"Things you want to bring?"
Hiruko Kohina scanned her surroundings.
"Hmm… there's nothing in the entire basement except for training dummies and two katanas. If there's anything I want to bring, it's just these two katanas."
"Can I bring these?"
Hiruko Kohina brought the two katanas in front of Abel.
Abel looked at the little girl, who was slightly shorter than the katanas, and smiled helplessly: "Of course you can. These are Kohina's own things. But how about I keep them for you?"
"Hmm… alright."
Hiruko Kohina thought for a moment, then placed the two katanas in Abel's hands.
Abel smiled and stroked her little head.
Then, under her astonished gaze, he stored the katanas in Kamui Space.
This scene made the little girl's eyes sparkle. She wanted to say something but couldn't think of the word.
However, she still said: "So amazing."
"Of course it is."
Abel stood up, then extended his hand towards Hiruko Kohina, "So… shall we go together?"
Hiruko Kohina obediently placed her small hand in Abel's palm.
Abel smiled slightly, took her hand, then picked her up and walked towards the basement door.
After all… only by leaving this place could Hiruko Kohina forget her past and embrace a new life.
"Kohina."
"Hmm?"
"Are you ready to welcome a beautiful tomorrow?"
"Yes!"
Hiruko Kohina nodded vigorously, her eyes filled with anticipation.
Bang!
The door was violently kicked open.
At the same time, the commotion here attracted the attention of someone.
"Hmm?"
A slender man, wearing a magician's tailcoat, a top hat, and a mask with a smiling pattern, felt the tremor.
His eyes, visible beneath the mask, showed an interested gaze.
He was Hiruko Kagetane, Hiruko Kohina's father.
"Interesting."
"To be able to get inside right under my nose."
Hiruko Kagetane said.
Then he got up and walked towards the basement.
Tap! Tap! Tap!
Tap! Tap! Tap!
The crisp footsteps of both parties echoed in the quiet night.
Gradually.
The footsteps grew closer and closer.
The familiar footsteps made Hiruko Kohina's body begin to tremble.
"W-wait, that guy is coming."
A trembling body, a trembling voice.
All of this, all of this was thanks to the one she called father.
Hiruko Kohina, held by Abel, curled up in his arms like a wounded little beast.
"Don't be afraid, Kohina, I will take you out of here."
"But that person is very scary."
"Trust me, and I told you, I will fulfill your wish."
Abel's words slowly calmed Hiruko Kohina's trembling body.
She looked up at Abel.
This feeling of security was something she had never experienced before.
Soon, the two met at the stairwell.
Hiruko Kagetane stood on the stairs, and Abel stood at the bottom of the stairs.
The two looked at each other.
Everything was self-evident.
"This… guest who trespassed, where do you intend to take my good daughter?"
Looking at Abel, who was holding his daughter below, Hiruko Kagetane continued to ask with a smile, "Also… how did you get in there without triggering any mechanisms, and then come here?"
Hiruko Kagetane was truly curious.
All the mechanisms on this path were set up by him.
Whether going in or coming out, not a single mechanism was triggered.
"I don't want to answer the first question."
Abel said indifferently, then continued: "But I can mercifully tell you the answer to the second question: I appeared out of thin air."
Listening to Abel's words, Hiruko Kagetane felt as if he had been tricked, then said coldly: "Guest, this is not funny."
Abel shook his head: "It's truly sad that no one believes the truth these days."
The brief conversation also exhausted Hiruko Kagetane's patience.
"So… who exactly are you?!"
"I am not human."
Abel thought for a moment and then said: "I am just a god who fulfills children's wishes, a soft-hearted god."
Faced with this answer.
Hiruko Kagetane was slightly stunned, then burst into maniacal laughter.
"Hahahahaha, a god? There are actually gods in this world!"
Hiruko Kagetane laughed there.
Hiruko Kohina shrank back in fear, looking at her so-called father.
After a while, Hiruko Kagetane's eyes turned cold, and he said emotionlessly: "If there really were gods! How could this world have become like this?!"
As he spoke, he raised a white pistol and aimed it at Abel's head.
Abel held Hiruko Kohina, facing the dark muzzle, a mocking smile on his lips.
"I advise you not to move recklessly."
Abel said, his eyes fixed on Hiruko Kagetane in front of him.
At this instant, Hiruko Kagetane's whole body trembled.
Just a single gaze was enough to make him afraid, to make him unable to move.
He wanted to pull the trigger, but he couldn't press it down no matter what.
He felt as if he was facing… a creature from a different dimension.
"How is this possible… Is this fear?"
Hiruko Kagetane said in disbelief.
As a cyborg, and also a Cursed Child, he was now actually afraid.
This was nonsense!!
Tap! Tap! Tap!
Abel walked past step by step, holding Hiruko Kohina.
He stopped beside Hiruko Kagetane.
"Don't act rashly, unless you want to die."
"And I'm taking this girl with me."
Saying that, Abel continued to walk outside.
These words infuriated Hiruko Kagetane.
Immediately after, Hiruko Kagetane suddenly let out a burst of frenzied laughter, "Hahahahaha, you want to take her? What makes you think you can take her?!!!"
With that, he quickly turned around, and as he turned, he aimed two modified Beretta M93R pistols, one black and one white, at Abel.
"Go to hell!!!"
With that.
Bang!
A sound was heard.
Hiruko Kagetane's hands, holding the guns, froze.
Then his hands dropped limply, and the two modified Beretta M93R pistols fell to the ground.
Immediately after, Hiruko Kagetane's headless body lost its strength, knelt down directly, and then lost all signs of life.
Hiruko Kagetane was dead.
He died without even using his abilities, his head simply removed.
Abel paid no attention and continued walking forward.
His originally red eyes returned to normal.
Dōjutsu — Ōhirume.
Gravity Shred.
Children's curiosity is quite strong.
Hiruko Kohina lay on Abel's back, looking behind her.
She looked at her dead father.
There was no sadness, no fear, but rather a hint of excitement.
At this point, the little loli's inner shadow completely dissipated.
Soon, Abel led Hiruko Kohina out of the house.
The two stood in an open space.
Hiruko Kohina, bathed in the moonlight, looked at the sky with glowing eyes.
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