messenger from the wasteland

Chapter 52 You must be faithful to your oath until death
Sin poured into Chu's body like a tide, and she could feel the great pain swallowing her.She could feel those sins gnawing at her body.

But she just looked at Yingzi in front of her. If that's the case, it's fine, right?
At first thought, in this way, Yingzi can live peacefully again, right?

The black substance spread from the original skin, clinging to her body, covering her cheeks.

At this time, Chu didn't want Yingzi to look back, she didn't know why, she didn't want Yingzi to see her current appearance.

Yingzi said that they are family members, and she doesn't want them to see her ugly appearance.

At the beginning, she took the snack box that Shao Ren gave her.

She carefully and slowly pushed the box to Yingzi's side, without letting Yingzi see her dark palm.

"Sakura, these are for you to eat, they are delicious."

Chu leaned close to Sakurako's ear, and said softly with a smile.

Then, her body shattered and disappeared under the clear and clean sky along with the flying maple leaves.

A book fell from mid-air and landed on the place where Chu Yuan was standing. It was Chu's notes.

As she said herself, she can only take away the sin, and she can't take away anything but the sin.

Yingzi has been sitting quietly, she didn't turn her head, and she also knew that Chu didn't want her to turn her head.

It's good to say goodbye like this, isn't it?
Sakurako didn't turn her head until there was only the rustling of maple trees behind her.

She didn't look for the direction she left at first, but just lowered her eyes and picked up the box and books on the ground, stood up, and walked away silently.

Rusty knives and dead Jizo were left behind.

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Six months later, Yingzi returned to Qingxin Temple.

The door of the temple has been covered with a thin layer of dust.

She pushed open the door, and the small courtyard inside was still familiar.But there is no old monk drinking tea, and no junior sweeping the floor.

In the yard, the cherry blossom tree was in full bloom, and the pink and white flowers swayed gently in the wind. Under the tree, the petals fell to the ground.

Yingzi walked into the yard, she sat under the eaves, and took out a book from her arms.

The girl turned the pages of the book and read it.

"Today I taught Yingzi sword practice, Yingzi practiced very well, mood: happy.

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Today I accidentally smashed the water tank of the temple, and the abbot hit me on the head with a wooden stick.Mood: Sad.

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The host said that the wishes made during the New Year will come true in the coming year. Yingzi seems to be looking forward to it. I may make a wish to make Yingzi's wish come true. It should, will it come true?Mood: Puzzled.

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This year's cherry blossoms are blooming again, and the cherry blossoms are very happy. I want to plant another one in the yard, but the abbot refuses to let me plant it.Mood: Sad.

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On the pages of the book, those words are very short, but it makes Yingzi seem to see the previous scene after scene again.

Those lives that she once wanted to hold on to, but didn't hold on to.

At this time, a white flower slipped from the pages of the book. It was the flower that was left behind at the beginning. At this time, its petals were already withered and yellow, and its original appearance could not be seen.

Under the cherry tree, the pages of the book were wet with tears.

Yingzi smiled, gently stroking the words on the book with her palm.

"At the beginning, don't you say yes, you will only take away my sins?"

But you obviously took everything away.

Take everything away.

Under the sakura tree, the girl who has nothing is waiting for the evening bell in the evening, and the bell will call people who have not yet returned home to come back earlier.

She waited, and waited, even though she knew that the bell would call no one back.

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The land of the wasteland is still black and red, with the smell of blood.

Some people always say that wanderers who have left their homeland will miss the taste of their hometown.

But at first thought, she would not miss this taste.

The corpses on the wasteland have all disappeared, and they don't know where they went. In short, they have been cleaned up.

Chu's body appeared from mid-air, and then fell to the ground.

Even if she doesn't want to miss it, she has an intimate encounter with the land of the wasteland.

Her body could not move, and the pain caused by the sin this time was much greater than she had imagined.The evil this time, plus the last time, is obviously not as simple as one plus one.The huge evil surged in her body, destroying her body, repairing her body, torturing her remaining will over and over again.

There must be someone who has to pay the price for the crime, and since Chu chose to bear the burden instead of people, she has to face the price.

The cold evil eroded Chu's heart, even she felt fear.

It was as if she had become the ordinary person who first came to the Apostle Wasteland, terrified by the primitive killing, hiding in a corner at a loss.

Chu's side face was buried in the wet and soft soil of the wasteland, she opened her eyes and looked into the distance, she couldn't move, she couldn't see anything.

Pain, loneliness, fear engulfed her.

Destroying people's weak hearts is what sin is best at. If Chu was still as numb as she was at the beginning, she might not be so painful.

But obviously, the beginning is not as pure as it was at the beginning.

Chu Zhi gently opened his lips and moved them.

"Help······"

She begged for help, and the helplessness of being trapped in the mire amplified the fear in her heart infinitely.

But no one will answer her, she has to bear it all by herself, it is her duty.

This torture lasted for a long time, the wasteland has no time, and everything seems to be frozen, which makes this torture-like punishment even more endless.

At the beginning, she fell alone on the wasteland. At this time, she thought that if there were still corpses around her, it would give her some comfort, but those corpses had already been cleaned up.

At the back, she kept herself awake by breaking off her fingers. She didn't know why, but she only knew that she couldn't faint or lose consciousness.

And, it also helps her keep track of the ambiguous hours.

It should be when she snapped off her index finger for the one hundred and third time, the pain and coldness slowly faded from her body.

She still lay there without moving, her lips were dry and cracked, her eyes were half-closed absentmindedly, and her cheeks were stained with black and red mud.

The broken index finger slowly repaired and trembled slightly.

"Congratulations, you've brought back another piece of sin."

In the sky, that unknown voice sounded again.

It paused for a while, as if staring at Chu who fell there silently for a while, and asked after a long time.

"Are you still willing to continue?"

There was some emotion in its voice, which was rare, but it was impossible to tell what emotion it was.

Chu Wushen's eyes finally moved, slightly raised, and she looked at the sky of the wasteland.

There, the faint light was blocked behind the clouds.

"I am willing."

Chu said weakly and inaudibly.

Her palms were slowly clenched, holding the soil of the wasteland.

This is her only meaning, and the only thing she can do.

"Well, then I will continue to help you strengthen your body and wait for the next task."

After the voice finished speaking, it disappeared.

The wasteland fell silent again.

I fell there for the first time, in the endless wasteland, at the junction of the sky and the earth.

She watched with her dark pupils, the dim light behind the clouds.

God said: You must be faithful to your oath until death, and I will give you the crown of life.

(End of this chapter)