Three thousand congratulations

【1】

"The name octopus is strange, isn't it? Usually people think of octopus, but it's true. The hometown of octopus lives by the sea, and it's a village that fishes octopus for a living."

"Since I was a child, octopuses have hated those slippery little animals with tentacles with suckers. In the octopus' heart, such things are not worthy of being called fish at all."

"The octopus was raised by his parents with the money they caught octopus one by one, but he left the village like other young people when he grew up."

"At that time, he didn't understand anything. He only knew that even if he went outside, he would not be happy, but as long as he left here, it would be fine."

"The octopus violated many laws in order to survive. When he was desperate and returned to the village, he found that because the octopuses were getting less and less, the village had lost its source of income and had been abandoned. His parents also passed away."

"So the octopus went back to the outside world, and from then on he didn't care about anything."

"Later, he was recruited to the underground arena and started a job of gambling with his life. This must be a kind of punishment for himself."

"And when the boss asked him what name he should use as a gladiator, he remembered when he was a child, when the tide in the village was high, everyone caught octopus on the beach."

"He remembered that once he opened his father's octopus pot, let go of the octopus in it, and was beaten and scolded by his father. He realized that this might be the fuse for his departure. He had been resisting everything, the kindness passed down from his ancestors, The love of parents, the traditions of the village, and the warmth of hometown.”

"Inadvertently going farther and farther, until I turned around and found that I had been rejected by all this. From now on, the only thing I can accept him is death, killing, crime and darkness."

"So he said, let's call it an octopus."

"Octopus took good care of me, and he was the one I really have to thank for being able to persist there until I left."

【2】

"So it's the senior who taught you fighting and survival skills?" Gintoki said casually following Guren.

"Ah."

"Should be still alive, why did you come to visit during the Obon Festival? This feeling is very annoying..." Gintoki's mind was filled with images of ghosts and ghosts, and black lines could not help but appear on his face. He quickened his pace and chased after Honglian and asked, "Hey, are you alive? Are you still alive?"

Honglian stopped and stared at his face, feeling a little absent-minded.

After a while, he said uncertainly, "I don't know about this either."

"I don't know? So it might be...hey, it's not because the other party entrusted you with a dream, right?" Yinshi began to lose his composure, and he looked around vigilantly. Everyone around him could not be from another world. right? !Be calm, don't rush, remember there's a spell or something, what is it?Ahhh, what is the spell! ! !

"It's because of an agreement." She blinked, and the out-of-focus pupils became clear again.She withdrew her eyes and lowered her eyes, Yinshi stopped and looked at her.

"It was agreed..." Her voice dropped.

"If you leave here in the future...if you still remember me, please burn a bouquet of flowers to me on the Obon Festival. One day, I will receive this gift..." The octopus turned its back The girl said so. "At least it can be regarded as leaving traces in this world."

"octopus···"

"If you can, help me see the sunshine above." His voice sank, and he felt pain for some reason, "People like me probably don't deserve to see the sun anymore, right?"

It would be nice if you could answer him then.

It should have been said out loud.

But... I chose to remain silent.

Because at that time, I was not sure if I had the qualifications.

"But now I want to use my meager strength to help him. Even if I can't help him open his knot, at least I can show him my growth and change."

"I also seem to have something now that is not rooted in the past."

"I want to tell him that besides blindly losing, owning is also possible."

Saying so, she put her left hand on her right arm.

As she moved, the bracers she wore began to flash a flowing, vivid red light.

【3】

The heart and throat of the corpse in front of him were cut wide.

She didn't dare to look inside, even though it was her own doing.In these days here, I have seen many corpses.But this one in particular is suspicious.

Although it is said to be a strange breed of celestial being, its skin will swell up during battle, and the color of magma flowing under the skin is incredible.

Moreover, this corpse that I made by myself didn't feel quiet at all, it just seemed to be asleep. Intuitively speaking, the life had not been completely released from the corpse.

I could feel something stirring inside.The corpse is too huge, and no one will come to drag it away in a while.

what is it then?She stood aside thinking.

"You're lucky." An octopus' voice came from behind.

"What?" she asked suspiciously.

The octopus pointed to the red tattoos on his arms, "There is something inside that can make you stronger."

"Become stronger?" She frowned, "So simple?"

The octopus strode forward and plunged the dagger at her waist into Tian's abdomen, then stabbed it neatly, then looked at the gap and said to her, "Of course there will be a price to pay."

After the dead body was cut open, there was not a lot of blood flowing out. The wound slightly narrower than the palm was like an ugly mouth opened in the abdomen, and it seemed that it might open its mouth to sing weird tunes at any time.

She stared at the mouth and felt sick.

"What's the price?" I thought to myself, as long as I don't eat any strange things...

"Get power, power that doesn't belong to you," the octopus paused for a while.

"The price is to become very powerful...but it is possible to become a monster."

She raised the corners of her mouth slightly, turning into a monster?Who cares if you are human or something else?Up to now, in order to survive, I have endured a lot, right? The future has long been painted black. In that dark place without light, who can see whether he is a monster or not.

"Anyway, it's very unfortunate, let's try it." Said it so easily.

The octopus nodded, looked at the corpse and said to her: "Now that you have decided, put your hand into the incision in the abdomen."

"Put it in?" Hearing this, he still hesitated.But after a while, he still hesitated and stretched out his hand, slowly approaching the ugly opening.

Because of the nervousness, I couldn't help but clenched my fist and stuffed the whole fist in. I could feel the contact between skin, blood and muscle, it was so disgusting.

"The whole arm goes in."

"Huh?!" I was really shocked this time, all my arms?

The octopus sensed her hesitation, so he decided to help her. He grabbed her slender shoulders and pressed down, her whole arm sank into the belly of the corpse of the celestial being.

Stomach, intestines, blood, and other unnamed things are all disgusting.She closes her eyes.What the hell is this for...

Under the wrapping of blood, the arm gradually felt a strange heat, and before he had time to be surprised, something bit his wrist.

She covered her mouth with the other hand to prevent herself from making a sound of pain, and the other arm was bitten alive, as if something had entered her blood vessel through the torn hole.

So hot, so painful.

Skin, blood, blood vessels, all burning.

what exactly is it?What kind of monster is it?

The octopus pulled out the pale and sweaty red lotus, she fell to the ground motionless, blood and other disgusting mucus mixed together on her right arm.The octopus poured a bucket of water on her arm. After washing away the blood, the girl's arm was still white and attractive, and it looked unchanged.Honglian stared blankly at her intact arm, and looked at the octopus in confusion.

The octopus squatted down, then cut open her palm with a knife, dripping blood onto her arm.

As soon as the blood touched the skin, weird red patterns immediately spread across the entire arm.

"This is?"

The octopus smiled, then pointed to the corpse.

"Say hello to your new friend first."

Honglian tried to turn her head away in surprise, but failed because of her lack of strength. She only felt a fiery breath getting closer to her cheek. She struggled to turn around, and then was stunned.

From the wound in the abdomen of the celestial being, a snake covered in flames is crawling out.

The Fire Snake crawled close to her on the ground, and she stretched out her hand, but the other party shrank back a bit, and then slowly wrapped it around her hand.

"It's not hot at all?" she said in surprise.

"The pattern on your arm is made with the blood pattern of an adult celestial being from Oz. This is an extraterrestrial creature that is unique to Oz. It is a parasitic creature that feeds on this blood. , as an exchange host can get part of his power."

"Using the blood pattern of an adult Oz man parasitized by a flame snake on the arm can make people have extraordinary arm strength," the octopus pointed to his arm, "but the blood I used is a little inferior. When I opened the Oz When he touched the Zi star's abdomen, the flame snake in his body was already dead."

"The tattoo on your arm will emerge when you encounter blood. You are a woman. How can you say that you have a congenital deficiency in strength? With this, you can even out your male opponents."

Honglian looked at the pattern on her arm, nodded, then raised her head and asked, "What about it? Flame Snake?"

"It will be your partner in the future. You can find a carrier like a wristband and let it inhabit it, and it will be able to fight for you in the future. But remember, its flame is real, and no one else touches it except you." will be burned."

"Partner? Mine?" Looking at the quietly burning flame snake wrapped around her wrist, she laughed from the bottom of her heart for the first time.

At that moment, it seemed that I was not so lonely anymore.

Is it really possible to get along better with non-human creatures?

From then on, no matter what kind of opponent it is, the odds of killing the opponent have become greater.

It seems that defending life has become easier.

There is a faint pride that anyone can be killed.

Until that person said to her.

"Very good, then your next target is me."

"Do it, kill me."

The gate of the arena appeared in front of her eyes, and her memories came to an abrupt end.

Enough is enough, stop thinking about it.

Obviously it's over.