Chapter 155: So what is the price?
Outside the Chindou Hall residential area, a black sedan stopped by the roadside. A black-haired young girl in casual clothes got out of the car. Her pale cheeks, devoid of any blood, carried a cold expression, as if nothing in this world could concern her.
But the blond young man who then got out of the car seemed to shatter this chilly disguise. The arrogant ice instantly melted, turning into a rather disdainful roll of the eyes, looking at the boy behind him carrying bags of all sizes.
“Didn’t I tell you not to bring them? I can’t eat them all by myself.”
Kazumi reached out to steady Sato Shinichi, afraid he might fall because of the packages he was carrying, but she still sarcastically chided her boyfriend for his foolish behavior.
She had only thought that it was a waste not to take advantage of the ride, but this guy had become increasingly adept at taking advantage of any situation. Not only did he have to personally send her home, but he also had to bring all sorts of tonics and food for her.
[Sigh, never mind, I’ll give them to Uncle Fukada later…]
A hint of helplessness flashed in her eyes as Kazumi reached out to close the car door for her boyfriend, who didn’t have an extra hand, and then stood with her hands on her hips, looking at Sato Shinichi, who was almost buried by the packages.
She knew exactly what the boy was thinking. It was because she had been injured this time, and coupled with what the doctor had said about her body lacking nutrients, he insisted on stuffing so many things into her.
But if he had just brought some ordinary food, fine. But she really didn’t know where this guy got all those Chinese medicinal herbs like ginseng and deer antler, not to mention that the young girl even saw some phallic-shaped supplements among them.
Whether she needed them or not was one thing, but she didn’t even know if she’d have the chance to use them!!
“Uncle Sakata, please wait a moment. I’ll go give Kazumi some things and then I’ll be right down. It’ll be quick.”
The boy here didn’t pay attention to his girlfriend’s complaints. Or rather, to him, this was more like a display of affection?
Dragging the packages that almost drowned him, he ran to the driver’s side and informed the driver who was responsible for picking them up, then, staring at the pile of things, he ran back to Kazumi’s side.
“Kazumi, let’s go up!”
“…”
Looking at the strange creature next to her, composed of various colored high-end gift boxes, the young girl found her sarcastic words stuck in her throat and unable to come out. In the end, she could only resign herself, waved her hand, and walked towards home.
…
“Then I’ll be going, Kazumi. See you tomorrow~”
Sometimes, she didn’t know if she should scold him for his low emotional intelligence or praise him for his straightforwardness.
Sato Shinichi, that foolish guy! He said he would help send her home, but he really just came to help deliver things!
He ran back and forth several times with those tonic gift boxes, his movements more diligent than a moving worker, but without even finishing a cup of tea, he decisively said goodbye to Kazumi and left. Did he really dislike her that much!
How could a mere blond boy have the right to disdain his owner!!
This made the young girl, who had been somewhat swayed by the boy’s gifts and was planning to play along to see if she could dig up more information about the attack from him, have her plan foiled.
[No way, what kind of normal boyfriend comes to his girlfriend’s house just to deliver things and have a cup of tea!!]
Angrily waving her fists in the air, the young girl couldn’t help but complain in her heart about her clueless and foolish boyfriend. This ruined her chance to gather information.
She really just wanted to gather information!
She had no other intentions!
Patting her cheeks to suppress the flush from interacting with the boy, the death aura within her body began to circulate. The refreshing state of thinking slowly returned.
“No more thinking, no more thinking, there are still important things to do!”
Because she had been in the hospital all along, the death aura within the young girl’s body had been passively circulating. She dared not actively stimulate it, which was why she was inexplicably led astray by that Sato Shinichi.
Silently making another note in her heart about the clueless blond, Kazumi actively stimulated the death aura within her body. The dark green aura filled her entire body, completely forcing out the last trace of black fog in her sea of consciousness.
It was as if the last shackle in her mind had been broken. Kazumi felt her whole body become relaxed, and the feeling of her mind being controlled by someone completely disappeared.
“Hoo— It seems my thoughts were correct. The hidden danger of the black fog has been resolved.”
A skull tattoo appeared on her right hand. A black coffin emitting a dense death aura materialized out of thin air, absorbing all the foul gas that had been forced out of the young girl’s body into the coffin.
Kazumi’s extraordinarily cold expression from the past returned. She pushed open her room door and walked in.
[This attack is definitely problematic. The fake Sato Shinichi is definitely not as simple as the capability of the executive Grandpa Sato mentioned. Whether it was a setup specifically for me or not, I have definitely received their special attention.]
The surging death aura flowed from the black coffin into the young girl’s brain, leading the body, which had been slightly purified by her life ability, back onto the path of undeath. The various distracting thoughts that had been interfering with her thinking receded like a tide, leaving only the machine-like, cold analysis of the events.
[The improvement of abilities must be put on the agenda. Also, training in the method of releasing abilities. If I had directly summoned the black coffin and put on the cloak earlier, I wouldn’t have been chased at all.]
Scratching her head in annoyance, Kazumi finally remembered the existence of the human skin cloak in her coffin that could conceal her aura.
She could only say that she had panicked for a moment. Regardless, coming here from a peaceful era and experiencing such trials of life and death, this was only her first time.
[Also, there’s the influence that Sato Shinichi had on my thoughts. That guy is definitely not fake!]
Reaching out to take her precious notebook from the black coffin, the young girl strode towards the desk. Too many things had happened during this attack, and she needed to sort everything out and change her recent plans.
But before Kazumi could reach the desk, the young girl’s originally stern expression instantly became solemn. The lid of the black coffin opened, and two ghoul-like half-human creatures, enveloped in a dense death aura, crawled out and firmly guarded in front of Kazumi.
The bizarre scene seemed to freeze. In front of the small, cold young girl stood two strange creatures that were basically as tall as her, while the young girl stared warily in the direction of her desk.
“Hoo—”
Holding her breath and standing for a few minutes, Kazumi finally lowered her guard. She let out a long breath and took the note that Little Black had brought her, which definitely did not belong in her room.
She put the black coffin and her familiars away and finally calmed down a bit after fighting with the air. At the very least, the other party did not act at this time, which proved that they did not have the malicious intent to kill her.
“Who could it be?”
Countless speculations flashed through her mind, but in the end, Kazumi, who found no answer, reached out and opened the folded paper package.
The letter, as if gnawed by a dog, was slowly opened, revealing a black pill wrapped inside, along with a line of crooked, large characters beside it.
[Do you want power?]
