Chapter IV: Secret Associations and Contracts

Xi Yue's office was unsurprisingly as cluttered as Gu Ran had imagined, with a desk at the entrance with a pen and a few appointment slips. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info a few sofas across the center of the room, a few long coats hung messily on the back of the sofa, a wooden coffee table in front of the sofa, the coffee table is piled with beer cans and instant noodle bowls and other residual garbage, and the floor under the sofa is full of cheap cigarette butts. The most valuable thing in the whole room is probably the old TV against the wall, although it is estimated to be older than him.

Looking at this guy's belongings, Gu Ran felt very cool inexplicably, because in this era, it is really not easy to find a person who is more depressed than him, and in the part about "money", he can finally find a person who can satisfy his superiority.

"The house is a bit messy, and I haven't had much business lately, so I haven't cleaned up much......," Xi Yue explained embarrassedly.

Then the two sat on different sofas, Xi Yue put his hands on his head, rested his feet on the coffee table without taking off his shoes, and kicked down two beer cans by the way.

Gu Ran took a deep breath, then spit out heavily, and said, "Okay, can you explain to me the inexplicable things that happened before?"

Xi Yue took out a cigarette from his arms, put it to his mouth, and said to Gu Ran: "I also told you before, I belong to an organization called Demon Slayer, and the work of this organization is just like his name, that is-exorcism!"

"Come on, I'm not surprised if you're telling me right now that we're all people living in the virtual world with a back-of-the-head tube. Gu Ran said expressionlessly.

"I don't know if we're brains in a jar, but our world isn't as real as advertised. Xi Yue lit a cigarette and said, "Since the beginning of history, human beings have been living in symbiosis with all kinds of aliens, because of the power of aliens, human beings revere them as gods and demons, and worship them in awe. However, human beings have always been defiant of the spirit of resistance, and in every era, there are always a small number of people who continue to challenge the power of these 'gods'. Eventually, those guys were pulled down from the altar by our ancestors, and in modern times, people no longer revere these aliens and denounce them as feudal superstitions. However, the aliens did not completely disappear from the world, some of them who were close to humans multiplied in human society, while others fled back to their homeland, a different space called the 'Demon Realm'. ”

"And these restless aliens are always thinking about how to get back to our world and do things everywhere, so it's still a small group of people who keep dying who choose to send them back to the demon world, right?" Gu Ran continued: "These are all routines set by third-rate online texts. ”

"The lad accepted it very quickly. Xi Yue replied: "Our organization is the small group of people who have died as you speak, and our enemy is the alien who has troubled the world, and this kind of alien is the devil in layman's terms! We continue to purge the evil spirits of the troubled society through the support of the government and protect the safety of the majority of the people. You can think of us as superheroes with great powers (like me). ”

"Then here's the problem," Gu Ran asked, "Why did you ask me to join this organization? First, I don't have as much power as you, and I can only be killed when I encounter demons, and second, I don't like to die as much as you, I just want to live my life in my own broken shop." ”

It's true!

When he was still in the second year of middle school, he also had unrealistic fantasies, whenever he was blocked in the alley and beaten by the school bully, he also thought that one day he would have the strength to return the beaten he had received ten times and a hundred times the beaten before. Every time he has no skills at the school party, he can only watch others perform, but when he watches the performance, he will imagine that he is standing on the stage of the crowd and showing his charm to the smiling goddess, but the party is over and the dream is awake.

He even really imagined that one day, a mysterious person from a secret society would appear in front of him wearing a pitch-black cloak and tell him, 'You are the only one who has the power to save the world', and then he completely got rid of the bullying of the school bully, the ridicule of his classmates, and the white eyes of his teachers. He was able to meet all kinds of unusual people and experience all kinds of legendary things.

Unfortunately, none of this happened until the end of his student life. It made him realize that he was really just a decrepit kid before, and now he had changed a little bit - he had become a decrepit person. Ordinary, ordinary, never respected, always can only be dominated.

He likes to read online texts, because these third-rate online texts always allow him to substitute for the protagonist and get happiness that is impossible in life, even if he can forget the content after reading a book, even if he doesn't even know the name of the protagonist after reading a book.

Under this mental anesthesia, his heart gradually became numb, and he no longer believed in his fantasies back then, because now he knows very well that these are all fake, and this kind of thing can only happen in novels.

His soul has long been out of poetry and distance, since life is only in front of him, then he will keep this in front of him, and live a mediocre life!

"You're not as ordinary as you think!"

Suddenly, a word woke him up, he slowly raised his head, at this moment Xi Yue seemed to be shrouded in a soft halo, even his declining face was much more pleasing to the eye.

"You're not as ordinary as you think. Xi Yue repeated again: "You are a person with demonic blood, and you are fundamentally different from those ordinary people. ”

"Demonic ...... Bloodline?"

"That's right, this is an important requirement to become a demon hunter, and the demons who coexist with humans have left behind their bloodlines, and these bloodlines contain the power of demons, allowing weak humans to contend with powerful demons. ”

"Bloodline...... That means my parentsβ€”"

"They're not demon hunters," Xi Yue shook his head and said to Gu Ran, "In fact, they were just your adoptive parents, and your parents only left a certificate for the organization to let us know your identity. They are of a very high level, and I didn't find any information about them anyway. I was still in elementary school at the time of the incident, so I don't know what happened. But three months ago, I was suddenly asked to take care of you, saying that you happen to be in my precinct, so I started investigating you at that time. ”

Parents...... Gu Ran was silent, he originally thought that his parents were also demon hunters, since they were demon hunters, they naturally wouldn't hang up so simply because of a car accident, maybe they were just cheating to death, getting rid of their own shackles to save the world or something. He even figured out for a short time how to make a fuss when they appeared, and then forgive them. As for his biological parents...... He didn't regard these two people who had no feelings at all as relatives, even if he still had their damn demonic blood flowing through him.

Seeing that he fell silent again, Xi Yue did not continue to speak, but continued to smoke, and when his cigarette was almost finished, Gu Ran raised his head and said calmly: "Let's go on." ”

"Hmm. Xi Yue threw the cigarette butt on the ground and skillfully raised his foot to extinguish it: "Before adulthood, demon hunters are no different from ordinary people, and when they become adults, they will awaken the power of demons, but the power is not strong in the first month of awakening, and it is not much more powerful than ordinary people. And after a month, the demonic power will be transformed, and the power accumulated for a month will explode in one day, and at the same time, this emanating aura will attract nearby monsters to come, just like the demonic beasts you encountered today, called the earth fangs, for them a newborn weak demon like you is the best food. Originally, I thought it would take you another month before you transform, but I didn't expect you to start transforming on the second day of awakening.

And the older you go, the greater the proportion of demon blood in the human body, which will gradually eat away at human blood, until finally become a demon completely. In order to suppress the expansion of the bloodline, it is necessary to kill the monster or demon and absorb its magical power......"

"In other words-" Gu Ran suddenly interrupted him, and he said in a deep voice, "If I don't kill the demon you mentioned, I will die in the near future, right?"

"It's not enough to die," Xi Yue chuckled and said, "At most, it's just degenerate, the instinctive will that accompanies your demonic bloodline will dominate your body, making you addicted to killing and blood." Of course, soon after that, you will probably be defeated by the new Demon Hunters. ”

Gu Ran said bitterly: "Is there no other way to stop this kind of thing from happening......

Xi Yue laughed mockingly, and said, "If there is really such a method, who would do the business of a demon hunter now, which is not beneficial and requires people's lives?"

After that, he stood up, walked to the desk, opened the drawer, and took out a brown paper bag from it, which was the one he had shown Gu Ran before. He handed the document to Gu Ran again.

What should I do?Gu Ran looked at the file bag in front of him.

If you don't, you can go back to the grocery store this morning and open as usual, and continue to live your mediocre and stable life, but maybe it won't be long before you become a monster in this guy's mouth and commit many irreparable crimes. Or maybe this guy has deceived himself in this matter at all, even if he is not a demon hunter, he will not be degenerated, and his life is still driving on the original trajectory, a mediocre life.

After that, the door to a new world will be opened, and he may meet many unusual people and unusual things, just as he expected back then, and the blood that has long been extinguished and numb in his heart will be rekindled. Or maybe it won't be long before he is killed by monsters and turned into a handful of loess in an unknown corner.

"What are you kidding......" he muttered.

"Huh?" Xi Yue looked at him suspiciously.

Gu Ran snatched the document bag from his hand and shouted: "Come here and tell me that if you don't fight, you'll die?!" What the hell are you kidding! Because you don't want to die, you can only go to die, what the hell is this!"

He pulled the stack of papers from his file bag, took out the last one and slammed it on the table, picking up the pen and signing his name.

"Because I don't want to die, I can only look for death...... Hehe......" Xi Yue sneered: "You are not the only one of these people, we, all the living demon hunters, are constantly fighting for the reason of survival!"

He took his eyes off Gu Ran's stunned face and looked at the printer paper on the table, at this time, the printer paper turned into a blue flame and spontaneously combusted, and the last ray of fire drifted down the window into the distance.

"From today onwards, you're a witcher. Xi Yue withdrew his gaze and looked directly at Gu Ran: "Just like us, everything is for ......"

"Live!"

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(To be continued)