The Eye Demon Doesn't Die from the Magical Girl

"Furthermore, when those magical girls tried to analyze these abilities by granting wishes, the response from the Holy Spirit Temple was a complete rejection."

"Their claim that a wish must be inherently good to be fulfilled is pure nonsense. How could allowing more people to gain the ability to fight against evil beings be an evil wish?!"

boom---

Gunfire and roars were heard together, and Ji Hui, who simply used the shield as a weapon, immediately retracted his body into the shield the moment he heard the gunshot, and stared with his wide eyes at the magical girl behind him who was trying to sneak attack him, causing her to burst out with ambiguous sounds, and the spear that was originally held in both hands fell down as his whole body became weak and exhausted.

"They neither allow us to possess the power to resist the fallen demons nor allow us to predict the Gray Realm. They simply treat our lives as playthings to satisfy their so-called game of magical girls saving the world!"

"Spiritual Holy Temple? Star Shattering Palace? It doesn't matter which one. We want to gain enough power to save the world on our own. To that end, whether it's the outer demon or the magical girl, they are just a means to an end."

"Isn't it the same for you? If you weren't seeking strength, if you weren't seeking revenge on the magical girls who were hunting you, why did you come to this mountain? Tell me, you false demon from the outer realm!"

"Yeah, why on earth?"

After making the magical girl completely collapse on the ground and unable to get up again, Ji Hui couldn't help but wipe the blood from his forehead that was soaked by the rain and had stained his face.

"If I have to say it, I just can't bear to see sisters separated by life and death."

Chapter 42 Happy Misfortune

Looking at the old man lying on the bed, Ji Hui remained silent and sat quietly in the dilapidated house.

He had told him many times to move into the house he rented and not stay in this old, garbage-heap-like bungalow, but the old man was stubborn and wouldn't listen.

This kind of stubbornness did not change at all until the last moment.

In the dead silence of the window, which had been patched countless times and was as messy as the stained glass in a church, he couldn't help but stretch out his finger slightly and gently put it under the old man's nostrils.

"I'm not dead yet."

At the same time as he felt his breathing becoming extremely weak, a weak voice rang out, causing Ji Hui's heart to beat even faster.

But on the surface, he still maintained that calm appearance, suppressing the emotions that surged from his throat, and spoke lightly.

"But it won't last until the evening."

The old man seemed to laugh, but in his weak state, he could only make his chest rise and fall almost imperceptibly.

"You little bastard, how can you curse me like that?"

"If you listen to me and move into a better house with me, you might be able to live a few more months."

There was a hint of dissatisfaction in the flat voice, which made the old man remain silent for a while before speaking slowly.

"What's the point of living a few more months?"

"Eat good food, dress warmly, and watch something interesting. There are so many interesting things in this world."

After saying this, Ji Hui closed his mouth.

Because if he didn't grit his teeth like this, he was afraid that the feeling accumulated in his throat would accidentally leak out with his breathing.

"I'm not interested in the new tricks of young people. I'd rather stay comfortable in this shabby little yard."

Ji Hui clenched his hands slightly on his knees, and there was a hint of anger in his tone.

"And now you look so miserable and beg me to take time off to come here? My salary this month has been docked because of you."

No, what made him angry was not the salary, nor the fact that the dying old man in front of him was stubbornly refusing to live with him.

He was only angry because the other party was about to leave before he had the chance to repay the other party for raising him.

"Just deduct a little bit, so you don't have to brag about how good your food is in front of me every day."

The old man spoke lightly, but the room fell into silence again.

Time passed faster and faster, as if in just a blink of an eye, the sun outside had already set without me noticing.

"Old man, is he dead?"

"What? Are you so eager to shove me into the incinerator?"

"Didn't you say you wanted to be buried directly?"

Ji Hui's answer seemed to satisfy the old man, and a faint smile appeared on his wrinkled face.

"Hmph, just remember it."

However, Ji Hui did not continue to argue with the old man. Instead, he slowly asked after a moment of silence.

"Why did you...Nine...adopt me...Four...?"

"There are other children in the orphanage. Some of them are smarter than me, and some are more well-behaved than me. In comparison, I'm just a little bastard who steals this and that. If you want to adopt a child, there are some who are more suitable than me."

"Yeah, maybe the biggest reason I adopted you was to hear you say you were a complete jerk back then."

Ji Hui's expression turned dissatisfied, but the old man also took a long breath and continued speaking.

"I just can't stand it. It's like being pushed into a different world."

"Your eyes were very dim at the time. Although there was light in them, the emotions were far from normal. It made me wonder if you would still have that look if you had parents, family, and friends."

"Just because of this?"

Seeing that he didn't say anything else, Ji Hui couldn't help but ask.

"Just because of this?"

"Yes, that's why, before I knew it, you've become my grandson. In all the years I've lived, you're the only one I can call a relative."

Ji Hui's eyes widened slightly, and his mouth opened slightly.

"Didn't you say that you were abandoned by your son and daughter-in-law?"

"You're kidding. I'm an orphan just like you."

No wonder I asked my colleagues and friends to look for it for a long time, but I couldn't find out which family abandoned the old man.

"It's just that I'm different from you. Even if I spent the entire first half of my life, I would still be a bastard."

"I hate it. Why am I the only one who is unhappy? Why do others have a happy home? Why do they have someone to comfort and take care of them when they encounter setbacks?"

"It's this kind of thinking that makes me a jerk, a scum, and a rat that everyone wants to beat in the eyes of others."

"But it's no use. Even if I kick those happy people into the gutter, it won't make any difference. It can't make up for my misfortune."

"And then what? Because you thought it was useless, you washed your hands in the urinal?"

"Hmph, your mouth still stinks."

The old man snorted coldly and then continued to mutter.

"I was just feeling a little tired, so I sat down on the street and took a nap."

"But when I opened my eyes, a little girl who was about your age at the time patted me and gave me a lollipop."

It seemed that he still found it very funny, and the ugly smile on his face became even deeper.

"She didn't treat me as a gangster, nor did she treat me as a beggar. She simply felt that I was not very happy, so she gave me something that she thought would make me happy."

"And, her parents came over as well. However, they didn't show any disgust on their faces. They just smiled at me, said hello, and left."

"It was at that moment that it suddenly occurred to me: to be able to live so innocently and foolishly until now, that little girl must have lived a very happy life, right?"

"If, if I had lived this happily back then, would I have become a happy person instead of the old bastard I am now?"

"If I were like that little girl, wouldn't there be fewer unlucky people like me?"

"So you adopted me?"

Ji Hui said in a low voice, and the old man's words came slowly after a while.

"Well, because your eyes are very similar to the ones I saw in the reflection of the glass."

"Tsk, that's really boring. I thought you would get so angry that you would rob that little girl and her family, letting her know what human nature is like."

After Ji Hui finished muttering, the whole room fell into a long silence again.

"Xiaohui"

"what happened?"

"Are you happy now?"

The feeling in his throat seemed to surge up again, and Ji Hui suppressed it for a while before slowly nodding his head.

"Ah."

"Really? That's great."

"Old man, what about you?"

"Old man?"

Chapter 43 Qualifications and Values

Although we have not known each other for a long time and the process of our first meeting was not very pleasant, even so, I have clearly seen the scene of Chizuru Hazen and Kana Hazen having dinner.

It was just an ordinary morning for an ordinary family. Even for them, they had become accustomed to it and took it for granted as a daily routine.

However, it is precisely this ordinary daily life that was a treasure that was hard to come by and enough to make me jealous.

There was no reason for me to save them. I had already repaid the favor of the meal with the information I received. I had nothing to do with them.

Rather, just based on the fact that Chizuru Yuzen had chased him, he would not have any psychological burden even if he had knocked her out with his ability and ran away with the money.

After all, the sisters were not familiar to him, and the other people who served as sacrifices were pure strangers, so he had no obligation to help them.

But, but, after having been caught in the rain, it’s normal to subconsciously want to hold an umbrella for people like you, right?

I don’t want to see that warm scene shattered, nor do I want to see more people and their families broken up.

It's like a gangster picked up the unfortunate life of a small gangster in a moment of thought. If he can pick up the unfortunate lives of more people in the process, then why not?

Because it wasn't worth it? Then why would a poor old man with very little money want to add another mouth to feed?

The shield slowly disappeared again, and in the next moment, under the light of another talisman, another shield was added, allowing Ji Hui to move forward again and rush towards the man in front of him.

"嘁蒐ˇ、索*±ｑ群：湫司；★佴寺"；馓（毶旿”

Seeing that scene, the man in black couldn't help but be slightly shocked. He stepped back again and began to reload his bullets with his hands.

There is still some distance to go. The talisman is not his own power, and it will eventually run out.

This is the third one. He only has 5 or 6 at most. As long as he keeps the distance and lets the magical girls continue to consume his physical strength, he will always be exhausted.

However, the sudden burst of red flames from the front interrupted his thoughts in an instant. He widened his eyes in shock and looked at Ji Hui who was rushing towards him at a speed that he could hardly react to in the explosion.

"You said you were going to save the world, right?"

bang bang

Bullets were fired one after another in the panic, but in the suddenness, he lost his accuracy. Only one bullet grazed Ji Hui and passed by, leaving a hole in his clothes.

Ji Hui, holding the shield that had been shattered by the fireball and was about to collapse and disappear, had already arrived in front of him. With his eyes flashing with cold light, he let the shattered magic shield and his fist hit the face of the man in black robe hard.

"Then please don't drag more people into the same misfortune as you and me."

Moreover, Ji Hui's cold voice could be heard in the chaotic consciousness that was buzzing under the strong impact.

Damn, it's too late, but

Although his head became dizzy from the impact, his instinct made him raise the gun again, ready to pull the trigger at the black shadow in his blurred vision.

Just before that, another intense pain suddenly came from his chin, causing him to raise his head uncontrollably under the impact that was even stronger than the previous punch. His body also leaned back, and he only had time to pull the trigger of the pistol before his arm lost strength and was blown away by the impact.

And under the force of Ji Hui's shield rising like a brick and hitting his chin, the tattered shield completely shattered and turned into a few light particles and disappeared.

In the end, the explosive flames also lit up and rose in the rain. Under the reflection of countless crystal water droplets, the red flames exploded, wrapping up the black-robed man who had no time to react, and also dyed Ji Hui's cold expression with a red light.

"Gahhhh!"

The intense burning pain spread in an instant, causing the man to scream miserably. His body, which was knocked away by the fireball, rolled like crazy on the stone floor soaked by rain.

bang bang bang

It seemed that before the flames were extinguished by the rain, the explosion of the gunfire caused the body to fall down completely in convulsions, and there was no movement anymore.

"You're already destined to stand on the corpses of others, so stop talking about salvation, you idiot."

Ji Hui wiped the corner of his mouth that was stained with some filth, and muttered as he looked at the charred corpse in front of him that had been mostly burned.

Immediately afterwards, his eyes widened slightly, and he looked at the strange eyeballs twitching on the corpse in astonishment.

It seemed as if it was the embodiment of the man's painful struggle just now. It kept shaking, and its eye was staring bloodshot, with its chilling pupil constricted as it stared at Ji Hui.

Moreover, just as Ji Hui stretched out his hand to try to touch it, the eyeball suddenly exploded like some kind of water ball, causing Ji Hui to step back involuntarily.