Kyushu · Endless Nagato

Chapter 14: Dance of the Dead (3)
"You can stay here and scream like a child so that you can be caught and put to their disposal," the Master went on, "or you can leave your corpse servant and run away alone so that you can be arrested I'm expelled from the school. If you don't like these two choices, then there is actually only one way before you, and whether you can do it well depends entirely on yourself."

Master stopped talking.Xue Huaiqing gritted her teeth, lowered her head suddenly, and bit her own arm hard.Blood flowed out immediately, but the shivering all over his body miraculously stopped.Master's almost emotionless words reminded her that she would never be an ordinary person again.She must accompany these things that frighten her all her life, and she must rely on her own strength to solve all problems.If she can't do this, there will be no one else to help her. The fate of the corpse dancer is to save herself or be destroyed.

"Follow me." Xue Huaiqing said softly.In fact, there was no need to use words to give orders to the corpse, but she needed these words to give herself confidence.The details of the corpse dance technique were recalled bit by bit, reflected in the control of mental power, the corpse quickly stood up, and followed behind Xue Huaiqing with soft and smooth movements. At first glance, it really looked like a loyal silent loyal servant.From then on, she could only obey Xue Huaiqing's control, and the instructions of other corpse dancers were invalid to her—she became Xue Huaiqing's first corpse servant in her life.

Xue Huaiqing ran all the way with the corpse servant and escaped from the tomb, but after all, there was a little delay just now, and two children of the family had already followed the sound.They couldn't help being dumbfounded when they saw the dead family members standing up again and running behind Xue Huaiqing.But soon, one of them reacted.

"Corpse dancer!" he yelled, "That's a corpse dancer—she wants to steal the corpse! She wants to steal Ah Qin's corpse! Call someone!"

At that moment Xue Huaiqing was a little flustered, but the corpse servant who followed her closely gave her great confidence.After hesitating for a while, she issued an order to the corpse servant, and the woman named "Aqin" turned around immediately and rushed towards her two relatives.

Even though they knew it was just a corpse manipulated by the corpse dance technique, it was still difficult for the two of them to act decisively in the face of their relatives.The corpse servant took advantage of the brief hesitation of the two to attack quickly.The corpse controlled by drugs and corpse dance will have more powerful strength, explosive power and speed than before death, and will not know pain and fatigue at all, which is the advantage that corpse dancers rely on.The two barely had time to fight back, and they were hit by the corpse servant on the chest and the vital parts of the back of the head respectively, and passed out on the ground.

"Good job," the master's voice floated from a distance again, "keep in mind the feeling when you manipulate the corpse servant, cold, firm, and desperate. This is a must for a successful corpse dancer Quality. Now, take your corpse servant and run for your life, it’s okay to deal with two little bastards, but you are still far from a master.”

Cold and determined, no matter what.In the following days, Xue Huaiqing never forgot this creed.Either she would not do anything, and once she decided to do it, she would be ruthless and decisive, stick to it to the end, no matter what the cost.Now she has decided to find Xu Fengzhang from the small black room of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, so no matter how difficult it is, she will do it.

In the middle of the night, Xue Huaiqing brought the current corpse servant, that is, her master, to the courtyard of the Ministry of Punishment.The first corpse servant, Aqin, who was found that year, is now buried in a secret place together with several other corpses that are temporarily unused, waiting for her call.Right now, the best corpse servant is the master, because the corpses of corpse dancers often have some unique qualities, which are better than ordinary corpse servants.

There are several doors in the Ministry of Justice, but they are all locked at night, leaving only one guarded side door.Xue Huaiqing brought the corpse servant to the side door, and quickly figured out the situation behind the door by virtue of the corpse dancer's unique ability to sense life.There were a total of four guards guarding the door, which was not a large number, but other than that, there were quite a few soldiers patrolling the compound at night.The defense here is sparse on the outside and tight on the inside.

But Xue Huaiqing was not nervous.She has already inquired from the ranger about the general layout of the compound and the time when the guards change their shifts.In about a quarter of an hour, she can guarantee that all the guards along the road will be brought down without being discovered by others.As for how to bring down those guards, you need to rely on the corpse servant.

She activated the Corpse Dance.Master walked towards the door slowly.From the beginning, the master never sheltered her until she died.Xue Huaiqing often felt that the dead master was like a real master, who always used his body to stand in front of the disciple, always silently doing everything for the disciple, but never said a word of reprimand, sarcasm, scolding, insult.Perhaps this is the best home for corpse dancers.

Master came to the gate, stretched out his hand, and scratched lightly on the iron lock with his finger.After a slight "chichi" sound, the iron lock had melted, emitting an unpleasant pungent smell.Then she pushed open the door and walked in first. Xue Huaiqing followed her calmly and issued another command.

A faint fragrance emanated from the master and spread out with the night wind.Xue Huaiqing couldn't see the scene in the distance, but she could fully imagine what happened.Those guards who were on high alert suddenly showed a drunken expression on their faces, and then dropped the weapons in their hands, fell to the ground with a bang, and fell into a coma.That's because they were poisoned by corpses.

This is the biggest advantage of using a corpse dancer as a corpse servant.Corpse dancers have dealt with poisons all their lives, and their control and sensitivity to poisons are very good. After death, they become corpse servants, almost like a walking poison sac, which can easily release various poisons.The poison that corroded the iron lock just now, and the drug that stunned the guards, were all transformed by corpse servants using blood.

As Xue Huaiqing walked forward, the master's body continued to spread the drug, and the guards along the road all passed out, unable to stop her anymore.She easily found the small black house following the route provided by the ranger.As soon as she came to a distance of about ten feet from the door, her keen sense of smell smelled that very familiar smell, a smell that combined all kinds of rot, blood, and burnt iron, which would make people have nightmares.

It was a near-death smell, but at the moment, there was a wonderful intimacy in Xue Huaiqing's nose.For a period of time, she hadn't had time to find a secluded place to practice, and she gradually forgot about this feeling.Relying on this smell, her originally tense heart gradually calmed down—the people in the small black room seemed almost dead.Although she was still very afraid of touching the dead with her own hands, she was actually more used to being with the dead than facing the living.

She used the venom of the corpse servant to melt the overlapping locks on the door of the small black room again, pushed the door open and walked in.

The little black house is actually quite inaccurate.First of all, it is not small at all. It is too incompetent to describe it as a "house". As soon as you open the door, you can see a spacious execution room that can accommodate hundreds of people. Its sharp teeth—all kinds of instruments of torture.These instruments of torture, to ordinary people, would tremble with fright at a glance, but in front of the corpse dancer, they were just toys.

Secondly, it wasn't dark at all here, the house was brightly lit by countless candles, and the seven or eight prisoners hanging or tied up could be clearly seen inside.These people were covered in cuts and bruises, many of the wounds had rotted, and they were all dying, between dying and not dying.The Ministry of Criminal Justice has rich experience in extorting confessions by torture, and is good at all tricks that make people extremely painful but not fatal. It is also a huge visual impact and psychological deterrent to newcomers.

Xue Huaiqing turned a blind eye, calmly walked past the bloody prisoners, past the unconscious guards, walked to the end of the hall, and opened another heavy wooden door.The prisoners held here are more important than those outside, perhaps because of their more special status, perhaps because of the more serious crimes, or because the offended person has a higher official rank.

"It's like a restaurant, with a lobby and private rooms," You Xia told Xue Huaiqing at the time. "People in the lobby eat ordinary dishes, and people in the private rooms can enjoy more intimate special services. You want to find Xu Fengzhang, who was very important, was locked in a special room called Room No. [-] in Tianzi—this group of executioners had quite a sense of humor."

"How do you identify the No. [-] room in Tianzi? Is there a number on the door?" Xue Huaiqing asked.

"That kind of place doesn't have any numbers, but it's easy to find," You Xia replied, "Room No. [-] in Tianzi is the prison at the end of the private room corridor. You can see it when you walk there. There is a separate guard at the door of this prison."

But now the guards alone also fell to the ground, fainted by the drug.Xue Huaiqing went straight to the door, melted the lock, pushed the door open and entered.She saw Xu Fengzhang imprisoned inside at a glance.He was tied backwards to a pillar with thick iron chains, his clothes were shredded into pieces, and his exposed body was covered with shocking scars.At this moment Xu Fengzhang lowered his head, he didn't respond to the sound of the door opening at all, but at least he still had a long and weak breath to prove that he was still alive, it seemed that he just fell into a coma.

Xue Huaiqing gave instructions to the corpse servant, and the corpse servant stepped forward, ready to melt the iron chains tied to Xu Fengzhang's body.But just as he walked up to him, Xu Fengzhang suddenly moved.He broke free from the iron chain all at once, stretched out his right hand like lightning, and with a click, the corpse servant's neck had already been twisted.At the same time, the door behind her was also closed, and several men in black stood silently behind her.

It's a trap!Xue Huaiqing suddenly realized.That ranger was not as cowardly and incompetent as he appeared on the surface, let alone being at the mercy of others. Although he had to compromise after being poisoned, he carefully prepared this feast of revenge for Xue Huaiqing.He betrayed her to the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

Sure enough, apart from adoptive father, there is no one in this world who is trustworthy.And the adoptive father is dead now, so no one in the world is trustworthy, and everyone is untrustworthy.Xue Huaiqing sighed softly in her heart.

four

Xu Fengzhang was lying in the dark cellar, breathing the thin air with difficulty.For him, the physical pain is secondary, and all the senses seem to be concentrated in the lungs and nose.Breathe, breathe, breathe like hell, I can't die here...but I can't take it any longer...

He was originally imprisoned on the ground in a single prison dubbed "Tianzi No. [-] Room".In just a few days, he realized what hell is and what life is worse than death.But he persisted, neither betrayed his brother, nor developed a will to die. As a person who had seen too many dead people in his career as a guard, and had personally taken many lives, he understood the preciousness of life.Death means that everything ceases to exist, and he cannot allow himself to take the initiative to seek death.

So he endured and persevered, but when he was suddenly transferred to the underground with turbid air this morning, he still felt the changes in his body—he couldn't hold on anymore, maybe he wouldn't even be able to see the sun tomorrow.But soon, his rich experience made him realize that such a sudden transfer might mean that someone was coming to save him.

Who will come to rescue him?Could it be the former brothers?Thinking of this, he didn't feel relieved, but was frightened for a while.Because he knew that the power used by the other party this time was no small matter, if the brothers came, they would most likely fall into the trap themselves.And he is not far from death, let alone risking his life to rescue him.You can’t let you suffer misfortune again because of me, he silently prayed in his heart, don’t come, don’t come, it’s my fault in the first place, just let me bear it with my life alone.

There was no sunlight in the dungeon, and it was impossible to have a tool for timing. He could only roughly estimate the time based on the hunger in his stomach, and it was probably late at night.Just as he was immersed in the memories of the past and couldn't extricate himself, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door.Xu Fengzhang's many years of experience in the world made him quickly understand that there were three people who came, two of them walked lightly, but the one who walked in the front walked heavily, as if he had been seriously injured.

There was a sound of unlocking the door, and then the door was pushed open, and a light shone in.A man walked in first, Xu Fengzhang knew him, he was one of the thugs who had tortured him in the dark room.But now he has completely lost the majesty and majesty of the torture. Although there are no scars on his body, his face is gray and painful, and it seems that he has followed someone else's way.Behind him were two women, one was a young girl in her twenties, the other looked to be in her thirties and forties, and had a good face, but Xu Fengzhang was shocked——

This woman's neck is crooked. Generally speaking, it is only possible to crooked to that angle if the neck bone is broken, but such a person is no longer alive, let alone walking normally.What a wicked woman, Xu Fengzhang thought, she reminded me of something, something that frightened me infinitely.But now his mind is too dull, and he can't react for a while.

The middle-aged woman with a crooked neck walked up to him, she didn't know what she was doing, and she quickly broke off the finger-thick iron chains on his body, then stepped aside without saying a word.It was the younger girl who said, "Are you Xu Fengzhang?"

Xu Fengzhang slowly sat down on the ground with relief: "Yes, I am. Are you here to kill me or to save me?"

"Whether to kill or save depends on your answer," the young girl said. "I just came to ask you a question. If you can answer truthfully, I will rescue you. Otherwise, there is no need to kill you. Let you go." It is better to stay here and continue to suffer than to kill you."

This answer was obviously beyond Xu Fengzhang's expectation.He froze for a moment, then asked again: "Then what question do you want to ask me?"

"I want to find someone named Xing Wanteng. Only you know the whereabouts of that person." The young girl stared at him, her indifferent eyes seemed to contain no emotion, which did not match her beauty.

Xu Fengzhang thought for a while, and his tense face gradually relaxed a little: "It's really interesting, I didn't expect you to be so direct, but I started to trust you."

"Trust me?" The other party frowned slightly, "What did I say that made you not believe it?"

Xu Fengzhang smiled slightly: "This is an old-fashioned trick. Send someone to pretend to save me, then cheat my trust, and finally get the truth out of my mouth. But since you are so straightforward, you want to find Xing Wanteng. It's like this kind of scam. Can you tell me why you are looking for him?"

"Let's go out first, someone may come here at any time." The young girl said.

Soon, Xue Huaiqing took Xu Fengzhang to a certain hut in the Ministry of Criminal Justice. This was Xu Fengzhang's idea, because the enemy would definitely search all around immediately, and it was the safest to hide in the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

"Anyway, I can't escape far," Xu Fengzhang sighed, "My body has been completely destroyed. Although I have been trying my best to live on, death is not something that can always be avoided. Here it is , If you want to ask anything, hurry up and ask."

"I've already said my problem," Xue Huaiqing said, "I just want to find Xing Wanteng."

"Can you tell me why?" Xu Fengzhang covered his mouth and coughed violently a few times. When he let go, his palms were covered with blood.He rejected the medicine that Xue Huaiqing handed over, "There is no need to waste it, Xing Wanteng is my good brother, if you are one of his enemies back then and want to seek revenge from him, then I can only feel sorry for you."

(End of this chapter)