Demons Beside You (The Demons Beside Me)

Suddenly, Chen Zhao thought of an idea.

An extremely risky idea!

Demon crystal!

If you give the demon crystal to the gangster to eat, you might have a chance.

However, you can't feed him the whole thing.

Chen Zhao took out the demon crystal from his arms, then raised his head and asked Mowgli: "Do you have a hammer?"

"do what?"

"Is there any?" Chen Zhao did not explain.

"Get him a hammer."

Mowgli turned and left, and found a hammer for half his salary.

Chen Zhao didn't know if this demon crystal would be indestructible, but he had no choice at this time.

Chen Zhao held the hammer and raised it high.

But at this moment, the god of death suddenly approached.

"You want to use this to save him?" A strange voice sounded in Chen Zhao's mind.

Chen Zhao tried to use his own thinking to respond to the other party: "Yes, is there any problem?"

"Give me this demon crystal and I'll let him go."

"This demon crystal is more valuable than him." Chen Zhao replied.

"But if he dies, you will die too."

"Are you the God of Death? Why do I feel like you are more like a demon?"

"I am indeed a devil. Death is just the name you humans give me. To be precise, our family is called the Soul Seducer."

"Devil? A demon I know said that no demon has entered the world for thousands of years."

"Do you know other demons? Although we, the seducing people, are also demons, we don't live in hell. We are caught between hell and the human world."

"Then how do you send your soul to hell?"

"We are not responsible for sending souls to hell. Corrupted souls will fall into hell on their own. We seducers will only attack special souls, such as his."

"What's so special about him?"

"He belongs to bad guys and good guys. There is a light side and a dark side in human nature. We bring him into the cracks, then peel off the useless parts, extract the remaining parts, and temper them into the devil in your hands. Crystal, so if you are willing to give me the demon crystal, I am willing to let him live."

"Can you decide whether he lives or dies?"

"I can't decide his life or death, but I can decide whether he can die now. He still has vitality. As long as you don't kill him directly, he still has a chance to live."

"I can only give you half, he's only worth so much."

"Deal." The seducer replied cheerfully.

After saying that, Chen Zhao suddenly dropped his hammer, and the demon crystal fell into pieces.

It seemed that this thing was not very hard, so Chen Zhao picked up the fragments.

Then, while the two of them were not paying attention, he handed half of the demon crystal fragments to the soul seducer.

"Aren't you leaving yet?"

Chen Zhao really didn't feel comfortable with a god of death by his side.

"Don't worry, I keep my word and I won't break my promise. I'm just telling you that your operation will be successful, but he will still die of a gunshot wound twenty minutes later."

Chen Zhao's body trembled slightly: "Who did it? Mowgli?"

"No, it's a woman."

Chen Zhao's eyes flickered, should he tell him the news?

Chen Zhao raised his head, looked at the boss, and then at Mowgli.

"Was your gunshot wound caused by a woman?"

Mowgli pulled out his gun in an instant and pointed it at the back of Chen Zhao's head from behind.

"How did you know?"

"Before I came in just now, I saw a woman on the street, so I asked, do you think it's normal for a woman to walk around in this kind of place at this kind of time?"

The boss's eyes flickered: "I owe you a favor."

"No, I'm just responsible for my patients."

Chen Zhao began to remove the bullet from the boss's chest, but the seducer never left.

"I occupy this block now. If you need it, you can come to me again."

"Is there a god of death in every neighborhood? Isn't it a soul seducer?"

"No, we exist between light and shadow, and we will only be attracted by souls with complex personalities. We will not be bound by geography. It's just that this neighborhood seems to have a lot of complex souls, so I Will occupy this place.”

"Does that mean that as long as you are here, you can decide anyone's life or death?"

"We can't decide anyone's life or death. We can only perceive the scene before a person's death. For example, I just told you the cause of his death, and then you told him again, thus avoiding this kind of death. And if it is A person who has no vitality, then no matter what you and I do, we can't prevent his death, no, to be precise, the devil crystal can."

"Huh? Can demon crystals extend people's lifespan?"

"Yes, but everything has two sides. Demonic crystals can extend people's lifespan, but they can also damage human body functions. As your doctors often say, use too much medicine. This is the truth. The human body cannot bear too much. Devil crystals. Only devils can directly eat devil crystals. If you want to use devil crystals to extend the life of a person, then grind it into powder and give it to people in small doses, and it is best to use it on old people. , if used by a young person like you, the demon crystal will destroy your body functions and make you extremely weak, requiring a long time to recuperate your body."

"I see."

Chen Zhao carefully took out the warhead and stopped the bleeding of the boss at the same time.

"Your life is saved."

The boss at this moment, still very weak, nodded slightly: "Thank you."

"I need to get my share of the paycheck and get out of here."

Mowgli paid, three thousand dollars, a penny less.

Chen Zhao didn't want to stay here anymore, but the God of Death left with Chen Zhao.

"If I need your help in the future, how can I contact you?"

"If you are in this neighborhood, I will feel you. Whether you need it or not, I will come and chat with you. If you need me to go elsewhere, then you need to make an appointment in advance, and if you leave this neighborhood, I The perception of death is not that strong. If the target has been targeted by other soul seducers, then I will not be able to perceive death. Everyone's death will only be sensed by one soul seducer."

"ask you a question."

"what is the problem?"

"If I was in danger and I wanted you to protect me, could you do it?"

"I can't save you, but I can make their death come earlier."

Chen Zhao felt that the ability of the Soul Seducer was the ability that best suited his profession.

At least it's more useful than the two little bastards Beelzebub and Raymond.

"By the way, do you have a name? Or who you belong to."

"Death has no name, and we are subordinate to any demon."

"Then let me give you a name, otherwise it would be too awkward to call you the God of Death or the Soul Seducer. Of course, if you have any taboos, forget it."

"Name me? Of course not, you are the only human who wants to name Death."

"I see you are all completely black, so let's call you Lao Hei."

"Okay, from now on I will call you Lao Hei."