It's a hell game, who can still be a human being?

"Mr. Cat?"

"Yeah. Mr. Cat, can I pick you up and show you to Fulla?"

Nina looked at the calico cat expectantly.

"Meow!"

The calico cat shook its head, and its refusal was obvious.

This human child really thought it was an ordinary cat. Although it was not as heavy as gold, it was much heavier than it looked.

However, although it rejected Nina, it still stood up and waved towards the window.

"Ah, it waves!"

Fulla exclaimed in surprise.

"Meow~"

The calico cat cried out proudly.

If Liu Zheng hadn't told it not to be so high-profile, it could have even performed a tap dance.

"It's the cat lady. Come with us, Fulla."

Anke corrected him as a last resort and then spoke to the person in the window.

"If your parents really encounter misfortune, Marianne and I are willing to adopt you, and Nia and Nina are also willing to have another sister."

He said after hesitating for a moment.

It is difficult for a little girl to survive alone at home during the pale night.

And the Anke family doesn't feel too much pressure to raise another daughter.

"Uncle Anke, did my father really turn into a beast?"

Frera asked quietly.

"I don't know, but everyone has his own destiny."

Anko shook his head.

"I understand, Uncle Anke, I'll go with you."

The small figure left the bedside.

Soon, the door was opened with difficulty, and a little girl wearing a black and white lace suit and with her hair braided into a big braid walked out.

She was dragging a small bag in her left hand and holding a basket in her right hand.

The basket contained some food such as dried meat, bread, and preserved fruits.

She timidly glanced at Liu Zheng who was carrying a butcher knife, then walked up to him with gritted teeth.

Although Fulla is young, she is not an ignorant girl.

The customs of Art City and the teachings of Father John were enough to make her understand who was the boss of this team.

"Thank you, kind sir."

She bowed.

The graceful movement made Marianne's eyes light up.

Although my two children are kind and cute, they grew up in a pub and their etiquette is only mediocre.

If I really adopt Fulla, I can let her teach Nia and Nina how to be a lady.

"I am not merciful, I am just offering an equal exchange. If your father can provide me with a high-quality blood gem, I can also give you a fortune."

Liu Zheng looked down at her and said in a cold tone.

Anko looked at him in confusion. Although this stranger's words and deeds had been a little strange before, he was still a gentle person. Why was he so cold to this poor little girl?

"Uncle Stranger, you are going too far. How can you bully a girl like this? It's so ungentlemanly."

Sister Nina rushed to Fulla, took her arm, then put her hands on her hips and spoke to Liu Zheng angrily.

Sister Nia hesitated for a moment, but still chose to go forward and backward with her sister and held Fulla's other arm.

An Ke nodded with satisfaction. He and his wife had been very successful in their education, raising two kind and united daughters.

But at the same time, he was worried that his two daughters' behavior would anger this outsider.

"The more alone you are, the stronger you need to be. Understand that there is no one in this world who will treat you well for no reason. You have to fight for everything yourself, whether it's exchanging or begging."

Liu Zheng was talking, but his eyes were looking to the other side of the street.

A torch protruded from the corner of the wall, and also protruded from the corner was a flintlock rifle with a muzzle shaped like a trumpet.

"It's the hunter!"

Anko exclaimed, immediately raising the boning knife.

Facing the hunters, he was more nervous than facing the wild beasts.

(End of this chapter)

257. Chapter 256 Communicating with You in a Metropolitan Way

257.

Fulla clenched her small basket and stared at the street corner.

She both hoped that it was her father who came, and yet she didn't want it to be her father who came.

Because she didn't know how the other party would appear in front of her.

Finally, the hunter behind the wall showed up.

He wore a white shirt and a multi-button vest with lapels inside, a thick windbreaker outside, equally thick trousers on the bottom, and a pair of leather boots on his feet.

There are a lot of extra pockets and shoulder straps on the windbreaker, probably for placing weapons and supplies.

Combined with the hunter's tall and thin figure, he looks very capable.

What is more special is his hat, which is a triangular hat.

The brim of the hat forms a smooth U-shape on the front, and many triangular cuts are deliberately cut at the tail to make it look like a bird's wings.

Under the brim of the hat was a pale and gloomy face. On the high nose there was an old scratch that extended from the nose to the right corner of the mouth.

"Whoo~"

Fulla let out a long sigh, looking both lost and relieved.

"Pale Night, why are you still hanging around outside?"

The hunter came over with a torch in hand, asking questions as he walked, his voice as heavy as his footsteps.

"Mr. Liu Zheng, let me negotiate?"

Anko said in a questioning tone.

Compared with the residents hiding in the houses, these hunters who have to face the beasts head-on are more nervous and probably cannot adapt to the somewhat eccentric way of speaking of this outsider.

"can."

Liu Zheng nodded.

"I'm Anko, the owner of Anko Tavern. They are my family. Our door was broken down by wild beasts, so we want to seek refuge somewhere else."

Anko walked a little further and answered the hunter's question.

"Where to go?"

The hunter continued to ask.

“The Church of the Church of Sorrow.”

Anko replied.

"Why don't you go to the church of the Blood Healing Church?"

"Because I think there must be a lot of people going to the Blood Healing Church, and we may not be able to get a good placement even if we go there. And there must be very few people going to the Church of Suffering. Even if we have to pay a little price, at least the attitude there must be very enthusiastic."

Anko said honestly.

He spoke clearly and with good reasoning, which eased the hunter's serious expression a little.

"And what about the beast that broke down your gate?"

The hunter asked again.

"We hunted him down."

"Who?"

The hunter's gaze moved away from Anko, and after scanning everyone's faces, it finally stopped on Liu Zheng's face.

"is it you?"

He raised the torch, as if trying to illuminate Liu Zheng's face.

"it's me."

Liu Zheng admitted it straightforwardly.

"You are also a foreigner, but you are not a hunter. You killed the beast, but you don't smell of blood."

The hunter looked a little confused.

"Who are you?"

"Working man."

He shrugged.

The hunter ignored his witticism and looked back and forth at him with bloodshot eyes.

Although the hunter found nothing except the strange attire.

But he always felt that there was something unnatural about the person in front of him.

"There's something wrong with you."

The hunter said.

"Oh? What's wrong?"

Liu Zheng asked with interest.

Of course he was not right, but he was more curious if the hunter could tell.

If even a random hunter could see through his disguise, then that meant Metropolis was just that.

"I don't know, but there's just something wrong with you."

The hunter shook his head and said stubbornly.

"Then what are you going to do?"

Liu Zheng asked back calmly.

"I need to take you back to the workshop. I can't let a dangerous person like you wander around outside."

The hunter replied.

"No, he still has to escort us to the Church of Pain."

Anko said loudly.

"That has nothing to do with me."

The hunter said indifferently.

They are hunters, not protectors.

"It is because of your attitude that Old Ater became a ruin and so many innocent residents died in that fire!"

The hunter's words angered Anko, and he raised his boning knife, pointing the tip of the knife at the hunter.

"You're going to attack a hunter. Are you going crazy?"

The hunter's eyes turned to Anko, and he sniffed.