After tossing for more than ten hours, Leon, whose bloodshot eyes turned his back to the sunset outside the window, sat on the edge of a dirty hospital bed, looked at his sister who finally stopped choking, and asked in a complicated whisper:

"Anna, tell me, when did your medicine stop?"

Hearing Leon call her name rarely, the thin girl on the hospital bed who was as white as paper couldn't help but tremble slightly, knowing that although her brother looked calm now, he was actually so angry that he was about to go crazy, so he had to hang his head slightly and explain honestly:

"Almost...... Two months ago, right? ”

2 months ago......

Leon reminisced for a moment when he heard this, and then he couldn't help but clench his fists hard, and his nails with a little sludge almost wedged into the flesh of his palm.

Two months ago, I turned sixteen and became an adult.

On that day, the consolation officer of the Kingdom Military Department came to visit him on time, announced that he had reached adulthood, and forcibly stopped the bereavement pension for the families of the fallen soldiers who were supposed to be twenty-two years old in accordance with the so-called new policy.

That rare sunny, warm and sunny afternoon without drifting exhaust fumes and dust clouds was colder than the ice field in the heart of his family of four.

When the military department, in order to settle the accounts of overspending, chose to encroach on the pension to fill the pit of military spending, and forcibly suspended the payment of the pension, this small family, which could barely make ends meet, was pushed to the edge of the cliff......

After recalling the situation of that day, Leon silently gritted his back molars, and the palms of his hands were faintly white at the joints.

Yes, a quarter of the pension is missing, but the family's expenses have not been reduced much in the past two months, and the food can barely remain the same...... Damn it! How did I find out now!

"Brother."

Looking at Leon, who was silent with his head bowed beside him, the girl who was becoming thinner and thinner on the hospital bed was silent for a while, then turned her head slightly, and said in a voice that floated so lightly as if it would dissipate at any time:

"Why don't you leave me alone?"

Leon was shocked when he heard this, and then he raised his head suddenly, stared at his bloodshot eyes, and scolded angrily:

"You ...... nonsense"

"Brother!"

After trying to raise the volume, but it caused a violent choking cough, the thin girl hurriedly grabbed Leon's right hand, and while trying to breathe smoothly like a bellows, she tried to persuade as calmly as possible:

"I've calculated carefully in the past two months, even if I will have one less pension after I die, but as long as I don't have to buy my medicine, relying on the two small pensions, you can do some more daily odd jobs, which is enough for them to barely reach adulthood.

Also, my registration age is one year younger than I actually are, so wait until I get sick...... After I leave, you only need to avoid the patrols, secretly throw me into the sewage river outside the royal capital at night, and then hang my old clothes on the hanger at home, and pretend that I am still there, and we will receive a pension from the military department for another two years.

Brother, listen to me, the people in Veteran's Alley, I have already begged in advance, and they are willing to help us cover up, as long as they cooperate with you to deceive the comfort officer of the military department...... Elder brother? Elder brother! Where are you going? ”

Go kill someone! I'm going to kill someone!

After hearing Anna's proposal, Leon, who was trembling, was extremely horrified to find that he had a moment, subconsciously agreed with her method, and after three years in this world, he actually began to get used to all this!

As if there was another numb and cold self behind him, chasing after him, trying to swallow his barely fresh self completely, Leon began to run unconsciously and quickly, and the hot blood filled his brain almost instantly.

On the way out, he violently knocked over a medical cart, leaned over and touched a scalpel that was still stained with blood, and staggered out of the hospital, heading towards the Ministry of Highway Administration three blocks away!

If it weren't for the dogs from Lu Zheng, who built the alchemy factory near the house, Anna wouldn't have gotten sick because of the leakage of alchemy exhaust gases!

If they hadn't complied with the factory and issued a certificate that the leak had not caused pollution, she would have had money to treat her illness!

If it weren't for the shameless encroachment of the Kingdom Military Department, the double pension left by my parents, who are mechanics, would be enough for me to pull my three younger siblings to adulthood!

And also! If it weren't for the fact that the world of this dog day was rotten like this, I wouldn't have to struggle as much as I do now, and I would have been able to live more or less like a human being!

……

The hot-blooded Leon crossed the three streets with a scalpel in his hand, rushed to the highway department in the blood-red sunset, and came to the square where there was a long queue yesterday, like cattle to be picked.

Although there was still an hour before the kingdom's prescribed time to get off work, the staff of the Ministry of Highways had already come out of the brightly lit building, chatting and laughing past the shabby Lyon.

"Next week, Maestro Wilde's troupe will come to the royal capital to perform his famous opera at the Central Cross Theater, will you go?"

"I'm not as elegant as you, I'm interested in circus or something, but forget about opera, anyway, why do you want me to watch opera? Where's your wife? ”

"She? It's true that she likes opera, but she prefers beautiful leather bags and shoes, and department stores that sell them on that day. ”

"No wonder, haha, then I can only wish you good luck with your purse."

Opera, circus, purse, department store...... If I don't listen to them, I will forget that this is not a barren and poor world, and not everyone is so miserable.

Listening to the chatter and laughter of the brightly dressed staff of the Ministry of Highways, Leon couldn't help but slowly raise his head, and his two thick bloodshot eyes looked fixedly at the brightly lit building in front of him.

Anna is right, instead of being dragged down by her illness, the most correct thing to do is to give up treatment and watch her die, and then secretly throw the body into the sewage river full of feces and rancid water, and find a way to "cheat" the military department's pension for another two years, and raise the remaining two little ones, but ......

I'm sorry, I really can't hold it anymore......

After three years of hard work, he found that life not only did not get better, but began to slide towards the abyss.

It's the off-duty time of the Highway Department, and it's also the easiest time to get in, so I have to go up to the second floor first, find the dog thing that approved the construction of the alchemy pharmacy in the first place, and cut open his belly full of fat with a knife.

Then he took advantage of the chaos to run up to the fourth floor and found the drug delivery factory to commit perjury, resulting in the bastard who couldn't get compensation at home and had no money to treat Anna, and then died with him! Let these damn ......

"Puffy!"

"Are you blind? Don't look at the road when you walk forward? ”

Glancing at the thin young man who had been knocked to the ground, the fat man who came out of the corner frowned, patted the dust on the front of his coat with disgust, and then took a bite of the cheese-coated burger in his hand, and walked away from Leon who fell to the ground.

After getting up in a daze, Leon couldn't help but be slightly stunned when he looked at the somewhat familiar back.

It's the dead fat man who "picked up livestock" yesterday!

Staring at the back of the arrogant man, looking at the greasy and hateful fat face that was clutching a double meat castle and biting it, Leon only felt his mind buzz up.

As if he had been dominated by something inexplicable, the fury that was almost about to explode in his mind found the most suitable outlet for his eyes, stained his already bloodshot eyes scarlet, and drove him to clench the cold scalpel and staggered after him.

If he had allowed himself to pass yesterday, maybe he wouldn't be so desperate now! If he had allowed himself to pass yesterday, he might have saved Anna's life! If he could have allowed himself to pass the ...... yesterday

"Daddy~"

Just as Leon had already chased after the man, about to do something, a crisp child's voice suddenly came from the side of his ear.

With the crisp call of the wind chime, the face full of arrogance and indifference in front of him suddenly warmed, and the tiredness on the face of the tall and fat man was instantly swept away.

I saw that he first sucked his bulging belly, and then squatted down with some difficulty, and opened his arms to the little girl who was rushing towards him with a smile.

“……”

Looking at the little girl who ran past him with a smile and threw herself into a man's arms, Leon couldn't help but gradually slow down, and then turned back a little dazedly, and found that not far behind him, a middle-aged woman with a somewhat fat figure was staring at this side with a gentle smile.

Even living in such a garbage and fucked-up world, the woman's eyes when she looked at the father and daughter were still filled with enviable happiness...... The smile on Anna's face was exactly the same as yesterday's dinner.

“……”

"!"

After muttering unknowingly, Leon, who didn't know what he was cursing, loosened his right hand slightly, and the blood-stained scalpel fell to the ground with a thud, which immediately attracted the suspicious eyes of the fat official.

Directly ignoring the disgusting happiness of the family of three, after spitting on the shiny bluestone floor tiles under his feet again, Leon, who had calmed down, turned around silently, and walked towards the cleaning bureau in the shadows with his trademark heavy steps.

It is very pleasant to slash the enemy and then die, but there are always times when people have to live well, no matter how much they want to die...... At the very least, a more valuable death.

Standing in front of the dark, thick door of the Clean-up Bureau, Leon was silent for a moment, then raised his hand to grab the shiny brass handle and pushed it hard.

I remember this time yesterday, the red-haired interviewer said that the Clean-up Bureau is a supernumerary department of the police department, and according to the rules of this field department, if he dies in the line of duty, he should be able to leave a large pension.

So if you are destined to die one of your family of four, and the remaining three can cry and live...... Let me do it!