Chapter 1102 - Me and My Employees (1/2)
The endless black fog was like a sea of despair; the broken building in the memory became a lonely island in the ghost fetus’ heart. He stood before the twisting buildings, under the black and red sky, inside Chen Ge’s shadow, and following quietly behind him. That was how things were many years ago. He saw how Chen Ge had everything, everything that he wished to possess for himself. He wanted to be a butterfly, but ultimately, he was just a shadow. The desire was slowly twisted. He did not stay there and wait, slowly waving his hands and trying his best to chase after the butterfly that was fluttering in his heart instead.
He had no idea why he would do something like that. He did not even know what would happen the day he caught up to the butterfly, but he knew to keep on running after it. Finally, at this moment, ten years later, inside the door, he had caught that butterfly.
The lowered head slowly rose, and the boy looked up at Chen Ge. Their eyes met in the nightmare, and it felt like they had crossed the limitation of time. Chen Ge saw himself from ten years ago, and the ghost fetus saw a demon that he could no longer recognize. In this world filled with despair and pain, only one’s heart would be the receptacle for light. But if one’s heart was devoid of light, everything that one saw would be ghosts and Specters.
“Did you leave at this age?” Chen Ge had seen part of the ghost fetus’ memories in Fang Yu’s world, but the boy before him was completely different from the ghost fetus in Fang Yu’s world. In the worlds behind the doors of the other candidates, the ghost fetus appeared in the form of a baby, but the boy before him had the same face as the childhood Chen Ge. The facial features were rather undefined, but one could tell that this was Chen Ge.
“You…” Chen Ge had many things that he wanted to say, questions he wanted to ask. He had imagined this encounter with the ghost fetus many times in his mind and rehearsed many different statements, but when he was really standing before the child, the things that he had prepared were stuck in his throat.
A monster that had ruined multiple families; a monster without humanity; a soul twisted and cruel like the demon; a child who was abandoned, tricked, harmed, and made insane.
Chen Ge did not know how to judge the ghost fetus. He would not pity him, he would not help him, but he merely did not wish to lie to the ghost fetus anymore. Even if one of them would die the next second, he would not deal with the ghost fetus like he would other enemies, using many things to deceit and trick him. The ghost fetus gave Chen Ge a strange feeling, like he was looking at mirror, but the reflection inside the mirror was trying to come up with ways to kill him.
“Do not stand on my shadow anymore. That is no longer a spot reserved for you.”
No matter what Chen Ge said, the ghost fetus showed no sign of speaking. He kept staring at Chen Ge’s face, the picture of a ghastly demon reflecting in his pupils. His body leaned slowly forward, giving the impression of one’s shadow standing up and trying to crawl into Chen Ge’s body. Just as the ghost fetus was about to touch Chen Ge, a wall of blood vessels blocked his way. A heavy stench of blood radiated out from Chen Ge’s body.
Drip drop, drip drop…
The blood dripped. The ghost fetus moved his gaze away from Chen Ge’s face and turned to look at the red high heels in his hands. He slowly raised his arm, and the ghost fetus’ fingertip touched the layer of blood vessels. His expression did not change. It was like a child reaching out to touch a spiderweb out of curiosity. The blood vessels were snapped one after another, but at that moment, a giant explosion sounded from one of the buildings!
Jin Hwa Apartments Block B started to bend. A large shadow was pressing against the side of it. Who knew what kind of monster it was? After the explosion, the ghost fetus had obviously slowed down. The few buildings appeared to be the foundation of this world and they influenced the ghost fetus’ condition greatly.