"Thomas. Barrico, you're ready to hand over your hourglass, while it's still too late. ”

"No, I'm not ready, I guess I still have something to deal with, I'm looking for you for something else." Thomas forced his composure, sweat running down his forehead, and 'Death' looked at Thomas strangely with his head sideways.

"Since you don't want to hand over your 'time' to summon me, I admire your courage very much, you are a rare 'warrior' among human beings, everyone avoids me, no one can face my eyes......"

"Look...... I am very honored. ”

"What about your angelic friends? Isn't he with you? ”

"He's out on business, so you and I will meet alone today." Thomas smiled reluctantly.

'Death' looked down at the circle at Thomas's feet, and did not speak, but waited for Thomas to continue, "Okay, I won't go around in circles, everyone's time is precious......"

"Wait......" Death interrupted Thomas with a hand outstretched, "I have a lot of time, and you don't, I can talk to you here for tens of thousands of years, if you want......" Death started with a grim laugh, laughter echoing in this still space.

Thomas sighed, how helpless he was in the face of great power, "Well, Lord Death, I know that nothing in the world can escape your hands as long as there is life, I am right. ”

"No life can escape the fate of death, the 'Scythe of Time' will sever the connection between the soul and time, and all of them will be judged by me, and only I can decide where the soul goes."

"Then you must know the location of any living being, right?"

"Of course, so the location of life, the process of 'time' and 'fate', are all emerging before my eyes......" paused, 'Death' glanced at the people around him who were still around, "Let's say, this place will soon have people dying here." ”

Thomas didn't know what 'death' meant by someone here, he felt terrible, he wanted to end the conversation with 'death' as soon as possible, he asked a little eagerly: "I want to know, if there are exceptions, I mean, there are people whose lives are not under your control, I just said maybe." ”

"Without exception, including you, Thomas. Barrico, your life will eventually be harvested by me, and I have seen the moment when you breathe. The words sent chills down Thomas's spine, and as he spoke, Death approached Thomas, the overwhelming cold coming over his face as it was fierce and heavy, and Thomas took a step back, remembering Lilith's advice not to step out of the circle.

"I think you're missing something. I know there's a person who doesn't seem to be under your control. "Thomas's euphemistic remarks that did not offend the majesty of 'death' still angered 'death'.

'Death' approached Thomas again, and Thomas took a step back, "Did you summon me to humiliate me?" Or do you think that your 'destiny' is beyond my control and show off here? Or do you think I don't have anything to do with you? You little bug. 'Death' said tepidly, the cold air coming out of its mouth hitting Thomas's face, stinging Thomas's skin like a pinprick.

As soon as 'Death' raised his hand, Thomas's body was like an uncontrolled puppet, his body slowly lifted off the ground, and 'Death' walked towards Thomas, raised his hand and slowly touched Thomas's face with a skeletal finger, Thomas's eyes kept watching' Death's move, at the moment of touch, Thomas's face still slowly wrinkled, his whole body began to dry up, the muscles began to atrophy, the blood vessels began to protrude, slowly the remaining muscles, blood vessels were attached to the bones, Thomas's heart began to become heavy, beating hard, the beating frequency became slower and slower, vision began to blur, the lungs had aged, and the painful gas exchange was carried out every time he breathed, and the body was more eager for air to enter, Thomas became a dry old man, he felt that his teeth would be loosened by the tip of his tongue, and his speech became slurred。

'Death's fingers lifted lightly Thomas fell from the air, and his body returned to his previous state, Thomas sat on the ground gasping for breath, wiping the saliva from the corner of his mouth with his arm, looking up at 'Death', Thomas gasped and said intermittently.

"Are you surprised that you think I can't help you when you're standing in the 'Law of Constraints'? I still have many ways to torture your arrogance. "It's laughing at Thomas's stupidity.

"Wait......" he held out a hand between him and Death, gasping to stop it from moving further, "I didn't mean to tease you, I know, there's a man named Abel. Muller's, I don't think you'll be a stranger, that man created a 'man', and the man who was created was his son, named Abel. Caesar. Thomas staggered to his feet, his leg still sore.

'Death' looked at Thomas quietly, and Thomas looked at 'Death' and just looked at each other, both waiting for the other to break the silence first.

"Heaven has sent people to take away all the people of Müller, and the man who created it must still be alive in the world, at least that man's soul cannot be judged by you, am I right?" Death's sir. I just want to know about Abel. Where is Caesar now, I need to find him, and that's why we've called you out. ”

'Death' didn't answer, and the black cloak looked at Thomas motionlessly.

"How do you judge Able. Caesar is ultimately not subject to my judgment and harvest? ”

"I, I don't understand what you're saying, Abel. Caesar didn't have a soul, and he didn't have a 'sand of time'. Thomas asked, guessingly.

"I mean, who told you that if a person lacks a soul, his own 'time' will be missing? To put it more bluntly, he can live in this world forever? ”

Thomas was dumbfounded by Death's question, and for a moment he didn't know how to answer his question, and now he was led by the nose by Death, and finally cornered, and became very helpless like a prey to be slaughtered.

Death raised his hand and an hourglass swirled out above the skull's hand, exactly the same as Thomas had seen, except that the name was written "Abel. Caesar", and one of the biggest features, the top is empty, there is some sand below, he looked at 'death' and then looked at the hourglass, the top is empty, according to his understanding that the man should have been in the world for no time, must be dead or non-existent, and according to his conversation with 'death' vaguely feel Abel. Caesar was still alive.

"Look a little more closely, and you will be able to solve the doubts in your heart......"

Thomas hurriedly leaned in to take a closer look, and it was true that there was not no sand above the hourglass, to be exact, there was only a grain of sand, floating on it.

"What does this mean? Why does he only have a grain of sand? And he originally had time, which meant that he originally had a soul, but ......" Thomas asked, pointing to the hourglass in surprise.

'Death' put away the hourglass, "You don't need to know, you just want to know about Abel. Caesar's position, this is important to you, isn't it? ”

Thomas nodded, "Yes, I need to know exactly where he is." ”

"Very well, I can show you where he is, you have to do one thing for me, and it's an equal deal."

Thomas echoed what Lilith said as she left, "It's important not to make a deal with death. "And 'Death' stood there waiting for Thomas's reply.

If this opportunity is given up, we will have no way out, so far. It's a gamble, a gamble that doesn't stand out at all, but I should make this deal with Death, and the opportunity is fleeting.

"Well, since we're going to cooperate, I'm very concerned about this."

"Oh? No, no, you're wrong, it's not a cooperation, it's a deal. It corrects Thomas's rhetoric.

"How do I know if it's an equal deal as you say, let's say ......"

"The deal is never fair, you can choose to give up this deal, I'll leave immediately, it's you who summoned me, and the choice is in your hands."

Thomas was silent for a moment, he had no way back.

"Okay, I see, I agree to the deal, Abel. Caesar, I'm not just looking for him, you know what I mean. ”

"That's right, of course I know what you mean, okay, this is a preferential condition for completing this transaction, and it is also a benefit for you that I gave you?"

"Thank you for your generosity, now the demons have not found that Able. Caesar, why the devil didn't look for you, how to be sure you didn't tell the devil what you know, I want to hear your reasons. ”

"First of all, in Heaven, on Earth, in Hell and Purgatory, I am neutral, I do not take sides, I am not responsible for any of them, and I am not obligated to tell any of them everything I know, except in an equivalent transaction that I agree with......"

"The devil should have found you......"

"Of course, it's also an equivalent deal, and it's a two-time ......"

"What? Twice ...... "Thomas felt that the situation was not as rosy as he thought. "Those two ......"

"1938 and more recently...... Belch...... About 10 years ago. ”

"So according to what you mean, these two demons have not succeeded in catching the man named Abel. Caesar's man. ”

"Okay, I think I've given you enough discounts."

Thomas was silent, unable to 'die' again to pry a little bit of information out of his mouth, "Okay, tell me how you're going to trade?" ”

"I lost something in the human world, find it and give it to me, and the deal is done."

"What?" Thomas was taken aback, who was so bold as to take the 'death' thing. "Okay, what's that?"

"A rib, my rib, give it to me, and now this thing is in the hands of Herbert of the 'Bloods', that's it." After saying that, 'Death' turned around and prepared to leave, the surrounding scenery and stagnant people began to move again, and resumed their continuous action, and Thomas quietly watched the back of 'Death' slowly move away.

"Where? At least give me some information, I can't look for it all over the world. He shouted.

At this moment, some young men in the distance came towards him, and were startled by Thomas's sudden yelling, they thought it was a madman who didn't know why he suddenly yelled, and saw that some people laughed at him, and some whistled at him, and walked past him very unfriendly, and when he walked out, one of them looked at him with a provocative gaze, threw a bottle of wine behind him, and broke it on the ground, and then, causing others to laugh, laughing at Thomas and thinking of a frightened girl. Suddenly, it stopped and turned back to Thomas, "Go to Scotland." With that, he stood not far from Thomas and waited for something. In the distance, I saw two young men wearing baseball caps, carrying bags, and skateboards, and they were very fast.

The first one passed through the body of 'Death', as if passing through a puff of gray smoke, and the air flow washed away the gray smoke, and the second young man who stepped on the skateboard, not far from 'Death', the wheel of the skateboard was hit by the raised brick corner of the ground, and hit the beam of the pulley abruptly, due to inertia, the young man fell forward at once, and the semi-circular bottle fragment was inserted into the carotid artery of the unlucky man impartially, and the blood rushed out of the body of an uncontrolled beast.

"Oh my God. I saw everything. "Thomas turned and left quickly, just now 'Death' said that there is a job for it here, I should have thought of it.

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Mephistopheles walked on crutches in the dark forest, where the snow was thick and covered the earth, and the snow on the pines and cypresses was heavy enough to cause the branches to crackle and crackle, leaving footprints one by one in the deep snow. At the foot of the hill I saw the lights and fires, it was a small town, looking down from the hills, the town was not big, very quaint wooden houses, the roofs were covered with thick snow, and the chimneys were wafting smoke, and Mephistopheles Felix had reached his purpose, turning into an old man with a cloak and a hunchback in animal skins.

He walked in the square of the town, touching the edge of the wood of the high platform of the square with his hand, the old and shiny wood has shown the long history of the town, there is a road leading to the outside of the mountain, although there is some contact with the outside world, the people who live here are still the inheritors of the ancestors' living habits, hunting in winter and farming in spring and autumn. Walking to a large wooden house, the roof was still wafting with misty cooking smoke, the dim light in the room shot out of the window, reflecting yellow in the snow, Mephistophelis pushed open the heavy wooden door, a smell of tobacco, wine and roast meat came to his face, Mephistophelis fanned the wind in front of him with his hand, he was dispelling the mixed smell, there were not many people inside, sitting at several tables, suddenly a person appeared at the door, so that the originally cheerful atmosphere came to an abrupt end, and some people whispered about this sloppy strangerThere were bows and arrows and animal skins hanging on the walls, and the furnishings in the room were supposed to be a tavern, with a few oak barrels piled up behind the large bar.