CH 71

[A chilly wind was blowing. The weather today was awful.

Karina wasn’t comfortable as she was accustomed to the warm and humid climate of Candy City.

Karina frowned and tightened the scarf around her neck. As she looked straight ahead with her gorgeous blue eyes, she unexpectedly recognized a familiar figure.

“Hi! Marie! Good morning, ah!” Karina bounced over and said hello.

Marie raised her head, revealing her pale face and thick dark circles.

“Get out of here Karina, get out of here!”

Karina’s smile was confused as she said, “What? Marie, what are you talking about?”

Her new friend Marie had been very concerning recently. She was depressed and often started crying for no reason. She also spoke incoherently, which was very concerning.

“Are you alright? Come to the hospital with me, I’m worried about you.”

Jiejiejie—

Dark laughter suddenly rang out, and Karina jumped: “Marie, did you hear…” Was that laughter just now?

“He’s here—He’s here!!!” Marie suddenly screamed, looking scared to the point of insanity.

The next moment, a bloodstain appeared on Marie’s white neck, and red blood gradually flowed out of it.

Marie’s mouth was gaping open as she let out stuttering pained gasps like a landed fish.

“Ge—Gehuu—”

Puu—The girl’s head fell to the ground.

Karina stared blankly at the headless corpse before her, blood spattered all over her.

Bright red blood dripped from her forehead. There was even a droplet hanging from her eyelashes.

“Ah–!!!”

Karina awoke from her nightmare soaked in sweat, extremely awkward.

She stared blankly at the dark sky outside of the window for a long time, then let out a relieved sigh and reclined on her bed again.

A drop of blood hung from the tips of her hair, and it gradually dissipated into the air as she fell asleep.]

–From <<Nightmare>>

The after-class bell had rung already, and there were only a few students left scattered in the classroom – after seeing the classroom that looked like the aftermath of a fight, he quickly packed up and left.

Soon, only a black-haired and green-eyed teen remained in the classroom with a few well-dressed men.

Zhou Yu looked at them blankly, but his wise green eyes were surprisingly bright.

“I thought you wouldn’t be this stupid, but you thought I could only live thanks to Morris?” Zhou Yu’s lips twitched into a smile. “Don’t bother me anymore, it’s annoying!”

The black-haired and green-eyed teen was gloomy. For a moment, he had an unforgiving aura that made others unwilling to provoke him.

The tall man with earrings was shocked by the frail mixed-race Asian in front of him. His face suddenly became a bit ugly. He immediately changed to a smirk and said, “Heh. You’re just playing tricks. I’m not as weak as Paul. You won’t be getting a penny of medical expenses from me!”

With that said, his clenched fist arrived in front of Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu stepped to the side, quickly avoiding the harsh punch, and pierced into the man’s muscular forearm with the knife he was holding.

“Aaahh!!!”

The man howled in pain and sweat dripped on his forehead.

He looked at the knife in his arm, eyes darkening.

“What are you doing just standing there! Beat him, ah!”

The physical pain brought his anger to the next level. He decided that today was the day he would take the yellow-skinned monkey to draw blood so he would understand the rules. 1

He called for his companions behind him, but discovered they were frozen. The black-haired boy lowered his head silently.

Bangbang—Thunder and lightning flashed outside the window. The water droplets on the glass thickened and the noise became louder.

But the raging fury in the man’s chest made him unable to think. He pulled the knife from his arm and pierced into the teen’s chest with a low growl.

Puff—

The knife pierced into the left side of the boy’s chest, but oddly, no blood escaped.

The hand holding the knife began to tremble as the man realized something was wrong.

He wanted to let it go, but his hand seemed to be stuck to the handle of the knife. He couldn’t get it off.

Sha—Sha—

The electric lights in the classroom made noise as if the current was interrupted, and the lights gradually dimmed.

The black-haired boy raised his head, revealing a face covered in burn scars.

A pair of faint blue eyes looked up at the man. The gaze was filled with death, and the man couldn’t resist shaking.

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“I felt pain. In return, I’ll let you experience that kind of pain too, jiejiejie~”

“Aaahhhh! Fuck!!!” The man screamed. The knife he was holding in his hand turned toward his head, out of his control.

“En. Take it easy, it shouldn’t hurt very much—haha~ Why not let your dirty mouth clean it, ba—jiejiejiejie!”

Pu—Blood spattered!

In the bright classroom, the man who had been standing in the center suddenly screamed as he sliced the corner of his mouth with the knife in his hand.

A deep slice ran through his entire face, giving him a terrifying appearance.

The blood pouring from his mouth stained his upper body red. The atmosphere in the classroom became strange.

The little brothers behind him couldn’t help but back away a few steps as they watched confusedly as their boss went insane.

“Wuwuwu—aaaahhh!!!”

As the slice reached the edge of his cheek, the man finally unclenched his hand. At the same time, he couldn’t bear the inhuman pain and couldn’t help but let out a cry.

Clangclang—The knife fell to the floor with a crisp noise.

Zhou Yu stepped forward and blankly picked up the knife, looking at the other people standing nearby.

“Won’t you take him to the hospital? Excessive blood loss can lead to death.”

The rain outside the window became louder, hitting the glass with a bang.

The remaining few little brothers were frightened by the cruel, bloody scene before them, and only slightly recovered when they heard Zhou Yu’s words.

They didn’t have time to continue teaching Zhou Yu a lesson, so they quickly helped the tall man up from the ground and shrieked as they ran to the hospital.

Standing in the empty classroom, Zhou Yu stilled looked cold as their silhouettes faded into the distance.

It was strange. The scene not only didn’t scare him, but actually made him feel more relaxed than ever before.

It was just like—it felt the same as Morris to him.

Zhou Yu looked at the puddle of blood on the floor in a daze. He tightened his fingers and felt the knife clenched in his palm.

“Morris?” He spoke softly, as if he was afraid of scaring away some cowardly ghost.

The classroom was silent. There was nothing but the sound of rain from outside the window.

Heh. He seemed to be going crazy again, thinking everyone was Morris, ma?

Zhou Yu sighed. He packed up the textbooks from his desk, then turned and left the classroom.

But when he stepped out of the classroom, he glanced back and saw a trace of blood on the window—a bloody handprint.

“Thank you.” Zhou Yu blinked, thanked the empty classroom, and left without turning back.

A long time passed.

Sha—The lights in the classroom flickered and the figure of a charred man appeared in the classroom.

Holding a rose in his hand, a cheerful smile appeared on his terrible face.

“You’re welcome.”

Because you’re always going to be my best friend.

The man’s smile sweetened. He sniffed the rose in his hand, and his eyes held a deep, unconcealed love.

No one can hurt you. I’ll always protect you, just like we agreed before.

Before, in the silent and deserted woods.

The black-haired and green-eyed teen tripped and fell into a blond teen’s arms.

They froze for a moment, then laughed cheerfully.

[I’ll always protect you, so don’t worry about falling. I’m by your side!]

The blond boy smiled brightly. His handsome face was as stunning as the god of the sun, Apollo.

The thin, black-haired and green-eyed teen also squinted his eyes as he smiled, his pale and beautiful face blushing.

[Thank you, Morris!]

[You’re welcome, haha.]

Bang—

Thunder rang out once again outside the window. The lights returned to normal, and the hideous figure disappeared.

Zhou Yu walked to the hallway outside the door and opened his locker—he prepared to put his school bag in before rushing home in the heavy rain.

No way. It was raining so heavily and he didn’t bring an umbrella. He and his schoolbag were going to be soaked.

Zhiga—

The locker door opened.

Zhou Yu’s wise green eyes trembled.

A light blue folding umbrella was sitting quietly in the locker.

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A white-haired man handed a thick roll of bills to the clothing shop owner, then walked out of the small shop with everyone else behind him.

After replacing their clothes with local attire, fewer people stared at them strangely. Their tense nerves gradually eased.

“Go to the church first to get something.” The white-haired man’s voice was calm. It emitted a trustworthy feeling.

At that moment, the white-haired man had without a doubt become the source of their strength.

Everyone behind him nodded and followed him to the church at the edge of town.

They had made arrangements in advance, wanting to complete basic tasks first before casually killing a plot character.

As for the advanced task—to find Morris’s corpse?

The ones who knew more about reincarnation didn’t plan to take that risk for extra reward points.

They were familiar with <<Nightmare>>, which was a series of very popular movies, which led to their deep fear of the boss, Morris.

In the original plot, Morris was a godlike existence. He could manipulate others’ fears to attack them, and he had no weaknesses.

Of course, the plot couldn’t always be smooth sailing. The screenwriters also added many things to develop the plot.

Morris’s corpse was an important prop throughout the subsequent series.

In the first part, the heroine Karina, who was lucky enough to survive, returned to this town in order to find Morris’s bones and fight back against him. He was destroying the world, so she tried to destroy him entirely.

But Morris obviously knew her goal and blocked her the entire time. A group of dozens of people died, leaving only the heroine.

In the end, when she finally found the decaying bones and drenched them in holy water, she found that the holy water didn’t affect Morris.

Morris was still alive and well, while the heroine could only regret her tragic ending.

In the third part, the director finally revealed the proper way to destroy Morris’s corpse.

That was—burn it with hellfire, so Morris would be returned to hell.

But the problem was that the Morris of the time was revealed to be the heir to the Demon Lord Samael.

In short, the hellfire belonged to him.

Fuck the world.

Being one of the few remaining members of the holy sect was already enough to be targeted for death.

And looking for Morris’s corpse again?

That was just naively telling the boss to “Come and kill me, ah. I’m not afraid of death.”

So everyone on the reincarnators’ team agreed with the white-haired plans. There were no objections.

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The group soon arrived at their destination—St. Mary’s Cathedral.

This was the church of the god with the most believers on the planet—The Church of the God of Light.

In the religious myths of this planet, it was the God of Light who personally sent the fallen angel Samael to be imprisoned. They naturally were in an opposing relationship.

So Morris, who had just been born in the first part of the series, was still somewhat afraid of this church.

For example, the heroine once resisted Morris’s mental attacks with a crucifix necklace given to her by a priest.

Most importantly, it was one of the secret strongholds for the holy sect.