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Yukinoshita Haruno was completely stunned.

She opened her mouth, but no sound came out.

My brain went into a complete standstill because of the scene that completely overturned my worldview.

What's happening here?

The monster that was about to devour them like a devil from hell just a second ago... was subdued just like that?

She was pinched in the hand of this man who she had always thought was a sweet-talking liar and a Phoenix man who was trying to get close to Yukinoshita... with one hand... like pinching a chicken?

This is no longer something that can be described by the word "powerful".

This is simply...a miracle!

No, it's magic!

She saw that Lin Qing's pretty face had a faint smile on it from beginning to end, as if he was watching a poor performance.

He didn't even frown.

Yukinoshita Yukino, who was standing by, looked a little pale because of the bloody scene before, but her ice-blue eyes were now flashing with a strange light.

There was shock and curiosity, but more than that, there was a kind of trust that was almost taken for granted.

It seemed that in her eyes, it was normal for Lin Qing to be able to do all this.

"Let... let go... I..."

A hoarse and difficult sound like a broken bellows came from Kamishiro Rize's throat, her eyes were full of bloodshot, and despair and fear overwhelmed her like a tide.

The strength, speed, and knuckles that she was so proud of were so vulnerable in front of this man!

What kind of monster is this man?!

Lin Qing lowered his head slightly, looking down at "Da Ku" who was struggling in vain in his hands and whose vitality was rapidly fading.

His deep eyes were calm and peaceful, just like the eternal starry sky, without the slightest ripple.

Then, he spoke softly in a tone that was calm, almost indifferent.

"Too weak."

Chapter 74 Join, or forget

Lin Qing's fingers just retracted lightly.

Kamishiro Rize's eyes, which had bulged with extreme fear, instantly lost all their luster. Her body, which had been struggling and twisting frantically, suddenly stiffened, and then collapsed like a puppet with its strings cut. Her thin-framed glasses had shattered at some point, and the lenses flew everywhere, leaving only the twisted frame hanging on her pale earlobe.

She completely lost consciousness.

Immediately afterwards, under the almost frozen gazes of Yukinoshita Haruno and Yukinoshita Yukino, an incredible scene happened.

A soft but not negligible white light suddenly lit up in the palm of Lin Qing's hand that was pinching Kamishiro Rize's neck.

The light is not dazzling, but instead has a strange attraction.

The unconscious Kamishiro Rize, whose body had exuded a disgusting smell of blood and brutality not long ago, began to become illusory and transparent at a speed visible to the naked eye under the cover of this white light.

It was as if her existence was being stripped and extracted from this world by some incomprehensible force.

A moment later, Kamishiro Rize's graceful figure completely disappeared, turning into a pure stream of light, like a tired bird returning to its nest, and sank into Lin Qing's palm, leaving no trace.

The whole process was so fast that it was unbelievable, and so strange that it was beyond the limits of human imagination.

In the dark alley, apart from the corpse on the ground that had been eaten beyond recognition and the strong smell of blood that had not yet completely dissipated in the air, it seemed as if the thrilling life-and-death fight just now and the ferocious and terrifying ghoul were just an unreal nightmare.

After doing all this, Lin Qing slowly let go of his hand, as if he was just brushing off a little dust on his sleeve.

His handsome face still had that calm expression, as if what he had just done was not to subdue and "devour" a terrifying monster, but merely to get rid of an annoying mosquito and fly.

He turned slowly.

His deep gaze fell on Yukinoshita Haruno, who was not far away and had maintained a stiff posture from beginning to end, as if fixed in place by an invisible spell.

At this moment, Yukinoshita Haruno no longer has the image of the perfect young lady who is at ease and in control of everything as usual.

Her pretty face was as pale as paper, without a trace of blood.

Her delicate makeup was slightly smudged by the cold sweat, and a few strands of sweaty hair were messily stuck to her forehead and cheeks.

Those beautiful eyes that always sparkled with shrewdness and calculation were now wide open, and the pupils shrunk into two tiny black dots due to excessive shock, filled with disbelief, horror, and a kind of... confusion and emptiness after the worldview completely collapsed.

Her red lips were slightly open, as if she wanted to say something, but because of the dry throat and the huge impact in her heart, she couldn't utter a word.

Her body was even trembling slightly uncontrollably.

The bright light from the restaurant's private room shone obliquely into the dark alley through the glass window behind her, illuminating her current embarrassment and loss of composure with exceptional clarity.

Lin Qing looked at her with a faint smile on his lips, breaking the suffocating silence.

"Now, Ms. Yukinoshita Haruno."

His voice was calm and gentle, which was out of tune with the bloody and terrifying environment, but it had an unquestionable penetrating power and was clearly heard by Yang No and Yukino.

"Do you still think I'm a liar?"

Yukinoshita Haruno's body shook violently, as if these words had hit her hard from the depths of her soul.

fraud?

If the man in front of me is a liar, then what about the scene where he pressed the monster against the wall with one hand and rubbed it, and then made it disappear out of thin air?

Magic? An illusion? Or perhaps she was just imagining things because she was too frightened?

No.

The thick smell of blood in the air, the mutilated body on the ground, and her own heart still beating like a drum in her chest were all ruthlessly reminding her that everything that had just happened was an extremely cruel reality.

Her wisdom, skills, and family background, which she was proud of, seemed so insignificant and ridiculous in front of this man and the world he presented that was completely beyond common sense.

Lin Qing didn't wait for her answer, nor did he seem to care about her answer.

He simply stated the facts in a tone of voice and continued slowly, "The kind of existence you saw is what we call an anomaly."

"They can be living beings, objects, phenomena, or even... the embodiment of certain rules."

"Most of them are extremely dangerous to ordinary human society."

"And we, the SCP Foundation, exist to control them, contain them, and protect this world and the vast majority of ordinary people who live in this world and know nothing about it."

Contro1.Secure.Protect.

Secure, contain, protect.

Every word was like a heavy hammer, hitting Yukinoshita Haruno's heart hard, smashing the indestructible worldview she had built up over the past twenty years into pieces.

It turns out that outside of the glamorous upper class society she is familiar with, which is built of power and money, there exists such a... bizarre and dangerous "inside world".

It turns out that those urban legends that are dismissed as nonsense and those bizarre cases covered up by official rhetoric may all hide such horrifying truths.

She felt like her brain was a mess of paste, with countless questions, shocks, and fears churning and colliding in it, making it almost impossible for her to think.

Lin Qing looked at her distraught appearance, and the smile on his face deepened, but without any mockery. Instead, he looked like a patient mentor, guiding a lost lamb.

"So, Ms. Yukinoshita Haruno."

He called out her name again, his tone holding a tone that brooked no refusal.

"Now, I'm giving you a choice."

choose?

Yukinoshita Haruno looked up at Lin Qing in a daze.

At this point, does she still have a choice?

She witnessed everything she shouldn't have witnessed and knew secrets she shouldn't have known.

According to the plots in those movies and novels, she was either silenced, brainwashed, or...

Lin Qing seemed to see through her inner thoughts and said slowly, "Choice 1: I will knock you out right now and use some special techniques to erase all your memories of tonight."

"Tomorrow morning, when you wake up from your own big bed, you will still be the superior, perfect, and all-knowing eldest daughter of the Yukinoshita family."

"You can still continue your glamorous and extravagant life, continue to use your mature philosophy of life to play with people's hearts and control everything you want to control."

"Everything that happened tonight will cease to exist for you, like a dream that never occurred. You will continue to live in your hypocritical, but at least seemingly safe and beautiful world, kept in the dark until... perhaps one day, misfortune befalls you, and you are completely unprepared for it."

This choice sounds tempting.

Forget all these horrible experiences, return to your familiar life, and continue to be the Lord Yang Noi who is in charge of everything.

Isn't this what she has always been pursuing and enjoying?

but……

For some reason, when Lin Qing said the words "kept in the dark", Yukinoshita Haruno's heart felt like it was pierced by an invisible needle.

An indescribable feeling of humiliation and unwillingness quietly emerged from the bottom of my heart.

Lin Qing didn't give her much time to think. His eyes inadvertently swept behind her, to Yukinoshita Yukino, who had her lips tightly pursed from beginning to end, her face pale, but trying to remain calm, watching all this with complicated eyes.

Then, he refocused his gaze on Yang No's face, and in a calm voice, yet with the power to see into people's hearts, he slowly stated the second option.

"Choice 2..."

His voice paused slightly, as if he was choosing his words, or as if he was exerting invisible pressure on her.

Yukinoshita Haruno's heart couldn't help but rise.

She had a strong premonition that this second choice would completely change her life.

“…Join us.”

Lin Qing's tone remained calm, but what he said made Yang Nai's pupils shrink again.

Join them?

Join this mysterious organization full of unknowns and dangers? Face those nightmare-like "abnormalities"?

This sounds... like crazy!

However, Lin Qing's next words could not help but move her.