[Hunter] Flowers and Hymns

When the call came in, Veronica was standing in front of the mirror, slowly zipping up her little black dress.She lowered her eyes, saw the caller's name, and pressed the connect button.

"Good afternoon, Kim."

"As you said, I brought out that kid named Kurapika. But I came a bit late, and the kid was seriously injured. But he is not bad, he can still survive under the siege of the Phantom Troupe." Hold on for so long."

Kim Fulishi's voice came from the other end of the phone. Veronica clamped the phone on her shoulder, laughed when she heard this, unscrewed a bottle of red nail polish, and painted it leisurely.

"Thank you. I'm really sorry for bothering you all this time."

"Every time you look for trouble for me, I really can't see that you will feel embarrassed."

Veronica guessed that Kim must have rolled her eyes on the other end of the phone, and the imagining made her laugh out loud. If she hadn't been so quick to react, she would have nearly ruined her nails.She raised her hand and carefully observed how the nail was painted.

She smiled, looked at it, and said, "Forgive me, forgive me, okay?"

Veronica put down her hands and continued to paint the rest of her nails. The bewitching red overwhelmed the ominous bruising.

"Anyway, I don't have long to live, and I can't trouble you a few times."

"..."

There was silence on the other end of the phone, but Veronica was still smiling.The nails were gradually painted, and the vivid red contrasted sharply with her pale skin that was faintly lifeless.

"Please also take good care of Kurapika. After all, if I fail this time, I can only count on him in the future."

Jin Fulishi was silent for a moment, and there was a little displeasure in his voice.

"Sure enough, I still can't like people like you who can't see anything but revenge."

Veronica laughed again: "I hate it too."

"..."

"But what can I do if I hate it, I have no other choice."

She quietly looked at the eyes in the mirror, crazy, undead eyes.

"If I don't want to do something, I will die the day Cosette dies."

Before Jin said anything, Veronica had already changed the subject quickly.

"Stop talking about these boring things. Has the brigade taken action now?"

"Well, they seem to be planning to kill Astasia back, you'd better be careful."

"No problem, no problem, I'm ready." Veronica spread her five fingers to dry the freshly painted nails, and the smile deepened at the corner of her mouth, "It's better to say that the sooner they come, the better."

The game she set up finally came to an end.

"Well, there's one last thing to bother you, Kim."

Veronica's voice became serious.

"Whether I succeed or fail today, please, as we agreed before, bring what I said to the place I told you."

To ... where Cosette is.

"I promise, this is the last time."

Because today, everything will end.

Kim said yes to her.

Veronica thanked him in a low voice.

"Thank you for your kindness and everything you've done for me, Kim. Really, thank you."

There was a jingling sound on the other end of the phone. Before Jin came back to his senses, Veronica had hung up the phone and pressed the off button for a long time.

— is no longer needed.

She raised her eyes and tilted her head at the woman in the mirror.Picking up the lipstick on the sink, slowly dabbing on her pale lips.She painted very carefully, but it still inevitably spilled over the edge, she carefully wiped it off with her little finger.After all this was done, Veronica quietly looked at the woman in the mirror.

The black mourning dress has been put on, and the crimson makeup is also in place. She looks at the person in the mirror, but she feels that something is missing.

What's missing?

Ah, right.

She pressed her little finger against the mirror, and the remaining lipstick rose up with the movement of her little finger, drawing a coquettish arc.

Veronica put down her hand, looked at the woman in the mirror, and nodded in her heart.

That's right, that's what's missing.

The scarlet arc on the mirror made the woman in the mirror look like she was smiling.

"That's the way to laugh." She murmured, "After all, I've been waiting for so long..."

It's been so long... When this moment is really about to come, she can't laugh anymore.

Veronica walked out of here expressionlessly, only the scarlet smile arc on the mirror was still silently laughing.

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On the snow-white altar, the blood of the dead was drying up without words.The limbs of the deceased were neatly stacked up and enshrined in front of the gods.The knight's head was wiped clean of blood and stains, and placed on top of the corpse.The predecessor of the National Museum of Castile was a Gothic cathedral. The afterglow of the setting sun passed through the rose window, casting colorful colors on the sacrifices, reflecting the bright green pupils of the eyes, as if When born.

Veronica sat alone in front of the cross, reciting a hymn dedicated to God in a low voice.The little black dress wrapped her pale body like a mourning dress, and the long flaxen hair showed an almost unreal color in the blood-red brilliance of the setting sun.She sits on a red velvet high chair, with her back to the image of the Madonna, who is neither sad nor happy.

She is waiting.

At this moment, the poisonous fire of resentment was burning silently, tumbling silently under the dark rocks, rotting the heart and eroding the bones.But she didn't smile, and she didn't rage.It was a peaceful calm, as quiet as a stone statue of a saint.

She is so at ease.

Because soon she won't have to wait any longer.

immediately.

immediately.

They are coming.

Veronica lowered her eyes slowly, and rubbed the hymn book with the big silver buttons in her hand. It was very old, as if it was about to fall apart with a little force, so the movements of her fingers were very gentle, like affection Like a fragile girl, she loves this book.

That's no wonder, after all, this is Cosette's relic.

Veronica read on softly.

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The door crashed down in front of her.

The man in black came with a dark shadow, accompanied by blood and fire. Veronica didn't need to turn her head to know that the blood outside the door hadn't run out, and the gunpowder smoke hadn't dissipated.

However, she was still calm, calmly read the last hymn, closed the poetry collection, raised her head calmly, and stared at the leader of the spider.

"Finally see you."

She pronounced the name slowly.

"Crollo Rushiru."

The author has something to say: Well, we are finally going to meet.

A little late, but good reading, gentlemen.

BGM of this chapter: Skillet-《Monster》

The lyrics and translation are as follows:

These secrets side of me

my hidden secret

Ineverlet you see

did not let you find out

I keep it caged but I can't control it

I imprisoned it and found it hard to hold back

Sostayawayfromme

stay away from me

Thebeastisugly

This beast is too dangerous

Ifeel therapy and I just can't hold it

I can feel the rage raging

It's scratchin on the walls

it's leaving claw marks on the wall

In the closet, in the halls

in the closet and in the hallway

Itcomes awake and I can't control it

It wakes up, I can't control it

Hiding under the bed

hiding under the bed

Inmybody, inmyhead

in my body, in my mind

Whywon'tsomebodycomeand

why no one can come

Save me from this make it end

save me from this end it

Ifeelitdeepwithin

I feel it penetrates to the marrow

It's just beneath the skin

evil under the skin

I must confess that Ifeellikeamonster

I must confess that I am a monster!

I hate what I've become

i hate the way i am now

Thenightmare's just began

The nightmare is just beginning

I must confess that Ifeel like a monster!

I have to repent myself for letting monsters wreak havoc!

I, Ifeel like a monster

i feel like a monster

I, Ifeel like a monster

I feel the presence of monsters

My secret side I keep

the secret i keep

Hidden under lock and key

locked and hidden

I keep it caged but I can't control it

imprisoned it and found it uncontrollable

Cause if Ilethimout

because once I let it out

He'll tear me up, break me down

It's gonna smash me to the ground

Whywon'tsomebodycomeand

why no one can come

Save me from this make it end

save me from this end it

Ifeelitdeepwithin

I feel it penetrates to the marrow

It's just beneath the skin

evil under the skin

I must confess that Ifeel like a monster!

I must confess that I am a monster!

I hate what I've become

i hate the way i am now

Thenightmare's just began

The nightmare is just beginning

I must confess that Ifeel like a monster!

I have to repent myself for letting monsters wreak havoc!

Ifeelitdeepwithin

I feel it penetrates to the marrow

It's just beneath the skin

evil under the skin

I must confess that Ifeel like a monster!

I must confess that I am a monster!

I, Ifeel like a monster

i feel like a monster

I, Ifeel like a monster

I feel the presence of monsters

It'shidin in the dark

it hides in the dark

It steet hare razor sharp

Teeth sharp as knives

There's no escape fore

i have no escape

It wants my soul it wants my heart

It wants to take my soul, eat my heart

No one can hear mescream

no one can hear me scream

Maybeitsjust adream

maybe it's just a dream

Maybe its inside of me

maybe only in my heart

Stop this monster

stop the beast

Ifeelitdeepwithin

I feel it penetrates to the marrow

It's just beneath the skin

evil under the skin

I must confess that IFEELL IKEMONSTER!

I must confess that I am a monster!

I hate what I've become

i hate the way i am now

Thenightmare's just began

The nightmare is just beginning

I must confess that Ifeel like a monster!

I have to repent myself for letting the monsters wreak havoc!

Ifeelitdeepwithin

I feel it penetrates to the marrow

It's just beneath the skin

evil under the skin

I must confess that Ifeel like a monster!

I must confess that I am a monster!

Igottalose control

i hate the way i am now

Here's something radical

The nightmare is just beginning

I must confess that Ifeel like a monster!

I have to repent myself for letting the monsters wreak havoc!

I, Ifeel like a monster!

Me, I'm as scary as a monster!

I, Ifeel like a monster!

I, I feel the monster's presence!

I, Ifeel like a monster!

Me, I'm as scary as a monster!

I, Ifeel like a monster!

I, I feel the monster's presence!

☆、September 2003, 9, Astasia