I tried several times to focus on the computer in front of me, but the bloody images replayed in my mind over and over again, like a never-ending horror movie.

It was easy to stay up until the lunch break, and she immediately rushed out of the office building, hoping to breathe her depressed heart.

The depression of the deep winter gives people a kind of loneliness that has been drilled into the bones, the green has disappeared from the world, and there are only empty branches on both sides of the road, which are as dead as sleep.

A wrinkled old woman sells roasted sweet potatoes, and the sweet and hot smell is tempting.

She walked over to buy one for lunch, but just as she was paying for it, another girl took the sweet potato from the old woman's hand and tore the skin in front of her.

"Wow, it must be delicious!" The girl couldn't help but admire.

The skin of the potatoes faded, revealing the red and glutinous flesh, but this appetizing scene had a huge impact on her. Remembering the horrific scene she had seen underground—a man being cut off from flesh, followed by another knife, and bloody skin thrown on the ground—she vomited and dizzy.

That experience has exceeded the limit of her imagination of the ugliness of the present world, and the bloody pictures that only appeared in movies and television are real for the first time, which is unbearable and unforgettable.

"Chiba, what's wrong?"

Suddenly, a colleague passed by, saw her pale, and said with concern.

"No, it's fine." She shook her head with a forced composure and gave a smile that she didn't need to worry.

"You threw up?"

"Oh, maybe it hurt my stomach, it's nothing."

"If you're not feeling well, take a leave of absence to take a look."

"No, it's much more comfortable to vomit."

The colleague nodded and turned to leave.

After a few more minutes of rest, she was about to walk back when the phone rang.

The words "unknown caller" were displayed on the phone, which instantly tied her firmly in place. Her instincts told her that she must be the one she hadn't seen for a long time but had been looking forward to it, and at the same time instinctively scared - it had been a long time since the last assignment, and the chocolate had disappeared like nothing in the middle of the world. Now it reappeared, just after she followed Shi Ran to make "substantial" progress, it was obvious that her every move was under the supervision of the mysterious person.

"Hey......" she picked up the phone, her hands shaking.

"It's me."

That's right, it's the frivolous and arrogant, non-negotiable woman's voice.

"Chocolate!" She shouted, and her irrepressible complex emotions suddenly surrounded her, "Shi Ran, Shi Ran, he ......"

"Hmph, it looks like you're done." Chocolate let out a strange laugh.

"Killing, they're killing...... There's a devil's cave underground, and those people aren't normal. She was a little incoherent, and suddenly felt that her forehead was a little sticky, and when she touched it, she actually sweated.

"Your enemy is in that place."

Oh my God, Chocolate finally gave a clear message, and she should be excited to call it out.

However, she did not feel a trace of relief, on the contrary, she almost fell under her feet.

"You know that place?" She asked, her voice shaking even more.

"Of course." Chocolate does not intend to deny it.

"Who the hell are you?"

"Someone who can help you get what you want."

"Your voice ......"

During the conversation, she finally realized something, and suddenly felt creepy. Lu Meiqin once said that chocolate is a man, and the other party has been talking to her on the phone in a female voice, and it is difficult to distinguish gender. And when I hear this voice again at this moment, it seems that it is not just a female voice, but closer to a modified timbre - yes, those masked people under the secret passage are like this!

"What do you want to say?" Chocolate guessed her mind and asked rhetorically.

"You've been there too, still...... You're from there? ”

"There is no difference between the two...... Oh no, you've been, but you're not there. ”

She finally fell to the ground and couldn't get up.

"What the hell are you doing, why are you killing people?"

"I'll tell you about this later."

"Nope! Tell me now, or I'll call the police! ”

"Call the police? Didn't you report it, it's useless. If you really can hope for those fools, you won't trust someone like me who has never met before, and you won't come all the way to Lucheng for revenge. ”

Chocolate hit the nail on the head, and she fell silent.

"Listen, I'm calling today to give you a new mission, and when this mission is completed, you'll soon know the truth."

She was stunned and fell into boundless contradictions. On the one hand, the mysterious man who thought he was acting as a "righteous man" was actually a member of the Demon Cave, and on the other hand, the truth that he had been waiting for for seventeen years was finally close to the moment when it was revealed.

"What task?" She asked, and a sense of foreboding crept in.

"I want you to be one of those people."

Like a sword plunged into her heart with unmistakable precision, she heard her soul being struck by something heavy.

"What did you say?"

"Join them." Chocolate repeats the will more concisely.

"No way, hehe, how could I kill someone, it's ridiculous." What struck her soul was a huge amount of rejection and distrust, and the shock actually made her laugh. She didn't know if this expression was accurate, and shook her head vigorously.

"One day you will have to stab the enemy, and you will not be able to hide from it."

"No, I won't kill anyone, I won't kill anyone anyway, don't bewitch me anymore."

"If you find the real murderer or don't kill him, is it just a reprimand or a painless beating? Yang Qianye, don't forget how the past seventeen years have passed, if you feel that it doesn't matter, you should also think about Mo Lianzhi. By the way, and your father, who was also killed* and thrown into the river like garbage. ”

While stimulating her inner desire for revenge, Chocolate quietly proved his credibility once again - he also knew what happened to Yang Huaili back then.

Of course, Chiba understood it, and the doubts in his heart disappeared in an instant. But this moment did not exchange her yearning for and following chocolate, because the conditions offered by the other party were really cruel and unrealistic.

"You are wrong, I am looking for an enemy to get the truth and seek justice, why did you harm my family seventeen years ago, this is what I want to know. Even if he dies in a vicious way, it should be determined by the law, and what I want to do is to bring him to justice, not to get my hands on blood in the same way. ”

"You know, I'm not going to give a clue to someone who doesn't want an enemy's life."

"If that's the case, I'd rather not report it."

"Are you sure?"

"Sure."

"I warn you, don't challenge my patience, I'm here to help you!"

"You also threatened Aunt Lu like that, didn't you?"

Suddenly, she lost her previous dependence on chocolate's gains and losses, and instead regretted that she had been bewitched by such a person.

"Lu Meiqin's understanding of revenge is deeper than yours, unlike you who don't know what to do. Without further ado, I'll ask you again, yes or no. ”

"No! You liar, I won't believe your anymore. You lied to me on the other end of the phone wearing a voice-changing mask, just to get me to commit a crime with you. What a bastard, you're going to get retribution! Reason gave her the strength to get back on her feet, and the contradictions loosened her bonds. She gasped and expressed her attitude on the other end of the phone, and her heart was already crying into tears.

"Poor Mo Lianzhi gave birth to such a useless thing as you...... Well, I will fulfill you. ”

The phone hung up, the wind replaced the human voice into her ears, and she trembled. The familiarity with the city, which had been easily established, collapsed like a snow-capped mountain, and finally began to suspect that all of this was a hoax......

He Chong walked over and put a document on the table, and found that she was sallow-faced and looked depressed.

"Why are you listless after a weekend off?"

"Nothing, probably didn't sleep well." She disguised.

"Are you alright?"

"It's really fine...... What is this document? ”

"You're taking it the other way around."

She quickly turned around with the papers she was holding, trying to avoid those fiery eyes.

"If you're not feeling well, go back and rest."

"No, you can." She shook her head forcefully.

He Chong sighed a little helplessly, and then said what he really wanted to say: "To tell you the news, Steven has resigned." In addition to the accident, there are also some regrets in my eyes.

"Huh? Oh. She didn't seem surprised to realize that Steven's resignation must have something to do with that incident.

"Why don't you ask me why?"

He Chong suddenly sat down in front of her, and the close distance showed some kind of doubt—when he said this, he was actually testing whether she knew the reason behind the resignation, but she didn't give the reaction she should have.

"What is the reason?" She asked in a rambling manner, her expression extremely unnatural.

He Chong shrugged: "I don't know, but I'm very decisive, as if I was notifying the company to resign, and there is no room for negotiation." You have a good relationship with him, has he revealed anything to you recently? For example, if there is something at home, or if you have moved to a better place, what are the other reasons? ”

"No, no, Steven is a loner and doesn't tell anyone what he thinks."

He Chong's gaze never took off her, because her performance was really questionable.

She was also wondering why she didn't want to tell He Chong what happened in the pharmaceutical factory and elementary school, whether she was afraid that he would be frightened by this unbelievable thing, or whether she was recklessly involved out of curiosity, or didn't believe it at all?

"My sister talked to him twice without success, and I guess there is no room for maneuver. Forget it, work, he's just the number one person, and the twisted melon is not sweet. He Chong patted her on the shoulder, as if to remind and comfort her of being too nervous.

After getting off work, she received a long WeChat message, which was sent by Steven.

"When a person is confident in the impossible, it is actually inferiority complex. For example, I was a coward, but I always overestimated my courage. After thinking about it for a night, perhaps the best thing to do is to forget and stay away, and I hope you don't indulge in the maze again. We're not Sherlock Holmes or saviors, we're just the most insignificant group of people in this city. Seeing the words as the face and saying goodbye, I hope to be cautious, cautious, cautious, and cautious. ”

She replied immediately, but found that she had been "blocked", and called again, with an empty number.

Yes, Steven is gone, maybe on a flight at the moment, or speeding out of town......

She understands his choice very well, and timidity and self-preservation are usually respectable. Twice going deep into the devil's cave and retreating with her whole body, not only Steven, but she should also be grateful for God's favor.

But what about revenge, is it really like shouting on the phone with Chocolate, don't you report it?

She didn't have an answer.