Keep attacking girls and try not to be killed by them

[Confession death countdown remaining: 18 days]

[Remaining time after full infection: 2~3 days]

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"Heloise?"

Jiang Ran tried to call the girl, but she had already fallen asleep while sitting.

After falling asleep, this middle school girl became no different from an ordinary girl. Her chest rose and fell slightly with her breathing, as cute as a sleeping kitten.

Jiang Ran looked at her for a while, then walked over and shook her shoulders. Unexpectedly, she fell to the ground and continued to sleep soundly.

(It seems that parasitic blood snakes not only increase appetite, but also make people more tired and sleepy.)

Jiang Ran failed to wake Heloise up, so he didn't force her. Instead, he picked her up by the waist and put her on the back of the motorcycle.

Then, Jiang Ran got on the horse again and asked if the small motorcycle could handle it. The small motorcycle neighed twice in a very relaxed manner, as if to say that it could handle ten more people without any problem.

So, Jiang Ran took Heloise with him and continued to head towards the town of Driss overnight.

Every minute that Heloise arrives at Dris Town earlier means a little more chance of survival.

As for confronting the underground ghost head-on, this is not something that Jiang Ran can achieve by his own efforts alone.

In order to force the Earth Ghost to come out and stand face to face with him on the stage, Jiang Ran needs to continue to persuade Heloise to rebel.

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Under the bright moonlight, another group of people were also moving forward on the dirt road.

In the white carriage, Vanessa, the second daughter of the Snow Deer family, was just awakened from her sleep by a flying steel-feathered owl.

The so-called Steel-feathered Owl is a domesticated bird-like monster.

They are good at positioning and can fly day and night. They are a common communication tool used by the upper class, including the royal family, the nobility, and the military.

The reason why the steel-feathered owl "Blacktail" was able to find Vanessa was because Vanessa always carried a black cat's eye in her bag.

Cat's Eye is a special magical crystal. It contains little magical power, but it has a very unique magical wavelength, which can spread the magic power emitted to a very long distance. Moreover, after the user injects magic power into the cat's eye, the magic wavelength of the cat's eye can become unique, becoming the user's exclusive cat's eye.

The steel-feathered owl "Blacktail" memorized the magical wavelength of Vanessa's cat's eye, so he was able to accurately find her.

"Thank you for your hard work, Kuroo. Go and rest first."

Vanessa removed the fuse from the steel-feathered owl's claws and placed it on the seat next to her to rest.

Then, Vanessa opened the seal of the envelope and slowly pulled out the letter, her heartbeat gradually accelerating.

The only one who would send a message to Vanessa through Kuroo is that shady organization.

Being able to receive a letter from the organization means that Vanessa will most likely have her own "Dragon Shadow" to whom she can be loyal.

When she thought of this, Vanessa's hands began to tremble more. She carefully unfolded the letter, held her breath and read the contents of the letter in one breath, and then... leaned back on the chair in despair.

——(How could it be possible... that they would send a letter specifically for something like this?)

Vanessa picked up the letter in disbelief and read it again, then read it a second time, a third time... until she could hardly recognize every word, then Vanessa gave up this meaningless behavior.

Vanessa was not mistaken; the letter was not sent to her alone.

This is a notification letter to all members of the organization, and everyone will receive one.

The content of the letter stated that the activities of the "One and Only Demon God" had been unusual recently, and that the top leaders of the five major countries were also active. All members of the organization, regardless of their status, were to act with a low profile... If anyone was in trouble, the organization would not provide any form of rescue.

However, Vanessa didn't want to care about the "big picture". She just wanted to have a "Dragon Shadow" that she could be loyal to. Otherwise, her efforts to join the "organization" would be meaningless.

"Don't be discouraged... 'That Lord' is still young, there will always be opportunities."

Vanessa whispered to herself, she was saying this to herself.

No matter what means she uses, she must gain strength, escape the fate of being the "exchanged child", return to the Snow Deer family, and take back her own position.

"Deer spirits, go help pull the cart."

Vanessa woke up the three deer spirits, then took out a silver flute and played a melodious melody.

After being strengthened, the deer spirits took the initiative to put on the ropes and joined the team of horses, which greatly increased the speed of the carriage.

Having failed to meet her expectations for the "Organization", Vanessa decided to achieve results in this maze expedition, and arriving in Dris Town earlier would definitely help her gain a good position in the team.

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It was the second half of the night, and Jiang Ran saw that the motorcycle's endurance had been depleted a lot, so he found an open area to stop and rest.

Heloise was still sleeping soundly. This child's sleep quality was really good and could never be shaken.

Taking advantage of this rare quiet time, Jiang Ran sat down and rethought the matter of "future death scene".

In order to make it easier to distinguish, Jiang Ran calls himself "the present me", and the Jiang Ran who has died in the "future death scene" is called "the future me".

Regarding the information in the "Future Death Screen," these are all objective facts. Before more information becomes available, all that can be analyzed has already been analyzed.

Beyond the "picture", there is actually some "hidden information". These hidden information are actually the similarities and differences between "the present Jiang Ran" and "the future Jiang Ran".

Jiang Ran tried to compare and try to find new clues.

First, the "future Jiang Ran" does not know that he will die of unknown causes on July 7, while the "present Jiang Ran" knows;

And this is an important difference that will affect decision-making;

Secondly, based on the aforementioned differences, the "future Jiang Ran" will most likely go to Dris Town, because without knowing that "he will die", there is really no better choice;

Since "Future Jiang Ran" will go to Dris Town, he will definitely meet Vanessa.

Will the "future Jiang Ran" care about Vanessa? Jiang Ran thinks not, because the "confession death countdown" is already a little tight, and there is no reason for him to cause such a big trouble halfway;

So, after avoiding Vanessa, the next thing "Future Jiang Ran" will encounter is Heloise...

(Will my "future self" choose to act alongside Heloise?)

Jiang Ran realized that the most important question in this thinking had come.

Whether "Future Jiang Ran" acts with Heloise will determine the truth behind his own death in the "Future Death Scene", and it may also contain key clues to saving Heloise.

Jiang Ran closed his eyes, turned on the "computing power enhancement", and used all his strength to deduce what choice his "future self" would make.

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6.53 - The Young Man's Determination (Part )

Jiang Ran asked himself, what made his "current self" decide to act with Heloise?

Is it the thought that you no longer want to be passive in the confrontation?

Is it the urge to launch a counterattack against the Earth Ghost and the Snake Shadow Society?

Don't you want to miss out on such a simple and gullible pawn?

Or maybe you just can't bear to see such a good girl like Heloise being used by the underground ghost without knowing it?

Thinking about it carefully, Jiang Ran felt that his current self was really too "naive". Somehow he had come to the point of acting together with Heloise and even wanting to save her.

And the "future self", without knowing the content of the "future death scene", will only make more "naive" decisions.

Think about it, you already have the answer.

Jiang Ran could almost conclude that his "future self" would definitely choose the path of saving Heloise.

And, after making this choice, my "future self" still died on July 7th.

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And this is not good news.

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The 'present Jiang Ran' and the 'future Jiang Ran' are probably on the same path.

Everything Jiang Ran has done so far, the "future Jiang Ran" should have also done.

In other words, if he cannot do better than the 'future Jiang Ran', then the 'present Jiang Ran' will not be able to avoid the fate of death on 'July 7th'.

To do this, Jiang Ran must first think clearly about one question: What exactly is his advantage over the "future Jiang Ran"?

(Since the "future me" also knew about the "parasitic blood snake", how did the "future me" die?)

Jiang Ran was a little confused. Even if he wanted to save Heloise, he wouldn't die with her if he failed... right?

(What else will happen in the next four days?)

(Could it be that the "future me" didn't die because of the "parasitic blood snake"?)

The conclusion that had once been determined was overturned after Jiang Ran reconsidered it.

He took out the photo of the "future death scene". There were only two people in the picture that Jiang Ran could recognize, namely Jiang Ran himself and Vanessa, who was just a passerby.

(If Heloise isn't dead yet, she shouldn't be too far away from me...)

Jiang Ran sighed. He now had the most pessimistic prediction about the future.

Perhaps in this future of death, he not only failed to save Heloise, but was also killed by the enemy through other subtle means.

In order to avoid repeating the same mistakes, from this moment on, Jiang Ran must first think about what his "future self" would do, and then based on this, think about how he can do better than his "future self".

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"Mmm...meat...more...I can still..."

Just as Jiang Ran was thinking deeply, Heloise turned over in her sleep, apparently dreaming of eating meat.

Seeing the carefree expression on her face, Jiang Ran couldn't help but smile.

(Yeah, why bother with so much seriousness?)

(Haven’t I always been walking on the edge of a knife and licking blood?)

Thanks to Heloise, Jiang Ran felt a lot more relaxed.

Instead of constantly worrying and wasting time on yourself, it is better to have a good rest and then give your best to challenge the impossible.

(No matter who the murderer is, I will not let you kill me a second time.)

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At the same time, in the Hell Abyss Empire, somewhere in the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons.

The snake demon "Earth Demon" and the falcon demon "Sky Demon" are secretly discussing.

"Hey, Earth Ghost... I have something to say that you may not like to hear, but I have to say it."

"Hiss, go ahead."

"Is there something wrong with the girl you sent to 'assassinate' the target this time? Not only did she turn 'assassination' into 'open killing', but she even fell asleep in front of the target tonight. Why do I feel like she's forgotten her mission?"

It can be said that the criticism from the Heavenly Ghost showed no mercy to the Earthly Ghost at all.

When the Earth Ghost heard this, although he found it harsh, he really had nothing to say.

Earlier, the Earth Ghost locked onto the location of Heloise and the target through the Sky Ghost's intelligence, and then immediately found a nearby snake to update Heloise with the latest appearance information of the target.

After the information was updated, the effect was significant. Heloise took action immediately, and the result was as expected by the ghost. Heloise, whose level was not even as good as Spland, was quickly defeated.

The only thing that did not go as the Earth Ghost expected was that the target did not kill Heloise, but kept her. This directly led to the complete failure of the plan to use Heloise as a human bomb to poison the target.

After the plan failed, the Earth Ghost hoped that the target would invade Heloise. In this way, the steadfast Heloise would definitely find a way to commit suicide. After the suicide was successful, the parasitic blood snake would also trigger a self-explosion, thereby poisoning the target.

However, according to the information that the Sky Ghost later provided to the Earth Ghost, the target had no interest in Heloise at all, and the two of them got along like friends, which was unbelievable.

At this point, Digui can only place his hope of success on the last possibility.

"Hiss...Tiangui, I did it on purpose."

In order to save face, Digui pretended to be calm and said.

“Hiss… No matter what the ‘target’ plans to do next, as long as he’s with Heloise, he’s already fallen into my trap.”

"What do you mean?"

"Hiss... The parasitic blood snake has a secret. During the final stage of infection, the infection rate suddenly increases several times. Those who don't know this, hiss... are absolutely unable to defend themselves."