Remnant bones

"Maro!!!" I couldn't help shouting, and I pushed away the people around me and rushed over.Secretly, I stimulated the cursed ancient blood in my body over and over again.

Jun Malu is only less than six years old, and I, who awakened Xueji earlier than him, naturally know how hard the bone spurs just awakened are!Under the relentless beating of those heavy metal weapons, I, who have always had good eyesight, have already seen the cracks on the thick white bones.

no!Can't go on like this!I can imagine that at the moment when the bone spur used as a defense broke, the iron rod attacking with all its strength could easily smash Junmaro's internal organs into pieces.This must not be allowed to become a fact!Even if my identity is revealed and I become a "monster" beaten and scolded by my tribe, I don't care.After being "abandoned" for so many years, the status of the tribe in my heart is far less than that of a weed that can be seen everywhere.

However, Junmaro is different.

He is my sibling brother, closest and only relative.I can watch the death of my parents with cold eyes.But for this younger brother who has been recognized by me, the only person I care about in this world, even if I lose everything, I will protect him!

He's my... reason for living.

Under the astonished eyes of the clansmen, at the moment when the bone spur shattered, I firmly protected Jun Ma Lu under my body.

"Mmm..." A weak moan overflowed from my mouth uncontrollably, I clenched my teeth tightly to prevent the blood that had welled up in my throat from flowing out of the corner of my mouth.The inertia increased the impact of the stick, and when it fell on my thin back, it even made my bones, which were many times harder than ordinary people, protest silently.

I don't know if it was the impact of the previous illness, but the "shigu meridian" did not respond to my urging.However, as the first person to awaken the blood successor, he still has a bit of an advantage under normal conditions.At least for ordinary people like me, after a few hits, the spine will be broken into countless pieces.

"...Brother...Brother...Brother..." Jun Malu, who was in a daze, finally felt the strangeness on his body, and slowly raised his head. The moment he saw the familiar face, his eyes were full of joy but did not fall. The tears finally left a water mark on the immature face covered with blood and dust.

"Brother... woo...cough cough, cough... brother, woo..." Venting the fear and despair in his heart, he buried his face deeply in my embrace.In any case, at least there is an older brother...and an older brother who protects him and doesn't call him a "monster"...

"Hey... my brother is here..." Comforting him softly, I secretly wiped away the blood that I couldn't swallow at the corner of my mouth.Looking coldly not far away, the man with a face full of madness and hatred, but with faint fear and...excitement in his eyes - Jun Ma Lu's master and adoptive father, Kaguya Masaichi.

Pursue the power of the body and the pleasure of killing.Among the patriarchs of all dynasties, Hui Yezheng's desire for power is also the strongest and most extreme.Once by chance, I learned that he had hoped more than once that a new blood successor would be born again in the clan.The purpose of prohibiting the marriage between clansmen and outsiders is to prevent the blood that has been diluted over the years from dissipating, so as to restore the glory of the past.However, after layers of distorted rumors, and the clansman's fear of the blood successor owner over the years.His desire has evolved from the initial revival to the current use, to obliterate the consciousness of the awakened person of the Blood Successor Boundary, and completely reduce it to a tool for the Kaguya clan to kill the enemy!

I should have thought earlier that the death of my parents was not a coincidence.They are a pair of biological brothers and sisters with the purest blood in the clan. As their children, Jun Malu and I have the greatest chance of awakening blood succession.In particular, our hair color is different from that of other clansmen, which makes us the key training target of his plan.It's a pity that the elder's complete negation of my physique at birth made him give up on me and shift his attention to Jun Malu.

Jun Malu's awakening, I'm afraid it was his fault!

If there hadn't been that inexplicable attack before; if Junmalu hadn't awakened in full view; if I hadn't met Junmalu in private... maybe I could have taken Junmalu away in time and left this village; maybe That man will make Jun Ma Lu "killed" in an "accident" again, and disappear forever from the sight of the people; maybe Jun Ma Lu may be beaten to death by his own people... There are too many "if" ", too many "perhaps", but these two words themselves represent assumptions that will not be realized.

I no longer have the strength to take him out of here, I can't activate the Blood Successor Boundary, and my body, which is already weak after the onset of the illness, has been injured more and more.Now, besides being able to serve as Jun Malu's last "protective umbrella", I am destined to... die here.

Strength... I can't protect my most important person, I... I'm still too weak...

There was a wry smile in my heart, I lowered my eyes, and an imperceptible sarcasm flashed across the man's blue eyes.In the end...it's up to him.

"Malu..." I held my younger brother tightly in my arms, and I tried my best to raise a shallow smile to hide the deep reluctance and sadness in my eyes: "Promise brother... No matter what , even if it is to become a 'tool', you have to live...to live to find your 'most important person'..."

"...Brother?" As if sensing something, Jun Ma Lu opened his eyes wide in doubt.However, the moment he raised his head, a sudden darkness enveloped him.The last thing that catches my eyes is the gentle smile on my brother's face that I have never seen before... But why?Why... his heart... hurts...

elder brother……

Knocking Jun Malu unconscious with the gentlest method, I took out two hair buttons that were originally pure white but were stained crimson by my blood from my arms, and gently put them on for him.It was carved bit by bit with my finger bones.It was originally a birthday present for him, but now it seems to have become... a relic.

The pain has become numb to me, and the loss of blood and life has made my body icy cold. I slowly closed my eyes, and I sent my last blessing: "Happy birthday... Maro..."

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(Memories end.)

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"... Happy birthday... huh..." murmured and repeated the last words of this body. Lu's reluctance and pity...and that deep nostalgia reappeared in my body.

The younger brother... suddenly recalled the unborn younger brother or sister who was buried in the sea of ​​fire with his parents in his original memory.I suddenly felt that traveling to this world was a good result.How to be a good brother and take care of your younger brother seems to interest me more than lawlessness in hell.What's more, to get this body and even memory, you have to pay some "interest", right?As a person, I never owe anyone a favor... even a "dead person".

The rejuvenated body showed its resilience, which was the complete opposite of resistance.It seems to be combined with the pain numbness of the body itself due to long-term illnesses. It's not that I can't feel pain, but the severe pain can't have the slightest impact on my consciousness.

First I tried to move my fingers, then my palms, arms, shoulders, neck, head... and finally my whole body.It was about an hour and a half later when I was finally able to sit up by myself.

"Huha...huh..." Panting heavily, the cold sweat all over my body made the cloth condensed into hard lumps by dried blood stick back to my body.

The trauma was not serious, at most, the skin on the back was partially festered due to skin trauma infection.As for the bones, although there are cracks, they are worthy of being a senior person who has awakened the "Bone Meridian" for four years. This kind of hardness is probably not too much for steel.Unexpectedly, none of the bones broke directly, and it is no wonder that the bone buckle given to Jun Malu in memory took a full three months just to carve and grind.And if you want to say what the most troublesome injury to this body is, it's probably an internal injury!

Because of the violent impact caused by external reasons, the vibration generated caused my internal organs to be injured and displaced.If we say "one hundred days for a broken tendon and bone", it means that you have to lie down for at least three months if you hurt your tendon and bone. Get to the root of the disease.

I am a surgeon in western medicine surgery. Even though I have a good understanding of internal medicine cases, I can basically say that I am helpless about my injuries. "Healers cannot heal themselves." Didn't I die by my own hands in my previous life?What's more, judging from the social structure of this world, Japan is closer to the Warring States period. The prescription drugs and treatment methods in Western medicine are not supported by medical equipment, and they are completely useless.However, some knowledge of Chinese medicine that I accidentally learned when I was a "black clothes" is still useful.

Fortunately, "a long illness makes a good doctor", although I only obtained some medical books sporadically, but relying on my body's solid basic skills in pharmacology, it is still possible to slowly recuperate with herbal medicine.It's just that judging from "past experience", I won't have a good time during the period of healing in the future...

After taking a deep breath, calming down the abnormal heartbeat and checking my body, I finally had the strength to look at the place I was in.Of course, as expected, Junmaro was not by my side.Although I can't be sure whether it is as I expected, but it can be temporarily determined that he should not have died, at least not in my arms.

In a clearing in the forest, one after another, there are small dirt bags, rotten wooden signs, and a few rotting corpses not far from the dirt bag where I am.Anyone with no problem with IQ should know that this place is Luan Graves.

The Kaguya clan didn't pay much attention to funerals, and were even full of contempt.In their view, the battlefield is their best destination, and those who die in the village are cowards.So although this is the cemetery of the Kaguya clan, it is more often used to dispose of the corpses of captives, and no one would come here on weekdays.

And judging from the dryness of the blood on my body, I have been lying here for two or three days.It was my luck not to encounter any hunting beasts, otherwise missing arms and legs would be inevitable.The few "brothers" not far away were obviously not as lucky as me, and even the only body left after death was eaten to pieces.No, I don't know whose head just became my pillow.If I hadn't been used to working with dead bodies, ordinary people would definitely be scared to death!

Picking up the head beside him casually, the flesh and blood on it had been gnawed clean, leaving only the mottled blood on the skull and a strange headband with a hard iron piece.The original owner of this skull was a woman?No... This proportion and size are clearly a man!Could it be that he had some strange "hobbies" during his lifetime?

I couldn't help being embarrassed by my own thoughts, I raised my hand and threw the skull out.Not wanting to delve into this nonsensical matter anymore, I put the familiar feeling when I saw that "hairband" behind me.

Looking at the distant horizon, I don't know when, the soft sunlight has illuminated the sky.

"It's dawn..." I couldn't help but let out a sigh.

The "new" journey... will also officially begin.