Chapter 907: The Boy

Chapter 907: The Boy

The boy stumbled slowly backward until his back hit the wall. The burning candle rolled down the side of the table. When the candle wax was about to hit the boy’s face, No. 3 reached out to block it.

“Answer me.” No. 3 didn’t feel pain. His normal face leaned close to the boy. No matter what the boy did, he couldn’t escape from No. 3’s scrutiny.

The boy stammered. He pointed at his throat. No. 3 pried open the boy’s mouth and realized an iron block connected to the back of his teeth. The boy didn’t need eyes and a mouth so that they wouldn’t leak the boss’ secrets.

After the iron block was removed, the boy collapsed on the ground and gasped for air. The first thing he did after he recovered somewhat was to pick up the knife and stab it into the middle-aged man’s chest. After taking revenge, he touched the wound as if admiring his creation.

The boy tossed away the knife. He stood before the mud figurine. “My name is Heart. Only I survive among the nine children tricked here.” His voice was intermittent because he hadn’t spoken for a long time already. “My parents and little brother were survivors who came to Hope City. We thought this place was paradise, but we soon realized this place was paradise only for a specific group of people. My parents lived very carefully. I often looked down on them. Now I realized how awful I was. To make sure that my little brother and I could enter the middle zone, they went into haunted buildings to steal cursed items.

“They succeeded once, but that didn’t mean anything. They didn’t return one morning after they left. The patrols found out about this, and a vice-captain took us in, thanks to the contribution of our parents.Gét latest novel chapters on nov(e)lbj/n(.)c/om

“However, happiness didn’t come. He sold my brother and me to the shop. After we lost value at the shop, we were sold to the pharmacy. I lost my eyes at the pharmacy. You knew what happened next. I became a worker here and was responsible for preparing for the sacrifice ceremony.” The boy’s speech became smoother. Despite what he had been through, he didn’t give up on hope.

“You still haven’t answered one of my questions.” No. 3 wiped away the candle wax that had dried on the back of his hand. He then grabbed the boy by his neck. “What is the biggest regret of your life?”

“My biggest regret is not stopping my parents that morning a few years back. If they were still around, the later tragedy wouldn’t have occurred.” The boy didn’t even try to struggle.

“Are you sure?” No. 3 asked again as if the question was very important.

“Of course.” The boy nodded with difficulty.

No. 3 took out the notebook from his pocket. “You regret not stopping your parents, but you didn’t regret making them sad? You didn’t regret selling your little brother to the merchant with the patrols. You didn’t regret sacrificing your soul to the Evil God at the pharmacy. You didn’t regret personally killing the other eight kids here to survive.” With every word No. 3 said, the boy’s expression paled. He thought that after the man died, no one would know about what he had. However, No. 3 and No. 2 investigated everything.

“The more you struggle, the darker your fate will be. You are the most pitiful, most despicable kid who is not worthy of any pity.” No. 3 closed the notebook and turned to No. 2. “We’ve found him.”

“That’s right. I can’t read this kid’s fate. In this world, that will only happen with people related to Gao Xing.” No. 2 touched the boy’s eyes. The invisible chains on the boy shattered. His original fate was changed by No. 2.

“We’re ready. We can start at any time.” No. 4 pointed at the figurine in the middle of the store. “It took me quite a lot of effort to move this from the basement.”

“Thank you.” No. 2 nodded. He signaled No. 3 to let the boy out. The boy collapsed on the ground. He groaned helplessly.

“Is this the kid? He does look quite pitiable.” No. 4 walked to the boy and frowned. “However, there’s not a trace of death on him at all. If we didn’t intervene, he should be able to continue his miserable life.”

“I’ve changed fate. Tell No. 1 to get here.” No. 2 didn’t have a normal person’s emotions. Everything he did was to control fate.

“What are you doing?” The man suddenly spoke. He spat out the iron block and two teeth. The boy was not as innocent as he seemed. He never gave up on the thought of escaping from the pharmacy. He had long ago knocked out the teeth where the iron block was tied to.

“What we want to do is very simple. We’ll kill you and make all the Pure Hatreds go insane. We’ll break the blood sacrifice.”

“You’re insane! I don’t know anything about Pure Hatred or blood sacrifice. What does this have to do with me?” The boy hadn’t felt this much despair before.

“Stop struggling, Gao Xing.” When No. 2 said that name, the dead flesh in the boy’s sockets moved a little. As blood leaked out, he covered his eyes. “Impossible! I haven’t done those things before! I just wanted to live!” A gap opened in the dead flesh inside the sockets. He pressed on the ground as he tried to stand.

“You should have experienced one day similar in real life where fear and anger took over your heart. You didn’t want to surrender to fate even if you had to become a monster.” No. 1 pushed open the door and walked out from behind the figurine. His appearance calmed all the kids. Even No. 2 sighed in relief.

“I didn’t have anything! Unlike you freaks, I don’t even have a persona! I just want to live! What have I done wrong?” Blood leaked out of the sockets. The dead flesh slowly opened. Two rotten pupils rolled inside.

“What about the people you’ve killed? What wrong have they committed?” No. 1 raised his arm. At that moment, all the faceless figurines hidden inside Hope City trembled. Invisible chains bound around No. 1’s wrist. The chains were similar to the fate chains used by No. 2. They were formed by dead souls. “When the fate of the many can be decided by the minority, then fate loses its meaning. I exist to shatter that.” No. 1 gathered all the souls on his right fist and marched forward.

“Fearless persona?” At that moment, another voice came out of the boy’s mouth.

Fate chains tightened around No. 1’s arm. On the other end, all the mud figurines started to crack!

“Fearless is the just step towards miracles.”