I don't want to be an elf!

Therefore, even if Quan Jinghua asked her what her job was, she had no clue.

"Ah, that's right."

After thinking for a while, Tokisaki Kurumi seemed to think of something, and said calmly: "After that, I will rent a house as my usual living place, so your tasks include but are not limited to cleaning, washing and cooking , take care of housework."

Hearing Tokisaki Kurumi's words, Izumi Kyouka's unchanging face like a doll showed a little puzzled expression.

Cleaning, laundry, cooking, housework?

This kind of thing...isn't it supposed to be done by a maid?

Why should she do it?

She is a key member of the Port Mafia, and she has never failed an assassination mission so far, and she has taken off the heads of several important people.

Shouldn't this woman named Tokisaki Kurumi choose her as her subordinate because she has excellent assassination skills and is a qualified tool?

Cleaning, washing and cooking, housework, these things can be done by anyone, why must she be chosen to do them?

It seemed that he didn't understand Tokisaki Kuumou's words. After a moment of silence, Izumi Kyoka repeatedly confirmed: "I don't need to kill anyone?"

"From today onwards, the only thing you need to kill is probably the live fish bought from the supermarket." Tokisaki Kurumi said lightly, "I don't need you to kill people, I don't have any enemies in this world, even if If there is, I will do it myself."

"My value can only be reflected through killing."

Izumi Kyoka's dull eyes looked at Tokisaki Kurumi, and she said without any fluctuation in her tone: "If I can't continue to act as an assassin, I will be worthless."

【People who are worthless are not worthy of living in this world】

This is the truth that Akutagawa Ryunosuke, the port mafia's non-barking dog, enshrines as his creed.

As a mafia, if you don't kill people, there is no value in existence.

Human life is a battle achievement, and a murderous reputation is a medal. Only by constantly proving their worth can the mafia be qualified to survive in this cruel world.

This was the first truth Quan Jinghua learned after joining the port mafia.

Chapter 18 Meaning

Quan Jinghua still clearly remembered why she was reduced to what she is now.

Half a year ago, on a day that was no different from usual, she awakened the ability called [Yasha Baixue].

However, the suddenly awakened ability did not obey her will, but ran away in front of her eyes, killing her parents.

That day, she lost everything.

The girl who couldn't accept the reality ran out of the house like crazy.

After that, the whole world collapsed, and Izumi Kyoka had no choice but to wander the streets in a daze, not knowing why or how to live.

Just before her mental and physical collapse, she meets a man who changes her life forever.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke.

However, this man is not an ideal life mentor, let alone a kind and righteous person.

But a demon crawling out of purgatory.

After listening to Quan Jinghua's story, he said without mercy:

【Your Yasha was born to kill, so this is the value you have】

Therefore, Quan Jinghua was endowed with new value by him.

The girl who lived for no reason accepted this cruel meaning obediently, and became an assassin of the port mafia.

Following the meaning given to her by Akutagawa Ryunosuke, it is like a doll implanted with a killing heart, becoming a machine that lives for killing.

Only by killing can she continue to prove her worth. Only in this way can she have a reason to live.

"My ability is born for killing. If I don't continue to kill, it will lose its final value." Quan Jinghua said with a blank gaze.

"Do you want to kill someone?" Tokisaki Kurumi asked calmly, "If you want, I can let you continue to fulfill your mission as an assassin."

"As a tool, that's my job."

"But what about Quan Jinghua? As a living person, are you willing to continue killing people?"

Quan Jinghua's eyes that were as dead as a deep pool seemed to fluctuate a little. She lowered her head and didn't make any answer.

"Unlike other people in the port mafia, you don't want to kill anyone, and you never get any joy from killing." Tokisaki Kurumi asked lightly, "If that's the case, why do you stubbornly stay here? A quagmire that can only bring you pain?"

"Because, this is my only home." Quan Jinghua replied softly.

If she cannot continue to work as an assassin, she will lose the only value she has.

Having lost her ultimate value, what reason does she have to continue living in this world with her kinslayer body?

Quan Jinghua didn't know.

Confused about life, but fearful of death, she grasped the straw that Akutagawa Ryunosuke gave her like a drowning person, and struggled painfully in the swamp, sinking deeper and deeper.

If you continue to kill, you will be able to survive.

But if he continued to kill, the pain in his heart became heavier.

In the nightmares every night, not only the faces of her parents appeared, but also the men, women and children killed by her also appeared in the dreams, cursing her viciously, even in her sleep, she could not be at peace.

In order to reduce the suffering in her heart, she closed her feelings and thoughts and became a tool of numbness.

This is the curse entwined on Quan Jinghua's body.

"But why do you have to accept the meaning given to you by Akutagawa Ryunosuke?"

Tokisaki Kurumi's words were like the first ray of sunshine melting the ice, which made the girl's chaotic mind start thinking again.

"People who have no value are indeed not qualified to live in this world." Tokisaki Kurumi said seriously, "But who determines the value of a person? Others? No, a person's value is only yourself can decide, no one can decide the value of others.”

Tokisaki Kurumi bent down and smiled softly: "You are the same."

Quan Jinghua's lips moved, and confusion appeared in her dull eyes: "But I who killed my parents and buried everything with my own hands, what value can I have?"

"I don't know about that, you need to find it yourself." Tokisaki Kurumi said helplessly, "So before you find a new reason to live, let me give you value other than killing."

"Value other than killing?"

"As my subordinate, follow my orders. You don't need to continue in this bloody hell every day. I will save you from the swamp called the Port Mafia."

"But I have already killed people. This is a sin I cannot get rid of." Quan Jinghua looked at her hands and said tremblingly, "36 people, I killed 36 people in six months, so I really can redeemed?"

"36 people." Tokisaki Kurumi smiled, "Are there many?"

"Eh?" Quan Jinghua was stunned.

"It's just 36 people. Compared with the people who are really ridden with sins, your sins are nothing at all."

Tokisaki Kuangsan said casually, as if human life was worthless: "Believe me, Kyoka, it's not too late, you still have a chance to turn back."

"Even so, the guilt in my heart cannot be eliminated."

"Then repent."

"Repentance, can you get salvation?"

"No, your sins will continue to be with you, and you will not be able to wash away the blood in your hands for the rest of your life. This is a karmic debt that you cannot escape even if you die."

Tokisaki Kurumi's tone was like iron stone, and every word hit Izumi Kyoka's heart, making her feel more guilty.

However, her tone suddenly became softer.

"However, that doesn't mean you can't be a good person for the rest of your life."

Tokisaki Kurumi gently touched her head, and said softly: "Instead of giving up on changing and complaining about yourself, it's better to take action to make up for past mistakes."

Tokisaki Kurumi stretched out his hand and placed it in front of Izumi Kyoka.

As long as you hold this hand, you can usher in a new life.

No longer need to struggle desperately in this dark swamp, no longer need to kill to prove the value of living.

However, is the sinful self really qualified to accept this gift?

The self who killed his parents because of his supernatural power rampage, and took the lives of 36 people as a tool for killing, can he really live as a matter of course?

Staring at this white hand, a ray of light appeared in Quan Jinghua's lifeless eyes.

The closed heart is reopened, and the stagnant thinking is working again.

Just like a traveler in the desert who has not entered a drop of water sees a life-saving spring, Quan Jinghua's dull eyes are full of radiance.

She held Tokisaki Kurumi's hand.

"Is this your choice?"

"Yes."

Quan Jinghua held her hand tightly, unwilling to let go: "Please, save me."

"Is this your choice?"

A smile appeared on Tokisaki Kurumi's face.

"Then, as you wish."

Chapter 19 The truth about kinicide

It is actually very simple to save Quan Jinghua.

The source of this girl's inner demons comes from the fact that her rampant ability killed her parents, which is no different from killing her parents with her own hands.

Because of this, the girl who couldn't accept this fact sealed her feelings, gave up thinking, and lived like a doll who lost her heart.

Later, Ryunosuke Akutagawa imposed his creed on her, which made the kind-hearted Izumi Kyoka even more painful.

So, she could only go further and further on this bloody and thorny road.

until death.

But Tokisaki Kurumi knew that Izumi Kyoka's pain was meaningless.

Literally meaningless.

Because it was not Quan Jinghua's ability that killed her parents.

She has always misunderstood the truth behind her parents' death.

Quan Jinghua has been doted on by her parents since she was a child, living a carefree life, living a life that she thinks is ordinary.

A happy family, happy family, is what every family hopes for.

However, what she doesn't know is that her parents are hiding their identities behind the scenes.

They are assassins belonging to government agencies.

Yes, Quan Jinghua's parents are not ordinary people, they are secret assassins working for the government, the assassins are world-famous killer couples.

Yasha Baixue is not Quan Jinghua's ability, but her mother's ability.

Her parents failed to handle the scene well in a previous assassination operation, which accidentally led to identity disclosure.

For an assassin, exposing his identity to the eyes of the enemy is tantamount to death.

As a result, the killer couple was naturally approached by the enemy, which became the origin of all tragedies.

That night, the vengeful superpower used his manipulation power to control the couple's bodies when they were careless. Once they were completely controlled, they would be unable to resist all the other's orders.

In order not to become the other party's doll, but also to protect Izumi Kyoka, the mother summoned Yasha Baixue, ordered it to kill herself and her husband, and used a secret method to transfer Yasha Baixue to her blood relatives, her daughter Izumi Kyoka. body.

However, Izumi Kyoka didn't know that her parents were assassins, nor that her mother had supernatural powers, nor that there was a grudge against someone that night.

In her eyes, it was just that Yasha Baixue suddenly appeared and remained attached to her after killing her parents.

She regarded Yaksha Shirayuki as her awakening ability, so she blamed herself for the death of her parents.

It was her out-of-control ability that killed her parents, and as the owner of the ability, she was the murderer of her family.

Quan Jinghua has always thought so.

If you want to really save her, you must let her know what the truth is, and free her from the curse of killing her.

At this point, Tokisaki Kurumi asked: "Kyoka, if I told you that you didn't kill your parents, would you believe me?"

Izumi Jinghua shook her head without hesitation: "Yaksha Baixue is my superpower. I saw her kill my parents with my own eyes. It was my out-of-control superpower that killed my parents... It was me. , killed them."