Warm blood spurted out, splashing all over Gu Xingmian's clothes, hands, and face. The strong smell of blood filled his nose, completely covering up the sweet fragrance at the scene.
Catherine widened her eyes and tried to grab Gu Xingmian's sleeves with both hands, but in the end it was in vain, leaving only a little bloody finger marks.
A red insect appeared beside Catherine. At the same time, two red-line-like insects crawled out of the nostrils of Anthony No. 2 and No. 3, but after crawling out, they instantly turned into a pool of blood.
Only the insect on Gu Xingmian's body retained its original form because it did not enter his body.
At this moment, a card vortex appeared above their heads, and they were sucked into it together.
Gu Xingmian didn't care, but just stared at the dagger in his hand. The blood had already turned cold, and only the hardness and coldness of the metal remained in his wet palm.
Catherine, who was as fresh as a rose a second ago, had withered.
"Ding-dong!"
The dagger fell down, and Gu Xingmian subconsciously took two steps back.
When Xiao Qiong arrived, he just happened to see this scene.
He knew that even though Gu Xingmian laughed and joked every day and kept muttering about death, he cared more about life and death than anyone else, whether it was people or cards.
He rushed to Gu Xingmian and asked worriedly, "Are you okay?"
Gu Xingmian was a little slow to raise his head and shook his head woodenly, "Nothing."
He originally thought that he would be disgusted and vomit. After all, he felt uncomfortable just looking at him before, not to mention that he had killed someone with his own hands.
However, the fact is that at the moment he really did it, he seemed to have lost all his feelings, and everything in front of him seemed to be separated by a screen.
After No. 3 fell, Burke rushed towards Gu Xingmian, but he was still a step slower than Xiao Qiong.
He saw Catherine put the insect on Gu Xingmian with his own eyes. Even though Gu Xingmian seemed to be fine at the moment, he still couldn't help but worry.
Gu Xingmian shook his head and said the same thing: "I'm fine."
After he said this, he didn't say anything else.
Xiao Qiong wanted him to recuperate in his spiritual body, but he refused, saying that he wanted to take a walk outside.
So, Xiao Qiong asked Burke to help deal with the corpse, and he walked with Gu Xingmian.
The night in Quilmo City is full of dangers. There are countless pairs of eyes in the dark, watching the pedestrians on the street. Originally, they were all brightened when they saw Gu Xingmian, but then they would be forced back by Xiao Qiong's cold gaze.
Gu Xingmian walked aimlessly for a while, and suddenly stopped.
Xiao Qiong followed his gaze and saw a shabby sign. The sign was painted red, but because of the long time, the red paint had faded and turned dark brown, and it was also mottled and peeling.
Gu Xingmian lowered his head and looked at his hands.
Originally, Xiao Qiong wanted to wipe off the blood on his hands, but he refused.
At this moment, the blood had dried, turned into mottled dark brown, and cracked along the lines of the palm, just like the sign.
Gu Xingmian suddenly vomited. He half-knelt on the side of the road, and kept vomiting, as if he wanted to vomit out all the dirt.
Xiao Qiong squatted beside him and felt at a loss for the first time.
He always hated weakness, but seeing Gu Xingmian like this, he couldn't bear it.
After a long time, he said, "Didn't you say that you would share my brain during the battle? In that case, just assume that I killed him." After
Gu Xingmian vomited, his face turned pale and almost transparent, but he said stubbornly, "No, it was me at that moment."
He didn't want to lie to Xiao Qiong, nor did he want to lie to himself.
No matter how weak Catherine pretended to be, it couldn't change the fact that she had mercilessly killed so many people and turned so many people into her puppets.
When he and Burke were controlled by Anthony 2 and 3, he did feel the fear of approaching death.
He didn't know if Xiao Qiong could come back in time to save them. It was very likely that he and Burke would be killed in the next second. No matter
how shocking the reality was, it was not as unforgettable as experiencing it in person.
Since crossing over, Gu Xingmian has been stubbornly guarding a line, as if only in this way can he separate himself from this world - he is Gu Xingmian, a human who grew up in peacetime, not Gu Xingmian, a card from the continent of Saint Robert.
However, the desire for life broke through this line.
Gu Xingmian knew that he would not be controlled by Catherine's parasites. On the one hand, it was because he himself was a card, and on the other hand, he knew that the cards would not hurt him. He only felt close to the parasite.
At that moment, he had already decided to pretend to be controlled and kill Catherine.
Xiao Qiong saw the deep sorrow in Gu Xingmian's eyes. At that moment, he seemed to be very, very far away from him.
Xiao Qiong was originally worried that Gu Xingmian would be devastated, but he didn't expect that after a night's rest, he would be as lively as before the next day.
Burke had already dealt with all the chores, but he brought out a pink diary left by Catherine.
Gu Xingmian opened it curiously.
Catherine didn't write a diary every day, but only recorded important things in it.
Following the pages of the diary, Catherine's experience slowly unfolded in front of them.
It turned out that Catherine was not Anthony's biological sister. Anthony was born in a large family, and his biological mother died early. Catherine's mother was his stepmother. She married Anthony's father with Catherine.
Catherine was only six years old when she first met Anthony. Anthony was five years older than her and doted on her very much.
Although Anthony's family did not think much of Catherine and her daughter, with Anthony's preference, Catherine had always lived a happy life.
The girl's heart was moved and she fell in love with this brother who had no blood relationship with her.
But she did not express her secret love, she just wanted to stay with Anthony silently.
Anthony did not have the talent for drawing cards, so Catherine concealed her identity as a card master and pretended to be just an ordinary person, just to be able to stay with Anthony.
But when Catherine was eighteen years old, a major event happened in Anthony's family. Catherine seemed to be very unstable during this period, and her diary was written in a disorderly manner. One could only barely make out that Anthony was going to marry another woman for the sake of the family.
In aristocratic families, this kind of thing is very common. Gu Xingmian initially thought that Catherine was just jealous, but the more he read, the more he felt something was wrong.
[They are crazy! They are perverts!!]
[Please let my brother go, I beg you!!]
[Don’t do this to him, he will die, brother, what should I do, how can I save you...]
[Die!! You are all going to die!]
The next few pages were all filled with the word death written in blood, which was simply shocking.
Gu Xingmian could almost feel the hatred coming at him.
What happened to the original Anthony that made Catherine, a well-behaved and lovely little girl, become what she is now.
Gu Xingmian quickly flipped to the back and finally saw the new content.
[Curse! This is a curse! [Hahahahahahahahaha]
Curse?
What curse?
Gu Xingmian hurriedly turned to the next page, but found that there was only a blank space at the back. The diary ended here.
Gu Xingmian was so upset that he let out a long breath, and it took him a while to calm down.
He looked at Xiao Qiong: "What do you think the truth is?"
Xiao Qiong shook his head.
Catherine's diary was written very carefully and did not reveal too much of the reality.
The clue they have got so far is that the real Anthony was born in a big family, and because of some reason, he got married, but was hurt and finally lost his life. As for the last two words of curse, they have no clue.
Could it be that the family that hurt Anthony finally got retribution?
Gu Xingmian rubbed his forehead and closed the diary. At this moment, a photo fell out of the diary.
Gu Xingmian picked it up and found it was a group photo. The boy in the photo was half-squatting and making a "V" sign with the little girl next to him. The little girl looked very similar to Catherine. It should be her when she was a child. Then the boy next to her should be Anthony.
Brown curly hair, fair skin, warm and clean smile.
Gu Xingmian turned the photo over and saw a line of words written on it - Anthony and Catherine photographed in [the words were scribbled out].
Well, the rare clue is gone.
Gu Xingmian put the photo back into the diary and put it away again. He planned to go out and find a place with a more beautiful scenery to bury the diary.
Xiao Qiong brought a new mission. When Gu Xingmian saw the numerous crimes committed by the wanted criminal, he immediately became angry: "Such a demon! Killing him is too easy for him!!"
Burke also nodded.
The two of them immediately came together to fight against the enemy.
Xiao Qiong looked at Gu Xingmian. His performance was no different from before, but Xiao Qiong knew that something had changed.
At this time, Gu Xingmian looked at him: "What are you doing? Come and discuss the battle plan!"
Xiao Qiong: "..."
After that, their missions went very smoothly.
Of course, it was not just them. Although other teams encountered various problems at the beginning, they quickly adapted to the situation and continued to absorb the skills taught by Deritis and applied them in actual combat.
Ten days passed in the blink of an eye. As the number of wanted warrants decreased, many terrorist rumors have appeared recently. Many people hid at home and dared not go out, which made the security in Quilmo City much better.
On the day of leaving, Allen drove a hovercraft to pick them up, and Wright and Dai Baiyu also went with them.
The two looked at these students with a brand new spirit and felt infinite emotion in their hearts.
These students have made great progress.
If Quilmo City was not too dangerous, Wright would have suggested to the principal that he let the senior students come here for a trial in the future.
He shook his head and threw this dangerous idea out of his mind.
Xiao Qiong noticed that Gu Xingmian seemed a little absent-minded, and couldn't help asking: "What happened?"
Gu Xingmian shook his head.
Just when he left Quilmo City, he felt a little uncomfortable and familiar, but the feeling came too quickly, and he couldn't figure it out after thinking about it for a long time.
At this time, Gugugu, who hadn't been close to Gu Xingmian for many days, pounced on him, and kept rubbing him with an umbrella while "cooing" aggrievedly.
Gu Xingmian was interrupted by this and forgot about the previous things, and concentrated on comforting Gugugu.
Everyone has been very busy these days, so Deritis kindly gave them a day off, and started a new course after the vacation.
Although they didn't know what kind of devilish class would come next, everyone cheered enthusiastically for this day off.
The suspension car carried them away from Quilmo City with laughter and joy.
After they left, Quilmo City was no different from before.
A hyena carried the things he had just stolen and walked skillfully through the alley towards his home. However, as he walked, he suddenly realized that something was wrong. He stopped cautiously and looked around.
This alley was the only way for him to go home. He had walked through it countless times and was very familiar with every brick and tile here.
The alley in front of him was no different from what he remembered, except that the sky was a little gray, but the sky in Quilmo City has always been like this.
He remembered that the person who lived at the corner was a card master with N cards. His God Card was a dog with mixed fur. It didn't like to stay in his spiritual body. It would bark wildly as soon as it came out. But the card master still let him stay.
This is a slum area. The neighbors next to it are just ordinary people. They can only be angry but not say anything.
But today... the dog didn't bark.
No, not only did the dog not bark, but this alley was too quiet.
The usual quarrels, moans, and the clinking of bottles... were all gone.
It was as if something had swallowed up all the sounds.
The whole alley was as quiet as a grave.
The hyena shook his body and immediately ran towards the alley entrance.
"Snap, snap, snap!"
The sound of the soles of the shoes stepping on the ground was so clear in the quiet alley.
He was only thinking about escaping and didn't notice that the gray sky above him seemed to be startled by the sound of his running. Countless tiny gray particles, like smoke, silently enveloped him.
The hyena's eyes bulged, but his throat seemed to be blocked, and he couldn't make any sound.
At this time, if someone walked into the alley, they would see a figure wrapped in gray mist struggling frantically. He opened his mouth wide, but couldn't make any sound, like a ridiculous pantomime.
The gray mist slowly covered his head.
He finally stopped fighting, his figure gradually disappeared in the gray mist, and finally the terrified expression on his face disappeared completely, like a smoothed sand painting.
The alley was quiet, except for the dim sky, as if nothing had happened.