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The shocking beginning of Residual Pain shocked almost all the audience at once.
The filming technique that clearly showed the dark content but was not completely explicit made the audience call it an expert and feel awesome from the bottom of their hearts.
At the same time, people were completely confused.
"What's the situation with this girl? Was she defiled by these men?"
"What appeared at the end? Why did all these men die? And their deaths were so twisted?"
"There is still too little content to determine what happened specifically."
"This episode looks like it's going to be pretty exciting."
People murmured so, and then patiently watched the subsequent plot.
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After leaving the dim room, the girl came to the night street.
There were no pedestrians on the street. The girl suddenly began to hold her lower abdomen in pain, squatting on the side of the road, her whole body revealing extreme pain.
At this moment, the figure of Kuroto Mikiya suddenly emerged from the other end of the street.
The kind-hearted boy came to the girl's side immediately and called out in a low voice:
"What's wrong with you? Do you need help?"
When the girl heard what Kuroto Kirei said, she was stunned at first, and then she took a breath imperceptibly.
Then, as the screen flickered several times, the girl was unable to reject the kind advances of the enthusiastic man and was slowly carried on his back.
"We still have a long way to go. Tell me if you feel uncomfortable."
"Okay, but my wound has healed, so it won't hurt."
Although she said this, the girl still had one hand on her lower abdomen, and it looked like she was suffering from some pain.
Seeing this, Kurotogi Kan also asked:
"Does your stomach hurt?"
"No… "
After the girl finished speaking, she suddenly fell silent.
After a while, she suddenly nodded and began to speak:
"—yes. It hurts so much, I'm about to cry—can I cry?"
"certainly."
Kuroto Kiriya smiled and nodded, and the girl closed her eyes contentedly.
After bringing her back to the house where he lived, Kuroto Kirei took care of her patiently, and slept in the living room like a gentleman, giving his room to her.
The next morning, when Kuroto Kiryu woke up, he found the girl already sitting at the table in the living room.
"Thank you for taking care of me last night. Although I can't repay you, I am really grateful to you."
"It's okay. By the way, do you want to have breakfast at my place?"
Hearing what Kuroto Mikiya said, the girl was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
While eating breakfast, Kuroto Kiryu suddenly noticed the noise outside the door and found that passers-by were discussing a murder case.
"Have you heard about the murder that happened last night?"
"The murder scene was said to be quite horrific. The hands and feet of four adult men were all broken by the murderer. The scene seemed to have turned into a sea of blood."
"The victims were all local hooligans who often hung out in nearby areas and even committed many outrageous crimes, but were all released on bail due to their age. Judging from the bodies, their hands and feet were not chopped off, but twisted off. How much strength does that take."
"No matter what, it's only natural that such a group of hooligans should be killed."
Regarding this sudden murder, Kuroto Kirito couldn't help but say with emotion:
"To think that such a thing would happen, this incident really suits Miss Orange's taste."
After hearing what Kurogiri Mikiya said, the girl who also heard the passerby's words lowered her head and murmured:
"—In this world, no one is killed for granted."
After she finished speaking, a shocking pain suddenly struck her face again. She stood up at an extremely fast speed and rushed out of Kuroto Kirei's house.
Kuroto Kiryu wanted to get closer, but the other party lowered his head and stretched out a hand, signaling him not to chase him.
"Goodbye, I hope we never meet again."
The girl left.
On her doll-like calm face, only her eyes seemed to be about to cry.
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"It's getting more and more confusing. Is this girl a good person or a bad person?"
In Edward's Tavern, Helena uttered such doubtful words. She had been studying at the Imperial Magic Academy in the past and had almost no social experience, so she still judged a person from the perspective of good or bad.
In contrast, Wiz, who had been silent until now, spoke slowly:
"It's still impossible to tell whether a person is good or bad. Before I became a lich, I thought the world was full of good people and that the world was a beautiful place. But after I became a lich, I was abandoned by the entire human society. Good and bad people are relative."
Beldia seemed to agree with Wiz's remarks. They were all abandoned by human society after becoming undead. They knew very well the pain of being an alien and unable to integrate into the crowd. Therefore, they knew even more clearly that there was no absolute good or evil in this world.
On the other hand, Leticia said nothing from beginning to end. As the most powerful lich, she did not show any obsession with her human identity from the beginning.
People also knew that this must be related to his experiences in his previous life, so even Aya, who was not very sensible about the current situation, was forcibly stopped by Zat and did not take the initiative to ask questions.
And the discussions soon stopped, including in Edward's Tavern.
The current plot of "The Pain Remains" is not enough for people to understand what this episode is about.
So most people remain silent for now, patiently waiting for the subsequent plot to unfold and uncover the mystery of this girl.
The scenes in the movie did not stop at all and soon continued to develop.
Chapter 141 Episode 3: Residual Pain (Part 2)
Chapter 141
In the movie.
After seeing off the mysterious girl, Kurodori Kan'ya came to Aozaki Touko's office and unexpectedly discovered that Ryougi Shiki was also there.
"Eh? Shiki, why are you in a place like this?"
"It's too rude to mention this place. This is your workplace after all, Kurogiri."
On the other side, Aozaki Touko sat quietly in her seat and said:
"You're here really early. Didn't I tell you that there are no cases recently and you should come back in the afternoon?"
"Boss, I don't want to bring up this kind of thing right after arriving at the company, but please pay me."
"Kurotō, the problem with this matter is that I don't have any money right now. Sorry, please let me pay this month's salary next month."
"You must be kidding. Didn't you just rent a piece of land from Asagami's house yesterday? This must have cost a lot of money."
"Yeah, that's why I'm out of money."
"this… "
Aozaki Touko's words were so logical and well-founded that Kuroto Kirei didn't know what to say for a moment.
"Forget it. Then, in order to raise living expenses for this month, please allow me to leave early. Should that be okay?"
"Okay. By the way, Kurogiri, I have another favor to ask of you."
"What's up?"
"Can you lend me some money? As you can see, I don't have a dime."
"… "
He didn't expect that his boss would actually fall to the point of borrowing money from him. He took a deep breath, closed the door decisively, and left the room.
After sending Kuroto Kiriya away, Aozaki Touko looked up at Ryougi Shiki and said:
"Although it's a bit awkward for me to ask you for help since you've just been discharged from the hospital, being financially strapped is something that anyone can experience. For the sake of this firm's livelihood, I really have to ask you for this commission."
"Is it about last night's case?"
"That's right. This time, the client knows exactly who the murderer was who committed the murder last night. Your job is to protect the murderer as much as possible, but if the murderer shows any resistance, you can kill him without mercy."
"You can kill them if they resist? Is that really okay?"
"If you kill the murderer, they will treat it as an accidental death."
"That's great."
After saying that, Shi took a step forward without hesitation.
Seeing her like this, Aozaki Touko couldn't help but say:
"Why are you in such a hurry? How can you find her if you don't even know what she looks like?"
"No need, that guy is definitely the same kind as me. So, we will definitely fight the moment we meet."
As soon as she finished speaking, Ryougi Shiki had already left the room.
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After the scene ended, people watching the movie immediately started talking.
"Looking at the timeline, this should be when Ryougi Shiki was just discharged from the hospital. Her arms are still intact, which means the incident happened between Before the Murder Investigation and Overlooking the Scenery."
"How did Ryougi Shiki and Aozaki Touko know each other? Did Kuroto Mikiya introduce them to each other?"
"Speaking of which, where is Ryougi Ori? I didn't seem to see Ryougi Shiki's dual personality when I was looking down at the scenery. Could it be that Ryougi Ori's personality didn't wake up?"
"Compared to these, I am more concerned about the girl from before. Someone entrusted Ryougi Shiki to protect her, but also said that if she resisted, she could be killed directly. This is too contradictory."
“There are so many strange things.”
After all, a small amount of plot cannot trigger a large-scale discussion, so people can only be patient and continue to watch the subsequent plot.
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After leaving Aozaki Touko's office, Kuroto Kiriya found an old friend from his school days, with the obvious purpose of borrowing money from the other party.
After learning of Kuroto Kiryu's purpose, his friend took the initiative to make a request to him.
"Of course you can lend me money, but you should also reciprocate."
"Oh? Any trouble?"
"I want you to help find someone."
"Tell me more specifically."
"That guy's name is Keita Minato. He was one of my former subordinates. He's not a good guy, but he's not a bad guy either. He ran into a group of hooligans a few days ago and joined them by accident. He was also at the scene of the bizarre murder last night. Although he survived, his condition was too abnormal. He didn't dare to go home at all. He seemed to be afraid of something and was in a daze."
"Is he on drugs?"
"No, the ones he touched were the ones who were killed. That guy was very timid and basically didn't dare to do anything. This is probably why he was able to survive."
"Okay, I'll go look for it then."
After all, Kurogiri Kan'ya's character is kind. Even if he steps into the dark world, he is unwilling to watch people fall into danger.
One day passed.
While Kirei-Kurotoshi was searching for Keita Minato, three ugly and twisted murders had already occurred in succession.
All the dead had their hands and feet broken and looked miserable.
After receiving the commission from Aozaki Touko, Ryougi Shiki wandered around the city and accidentally met Kurodori Hana, the sister of Kurodori Kan'aya.
The two had met in the past when Ryougi Shiki went to Kurodori Kan's house, and they completely disliked each other. To Kurodori Hana, Ryougi Shiki was more like a love rival.
At the same time, sitting next to Kurogane Hana was her friend, Asagami Fujino, who was the purple-haired girl that Kurogane Kan'aya had brought home before.
"You—don't it hurt?"
Asagami Fujino was slightly stunned by the sudden question from Ryougi Shiki, obviously not expecting the other party to say such a thing.