death of hope

Chapter 816 "Wild Growth" (232) Psychic Awakening (Part 1)

The time goes back to three hours ago, when the first match of the combat trial, Takeuchi Maria versus Takeuchi Hanachiyo, just started.

At this time, the new Sapporo city area has just fallen into the night.
In the narrow alleys between giant low-rent apartment buildings in the southern part of downtown, Jinguji Yuna was walking cautiously along the dim lights;

She pulled the drawstring of her hood tight to hide her shining blonde hair, and the black mask covered her beautiful mouth and nose.

She was wearing a work sweatshirt that her brother bought at a second-hand store. The sweatshirt had sponge pads on the shoulders, making her look much stronger than she actually was.

The cuffs of her patched, baggy jeans were rolled up, and the worn-out faux-leather uniform shoes were the ones she always wore to school.

Jinguji Yuna put her hands in her pockets, buried her chin, and stared with her big silver-gray eyes, trying hard to act like a mysterious lone traveler who looked difficult to mess with.

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This is a slum, a lawless area with chaotic public security, and the infrastructure rarely receives the proper maintenance.

Most of the street lights in the alleys were used by gang members as targets for shooting practice. The few light bulbs that were on flickered due to unstable voltage, making a crackling sound.

Obviously, it was quite inappropriate for a beautiful girl to appear at this place at this time.

Ragged scavengers set garbage cans on fire and roasted skinned rats on wire, the hot grease sizzling as it fell into the cans.

A modified Harley motorcycle used its headlights to illuminate the mottled wall. The rider in a helmet twisted the accelerator hard, and the high-powered motorcycle engine made a deafening noise.

In the light of car lights, a group of shirtless, tattooed street thugs were painting graffiti on the wall with spray paint cans and telling vulgar jokes.

Another group of trendy-dressed hooligans were squatting at the corner, huddled around a speaker playing hip-hop music, smoking and eyeing passersby with ill intent.

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In this crime-ridden slum, a violent robbery or theft occurs every quarter of an hour on average. Such an exaggerated crime rate has not only not been rectified, but is getting worse.
Ever since the war between the two major gangs in the city, the Sannokai and Kyokushin-gumi, the underground order in New Sapporo has become more chaotic.
Some small gangs no longer abide by the so-called "rules of the underworld" and start to covet shops in gang territory. Some new immigrants who can't make money are also ready to make a move and start forming gangs and factions to prepare for a big fight...

In the past few months, the already worrying security situation in the downtown area has become even worse, with constant gunfire at night and bodies being salvaged from the canals and sewers between blocks every morning.

In such a chaotic environment, it took a lot of courage for a beautiful girl like Yuna to go out at night.

Fortunately, my brother's patched sweatshirt and pants worked, and no one was stupid enough to rob a poor guy who couldn't even afford new clothes.

Yuna is a Nordic immigrant. She is tall and has broad shoulders. With shoulder pads, she looks like a big, broad-shouldered man from behind.

With the hood and mask covering his face, his hands in his pockets and his head down while walking, he created a sense of danger and mystery. He looked like a poor and ruthless desperado who was ready to draw his gun and shoot at any time.

The slums of New Sapporo are a primitive jungle where the strong prey on the weak. The cowardly are afraid of the bold, and the bold are afraid of the reckless.

The neighborhood thugs who whistled at Yuna and asked for her contact information during the day now silently made way for her when they saw her again.

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Everything seemed to be safe and sound, relying on disguise to navigate the dangerous streets and dark alleys,

Jinguji Yuna could clearly feel her heart pounding, and her back was covered in cold sweat.
She was terribly frightened, but she still stepped forward courageously.

Three days ago, when Chen Hong came to visit, Yuna pretended to be asleep, but she actually heard everything. (Chapter 206)
She heard the news that Toru was in dire straits, and heard Chen Hong's humble request.
After hearing her brother's polite but helpless refusal, she heard Chen Hong push open her door, sigh and leave.

That night, Yuna stayed awake all night.
She lay on the windowsill, looking at the three moons in the new Sapporo. She was in a daze all night, thinking about the meaning of Chen Hong's sigh.
Her prince charming is on the verge of death, and she can do nothing to help, but wait for the news of his death;

(What a loser I am, I can only watch everything I cherish wither and die, and I can't do anything...)
From that day on, she felt terrified whenever her brother came home, fearing that he would bring bad news.
Tell her not to think about Tetsuya-kun anymore, tell her that the man she loved is dead.

said to her:
"Forget about him..."

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During the daytime, Yuna was so sleepy that she took a nap on her desk.
In her dream, her prince charming was wearing a handsome suit of armor, holding her hand, and came to the top floor of the 1200-meter-high Millennium Tower in New Sapporo.

Through the French window, she saw the bright fireworks flying all over the sky...

"I love you, Miss Yuna..."

The prince knelt on one knee in front of her, holding a velvet box, and the ring inside sparkled brightly under the exploding fireworks.

Just as she was about to put on the ring with joy,
The gun went off, a big hole was punched through the armor, and the prince fell in a pool of blood.

The corpse rotted quickly, forming a giant, with maggots crawling all over the body.

Just like the swollen and rotten bodies that she often saw on her way home from school...

"No! Tetsuya-kun! No!"

Yuna woke up screaming, the class came to an abrupt end, and everyone in the classroom looked at her with strange eyes.
The bullies pointed and laughed at her, no one came to ask about her well-being, and her only friend in the class, Britney, was gone. (Chapter 151)
The teacher knew that Yuna was in poor health and was worried that she would die suddenly in class, so he would be held responsible. No matter how Yuna explained, he still ordered her to go home and rest.

When she got home, her brother asked her why she looked so pale, and Yuna lied that she had a stomachache.

At night, I still suffer from insomnia, anxiety, and my eyelids twitch.

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She had had enough and could no longer endure this mental torture. Her old illness came back and the mysterious energy hidden in her body began to play tricks again;
Nosebleed, splitting headache, tinnitus, suffocation, panic...

The pillows, pencils and books in the room were floating in the air. She struggled to the window to save herself and wanted to breathe some fresh air.
The burglar alarms on the cars downstairs all went beep, the street lights flickered, and the advertising airship in the sky started to smoke and fall.

As the headache became more severe, the nosebleed stained my pajamas red. With a "bang", the transformer downstairs exploded, and the lights of nearby residents went out one after another, and there was a power outage.

There was a sound of sudden brakes downstairs, followed by a scream:
"Ouch! I bumped into someone!"

"Fortunately, the injury is not serious."

"How do you drive?!"

"I didn't mean to do that! I don't know what happened just now, the car suddenly lost control!"

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There was a fierce quarrel downstairs, and the driver was beaten up.
Yuna knew that she had gotten into trouble again. She felt so suffocated by the strong sense of guilt that she knelt on the ground wiping her tears.

(There is a demon inside me...

I am cursed...

I am alive...

It will only bring misfortune to others...)