Chapter 88: The two of them floated to the surface of the sea, and Kaz looked at Ma...

The two of them surfaced. Kaz looked at Mary's slender neck and, without thinking, bit it. But Mary blocked his mouth with her hand. "No, I've consumed too much blood. You can't drink any more."

Kaz thought of Mary's horrific appearance of blood loss before, and retracted his fangs that were about to move.

Seeing this, Mary relaxed her body and, supported by the sea water, floated on the surface, looking very peaceful.

The primitive man wasn't about to let the matter slip. He grabbed Mary with his big hand and pulled her into his arms. If Mary hadn't reacted quickly and turned her head away, her nose would have bled from the impact of his strong chest muscles.

"Why did you do that just now?" Kaz's warm hand lifted her chin and asked doubtfully, "Are you attracted to me and want to have sex with me?"

Although she was mentally prepared, Mary was surprised by the other party's bluntness. She lost her ability to speak and it took her a long time to find her tongue.

"Are the Pillar Clan... so unrestrained?"

Kaz tilted his head, not quite understanding why Mary would say that to him. "Reproduction is an instinct etched in our genes. Why hide it?" He raised his chin slightly, a hint of arrogance in his tone. "I'm still a leader among the Pillars, both then and now. It's understandable that you chose me, Kaz."

Between the sky and the water, their eyes met. The aggression in Kaz's eyes became more intense and undisguised, while Mary became the passive one.

He tilted his head, slowly took the ruby ​​on Mary's earlobe, and rubbed it between his teeth. His big hand slid down Mary's back, warming her slightly cool skin with his body temperature.

Mary frowned, hooked her fingers on the thin chain of the earring, and pulled out the red gem with her strength.

"This... isn't right." She murmured, backing away, looking a little flustered. "You obviously... don't think I'm important."

Kaz raised an eyebrow. He didn't rush to break through Mary's mental defenses. Instead, he crossed his arms and examined Mary's question: "Didn't I answer this question clearly before? Of course you are important to me."

"No, it's different." Mary shook her head and followed the waves to a place farther away from him. "You haven't answered my previous question properly."

Previous question?

Kaz pushed his memory forward and quickly remembered Mary's words.

"It's 'If you can't help me overcome the sun, are you still important?' Right?" Katz thought the question was ridiculous, and it really didn't seem like something Mary would dwell on. But since she was so persistent, Katz could only offer his own answer: "That's an impossible hypothesis. If it's not true, why are you even thinking about it and demanding an answer?"

"No..." Mary uttered the word again. She seemed to be trapped in a fog, making it difficult to approach her.

"I'm not even sure who I am, so how can I be sure that my blood will always be useful?" That heavy melancholy once again enveloped her. "I'm different from you. You know your identity, but I know nothing about myself."

"I told you, I'm not necessarily of the same race as you and can stay at the top forever. I might start to age in a few years." She covered her face. Kaz couldn't see her expression clearly, but he could probably guess that she looked sad.

"I don't want to... see you the same as you are now, without any change when I grow old." Her voice was so depressed that Kaz actually felt a moment of sympathy, but he forced it down.

What Mary said made sense, but her concerns could be easily dispelled by him, Kaz.

As long as Mary wears the stone mask he made, she can gain infinite life.

If she is human, she will become a vampire. If she is a Pillar Man, she will gain even greater power.

But Katz won't do that.

He had to ensure the purity of Mary's blood. If the evolution of Stone Mask changed the composition of the blood, then it would be a loss for him, Kaz.

Suppressing the complexities in his heart, Kaz's face showed a bewitching smile. He swam towards Mary, his voice gentler than usual: "I see... What you said does make sense. But didn't I tell you? I'm a genius of the Pillar Clan."

He put his arm around Mary's shoulders from behind, like a kind and persuasive teacher: "Mary, as long as you are here, my path to becoming an Ultimate Being will soon be realized. When that happens, I will extend your lifespan to infinity."

"Your concerns are all empty talk." He rested his chin on Mary's shoulder, feeling her delicate skin. "Don't let those unfounded things mess with your thoughts, okay? If you're really that worried about aging, then we can conduct more experiments tomorrow to help me overcome the sun's effects as soon as possible."

Mary was speechless for a moment

She felt she had miscalculated.

When she realized that Jello had chosen his family and refused to leave her, she began to think desperately about what to do next and how to save Jello Zeppeli's life.

She divides things into two lines

She doesn't leave → Kaz is satisfied → all his attention is on her, and he has no interest in hurting others.

She left → Kaz lost a bargaining chip to become the ultimate creature → furious, he will try every means to collect clues and find her.

But for Johnny and herself, she had to leave. No one wanted to be someone else's victim, doing something that would do them no good but only harm.

So the only thing she could do now was to alleviate Kaz's anger, but where did she start?

Mary thought and thought on the way from Jello's house to the hotel, and finally found inspiration among the crowd.

A young man and woman were standing in front of the bakery, arguing fiercely.

"It's all because of you!" the woman angrily shouted at the man beside her, "If you hadn't delayed me, I wouldn't have missed the bread I wanted to eat!"

"What are you being unreasonable about?" The man was also very unhappy and immediately retorted, "The butter bread you mentioned is just sold out temporarily, not out of stock. A new batch is baking in the oven. Is there any need to be so angry?"

The woman sneered. "So what? You've ruined my plans, delayed my return home, and ruined my appetite." She looked at her watch and said, "The next batch of buttered bread won't be ready for at least twenty minutes. I'll be home much later than expected. The world is so unstable these days. I don't dare risk my own safety for a loaf of bread."

The man looked unhappy, but he suppressed his anger and showed an ugly smile: "Then you can go home with me. Two people are safer than one."

"Humph, I know your tricks better than anyone else. I said we're just dating to try it out, it doesn't mean I've really decided to be your girlfriend. Bye."

The woman turned and left, and the man did not chase after her. He looked a little regretful and a little angry.

Mary looked at the woman walking away and wished she could be like her and leave Kaz with a fair and honest attitude.

Wait…leaving in the same way…?

Mary felt as if she had grasped a clue. She stood in front of the bakery and began to ponder. Finally, when the butter bread was baked, she had the outline of a plan.

She wanted to rationalize her departure, at least to make sure that Kaz's aftermath wasn't a fit of rage, anger, or revenge, but a gentle search. She bought some bread and butter and walked back.

She needed a barely tenable excuse that didn't need to be completely deceiving or keep Kaz in the dark. She just needed to deceive Kaz in the short term and prevent him from getting revengeful.

This was the last chance to breathe that she had fought for Jello. Whether he could seize it depended on him alone.

Kaz is very smart and should never be taken lightly.

Mary walked down the dimly lit street, casually breaking the robber's arm. Amidst his heart-wrenching screams, she pondered Kaz's weaknesses.

He is very smart and persistent in his goals.

He could not be bought by worldly money, nor could he be scared off by her force, and he was holding her weak spot.

How to deceive him?

Mary was lost in thought in the cold winter wind, and finally...she thought of her feelings.

That’s right, Kaz’s people had long been extinct. He had no kind and no friends. He had been fighting alone and lonely for tens of thousands of years.

It would be fine if Kaz was completely cold-blooded, but Mary knew that he still had some normal human emotions.

Feelings... a legitimate excuse...

Mary turned the two words over in her mind, wondering how they connected.

It wasn't until Kaz licked her wrist that she came up with a solution.

Love is so inexplicable, yet it can magically turn everything unreasonable into something reasonable.

She wanted to get closer to Kaz as quickly as possible, and then... use the excuse of being old and ugly to leave Kaz.

It is reasonable to leave quietly if you don’t want your lover to see your ugly appearance, right?

Mary thought uncertainly

But now, looking at Kaz in front of her, she knew that she had completely failed.

The ocean was darker than the night and looked so ominous. Kaz was like a monster born from chaos, standing in his own territory, ready to capture her, the outsider, at any time.

She couldn't break Kaz's determination to become an Ultraman, there was no way he would let him go.

Unless... there is suddenly a huge Aizhe Redstone in this world, Kaz will keep biting her.

Clenching her palms, Mary opened Kaz's hand expressionlessly and swam towards the shore.

In order to prevent Jello's clothes from being soaked, she took them off before going into the water. Now it seems that it was the right decision.

Kaz followed Mary slowly, and he noticed that the strange feeling of incongruity on Mary's body had finally disappeared.

It was hard to tell whether it was regret or relief, but Kaz's fingers lingered on the ruby ​​earring, which was their witness to each other.

Mary looked at the slightly white sky and knew that she had wasted another day. The countdown to her departure had officially begun.

She suppressed her irritation, turned her head, brushed away the wet purple hair from Kaz's face, and said softly, "It's almost dawn, you should go back to the hotel first. I'll come back to you after breakfast."