The moment I cut off contact with the puppet, I felt as if I saw a burst of fire.

The flames engulfed Du Youlan.

I woke up from the place where I had stayed outside the village before, and without any hesitation, I took the piece of meat left by Du Youlan and fled quickly. As luck would have it, I came across a hitchhiker and after about a day, I came to a nearby city.

A lot of people, men, women and children, they kept shuttling in front of my eyes, and their appearance seemed to tell me that everything I had experienced before was a dream.

However, self-deception is not a long-term solution.

In the evening, the sky was dark, and there were fewer people. I sat on a bench under the bus stop sign, in a daze. I don't know what I'm thinking, it seems like I'm waiting for Du Youlan to appear. However, the piece of meat in my pocket has never changed.

It's been almost two days.

If it is to delay time, then what Du Youlan has done is perfect.

But has she been able to drag it out for so long?

"Huh...... Sure enough, he was still caught. I sighed, it was a long breath, but I didn't feel the slightest bit comfortable in my body.

I can't save her.

Just like I can't save Jingye, it may even kill Du Youlan completely.

Ayimu, my most powerful ability, is only a weakened version of her, and until now, I have not seen the full picture of that "Phoenix". And Mina also got the heart of the full silent night she wanted. What will become of them? Can I still handle it? Even now I don't understand what I'm trying to stop.

Suddenly I felt very stupid.

Should I be as confident in myself as I used to be, so confident that I didn't think about it at all, the mechanism inside the door was connected to the body of the silent night.

My world is in a painful circle, and nothing good seems to happen again.

“…… Silent night. I lowered my head, and my mind was full of images of the little girl.

It was as if the sound of "brother" was in my ears.

It's like hearing our old conversations.

"Jingye, if one day you find out that your brother is using you and deceiving you, what will you do?"

"It's not going to happen, even if it's used and deceitful, my brother won't hurt me! My brother will definitely protect me! ”

"Hmmm......"

……

"I'm sorry...... Brother still lied to you. Nor did it protect you. "The heart, the inexplicable pain, is getting more and more painful.

I don't know if it's a coincidence, or if God deliberately punished me.

There was really such a call around him: "Brother! ”

That's a girl's voice, little girl, maybe seven or eight years old? Or five or six years old.

She was right next to me and beckoned to the distance, "Brother, let's take a rest here!" ”

The little girl was dirty, but cute and beautiful. She was calling out to a boy, about fifteen or sixteen years old, like two little beggars.

Unlike the girl's innocent and happy eyes, the boy's face was full of sadness, and from the way he looked at the girl, I even found a trace of disgust.

Girl, perhaps, is a burden to him.

"Well, sister, are you hungry?" He made it to the bench beside him, looked around, saw me, and immediately lowered his head.

"A little hungry! But it's okay, it's okay! The little girl was holding the bench with her hands and shaking her feet.

It's just the "cooing" sound of the stomach, and when he said this, he screamed out very inappropriately.

Even if I was a few meters away, I could hear it.

The girl smiled awkwardly, broke her fingers, and gestured, "That little bit, a little bigger, a little bigger than just now......"

A subtle hint of excitement flashed in the boy's eyes, and he immediately stood up, "Then, that sister, you wait, brother will go and find you something to eat." Just sit here and don't run around. All right? ”

The girl smiled and nodded, "Hmm! I'm the best! Go ahead, brother. ”

The boy touched the girl's head, turned around, trotted away, and glanced back at the corner of the excuse.

“…… Oh, I'm afraid it's the last look. I leaned back on the bench and sighed.

It was seven o'clock in the evening.

Soon, it was eight o'clock.

Then, at nine o'clock, the last bus left, and near the stop sign, only me and the innocent little girl were left on the two benches.

Of course, her innocent smiling face is no longer there at the moment.

I could see the fear, but also the anticipation, and she looked in the direction the boy had left, and kept looking, not wanting to miss a moment.

I didn't look at it squarely, it was just the afterglow, but damn it, the shadow of the silent night gradually overlapped on this little girl's body.

"Damn ......"

Shaking my head, I prepared to leave.

"Uncle...... Uncle? But the little girl suddenly stopped me.

I turned my head to look at her, "What?" ”

"I, why did my brother go for so long, could something happen? I, I'm so worried......"

"Don't wait, he won't come to save you."

"Huh?" The girl didn't seem to understand what I was talking about.

"I said he was a liar and wouldn't be coming back." I was blunt about what I saw.

The girl's little brow furrowed vigorously, and she stepped back, distancing herself from me, "My brother won't lie to me, uncle, I hate you!" ”

I turned around and prepared to leave. Lazy people listen to books

Crossing a street, I passed by a food stall selling octopus balls.

The girl's appearance kept shuttling in my mind, and it was very annoying.

"Two copies."

"Okay, wait a minute!"

About 20 minutes later, I took Maruko and walked back to the previous stop sign. But there were two more people, a man and a woman, about sixty years old or older, and they were around the girl.

"Child, grandma has been here for a long time, why don't you go home?" The old lady asked.

"I, I'm waiting for my brother ......" the little girl's voice was a little timid.

"Actually, we are your brother's friends, he is waiting for you in the courtyard, we are going to take you to eat delicious food." Greed flashed in the old lady's eyes.

Hearing this, the girl was overjoyed and immediately jumped off the bench, "Really! ”

"Of course it's true, go, go with grandma!"

They took the girl all the way to the neighborhood, picked her up in front of a black van, and prepared to stuff her into the car. At this time, the little girl also realized that something was wrong, she shouted for help, and then she was beaten and covered again.

This footage inexplicably overlaps with the video Mina once left me, the video of her dissecting the silent night.

So, I quietly walked over and grabbed the car door.

"Who are you?! Less nosy! The driver cursed, and there was a strong middle-aged man in the car, who punched me in the chest, but unfortunately the force was too small to make me retreat a bit.

The girl was carried out of the car by me, her body was still shaking, she looked up and saw my appearance, and was a little puzzled: "Uncle? ”

I put two packets of balls in her little hand, "Take it." ”

Then, he covered her eyes with one hand.

"Your children?" The strong man got out of the car, and the old man and the old lady followed him, both holding sticks and props in their hands.

I shook my head, "I don't know." ”

"Then why are you so nosy, you are looking for death?"

"No, I'm actually ...... Not in a good mood. ”

When the words fell, I opened my mouth, and countless tentacles were spit out by me, instantly churning all four people, including the driver, into plasma and minced meat!

But it's a bit of a pity.

It's too fast, a moment of pain, they don't necessarily feel it.

The little girl pulled my hand down hard, "Uncle, uncle, what are you doing?" Why are you blocking my eyes, I'm so uncomfortable, I'm ......"

"Be quiet."

I picked up the girl and walked out of this gloomy neighborhood, and when we returned to the previous stop sign, I let go.

She immediately pushed me away, cautiously keeping her distance from me.

"Eat, aren't you hungry?" I sat down on the bench.

Although the girl distanced herself from me, her hands still hugged the little balls I gave her tightly. She swallowed her saliva and sat down on the other side of the bench, "Thanks, thank you, uncle......"

"Come with me when you're done."

"You, what are you going to do, are you also a bad person?" She became cautious again.

"I don't know who I am, maybe I'm a bad person."

"Then I can't go with you, I have to wait for my brother."

"Then I'll wait with you, and if he doesn't come back for too long, follow me."

"Don't do that, I don't like you......"

That being said, it was a pleasure to eat.

"By the way, what's your name?" I asked casually.

But the answer is so ironic.

"Silent Night ......"

My brain is buzzing, is this a joke of God? Or is it punishment?

And at this moment, a figure, limping from the excuse, turned out to be the boy from before. His arms bulged, as if he was hiding something, and he walked in the direction of the girl with a smile. Just saw me and was slightly surprised.

"I'm back, sister, I'm back......"

The girl jumped up excitedly, "Brother! I said, you will definitely come back, brother, what's wrong with your foot? ”

"Not much, there's something delicious...... Ay? What are you? The boy stared at the ball.

The girl looked back at me, "This strange uncle bought it, and he also told me that you won't come back, let me go." ”

The boy immediately snatched the girl's unfinished balls and threw them on top of me, then protected his sister behind him, and immediately turned around and opened his sister's mouth, "Quick, spit it out, have you forgotten it in the quiet night?" I said, don't eat anything a stranger gives you, you can only eat it when your brother is around! Let's go, get out of here. ”

He took his sister and limped away.

The back looks extremely embarrassed.

But it seems to be a little happier than me......

"Heh, I've been making mistakes lately." I sighed, looked at the night sky, and felt like it was time for me to leave.

I just crossed the street and suddenly found that there were people in front of me, and it seemed that there was some kind of traffic accident. According to the description of the crowd, a boy stole something from a cake shop, and when he was just crossing the street, he happened to meet the cake shop employee who was searching for him nearby, and he took a little girl and was about to flee across the street, but was hit by an oncoming vehicle and flew out.

At that time, the speed was very fast, and the two children flew more than ten meters, unrecognizable, and died a miserable death.

I walked through the crowd.

Two weak corpses, one of which still held a small ball left by her greedy mouth in his hand.

……