Walking into the dark room under the stairs with a handheld lamp, the dim room illuminated by only a weak candlelight immediately became a few levels brighter.
This is also an effect deliberately created by Luo Jie, using the difference in brightness between his arrival and departure to arouse the desire for light in "Hill" who has been in darkness for a long time.
Now it seems that this hint is not only effective, but also surprisingly effective.
Seeing Luo Jie walking into the room, Hill subconsciously stood up. Her beautiful purple eyes under her glasses radiated as bright as stars, and there was a hint of joy on her face that even she didn't notice.
"I brought you some delicious food." Luo Jie put a basket of steamed buns that he picked up on the road on the table, and naturally sat on the bed next to "Hill", with a relaxed look that seemed to be related to many years ago.
Old friends who have not seen each other reminisce about the past, "Are you still getting used to living here? If you need anything, you can tell me."
"Hill" didn't answer Luo Jie. He sniffed with his small nose and reached out to pinch out a meat bun from the oily paper bag.
After taking a bite, the expression on his face was extremely subtle, as if he was nostalgic and a little sad.
"This tastes... very similar to the meat buns from the restaurant where I used to work as a waiter."
Does it look like it? That’s right.
The character of "Hill" in the original work is a standard Chinese. The restaurant where she works in the flashback chapter is also full of a strong Chinatown atmosphere, even the big scissors in the middle of her imperial weapon [Two Stages of All Things·Ecstasy]
The rivets all look like a cartoon panda.
That's why Luo Jie deliberately chose Chinese cuisine as a breakthrough point to capture "Hill".
Perhaps because the food during this period was not to his liking, "Hill" ate very sweetly. He ate a whole basket of buns and even slurped the juice from his fingers in the end.
Girl, do you know that this action of yours is dangerous...
"Mr. Nightmare...I heard them all call you that." This was the first time that "Hill" took the initiative to speak to Luo Jie, and his tone no longer contained the initial vigilance and repulsion, "...I want to leave here."
"Yes." Luo Jie's answer was still very straightforward, "But there are only two kinds of people who can leave this room, companions or dead people. Which one do you want to be?"
"Hill" remained silent for a moment without answering, staring blankly into Luo Jie's eyes and said, "But I am a night-attack killer."
Luo Jie smiled nonchalantly.
"Do you agree with the philosophy of Night Raid?"
"No, I don't know what pigeon fate is. I can only kill people." "Hill"'s answer was sincere.
This is what sets "Hill" apart from other Night Raid members.
Everyone else gathered together with the ideal of overthrowing the empire and establishing a new world. Only the bespectacled girl "Ciel" stayed in Night Raid simply because she had no other place to go.
She seems to be born with a missing muscle in her mind, and things that ordinary people can do easily will be messed up in her hands.
The only thing he's good at is killing, and he's the kind of person who's good at it without a teacher.
But this kind of alternative specialty is only needed by killer organizations like Night Raid.
"Hill" doesn't care about the pigeon's fate, she just doesn't want to be alone.
"It's lonely...isn't it?"
"What?" "Hill" opened his eyes unexpectedly, as if he didn't understand why Luo Jie said this.
"Even if you keep claiming that the people who attack at night are your companions, in fact you have never felt that you are the same person as them..."
"No……"
"No need to explain, you should know that you are not good at other things besides killing, including lying." Luo Jie stretched out his fingers to seal "Hill's" slightly opened lips, "They have ideals and passion, and they always know why they are doing it.
And when fighting, you just keep executing orders like a machine... You never think about why you want to kill people, because you are afraid. You are afraid that once you figure it out, you will never be able to wield the knife in your hand again. At that time, you can't
If you kill anyone again, you will lose even Night Raid, the only place that recognizes you."
There was a trace of undetectable panic in "Hill's" eyes. Her habitual avoidance made her unwilling to think about what she was afraid of, but this feeling itself was a very dangerous signal.
"You should know very well that they recognized your killing skills during the night attack, not you as a person. Even in the eyes of the senior officials of the Dove Life Army, you are still a very dangerous person."
"Me? Danger?" "Hill's" mind became increasingly confused.
"Yes, you are in danger."
Luo Jie's palms touched "Hill's" thin shoulders. If they had not seen it with their own eyes, no one would have thought that this petite and elegant girl would have a cold-blooded ferocious beast hidden in her body.
"Hill" who laid down his weapons and "Hill" who took up his arms are two completely different people.
"The others in Night Raid are fighting for their beliefs, but you are the only one who kills for the sake of killing. The country cannot remain in such chaos forever. When one day the empire collapses and a peaceful new world comes, the others in Night Raid can integrate smoothly.
In this new world, where are you going as you only know how to kill?"
"Hill's" expression darkened, and it was obvious that Luo Jie had hit on what was on her mind that she least wanted to face.
"Isn't it...that the purpose of your attempt to convince me is to ask me to kill people for you? In the end, whether it is a night raid or here, I am just a killing tool after all."
"Hill"'s tone was very calm, as if she was just stating a common fact about eating and drinking, but it could still be seen from his deliberately avoiding eyes that she was looking forward to hearing from Luo Jie.
A different answer.
"Of course it's different. I never said I was interested in your killer talent."
"But I can only kill people. I can't do anything else."
"No, you are wrong... In fact, you still have another talent, but you have never realized it yourself."
Luo Jie reached out and took off the glasses on the bridge of "Hill's" nose. The slightly short-sighted girl's eyes narrowed unconsciously, and her pretty cheeks actually showed a bit of vague temptation.
"I...have other talents?"
This was the first time "Hill" heard someone commenting on him like this, and he forgot to ask for the glasses that he never left.
"Yes, you want to know?"
Luo Jie's smile was a bit cunning, but the cute "Hill" didn't notice it at all, and instead nodded curiously.
What followed was a slightly heavy breath covering her soft lips.
"Hill" has never experienced such a battle. The brain circuit that exists only for killing is completely unable to deal with the problems that are ordinary for ordinary girls at this moment. For a moment, she stood there in a daze and was at a loss.
It was not that she was unaware of what was happening at the moment, she was just hesitating over and over about what to do next.
Do you want to push away the man in front of you?
Do you want to push this man away?
Do you want to push away the man inside?
Well……
Okay, no need to think about it anymore.
Although the starting point was a bit strange, "Hill" felt for the first time that he could be needed by others with another advantage.
The originally empty heart seemed to be filled with something. Her eyes looked over the man's shoulder quietly at the blurred ceiling, quietly feeling this new self-understanding other than killing.
It feels so good to be needed.
Okay, I have nothing to do today, the first update is asking for votes...