Chapter 145 Vicious
“Kazumi, does this mean your ability can help us escape?”
Hidden among the bushes, Sato Shinichi, covered in sweat, held the young girl’s arm and asked in surprise as he carefully removed the wooden spikes and thorns embedded in Kazumi’s flesh.
The young boy had never imagined that his girlfriend, with whom he had spent so much time, was actually a psychic.
“Mhm… but it’s a kind of ability that’s not very convenient to show…”
Kazumi unnaturally turned her head to the side, her handsome eyebrows trembling continuously. It was unclear whether it was the pain from the wound or her slightly anxious mood after telling the truth.
[She said it after all…]
With a sense of relief, Kazumi uttered the last sentence. It was a secret she absolutely couldn’t tell anyone else, but in front of this guy who had foolishly rushed over and risked his life for her, Kazumi just couldn’t bring herself to run away and leave him behind alone…
It was originally a scenario that she had planned and rehearsed countless times in her heart, but when it truly came out of her mouth, her body couldn’t help but look at the young boy in front of her, wanting to see what the outcome, which was destined from the beginning, would be.
“Kazumi, you…”
Kazumi’s words caused Sato Shinichi to hesitate and lower his head, looking at her arm, which was pale from severe blood loss, and not knowing what to say.
“I’m sorry!!”
The young boy’s reaction made Kazumi’s usually cold eyes dim a little. With a sense of relief, she shook her head and was about to pull back her bleeding arm when a firm apology came from the other side.
“I’m sorry for exposing such an important secret, Kazumi, for saving me. It should have been me who protected you!”
Sato Shinichi’s blue eyes were filled with a complex expression. He was well aware of the sacrifice the young girl had made.
An ability is a reaction of a person’s spiritual world and can always reflect a person’s inner world to some extent.
However, everyone has a few things they are unwilling to let others know, perhaps a dark childhood, or a tragic past.
Therefore, those who awaken their abilities due to uncontrollable childhood experiences often hide the side of themselves that they are most ashamed to show, even in front of their closest loved ones.
In fact, further research into abilities currently proves that people with dark or strange abilities are not necessarily 100% evil. However, due to the long-standing rules of abilities and common understanding, most people with such abilities are unwilling to reveal them, hoping only to live a normal life.
“I know that because of your uncle and aunt, Kazumi, your life hasn’t been very good before, but in my eyes, Kazumi, you are a very, very good girl, no, the best girl in the world!!”
“Although you appear cold and not good at talking, you are actually a very soft-hearted person. On the way home, you would stop to feed stray cats, and you were willing to help me when I was in trouble before. A gentle person like this could never be a born villain as everyone says.”
“So, no matter what your ability is, Kazumi, you are still you. In my heart, you will always be that kind and lovely girl, as gentle as water. I will always believe in you.”
Excitedly, but gently grasping the young girl’s palm, Sato Shinichi looked at the extremely dejected girl with determined eyes and earnestly spoke his thoughts.
He wouldn’t let the girl, who had finally emerged from the abyss of darkness, fall back into it, even if it cost him his life.
“Shinichi…”
Feeling the somewhat rough texture of his palm, Kazumi looked at the young boy in front of her in a flustered manner.
She never imagined that he would say such things in this situation. In this world where heroism prevailed, possessing a dark or obviously strange ability was probably like having the social status of a drug addict in China in her previous life. In previous textbooks, it was even defined as “born villain.”
Kazumi naturally didn’t care about others’ opinions. Being emotionally indifferent, she never paid attention to what others thought of her, whether good or bad.
But at this moment, the young boy, holding her hand, looking at her with firm and clear eyes, and earnestly saying a long speech, caused ripples in Kazumi’s usually still heart like a calm well, and her nose couldn’t help but sting.
This feeling of being completely believed by someone, even if the outcome was destined to be impossible, was truly hard to refuse…
“It’s my fault. If I could protect Kazumi properly, you wouldn’t be so troubled. I will definitely become a hero, a hero with enough power to protect Kazumi!”
Seeing Kazumi’s stunned appearance, Sato Shinichi thought she was still sad about his previous reaction and quickly gestured excitedly, wanting to say more comforting words. However, for someone who was not good at speaking in the first place, uttering those words from his heart had already exhausted his emotional intelligence.
“*Puchi*—”
The young boy’s comical actions finally made Kazumi, who was moved, unable to help but laugh. She rolled her eyes playfully, sniffed, and complained.
“Compared to becoming a hero, using the advantages of your hero family is also important, you big dummy, Shinichi.”
The young girl’s sudden smile also made Sato Shinichi laugh along, but he scratched his head, still a little confused.
“Hero family, me?”
But before Sato Shinichi could ask the question in his heart, a familiar, sharp, and hoarse voice came from the distance.
“Look what I found? Two pitiful little mice~”
……
The young boy and girl were still on the run, but Kazumi no longer felt desperate. Or rather, she saw a glimmer of hope for escape.
The fake “Kimori Kage” chased after them as expected. As Kazumi had imagined, his malicious nature made him drive them like a cat playing with a mouse, without killing them immediately. Compared to simple slaughter, he was more interested in seeing the ugly human nature revealed in the face of life and death.
The other party’s vicious nature gave Kazumi her only hope of escaping. While dodging the attacks from behind, supported by Sato Shinichi, Kazumi kept feeling the energy in her right hand after the wooden spikes were removed.
“Shinichi, just hold on for a little longer, it will be soon.”
Leaning on the young boy’s shoulder, Kazumi put on an expression of utter despair for the “Kimori Kage” in front of them, but whispered softly into Sato Shinichi’s ear.
They were about to escape to the mountaintop. It seemed like a desperate choice of death, but it was also a route chosen under Kazumi’s intentional guidance.
The undulating terrain created a visual blind spot for the opponent’s leisurely speed. The stone ground prevented him from releasing earth and wooden spikes from underground as quickly as he could on muddy ground. Whether he was real or fake, Kimori Kage’s abilities were also limited in stone terrain.
And this tiny gap was enough for Kazumi to summon the [Black Coffin] in an instant to take them away.
Feeling the power gradually gathering in her hands, a trace of joy of escape flashed in Kazumi’s heart. She gently patted the young boy’s back. This was a signal they had agreed upon earlier. Kazumi gently raised her hand behind the young boy.
“Shinichi, I…..”
But before Kazumi could utter her last sentence, a great force came from in front of her, followed by a strong sense of weightlessness, and in the process of falling, she saw the unfamiliar, vicious expression on that incredibly familiar face…
