Seeing Hikigaya Hachiman fly directly back home in a new form, the blurry black shadow was about to leave, but when the corner of his vision swept across the surroundings of the scene, he stopped.
"Alas~ You are still so gentle, but for my own sake I can only apologize to you, Hachiman."
"I'm just trying to survive."
The blurry black shadow took a look at the commercial street, which had been destroyed by nearly a quarter at the beginning but had now strangely recovered by nearly two-thirds. He sighed and disappeared.
"If you keep being so gentle, you'll suffer sooner or later, Hachiman!"
A sigh echoed like this.
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A hospital in Chiba.
Shixiong Riko, who arrived by speeding, pushed open the door of the ward. When he saw Sato Jin, whose whole body looked like a mummy with his right leg hung up, and who turned around after hearing the rough sound of the door opening, the panic on his face immediately disappeared, replaced by the familiar coldness of the other party, and he adjusted his rapid breathing.
"It seems nothing happened."
Sato Jin smiled as he looked at his cousin who was trying hard to adjust her breathing and clumsily pretending to be indifferent. With a bit of bad taste, he said indifferently: "Yeah, it's nothing."
Noticing that the latter seemed to be slightly relieved, he immediately said: "It's just a few broken ribs, a fractured right leg, and a few cracks in the sternum. It's nothing serious..."
As he spoke, he noticed that Zhixiong Li Ke's eyes were filled with crystal tears, and suddenly he regretted it, even though he was telling the truth.
"Okay, it's okay. My cousin has suffered more serious injuries before. These are nothing, right?"
Sato Jin wanted to reach out and touch the girl's head, but he found that he was now in mummy form and could not even do such a simple action.
"Don't worry, I'm not as weak as you think."
Zhixiong Li Ke noticed his movements, held back the tears in his eyes, closed his tearful eyes, slightly tilted his head and said to him: "Since you are okay, I will go back to continue my research."
"No problem, just remember to do it harder!"
"Of course."
After giving him a deep look, Zhixiong Li Ke turned his back and prepared to leave. He pushed open the door and walked outside. When there was still a crack left in the door with his back to him, he whispered, "The G1 armor will probably be upgraded the day after tomorrow. You can come and try on the G2 armor, right?"
Hearing this, Sato Jin, who was originally preparing to have a good sleep to replenish his physical and mental strength, turned serious, then smiled refreshingly, "Don't worry, I will definitely get through it. I recover quickly, you know that."
Zhixiong Li Ke smiled lightly, "Then I will wait for you. If you stand me up again, you will be dead."
"Don't worry, that won't happen."
"Pah~"
No reply was heard, for the door was already shut.
Sato Jin smiled, closed his eyes and began to fall asleep.
"You'll be busy when you wake up, so take this opportunity to have a good sleep!"
Soon, a faint snoring sound was heard in the ward.
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"Yui, wake up quickly."
In a daze, Yuigahama Yui heard someone calling her. She opened her eyes and the blurry figure gradually became clear. It was her mother, Yuigahama Tsubaki, with a worried look on her face.
"Huh? Mom, why am I here?"
She glanced at her surroundings and found herself on a busy street instead of the commercial street where Kuuga had fought with Unidentified Lifeform No. 12. This unexpected development was difficult for her brain to accept.
Her question was met with a cold stare from her mother. Yuigahama Tsubaki patted her head helplessly and said, "How dare you say that, kid? You just fainted suddenly and scared me and your dad to death."
At this point, she touched her daughter's forehead with some concern, "Could it be that she was frightened by an unconfirmed life form and now has post-traumatic stress disorder?"
"Otherwise, why would you faint after you relaxed when you heard about the appearance of an unconfirmed life form?"
From her mother's words, Yuigahama Yui's relatively smart brain immediately understood the current situation.
[That is to say, Kuuga defeated the unidentified life form No. 12, and I should have been sent back to my parents by the light ball in my body. Maybe the light ball is the source of my superpowers, and after I gave some of it to Kuuga, I became weak, so the current scene happened.]
After figuring it out, Yuigahama Yui smiled and shook her head at her worried mother, "Hehehe~ Mom, don't worry, I'm fine."
"Maybe I just ran too fast, and I didn't have much appetite this morning, so I didn't eat much, which caused me to consume too much energy."
Her words triggered memories of Yuigahama Tsubaki, who realized that her silly daughter had indeed eaten very little since this morning until now. Thinking about how they had just encountered the unidentified life form No. 12 and how they had run nearly a kilometer from the commercial street to here, she felt that what she said made sense.
Since his daughter was not ill, Yuigahama Tsubaki felt relieved and said with a gentle smile: "In that case, let's go eat first. Dad just went to find a taxi to take you to the hospital, but it seems that we don't need it now."
She held her daughter's hand, and with her other hand she picked up her phone and called her husband, "Let me talk to Dad first, is there anything Yui wants to eat?"
Yuigahama Yui, who was a little uneasy, smiled and shook her head, "I can do anything, mom, you just make the decision."
"Then let's eat sushi. I remember there's a good sushi restaurant nearby."
"Yes, sure."
After Yuigahama Yui responded, she frowned and recalled the broken figure.
[Who are you? Why does it hurt so much to see you like that?]
[What about my superpowers? Is there really a child in that ball of light?]
[So, does this count as me being pregnant?]
The girl was caught in a strange train of thought.
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The Hikigaya family.
"Ah~"
After experiencing a life-and-death battle that left him physically and mentally exhausted and nearly dead, Hikigaya Hachiman was lying on the sofa waiting for his lovely sister to cook dinner so that he could soothe his tired body and mind.
"Brother, I feel like you're getting more and more tired. Is exercising so tiring?"
Hikigaya Komachi noticed that her brother was yawning more and more frequently, so she asked worriedly while keeping an eye on the food in the pot.
"Komachi-san, it's not just because I'm too tired from exercising, but also because the time waiting for dinner is too boring."
For some reason, Hikigaya Komachi felt a little angry after hearing this, but when she thought about how she still had to rely on the other person for her summer homework, and that it was her job, she decided to endure it.
Otherwise, based on her understanding of her brother, he would definitely delay the next difficult question for a while before giving her the answer, and then enjoy her clumsiness.
Her brother's interests were sometimes so low.
As for asking other classmates, she could get the answer, of course, but she would lose the opportunity to act coquettishly with her brother. Also, if she didn't interact with her brother more in order to correct his dead fish eyes, she had absolute reason to believe that his eyes would rot to an unprecedented degree, to a daunting degree.
So, for the sake of her brother's happiness, she, Hikigaya Komachi, endured it.
"By the way, brother, why didn't Sabre stick to you today? Didn't he always stick to you and play with you before?"
Hikigaya Komachi noticed that Sabue, who used to love to stick with her brother and play with him no matter what, now stayed away from him after he came back from exercise, and asked in surprise.
Hikigaya Hachiman, who was sorting out today's battle in his mind and looking for his shortcomings, was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then said nonchalantly: "It's simple, he just came back sweaty and smelled so bad, maybe he was afraid of me at that time, so he didn't stick to me even after taking a shower."
"Think about it, don't dogs hate being sticky? And they don't like the smell of sweat either."
By making up a plausible excuse, Hachiman Hikigaya easily fooled his stupid sister.
[The power that I merged with the Hunter can perfectly protect the surrounding environment. I will use this method to deal with the Gurongi in the future. This way, I don't have to risk throwing them into the sky every time.]
After summarizing the battle, Hikigaya Hachiman found the best use for his new form with a happy smile on his face.
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In the high-rise building, a Gurongi who looked like a tiger, with bandages all over his body and a chain around his neck, Mei Gadora Da, scanned Linduo below with blood-red pupils, and licked his dry upper lip with his tongue, "Linduo, the day after tomorrow it will be my turn to hunt you down."
Chapter 56: Humans Who Can't Afford to Gamble
At night, bursts of loud noises were heard from an abandoned factory in Chiba, coupled with the occasional wind blowing through the empty windows that had lost their glass, making a "woooo" sound that sounded like the roar of an evil ghost.
All this is not enough to make nearby residents afraid of it.
But when you see those dry branches clinging to the wall like ghost claws, and the shadow staring at you like a real ghost under the cold moonlight, can you still stay calm?
Even if you know that ghosts have no shadows, who can provide evidence that ghosts have no shadows?
After all, seeing is believing, right?
Therefore, residents nearby did not dare to come here. Many people who came here because of the urban legend did not dare to get close when they saw the pair of fiery red ghost lights.
The bolder ones also left when they saw Hikigaya Hachiman's body full of violent aesthetics and his ruthless look when practicing fighting techniques.
That's right, this is the place where Hikigaya Hachiman practices in order to master the abilities of the four forms and how to deal with various emergencies in subsequent battles.
As for why someone saw his appearance and why the police didn't send anyone over, Hikigaya Hachiman felt that it must be Sakami's credit.
After all, he felt that apart from someone like himself with an extremely weird personality, no one would refuse the request of such a perfect human being.
So, he enjoyed his leisure time.
"The all-around form mainly relies on the combination of hand and foot skills, while the Azure Dragon form relies on super explosive power and agility, combined with the Azure Dragon Staff to launch a violent and rapid attack, so the combo must be continuous."
"When in Pegasus form, you must maintain long-range attack. If three shots are not enough to kill it, you must switch forms. Otherwise, it will be too painful to get hit."
"In Titan form, you need to improve your dodge rate as much as possible, and your sword skills also need to be improved, otherwise it will be troublesome if you encounter someone with many hands like Mei·Giga·Gi."
"Let's practice the form of fusion with the hunter tomorrow. Otherwise, we won't have enough time. And this power seems a bit too strong. It will scare people later."
After planning his practice direction, Hikigaya Hachiman began another night of training.
Time passed quietly, and when the sky was a little bright, he was just about to take the Hunter home as usual, wash up simply, and lie down in the soft bed to have a good sleep, when he heard the sound of footsteps slowly echoing.
He did not regain his human appearance, but still maintained the image of a monster. He looked towards the source, and with his extremely strong eyesight, he could easily see who was walking towards him.
Sakami.
This is a person that Hikigaya Hachiman doesn't want to face, because the other person is too perfect. If a despicable person like him stands next to him, he always feels that it will pollute the other person's perfection.
"It's you, Hachiman."
The first words he spoke explained his purpose.
"There's nothing I can do. If I don't become stronger, many people will die. I have to work hard, right?"
Facing his answer, Sakaki Gami looked a little sad, "It is indeed as you said. Every time you become stronger, you can save more lives from Gurongi."
He stood in front of Hikigaya Hachiman, looking at the boy who was covered in wounds even during practice, and said with some heartache: "But have you ever thought about yourself? If you overdo it, you'll hurt yourself, and you probably didn't tell me about the side effects of that belt, right?"
In response to his question, the boy remained silent.
"Alas~"
Seeing this, Sakami sighed deeply. Knowing the boy's personality well, he realized that no matter what he said, he would not be able to stop this behavior, so he changed direction.
"You've probably seen Sato's armor..."
"Grunge can kill a person and his armor with just a few slaps."
"…"
Before he could finish his words, Sakaki Gami was rudely interrupted. He was silent for a moment and continued: "His armor will be upgraded tomorrow. According to the designer, it can block an 80-ton attack, and the shock absorption system can perfectly withstand a 50-ton impact..."
"Where is that Gurongi in the commercial street today?"
"…"
Sakami sighed deeply, "So you won't give up no matter what, right?"
Hikigaya Hachiman still maintained his monster posture, "Isn't it obvious? Even if you police have armor that can fight against Gurongi, what can you do? Can you ensure the safety of the citizens?"
"To put it bluntly, if Officer Sato had failed, who would have stopped the Gurongi? For them, ordinary police officers would be nothing more than a slap in the face, so we must ensure that more than one person will fight just in case."
Hikigaya Hachiman turned his back and lightly jumped onto the hunter's back, "Human, you are still too weak now. You can't afford to take the risk."
"Everyone has only one life. Once it's gone, it's gone."
After saying this, he didn't care what kind of expression Sakaki Gami had behind him, and directly let the hunter leave.
[Also, the enemy of mankind is not only Gurongi, there are also those angels who kill other people's families just for a false possibility!]
[Officer Gami, it's not that I want to fight, but from a human perspective, I have no choice but to fight.]
[The real enemy we face is never Gurongi, but the high and mighty God! ]
Sakami stretched out his hand and wanted to ask the boy to stay, but he found that he could not refute his words. This time he no longer used sophistry, but used facts to convince him.
Humans cannot afford to take the risk now, and he cannot be so arrogant as to think that the armor developed by Shikuma Riken, in conjunction with his promising junior Sato Jin, can defeat all the Gurongi and ensure that no one will be harmed.
Gurongi can lose many times because they are in a strong position. As long as they win once, they can win back all the previous defeats.So, they can afford to lose, but humans cannot.
"But you only have one life, Hachiman."
Sakami sighed deeply, and once again felt the powerlessness of mankind, and the guilt that came with it for letting a high school student save humanity as an adult, and even for causing himself to be covered in bruises every day.
"When will you learn to recognize your own existence? You are so outstanding, but how did you develop such an inferiority complex that is engraved in your bones?"
It was not until now that Sakami realized that he knew nothing about the boy who transformed into a monster to protect humanity.
He doesn't understand the other person's inferiority complex, doesn't understand why the other person doesn't value himself, and doesn't understand how the other person has formed such distorted values.
He doesn't understand anything, so he can't stand in the other person's shoes and help him solve his problems.
Even if he tried to understand, he couldn't become that person.
Again, how can a perfect person comfort an imperfect person?
Don't advise others to do good unless you have experienced their suffering.
This adjective is obviously wrong, but it can describe his relationship with him, right?
Sakami has never experienced the pain of Hikigaya Hachiman, nor has she experienced his life. She is simply unable to use her own outlook on life to deny his outlook on life and believe that her own outlook on life is correct.
"Alas~"
After another deep sigh, the perfect police officer left imperfectly.
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A blurry black figure appeared beside the sleeping Hikigaya Hachiman, and reached out to help him tidy up his messy hair. "There's no need to force yourself. You've done a good job, kid."
"As long as you follow my script, you will be able to get rid of this tragedy soon. When the time comes, I will satisfy you whatever you want."
"Because, I owe you this, Hachiman!"
After saying this, the blurry black shadow suddenly disappeared, as if it had never appeared before.
Chapter 57: Tiger Gurongi——Ma Gadora Da Appears
The weather outside was still extremely hot, so in order to maintain his image as a Neet, Hikigaya Hachiman did not find an excuse to go out for combat practice. Of course, he had also spent too much energy on it in the past few days.
Even though the Yam Damu Spirit Stone could recover from mental fatigue every time, it was powerless against spiritual fatigue.
In addition, he wanted to combine work and rest. He didn't want to be fighting with Gurongi and suddenly feel tired. It would be good if he could react in time to a flaw. If he couldn't react, it would be terrible.
After all, at that time, the life that was within reach could no longer be grasped.
At that time, he really didn't know how to deceive himself anymore.
So, he would sleep in with a look of enjoyment next to his sister who was working hard on her homework or racking her brains over a difficult problem, and occasionally play games after waking up.
Even if the sound is not turned on when playing games, it is undoubtedly a very unpleasant thing for a person who is doing homework to see someone playing freely next to him while he is working hard on his homework.
"Brother, can you please play games a little quieter? It disturbs me while I'm doing my homework."
So, Hikigaya Komachi couldn't help it anymore.
"But I didn't turn on the sound."
"You're pressing the keys too loudly!"
Seeing that he still didn't repent, Hikigaya Komachi stood up suddenly, supported her hands on the table, and gave her brother a killing look.
"Uh~ Then I won't play games anymore."
Realizing that he seemed to have gone too far, Hikigaya Hachiman put down the fighting game in his hand, picked up the mobile phone that he had only used to make calls, check time and set alarms, and searched for fighting techniques on it.
[It seems necessary to ask the science department to help me design a game protagonist with similar abilities to mine. This way, my combat experience will be improved to some extent.]
[By the way, I've been busy chatting with her these past few days. It seems that developing armor is too tiring. I'll find time to visit her.]
As if he had thought of something, Hikigaya Hachiman's face turned slightly red.
[However, I have to bring a set of clothes with me, otherwise she will deliberately dirty my clothes and ask me to change into the clothes she prepared.]
He recalled that Zhixiong Rika had deliberately wet his clothes when pouring tea, so he changed into the other's clothes, put them on without thinking much, and waited for the clothes to dry before changing back into them. Then she said she remembered she had work to do, so he left without thinking much and suddenly remembered he forgot to take something. Then he opened the door and saw Zhixiong Rika changing his clothes with a silly look on his face, and the girl who was embarrassed for a moment after being discovered and then rushed up to him without giving up. He felt a headache.
Until now he still couldn't figure out why Zhixiong Li Ke had such a high liking for him, so he had to be extremely alert every time he talked to him, for fear of being tricked.
After planning tomorrow's plan, Hikigaya Hachiman began to immerse himself in the fighting e-book he had searched for, and began to distinguish which parts of it were useful and which were nonsense.
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A hospital in Chiba area.
The bandages on his body had been removed, and Sato Jin began to walk under the attention of the doctor and Sakami. As he walked, he asked: "Yu, can I be discharged from the hospital tomorrow?"
Yu Sakai, his attending physician and good friend, who is also very handsome, once again looked at his medical report with a troubled look on his face, and finally sighed deeply as if he had given up.
"At this rate of recovery, he can be discharged from the hospital tomorrow."
"Yoshi~ Fortunately, I made it in time."
Sakai Yuu looked at his friend's excitement with a headache, and said with a sigh: "Sometimes I really want to dissect your body to see what its structure is. It's obvious that ordinary people need to recover for a month, but it can be healed by lying on your body for just one day. It's unscientific."
After saying that, he walked directly to Sato Ren, who was able to jump around after getting used to it, and didn't look like a mummy at all yesterday with a broken right leg. He poked the other's broken ribs yesterday, felt the solidity inside, and once again lamented the unfairness of the Creator.
In response to his friend's envy and jealousy, Sato Jin patted his shoulder and winked at him, saying: "Hahaha ~ You can't envy me for this. Maybe the gods saw how hard I fought for humanity, so they made me recover so quickly!"
"Well, you might be right."
Sakai Yu shrugged, accepted his friend's words, and said jokingly: "Besides, don't you have the titles of [The One Blessed by God] and [The Man Who Defeats the God of Destiny]?"
Listening to the teasing in his friend's words, Sato Jin's mouth twitched slightly. Although everyone in Japan is a middle school student, he doesn't like these shameful titles at all.
"Haha~ Okay, Sakai, stop making fun of Satou."
Seeing that the two were about to start their usual endless bickering, Sakaki Gami spoke first to interrupt them, and then said to Sato Jin: "Have you told Riko what time you will be there tomorrow?"
"Not yet. I plan to talk about it tonight."
"Do you mind if I go over and take a look?"
Sato Jin nodded quickly, "It would be great if Sakaki-san could come over, and he could give me some pointers."
Sakami looked at the eager eyes of the junior in front of him with interest, smiled and shook his head, "Forget it, I have other work to do tomorrow, let's talk about it next time when we have the chance."
Seeing this, Sato Ren shrugged and said, "It's settled then, next time."
"Yeah, next time."
After Sakami finished speaking, he looked at the watch on his right wrist, raised his head and said to the two of them: "It's getting late, I'll leave first, bye!"
"Goodbye, Sakaki-san."
"Bye, Gami-san!"
Sato Jin narrowed his eyes and watched Sakaki Gami leave. When he completely disappeared from his sight, he turned around and asked his friend: "Yu, how are you? Is it getting worse or better?"
Sakai Yu did not give an answer immediately. He first closed his eyes and carefully recalled in his mind the interactions between the three of them since they met Sakaki Gami.
Seeing his expression, Sato Jin knew that he was thinking seriously, so he did not disturb him and stood quietly by the side waiting.
"Alas, it's still the same as always. I can't say it's good or bad."
After a long time, Sakai Yu opened his eyes, sighed and said.
"Really? At least it didn't get any worse."
"You are right."
"Then go ahead. If nothing happens later, you can be discharged directly from the hospital tonight."
"Well, I don't want to stay in a place like the hospital anymore."
After hearing that he would not have to stay in the hospital any longer as long as he performed well in rehabilitation, Sato Jin, who had some grudges against the hospital, jumped up. Then, under the gaze of his attending physician and good friend Sakai Yu, who was looking at him as if he was staring at precious medical material, he jumped up and down with a physical fitness better than that of an ordinary person, and perfectly received the notice of release from the hospital.
After packing his luggage, he said goodbye to his friends and left the hospital directly.
"Tomorrow's new armor? I'm really looking forward to it!"
Sato Jin raised his right fist towards the setting sun, with a refreshing smile on his face, and said with full energy: "Yoshi~ Sato Jin, revive!"
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Mei Gadora Da was still standing where she was yesterday, as if she had never left. A slight breeze blew across her body, and the chain around her neck swayed gently, making a clear, metallic sound.
"There is still one day left. Three hundred people in three hours. This is my ticket to be promoted to the Ge Group."
His scarlet pupils were filled with a desire for killing. "Kuuga, and that Lindo warrior, I will take your lives as a gift for my promotion."
Chapter 58: Humans are still too weak
At the distant edge of the sky, a ray of incandescent light quietly emerged.
Light dispels darkness at incredible speed, bringing daylight to the world.
It's just a pity that there are still very few people. So few that Mei Gadora Da, who has been standing on a high place for two days and two nights, has no interest in starting the game at all.
So, it simply closed its eyes and began to rest, ensuring that it would be in the best condition when the game started and organize the next battle plan.
As for why it stood here for so long, it was of course to try out its new ability, and the result made it very satisfied.
Time passed by minute by minute, and all kinds of sounds began to appear on the originally quiet street.
The sound of car horns, the sound of music in shops, the sound of people talking, and the various notification sounds from mobile phones.
So, upon hearing these voices, Mei Gadora Da opened her eyes which had been tightly closed. Her calm pupils were gradually covered with a layer of bloodthirsty madness as she moved among the crowd.
"There are so many Lindos, that's enough."
With a grin on its face, it leaped down from a height. The gravity of the earth accelerated its falling speed, and in the blink of an eye, its feet landed safely on the undamaged sidewalk.
"…"
I don't know if it was an illusion, but the moment it appeared, the only sounds left within a radius of hundreds of meters around it were mechanical sounds, and all sounds emitted by human autonomy disappeared completely.
Not all of them noticed this hideous and terrifying monster, but a terrible chill crept into their hearts like a cancer, temporarily taking away their ability to move.
Then, guided by some special ability, everyone looked in the direction of Mei Gadora Da at the same time, allowing their eyes to clearly capture the other party's hideous and terrifying figure, and feed it back to the brain to tell it what kind of crisis the host is facing now.
"…"
Fear occupied almost all the thoughts in the brain. People kept looking at the monster with horrified expressions as it slowly stood up and looked around.
[Run away~]
[We must escape quickly!]
[Otherwise you will die, absolutely!]
[Run away~Run away~Run away quickly~]
The instincts of living things are faster than the orders given by the brain. Before people have time to convey the order to escape to their bodies, their feet have already moved on their own and started to escape before their brains.
At this moment, there is no doubt that all of them were grateful for the survival instinct engraved in their DNA. Otherwise, if they had escaped a second or two later, who knows if they would have been within the range of the Grim Reaper's scythe?
"Hehehe~ Run away, just run away, otherwise it will be too boring, Lin Duoyo~"
Mei Gadora Da did not take any action against the humans who were fleeing everywhere. He just stood there quietly, watching the ugly behavior of humans at this moment.
This time, unlike Mei Galido Ki, there is an official character wearing sci-fi armor to stop the enemy, so people lack a certain sense of security.
It is precisely because of this little sense of security that the direction this time is completely different from the last time.
The crowd was in complete chaos!
The person running behind was pushing the person in front desperately, and even ignored the cries for mercy from under his feet. He even kicked hard to break free, just to make the hand loosen.
Humanity? Compassion?
For today's people, none of these things are as useful as running fast.
How many people can remain calm when faced with the threat of death?
So, before the monsters even started killing each other, humans started killing each other.
"Hahahaha~ So no matter how many times I watch it, it's always funny. This scene is really interesting."
Mei Gadora Da folded her hands across her chest, watching everything that was happening before her eyes as if she were watching a human comedy.
In order to add some pleasure before the killing begins, it chooses to make the comedy last longer.
Its eyes wandered around, occasionally passing by a few people who were running ahead with obvious joy on their faces. When they looked at the people around them who were slower than themselves and showed a condescending smile, there was an inexplicable smile on its lips.