Things were far from simple as imagined. After finishing work that evening, Jenkins was thinking about the Luen party tonight, so he walked home in a hurry.
The rare chocolate was not on Jenkins' shoulders or in his clothes. It probably wanted to walk on its own, so it followed the man's feet.
There is more than one way to get back to St. George's Avenue from Papa's Antique Store. Because of the delay in sorting out the goods today, it was almost half past six when he got off work, so Jenkins chose an alley as a shortcut.
He has walked through this alley more than once on weekdays, and has never had any problems. But this time, as soon as he entered the alley, he didn't take two steps, when he saw a person who wrapped himself tightly in a windbreaker walking towards him.
I was startled and wanted to turn sideways to make way, but suddenly felt the pocket watch chain in my pocket vibrate. He lowered his head subconsciously, and after a bang, the bullet flew past Jenkins' scalp.
"Um?"
He thought he had no enemies, because all the enemies were dead. Before seeing the face under the hat, he didn't realize who he had offended, but he also knew that he had to fight back now.
"Ordinary people, pistols are tricks."
The eyes told Jenkins this information, but although the "pistol-shaped monster" was very sensitive, he didn't realize the problem.
"Who are you?"
He yelled and hid behind the pile of wooden boxes on the side, and took out his pistol to prepare for the attack. Suddenly, he saw the cat standing in the middle of the alley, stupidly not knowing how to hide, so he ventured to run out from behind the box, but this time, unfortunately, his leg was injured by the second flying bullet.
He thought it was just a scratch, so he hid behind the cover and reached out for treatment, but he didn't expect a huge pain from his leg, which almost made Jenkins faint.
He sat on the ground and pulled up the legs of his trousers, only to see the yellow-brown bumps extending towards the whole leg like a spider web centered on the wound.
"What is this?"
Immediately pressed his hand on the wound, but the healing breath only healed the gunshot wound, but it couldn't work on those weird bumps. Fortunately, the firelight of the gift candle has been blessing Jenkins, and the passive fire suddenly seeped out from the pores, burning the dirty yellow spots completely.
"What a powerful gun~"
He still didn't think carefully about the gun.
"Don't move the chocolate."
He warned his cat, then suddenly lifted a box and rushed out. When the gunshot rang out again, the phantom that remained in place turned into a real person. Jenkins, who returned to the box using [Real Phantom], widened his eyes and saw that the box he lifted just now was pierced by bullets. Although his good dynamic vision could not capture the trajectory of the bullet, at least the real eye saw it just now. Full details of the attacker.
Although this is not a downtown area, the gunshots should have attracted the attention of people outside the alley. There is not much time left for the gunman. Once the police are attracted, it will become very difficult for him to escape.
"Hold on a little longer, he only has one pistol!"
Jenkins said to himself, but he didn't plan to use "Twin Demon" here, this ability was too noisy. But suddenly another gunshot was heard, and at the same time there was a strange sound from the pile of boxes in front of him.
"Um… "
For a moment, he didn't want to understand what happened. He only felt that the pocket watch chain began to vibrate at an even more alarming frequency, and the chocolate at his feet also showed a level of vigilance he had never seen before.
The sound of rustling was getting closer and closer in the direction in front of him, but that direction was a pile of cardboard boxes that were difficult to move. Jenkins looked there vigilantly, and suddenly a sense of imminent death came to his mind. Before he could react, a white bullet inlaid with a human face had already drilled out of the gap in the box.
snap~
Chocolate suddenly jumped up and collided with the bullet face to face. The tiny kitty was hit by the bullet in the air and flew back some distance due to the momentum and was caught by Jenkins.
Chocolate raised his head in the man's arms, and red blood flowed from his abdomen.
"Meow~"
It watched Jenkins yell one last time, then closed its eyes.
"Chocolate is dead?"
The extreme sense of absurdity made Jenkins breathless. He thought he was a strong person, but tears instantly covered his eyes. The cat in his arms was still warm, but the man could no longer feel the breath of life.
He raised his hand tremblingly, only to see blood stains on his hand.
"Chocolate~"
He thought of everything after he came to this world, every moment he had with chocolate, and that boring night when he saw this little thing at the intersection of Privet Drive.
The kitten at that time was really cute, just in the cardboard box, so innocent, so young, so fragile...
He drew a small blanket with reading and writing, put the chocolate on the ground, and then sniffed, remembering the way his cat was walking back and forth wagging its tail in front of him.
"Chocolate~"
He muttered in a low voice, raised his hand and wiped his eyes, hoping that the dead kitten would stand up and rub against his trousers immediately.
Throwing away his pistol and wiping away his tears, Jenkins stepped out from behind the box. The bullets roared and hit his body, and the man just grunted softly and did not retreat.
He suppressed his sadness and took a step forward, the flames under his feet left deep dents in the ground. Some visions that Jenkins couldn't even notice appeared around him. The space seemed to have changed due to the man's huge emotional fluctuations. The howling wind and dark clouds came from nowhere, as if the only light in the world was shrouded in the sky. on Jenkins.
The attacker continued to pull the trigger, and Jenkins did not back down as the bullet hit his body and even his head. It would be too merciful to kill him with a mechanical light or something. Jenkins would grab him with his own hands, break his limbs, and cut off his flesh piece by piece.
In order to fight against the weird curse on the bullet, when Jenkins took the third step, he had already turned into a form like a fire element. This time, the fusion gift of [Endless Fire] and [Purification Candle] exerted its strongest power for the first time. The fire element replaced the body, making Jenkins almost the spirit of flame in ancient legends.
"I want you to die!"
He cried out in grief, and stretched out his hand towards the attacker. The assailant's hat was burned off by the aftermath of the flames, revealing the frightened face of Link, the midnight murderer. Jenkins saw in his pupils a horrific image of himself at this moment, and also a sad man who had lost his pet cat.