Chapter 54: Enchanted Sicily (7) The Dead Boy, the Flame of Awakening ^……
"Hey! Is there anyone else in there?" Kicking open the door of the laboratory, the player swung his sword hard to clear away the choking dust and ran in to search for any creature that might still retain signs of life.
There were cold instruments all along the way, and the illusion fluctuations she had just felt seemed to be just her illusion.
The player walked faster and faster, getting closer and closer. After a long time, the player finally found a clue in a secret room.
"Who is it?!" The player who suddenly saw the specific human-shaped object shouted in alert.
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So quiet, nothing seems to be moving...
After a long time, the player lifted the covering white cloth and saw the "human-shaped object" under the white cloth.
"Little...little child?" The player was stunned.
In the laboratory at the end of the corridor, there are no ferocious mafia; no fat boss; no magician with superb illusion skills; except for those sophisticated instruments, there is only a little child - a little child wearing pure white clothes and with long, smooth hair.
He lay on the only place in the lab that could be called a 'bed', his face pale and his eyes closed. If the player hadn't been able to detect the faint illusionary aura surrounding him, they might have thought he was already a corpse.
"Who is it..." As if sensing some movement, the child opened his eyes with difficulty. His indigo eyes, the same color as his hair, looked weakly at the door, as if trying to identify whether the person coming was an enemy who wanted to hurt him.
"Are you the child who survived the human experiment?"
The boy looked at the person who came, his expression somewhat frozen.
[Unharmed? How could someone break through my illusion so easily and find their way here…]
Without waiting for him to reply, the player ripped the belt restraining the child and lifted him off the cold iron bed. "Forget it, don't talk for now. Eat something to replenish your energy."
I plug, I plug, I plug! Look at this poor health bar, there is only a trace of blood left!
As for why a health bar hung above a child's head, a bar that only appeared when players were fighting monsters or in battle, players who weren't interested in that at all didn't care at all.
Maybe it’s because his blood volume is critical.
The child whose mouth was stuffed with all kinds of buffed foods: ...Hmm.
What's wrong with this woman? Instead of questioning her, she's just stuffing food into people's mouths. Does this food have special effects?
"...That's enough. If you stuff me with more, I might choke to death." After swallowing a small piece of bread, a piece of sushi, and a sausage with difficulty, the boy, whose stomach had become round, finally couldn't help but frown and waved his hand to refuse, even though this didn't fit his weak and pitiful personality.
"But those foods didn't work at all." The player finally tried to stuff a bite of pineapple cake, but to no avail.
Looking at the boy, the player's face was filled with sadness - he was only 5 or 6 years old, was he going to disappear in front of the player like this?
"You're going to die soon!"
It's a common understanding across all games that there's no chance of NPCs being resurrected after death. Damn the game makers! Such a cute little boy is dying! Players won't give up on complaining to you about this! Ugh!
"This is just a reincarnation. Are you... sad about my death?" The indigo-haired boy was startled and raised his head slightly, revealing an eye with a different pupil color from the other one - it was a charming red.
"Why?"
"Ah? Even if you ask that, I can't answer right now. Uh..." The player was stunned and answered hesitantly, "Because... you are beautiful?"
boy:"……"
"Ahem." Seeing the way the boy looked at the pervert, ignoring his own age changes and certain social issues, the player stuttered and hurriedly tried to make amends, "Uh... uh uh, that's not what I meant. I just... uh."
No, I don't want to be thought of as a pervert with little girls (or boys) like Mori Ogai! Think of a solution, you stupid fool!
"I just don't want you to die, and I just happened to find you in this damn place!" the player shouted.
“That’s it!”
…
…
The two of them were silent. The player, who felt that he had said something very shameful, picked his feet awkwardly, trying to escape from this socially depressing atmosphere.
"I'm sorry! Just pretend I didn't say anything!" The player hugged the little boy and cried, "Come out with me. Don't worry about any problems. I will take care of everything!"
"Really..." Unfortunately, his reincarnation this time is about to end.
"It's really different..." He's clearly also a hateful mafia...
The child with long indigo hair opened a pair of eyes of different colors, and his dead eyes showed a slight fluctuation because of the hug.
The player asked again, "Huh? What's the difference?"
The boy ignored her question and closed his eyes, seemingly sleepy. Just like every other NPC who had reached their predetermined end.
"Hey, don't sleep, you will go to hell if you sleep!" The player tried to scare the child and force him to wake up by shaking him hard, trying to cheer him up in this way.
"Hell? Humph, I'm already in hell, so how can there be such a thing as going to hell?" The little boy, who was tortured to death, opened his eyes - one eye was blue and the other was red, and his face was full of maturity that was not in line with his age.
Childish appearance, mature soul, just like the former high school detective Shinichi Kudo, who, with the body of a child, successfully transformed a lecherous uncle with negative reasoning ability into a famous reasoning celebrity.
"My name is Aurora, what's yours? At least let me remember your name!" The player couldn't help but ask, wanting to verify his thoughts, but the person being asked didn't seem to want to or have the energy to answer.
"I'm a little... a little tired." The boy lay on the player, his eyelids unconsciously closing, opening, closing, and then opening again. "See you next time, Aurora."
[Aurora, with eyes that can see through illusions, possesses a kindness that belies her status as a mafia member... This reincarnation is truly a bit surprising...]
His consciousness came to an abrupt end here.
Player: “…”
"Damn it..." The players' anger and sadness were obvious to all.
Even in Yokohama, as the leader of the Port Mafia, she had never witnessed these things firsthand. Her high-ranking NPC subordinates seemed to have intercepted those things without any prior agreement.
Player: Treason! This is a rebellion!
"Mr. Reborn, I finally understand what you meant before." The player said to the black-haired killer who was rushing over, holding the corpse with his back to it.
Our world is not that simple - in my memory, an elegant and mature Italian gentleman sat on a soft sofa, drinking freshly ground espresso from his own coffee beans, and said this seemingly nonchalantly.
At that time, the players were immersed in the new missions and did not feel any real emotions - until they witnessed with their own eyes the only survivor of the human experiments in this underground weapons processing factory die in their arms.
He also told the players to see him next time, but...
There won’t be a next time for him, wuwuwu!
"Calm down, Aurora. Don't let your anger get the better of you." Looking at the player's stubborn expression, Reborn couldn't help but sigh, "That person doesn't exist."
Someone who doesn't exist?
The player asked three times, "What does this mean?"
The body is still lying here, and you tell me that the person doesn't exist?
"What I mean is that this child is not one of the experimental subjects of the Estornia family." Reborn said, "There is no record of him in all the information here." That's why he is called a non-existent person.
It turned out that Reborn hadn't come over because he was looking for the information that the Estoria family hadn't destroyed. This information suddenly flashed through the player's mind.
"...So, that means that the child is very likely the one who killed those researchers, do you understand?" Reborn told Aurora the danger of the child.
"That doesn't matter anymore."
"Um?"
"I say, that's not important anymore." He repeated what he had just said, watching the corpse in his arms slowly dissipate. "Those who kill will be killed. Those researchers who did that should be prepared to be killed."
"If what Mr. Reborn said is true, I believe that the child whose name I didn't tell me has also realized this."
"And I have other things to do."
"Just tell me your innermost true thoughts, Aurora." Reborn looked at the golden flame that was gradually burning on the black-haired girl, which was purer than ever before, and realized that she had already made up her mind.
Her flame is already bright enough, and it only needs a little guidance to bloom brilliantly.
"The Estornia family can't have only this one place. I have to... rescue those children who may still be alive."
【Mission Completed】
[Task rewards have been distributed to players' backpacks]
[Congratulations to the player for triggering the special mission: Rescue the survivors
Mission content: The seemingly glorious family history of the Estornia family is actually supported at the cost of several large-scale human experiments.
Mission requirements: Rescue the children who survived human experiments.
Mission Rewards: Some experience points, Mall Coins +200, Vongola Organization Favorability +20, Swordsmanship Proficiency +10...]
Player: Good! Looks like there are indeed survivors!
"Mr. Reborn, I followed the decision made by my heart." The player clenched the power condenser that had suddenly appeared in his hand due to the backpack being sealed. He stood up and put it into the shoulder bag he was carrying. Then he turned around and faced the calm killer. "Please help me without violating your own bottom line."
[You wear the title "The Daring One"]
[Your courage increases by 20%, and your pain decreases by 20%]
[You triggered the other buff of the title "The Daring One" - Persuasiveness increased by 20%]
【Comment: As long as you are brave enough, you will succeed in everything you do】
"Hmph, are you pushing your luck?" Reborn asked back dangerously, "Aurora, don't talk to me like that."
!!!
"I'm very sorry, Mr. Reborn!" The player who was so full of vigor just now was instantly beaten back to his original form.
It’s simple, it’s just that the shadow cast by Reborn is big enough!
Looking at Aurora who was about to cry but had no tears, Reborn's originally straight lip lines also changed quietly.
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The author has something to say: Just like playing a game will bring real emotions, a young life passed away in front of the player, the player will unconsciously bring in more emotions, thus triggering the corresponding task, I hope I didn't write it wrong ww
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