soul stone

The waves swayed, the sea and the sky were the same color, and a pale beam of light was like a guard, radiating the darkness of the outside world.That's the lighthouse on St. Valentine's Island.

The smelly wind whipped his hair into strands, and the mixture of sea waves and sweat stuck between the bridge of his nose and glasses, but Kamijou didn't have time to wipe it off.She turned around and touched the speedboat's motor.There is no overheating, although there is not much fuel, as long as you keep driving in a straight line, you should be able to land safely.

She raised her wrist to look at her watch.It is now 9:2 p.m. on September 11.

Pale beams of light swept across the watch.She couldn't help squinting her eyes and looking up at the lighthouse, like a praying person looking up to the gods.St. Valentine's Island has a huge complex of buildings that does not match the desolate rocky appearance.There, led by Sister Moelle, a secret brainwashing experiment was carried out day and night.

Even Kamijou himself finds it ironic that the place that he didn't even want to think about a while ago has become the only shelter now.

September 9st is the first day of the Youkexin Auction.At the underground auction that night, Oyagi Yuki, who was in an unknown state, was on the phone with the head of the Phantom Brigade, and suddenly asked the other party to kill him.Kamijou still can't believe that he was able to escape in such a situation.

then……

"Now! Kill me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Kamijou felt a chilling murderous aura that he would never forget in his life.Not just fear, but also the despair of not being able to survive.It was the Phantom Troupe who were "one of our own" a few minutes ago who gave off a murderous look.

At the juncture of life and death, the sensitivity of the five sense organs seems to have increased several times.The sense of time is several times slower.Everything around is like a slow-motion movie——

0.1 second: Xue Ye fainted.

0.2 seconds: Franklin's phone slips from Kamijou's hand.Franklin noticed.

0.3 seconds: The storm-like "Qi" covering the snowy night disappeared.Fei Tan draws his sword.There are still 10 meters away from the two of them.

0.4 seconds: Kamijou's thoughts are restored.Fei Tan was still 5 meters away from the two of them.

0.5 seconds: Kamijou activates his ability, carries Xue Ye on his back and rushes out of the door.

……

0.5 seconds is enough to decide life and death.

Kamijou couldn't help but thank God for being able to explode in the most critical 0.5 seconds.Afterwards, considering that the Phantom Brigade moved faster than cars, and You Kexin was stuck in a serious traffic jam, she gritted her teeth and headed straight to Lingong Airport in a coma on a snowy night, catching the last flight of the day to Chris Hong Kong flight, and then take a speedboat from Chris Port to St. Valentine's Island.To be on the safe side, she used the ID card under the same pseudonym to buy flights to various parts of the world during the same time period.Even if the brigade found the airport, it would not be clear where they were going for a while.

At this moment, Xue Ye was lying on the side of the stern like a mummy, motionless.Because her appearance was too frightening and she gave off a stench of rotting flesh, Kamijou had to put her in full armor and sprayed her with high-concentration perfume.

Kamijou looked at the corpse-like white cloth, closed his eyes, let out a big breath, and fell down on the bow of the boat.Although it was hard work, it was safe for the time being.Sister Moelle loves snowy nights, and she will definitely find a way to rescue her and protect them from the brigade's raids.

Faintly, a long dark silhouette came into view.Turning off the motor, Kamijou switched the lens of his right eye to night mode.Like the map, there are trestles.

Before stopping, she jumped ashore, tied the bow rope to the stake, and immediately carried Xue Ye out.

There is no one around, only the strafing of the lighthouse and the humming of the waves.Crow's Eye carried Xue Ye on his shoulders and ran towards the only building complex on the island.

When seeing the low buildings lined up in a row from a distance, a strange smell floated in the sea breeze.It smelled like something was burning, and it was pungent.Covering his mouth and nose, Kamijou slowly approached along the outer barbed wire fence, and finally identified the source of the smell—the incinerator.A single chimney stood alone, producing a steady stream of smoke.

"Good evening."

With a creak, the barbed wire door opened, and the boy's joyful voice mixed with the ashes of the incinerator rushed towards his face.The man jumped from the top of the incinerator chimney, and when he landed, there was a cruel crisp sound of metal clashing.

Kamijou heaved a sigh of relief: "So it was you who surprised me."

The boy tilted his head and walked towards her.Metal prosthetics echoed hollowly as they stepped on the ground.

"I was taken aback. Sister Crow's Eye, why are you here?"

"This...it's a long story." Kamijou laughed dryly, "Is Sister Moelle here?"

"Well, yes." The boy nodded vigorously, "I'll take you there."

"That would be great." The Crow's Eye showed a relaxed smile.

The boy walked out of the iron gate, took out a packet of tomato sauce from his pocket, tore it open with his teeth, and sucked it in his mouth.Perhaps because of the quiet surroundings, the sucking sound was so loud that the Crow's Eye sounded like a vampire swallowing human blood.Taking Kamijou with him, he walked along the perimeter of the barbed wire fence.Turn right, in front of you is the barbed wire fence with no end in sight, and the night as dark as ink.

"Hey, sister Crow's Eye."

"Ok?"

"What's that on your shoulders? It stinks."

"Well...you'll know soon." The perfume I sprayed before has been blown away by the sea breeze.

"I know. It's like the smell of an incinerator."

"Huh?" Kamijou suddenly came to his senses, "Could it be...the one burning there is..."

"It's a corpse."

Kamijou was taken aback.Since it is an experimental factory for brainwashing, it is reasonable that there will be dead people.What surprised her was not the fact that the incinerator burned the corpse, but the tone of the young man in front of her, which was so ordinary.

"Here it is."

The steel door opened slowly, casting a long and narrow light and shadow on Kamijou.The boy turned around, and the backlight outlined a straw-like messy silhouette with gray and white short hair.

"A warm welcome from the world's number one genius doctor - Bucha: Welcome to the 'Holy Thirteen Institute of Spiritual Evolution'!"

The elevator keeps going down.The above-ground part of this research institute has only one floor, but the underground is five floors deep, and the area is far larger than the above-ground part.Sister Moelle's office is located at the northwest corner of the bottom floor, at the end of the winding corridor.

"Sister Moelle, this is Kamijou, there is an emergency."

I rang the doorbell several times, but there was no answer.Kamijou felt strange, could it be that the nun wasn't here?

At this time, she felt someone pulling the "mummy" on her shoulder.

"Maybe she's still sleeping, try again later." Bucha bit the ketchup, no emotion could be seen deep in his gray pupils.

The Crow's Eye looked at him, then at "Mummy", thought for a while, and finally decided to make his own decision—

"Help me save her, Bucha."

Bouchard's laboratory is located in the northeast corner of the same floor.The moment he opened the door, Kamijou coughed due to the mixed smell of various medicines.

"Because there will be danger, sister Crow's Eye, it's better to wait outside." After casually dropping a sentence, Bu Xia locked himself and the "mummy" in the laboratory.

Kamijou wanted to refute, but he really didn't have the strength.Absorbed by Xue Ye's berserk "Qi", the few remaining thoughts were exhausted on the way here.She was sleepy and tired, and soon fell asleep on the bench in the corridor.

After removing the white cloth wrapping the "mummy" three or two times, Buxia couldn't help laughing out loud.This unexpected "gift" seemed to light up his whole being.

"Ah, sister Xue Ye, why did you become like this?" He murmured, "It's really... so cool, so cool, so stylish!"

Putting on gloves and a mask, he carried Xue Ye to the operating table.The shadowless lamp snapped on, making it impossible to hide every rotten part of the body.Like a child getting a long-awaited new toy, Bouchard is holding a scalpel, but he doesn't know where to start.

The ketchup sucked up.He spat out the wrapping paper on the ground, and suddenly, with a flash of inspiration, he stabbed Xue Ye's upper abdomen steadily and ruthlessly.

In my impression, there is a stone fused with flesh in Xue Ye's stomach, which is equivalent to a heart.So now...

The movement of the hands suddenly stopped.Bucha's gray eyes were wide open, as if the scene in front of him was beyond his comprehension.

"black……"

The edge of the sharp blade was stained with thick black blood like ink.

The stone fused with the stomach, I remember it was originally purple, but now it is completely black, without a trace of transparency, like a ball of ink solidified.The criss-crossing blood vessel-like meridians around the stone are blackened from the root and spread from the inside to the outside.The whole stomach is black!

Bouchard cut a few more places.Not only the stomach, but also the lungs, liver, intestines, brain, and heart were all completely black, as if the whole person had been disassembled and thrown into ink for three days and three nights before being assembled again.

"Wow, sister Xue Ye, what's wrong with you? How did you become like this? I should call you Sister Moji from now on. Well, but if you still can't wake up, Sister Crow's Eye will be very troubled..."

Talking to himself, Buxia sewed up the part where Xue Ye had been cut, took off his gloves and mask, and went to the other side of the wall to take off the receiver.

"Hey, hey, it's me. How many corpses are we going to burn in the next batch? Well... well, listen to me, don't burn it, just put it there. It doesn't matter if it stinks. That's it, please!"

After hanging up the phone, Bouchard pushed the operating table carrying Yukiya out of the room, glanced at Kamijou who was sleeping soundly, and walked in the opposite direction.Returning to the incinerator the same way, in the dark hall, human figures covered with white cloth lined up neatly, all of which were unprocessed corpses.The smell was so pungent that even Busha couldn't help frowning.

"Although there are only a few hundred people, please enjoy yourself, sister Xue Ye."

"Well……"

Kamijou opened his eyes.Deep drowsiness makes people lose the sense of time.She sat up abruptly, leaning on her forehead and muttering to herself: "Now... what time is it?"

"September 9 at six o'clock in the morning. Good morning, Miss Crow's Eye."

"Ah, good morning... Huh?"

In the blink of an eye, Kamijou finally saw the person in front of him——

Restored to its original appearance, Oyagi Yukiyo.