The thin Ledger walked slowly along the street of the Stalactite Island Pier area.
His steps were so light as if he was walking on cotton, but there was nothing he could do about it. He hadn't eaten for three days, and his body was already very weak after just drinking water.
After walking for about half an hour, he finally arrived at the alley on the edge of the dock, which was a place most sailors liked to come to.
But now, there was no crew member here, only those scantily clad women who were talking to each other by lifting the pink curtains with their hands.
"Alas, since the Governor started the war, all the docks have stopped operating and the guests have disappeared. If this continues, I will be so poor that I will have to pick up dead fish at the beach."
"Come on, at least you opened yesterday. I haven't opened for three days. Hey... Look, that blond guy is here again."
The prostitutes cast hostile glances at Ledger. The hatred between their peers needed no reason.
"Boy, don't come here. There are not many people who play with women, let alone men."
As soon as the words fell, a burst of extremely harsh laughter came from all around.
Ledger pretended not to hear and continued to walk forward weakly. He just needed food now.
Suddenly his eyes lit up, and walking towards him was a man with a feminine figure, he was a crew member, and Ledger had done business with him.
But just as he was about to rush forward, a man next to him who was more handsome and more frail than him threw himself into his arms first.
Ledger showed a trace of grievance on his face, his eyes were slightly red, and he continued to walk down in silence.
He has no business, and without business he has nothing to eat, and without food he will die.
He entered this line of work because he had no money to eat. He heard that people in this line of work would never go hungry, but now he is hungry again.
Wandering slowly on this street, the morning passed in the blink of an eye, and Ledger became even weaker.
Ledger slowly moved out of the street and began to walk towards the pier. He wanted to see if there were really dead fish to pick up on the shore.
However, when he arrived at the shore, Ledger was disappointed. There was nothing on the beach except smelly garbage swaying with the waves.
He returned to the street in the corner of the port area that was emitting human excrement. He wanted to see if there was any other way to fill his stomach. If he didn't eat something today, he might not even have the strength to walk tomorrow.
The first thing that caught my eye was a dirty garbage dump, in which two smelly old men were constantly rummaging.
Ledger continued to walk forward in disappointment, as the place was already occupied.
He continued walking forward, and soon the smell of wheat made his eyes light up.
A bakery appeared in front of him, and the golden bread inside made Ledger drool uncontrollably.
But the price listed there made him completely give up. The cheapest black bread cost 20 yuan for a small piece, and he didn't have any money now.
Ledger wanted to leave, but he suddenly found that the fat man who ran the bakery was fiddling with the oven with his back to him.
Stealing was bad, his dead mother had told him, but he was really hungry.
Ledger couldn't think about it anymore. He walked to the side of the bakery and reached out to grab a piece of fish meal bread.
He touched the bread, which looked like it had just been baked. The warmth from it gave Ledger's weak body strength again.
"Bang!!" A foot wearing a leather boot kicked Ledger away.
"How dare you steal my bread? Do you want to die?" A fat boy of about thirteen or fourteen years old, dressed in clean clothes, rushed up with his playmates and started punching and kicking Ledger.
The sound startled the fat man who was baking bread. He walked to the stall and straightened the crooked bread with his hands. Then he said slowly, "Son, don't fight here. It will affect the family business."
"Yeah! Got it!" The fat boy nodded, dragged Ledger's leg and walked towards the alley next to him, and the shouting boy next to him followed him.
Deep in the dark, garbage-filled alley, Ledger huddled into a ball, trembling as he looked at the group of teenagers who had gathered in front of him.
Especially when he saw the fat boy pick up a table leg with rusty nails from the side, extreme fear appeared in his eyes.
"Please don't hit me, just play with me, it feels good, please don't hit me." Ledger took off his pants tremblingly and raised his buttocks.
Ledger's action first startled the teenagers, and suddenly one of them said: "I know this guy, he is a male prostitute!!"
The boys immediately showed extreme disgust on their faces. They rushed forward and beat him with all their strength.
"How disgusting! What the hell are you doing alive in this world?!"
"You actually support yourself by selling your body, are you a man?"
"You are a worthless piece of trash!!"
Ledger held his head with his hands and cried desperately: "I'm hungry, I just want to eat, Mom, help me!!"
Soon Ledger could no longer shout, and when the teenagers stopped beating him, he lay motionless on the ground, his body covered in black and purple.
The panting fat boy seemed still a little angry. He looked around and picked up a rusty, twenty-centimeter-long ship nail from the ground.
"Hey, that's enough, if you continue it will kill people." A young man with a mole at the corner of his mouth felt a little reluctant.
The fat boy walked over, grabbed Ledger's golden hair and lifted him up.
Ledger's swollen eyes looked forward helplessly. There was no fear in his eyes, only numbness. His toothless mouth opened and he trembled as he said, "What did I do wrong? Why do you treat me like this?"
The fat boy stretched out his right hand and stabbed the needle in his hand directly into Ledger's right eye. He raised his right leg and slammed his knee against the tail of the nail. The rusty long nail instantly pierced Ledger's brain.
As the fat boy threw Ledger to the ground, the teenagers who were watching immediately came over and praised him. They didn't dare to do something like killing someone.
Ledger lay helplessly in a pile of garbage, his life rapidly fading away.
His vision began to blur, and Ledger saw that his dead mother had returned to pick him up.
"If I die, I won't be hungry or cold, and I can see my mother again." Ledger's mouth corners slightly raised, and a bright smile appeared on his face.
"Hello... Hello... Can you hear me?" A vague voice suddenly came into Ledger's ears, and the mother who was gradually becoming clear in front of his eyes quickly disappeared.
"No, Mom, take me with you..." Ledger cried desperately.
Suddenly, a soft light enveloped Ledger's body, and his scarred body healed rapidly.
When Ledger came to his senses, the injuries on his body and the pain had disappeared.
Ledger stood there in a daze, as if listening to something.
Suddenly he stood up, raised his right hand and gently pushed to the side, and the stained wall next to him collapsed instantly.
Ledger stared at his hands in a daze. He was very surprised by the power he suddenly possessed.
Suddenly he started to sob. Hearing the questioning voice in his head, he shook his head and wiped his tears with his hands.
"Nothing, I just thought, if I had this power at that time, maybe my mother wouldn't have died."
Ledger walked slowly outside along the corner of the wall, nodding from time to time and communicating something with the voice in his head.
"Who are you? What should I call you? GK? Can I call you God?"
"Your voice is so beautiful, God, I love to hear your voice."
"God, you are so nice, I like you."
By this time, Ledger had walked out of the alley and came outside, and the tempting aroma of bread wafted into Ledger's nose again.
He looked at the golden bread in the distance, licked his lips and slowly walked over.
The fat boy had already returned home. He was talking to a woman and laughing.
When he caught a glimpse of Ledger walking towards him, a hint of surprise appeared in his eyes and he walked out of the bakery.
Seeing the fat boy rushing towards him aggressively, Ledger instinctively shrank his body and was about to run away, but suddenly he stopped, slowly raised his head, and the evasive look in his eyes was replaced by hatred.
He raised his hands and pushed in the direction of the fat boy, "Bang!" The boy was completely embedded in the outer wall of the bakery, and the splattered blood stained the entire wall. He was dead.
"My son!" the woman cried and rushed out.
Hearing this name, Ledger's heart ached inexplicably, and he raised his hand to ask her to shut up.
But as he pinched it gently, the woman's head became as thin as a piece of paper.
"Maya!!" When the fat man saw this scene, his eyes instantly turned red. He took out a revolver and rushed out.
Ledger pinched the air lightly again, and with the sound of bones breaking, the fat man's sturdy body instantly shrank to the size of a watermelon, and scarlet blood splattered everywhere.
Ledger walked to the bread stand, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and clasped his hands together. "Thank God for the bread."
He took the best white bread and began to eat it, eating faster and faster until he almost choked.
Half an hour later, Ledger, who was very full, let out a long sigh. He was full, and at this moment, he felt very happy.
"God, is there anything you need my help with? I can do anything for you."
"Save you? Okay, God, I will try my best to save you!"
Ledger's consciousness returned from a long memory, tears streaming down his eyes uncontrollably. He said with grief and indignation: "I'm sorry, God, I can't save you, wuwuwuwu~ I'm useless..."
At this moment, there is no difference between Ledger who is over 100 years old and Ledger who is 10 years old.
Charles ignored what the other person was talking to himself. He flashed in front of Ledger and raised his tentacles covered with eyes to him.
Seeing that he was about to die, the Pope's eyes suddenly lit up, and he used his last bit of strength to shout loudly to the dark rock formation in the sky: "God said: Let there be light!!"
The sky over Earthsea... is bright.
140-1=139
(End of this chapter)