Protagonist, wake up

No one slept well in the second half of the night.

When Jian Zhu came down from the stairs, he saw Marin lying lazily on the sofa smoking a cigarette with his legs crossed, faint sparks flickering in the dark.He choked and coughed, but he couldn't do anything with Marin.Instead, it was Marin who saw him coming out and directed him to get the wine.

"Stronger."

Jian Zhu brought him a can of dark beer.After Marin took it, she gave a "tsk" in disgust, "You don't light up the strong wine because it's a bitch?" Jian Zhu shook his head, and opened a bottle of drink by himself.

A thick fog rose outside the window at some point, completely covering the view.When Jian Zhu saw the thick fog, he remembered that the first night when he came to the villa, there was also such a heavy fog, and then everything became weird.The fog was so thick that it felt like the world was completely blocked, forming a kind of natural cage.

But Jian Zhu was worried about another thing, and soon his worry came true.Just like after the fog on the first night, the villa was completely cut off, so Jian Zhu had no choice but to take out a candle from the cabinet and light it.He and Marin talked around the small coffee table, and the small candles illuminated each other's faces.

"You said you've seen a man wearing a pure white mask like him before?" Marin asked.

Jian Zhu nodded weakly.

Marin stubbed out the cigarette butt.She raised her head and drank the last sip of wine, then threw the jar into the trash can, "This is interesting."

"You... drink less, it will hurt your health." Jian Zhu looked at the beer bottle that was almost halfway through the trash can, and couldn't help persuading him.

Marin sneered, and glanced at him coldly, which made Jian Zhu a little timid.

In the early hours of the morning, the fog began to clear away, and Jian Zhu was so sleepy that he couldn't keep his eyes open, and fell asleep beside Marin.In the dark, Marin still sat with his legs crossed at one end of the sofa, but he didn't smoke anymore.In her hand, she played with a small knife she found in the kitchen, the sharp blade reflected her indifferent eyes.

When Jian Zhu was woken up again, he still had a sense of confusion, he shook his head and asked, "... What time is it?"

Marin stood in front of the window with his back to him, and didn't turn his head when he heard the words, "I want to ask you too."

Taking out his mobile phone to take a look, Jian Zhu murmured: "Six...six o'clock." Then he looked up at Marin, to be exact, he looked past Marin and looked out the window, with panic and unbelief in his tone For verification, "It's six o'clock?"

"It should be dawn." Marin said.

But it didn't, the sky outside the window was like ink splashing.After the thick fog cleared, Jian Zhu never saw the rising sun the next day.

They are trapped in a natural cage.

So when the door was knocked again, Jian Zhu was no longer shocked.

Marin turned his head, a wicked smile swayed at the corner of his mouth.The pair of amber eyes sparkled in the light and shadow. She turned the knife and said to Jian Zhu, "Hey, it seems that the novice tutorial is over."

Jian Zhu stood there without saying a word.

The blade gradually tilted between his fingers, and finally pointed directly at Jian Zhu.Marin raised his chin, his arrogant attitude was obvious, "Knight (Knight) stage."

**

Unexpectedly, there was only one person on the visual screen, and it was the pure white mask who had met once before.Jian Zhu looked at Marin subconsciously, and Marin shrugged, "It's not the one from last night."

Jian Zhu asked the screen: "Who are you? What do you want to do?"

The other party remained silent.

Don't want to say it, or can't say it?

Jian Zhu asked several times without responding, so he had to turn off the screen.But soon the phone rang, and after Jian Zhu picked it up, there was only one sentence on the other side: "It's about time."

It was the voice of the man in black.

Before he could understand the meaning of this sentence, there was a sudden loud noise outside the house, and the floor-to-ceiling windows all burst at the same time.Marin reacted very quickly, she rushed over as soon as the sound exploded, pulled Jian Zhu up and ran out.

Jian Zhu glanced back and understood that the "animal" had returned.

What is the experience of escaping in a very dark environment?

The eyes can only see vague outlines, and the ears and other organs are fully mobilized when they cannot see.

The panting and footsteps were amplified, the heat and sweat in the palms oozed and evaporated, and the brain could only feel the pulsation of the blood vessels, the kind of strong agitation connected to the heart.

"I, I can't run anymore..." Jian Zhu's face was pale, and the smell of blood was in his throat.

Marin turned a deaf ear.The fast long-distance running didn't seem to affect her at all, and the darkness couldn't stop her pace, but those amber eyes were even more excited.

Jian Zhu tried to hold Marin by clasping hands, "I'm sorry, but I really...can you, take it easy...there is no one behind you."

They walked through a dark and endless alley, surrounded by ancient style shops.The doors of these somewhat dilapidated shops were all closed, and the sound of a harp could be faintly heard from afar.

Marin glanced at Jian Zhu, but her pace didn't stop, on the contrary, she got faster and faster.Moreover, she was very strong, Jian Zhu tried to squat down to create resistance, but in the end she was completely dragged away like a sack.

Like a man being dragged by a truck for a long stretch.

Bloodstains began to appear on the ground.

At the end of the alley stood a dark figure with a fox mask on his face.

Marin let go, and Jian Zhu collapsed to the ground.In the next second, he was picked up violently and faced the rushing fox.

He stared wide-eyed and dodged unconsciously, but was firmly restrained by Marin.She said to him, "Defy him."

His limbs moved on their own, as if with self-awareness.In Jian Zhu's panic, he was punched so hard in the stomach that he was about to vomit acid water.But at the same time, Marin lifted his left hand and hit the fox on the face.

But Marin still refused to let him go.

Jian Zhu received more beatings.

The fox took out the knife.

Marin's long flaxen hair floated before his eyes, and then he felt his hand sink, and his wrist was forcibly lifted.In the shimmering cold light, Marin's whispers were like the whispers of a devil.

"Kill him," she said.

Jian Zhu's body reacted faster than his brain, and he subconsciously shook his head.

The fox was close at hand, subconsciously he seemed to hear the other party's triumphant laugh.

"Dead? Or alive? I won't save you."

The sharp knife was pushed into the soft abdomen of the fox with both hands, and at the same time, the long cuts on Jian Zhu's face spurted out blood and fell to the ground together with tears.

The fox clutched its abdomen and rolled on the ground struggling.

In the chaos, he felt that the hand holding the knife was exerted again, stabbing into the man's body one after another.

**

The escape this time is even more shocking, because there are obviously more "animals", and the trouble is that they are also mixed with pure white masks.Although they move slowly and just follow the animals, it is still unclear whether they are friends or foes.They seemed to be very obedient, but Jian Zhu had personally seen a man in a pure white mask being abused by animals. Whether they were really obedient would be a question mark.

But soon he knew the answer.

After leaving the alleyway, he and Marin ran all the way to the small river. Now Marin was squatting on the roof, and Jian Zhu was squatting beside her.He is very self-aware of his cumbersome status, but he can't figure out why Marin would take him and protect him.

Jian Zhu looked sideways at Marin, she was indifferently inserting a knife into the palm of an animal trying to climb up, the tight lines of her face were extremely sharp at this moment.

But Jian Zhu only felt a deep coldness and a sense of vomiting.

He held tightly the knife he had picked up from the fox in his hand, blood was still dripping on the knife, and it splashed to the ground together with the splashed blood on his body.

Just now, Marin forced him to kill an "animal" with a knife.

He killed.

Even if this thought just flashed through his mind, it was enough to bring Jian Zhu to the brink of collapse.

At this time, Marin turned her head and sneered at Jian Zhu: "Who are you showing this to? You know it in your heart, if you don't kill them, they will kill you. There's nothing wrong with killing yourself to protect yourself ? Or," she laughed suddenly, "isn't it instinct and nature to protect yourself and satisfy your desires? You just released it. What's so scary? We are free."

At this moment, Jian Zhu clearly realized a mistake he had known for a long time.He thought that Marin just liked to smoke and drink, and Marin was just wild, but inside they were still together.Because Marin has been protecting herself as a weak person, she is sound.Now Jian Zhu understands that Marin is different from him.All along, her murderous hands will not shake, there will be no fear in her eyes, and she will adapt well psychologically.

Instead of becoming numb after long-term practice, she believes that these reactions are born like this and are normal.And people should follow their instincts.

What about people who follow their instincts?Marin said they were free.So she acts willfully and never suppresses her personality.

What is freedom?

Jian Zhu's staring eyes seemed to have annoyed Marin, she said angrily, "What? Don't you always want to be free? I'm helping you."

Jian Zhu looked at her intently, then shook his head, "You are too free, and the freedom out of control scares me."

He doesn't know what freedom is, but he knows that all things are born within a radius, and there are various restrictions throughout their lives.People cannot be completely free of restrictions, freedom needs to be within limits, even animals have their own rules.

Doing what you want has never been a right.

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