After being auctioned, I was taken by Long Aotian... [Xi Huan]

"Quiet, boy."

But in just 5 minutes, Sero wore out all of Null's patience.The boy who was whistling and twisting like a kitten couldn't stop for a moment.Even though he lay down on his back according to Nuer's request, his various small movements could not reduce the slightest bit.

Sero clutched his fingernails from time to time, his big eyes rolled around, and there were more thoughts in his little brain than the foam that Ball-of-Fat rubbed.He blows up those rainbow-colored thoughts, watches them swell and grow, and then quickly dismisses them, poking them with his fingertips so that the foam spreads across his hands.Sero is full of regret for the broken thought bubble, and has new expectations for the new thought bubble.

He was so focused on immersing himself in his own world, he tossed and turned beside Nuer, kicking his little legs like running under the bed, his little toes writhing non-stop.Not only that, he purred comfortably, just like a cat.

"Enough!" Nuer couldn't bear it anymore and turned over, supporting his body with his arms, covering the restless body of the boy. "If you move again, I... will never let you go so easily!"

The trick worked, pulling Selo out of his world in no time.His weird thought bubbles were all burst by Nuer in an instant, turning into rainbow-colored froth, floating between them.Lightning illuminated the narrow, low thatched hut, and everything shone brightly.

Null lowered his head, his drooping hair flowing softly beside his cheeks.The flash of light penetrated the rain and the window glass, turning into floating light and shadow, softening his face.The cold sweat from his pain hangs on his forehead and the tip of his nose, and fades with the silver light.

Sero stuck out the tip of his tongue obsessively, and raised his neck so that he could get closer to Nuer.The tip of his pink and tender tongue, unexpectedly, quickly licked the cold sweat on the tip of Nuer's nose.

"——!" The forbearable gasping sound was particularly obvious in the quiet night, and it too much affected Nuer's injured wound.Sero could hear his low, suppressed moan.

"You want..." Sero squinted his eyes, exhaled softly like a kitten, scratching the heart of the man on top of him.He could feel the hot air exhaled by the other party, as well as the sound of the sudden accelerated inhalation. "Punish me? Meow~" He stretched out his paw and curled it into a ball, gently scratching Nu Er's chest like a kitten, his words were playful and provocative, "I'm not afraid, hey, look at my cute meow fist!"

In the next second, a bandaged hand covered his mouth. "Don't think I'm afraid!" A vicious warning sounded in Sero's ears, and the hoarse voice made the kitten's scalp tingle, and his body began to tremble uncontrollably, "I just... don't want you to do it. Do something you regret, boy! You have no idea how dangerous your behavior is!"

"Hmm..." His mouth and nose were filled with the stinky smell.Sero breathed hard, and could smell the bloody smell on his hands that never seemed to fade away.Is it because you covered the wound before?Or was it because his hands were already covered in blood?

Sero raised his eyes, his wet cat eyes stared at Noel non-stop.That pitiful look seemed to say——I knew I was wrong!But Nuer still miscalculated, when the nimble little tongue lightly licked Nuer's palm, he couldn't help but burst into words.

Hugging the opponent's forearm with both hands, Sero gently scratched the bandaged, muscular arm with his fingers.The stimulated man wanted to withdraw his arm, but instead he took the opponent's big hand and held it tightly.He reverently licked the rough palm through the bandage, and rubbed his tender cheek back and forth on it.

"Can't you?" Sero looked at the man hiding in the darkness, gently nibbling the tendon under the man's thumb, with a temptation that even a succubus could not match, "I just want to know, the fun of an adult man , Even with such a small request, is Nuer unwilling to agree? I thought you would want to repay me."

"Boy." The assassin sighed, returning to his usual grim face.It seemed that the shaking and rapid heartbeat just now were just an illusion that never existed.He withdrew his hand, squeezed Sero's chin, and stared deeply at the little troublemaker, "For this kind of thing, find someone who loves you to do it! Let him take pity on you. Don't do things that make yourself regret for the rest of your life." !"

Pushing away Cerro, who was frantically probing on the verge of being fucked, Null got up and sat aside, leaning against the wall, trying to stay away from the tempting little devil.

"I don't regret it! How can you be sure that I will regret it?" Selo sat up angrily, resting his chin on one hand and tilting his head to look at Nuer, "Nuer said he didn't hate me, why even this? Won't you do anything for me?"

"Okay, shut up." Null replied briefly and rudely, "I just said the reason. If you don't want to sleep, why don't you go out and take a shower to clear your hot head !"

"Tch!" Sai Luo kicked off the quilt in dissatisfaction, and the dissatisfaction in his voice could almost fill the whole room, "It's not that you must like me, I just want you to repay me! I can give this kind of stupid excuse every day. Others have said it hundreds of times!"

"It's not an excuse." Null said coldly.

"At least teach me how to kiss or something!" Sero muttered unconvinced, his face puffed up like a piggy.

"That's not something I'm good at." Nuo paused, with a bit of sadness in his tone, "Assassins' emotional and private lives are not as rich as you think. If you don't annoy Peach, maybe he can teach you how to deal with it." you."

Hearing this, Sero became even angrier. He crossed his hands and folded his chest, and turned his head angrily: "Even if I am magnanimous, I can forgive you if you are not in good health today. But just a good kiss or something is fine." I don’t want to, Nuer is really stingy! Last time you bit me it hurt so much, I’m still holding grudges!”

"I'm very sorry about what happened last time." Null replied calmly, "It was an emergency at the time, and I didn't expect you to be treated like this. I thought you might be very popular."

"I'm very popular." Sero raised his chin triumphantly, staring at the creaking and shaking roof, "There are many men and women in Luohegang Town who want to have me...no one can do it more than me." Welcome. But, I don't welcome them. At least my body and my heart say no. Don't look at me like this, I'm very self-willed! You can't guess my thoughts out of thin air, I'm not as simple as you think boy!"

"Then what do you want?" Nuer said with some helplessness in his tone, "A boy who is not innocent needs an assassin who is seriously injured and cannot teach him happiness as an adult. What should he do?"

"Let's take a gamble!" Quickly took out the small pouch inside his clothes, Sero poured out the clay coins and spread them out in his palm, "You are not allowed to refuse any more, everything is decided by fate. This time I will call it— — Destiny coin. Let's guess, do you want the conch side or the winter jasmine side?"

Nuer stared at Cerro for a long time, and the lightning illuminated the coin in the boy's palm, casting a huge shadow, which quickly dimmed as the light disappeared.

"I think I've advised you to quit gambling." Null finally spoke, his voice as serious and cold as granite, "Especially this coin, it's best not toss it again."

"Yeah, why is that?" Sero tilted his head, "Are you afraid? Huh? Are you afraid that you will regret it?"

"No, boy." Null raised his head. In the darkness, his eyes shone like wild animals. "I mean, don't regret it, because the devil in this coin is tempting you!"

"What?" The sudden change of topic made Se Luo stunned on the spot.He has held this coin since he was born, and he never knew what demon was in it. "Nonsense, nonsense! You start making up nonsense again, I won't be fooled! Little Cerro is not a three-year-old child, he is smarter than you think!"

"There are many magical items in this world." Null supported the wall, stood up with difficulty, and unsteadily took off his clothes hanging from the beams. "For magical items, there is no good or evil in themselves. , the key lies in how to use it. Some things are cursed. For human beings, they are full of hidden dangers."

"So?" Sero folded his hands unconvinced, "What does this have to do with you wanting to kiss me?"

"I don't like to be nosy, boy." From among the pile of clothes, Null found a silver whistle.It looks like it's made of sterling silver and looks very nice.When Null handed the whistle over, it left an afterimage in the darkness. "If you insist on me repaying you, I will give you this whistle as a gift."

Dazzling Yinhua captivated Sero's eyes, and he happily accepted this valuable gadget and played with it in his hands. "Send me a child's toy, so I won't be fooled!" On the silver whistle, Yang engraved a realistic and beautiful butterfly, and its eyes were inlaid with two rubies.

Sero gently rubbed the two gems with his fingertips, the hard touch has a reassuring power. "Although it is a child's toy, this one looks quite valuable," he said pretending to be dissatisfied, "I will accept it magnanimously this time! Bring me some adult toys next time."

"This is not a toy." Null said coldly, "This is my whistle."

"Nur also likes to play this?" Thinking of Null holding the whistle in his mouth, Selo subconsciously stuffed the whistle into his mouth, "I never thought you would be such a naive guy."

"Listen, boy." Null held Sero's hand, his expression stern and serious, "This is the whistle representing me—the blight butterfly. Have you heard the story of the shadow walker?"

"Shadowwalker?" Sero blinked, "Well... I only know ascetics. They carry broken pieces of wood on their backs, and they pump their own backs until they are bloody. Shadowwalkers are people who pump their own backs at night ?"

For a moment, the expression on Nuer's face was a little complicated.Selo wasn't sure if he was trying to laugh at himself, or get mad at himself.Sero thought, maybe even Null himself couldn't explain clearly.Sero held his thumb innocently, staring at Null's face eagerly.

"Okay, boy." Null sighed deeply, and he probably sighed all his life tonight, "Don't ask me such stupid questions. Shadowwalkers are not those penances Sect masochism! I will not, nor will any other shadow walker, whip myself in the back in exchange for redemption. Salvation is not obtained through masochism, but through our actions. Now, I to redeem you."

Sero looked at Nuer puzzled, trying to find something from his handsome face no matter what expression he made. "You? Redeem me? But..." He tilted his head to the other side, "I didn't commit a crime!"

"To live in the world is to commit crimes." Nuer replied coldly, "We all have to atone for our existence in the world and for this world. There are different sins, and the methods of atonement are also very different. You have to atone for yourself, stay away from Those things that tempt you and make you fall..." He grabbed Sero's little hand that was gripping the whistle, "Start here, reject the temptation of this demon. Or—abandon it! Destroy it!"

"This is my only personal item!" Sero shook off his hand angrily, protecting his precious coin on his chest, "My parents put it in my cradle! Every time I need to make a choice, The one that gives me a choice is that it is not you! It has never deceived me, even if it is a demon, it has never done anything to be sorry for me!"

"I'm not proficient in magic, boy. But I can also feel the energy emanating from it." Nuer's stern tone, with unquestionable majesty, "This thing is very dangerous. You have been seduced by him for so many years. It may be difficult to get out of it. I will give you this whistle to protect you instead."

"A broken toy, how can you protect me!" Sero threw the whistle back to Nuer angrily, clutching his coin tightly, "Maybe this is a token of finding my biological parents! If they are still alive, they Will recognize me!"

"If they were still alive, wouldn't they come to you for so many years?" Nuer calmly caught the whistle, and forced Sero to the corner with a strong attitude. Next to the face, "Realize yourself, boy! I don't think your parents will come back for you, they may just throw you and the curse coin as trouble!"

Such cruel words made Sero's nose sour, and he almost cried.It's not that he didn't think about this possibility, but it still made him feel sad when he said it from Nuer's mouth: "Nuer, it's so annoying! I hate you the most! I hate you! How could you treat your savior? Such exaggerated words! I curse you to be carried away by wolves and freeze to death in the snow!"

"I was caught by wolves and almost died of freezing in the snow." Nuer's voice softened, and he gently stroked Sero's soft head, "I fought with wolves and lost a lot of blood...but I We survived. No matter how cruel the reality is, we all have the right to survive. If we survive, good things will happen.”

"Ah, the wind is too strong, and the thunder is so loud!" Sero covered his ears and shook his head desperately, "I can't hear, I can't hear anything! Can't hear, can't hear! Where did the **** bastard come from, and want to Lie my coins, I will never give you anything!"

Nuer's eyes were dark, as if he had suffered a lot from the memories of the past. "But I survived, boy. I didn't let myself down," he said. "I was lying in the snow, lost, and wounded all over when it was all hopeless. I thought, It was all over and a cat appeared. A black cat, like you."

"I'm not a cat!" Sai Luo yelled at him, and then remembered that he couldn't hear what he said, so he quickly covered his ears and said, "Can't hear, can't hear!"

"Black hair like yours, amber flowing in the eyes. It found me and brought me back 'home' when I was lost." Null's voice changed, almost gentle, and he slowly narrated his unbearable At the same time, he ran down Sero's messy hair, "Look, a good thing happened-it found me, just like I found you. It realized its value by helping me, and I am now I can repay you by helping you."

"What are you talking about?" Sero glanced at him dissatisfied, "Isn't it more fun to get points from others? You want to take my coins, that's not okay at all! It's very useful to me, and you No gambling!"

"Believe me, boy," Null said, "you'll be happier in giving than in taking. Just like the people who've helped you, they're happier when they give you than when they take from you."

Cerro couldn't help thinking of Old Hans and Garfield.Picked up Garfield who was about to starve to death from the wilderness, and left the desperate old Hans as an employee and provided him with food and lodging.They are all very ordinary mortals. This small act of kindness has changed the fate of the homeless boy.He nodded half-understanding, biting his lip and staring at Nuer.

"Cut your hand and drop a drop of blood on it." Nuer held up the whistle and shook it in front of Sero, "When your blood and the whistle are completely fused, then the whistle will recognize you as the owner. As long as you blow it, the shadow butterfly will appear, and they will become your loyal and reliable companions - to protect you, to protect you instead of this coin."

"Shadow butterfly?" Sero took the whistle suspiciously, "Those black butterflies? They are so fragile, who else can they protect? To protect myself, I can do it myself. I have weapons!" He Pointing to the testicle and ball daggers that were casually thrown on the ground, he said, "Don't look at me like this, a few hooligans can't do anything to me!"

"Boy, you're more stubborn than I thought. It's not your fault, though. You've been seduced by it for too long." Null grabbed Selo's wrist and pressed his body against the wall, " I think you have seen the power of the shadow and know how powerful the power of the shadow is. In fact, I think the power of the shadow is more powerful than you think. This ancient power, only I can use it now."

"Where are the others?" Sero asked.

"Jonathan is missing, the dagger is with you. He doesn't have his dagger, he can't use the shadow power." Null said, "I don't know why he gave up everything, but after he disappeared, I was the only shadowwalker. Don't worry, the shadow beasts summoned by this whistle are better than a squad of queen's guards."

"But..." Sero was a little moved, but he still hesitated to ask him to give up his coins, "I want both, can't I?"

"As we said, being greedy will not lead to good results. Boy, you have to be clear about this." Null's patience finally ran out. He forcibly snatched the whistle and coin from Sero's hand, and threw the coin on the ground forcefully, "It's time for you to see what it really looks like!"

Sero screamed loudly, and ran like a cat to a mouse to protect his coin. "What have you done!" He yelled loudly, before he could cover the coins with his hands, he was stopped by Nuer who moved even faster.

Carrying this coin for so many years, Sero never felt its mass so heavy.After being dropped on the ground, it can't even bounce up.It seems to have become cast iron, and the ground is a large magnet.It lay there motionless, being poked hard by Roar's whistle.

Creepy screams continuously overflowed from the ground.The source of that voice was clearly the coin of Sero.

"Look! Boy!" Nuer's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and his violent movements just now made the bandage on his waist tinge with blood, "This is what whispers in your ear every day!"

Nuer seemed to have stabbed the artery of some animal, and a sticky black unknown liquid gushed out from the place where he stabbed like a fountain.They rose and screamed, and the distorted faces of countless men and women surged up in the black liquid.Their howls made the windows and walls buzz.

"What are you doing?" Sero couldn't help covering his ears, and looked at Nuer in horror, "What did you do to my coins?"

"Aggregate demons..." Null replied calmly, "The belonging of countless dead souls, in a way..." There was a mocking smile on the corner of his mouth, "It's no different from the way of the Shadow Six Daggers. It's the same as Ming Like Bloom the River Giant Swallower, this thing eats the soul of its user. It's a cursed gambler's coin."

"What?" Sero stared at him inexplicably, "But I haven't gambled for more than three months, because you don't like it."

"Because your soul is stubborn and strong enough," Null threw the whistle to Sero, "of course, for this kind of demon—it's also delicious enough. It won't give up and keep tempting you until you step into the abyss!" Withered ectoplasmic arms protruded from the coin, sharp nails gripped the floor, and unspeakable monsters scrambled outward, "Look, boy. This is your guardian! Now, it's your turn, and it's your turn." It's time to fight!"

The demon squeezed out of the coin, like a pig-faced baker in town squeezing a big lump of black cream out of his piping mouth.Its limbs are thin and long, but its stomach is huge.On the bald black head, there are two hollow eyes erupting with blue flames.

"I don't want to fight this monster!" Sero dropped the whistle, and quickly crawled behind Nuer to hide, "Damn bastard! Give me back my original coin, what kind of monster is this! "

"I don't know its name..." Nuer replied bluntly, "It should be a demon that devours the souls of gamblers and creates a certain kind of demon in the abyss plane of gamblers. Maybe after you enter, you will feel Happy."

"No way!" Sero bit the clothes on Nuer's shoulders, and said viciously, "You summon it out, and you get rid of him for me! Bastard!"

Nuer sat unmoved, his eyes cold.The black ectoplasm arm pierced Null's body, as if passing through the water, and accurately grabbed Sero's collar and held it tightly.

"Ah—!" Grasping the floor hard, Sero's nails pulled out ten claw marks, creaking and scratching across the floor, making a piercing sound, "Nuer—! Help—! Help—!"

Nuer remained unmoved, blending with the shadows in the darkness.

"Fight, boy. For you..."

"Fight for freedom..."

Se-ro thought he was going to die, or at least he thought he might.When he opened his eyes, he could only see boundless darkness.Sero was floating in mid-air, he could move, his hair and clothes were as free as if they were floating in water.But he was still breathing and didn't feel suffocated.It's just—it's too dark in here.

In the past, Sero heard from the priest of the Holy Illuminati in the town that before a person is born, there is only darkness.After death, people also have to face the same darkness.And in the middle of the two dark periods, there is a piece of light.

The light of the holy light shines on the world, this is the reality of living.

And now, the living reality, that ray of light, is in the hands of Sero.

Selo couldn't remember when he caught Null's whistle in a panic.In the pitch-black darkness, the silver whistle exudes a warm and charming light, which is beautiful and reassuring.

In the alien space, darkness reverses the power of shadow.Or, light and darkness, from the very beginning, are one?

Sero couldn't understand such a profound question, and he didn't have time to think about it.A huge monster approached him.It looked like the skull of something - definitely not human, human faces are not so long - sticky unidentified black goo hung from its long, bony face.

"boy--!"

The monster opened its black mouth, and a hollow echo vibrated in its cranial cavity.Not even Sero's shimmering whistle could illuminate the dark place like the deep sea.

"You—! Come here—!" it said, slowly approaching Selo with great pressure, "with us—! Together—! We—! Are—! One— !forever--!"

"Go away!" Sero waved the light in his hand in fright, trying to use the light to dispel the darkness, "I don't want to become slimy! You go away! Go to sleep!"

The whistle of the blight butterfly seemed to hear Sero's wish, leaving white light wherever Sero passed by.As if time has stood still, once these bands of light are drawn, they will not disappear for a long time.The monster's face leaned over and hit it, letting out a piercing wail.

"You--! You will pay--! The price--!" it howled, and the whole space trembled.

The shadows constantly oppressing from all around, and countless painful human voices filled the empty space.

"Pay—! The price—!"

"You pay the price first! Monster!" Sero responded angrily. He kicked his calf violently and jumped out like swimming. At first, Sero was still worried that this space might not be able to move, but his worry now seemed unnecessary. .This empty and dark space is really too much like being in the deep sea.

There was a rustling sound in the air, as if some reptile was walking through the grass.When Sero retreated back, he swung his arms round and swung vigorously, using the whistle of the plague butterfly to draw out a wall of light.

"boy--!"

"Come here--!"

The terrifying roar of the monster, with the gnashing of teeth, made people shudder.Sero swam in the darkness, drawing out more rays of light.

Countless bands of light appeared out of thin air, illuminating a small area.Sero worked hard for a long time before the appearance of the entire space gradually became bright and clear.

Such a treacherous picture, even in the deepest nightmare, Sero never thought about it.

The walls are moving - if that counts as walls.Countless distorted and painful faces writhed and wanted to get closer to him.But they didn't dare to get close to those rays of light, and anyone who dared to approach them was smashed to pieces by those rays of light.

There are many places that cannot be seen. It should be a world without borders, but it keeps squeezing the borders from the void to Sero.Then, he left far away...disappeared in the darkness.

Or maybe every part is its edge?

Sero heard a crunching sound, like someone chewing dry peas.He looked in the direction where the sound came from—oh my God, what a terrifying sight that was!The monster was opening its mouth wide, biting off the bands of light under Serob, crunching them and swallowing progress.It has a long and big head, a tail behind the head, and goes deep into the darkness with no end in sight.

It looked like a snake.

No, hundreds of times scarier than snakes!

No snake would have such a big appetite, and the tail was too small for it.That head was more like the head of a horse than a snake.

Sero bit his lip and mustered up the courage to rush towards the monster.But before he could reach the monster, he was swept away by a thick tail.There was a dull pain in his chest, and Sero flew out with his head up, but crashed into a warm and strong embrace.

"Hold on," said the man holding him.

It's Nuer!

Sero was so overjoyed that he grabbed Null's arm and said, "I knew you wouldn't leave me! Null! Let's run away!"

"We should fight!" Nuer quickly vetoed his proposal, "Especially you!" He hugged Sero's body, kicked his strong legs vigorously, and rushed out like a sharp arrow, "Hurry up!"

Things have come to this point, only up.Sero gritted his teeth and hugged Nuer's waist tightly, and Nuer hugged his too.For thousands of years, in the darkness where no one has ever lived, two bright bands of light have streaked across.

One came from the dagger in Null's hand, and the other came from the whistle in Sero's hand.

They are like glowing jellyfish in the deep sea, their elegant and deadly tentacles light up the deep black sea.Nuerbi Cerro reacted and moved faster, and he resisted all attacks from the tail.Cerro focused on swimming forward, he had this feeling—Null knew his plan and wanted to realize it together with him!

The band of light drawn by the whistle of the plague butterfly covered the monster's tail.From the tip of their tails up, they left beautiful light patterns like the patterns on a snake's scales.

"I won't be bewitched by you again!" Sero shouted at it, holding the whistle tightly, cutting away all the darkness and depravity in the past, "Never! Never!"

The monster bit its own tail, crunching and devouring itself.Its body curled up into a circle, a dark circle.How similar to the black tattoo on Null, Jonathan and Iron Fist!

Now, that question, Sero has an answer.

Why do snakes bite their own tails?

Because of it - greed.

Greed never ends well, Null was right.

That tattoo is a warning to assassins, and it is the same for ordinary people.

Sero hugged Nuer's body tightly, leaning in his arms, watching the greedy monster devour him.The space began to wriggle violently, and countless souls howled and wanted to escape.Light came from all directions, and soon, Sero lost his eyesight, and his eyes were white.

"Naur!"

From extreme darkness to extreme light.Sero reached out in a panic to grab Nuer's body, but what he got into his arms was a handful of straws.

Sero sat up, blinking his eyes, and rubbed his sleepy hair. "Nuer?" He looked around suspiciously—Nuer was not here, and disappeared together with his clothes.

The sky had already cleared up, and the sun was streaming in through the windows. There were still water stains on the other side of the hole.

"Damn, what kind of weird dream did I have!" Stretching like a kitten, Sai Luo got up and walked out humming a little song, "Hey, Nuer, don't hide! Come out, wait a minute If Old Hans is here and you don't come, your breakfast will be mine!"

no answer.

An hour had passed since Sero woke up, but Null hadn't returned.He paced around anxiously until Old Hans who came to deliver breakfast called him.

"What are you doing early in the morning, there's dust everywhere!" The old man started blowing his beard and staring when he saw Sero, "I hate you when I see you, go sit and wait to eat with that guy!"

Sero couldn't hold it back anymore, and told Old Hans his strange dream, with his mouth full of bread: "His share belongs to me too. I won't leave it to him!"

"That wasn't a dream." Old Hans picked up the silver whistle on the ground, "He's gone."

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Nuer: You will be fucked for saying such things!

Selo: Then fuck you!Do you dare, just ask if you dare, dare?

Nuer: ... (angry)

Fell down quickly! ! !

Sero: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!I know it's wrong!don't want!woo woo ee~