I work 9 to 5 in Chainsaw Man

On the ward bed, Alice slightly fluttered her eyelashes. After a while, she finally struggled to open her eyes. The dazzling sunlight made her not used to it, so she subconsciously closed her eyes again, and then opened them again after a long time.

She stared blankly at the white ceiling, feeling that everything around her made her feel depressed and helpless.

"you're awake."

A familiar voice came, and she turned her head, just in time to see Xu Sheng eating an apple on the table with an expressionless expression.

Seeing Alice staring at him, Xu Sheng frowned uncomfortably, then reluctantly handed the half apple in his hand to her mouth: "Eat it."

Alice looked at Xu Sheng's reluctance, coughed, and smiled on her rosy cheeks.

"What are you laughing at!" Xu Sheng curled his lips.

"It's okay, I'm just happy." The tears from the corners of her eyes fell on the quilt along her temples. The bright sunlight came through the window and fell on her body, dyeing her hair a touch of gold, mysterious and holy.

"Thank you!"

Xu Sheng swallowed, waved his hand and said: "Ah, you're welcome, that's right." He didn't know what she was thanking, so he accepted it first and said it later.

Alice struggled to get up and asked, "How many days have I been asleep?"

Xu Sheng took the last bite of the apple and said, "It's been almost three days."

Alice lowered her eyes and pondered, then lifted the quilt and got out of bed and said, "I'm going to be discharged from the hospital."

"You just woke up! The doctor said you need to rest."

Alice found her work clothes and began to change.

Xu Sheng consciously turned his back and asked, "Why are you in such a hurry to be discharged from the hospital?"

"memorial."

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Mokeling District.

The dazzling daylight hangs high in the sky, and the jackdaws chirp "ka-ka" and stay on the cold tombstones.

Listening to the lonely whisper of the cold wind accompanied by the sound of the piano in the distance, it seems that the ancient song is ringing in my ears, mourning the dead sleeping here, the speechless sigh turns into a wisp of wind blowing by, and only the singing is there echoed in the confused cemetery.

Xu Sheng followed Alice and walked to a corner where there were three new tombstones. There were flowers beside the tombstones and photos of the deceased framed on them.

"Bach, Vincent, English..."

Alice looked at the tombstone and murmured, her eyes revealing sadness. Xu Sheng did not disturb her, but just put his hand on her shoulder.

"bump."

Xu Sheng followed the sound and saw two teenagers, a boy and a girl, looking at them from a distance. The flowers in their hands fell to the ground. Two pairs of eyes stared at Alice. The boy clenched his fists and picked up a stone from the ground. He threw it hard towards Alice.

Xu Sheng reached out to take it and threw it back with more force.

Looking at the growing stones in front of him, sweat broke out on the boy's forehead.

Can't escape!

Just when the boy closed his eyes tightly in fear, Xu Sheng appeared behind him, holding a stone a few centimeters away from the boy between his fingers.

The boy sat down on the ground in fear.

"Brother!" The girl ran over to help the boy, and with tears in her eyes said fiercely to Xu Shengnai: "Why are you bullying my brother!"

"Hey hey hey, was your brother the one who threw the stone first?" Xu Sheng said with his arms crossed.

"Xu Sheng, what's wrong?" Alice came over, saw the two children, and said nervously: "Riko, Ava, are you here to see your brother?"

"Do you know him?" Xu Sheng asked.

The boy who heard Alice's voice stood up, pointed at Alice and shouted: "You were the one who killed my brother! If he hadn't teamed up with you, how could my brother have died if he was so powerful!"

"Kid, I'm starting to hate you." Xu Sheng leaned behind Rick with a sullen face.

Rick was nervous and motionless, but looking at Alice who was looking down, he mustered up the courage to shout: "I'm not wrong! My brother's colleagues have said that no one who teams up with her will survive. They’re all dead!”

"You, you are the devil!"

The boy, Rick, pointed at Alice and shouted.

Xu Sheng had already grabbed the boy by the collar and cursed: "You kid, do you want a beating? I don't mind beating you up for your parents!"

"My parents are dead! Died in the hands of the devil!" Rick cried, tears and snot all over his face.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuupuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu, let go of my brother, let's go..." the girl Ava beat Xu Sheng's calf and cried as well.

Xu Sheng felt that he had made a mistake for a moment, and he put Rick on the ground at a loss. The two children hugged each other and cried loudly in the cemetery.

Alice stepped forward and patted the backs of the two children, comforting them softly, but was pushed away by Rick shouting "Devil".

Xu Sheng really had no choice but to knock the two children unconscious and carry them into the car under Alice's stunned gaze.

When Xu Sheng came back, he saw Alice who was still in a daze and waved his hand in front of her eyes.

Alice came back to her senses and stammered: "You, you just knocked them unconscious!"

Xu Sheng spread his hands and said helplessly: "There is no other way. We can't just wrap them in sacks and throw them into the Huangpu River."

"What river?"

"Nothing." Xu Sheng dropped the subject and said, "Who are they?"

Alice returned to the tombstone and said: "Bach's younger brothers and sisters."

She looked up at the sky. The clouds had covered the day without knowing it. The sky looked gray. Alice laughed at herself: "My former teammates died in the battle, and when I met their family members, they would be scolded for hours. This The first time I was thrown stones was good, but the last time I was thrown eggs, I was covered in egg whites, and the skirt I bought with my first month’s salary was ruined like that.”

Xu Sheng pursed his lips, wanting to say something to comfort him but he had no words, so he could only say: "Don't cry, I will knock you out and take you away if you cry."

After saying this, he wanted to slap himself.

"I am so crybaby in your eyes." Alice smiled bitterly.

"Well, as the saying goes, women are made of water, and beautiful women are..." Xu Sheng originally planned to tell a dirty joke, but gave up after thinking for a moment.

Xu Sheng looked down and saw Alice blushing.

Holy shit, she got it!

Xu Sheng blinked, a little stunned.

Alice looked at Xu Sheng, her eyes were deep and full of curiosity. Xu Sheng's interruption also slightly dispelled the sadness in her heart.

She asked seriously: "Xu Sheng, you said that we fight against the devil day and night. What is the meaning of these dead people? What is the meaning of our fighting?"

"what?"

Xu Sheng looked at Alice's confused eyes. He had never thought about this problem. He was a person who died once. He just wanted to experience the life he had never experienced in his previous life. Fighting against the devil was just him seeking excitement and feeding Clover. It’s just a way.

But he could answer Alice's question.

"The dead have no meaning." Xu Sheng said.

"What about us?"

“Our purpose is to give meaning to the dead.”