Hunter's Codex

"Good morning, Kurolo."

Lu Xilu took out the bowl that had already been cracked along the mouth, and after confirming that the edge of the bowl had been blunted so as not to hurt Kuroro's delicate lips, Lu Xilu opened the only two packs of biscuits that he had found. Sure enough, the biscuits had been crushed into powder.

Lu Xilu poured the powder into a bowl filled with water and stirred it slightly with his thin fingers.

"sorry."

Standing behind Lu Xilu, Kurolo apologized softly again next to him, "I'm sorry."

"This is the only thing I can do." Lu Xilu frowned slightly. He licked his dry lips and handed the bowl to Kuroro.

This kind of dialogue is repeated almost every morning. Between Kuroro and Lu Xilu, Lu Xilu is always in charge of finding food, and Kuroro can enjoy everything that Lu Xilu gets without doing anything.

Yes, everything, because Kuroro is always incautious and prone to trusting others - which is fatal in Pop Street.

This made Kurolo feel ashamed, but Lu Xilu could always find his attention diverted from the topic, "It's almost time, should you go to the Tilted Tower?"

Don't know who started calling that place 'The Tilting Tower', but it's very apt.It was a dilapidated five-story building, often jaw-droppingly crooked, and the only unoccupied public space in this area of ​​the Senate.

It seems that anyone can enter and exit, but to be allowed to enter... is conditional.

Kiqiu once took Kurolo and Luxilu to look up at that place. She stood beside Kurolo and told him that he could enter, but she slowly shook her head at Luciro.

'Don't try to break in', Kiqiu had warned Lu Xilu, as if she had seen through his thoughts.

Kuroro and Luxilu, the inseparable brothers, will only temporarily separate when Kuroro goes to the Tilted Tower.

"Then I'm leaving," Kurolo nodded to Lucilu, and then crawled out of the cellar.

Lu Xilu watched his back gradually disappear, and never said a word, but there was a slight fluctuation in his eyes that were as deep as ice.He was anxious, and he always was when Kuroro left.

Kuroro would occasionally find food in the Tilted Tower, and it was well preserved, as if someone forgot to bring it back.Moreover, Kuroro seldom meets anyone in the empty tower. After being lucky a few times, Kuroro would go to the Tilted Tower for a walk every day when there was a shortage of food.

However, Lu Xilu strictly forbade Kuroro to enter and exit the Tilted Tower at will. He always had a premonition that it was too dangerous there.

This time, as usual, Kuroro entered the Tilted Tower after confirming that there was no one around.

There was a faint light on the elevator at the door, and Kuroro walked up the stairs from the stairs to the second floor. He just looked at it curiously, but never used it, or hid in the corner and watched others walk in the elevator come out.

Cautiously moving forward, as if a gecko was crawling slowly on the wall—Kurolo suddenly stopped, he moved his left ear, there was someone in this room—this is the characteristic of the residents of Pop Street, no matter what happens, he will care.

He breathed out quietly, lifted his feet off the ground, and put them down slowly, approaching the room almost at such a slow speed.As long as he stood on tiptoe a little, Kuroro could see the scene inside the house.

The person with his back to Kuroro, wearing a pair of blue gloves, grabbed a bloody hand and moved it slightly, wondering if he was holding any weapon in his hand, as if some kind of sharp knife cut the skin of his arm .

This is scraping the bones and removing the flesh alive, looking at the skillful appearance of the other party, it seems that it is not a day or two to do this kind of thing.

Suddenly the other party turned his head and looked at the place where Kuroro was. Although he quickly hid, he still met the other party's eyes.Those are the cool, emotionless eyes that are common on the street.

Even with just a quick glance, Kuroro could probably see what he looked like—no, it should be her.

The long purple hair was loosely tied up, and the skin was as white as the first snow with a small face. When Kuroro realized the girl's extraordinary beauty, his heart seemed to miss a beat.

Even if it was only for a short time, maybe the eyes lingered on her for less than a second, but she was covered loosely by a snow-white robe, and there seemed to be a water-blue belt around her waist.This scene greatly shocked Kuroro, he had never seen such a clean person on the fashion street.

Kuroro noticed the disharmony in his own words, and the existence of the girl had a clear and chilling aura... Some couldn't understand why such things appeared in the fashion street, as if they were spotless.

"you…"

The sudden voice made Kuroro look up, and at some point, the girl was already standing in front of him.

The voice is young but noble.

"Why are you here?"

There was no expression on the girl's face, she looked at Kuroro silently, her golden pupils were as cold as the severe winter, from which Kuroro seemed to be able to see herself slightly surprised and wide-eyed.

"Why am I not here?"

As if he could feel the vague doubts under the girl's expressionless face, Kuroro asked her with a smile.

Probably unable to understand why he laughed, the girl began to think about his answer.

There is no answer in Pop Street, and all actions are for one purpose, to survive.So Kuroro is obviously looking for food here, and although he has a soft smile on his face, he can't hide the embarrassment on his body.

Dirty clothes stuck on, broken shoes... The girl quickly glanced at Kuroro, shut her mouth and raised her arms as if she was troublesome, pointing her fingers in a certain direction.

"Should I go there?" Kuroro stepped forward, and soon he seemed to remember something, turned around and said to the girl exuding extraordinary aura, "My name is Kuroro, how about you?"

As expected, there was no answer, and Kuroro was not annoyed, "Then, goodbye." He really wanted to see her again.

After a brief one-sided greeting, Kuroro headed towards the direction given by the girl, although he didn't know what was waiting for him in the girl's so-called 'over there'.

It seems that there is a kind of force pushing Kuroro's footsteps in the dark. He attributed it to meeting a girl of his age today.

The girl repeated Kuroro's words softly as if puzzled.

'goodbye? 'Her whispers were as light as ghosts' whispers, like a rising mist in winter, and quickly dissipated.

"Ah", the girl belatedly made some noises, as if trying to stop Kuroro, but his figure had already disappeared around the corner.

"It's really rare...", the girl took this inexplicable retention as a curiosity that she had never seen a living thing—it seemed to be a fully functional human being.What about the inside?Is it already dilapidated?Still intact?

Perhaps because of the idea of ​​dissection, the girl suddenly lost interest in the disemboweled and useless corpse lying on the bed in the room.

The girl just got on the elevator and left the building. She came to the best-preserved three-story villa in the Senate in a familiar way.

It is described as complete because there is no other more appropriate word. Compared with other ruined houses, this villa that is still standing, although dilapidated but not damaged in any major way, is simply a miraculous existence.

The girl walked into the villa grandly. Just as she came to the hall, an old man in a plain robe suddenly appeared. His voice was hoarse and terrifying, but his expression was indifferent to the old and wrinkled girl, as if he had gotten used to it. Such a scene.

"how are you today?"

"There is no improvement." The girl hesitated, but finally said the question in her heart, "I met a... person."

Seeming a little unsure, the girl spoke slowly, "I let him go to that place."

"It's a black-haired kid." The old man slowly turned around with a cane, "Let that kind of filth be dealt with."

Which one is that?The girl rarely sees that... the monster at the bottom of the Inclined Tower. The source of that is only mentioned by the old man once or twice, and it seems to be an extremely terrifying thing.

Then... that boy named Kuroro seems to be no longer seen.

Goodbye - never again, Kuroro is really apt.The girl couldn't understand what was in her slightly melancholy mood?Is it because of the loss of an excellent material?

After watching the old man leave, the girl turned and went upstairs.

At the same time, Kuroro, who is still in the Tilted Tower, is still wandering, and he must follow the direction of the girl when he encounters a corner.Until now, he has not found any creatures and things other than himself.

There was nothing in the empty corridor, but there was a snoring sound that became more and more obvious.

What exactly is this?Was it something the girl wanted to show him?With a little curiosity, Kuroro walked into the depths, and suddenly all the light around him disappeared.I don't know when there are no windows around, and the road under my feet is still slowly sloping, and the slope gradually becomes steeper.

The next step is to enter the darkness where you can't see your fingers. I think this should be the bottom of the tilted tower.Without the light it is impossible to know why the building is leaning so impossibly.

Just as Kuroro was thinking like this, thunder flickered for a moment, and the thunder light illuminated his surroundings through the gap.With just a brief glimpse, he saw what he was facing... a huge monster with countless black barrels.

Kuroro pressed his heart beating like a drum, his breathing became a little cramped, and he tried to open his mouth to say something.An old voice came, "You can ask me three questions, as long as I can't answer any of them, you can pass."

Without thinking too much, Kurolo asked, "What's your name?"

"Franklin."

"Why are you here?"

"...", the other party seemed surprised that Kuroro would ask such a question, "This is already the second question."

"I know, you said you would answer, so why are you here?" Kurolo still asked.

"I was captured to protect the underground library here in exchange for my life... boy, the last question."

Accompanied by the harsh sound of reloading, Kuroro asked the last question, "Is a person lonely here? Franklin?"

"..."

There was a roar, and the turbid smell of soil, air, and machinery shrouded the dark space.Kuroro heard the old voice say, "What is loneliness? I don't know."

The author has something to say:

... I think everyone should know who she is, right? ~

I always feel that I am far away from the dark side of my imagination, far away~