Strange Cards

Chapter 392 The Man Who Walks Alone in the Night

Shi Yu stood there, stunned, while the shop owner brought over a cup of hot water.

"Mr. Shi."

"Are you alright?"

Shi Yu looked at the hot water handed to her by the shop owner, took a sip, and said.

"fine."

"It's just that what you just said reminded me of my sister."

"You remember now? Your sister, she..."

Shi Yu looked at the cautious shop owner, took a sip of water from her cup, and then spoke.

"My sister tragically passed away in an accident three years ago."

"I've been wandering around for years, and I only recently returned to the South China Sea."

"I've been wearing this cloak for a long time, so I thought I'd come and change into some clothes."

"Oh, I see."

"I'm sorry, I asked something I shouldn't have, and it brought back painful memories for you. I'm really sorry."

"How about this, I'll pick out some clothes for you, and you'll get a 30% discount on your bill tonight, how about that?"

Shi Yu nodded blankly, then sat down on a stool to the side, head down, seemingly lost in thought.

The shop owner went to find clothes for Shiyu. Looking at the shop, Shiyu's thoughts were drawn back to many years ago.

In a hazy vision, Shiyu saw an older sister and her younger brother shopping for clothes. The older sister kept picking out the nice and expensive clothes, while the younger brother refused to buy them.

In the end, the older sister used her authority to forcefully buy the clothes and give them to her younger brother, who could only accept them silently.

In the dim light, the shop owner had already packed several sets of casual clothes into a large bag and handed them to Shi Yudao.

"I have recorded your purchase on your membership card, and you have already received a 30% discount."

Wishing you a happy life ahead!

"Thanks."

Shi Yu walked out of the store, sent the clothes back through the black hole, and then looked up and saw a family of four across the mall.

The man and woman were each holding a little girl, and the four people, as if they had discovered something, also looked in Shigure's direction.

"Light rain?"

Qi Wu looked at Shi Yu, put down the willow jade in his hand, and chased after Shi Yu in the direction she had left.

Shiyu didn't walk very fast, but instead went to a coffee shop outside the mall and sat down in a corner.

Shi Yu ordered an iced Americano, wearing a cloak, and sat there quietly with her legs crossed, waiting for people.

Qi Wu quickly came over, pulled out the chair opposite Shi Yu, and sat down.

"Let's talk, Shigure."

"My name isn't Shigure; my current identity isn't suitable for using that name."

Shi Yu remained silent, looking at Qi Wudao through her gray hair hanging down her head.

"My name is Jie, the Jie of the Otherworld."

"It is also the boundary that saves the world."

Qi Wu casually ordered a latte and looked at Shi Yu in front of him.

"No matter what your name is, it cannot deny the fact that you are Shigure."

"No matter what you call yourself now, you can't deny that your former name was Shigure."

"He was once the savior of Nanhai City, the child who risked his life to hold back the ghost tide."

"And that child who, at the cost of his life, sent a missile into space to protect Nanhai City."

"You are the ultimate evil Asura, the calamity, the wielder of the God-Hunting Bullet, and the wielder of the Hunter's Sixth Command, the Xie Zhi."

"..."

"Say whatever you want."

"Identity is no longer an important thing to me."

Shiyu remained silent, taking a sip of her coffee.

As the cool, bitter taste went down her throat, Shiyu felt her somewhat restless heart finally calm down a bit.

Qi Wu suddenly fell silent, and after a long while, he spoke.

"I need a reason, a reason to betray the hunters."

"Whether you deceive me or make one up on the spot, I need a reason."

"You want the greatest power, you want to become the strongest person—these are all valid reasons."

"I need a reason to deceive and comfort myself."

"When Gu Nian betrayed the Hunters back then, I thought he had died in an accident. Gu Yue and I even searched for his body for quite a while."

"When we met on the battlefield, I realized what was going on after I saw him in the enemy camp."

"He didn't tell me any reason. He just left without looking back, abandoning his sister, his whole family, and his niece."

"You...you have to give me a reason."

Please.

Qi Wu's tone eventually turned into a plea, as if even deception would make him feel better.

He couldn't accept that what had happened to Gu Nian once before would happen to Shi Yu again.

He simply couldn't accept that his two once well-behaved children had become like this.

Qi Wu would believe that there was a problem with his guidance and teaching of his subordinates, and he would consider it his fault.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for one thing to happen twice in history in such an extremely similar way.

Shi Yu paused for a moment, then slowly said.

"The world is about to be destroyed."

"The Rule-based Demons are stronger than Nightmare-level Demon Kings and Earth-level Demon Kings. More and more types of demons will appear later on."

"These are signs of natural disaster, until a certain critical point is reached, at which point the disaster truly strikes."

"The end of the world is coming, and the whole world will be destroyed."

"Before my sisters died, they entrusted the future of the world to me. Even if not for my sisters, even for my own sake, I cannot stand by and watch this world be destroyed."

"I have nothing left, but I can't watch this world that has everything be destroyed."

Even if I betrayed the organization and bore all the sins.

"I will also find the culprit who is gradually devouring this world, and even if I become a demon, I will kill him."

Even if I am the only one moving forward in this vast darkness, I can only keep walking until the dawn arrives.

"I have nothing left to lose, don't I?"

"I was supposed to die from cancer that year, but I survived. God gave me a second life."

"Of course I will repay it."

"Let a stray dog ​​like me do this kind of desperate work."

Qi Wu remained silent for a long while before finally speaking slowly.

"In my eyes, you are not the calamity who betrayed the organization; you are still the child named Shigure."

"I can't stop you from moving forward, but I want to say, if you have the time and opportunity, come back and visit."

"Your house has remained there, and I haven't dealt with it."

"Back then, we were just ordinary people. Your name was Shi Yu, and mine was Qi Wu."

"There's nothing I can do to help you. Staying neutral is the only thing I can do."

"But what I want to tell you is..."

"If you're tired, go home and get some rest."

"That will always be your home."