Chapter 52 |
A freezing chill shot up Fang Qi's spine!
...Oh no!
This is really bad!
He knew all too well how much this crazy woman treasured that little star!
That was... the first gift he had ever given her!
This ridiculously cheap plastic keychain he had "won" at a shooting gallery in the amusement park...
She had treated it like a treasure, modified it into an earring, and wore it every single day!
Before going to bed, she would carefully place it in a glass container like an offering, and the first thing she did upon waking up was put it on!
And now... it was shattered?
"...Liguang! It's okay!!"
Fang Qi couldn't care less about waiting for Gu Xi, let alone the two screaming robbers on the ground!
He lunged forward, reached out to wrap his arms around Liguang's stiff shoulders, and pulled her forcefully into his embrace.
"It's okay, it's okay!!"
The delicate body in his arms was cold and rigid, completely unresponsive!
He quickly looked down at her face.
That stunningly beautiful face was now pale without a trace of color.
Her lips were slightly parted, and her eyes were terrifyingly hollow!
"...It's just an earring! If it's broken, it's broken. I'll buy you a better one later!"
He hurriedly cupped Liguang's pretty face, rubbing his thumbs firmly against her cold cheeks in an attempt to snap her out of it:
"I'll buy ten! A hundred! A thousand!"
He spoke rapidly, his voice rising in anxiety:
"Gold! Silver! Diamond-encrusted! Jewel-inlaid! Whatever you want! We'll go buy the most expensive ones! Ten thousand times prettier than this one!!"
However, Liguang couldn't hear him anymore.
Her gaze... remained deadlocked on the plastic fragments on the ground.
Even though Fang Qi was forcefully holding her cheeks and making her look up...
Her eyes stubbornly and slowly drifted back down.
Ultimately, they landed back on the mess on the ground.
The tiny fragments of the star were mixed into the dirt of the alleyway floor.
So cheap, so insignificant, so... broken.
The proof of her Master's acknowledgment, which she had always carefully treasured...
Had been brutally, filthily, and thoroughly... crushed.
She slowly raised her left hand, the tips of her slender fingers trembling slightly...
She gently touched her empty left earlobe.
There was... nothing there anymore.
Usually, there would be a trivial bit of weight, a touch of rough plastic rubbing against her skin...
Now, it was empty.
The first gift... from her Master.
The only gift... that her Master had personally won at the amusement park and handed to her, making her so ecstatic she almost overloaded.
Shattered.
Broken... into pieces.
By these two... filthy, inferior, disgusting pieces of trash... who tried to hurt her Master...!
Broken... into... pieces...!
"Liguang? Liguang, listen to me..."
Fang Qi was still anxiously trying to soothe her, his voice beginning to tremble:
"We... we'll go back to the amusement park, and I'll win another one for you... I'll win a better one this time...!"
But Liguang showed no reaction, and her eyes grew... increasingly hollow.
Damn it...
Damn it... damn it...!
Fang Qi felt like his head was going to explode!
But the two robbers actually thought... this woman was just scared silly.
The tall robber with the broken hand endured the agonizing pain, baring his teeth as he lifted his head, glaring venomously at Liguang and Fang Qi!
He was still spouting filthy curses:
"Motherf... you filthy b*tch... my hand, my hand is broken... just wait till I catch my breath... I'll f*cking..."
And then his voice abruptly cut off.
Because he saw Liguang slowly raising her face.
On that breathtakingly beautiful face, all the docility, obedience, and shyness...
Receded entirely like the tide!
Leaving behind only a cold, hollow pallor.
It was like a delicate human skin mask, so hollow that it could... trigger the uncanny valley effect!
The stagnant crimson deep within her right eye...
Explosively flared up!
Instantly spreading to swallow her entire pupil!
"Bzzzt—!!!!"
An ear-piercing, scalp-numbing electrical shriek suddenly erupted from her neck, her mouth, and even all the joints in her body!
This wasn't the usual faint, cute static hum, but... some sort of overloaded, high-frequency buzzing on the verge of breakdown!
Her right eye instantly transformed into a violent, crimson blood moon!
That terrifying red glow even formed a high-heat halo around her eye socket, distorting the air!
It cast an eerie and horrifying light on her fair, stunning face!
A strand of silver hair fluttered before her eyes, dyed a bizarre dark red by the crimson light!
"Mas... ter..."
She spoke.
Her voice was no longer soft and submissive, but some sort of distorted, pitch-shifted inhuman tone!
Every word sounded as if it was being forcefully squeezed out from rusty gears, from a broken circuit board...!
"They..."
"Broke..."
"The star... Master gave me..."
Fang Qi's scalp went numb!
He subconsciously took half a step back, his back hitting the cold wall as his voice trembled:
"Liguang! Calm down! Listen to me, the star doesn't matter! It really doesn't matter! You are ten thousand times more important than the star! I—"
But it was too late.
"Click."
Liguang tilted her head slightly.
A faint mechanical click came from her neck.
She slowly shifted her gaze, looking at the two robbers on the ground who were already paralyzed with fear, having even forgotten to scream.
That look wasn't one directed at living creatures; it was like she was looking at two piles of garbage that needed to be pulverized, incinerated, and completely erased!
Devoid of warmth, devoid of emotion... possessing only the purest, coldest intent to destroy!
"Unforgivable."
The cold electronic voice calmly delivered the verdict.
No anger, no hysteria.
It was so calm... that it made one's heart run cold.
It's over.
Now it's truly over.
Under Fang Qi's utterly despairing watch...
Liguang moved.
The scene instantly shifted from a one-sided beatdown...
Into an incredibly bloody slaughter!
"N-No—!!!"
"Spare us! Heroine! Ancestor! We were wrong! We'll never do it again—Ah!!!"
Liguang's movements were so fast they left only afterimages.
She didn't even use a laser blade. Relying solely on the terrifying capabilities of her bionic body and those five seemingly slender fingers—
"Crack! Crack! Crack—!!!"
The teeth-aching sound of bones fracturing erupted densely in the narrow alleyway!
The tall robber's only remaining intact hand was effortlessly grabbed by her and bent backward...
His arm instantly displayed a backward joint bend impossible for any human!
Next were the legs.
Liguang raised her foot, and that delicate foot wrapped in a small beige leather shoe lightly stepped down—
"Crack!"
It was the sound of bone being completely pulverized!
"Ahhhhh—!! My leg—!!! Devil! You're a devil—!!!"
The screams no longer sounded human.
The two robbers who had been so vicious just moments ago were now like two maggots thrown into a meat grinder!
Paralyzed in a pool of blood and dirt, they convulsed and wailed madly, unable to crawl even half a step!
Fang Qi stared blankly at the scene before him.
Right now... he couldn't speak a single word.
"M-Murder—!!!"
"Call the police! Call the police!!!"
The absolutely terrified shrieks of passing pedestrians echoed from the alley entrance.
But to him, that no longer mattered.
The silver-haired girl stood in a pool of blood, the hem of her beige dress splattered with specks of dark red.
She paid it no mind, not even glancing at the two pieces of trash losing their human forms at her feet. Instead, she lowered her head slightly...
Her gaze remained stubbornly fixed on the shattered star fragments scattered across the ground.
Then, she slowly crouched down.
Reaching out a slender, bloodstained hand, with utmost gentleness and care...
She plucked the largest piece of the plastic star, which barely retained its shape, from the filthy ground.
Her trembling fingertips brushed away the dust on it.
Her crimson eyes stared intently at its rough, cheap edges, as if gazing at a peerless treasure.
"It's dirty..."
She muttered, her voice distorted and shifting, carrying the hoarseness of electrical static:
"The star... Master gave me... got dirty..."
Carefully cradling the fragment, she slowly stood up.
Then, she looked once more at... the two pieces of "trash" responsible for all this.
"...Unforgivable...!!"
The crimson in her eyes instantly flared up again!
And at that very moment, the piercing wail of sirens rapidly approached from a distance!
The sharp screech of tires grinding against the pavement came to an abrupt halt!
"Stop right there!!!"
