I am the devil, I only know how to trade.

Then, Naoto Uesaki saw another scene.

In an underground casino, his father embraced a bunny girl, drinking champagne and watching the dice.

"Big, big, big!" His father pounded on the table frantically, and when he saw two, three, or four, he grabbed the breast of the bunny girl next to him hard.

"Damn it, it's the youngest again!" his father said angrily.

"Boss, you've won quite a bit today. Why don't you go have some fun before coming back to play?" The bunny girl looked at her father with a seductive expression.

"No, I have to win ten million!" His father grinned wildly. "It's been so long since I've had this much luck. If I don't win more today, how am I going to buy you that bag?"

"Thank you, boss!" The bunny girl laughed, grabbed his hand, and put it inside her clothes: "I'll let you share some of my luck."

Naoto Uesaki trembled all over.

He thought his father might try to reconcile with his mother, might be worried about him, and might quit gambling after getting the money.

But what did he see? His father went even crazier!

It's clear that his father has been gambling very well lately, winning a lot of money, and hasn't lost it all in three months.

How could a casino possibly let him keep winning forever?

He will soon lose all his money and go back to his old life.

By then, how will he survive without me?

The scene changes again.

His mother was in an upscale apartment, a gentle smile on her face, preparing dinner.

A girl about his age was doing her homework, occasionally deep in thought.

He knew his mother had remarried, and he didn't care that she married someone else, because he knew he couldn't find happiness with his father.

He was abandoned by his mother when he was a child, but he doesn't hate his mother.

If his mother has him as a burden, it will probably be very difficult for her to get married, right?

"I wonder how Naoto is doing, whether he has enough money to spend..." His mother muttered, "I give him all my allowance every month, it's not enough for college, is it? Hmm... what should I do? He won't agree to let me work, but I've already asked for a lot, if I ask for more... he'll probably hit me again."

Naoto Uesaki clenched his fist.

If it weren't for my mother's help, I would have starved to death long ago.

Wait, should we fight?

Why was Mom beaten?

The scene changes again.

Suddenly, his mother was slapped to the ground by a man who seemed both familiar and strange: "You didn't even know my daughter was being bullied at school! All you care about is money, money, money! All you do is support that bastard!"

"I'm sorry, she really didn't tell me. I'll definitely be more careful next time..."

Snapped!

A wad of banknotes was thrown in her face.

“I hired you just to be a nanny for my daughter. Don’t overthink it. This money is your salary for this month. If you make the same mistake again, I can easily find someone else. Don’t forget, we’re not actually married.” The man gave his mother a look of disdain and then left.

If business hadn't been bad lately, and my daughter wasn't so hard to fool now that she's grown up, I would have replaced it long ago.

His mother quickly put the money away, breathed a sigh of relief, and a happy smile appeared on her face: "Finally, we have money to buy Naoto a computer! All the other kids have one, and he'll definitely be looked down upon if he doesn't..."

Chapter 191 Thank you

Naoto Uesaki watched these scenes unfold, and it took him less than five minutes to go from heartache to relief, to anger, and finally to rage.

He placed his hand on his heart, hating himself for being so powerless.

I shouldn't have run away. I should have fought to the end. Even if I die, I should still tear off a piece of their flesh!

I shouldn't be alive. I should die with some value. My mother has been suffering because of me.

She would be better off without me, this burden.

“Hmph… such a father…” Yukino gritted her teeth: “He doesn’t deserve to be a father.”

In this world, many people are simply not fit to be parents.

Because of a lack of supervision, a child scratched someone else's car; because they weren't seen, a child drowned...

Some people spoil their children so much that they become unruly and have all sorts of bad habits.

These are child's play compared to this one.

She sold her own son to gamble and squander money...

“If it weren’t for him, you should have had a pretty good life.” Luo Feng said softly, “You have a mother who loves you very much. She has always endured humiliation and hardship just so that you can live well and live happily.”

"But your father destroyed all of this with his own hands."

“If he hadn’t signed this agreement, you wouldn’t have been able to get into police academy after graduating high school because you couldn’t afford the tuition.”

Luo Feng fiddled with a few copper coins: "However, you will find a good job because of the people you were popular with in high school. After your mother is relieved about you, she will devote herself wholeheartedly to her new family. The girl will gradually accept your mother, and the man will treat your mother better because of his daughter."

"Your father had both hands broken for cheating at gambling and died from his injuries."

"And you, without his burden, have started a completely new life."

“Your mother is happy, you are happy, and although your father is dead, he deserved it.”

"Now, because of this experiment, because of a contract, everything is ruined."

"Is this what my life was supposed to be like?" Naoto Uesaki chuckled self-deprecatingly.

He stopped sitting in the corner and stood up.

His expression had returned to calm.

He thought about these things when he was in school, because he didn't have a cell phone or a computer, so he could only pass the time by thinking about them.

However, even if he thought about it, he didn't dare to face it.

Before he ran away, he knew exactly what was going to happen, but he didn't dare to think about it; he just wanted to escape.

Why, why has my brain recovered?

Why do I feel like those forms of torture and psychological suggestion have disappeared now?

The power of language is truly immense?

wrong!

Who exactly is he, and why did I see those images?

How did he know the life I should have had?

“I am the devil, the devil who grants your dreams.” Luo Feng held up two fingers: “I’ll give you two choices. First, I’ll send you away from here, and I’ll take forty years of your lifespan, plus half of your luck. Even so, you can still live a decent and peaceful life for twenty years. As if this never happened.”

"You can get married, have a child, fulfill your mother's wish, and try your best to live on."

When Naoto Uesaki heard the word "devil," he showed no fear whatsoever.

No wonder, they were devils. No wonder they didn't come into this izakaya.

They already checked; I almost caused trouble for others again...

Before, he only had one thought in his mind: to escape.

He didn't care about causing trouble for others, or perhaps at that time he simply couldn't think of this. To survive, to leave that place, he was capable of anything.

When people are driven to the brink, how can they possibly think about so many things, about this and that?

His spirit had been broken; that was all he could think of.

But now, he no longer wants to run away.

He finally remembered that his childhood dream was to be a Kamen Rider, and his later dream was to be a policeman. Even if he didn't achieve either of those things, he still wanted to do something meaningful for society.

“Yes, let’s choose this one!” Yukino Yukinoshita stood up: “Leave the rest to us, I will definitely find a way to eliminate this place.”

"Rely on what, the police system?" Naoto Uesaki laughed.

"What the police can handle, we can handle; what the police can't handle, we can also handle." Yukino exuded a powerful confidence.

If we join forces, we can achieve these things!

"Do you depend on others?" Naoto Uesaki shook his head: "When I was a child, I depended on my teachers; in junior high, I depended on my mother; and in high school, I depended on my friends. I caused them a lot of trouble, and I don't want to depend on them anymore."

“You can rely on me, that’s only right!” Yukino pressed her hand to her heart: “I promise, I will eradicate this place.”

“I’m sorry, I can’t abandon Sakurai and run away. You might be able to do it, but by then, countless people will have died, and Sakurai might not even live to see tomorrow.” Uesaki Naoto’s lips curled slightly: “If I run away alone, I’ll be sorry to them. I need to go back and find them.”

"Let's get straight to the second one." His gaze fell on Luo Feng.

"Give me your lifespan and soul, and I can grant you one night to possess an immortal body and immense power," Luo Feng said with a smile. "Only one night."

"You'll die!" Yukino gritted her teeth. "You really will die, and if your soul goes to hell, do you know how terrifying things will happen?"

“Then I can only apologize to my mother. It’s her son who is unfilial.” Naoto Uesaki said softly, “I don’t want to be a burden to her anymore. The life you’re talking about will never happen again after I entered this place. If I just run away like this, I will be letting down my teacher’s teachings back then, my mother’s upbringing over the years, and even more so, I will be letting down my classmates who are still being hurt because of my running away.”

"Actually, no matter what my dream was before, after I entered this place, I became neither human nor ghost."

“We weren’t human beings there, we were livestock.”

"After being treated like an animal for so long, my dreams and hopes have been extinguished, and I've become a coward who just wants to survive... I don't even have the right to face my former self, let alone face everyone else."

Naoto Uesaki looked directly at Luo Feng: "Thank you, thank you for helping me find myself again."

"This is your last chance. Are you sure you want to sign?" Luo Feng pushed a contract in front of him. "If your mother finds out you're dead..."

“It’s alright,” Naoto Uesaki said with a smile. “Because she’ll be better off.”

Chapter 192 Hymn

Naoto Uesaki ignored the hellish scenes that flashed through his mind.

Haven't we already experienced these things while we were alive?

Looking at his figure, Yukino seemed to see that stubborn guy from back then.

If the world is unfair, then use your own hands to fight for fairness.