Chapter 83 Unhappy "Tell me where you are going back first." ...
"Tell me where you're going back to first."
"You'll find out after you come with me. I won't reveal a single word before you leave," Mary said, her words particularly harshly. "This is my professional habit. Please forgive me."
"Professional habit." Jello laughed in anger at the word. He suddenly smashed his fist into the wall behind Mary's head, casting her completely in his shadow. "Sister, can't you be more honest?"
Jero was just as cold and impatient as he had been when they first met, like a dormant volcano poised to resurrect. "You know everything about me, but what about me? What do I know about you? Only two things: First, you're a woman. Second, your name is Mary. Besides that, have you given me any useful information?"
He scoffed. "I do believe you're not a liar. After all, even a liar needs sincerity in return." He suddenly lowered his head, like a hawk swooping down on its prey on the grassland, his two rows of golden teeth making a creaking sound as he bit. "We've been together for so long, and you just don't trust me?"
Mary stared at him, her words escalating as she spoke. "I'm sorry, but I'm not very smart, so I don't dare take the gamble, even though the probability of this happening is only one in ten thousand."
She pointed at the crowd inside. Those pre-pubescent, short, carrot-headed children were yelling and clamoring like fledglings in a nest. While they looked menacing, anyone with a discerning eye could tell it was just a lot of noise with little action.
"You know exactly how powerful Kaz is, yet you still refuse to leave for your family. You should understand me," Mary said passionately. "On the other side of the world, there are people I cherish and must protect. If Kaz finds me and hurts them, can you afford the compensation?!"
The anger on Jero's face froze. Seeing this, Mary naturally took advantage of the situation and pressed on: "I offended Kaz, so he won't let me go. If you knew where I was going and didn't come with me, how could I guarantee that you wouldn't tell others?"
Mary, having seen so much darkness, chuckled strangely. "If he captured one of your brothers and sisters and interrogated you, and if you didn't tell him, he'd cut off their fingers one by one, would you dare to guarantee that you wouldn't?" She looked directly into Jello's bewildered green eyes and sneered, "Perhaps you don't know what torture and killing are?"
Too much blood and darkness flashed through Mary's mind. The cruelty of human beings to their own kind is always beyond people's imagination. Even though Mary has been with Kaz for some time, she knows that he is very likely not to do this.
But...Mary didn't dare to take the risk.
As long as an animal has thoughts, it will always be unpredictable. This is even more so for Kaz, who has been pursuing the goal of defeating the sun for tens of thousands of years.
"Then let's do this," Jello bit his cheek and said, "If Kaz really comes to my house one day and tortures my family to find out your whereabouts, I can commit suicide. Didn't I say it before? My life is given by you."
Mary's eyes widened, looking at him as if he were a madman. "You're betraying my original intention. Your brothers and sisters, your parents, they have nothing to do with me. I just want to save you. You're putting the cart before the horse, and there's no way I'm telling you."
Mary finally lowered her voice after emerging from the gap between the wall and Jero's body. "The decision is yours. Whether you want to stay or leave, tell me tomorrow at the same time. No later than that."
In her world, the best way to keep a secret is to tell no one.
At this moment, Jero deeply realized that the complexity of Mary's life was far beyond his imagination.
In his mind, executioner was the bloodiest profession he knew of, but by listening to Mary's tone and observing her attitude, it was obvious that her thoughts were paranoid, extreme, and she completely ignored the warmth in human nature.
Facing the enemy, she not only did not have any optimism, but was instead filled with extreme panic.
It’s like... after seeing so much ugliness in the world, I no longer believe that there is true justice in this world.
But even though Mary hated human nature and saw through the dark side of humanity, she chose to save Dorothy and protect him, who was unaware of the situation. Thinking about it this way... I feel mixed emotions.
Jello couldn't be angry with Mary anymore, so he said earnestly, "Mary, it's not that I don't believe you. What bothers me is how to make my own father believe you."
He frowned in distress and casually pushed away his eavesdropping brother. "My father and I are completely opposite people. He's emotionally indifferent and composed entirely of rationality. If I can't give him a logical explanation with cause and effect... he won't leave here easily."
Not to mention his father, even Jero was reluctant to leave.
No one wants to leave their homeland
Indeed, Kaz's power was immense, but Jero didn't consider himself weak. He believed in the power of the iron ball, and its spin... represented infinity.
If Jello were in a foreign land, free from worries, he'd certainly be willing to challenge Kaz. But... his brothers and sisters were still young, the oldest sister only seventeen. Because they didn't need to become executioners, their father didn't teach them the art of wielding the iron ball, hoping they'd live ordinary lives. As a result, Jello was now the sole force in the family.
For the sake of his mother and child who have no ability to protect themselves, Jello absolutely does not want to confront Kaz unless it is necessary.
"You can choose to lie," Mary said calmly, watching the setting sun. "For example, you could say I'm Brazilian, my family is in business, and I happened to be here to investigate whether there are any business opportunities."
"Lie?" Jello felt that the mere mention of this word would crush his tongue.
He got to know Mary from another side today, cold and decisive.
She would choose to cut off her tail to survive and hurt herself and others.
When there is no crisis, she is like a well-fed tiger, lazily lying on the grass to bask in the sun, and even good-tempered enough to let people stroke her head, making people mistakenly think she is a good-tempered cat.
But as long as she is not sure of something, she will immediately display an attacking posture and let out a terrifying roar, making people realize that the other party is actually a beast that must not be provoked.
"I won't lie." Jello shook his head and said firmly, "I will never lie to my family."
"Haha," the woman in front of him laughed sarcastically for the first time, "Yeah, you wouldn't lie."
She sized him up with her silver-gray eyes, a look that seemed both helpless and mocking. "It's easy to tell the difference between true ignorance and feigned ignorance. Besides, you're a complete liar. The risk of telling you is 100%."
"I..." Jello was speechless.
"Forget it, I don't want to say anything more. It's up to you." Mary's silence was frightening, and it seemed as if she had completely given up on Jello. She looked at the sun sinking completely into the horizon and walked away.
"Hey! Mary!" Jello stretched out his hand and grabbed the winter air. The other party jumped onto the roof nimbly and disappeared from his sight after a few jumps.
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When Mary returned to the hotel in the night, Katz was flipping through the sample magazines in the room with little interest.
Perhaps because he felt that his suit was dirty, he took off the clothes that represented human civilization and changed back into the clothes that Zhu Nan usually wore.
Even though Mary was mentally prepared, she couldn't help but gasp when she saw the muscular man who looked like the Thinker on the bed.
Seeing Mary, Kaz naturally threw the magazine aside and greeted her: "Hey, you're back?"
It was obviously just a very ordinary question, but Mary couldn't help but think of herself in the past who was doing nothing at Johnny's house.
Kaz…will it be boring when she’s gone?
"Well, I'm back." Mary's voice was gentle, with an intimacy that she herself hadn't even noticed.
She had just put the bread she bought on the table when she turned around and saw Kaz was already in front of her.
Kaz was lying on the bed just a second ago, but in just one second, he crossed the three-meter distance without anyone noticing and came in front of her.
His pale, powerful fingers gently lifted the silk scarf hanging on Mary's chest, as if he was touching a butterfly that would fly away at any time.
His hair fell on Mary like seaweed, blending with the purple of her clothes, making it impossible to tell who she was.
"It looks good." After he said that, he gently released his hand, as naturally as flowing water, as if they had known each other for many years and their intimacy was natural.
Mary then realized that she was still wearing Jello's clothes and became angry for some reason.
She ripped open the wrapping paper with a sharp sound, revealing the soft and steaming bread inside.
The butter slid out of the bread filling as the canine teeth bit it and flowed onto the back of Mary's hand, but she was unaware of it and continued to chew and swallow it.
Even if my throat was choked, I didn't care.
I suddenly felt a wet sensation on the back of my hand.
It was Kaz who stuck out his tongue and, like a wolf licking its own fur, licked the butter off the back of Mary's hand.
Although he is a human being, and a very intelligent one at that, there is an animalistic quality about Kaz that cannot be erased.
He exudes the essence of nature and is a natural creature. Unlike humans who fear and want to conquer nature, Kaz cherishes all creations in nature, except humans.
She didn't stop Kaz's behavior, which seemed quite intimate in the human world, but just said: "Can you... taste the butter?"
Kaz frowned, seeming to find Mary's question amusing. "Of course, there's no way I could lose my sense of taste. It's just... I hate human food. It's mixed with so many messy things that completely eliminate the original flavor of the food, and it's completely devoid of nutrition."
"Just like," he approached and gently licked the corner of Mary's eye, "the bread in your hand doesn't taste like tears, it's more real."
Tears?
Mary wiped her eyes roughly with her sleeve, realizing belatedly that she had been crying.
baffling
Mary gritted her teeth, crumpled the wrapping paper into a ball, and threw it heavily into the trash can, as if she was throwing Jello's head.
If it weren’t for him, if it weren’t for him!
How could she rack her brains for so long!
Mary's heart was in turmoil, and she knew she had to change her original plan.
She looked at Kaz beside her and suddenly asked, "Kaz, am I important to you?"
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