Chapter 617 - Paying with Blood (1/2)
Xiao Luo was weighed down with grief as he watched Xie Wenchang die. If he could, he would have helped to save his life, but the system’s healing effect only applied to him alone. It was remorseful, for Xie Wenchang was the head of this family of three, and sadly, he had been killed, while the little boy was already beyond help. The genetic drug was corrupting his body from within, and the coma it induced was a permanent effect. The boy was destined to stay in this state until he eventually died.
“Let’s go, let’s get out of here as fast as possible!”
Suzuki Ikuo told the woman in rusty Chinese. He was also feeling heavy-hearted, and he simply hated to spend another minute in this research facility. Not only it had broken up a loving family but taken the lives of father and son. He now felt hatred for the Ri nation people who were involved in this research.
“I am not leaving, my child and I, we are not leaving…”
The woman looked at Xie Wenchang’s body affectionately as she murmured, and tears welled up in her eyes. She caressed Xie Wenchang’s coarse face and wept. “I am where my man is. Our family will always be together, and we’ll never be separated again!”
“Why are you doing this to yourself? I know this is a painful memory for you, but once you have gotten over it, you can live a new life. Time will heal everything.” Suzuki Ikuo was losing his composure and he looked over to Xiao Luo, hinting for him to persuade this woman.
Xiao Luo looked at him indifferently and remained silent.
“I don’t want a new life! I want my husband! I want my child!” The woman was hysterical, and in her eyes, there was nothing but the wish to die. The two most important people in her life had left her, and she no longer had a purpose to live.
“You’re still young, you’re…”
Suzuki Ikuo stopped abruptly, and he was completely shocked. That woman had impaled herself with Xie Wenchang’s sharp claw without any hesitation. The claw pierced through her stomach like a sword, draining away her life force rapidly.
“Ah… Ah…”
Mute grunted hysterically as he recalled memories of his late wife and daughter, and his eyes turned red immediately.
Bright red blood started to slowly ooze out from her wound and the pain caused her to sweat profusely. Then she quivered uncontrollably, and the blood spurted out of her mouth.
“Idiot! Idiot!”
Suzuki Ikuo was devastated and lost his composure. He did not act like a yakuza now, instead expressed sorrow and empathy for this family. An extreme hatred formed in his mind toward those involved in this inhumane experimental project.
Xiao Luo remained silent as he strode toward the exit. He was so silent that it was beginning to feel a little strange, like the calm before a storm, and that wasn’t a good thing.
Suzuki Ikuo carried Lady Poison, still unconscious, and followed him. However, he could not help but look back in regret.
Both Mute and Deaf also regained their composure and trailed behind them.
“…Under the bridge, ducks are swimming, come count them all, two, four, six, eight, ten…So many of them, too many of them…Grandpa with the ducks, his beards white as their feathers, singing the old song, telling the same joke…”
As they were heading toward the exit door, that woman started humming a lullaby to the boy, as if trying to put him to sleep. Her voice was gasping and sorrowful, and it pierced everyone’s soul as she sang tearfully. As they walked away, it gradually became weaker and weaker until it finally stopped.
It was truly a heartbreaking lullaby.
Xiao Luo turned back and saw that the family of three all cuddled up together in the blood, and it was a depressing sight.
“Ah… Ah… Ah…” Mute cried.
Suzuki Ikuo also shed tears, and he cursed while trying to wipe it dry, “Idiot…”
Xiao Luo smiled. It was a cruel smile, a smile that could only be seen on a madman’s face.
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