My Healing Games

Chapter 228 The Butcher's Choice
Looking at the knife in the severed hand, Han Fei was still in shock; he had just walked on the edge of life and death.

Taking a deep breath, Han Fei's courage slowly grew, and he squatted down next to the severed hand.

Han Fei knew that the knife, which was about to shatter, was dangerous, but he was reluctant to leave now.

"When I first touched the pig-faced monster's knife, the system gave me a hint that every midnight butcher has their own knife, and maybe I can find a knife that belongs to me here."

"Judging from this hint, to obtain the hidden profession of Midnight Butcher, you first need to get a knife in Animal Alley."

Most of the knives in Animal Alley are controlled by monsters. Even unclaimed knives cannot be used easily because they are covered with vengeful spirits who have lost their minds.

But the knife in front of him was an opportunity for Han Fei. Because he had saved Wang Sheng's life, the vengeful spirit inside the knife didn't seem to be so hostile towards him.

"I guess this can be considered a reward for good deeds."

Finding one's own knife in Animal Alley is extremely difficult; one wrong move and you could be dead. However, Han Fei's impulsive decision earlier helped him find a shortcut.

After mentally preparing himself, Han Fei was about to touch the boning knife again when he saw that Han Fei was constantly courting death. The black python had already crawled backward and used its tail to cover its eyes.

Han Fei felt the boning knife touch his fingertips for the second time, and a chilling aura traveled up his arm and into his brain, causing him to shiver.

"Those six vengeful spirits imprisoned within the blade did not emerge again!"

Having made a good start, Han Fei became even bolder. He slowly pried open the fingers of his severed hand and then held the boning knife in his palm!
"Attention player number 0000! You have successfully obtained a cursed knife in Animal Alley. Do you wish to officially begin the Midnight Butcher hidden class acquisition quest?"

"Yes." Han Fei didn't think much and directly chose to activate it. A large part of the reason he came to Animal Alley was for this hidden profession.

"Attention, Player No. 0000! Every choice you make from now on may affect the final outcome! Please choose your first task!"

"Optional Task 1: Use the knife in your hand to kill anything, whether it's a person, a ghost, or an animal."

"Optional Task Two: Use the knife in your hand to save a person, or a ghost, or a beast."

Han Fei was faced with two diametrically opposed choices: killing or saving.

"If I choose to rescue, what are the criteria for rescue? Can I injure Xu Qin's pet and then heal it?" Without completing the task, Han Fei cannot log off; he will be trapped in the game forever.

"Forget it, Xu Qin's little pet doesn't seem to be human, ghost, or even animal. Even the system doesn't know what it is. Besides, it just saved me, and I really can't bring myself to harm it."

After a moment's thought, Han Fei chose the first task: to kill something.

It is easier to kill than to rescue.

After accepting the first task, Han Fei tried to put the boning knife into his inventory, but as soon as he had this thought, he felt a stinging pain in his palm. The six resentful spirits that had lost their minds did not fully agree with Han Fei.

"It's so hard to own a knife of your own."

Finding a knife in the Deep World is easy, but finding one that can harm a demon is extremely difficult.

Han Fei carefully put away the boning knife and did not act rashly. He planned to stay in the house for three hours before going out.

But fate had other plans. Just over ten minutes later, footsteps sounded outside the door again. The pig-faced monster seemed to have smelled something and kept lingering in the vicinity.

"It's really difficult."

The footsteps became more and more frequent, and it seemed that the other party was slowly narrowing down the detection range. The black python beside Han Fei also began to feel uneasy.

"I can't stay here any longer; the owner of those footsteps seems about to find me."

Having recovered somewhat, Han Fei held his breath after the footsteps sounded again.

Once the footsteps had faded into the distance, he and the black python decisively left the courtyard and headed in the opposite direction from the sound of the footsteps.

Having learned from his previous experience, Han Fei was not in a hurry this time. He slowed down his pace and made sure not to make any noise.

As he reached the corner of the alley, the heavy footsteps sounded again.

A pig-faced woman with human teeth wrapped around her waist appeared. She had been lingering for a long time, and this time she seemed to have finally made up her mind. She stopped at the door of the old house that Han Fei had just left.

"Oh!"

The heavy knife in her hand slammed against the door. The pig-faced woman wore a cruel smile, her eyes gleaming with excitement.

She became increasingly certain that someone was hiding in the house. Mucus dripped from her mouth, veins bulged on her arms, and she frantically swung the knife.

The wooden door was hacked open, and she screamed as she rushed into the old house.

The scene unfolding in the distance sent chills down Han Fei's spine; there was no safe place in this beastly alley.

Without looking back, Han Fei quickly left, but just then, the system's voice rang in his mind.

"Evaluation 1: You are meticulous and decisive, possess amazing intuition and accurate judgment, as well as very good luck. You are suited for a wide range of professions, including, of course, a butcher."

"Every choice I make after the mission begins will affect the final outcome. This choice refers not only to what mission I choose, but also to the decisions I make after encountering certain situations."

Having just escaped a crisis, Han Fei dared not be careless. He wandered through the intricate alleys, trying his best to remember every path.

Han Fei wanted to accomplish something that no one had ever done before: he wanted to use his extraordinary memory to draw a map of Animal Alley in his mind.

Only by understanding each path can we find a way out.

Dodging the pig-faced monster, trying to push open every door in the alley, and then slowly approaching Xu Qin with the help of the blood-red paper doll, Han Fei, dragging his injured body, is engaged in an extreme game.

After passing three intersections and using the black python as a guide, Han Fei avoided the two pig-faced monsters in advance. As he entered the fourth intersection, a cat's meow suddenly came from the dead silence of the alley.

The sound was very soft, but Han Fei heard it very clearly.

He turned his head to look at the garbage heap in the corner, where a black cat was trapped under a corpse, its legs pierced by rusty wire.

The more it struggled, the tighter the wire tightened.

"A trap? Or is someone deliberately torturing it for their own amusement?"

The meowing of the cat might attract something, so it was not advisable to stay here for long. However, Han Fei thought of something else.

The mission he just received stated that he could complete it by killing someone with that knife; killing a cat that had lost its ability to move would also count as completing the mission.

"Completing the task shouldn't be the most important thing; the most important thing is the choice I made."

Without hesitation, Han Fei first let the black python approach. After confirming that there was nothing else hidden in the garbage heap, Han Fei picked up the cursed boning knife and slashed at the wire.

As he removed the wire from the black cat's leg, the frightened cat darted away.

"If it's a trap set by someone, they'll definitely come to check once they notice the cat's meowing has stopped. I need to leave as soon as possible."

Han Fei put away the boning knife, but before he could take more than a few steps, the system notification sounded in his mind again.

"Comment 2: You chose to kill, but you saved a cat. Perhaps you know in your heart that a person who is cruel to animals will also become cruel to people."

(End of this chapter)