired, tall and with a tattoo on his back" Chong put down the diary "but it is said that his dog was also missing, there were blood stains at the scene, but of course nothing will be known with the level of inspection at the time"

"This is the blood stain from that time, it's strange, right, it can still be found after more than three hundred years" Chong took out a handkerchief and threw it on the table, "I have done a blood test on it"

"It's not human blood, it's dog's, there's no one's blood there" Chong Leng said "There are five people and a dog missing, I can't think of a second possibility except death, but why is there only dog blood at the scene"

"There are two kinds of relationships between the five people, one is a subordinate, a leader and two deputies, and the other is a domestic relationship, the young man works for the monks" Chong looked at the silent old man and said, "I don't know the rest of the things, maybe there was a very interesting news at that time, the young man was not there when the dog was there, and the young man was not there when the dog was there."

"Or I can directly deduce that the other three people were eaten clean by the youth."

"Please go on, I've never heard anything so interesting"

"Then I will, and the conclusion is that the young man is the monk's dog, and his name is Cerberus, a monster of hell, a three-headed crimson hound."

"I don't argue with the fact that monsters can take on human form, but be clear, no matter what, the blood of monsters can't be the same as ordinary dogs, and there is something wrong with your identification."

"That's right, because I'm lying, this blood is not his, it's just my own blood, do you think it's possible to keep an intact blood sample on the handkerchief in this case?" Chong pointed to his body, "I'm just assuming, who can find the blood that has been separated for so long"

"You don't mean to lure me into telling me some secrets," the old man laughed

"You're glad you said that, but I have enough proof," Chong looked at the old man's chest, "You seem to be worried that I'm going to search your house, otherwise why would there be two heartbeats in your chest?"

“！” The old man hurriedly pressed his chest

"Then let me talk about the third thing, why did that unvirtuous doctor die" Chong said that he could not hold back his killing intent, "He was supposed to get his due benefit tonight, it was the heart of the old man, someone was afraid that he would find out the secret in his heart, so he killed him, and arranged the crime on the dog"

"Your technique is so bad, the tooth marks on his body are shallow at both ends and deep in the middle, I have raised dogs, so I know very well, dog bites people because the teeth of the whole body are forced, and the two ends are shallow and deep in the middle because someone exerts too much force in the middle, that is, the tooth marks imitated by things like dentures" Chong forcibly slowed down his tone and "Don't you think it's strange, why did he see the full appearance of the dog clearly before he died, and it was so detailed, even the small words on the collar could be seen clearly"

"You mistakenly think you can threaten him with death, but he's still a human being in the end." Chong clenched his fists, "He also said a word to me, it was a notice from Huangquan"

"Go, don't believe me, you'll die, that's the last thing he wants to convey to me"

"So it's time to reveal the secret, I know that the monsters in hell can sign a contract with people, and the price is that after the death of humans, the demons will also be buried, so no demon can be so stupid, except for a three-headed stupid dog, he signed a contract with the monk, and the monk died that day, and he was angry that he ate the other three in exchange for the monk's life, and then after the contract disappeared, he has been wandering in the world" Chong continued to look at the old man in front of him, "I want to add something"

"First: Where is the third head of Cerberus, Second: Why do you say that there is a secret in the heart, tell me" The old man was as anxious as a child who wanted to know the end of the story

"Don't pretend to be curious, first: remember the story you told, the demon blocked the gate after the defeat, and the Grim Reaper and the undead wandered the world looking for a way back to hell, you think I know very little, but you found the wrong person, I know these things better than you" Chong said mockingly, "There are only two ways for the Grim Reaper to return to hell, one is to capture 10,000 evil spirits in exchange for a key from humans, and the other is to kill a monster wandering in the world"

"I'll skip this question first, and I'll answer you the second question, [Cerberus] -- the old man's heart is engraved with this name, which means that he was once the master of Cerberus" "Chong closed the coffin for this matter" See, you have found the wrong person to be deceived, I am an expert in this area"

"You still don't get to the point, or are you planning to kill me directly to avenge him?"

"No, it's not over yet, now I'll continue to answer your first question" Chong Leng said "The third head of Cerberus is in your hand, he exchanged the life of a monk with you, at the cost of one of his heads, but you didn't think that you can't go back to hell with one head alone, so you have been looking for his traces, although you have found it, it is useless, you are not a fighting necromancy, and you are powerless to kill Cerberus, who is equivalent to immortality in the world, you said earlier that the weapon you planned to give me is a scythe, right? The old Grim Reaper"

"Last question, do you think it is possible for humans to kill a sequential god of death" The old man's shadow slowly stretched to the ceiling, or is this qiē just your hypothesis? If you understand it, you might be able to escape."

"You can't escape, I said I would send things to his grave, the drinks are ready, just leave your head" Chong looked at him indifferently "I want you to die, this time it's serious"

"Hahahaha! Mankind! Then I'll take you with me! Because I'll be going back to my hometown soon! The next moment, its old man's skin had collapsed to the ground, and then the black shadow turned into an undead spirit with a scythe: "Die!" Even if I'm not as great as that stupid dog of Cerberus! But I'm a soul! The soul will not be hurt by the blade! ”

"Those are not hypotheses, but the truth I heard from the mouth of the protagonist of the story" Chong watched as the scythe swung down, "You still can't go back, not even a fantasy, see the head on your table clearly"

"What" it subconsciously looked at the table, and the second package that was revealed at some point was actually a dog's head sculpture

"Now you can taste the wrath of a hound that has lost its owner" The next moment a huge phantus emerged from the ground, blood-red pupils staring directly at it, flames rising from both necks, and the only remaining head with a bloody mouth open

"No"

"Go to hell, Lord Death" The flames engulfed the shadow, and the entire mansion disappeared into the streets with its owner

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"What are you going to do next?" Chong asked as he watched the fire truck speed down the street

"Then I don't need to say, I'll only drop my head for the master, I eat very little, raise me" He said with only one head and no different from an ordinary dog, "and it should be a reward"

"The injury on the leg is still the reward for this matter"

"It's all the same, you and I still have a long life, and I will repay you for the rest of my life, after all, I bit you in order to get your attention"

"My life is short, your third head will fall off soon"

"It doesn't matter then, anyway, boss, I'm going to follow you" He walked over and rubbed his head against his trouser legs, "Look, I've already learned all the survival skills of a dog"

"Then I'll raise you" Chong picked up the dog, "Do you need a dog leash?"

"Don't, I hate ropes, I used to be chained to the gates of the underworld every day, and I wasn't relieved until that guy who didn't wear clothes came, but I lost a lot of teeth"

"Aren't you afraid of death?"

"I'm used to seeing death, I would have only seen the undead pass by in my eyes, but my previous master told me that people will die eventually, as long as you look up at the front, you won't be afraid of anything, even if you really die, but I won't regret it, that's the dog life I chose"

"Do you know why he committed suicide?"

"Yes, I know very well that I can't leave his side if he doesn't die, that's why that guy brought him to Japan, and I don't want him to live an unfree life"

"Sure enough, people's memories will not be lightly erased," the last sigh did not know who it was talking about, and a man and a dog gradually disappeared into the night that was about to dawn

postscript

"Don't you regret it, he's just a human being, and he's dying, you've been with him for six years and you haven't signed a contract with him" The white-haired Grim Reaper with a scythe looked at him with red eyes, "For the sake of my former colleagues, I remind you, give up"

"Even before he died, he didn't bow his head to anyone, I chose to escape from that place during the hellish war because I was fed up with thousands of years of constraints," tears fell to the ground with his cheeks, "I can't exchange his life without signing a contract with him, I just ask you to wash away all his memories of me, and I am willing to give you a head"

"What a pathetic beast," Death raised his scythe, "Then I'll replace his heart with your head, it's my job as a messenger of death"

"As a janitor, I can crush you very lightly, but after all, I'm just a puppy that can't even be saved by the owner," he put down the corpse and showed his form as a monster, and his head, which had been arguing since birth, was extremely quiet at this time

"Come on," one of the heads said calmly, while the other two bowed their heads as if they did not want to see their fellow citizens die

"Then goodbye, when I go back, your other two heads will disappear along with your life" The demon kings in hell will not see the most powerful demonic beast in the underworld fall into the human world as a wild dog, they will sign a contract with it before the underworld sends someone, they already know it

"My brothers, keep your head up and don't be afraid of anything" said the skull as it was cut off, "Don't forget that we are one, and even pain is shared by others"

"As long as we look up and look ahead, then we have tomorrow to save zài"