Those cold words were like a steel spine, accompanied by a low heartbeat, piercing deeply into his mind.

Driven by fear, Scorpion's expression gradually became distorted, and finally he opened his mouth with difficulty:

".grandmother."

"call."

The kunai was frozen just an inch away from his forehead.

At the same time, Scorpion, who was deeply in fear, had subconsciously picked at his fingertips.

"Chi chi chi——"

After a brief period of confusion, Chiyo's dull expression was finally reflected in Scorpion's crystal irises.

At the same time, her body was pierced by black ants, crows, and Fei Liuhu at the same time.

"."

"scorpion?"

As if he had just woken up, Chiyo struggled to say his name with confusion in his eyes.

"puff!"

There was hardly any hesitation.

Scorpion stretched out the kunai in his hand and stabbed it deeply into Chiyo's chest.

"Feel sorry."

He lowered his head, and Chiyo couldn't see the expression on his face, but could only hear a low, mosquito-like voice.

"thump."

Chiyo finally fell to the ground, his blood slowly flowing, and he made no sound.

After a long silence, Xie finally stood up from the ground, lowered his head, walked heavily to Aida Masaki, and almost gritted his teeth and said:

"I, I won."

"Please let me become. Become your subordinate."

"grown ups."

Aida Masaki tilted his head with interest and asked with a chuckle: "I'm very happy that you want to be my subordinate."

"but."

"When did I say, 'Whoever wins gets to live'?"

Xie raised his head suddenly, and for the first time, his cold, doll-like face showed an extremely clear expression of shock.

"laugh--"

However, the moment he raised his head, a light as dazzling as the sun lit up in his eyes.

A pain in the neck and blood gushing out.

Scorpion's body suddenly lost all strength, its body temperature gradually evaporated, and it fell heavily to the ground, motionless.

As his brain activity gradually slowed down, the ceiling of the underground space was reflected in his pupils.

The hole leading to the sky seemed to be attracting his soul.

'It turns out that I am a person who is very afraid of pain.'

Scorpio realized this for the first time.

"It's so boring."

Hearing such a dull voice in his ears, Aida Masaki seemed to put away his knife, slowly left here, and chased his companions.

Until the footsteps gradually fade away and can no longer be heard.

In this empty underground space, there were only corpses left on the ground.

The body becomes cold and the hands and feet become stiff.

Breathing stops completely.

Intense pain arises from inside the body, which is the feeling of organ failure, and a feeling of suffocation.

Although he had killed many people, Scorpion never knew that death was such a long and painful process.

He could clearly feel the warm liquid slowly flowing from the corners of his eyes. He didn't know what it was, but it was familiar yet unfamiliar.

'If I had known this was the case, why would I kill grandma to please that person?'

He thought so in his heart.

While he was thinking this, his limbs, which had begun to become cold and stiff, suddenly felt a slight dampness.

That's the sticky feeling of blood.

Scorpio could no longer move, and only his brain was still spinning slowly.

However, his irises slowly reflected an old body struggling to get up.

'Are you hating me? Grandma Chiyo.'

He thought so in his heart.

At this moment, he felt that even if grandma stabbed his body twice, it would not be a big deal.

The so-called "seeking for survival" turns out to be such an empty thing.

However, Chiyo's hands slowly placed on his chest and abdomen, sporadic chakra light flashed, and his voice was low and hoarse:

"Sorry, Scorpion."

His eyes were slightly dazed, as if he hadn't thought about it.

The feeling of liquid flowing in the corners of my eyes became clearer.

Chiyo was at the end of his strength. He struggled to sit up and continued to pump out chakra. His voice was hoarse like a candle in the wind.

"I neither protected my son and daughter-in-law, nor my grandson."

"I'm really a failed woman."

"But at least I can save you."

Scorpion's eyelids seemed to move slightly for a moment.

As he spoke, Chiyo's wrinkled face slowly showed a smile of relief, and An Ran said: "This technique was originally developed by me to resurrect your parents."

"But... alas."

"You must live, Scorpion."

Accompanied by the old man's slow words, her body seemed to be gradually burning.

A familiar chakra, accompanied by the vigorous vitality caused by the return of light, slowly entered his body, and Scorpion could deeply feel the almost burning warmth.

Reincarnation.

A technique that burns all of one's own chakra to replenish the soul of the deceased.

Xie looked at this scene in a daze, his pupils dilated, and the tear duct collapse in the corner of his eyes was like a flood, surging, uncontrollably flowing to his cheeks, moistening the ground.

For the first time, he truly felt the weight of life.

The body is changing from cold to burning, the heart starts to beat again, and the nerves feedback the tingling and healing feeling from the wound again and again.

At the same time, there is also a facial expression that is constantly twitching because of the pain in his heart.

At this moment, Scorpion's face, as delicate as a doll, finally revealed completely human emotions.

That is the deepest sadness.

people,

Only in the midst of truly great terror,

Only then can we truly understand ourselves and others.

"Chi-Chiyo grandma."

When he hugged the old man again, the body in his arms had become cold.

Naturally, even the body with its soul burned out could not hear his voice while it was still remaining.

The expression on Scorpion's delicate face was so painful that it was almost distorted, and tears were streaming down his face.

The whole person was like a wailing cub, letting out a heart-rending howl, which was the hatred and pain licking the soul like a flame:

"Aida Masaki——!!!"

The shrill sound resounded throughout the underground space.

Then, he heard a gentle and warm answer as he expected:

"Um."
To be continued...