Chapter 44: Justice Alone
"You know what? The serial murder case in the old town has a new victim. ”
On August 8, at 12:30 p.m., the summer heat made the streets feel like steamers.
On the busy street, a group of students who looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old stood in the shade of the trees on the pedestrian street.
The barbecue restaurant dinner in the first class of Hongcheng No. 1 High School is about to begin, and the young people who have decided to take it easy for the last time before the start of school rarely let go of the pressure for a while, drinking drinks and chatting with each other.
"This morning's news in the city is all mosaic."
A girl with long hair over her shoulders held a mobile phone in her hand, and said solemnly to her friends beside her: "I heard that most of the bodies of the victims are incomplete, and some of them are difficult to identify...... Guess what's missing? ”
"Shut your fragrant little mouth and be respectful of the dead!"
With a low shout, a girl who was at least one meter eight tall and had a long ponytail and waist patted the other party's shoulder heavily, interrupting her speech, she glared at the tiger and said angrily: "We are going to dinner now, and you are still talking about this, are you going to wait for me to be stuffed with blood and fat!" ”
"Woo woo, don't duck, I just want to rehearse the scene of my internship after entering the 'Central Criminal Department Judicial Academy' in the future~"
Without the slightest hint of guilt, the girl straightened out her disheveled hair, and continued with a straight expression, "Xiaoyanagi...... It is said that the heads of the dead were cut off neatly, and even the skin was peeled clean, hahahaha. ”
After saying that, she didn't care about the eyes of her classmates who were dining with her, 'although she was used to it for a long time, she still had a headache', and laughed to herself very badly.
- This kind of person can't pass the political examination and psychological test alone!
"There have been so many murders recently, and it didn't take long for the 719 serial murder case to be solved a few days ago."
And a tall boy, half a head taller than most of the people present, heard this.
He was originally chatting with Shao Qiming about the ambition of the future academy, but now he was attracted by the topic of the girls, and came over to interject: "My home is in the old city, and I heard that the people who died were all old people who lived alone, single women, and guys who went out in the middle of the night...... In general, the murderer is a waste who bullies the weak and fears the hard. ”
With his stature, this sentence is really convincing.
"Even if it's a waste who bullies the soft and is afraid of the hard, it's a madman who dares to kill, don't be strong, call more people when you go out recently, be careful." A friend frowned and suggested.
"There have been too many madmen recently, and the criminals in the 719 homicide case have already killed more than a dozen people before they are caught, and I don't know if the patrol can catch this madman earlier." There are also people who are worried.
On this topic, everyone talked about it, and the atmosphere became hot.
Recently, in the period when the school year is approaching, many bizarre rumors have emerged one after another, and the number of vicious crimes is also on the rise, and even high school students who should be deaf to what is going on outside the window are also a little aware of the panic and confusion of the whole environment because of the discussion of their families.
Their discussion is not just gossip, but also to soothe the panic and anxiety in each other's hearts, and use peer groups to numb themselves and deal with these 'abnormalities' that happen around them.
"Speaking of which, what about Su Sun? Isn't his house full of patrols? ”
In the middle of the discussion, one of the girls suddenly thought of a strange horror enthusiast in her class: "He must know something!" ”
"He didn't come today, saying that he was a little unwell?"
Shao Qiming blinked, he was not very good at lying, he used a very unconvincing, even questioning sentence as a reason: "...... It seems that I am not feeling well, and I have a stomachache...... Listen to yourselves. ”
"He's sick? If you don't want to come, you can't come, this reason is so bad, I went to junior high school and high school with him for five years, and I haven't seen him sneez! ”
"Wow, a virus that can make Brother Day sick and can't even go out to eat barbecue? If there were, I'm afraid the whole city is dead now! ”
"Make a phone call and ask about the situation, there is no day brother to perform a day to eat a cow, an hour to solve the food of twenty plates of beef tongue, twenty plates of cowboy bones, thirty plates of fat cow, barbecue meat is not interesting."
nodded approvingly, and a classmate on the side was also a resolute character, so he simply picked up his mobile phone and dialed the phone.
Drip Drip......
"Ah Wei? What are you looking for me? ”
The phone rang out, and from the other end came a voice that sounded a little muffled. A muffled voice: "Didn't you go to dinner?" Why do you still have the leisure to look for me? ”
"Listen to this voice, you really have a cold?!" The boy named Ah Wei showed an extremely shocked expression on the other end of the phone: "Is the world going to be destroyed!?" ”
And Shao Qiming, who knew some of the inside information, smiled wryly on the side
- At this time, you still dare to answer the phone...... You're really daring.
"Actually, it's nothing, I just want to ask...... I'm sorry to disturb you. This dull nasal voice is indeed not a fake, and Ah Wei, who feels that he has disturbed other people's rest, feels a little embarrassed: "That's it, there is a murder case in the old city, do you know some inside information?" After all, your family is all patrolling, is there any news? ”
"If there's anything inconvenient, don't say it, I'll just ask!" After finishing speaking, Ah Wei thought of something again, and hurriedly added.
"Murder ......"
The voice line was elongated, and Su Sun's voice on the other end of the phone became meaningful, "This matter...... Bang! ”
"Wait, I've got something to do, I'll talk about it later."
Perspective shifting.
The floor was littered with photographs and confetti, and the room was filled with the stench of corpses and the smell of blood.
Everything was knocked over, tables and cabinets were swept aside, and in the center of the vacated floor was an intricate circle that seemed to be drawn with mercury, and at the core of this circle was a middle-aged man firmly bound by a nylon rope.
His mouth was glued with adhesive tape, and only his neck and eyes could move freely, and the middle-aged man was still asleep, with a cross symbol smeared with holy water on his forehead, which made him feel a sense of clarity that he hadn't felt in a long time.
But now, he was awakened by Su Sun's voice, the man looked around, noticed his condition, and immediately began to struggle in shock, making a 'whine' sound.
"Whew!"
As he struggled, a spear swept across, bringing a strong wind at the same time, and the spiral tip of the spear was firmly on the middle-aged man's forehead.
The purple-blue magic fire burned at the head of the spear, exuding a magnificent aura like a nebula, and at the same time, it also made the middle-aged man who tried to speak firmly shut his mouth.
Barely raising his head, the middle-aged man saw a beautiful young man whose body was shrouded in shadows, looking at him with eyes that didn't know whether it was pity or indifference, and the coercion at the upper end of the dragon and snake aura level made his body begin to spasm, and then completely collapsed.
"You're awake."
Whispered a hello, and then lifted the phone again, Su Sun smiled again, and said to the classmate on the other end of the phone: "Although there are many things that can't be said, I can tell you that the murder case in the old city is about to end - the murderer has been found, and the news will probably be broadcast in a day or two." ”
Although there was a smile on his face, Su Day's eyes were extremely indifferent, and his relaxed tone really looked like a normal big boy if he didn't look at the terrifying situation around him.
After greeting his classmates for a while, Su Sun hung up the phone.
He twisted his wrist and picked the middle-aged man's chin with the tip of the spear, lifting his head up, forcing him to look him directly into his eyes.
Looking at this man's frightened, puzzled and confused eyes, Su Sun did not have any sadistic pleasure, and there was even a trace of deep sadness in his eyes.
"Li Zhi, marketing manager of Zhenghui Real Estate, originally lived in 402, Building 9, Liyu Community, with a wife and a daughter, living a harmonious life on weekdays, without any derailment or factors that would cause family instability, living a happy and happy life, and everything is fine."
"But in the last three months, your wife and daughter suddenly moved away and cut off contact with you, and you also moved from the Liyu community to this old building in the old city and took a long vacation at the company...... Do you know why? ”
"Woooooooooooo
Listening to the other party's chaotic whine, Su Sun nodded and said calmly: "You must be thinking, why would such an ordinary thing happen to you?" Obviously I didn't do anything, but my wife was separated, and I still have to be approached by people like me? ”
"Want to know the truth?"
"Woooooo Although the middle-aged man couldn't speak, he nodded desperately. He was completely confused now, and coupled with the torture of these recent days, his fragile spirit could not support thinking at all.
In the face of Su Sun's inquiry, what else could he do but agree? I can only nod desperately, and I will die to understand.
"Now. I'll tell you the truth. ”
Su Sun didn't play with his thoughts, he said bluntly: "You are already dead. ”
Under the gaze of the middle-aged man's suddenly wide eyes, Su Tian said the truth of everything lightly: "Li Zhi, as a human being, you died five years ago, and since then, your soul has been devoured by monsters from the twilight of the end of the other world, and your body has been occupied—it is not 'Li Zhi' who is listening to me now. It's a 'protective shell' made by the Dusk True Demon from the residue of his soul in order to lurk. ”
"Recently, the aura has been revived, and it has awakened, allowing you to go out every night to hunt the living, cut off their heads, condense their blood and soul, and give this demon more choices of faces—in the future, it can abandon your useless face, use other people's faces, hide in the city, and stir up turmoil, suspicion, and destruction."
After saying this, Su Yan put away the spear, he turned around, raised his hand, and pulled up the shutters that covered the window tightly, allowing the bright noon sun to shine into the room.
After Su Sun did all this, he let out a long sigh.
"I could have killed you a long time ago, but I made a rule for myself that I would never hurt innocent people who knew nothing—at least innocent people who I felt knew nothing."
"In order for that part of your soul that belongs to man to rest in peace, you must know the truth."
Turning his head again, Su Sun's side face was illuminated by the sunlight, revealing a sacred meaning, while the other side was in shadows, and only the blue-purple dragon pupils could be seen releasing a cold aura.
The expression mixed with Senran, sympathy and as if to sigh directly met the man's eyes.
"Woo, woo?! Whining!! ”
With a look of surprise on his face, as if he wanted to laugh and cry, the middle-aged man named Li Zhi twisted his body frantically, and he looked at the fake merciful young man in front of him with hateful eyes, so he didn't believe this absurd and nonsensical ......
……
Wait a minute......
The vocal cords that had not spoken for a long time agitated, and the throat that had swallowed a lot of blood, flesh and brains tried to vibrate and make a sound.
A stench of decay and blood spilled from the deepest parts of the body, surging up the tip of the nose and the brain.
Li Zhi's gaze was dull for a moment, and his stomach instinctively wanted to retch, but he couldn't spit it out...... Yes, he hadn't eaten or drunk water in three months...... So how did he survive?
The moment the man began to doubt his abnormality, there was a crisp cracking sound that sounded in the deepest depths of his mind and soul.
Something rose from the deepest part of the spirit, the center of the residue, and the memory that was obscured by some kind of power returned to the surface of Li Zhi's thinking under the spiritual light released by Su Day.
The man suddenly remembered the scene of his own death five years ago.
It was a twilight when the clouds were gradually accumulating, and it was even darker than the night.
Humming a song, he took out the umbrella that his wife stuffed into the package, and his daughter embroidered a cute pink rabbit on it - of course, it will leak a little water, but who cares about this!
"What did my wife do tonight~"
And just when I was looking forward to it and returned home with an umbrella, it was the moment when the torrential rain poured down, and the thick clouds obscured all the sunshine, plunging everything into darkness.
An invisible shadow pours out from the cracks of the other world that cracks at some point, enveloping the self walking in the alley.
Unspeakable evil invades the body and consumes the soul and spirit.
【Twilight True Demon】
From the otherworld, the lowliest, the most vicious monsters, monsters with destruction, doomsday, twilight as their roots.
It uses the body and soul of intelligent life as a vessel for incubation, and uses the residue of the soul to make a shell and skin like 'the present Li Zhi', protecting itself as fragile before hatching—all the human residues that have long since died will not realize that they are already dead, and will go home humming a song and go through the incubation period called 'embryo' with their wives, husbands, children, relatives and friends.
[Everything is quiet. I'm already dead. 】
Li Zhi suddenly understood that he had already recovered.
Recently, the aura has been revived, the true demon has awakened, and 'it' has gradually taken over its own body, and without its own consciousness, it has begun to hunt and kill, devouring the spirit and flesh of other intelligent creatures, and strengthening the true exorcism of the true demon.
It was precisely because he realized that his situation was wrong, so he drove away his wife and daughter and moved to ...... by himself
Yes...... I see...... I...... Early......
The mind is about to fall into pure nothingness, the man doesn't know whether to cry or laugh, he doesn't want to die, but he doesn't want to let himself become such a monster and hurt his family.
But, is there an option for this?
Li Zhi was about to completely collapse and turn into a true demon.
A hand reached out and tore the tape from the man's mouth.
Su Tian seemed to be gentle, but in fact, he couldn't refuse to stand up the man, so that he was tightly tied up and faced the sun, and could watch the street and the flow of people outside the window.
Su Sun and Li Zhi looked out the window together, and he said calmly: "Look at the sunshine." ”
"Let's look at the world."
At last......
"Look at the picture of your family of three."
The middle-aged man, whose eyes gradually became dead and silent, suddenly saw a photo of his family of three appear in front of him.
The daughter who is jumping in the park, cheering, and the wife who is sitting on a chair next to her, smiling helplessly.
And, like a fool, he followed his daughter closely, afraid that she would wrestle.
This is a precious memory that was specially photographed and preserved with physical objects...... The smiles of his wife and daughter came to his mind.
- Right...... No, hurt them......
In the memory, I casually found an excuse to get angry and drove my wife and daughter back to my hometown in the countryside...... The wife, who realized that she was a little wrong and had intentions behind her back, left in tears, but in the end, she comforted her daughter, 'Dad is just a little anxious, let's go to the countryside to play with grandparents'.
Really a good wife, my lifelong partner. She may still be waiting for herself to return to normal.
But she didn't know that as early as five years ago, 'Li Zhi' had died.
Thinking of this, the man's eyes gradually regained a little spirituality.
Then, facing the sun, he burst into tears.
- Yes, I see. In this case, I will be liberated if I die......
It's just that......
True...... It's a pity.
The man who was emitting black qi in the seven orifices turned his head with difficulty, and Li Zhi looked at Su Day, who was expressionless, and the stiff muscles on his face seemed to want to pull out a smile.
He opened his mouth, as if to say something, but in the end, nothing came out.
- Thank you, thank you......
The soul of 'Li Zhi' intermittently popped out of the last bit of human consciousness. Then, with a sound like glass shattering, shadows spread, and the twilight poured out from the depths of the body to take over the body.
He is transforming - completely from 'human', from the inside out, to be corroded and replaced by 'Twilight True Demon', turning into 'Twilight' to erode a node in this world.
"Completely dead...... Goodbye, no thanks. ”
Because that's what I stand for.
Watching 'Li Zhi's expression gradually return to normal from collapse, some strange lines began to appear on his body, and the dim light flickered, and the black gas drifted like a mist, enveloping the entire room.
Su Yan couldn't help but sigh, sighing for Li Zhi's last trace of human will.
Then, he solemnly threw Li Zhi's body back into the center of the circle and activated the mercury ritual that covered the floor.
In the center of the circle are wood chips encased in a crystal locket.
"Purify the ritual, lest you die and explode, pollute the land, and harm others."
Pulling out a vial from his belt, Su Sun splashed almost half-condensed holy water indiscriminately, and the fire of spiritual power burned, turning it into mist, causing the mist emitting white light to fill the room.
And in the magic circle, because of the rich divine spiritual power in the air, the holy runes lit up one by one, and the blazing white light spread all over the room, pressing all the black qi of the entire ninth layer back to the bound sturdy demon body.
"Click-squeak!"
With the creaking sound caused by the friction of the bones, the humanoid 'Dusk True Demon' squirmed violently because of the corrosion of the holy water like sulfuric acid, as if it wanted to break free from the blockade, but the rope bound by Su Sun perfectly restrained all the power points, even if this demon had the ability to reach the sky, it would not be able to do anything with this person's torso, unless it was deformed into a strange body.
But it didn't have that chance.
"Rest in peace."
There was a blue and purple light in his eyes, and he raised his spear, and Su Sun directly stabbed out with a shot, piercing through the head of 'Li Zhi'.
It can be seen that now, the middle-aged man's body has undergone all kinds of abnormalities, the deformed flesh strips and arthrops have broken through the clothes, scraping the floor, and the slightly obese body has begun to metamorphose, and will completely become the ugliest monster in the imagination of the boarder.
The monster, even after being shot through the skull, did not die, it still struggled, squirming, cutting ropes with its own deformed strips of flesh that were gradually hardening and hardening, trying to regain its freedom.
"And you, just give me a miserable death!"
A spiritual light rose in his hand, Su Tian did not hesitate, he let go of the hand that grabbed the gun, grabbed the head of the monster that could not move, and pressed it firmly in place.
At this time, the Dusk True Demon was about to break free from the rope because of his distorted body, and the black qi that permeated his body gradually overwhelmed the light of the formation.
But now, the head of the cross spear that is stuck in the body of the true demon, like the thorn of a centipede's jaw and tail, ignites a dazzling demonic fire, as well as a holy radiance. It burned brightly, like a flame igniting natural gas, and in an instant, it devoured all the black demonic qi and turned it into its own nutrients!
The sacred water mist, the purification ritual, and the violently burning demon fire, the three powers, with the support of a steady stream of spiritual power, directly enveloped the entire true demon body, and before it had time to transform into a complete body, it was directly burned into a black dry corpse!
Rumble!
After this dry corpse lost its activity, it seemed that it still wanted to explode, but the mercury in the purification circle also shone at this time, and they rose up, as if they had their own life, completely wrapping and sealing the entire dried corpse, suppressing all the black qi that was intended to explode, so that it had to retract back into the range shrouded in blue and purple demonic fire, and was squeaked by the scorching sound.
The black gas melted and the demonic nature was incinerated at all.
In a short time, in a short time, even the last spiritual power of this true demon was completely destroyed.
And a black light ball the size of a man's fist appeared in the hands of Su Sun, who was silent and standing in place.
【Ghast of the True Demon of Twilight】
[Not yet fully born, the soul of the Twilight True Demon]
[A ghast with demonic powers of destruction]
[After use, it can increase a small amount of all-round spirit resistance and strengthen soul tenacity]
[It can also be turned into the enchantment of the 'Crazy Spirit' through spiritual calcination, and attached to all equipment items]
[The Dusk True Demon is the inducement from nothingness]
[All transcendent beings who try to break free from death are their natural enemies]
"Yara, is this thing a real demon, is it a light to kill?"
In the long silence, holding the black, the first ghast he hunted, Su Sun did not have any joy, and he asked his covenant maker softly.
"Maybe."
The serpent spirit replied softly, with an intriguing meaning: "At least, the total number of them entering the mortal world cannot be infinite. ”
"That's good."
An extremely firm voice sounded, Su Sun grabbed his spear and pulled it out of the corpse of the true demon that had turned into ashes, he turned around with the gun, the corpse turned into smoke and dust behind his back, and a spherical blood-colored crystal fell to the ground, gurgling and rolling.
The superpowers, who had hoped for 'change' but now knew the price of change, stared out the sunny window, with the shadow of blood and corpses behind them.
"I'm going to hunt all the monsters." He said, recounting his thoughts: "With the gun in my hand, in the name of the Demon Eater, this hunt will continue forever. ”
"Until, the end of the 'demon'."
- This is a planet where humans and demons live together.
Evil gods erode the world through their clans, and monsters from dusk lurked in the human body, playing with the mind on the inner side of the shadows.
And visitors from the extraterrestrial and otherworldly worlds hide in the crowd and observe this crazy world.
Su Day, an ordinary student, was sacrificed by a mysterious organization during his travels.
Due to some accidents, he has the ability to devour souls and become stronger.
Since then, he has sworn to hunt the spirits of demons and sinners.
He doesn't mind using the most evil means of anything that can be called an 'evil spirit', and he doesn't care what anyone thinks, whether it's torture, traps, ambushes, or raids.
He will not hesitate to make it, in order to become stronger, in order to ......
Justice.
In the name of justice alone, devour evil.
Unlike ordinary exorcists all over the world, he is the only 'evil god hunter' in this world.