Volume III, Chapter 13: Cruelty, Fear, and Darkness

9-2 [World B: Perspective of the Dawn Dynasty]

This person is the legendary Nian Qi God.

If I had known, I wouldn't have done this kind of thing. It's good to leave it to the police. Now even life is not guaranteed.

Nian Qishen smiled sickly. The facial expression is full of provocation -

Like a madman, a demon king who is about to destroy the world-

His terrifying eyes flashed a terrifying red, and the 'boy' named Nian Qi Shen smiled strangely.

"Yo, isn't this the Xi Ning of the 'Hong Kong Club'? Didn't you suffer enough last time? ”

“……”

Xi Ning, who was trembling, didn't dare to look directly at Nian Qishen, but hugged me tightly.

But—I'm also shivering, and I can even say that I'm more frequent than Lemon.

“…… This new friend is quite face-to-face. ”

“……”

"Hmmm......"

He looked at me carefully, nodded slightly, and smiled sickly again.

"But Number Two has already given me your picture, so it's not the first time we've met."

Nian Qishen said with a smile.

Just now I remember that 'Seven' called Yuyu 'Two'. So maybe he was referring to the sunset.

"You're brave enough to come here alone."

Nian Qishen smiled.

Not at all, I wanted to run away countless times, but my brain seemed to have some kind of driving force to do so.

Drives me to make a change.

"Now that you've found my number two, I can't let you go back. You can also get a 'Hong Kong Club' minions attached. I really earned it today. ”

“…… Sunset ...... What did you make her do......"

I swallowed my trembling tongue and uttered the words.

"Huh? Who is Xiyu-ah, you say number two, her name is so ugly. ”

He spat and continued:

"She's a robot I made, and she's in charge of integrating into society and gathering intelligence."

"Just for your private purposes......"

"It's something I've made, and it's my preference to do with it. Do you like her? Aha-ha-this is interesting, she's not human, her brain is emotionless, her body is full of fake blood, her steel bones are made of a meaningless pile of broken copper, and she will only do what I tell her to. ”

"Not necessarily, she's more human than you, more emotional than you——!"

"That's funny, you're a funny guy."

Hearing my roar back, his face contorted to an unpleasant expression.

The teenager in front of him is the culprit of many extreme murders. The culprit who mutilated the victims and deprived countless innocent lives.

I gritted my teeth to keep my tears from erupting.

The sunset rain was actually made by such a person-

"Huh, you know what?"

Nian Qishen smiled, and approached me and Xi Ning step by step.

"Run fast, run ......"

Xi Ning kept repeating a sentence.

"You know what? In an instant, if hundreds of thousands of cubic meters of air were injected into every pore of a human being, he would explode like a balloon, and boom, boom, red fireworks would bloom here, and the sky would be bright red, and that would be wonderful. Would you like to see such a view—"

"Run...... Run......"

Xi Ning's crying constantly stimulated my brain - I wanted to run, but my legs seemed to be out of control.

I don't even have the courage to stand up—

"Run...... Run......"

The sickly man in white in front of him was intoxicated with his own world. He laughed. Swallowing expectantly, he kept licking his lips with his tongue, opening his hands and staggering closer to us.

"It's better to start with who to start with - Xi Ning seems to have seen such a beautiful scenery. Then Xi Ning will be the actor, and the viewing rights will be handed over to the new guests, and you can see the most wonderful red in the world during this time - no matter how many times you will not get tired of it. That sound, that feeling, that picture of the sky – it's the most perfect work of art in the universe. ”

He pretended to move his wrists. Twist your head firmly to the right, even close to 90 degrees, as if you are going to break it, and shrug your shoulders while laughing.

“…… No...... No. ”

My voice kept shaking, and even my lips were trembling, and I hugged Xi Ning desperately.

"Come on, trust me, it's really addictive-"

Nian Qishen showed a sickly and terrifying smile, and stretched out his hand to Xi Ning——

"Stop, stop—no ——!!!"

I closed my eyes and hugged Xi Ling with all my might, screaming in a throat-piercing voice.

……

Zizi

It's the feeling again. The sound of a cassette cassette is like a bad TV signal.

This is the voice you hear when you foresee the future.

But there is no point in predicting the future. Because, I already know what is to come.

I shuddered. I'm scared, I'm scared.

All the bad feelings came up, all the negative emotions poured out at once.

I opened my eyes—

Xi Ning was still in my arms, scared, sobbing and trembling.

However, what is different is that the spirit in front of him has disappeared-

The world was quiet again, as if he had never been there.

Nothing.

There was a dead silence.

Only the sound of the wind blowing the leaves.

It's as if we've come to a world where no one is around.

I felt my scalp tingle and I was scared.

We slowly walked out of the bamboo forest.

It's true...... Nothing—

"What the hell is going on?"

I said to myself.

“……”

Xi Ning's eyes were still empty, and her fear still didn't seem to go away.

I took Xi Ning's hand and walked along the same road - ten minutes later, we returned to the bus stop just now.

But - there is still not a single person around.

Not even a single figure exists.

The hot spring entertainment hall is still lit up, and it looks like it's still open, and I've heard that there is a night show here—

However, there was not a single person at either the ticket office or the entrance.

I stood by the façade of the entertainment hall and looked through the gray glass to prove a fact.

There was no one in the entertainment hall either.

[In other words, here—it's empty.] 】

"Little Lemon ......"

"Why, why no one ......"

"I also wonder if we won't come to an empty world."

“……”

"Is there only the two of us left in this world?"

I looked at the sky of Qianshan, the stars in the sky, twinkling with their respective lights, bright and dark, but they were all working hard and strong to shine their own light. Although their source of light comes from the sun, they are also grasping the light of this life and blooming with their own colors.

Stand in an empty world.

What are we going to do.

"Here, maybe it's good."

Xi Ning also followed me to look at the stars in the sky, showing a long-lost smile, which was completely different from Nian Qishen, a gentle and affectionate smile-

"Isn't it nice to have just the two of us?"

"Really?"

"There will be no more strife, no more innocent people will die because of him—no more broken arms or thighs, no more images of flesh and blood, no more stumps and broken arms, no more pain and sorrow—isn't there a world without people, isn't it the Pure Land of Bliss?"

Xi Ning said slowly, tears slowly falling with her words.

“…… Mind the spirit. What exactly is he doing? ”

"He is a demon, a murderous demon, a bloodthirsty demon with unforgivable sins."

“……”

"He doesn't seem to have a clear goal, just killing. Depriving others of their lives by the most brutal means—"

“……”

"And that's not the worst."

“……”

"He ironically possesses a genius for machine building, and he likes to give life to robots, imposing all human emotions and independent thoughts on them. He proclaimed himself the Creator. These robots will initially live like normal people, and won't even know they're androids for a long time—"

“……”

"Until the mind needs them—he will activate the pre-programmed procedures. Let them do what he wants, but they still retain all their original thoughts. They will also be in pain, fear, and despair for killing. ”

Let them feel the warmth and light of the world first, and then force them to fall into hell and darkness.

"The god of thought took pleasure in this, observing the pitiful existence of these 'pretents', observing their frightened and helpless expressions, observing their confused and desperate faces—"

“……”

But he will always stand on the high ground, behind the scenes. Praise yourself - 'I am the mother who gives them life, what to do with them is my freedom'. He created one wonderful 'life' after another with his own hands, and then destroyed them one by one with his own hands. ”

“…… Sunset rain. ”

I chanted her name.

She's not human, her brain is emotionless, her body is filled with fake blood, her steel bones are made of a meaningless pile of broken copper, and she only does what I tell her to.

I remembered this passage from the Nian Qi God.

Xiyu is not such a person, she is a self-motivated, strong, person who will fight for the first place in everything, and will never admit defeat - she is an idol admired by thousands of people in the school.

I clenched my fists - I couldn't believe it all.

"Mingxue—"

I called her name.

Maybe her appearance-

It was to give me the determination to change something.

That's when —

Zizi

The familiar voice came again.

When I opened my eyes again, I didn't know what to expect, and a bus stopped in front of me.

I looked around at a loss.

From time to time, people come out of the exit of the entertainment hall.

"I'm sorry, can I let me-"

Only then did I realize that I was standing under the bus stop sign, and there were dozens of people lined up behind me.

The world returned to normal without warning.

Everything is so normal. It's as if nothing ever happened.

It's as if we've just strayed into a world where no one is around.