Finale

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sequence

On a forest path leading to the suburbs, a man was panting with another man on his back, and on the way, his shirt was punctured by a bush, and he ignored the blood beads, and just ran desperately.

Finally, he stopped, the person on his back fell, he kept panting with his hands on his knees, and it took a while to calm down, he looked back at the road behind him that was covered with trees, and exhaled a sigh of relief, already ...... Get away from the Imperial City.

He looked at the man who fell to the ground with a cold and stiff body, and squatted down to gently brush the man's face. Brother, don't worry, you'll wake up soon......

Ten years later, the whole Imperial City was wanted for a person who stole the treasure of the former princess's mansion, and it is said that the treasure thief also killed people and hid the corpse, and the son of the Hojo shogun was missing, and there was only a pool of blood at the scene, and the murderer was missing, which caused panic.

And a few days after the incident, the princess, who had escaped from the capital, was found dead in a residential house in a neighboring town, and it was speculated that the same person committed the crime.

But the whereabouts of the little prince were not found, and it was likely that he was taken away by the murderer.

This murderer is very cunning, and he has not been able to find any clues for more than ten years, and he hides very secretly.

However, no one would have thought that in a small village deep in the mountains, there was a wanted criminal for the imperial court.

In the dirt floor of the village, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old child was piling up a tower of stones, and when he saw that the stones had become higher and sharper, he was engrossed in twisting the smallest pebble and intending to place it on the "spire". But when he just hit the stone below, he only heard a "bang" for a while, and the original pyramid-like stone tower collapsed like dominoes, and his expression suddenly fell.

"Ah...... It's just a little bit of a stretch. He muttered.

This young man has a hint of feminine softness in his handsome appearance, and if you look closely, you will find that his appearance is strikingly similar to that of the princess of the Celestial Empire.

But no one in this little village that no one cares about will notice this, and everyone just thinks of him as a little boy who looks a bit like a girl. Because of this appearance, he was also isolated by other children, which is why he would be lonely in front of his house playing with rocks.

The door behind the young man was pushed open, and a middle-aged man shouted to him: "Zhishi, the meal is ready, come in and wash your hands and eat!"

"Hmm!" the boy smiled at the man, turned around and threw down a pile of scattered stones and ran into the house, unscrewed the faucet to wipe the mud from his fingers, and then a boy who was a head taller than him slammed a hand of water from behind his back, which made him feel cold, and he turned around and complained angrily: "Brother, you play me again!"

The older boy, who looked to be in his twenties, pretended to be angry and said, "What? I'll play you, and if you have the ability, you'll play me too." ”

The eldest boy said, but the corners of his mouth overflowed with a smile of indulgence, he grabbed his brother's hair indiscriminately, and joked: "Hehe, you are too tender, you can't even reach my head, let's grow for a few more years." ”

"Hmph, sooner or later I'll grow up to my brother's height!" the young Zhishi pouted unconvinced, in exchange for his brother pinching his cheeks with both hands and laughing, "Oops, what a cute, little brat." ”

"Okay, you two, hurry up and eat. The middle-aged man smiled helplessly, he brought two bowls of dishes, and the three of them ate around the small wooden table.

"Speaking of which, I've been sleeping lately when I hear strange noises coming from underground...... Father, have you heard?" asked the middle-aged man at the dinner table.

"Are there any youkai?" said Rule, looking at them curiously.

But in the next second, the expression on Zhishi's face froze, and his brother was as stunned as he was, and they saw their father's face suddenly gloomy, and said with a warning: "You heard it wrong, take care of your own business." ”

"But I heard ......," the elder brother wanted to say, but was sternly interrupted by his father.

"Affirmation, didn't you say you were going to get engaged to your fiancée?

"Uh...... This summer. ”

"When the time comes, it will be grand, don't let our family lose its dignity. Father said.

"Good. The elder brother knew that the topic was over, and he couldn't continue to ask, so he had to silently sandwich the rice.

Zhishi watched the two eat silently from the side, and became more and more curious about the strange voice that his brother said, and he secretly decided to go to his brother's room tonight to find out.

What kind of strange sound is coming from the ground? It's so exciting, so scary, he thought, could it be a youkai? Is it the kind of youkai that lives under the floor? He has never seen a youkai when he's grown up, but he's heard from others that there are different levels of youkai, so what level is the youkai hidden under the floor...... Thinking so, at night he knocked on his brother's door and said, "I want to sleep with you." ”

The elder brother looked disgusted: "Hey, you're not a child anymore." ”

"Shhhhh He leaned over mysteriously and sat on the tatami mat and said.

"What youkai?" the elder brother scoffed, "You really haven't grown up, and you still believe in those deceptive things when you were a child?"

"Didn't you say that there was a strange noise coming from the ground during the day? ”

"That's the way it ......," the brother scratched his head, "I thought about it later, maybe it was because I found a mouse hole in the corner of the tatami mat when I was tidying up my room in the afternoon, and the rat must have escaped at night, right?"

"Really? I'm going to see. He cautiously lowered his head and looked along the corners of the tatami mats, as if he was afraid that something would come out from below, which caused his brother to laugh again: "You are serious, I lied to you, there are no rats, there is only a small hole, it is a small hole left before moving, it is not a big deal." ”

"But this hole really looks like a rat hole, and I can smell a stench, a bit like a rat. The younger brother was lying on the floor, leaning against the corner of the tatami mat, and found a small black hole in the corner, and said in amazement.

"Ah, that's probably it. My brother didn't care, and he didn't stay on the tatami mat to watch it together.

"Brother, didn't you say you heard talking, but how can a mouse talk?" he asked.

The elder brother frowned: "It's probably because the family next door is arguing again at night." ”

"But didn't you say you heard it underground?"

"Oops. The elder brother got impatient, rolled over, and raised his hand to pull the younger brother up from the floor, "Stop making trouble, go back to your room and sleep, isn't it just a mouse hole?" ”

"Wait a minute! This rat hole seems to move!" The younger brother suddenly shouted, and the elder brother became even more impatient: "Okay, the more you talk about it, the more outrageous it becomes, hurry up and come out for me." ”

"No, it's really moving!" the younger brother's voice began to tremble a little, and then the elder brother finally wavered, crouched down and looked at the corner and said, "How can the hole in the wall move by itself......"

Halfway through his words, his tongue froze — from the dark corner of the wall, he saw a fist-sized hole at the base of the tatami mat slowly turning, nay, spinning to be exact, like a twisted bottle cap, as if it was about to open something.

"Brother...... What is this?" the younger brother curled back in fear, and when his feet retreated to his brother's side, the smooth floor under him suddenly turned into a black hole one person wide, and the younger brother just fell into it, he could only stretch out one hand to grasp the ground, but before he could say a word, he was swallowed by the black hole in an instant.

"Hey, Rule!" The elder brother didn't react at all, he subconsciously wanted to grab the outstretched hand, but he was empty, he shouted: "Rule! Daddy! Daddy, Ruleworld has fallen!" But no one responded to him, and he seemed to be the only one left in the room.

In the dark, Shiyo felt like he was descending at high speed, he couldn't remember that the ground in his home was so deep, it was ...... Where did it fall?

With the crisp sound of bones breaking, he fell to the ground hard, blood pouring from under him, in his nostrils, and from his mouth, and he struggled to move his eyes to see a man slowly walking in the darkness, and his eyes widened in shock.

"Dad...... Dad?"

"Rule?" the man looked surprised, "Why are you here?"

"Have you looked through Shen's room?" said the father, "why don't you stay in your room?" Damn, it must have been what the Shenming fellow said in the morning...... That boy, like his father, is always calculating me!"

...... Isn't your brother's father you?

"Damn! Is this retribution? If I kill his father, he will kill my son? Hahaha, I think it's beautiful! My child will not die!" his face distorted and he went mad, "I said I wanted my child to be the strongest weapon...... It's not time yet, it's too early, it's too early...... But since this is already the case, I will definitely not survive if I fall from such a high place......"

Father, what's wrong with you? He had never seen his gentle father have such a terrifying expression, like a madman, looking at him with a strange and inexplicable look, and he suddenly felt a chill......

"My child, my ruler, you are Daddy's favorite person, Daddy will not let you die, he will definitely save you...... Would you like to believe in Dad?" the man's eyes were crazy, intertwined with pain and excitement, and his hands stretched out to the rule in a pool of blood.

The moment before he lost consciousness, he smelled the strange stench under the tatami mat before, and in the blur, he seemed to hear a "dang chang" sound...... Like, chains?

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"Hey, hey, hey...... My kid, Daddy won't let you die...... I'm going to save you......"