bChapter /bb62 /b

bNot /bfar away, under a broken, rusty swing, a man’s eyes bulged out of his head, his face hushed ugly mix of red and purple.

He wed helplessly at the chain strangling his neck. Mouth wide open, he cried out in agony, “Help met

His legs dangled timply, knees bent and brushing the ground. He could have theed if he just stood up

But he didn’t. Why didn’t he?

Maybe it was because the streetlights were too bright, or maybe Lily’s eyesight was just too good.

Even though the man’s face was btwisted /band grotesque, Lily still recognized him.

He was themupt official who had embezzled money, ruining countless workers” families.

“Have you seen enough?” A cold, clear voice sliced through the night, as chilling as a frozenke in winter

Stiffly, Lily turned her head and met a pair of striking eyes.

Aria was smiling, but the smile was eerie and terrifying.

The two stared at each other,pletely ignoring everything belse /baround them.

“You little bitch, so here you are- Leon bwalked /bhereb. /b

Leon had just caught sight of the scene when a stick flow through the air and smashed into him, knocking him out bcold/b.

bAria /bstraightened up, the snow under her feet crunching with soft sounds

do kill him?”

Lily asked, “Did you

Aria chuckled and said, “Didn’t you see it? He killed himself. It has nothing to do with me.”

Then Aria kicked Leon’s body lightly with her foot and asked, “Is this your bdad/b?”

“Yeah,” Lily answered.

Aria asked, “Was he holding a knife because he wanted to kill you?”

“Yeah.” Caleb dropped his gaze, not wanting to appear too vulnerable in front of his sister.

Aria chuckled. “So he’s ba /bbbad /bguy! Do you want me to kill him for you? It’ll cost you three thousand dors”

ven after witnessing something so horrifying and meeting this terrifying girl, Lily didn’t feel afraid. She replied, “I don’t have bany /b

For some reason, ever

money.”

“No money, huh?” Aria sighed regretfully. “bThat’s /btoo bad, I already killed one bad guy for free. Can’t do another one for free.”

“You said you didn’t kill that manb,/b” Lily said.

“I wasn’t talking about him,” bAria /bstared at her and smiled again. “Poor thing.b” /b

Lily didn’t say anything and asked, “Since I say everything, are you going to kill me?”

Aria bent down, lihed Lily’s chin with two fingers, and clicked her tongue twice. “I don’t kill kids! But, you did see something you shouldn’t haveb, /band that’s ba /blittle tricky.”

$10: 11% THUNGSEN

Aria pulled bout /ba card from her pocket and stuffed it into Lily’s cost. Her eyes turned told as she nced at Leen lying on the ground.

bAria /bsaid, b“/bHere are your two options. First, there’s 65 thousand dors on this card. Take the money and kill him. Second, I will both of yo

“Little girl, which one are you picking?”

Lily’s bbody /bwas frozen stift. Her hands trembling, she clutched the card hidden in her coat. “1 pick the first one.”

“Smart girl. The password is 123456. Don’t let anyone steal it, alright?”

club?” A answered.

With that, Aria squatted down and did something quick, making hersell seen a few inches taller,

Then Aria disappeared into the night without leaving a single footprint behind.

Lily ran

ver squatted down, and started frantically brushing snow over her own footprints, trying to cover everyst trace

The whole time, Lily didn’t dare nce even once at the swing.

Not until every trace was gone did Lily turn to look at Leon. She picked up the stick, her eyes turned bloodshot, and raised it high above her head.

In the end, she couldn’t do it. Lily just knelt down and cried. After a while, she hid the bbank /bcard carefully, then dropped to her knees, pping Leon’s face with her small hand. “Dad! Someone’s dead!”

Leon woke up with a start and shoved her aside roughly. When he caught sight of the man hanging from the swing, he let out a terrified scream

“Dad!” Lily shouted at him. “That guy’s worth 150 thousand dors”

Leon snapped back to reality. “What did you just say?”

Lily repeated what she had seen in a newspaper article. “If you give the police information about this guy, there’s a 150 thousand reward.”

Leon grabbed her shoulders tightlyi. /i“Just now, that girl–you saw her too, right? She’s the one who killed him, isn’t she?”

re you weren’t just seeing things? I didn’t see anyone else,” Lily said, her teeth chattering from the cold. “If someone else really was here, “Dad, are you sure wouldn’t she be the one to get the 100 thousand dors binstead/bb?/b”

Hearing this,

Leon suddenly got it. He said, “Right, right, there was nobody else! No one at all!”

Leon pulled Lily into a tight hug. “You brought Dad here, good girl

Leon nced nervously at the spot

at where the girl had stood earlier. It was all white, nothing there,

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