Yasuno couldn't help but shout, as if he was begging for something.

"Please, run away!"

"Anno ......?"

Blinked his misty eyes.

When she noticed that a knife was against her, she raised her gaze slightly.

"Ye Chun ......"

Ye Chun only glanced at her, and then smiled like a queen.

"I'm sorry, I'm going to kill you right now."

It's like—like you're announcing the death sentence to your subordinates.

"Yes......

He has lost even the strength to resist.

"No! Please, stop!"

Anye pleaded bitterly.

She hated her own powerlessness, and on the other hand, she didn't know what to do, so she could only shout excitedly.

However, as if he was persuading Yasuno to dispel his thoughts, he smiled at her with a face that felt that he might lose consciousness again at any time.

"It's okay...... Anno."

"Sister ......?"

"I've ...... Die without regrets. Because I fought for that person, people like me...... Originally, I was just a burden...... In the end, I was able to fight with him."

That smile

It doesn't mean that she accepts her fate, it's not regret, it's not enlightenment.

Rather, it is serene with a quiet smile.

Her smile was contented.

「…… Why?"

Yasuno couldn't think through it, couldn't understand it.

Why did she have such an expression?

cooperated with her husband, hurt herself, became devastated and eventually died under the knife of others. But why did she seem so content?

Xiao looked like he was having trouble breathing, and turned his gaze to Ye Chun.

"Can you please...... Promise me? After killing me......

Then he turned his gaze to Anye and Lanyang in order.

- Is this person supposed to ......

When it comes to life and death, are you still worried about the lives of others?

"Okay."

As if paying tribute to her, Ye Chun showed a down-to-earth attitude.

"I promise you to spare them."

"Really...... of?"

"I swear by the dignity of the deer patriarch...... Only in this moment, of course."

"Really...... That's enough, thank you."

Close your eyes.

Yasuno screamed. Before she knew it, she opened her throat and screamed. Even she didn't know what she was shouting, she just wanted the scene in front of her to stop. It is unacceptable that such a fact is happening. Tears blurred her vision. There was an urge in my heart to rush forward. But the last shred of reason—the fact that a rash move would kill Lan Yang—made her step on the brakes.

"Do you have any last words?"

Ye Chun asked.

"Nope."

Answered.

Anno's wail did not reach the hearts of the two men.

The sword ruthlessly took her moribund life.

After killing Yao, Nangong and others quickly evacuated from the hospital.

Nangong summoned back the twin sisters who were responsible for containing Ye Ya and the others, and the four of them left from the entrance openly.

As if he had returned in triumph, he frightened the mercenaries hired by the Holy to watch around.

Ye Chun took the lead, Nangong followed him, and Sasha and Xiangxiang retreated three steps behind.

The guards were all strong men, but the young girls swaggered as if they were in a no-man's land, ignoring the distant surveillance.

At this moment, a man suddenly appeared in front of them.

「…… Oh."

Ye Chun is suffocating.

She didn't exude murder or hostility, just smiled with nostalgia.

"It's been a long time since I've seen you, 'S.'"

"I didn't expect us to meet again in such a form, Ye Chun."

The sand who confronted her had resentment on her face.

Unlike Ye Chun, Shazi's tone was condemning with hostility and a hint of pity.

"Looks like you're getting your way."

"You know what's going on?"

Ye Chun didn't change the smile on his face.

"All I could hear was the sound of the doctor's room. But what happened, I can roughly imagine."

Sand snorted resentfully and continued, "I admit that we lost badly. It's up to you to come up with such a cunning scheme. It's just like a human being."

Even though he was ridiculed by the sand, Ye Chun's face still did not change.

"Look at me like this. I'm different from the average deer clan, I don't have much power. I'm going to have a little bit of a brain."

Ye Chun's voice seemed to be straightforward, and it didn't match the content that sounded like he was laughing at himself.

"Regardless of your strength, I don't think your skills are inferior to others."

Sand frowned.

Then, I saw her eyes blink coldly, and asked in a tough tone:

「…… What the hell do you want to do?"

"That's the question we're going to ask you, right?"

Ye Chun shrugged his shoulders slightly.

"Sand, what do you want to do? Are you going to die now? Or is it ...... Nope."

Ye Chun nodded suddenly.

"I forgot that you were holy. When everything is over, if we are the one who survives, then you will judge that the deer clan is going to die, and obediently sacrifice your head...... I guess that's your decision, right?"

"God knows, who knows? I'm also a deer clan, and it's not impossible for me to raise my weapons and fight you to the death."

"Give up that thought."

Listening to Shazi's words, Ye Chun shook his head.

"I advise you to take good care of the baby in your womb until you lose your breath."

"You're ......!"

Sandko's eyes widened in surprise.

"Do you think I can't see it? Don't confuse me with Yaya's kind of goods. I'm the patriarch, and such a serious event has happened, but a person of your strength has not been in the line of fire, and there is no other reason than to be pregnant...... Besides, you can tell from your face whether you are pregnant or not."

「…… It's really unpleasant. In terms of the number of instruments alone, there are only a handful of people in Suzuka's history to your extent."

Respect, regret, loss.

Sand Zi looked at the girl in front of her with a mixed expression.

The childish appearance of about ten years old, and the body of eighteen-year-old, far exceed the majesty and level of external age.

If she hadn't been sick, she would have been the patriarch respected by everyone.

"But from my personal standpoint, I really don't want to waste any more time. I'm tired of trickery and intrigues, and frankly it's just trouble. Hehe...... In that respect, I do have the appearance of the deer clan."

"What does that mean?"

"Nangong."

Ye Chun did not answer Sha Ji's question directly, but called Nangong who was guarding aside.

She silently handed out a piece of paper.

The sand took it with a look of disgust.

"Give it to Yaya. The time and place are indicated."

「…… What do you say?"

Hearing this, Sand Zi showed a look of shock and confusion.

"I'll send someone there to take Yaya and the others to the 'House of the Lost'. I don't want to play a game of intrigue anymore, but let's let the horses come over and we'll take on the deer clan with dignity."

"What you say is still credible?"

"I don't believe it's your freedom. However, if Ye Ya avoids it tomorrow, don't blame us for doing whatever it takes. Then we will do everything in our power to drive you into a corner, assassinating you one by one...... Even if you hide to the ends of the earth, it's useless. Even if this town is on fire, I will not hesitate to do so."

That's undoubtedly — intimidation.

"Alright, let's go."

As if everything that should have been said was finished, Ye Chun restarted his pace.

Nangong and the others also followed each other, and the group passed by Shazi's side.

Sand opened and asked, "What about the Ah Le people?" Isn't she with you?"

Ye Chun didn't look back. She didn't look back.

「…… Ah Le?"

She stopped, and suddenly she exuded an irrepressible rage—as if it were pity.

"I killed her last night. What a boring woman."

After leaving this sentence, Ye Chunsa broke away.

Facing that back, Shazi bit his lip tightly, and muttered to himself in a low voice like a painful heart: "Just for the sake of your first love, did you kill the mother who raised and gave birth to you...... Stupid."

No one heard her whisper.

Even if Ye Chun heard it, I am afraid it would be impossible to stop.

About fifteen minutes after the twin sisters fled, Xia Jing and the others found Tian Zhi, and his heart had already stopped beating at that time.

His body was found in the hospital room. Nangong and the others targeted Xiao Ya instead of Ye Ya on this trip, Tian Zhi, who discovered this fact earlier than Xia Jing and the others, seemed to go directly to her ward after leaving the treatment room. The reason why I say "seemingly" is because neither Anye nor Lan Yang in the corridor touched him. It seems that he should have chosen to walk a long way around the hospital and deliberately avoid the two of them. Xia Jing and the others couldn't accept what he did.

He didn't rush to find someone desperately because his wife was dying.

Died under the knife, although the body will eventually disappear, but Tian Zhi should have time to see her body. However, he did not show any attachment at all, and it didn't hurt to say that he was cold-blooded. That aside—at least he should have made sure to see for himself if he had really died, right? He has an obligation to keep the consequences of his betrayal firmly in his eyes, isn't he?

And the way he committed suicide was very simple. Suicide by poisoning. The technique is clean and neat, as if it has long been ready to die. Probably because I was afraid that someone would stop me, so I quickly cut myself off.

It's ridiculous.

It's simply selfish. Isn't it pitiful to die like this?

-- But── Xia Jing, on the other hand, has a different view.

The reason why Tian Zhi didn't go to see Yao's body was not that he didn't want to see it, but that he believed that Yao didn't want him to see his death? I don't want my body to be seen by my loved ones after fighting Lan Yang, and the body that has been gradually engulfed in wounds—maybe it's because he understands Xiao's feelings, so he doesn't choose to hold her body and mourn.

So is that why he chose the hospital room where he died? Choose this place where she still has her smell, where she lived in the past, and where she can feel the bits and pieces between the two of them the most.

And Yasuno said

Before she died, when Ye Chun asked if she had any last words, she replied like this.

- No.

Obviously the beloved is close at hand, but there is nothing to leave to him.

In short, it's an almost blind trust. The confidence that you don't need words to convey your feelings, the proof of the bonds that are hopelessly tied together

Therefore, Xia Jing couldn't complain.

Even if he can't accept it, even if he thinks there must be a better solution.

「…… What is incomprehensible is incomprehensible after all."

The sun goes down and night falls.

Later, Xia Jing and the others left the hospital and returned to the secret base prepared by the "Sheng".

I heard that Tian Zhi's body was disposed of in private. His retired father is still alive and will be taken over by him and his brother, who runs the hospital on the table, in the short term...... Having said that, Xia Jing and the others have not met with them, and they don't have that spare time at present.

The group is now in a state of vigilance.

There was no one in the five-ping-big guest room except for Xia Jing, and there was no sound. Xia Jing tried to talk to himself, only to hear the voice echo emptyly. This room is exaggeratedly big, and each of them has their own room, and now they are all locked in their own rooms.

It's inevitable that they will want to be alone.

Seeing that Yasuo was killed in front of him, Anye seemed to be at a low ebb, and Lan Yang was seriously injured. Ye Ya and Lin Yu should also want to be alone and settle their thoughts.

Of course, the current situation does not allow everyone to continue to be depressed like this.

Xia Jing sighed while carefully reading the note that Ye Chun handed over to Shazi.

The time specified by the other party is 4 o'clock in the evening of the next day, and the location is a certain section of the road at the foot of the mountain of the "Lost House". As long as you get there on time, someone will lead the way.

I didn't expect the other party to take the initiative to open the door to meet the enemy.

Mulai is still very happy, but it is too hasty to choose tomorrow. Eighty percent of the opponents plan to take advantage of the victory to pursue, and take advantage of the blow of our side to regain their strength from the blow of their death...... It should be said that taking advantage of our low morale to lead the war was really a well-planned and foolproof plan.

That being said, this one-on-one approach is very Suzuka-esque. It's like a duel with us. In this sense, it can be said to be very simple and straightforward.

The question is whether our side, strictly speaking, only Xia Jing himself, will be able to exert its combat strength normally tomorrow.

Frankly, the mood is heavy right now. Just thinking about what happened during the day makes me feel very depressed and unhappy.

Just as Xia Jing was thinking about these things, the glass door leading to the corridor opened with a "click".

「…… Huh?"

Xia Jing, who was lazily lying on the sofa, sat up with her upper body.

When I looked closely, it turned out to be Lan Yang standing at the door.

"Doesn't it matter if you don't sleep?"

Xia Jing asked curiously.

"Hmm."

Lan Yang nodded while rubbing his eyes.

"The spine and internal organs should be almost healed. But...... I'm so hungry."

"Wait a minute—next."

Xia Jing walked to the wall and picked up the walkie-talkie installed in the guest room.

After a while, the sand responded.

"What's the matter?"

"Senior Sister Lanyang is here, she's crying out that she's hungry."

"Got it."

The call was hung up with a "poof". Three minutes later, the meal was delivered to the room. It's just that

"How is this ......?" That amount of weight made Xia Jing couldn't help but mumble to himself.

It's extraordinary. I saw three women in charge of preparing the meal and carrying the food to the table one by one.

a salad that is like a hill in a huge bowl; Visually inspect a single serving of about 200 grams of steak with a total of five pieces; White rice filled with a three-in-one capacity rice cooker; In addition to these main dishes, there are also a variety of side dishes such as ramen, fried dumplings, fried shrimp, and salt-grilled mackerel for one person each.

Finally, there is a juice full of about five liters of juice to finish off. The aroma is mixed with apples, oranges, pineapples and other fruits, so it seems that it is a mixed fruit juice.