On the fourth floor of the hospital.

In the examination room in one of the special wards of the deer clan, a visitor suddenly knocked on the door.

Tian Zhi, who was busy processing paperwork at the desk, kept a cigarette in his mouth and didn't say a word.

It's as if you're telling the knocker to come in if you want to.

The sound of the door opening was heard in an instant, and the footsteps behind him were clearly audible, and it was not until the breath of the visitor stopped at close range that Tian Zhi slowly turned around.

"What? Is there something wrong? ”

Tian Zhi, who turned around, glanced at the other party and rubbed his hair rudely.

"Are you here to see your sister's illness? They're already asleep. ”

“…… Hmph, what a nobody's attitude. ”

Visitor-Nangong glanced at the fearless Tian Zhi with unpleasant eyes.

"In the face of the people who have killed you, you still have a way to act as if nothing happened."

"Sasha and Xiangxiang's feet, I've successfully picked them up. It's more or less a little lame.

Tian Zhi ignored Nangong's sarcasm and explained the recent situation of the admitted patients.

However, when it came to the topic of his biological sister, Nangong could only frown slightly.

"Hmph...... You don't need to tell me anything like that."

"What else would you do? It's not going to be another attack on the hospital."

Nangong ignored Tian Zhi's sarcasm of the first army.

She sat down in the hospital bed where she was treated.

"Are you feeling unwell?"

Tian Zhi said jokingly.

"This is neutral zone. Even if it's you, if you're not feeling well, I can still check it out for you."

Tian Zhi's words completely guarded his position.

But—

Nangong smiled sinisterly at Shinoda like that and said, "I'll just say it straightforwardly. I'm here to negotiate with you."

「…… What?"

"Break your neutrality."

It is called a negotiation, but in fact it is a commanding tone. There is no consideration for the other party's feelings.

After being silent for a moment, Tian Zhi showed a look of interest.

"You want me to help the Prosperityists? …… That's a stupid question."

Categorically refused.

But Nangong's expression was not shaken by his answer.

Tian Zhi felt suspicious and put out the cigarette twist on his mouth in the ashtray.

"Still, I'm stupid enough to be interested in hearing what you have to say. What kind of wishful thinking did you come to me to make such a meaningless proposal? Because of Ah Le's order, he had to obediently play the role of a microphone?"

"Hmph...... Ahh

After asking this, Nangong sneered. It's like— didn't even take the name in your eyes.

She looked a little impetuous, and at the same time a little proud, and her eyes became sharp.

"You're mistaken. I never asked you to help the Prosperityists."

Tian Zhi frowned, and silently motioned for Nangong to continue.

The offering continued, "I need you...... and the assistance of the dead. It's not a boomer, it's me."

「…… It sounds like the prosperity faction has long since fallen apart."

"If you still can't hear that, do you need me to be more straightforward?"

Nangong stood up from the hospital bed.

"It's none of my business what the Prosperity Faction does. What Ah Dai and Ah think is also their family's business. Not to mention the girls in Qiuyin...... I'm so uninterested in her that I want to kill her."

"Then what do you want ......?"

Nangong seemed to have already understood the content of the question, and interrupted Tian Zhi's question.

She opened her mouth and said, "Agree to my terms, and I will cure you of your sickness."

As Nangong played the chips.

Again—silence dominates the exam room.

The silence was long.

Ten seconds. Thirty seconds. One minute. Then two minutes.

Even the sound of breathing seemed clear and silent, and the strange tension that came with it rose steadily.

Tian Zhi wanted to find out from Nangong's expression, and Nangong met his inquiring gaze head-on.

The tension that pervades the two of them is on the verge of saturation.

The first person to speak was Tian Zhi.

"I'll hear what you have to say first. It's just that the probability that the answer will still be NO after listening to it is very high."

Nangong, who heard the answer—

「…… Giggle."

The usual cruel smile was particularly strong - she walked towards Tian Zhi with a solemn face.

"I'll tell you graciously. But let me make a precautionary note here...... You're not going to say NO."

Even with a sleepy face, Tian Zhi didn't shake off her fingers.

"First of all, let's start with the cure of the disease......

So, Nangong opened his lips and spoke eloquently.

At the same time, it also adds a luscious and gloomy tone to the silence of the examination room, like a seductive sound like a poisonous flower.

……

I'm the way I am now, for no particular reason.

I was born into a very ordinary family.

My parents, who were gentle and kind, but occasionally showed a stern side, instilled in me a natural sense of ethics and hoped that I would have a smooth sailing future, and raised me with great difficulty. I didn't have anything wrong with my head, and I didn't have any miserable experiences as a child.

Strange to say, that's what I did.

When I was in kindergarten, I hit the boy on the head with a stone who was looking for my pleasure; When I was in the lower grades of elementary school, I drowned the feral cats I usually fed on a spur of the moment. I once spent four hours just to trample a long row of ants to death, and before I entered junior high school, I pulled out the nails of my friend's hands.

My parents were shocked and angry, and finally they were heartbroken to accept that their own daughter was not normal.

And I fully grasped the reason why my parents washed their faces with tears.

Because my psychology is contrary to the standards of normal people. Because everything I say and do is full of anti-social style, that's why they are sad and cry.

But at that time, I had already accepted this kind of self. In other words, I don't feel that there is anything wrong with me as a monster to my parents and society.

Not being able to experience other people's joys and sorrows at all is a nuisance, but I get something more – pleasure. Yes, whether it's joy or sorrow, I am very happy with the reaction of others.

When I hit the boy on the head with a stone, I felt only two words: joy. He still showed a dazed and confused expression when he hit it for the first time, but then he began to cry and scream, and finally made a strange sound with a nosebleed. This process of change made me enjoy it as if I were playing a game.

The wild cat that feeds me every day is slowly willing to get close to me, which is certainly fun, but the appearance of the wild cat being caught by my own hands and drowning in the water and struggling in pain also gives me the same satisfaction.

The ants toiled to carry the candy, and the sight of me running away with one foot in all directions, all made my mind settle.

As for my best friend when I was in elementary school, in addition to playing with the past, tying her to a chair and slowly pulling out her nails is also an unforgettable memory for my life.

So, even though my parents were saddened and saddened by the fact that I had become like this, I was still immersed in joy.

I guess I can't stand it anymore. When I was twelve, my parents abandoned me.

Sunshine House is a facility that restores the childlike heart of children who are unable to adapt to normal social life through group living in a natural environment.

I don't really understand why living in a group surrounded by nature can regain the lost childlike innocence. But it's clear to me that humans are the kind of creatures who think of these logical things.

So I'm going to spoil everything.

The one I was targeting was a very young girl. She lives with her father, who works as a clerk and also lives here...... In other words, she was the only child with parents in the facility, and I chose her as my first offering.

The small children in the facility everyone have psychological problems. I dig out their hearts and take advantage of them.

At the same time, I slowly made the adults there more and more abnormal. Anyway, people who believe in the high-sounding truth of guiding children with twisted personalities back to the right path cannot be normal people in the first place. The more justice is flaunted, the more cruel and unscrupulous people become.

I just let them think that if they don't do that, that the facility won't work, and that noble ideas can justify violence without hesitation.

I was born with a high IQ and ability to accomplish this, and within two years, everyone in the facility had made it commonplace to join forces to abuse that little girl.

It's like they'll pick the weakest animal and bully them until they die.

The little girl couldn't stand it and committed suicide by jumping off the building.

So I chose the next weak man and made him a sacrifice as well. This time he changed to a boy, but he was not as strong as the first little girl, and he completely collapsed after only half a year or so and chose to commit suicide. The incident also led to the closure of the facility. As a result, even the people inside the facility didn't realize that I was the mastermind, let alone outsiders. After investigation, they believed that I was the victim of the disorder of the group, and I was sent back to my original home without any punishment.

Having said that, my parents seem to have guessed who the messenger is, and I have become a monster in their eyes. The days of being shunned by my parents lasted for three months, and one day, my father told me about being an adopted daughter.

I heard that an elderly couple with distant relatives wanted to find a sister for their only daughter.

That family's surname is Qiu.

I simply said yes. Anyway, I'm starting to get tired of my parents' reactions.

Therefore, I became the adopted daughter of the Qiu family. I remember the winter when I just turned sixteen.

It is located in the countryside outside the prefecture, and it is a 50-year-old house. A couple over 60 years old and a daughter named Qiu Yin, who is a year younger than me. It was my new home, my new parents, and my new sister.

But there were two things that I didn't expect.

First of all, the couple said that they wanted to find a sister for their daughter was actually a lie.

The second is the existence of God.

What they really want is not an adopted daughter, but a young girl who is missing and no one cares. The purpose is to dedicate to God—so that they can avert the calamity of their beloved only daughter, and the couple's minds are filled with this paranoid delusion.

In other words, they took me in to kill me, and as I expected, they attacked me on the night of the third day while I was asleep.

Of course, there was something that the couple did not expect.

That is, they just adopted me as an adopted daughter.

I fought back against them.

At the same time, I met God and witnessed the real gesture.

Deer Clan.

You can't die even if you cut off your head, a real monster with an imperfect human like me.

With only one head left in the cage, she said to me: You are very interesting, be my daughter.

So I replied, "I understand."

Monsters are much more fun when I am my mother than having a normal biological mother and a crazy old woman. In this respect, she is very suitable for being my mother.

I called her Mother, and I was in awe and worship of her, and I took all her words as a revelation from heaven. I'm used to getting along with my mother in this way. It's kind of interesting.

According to her mother, the Akiyin family has been childless since their eldest daughter died of illness 40 years ago. Therefore, after finally regenerating the autumn yin, they were restrained by the obsessive concept that their daughter would be taken away by the disease again. Later, they stumbled upon their mother, who had lost her body due to the civil strife of the Deer Clan, on the mountain, and from then on regarded her as the embodiment of immortality and worshipped as an idol.

Did the couple lose their minds when their eldest daughter died? Or when Akiyin was born? Or was it the moment you met your mother?

My mother really needs a new body, but the old wounds from the past have not yet fully healed, and even if they killed me at the time, there would be no way to connect them.

Qiu Yin's parents didn't figure it out, maybe they couldn't wait any longer. If God is not resurrected soon, the daughter may fall ill and die—probably because of this anxiety that makes them rush to do it.

I decided to let Aki Yin be my mother's body. Of course this was my plan for the future, and she was a normal girl who didn't know anything about these ridiculous things, so I drove her crazy as a stopgap measure.

But I think this result is a bit pitiful.

Her parents went crazy for the sake of their daughter's good and hoped that their daughter would be safe and healthy. I want to help them make their wishes come true, because it's more fun.

So I decided to become Aki Yin.

I gave up my old identity and inherited her name and existence. In other words, as long as Qiu Yin is safe and healthy, it means that Qiu Yin, the beloved daughter of the old couple, is also safe and healthy, which is a bit similar to the ritual of the deer clan.

Mother's purpose is very similar to taking revenge on her kind. It was my duty to help.

As part of my revenge plan, I chose a high school where the girls of the Deer Clan would normally attend. It's very easy to fool the real Akiyin into attending junior high school. I took sick leave for the second half of the third semester before the graduation ceremony, citing my injury, and then asked the school to send all the reference books for the exam to my home. The rest of the steps are just to change the profile photo to mine.

None of the students from the same junior high school applied to a private high school except for me, and the fact that the high school was located outside the school district was also one of the reasons. Thanks to this, I was able to go to the entrance exam openly.

After about a year of enjoying campus life, autumn turned to winter - a rebellion broke out in the village of the Deer Tribe, which was destroyed by fire.

I pretended to be a deer to everyone except my mother, until now.

It was a wonderful accident to be able to get to know the deer people and intersect with them.

But another lucky thing happened to me during my high school years.

That's when I met him.