Now, he finally has the opportunity to correct his own mistakes.
Castin seemed unaware of his current situation. He lay on his back on the cold ground, his hands raised, letting the shards of glass from the medicine bottle pierce through his trench coat, staining his back with blood.
He still had that amused smile on his lips, as if he found the current situation quite amusing.
He stared straight into Xie Liqi's eyes without saying a word.
However, his eyes said it all.
You are a savior who tries to save the world, but do you really have the courage to turn against your own kind?
Xie Liqi's response was to pull the trigger.
"Click".
The expected gunshot did not ring out; instead, there was a dull, hollow sound.
There were no bullets in the gun.
Taking advantage of his moment of stunned silence, Castin suddenly sprang up, flipped Xie Liqi to the ground, and rolled to the other side.
But instead of getting up, he bent over and burst into laughter.
"Hahahahahahahahahaha... You really gave me a good show..."
He laughed so loudly that tears were almost falling from his eyes.
Xie Liqi stood frozen in place, his fingers trembling, as the black gun fell from his hand to the ground.
After a long while, Castin stood up and began to tidy his disheveled clothes. He even took out a clean white handkerchief from his trench coat pocket and gently wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.
"..."
Xie Liqi reached out, trying to grab the edge of the table to stand up, but whether it was because his hands were covered in too much blood or because he really had no strength, he tried three or four times before he finally managed to steady himself and stand up.
He didn't even glance at the gun lying on the ground, his eyes lowered, his voice hoarse.
“Castin, here’s your gun.”
During the previous struggle, Xie Liqi lost his grip on the gun, which arced through the air and fell right out of the window.
What he was holding just now was the gun that Castin had used to press against Willy's temple.
"Why……"
The gun is out of bullets?
"Young man, you're still too green."
Castin rubbed his stiff cheeks from smiling. At ten years older than Xie Liqi, he really had the right to address him that way.
He spoke earnestly and patiently, like a wise and experienced mentor:
"The moment you pick up the gun, you should feel that its weight is wrong."
"Besides, it's not time for me to die yet."
If that gun really had bullets in it, how could he have been so completely unresisting?
Of course, there's another, most important reason...
How could he possibly point such a dangerous weapon at Vili?
The fact that he had fooled everyone with an empty gun made Castin extremely happy.
However, judging from Willy's previous behavior, it's unclear whether he was unaware of the danger of guns, or... had already seen through everything?
Ah, just thinking about this makes his heart ache like it's being scratched by a cat, and he can't wait to rush to the boy's side the next second.
However, there is still a problem to solve.
“You…” He looked up and glanced at her, “Thank you for the gift.”
Do we know each other?
Although his identity is no secret, most of the players in this game live in peaceful countries, and he has been here for so long without anyone recognizing him.
Xie Liqi not only knew all this, but also harbored a vengeful intent to kill him...
He was genuinely curious.
Are you a bounty hunter? Or an international police officer?
However, Xie Liqi is far too young, which doesn't seem to meet the requirements of the aforementioned professions.
Does it matter?
Xie Liqi coughed twice, swallowing back the blood that welled up in his throat.
He seemed to have calmed down.
Even if we couldn't kill this person at this moment, as long as we could get Willy out of there... that would be worth it.
They've been entangled here for so long, even if Chu Lai is useless, he should have already taken Vili to a safe place.
Looking at his ambiguous expression, Castin seemed to understand something.
"You did this to protect Vili..."
Xie Liqi did not refute this.
"That's even stranger."
Castin's smile faded, and the doubt in his words almost materialized.
Don't you want to escape this game?
"Varied……"
An ominous premonition arose, and Xie Liqi instinctively wanted to interrupt Castin, but it was too late.
"—Then you should know that the essential offering for the ritual is Vili's heart."
-
When Willie woke up the next day, before he even opened his eyes, he could feel the breath of the person next to him, so close that they were inches apart.
"..."
As his blurry vision cleared, Chu Lai's smiling face appeared before him. He seemed to be in a very good mood and even wanted to come closer and act coquettishly with Vili.
"Honey, you're awake?"
Willie raised an eyebrow, intending to lean back, but was forcibly pulled back by a force.
"Hmm."
Chu Lai held his shoulder and embraced the beauty without hesitation.
The boy, still groggy from just waking up, sniffed the fragrance emanating from Vili and nuzzled against his warm, jade-like neck, resisting the urge to bite him.
But we went too far last night... It wouldn't hurt to push our luck a little further, would it?
Having just woken up, Willy was a little too lazy to move. He leaned on Chu Lai's shoulder and slowly examined the thing that had imprisoned him.
It was a metal chain, which appeared almost transparent in the sunlight. It gently rested on Vili's wrist, yet it seemed like an external blood vessel, with strange, shimmering light flowing through it.
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