Alex Moyan watched Amanai Riko walk into the school, then left to meet up with Satoru and the others.
"What do we do next? Follow that girl?"
"This Great One doesn't want to be a babysitter."
Satoru complained.
"Whether you want to or not, it's a mission. Satoru, do you want to get scolded?"
Alex Moyan looked at Satoru with amusement.
"Now, now, you two settle down."
Geto Suguru comforted the two of them.
Kuroi Misato, standing to the side, stepped forward to apologize for Amanai Riko's earlier rudeness.
"I am truly sorry, the three of you."
"Riko's parents passed away in an accident when she was young. I have always been the one taking care of her."
"Actually, Riko is a good girl."
"Good?" Satoru looked completely disbelieving. A good girl slapped me across the face the moment we met?
"So, are you Riko-chan's family?" Geto Suguru asked.
Kuroi Misato hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded.
"Sort of."
Geto Suguru could feel that Kuroi Misato deeply loved Amanai Riko.
Kuroi Misato recounted Amanai Riko's background and her destined tragic fate, which moved Geto Suguru to pity.
"Is that so?" After hearing Kuroi Misato's story, Geto Suguru stroked his chin, deep in thought.
He seemed to be contemplating something.
Alex Moyan remained silent, merely smiling.
Let this be a dream from his previous life—to let that girl Amanai Riko live!
For him, this was not a difficult matter.
"We are all here, what about that girl?"
"The bounty has already been publicly posted online. The Curse Users won't give us any face."
Satoru spoke up.
It was clear that Kuroi Misato's genuine emotion had also moved Satoru, making him start to care about Amanai Riko.
"It's fine. Let the girl finish her last music class and have one last warm moment with her classmates."
Alex Moyan smiled, a bewitching glint flashing in his eyes!
"It's fine. Everything is under my control."
One hour later...
Alex Moyan and the others slowly walked toward the school.
At that moment, Amanai Riko had just finished class and was bidding farewell to her classmates.
"Bye-bye, everyone."
Amanai Riko waved goodbye, a pang of sadness in her heart.
Because she knew that after today, she would never see everyone again.
Across from her were Alex Moyan and the others.
They were currently waiting for Amanai Riko across the surging crowd.
"Riko."
Kuroi Misato waved, greeting Amanai Riko.
Satoru and Geto Suguru on the side were puzzled.
"Huh? Why don't we see any Curse Users? Those guys value money over their lives."
"Besides, it's just killing an ordinary person. Shouldn't they rush over like mad dogs, 'whoosh whoosh' the moment they arrive?"
Satoru spoke while making exaggerated gestures to mimic the faces of those Curse Users.
Ugly, filthy, unbearable.
"Unclear? Logically speaking, the online bounty didn't mention us being present. They should have been here already."
Geto Suguru was also confused.
"Curse Users?"
Alex Moyan smiled slightly.
"They've all been taken care of by me."
"Taken care of by you?" The others were shocked.
"When did you take care of them?" Satoru asked.
"I never said I took care of them personally, honestly."
"As the young master of the Gojo Family, you have to handle everything yourself."
"Don't you have subordinates?" Alex Moyan gave Satoru an eye-roll.
Satoru was left speechless.
Soon, the group arrived at an empty corridor.
A graceful woman in a black dress, like a fallen angel, appeared from around the corner.
The woman held two iron chains in her hands. Tied to the end of the chains were not dogs, but two people!
Two men: a very old man, and a burly, powerfully built middle-aged man wearing a paper mask.
"Master."
The Queen of the Underworld bowed slightly, elegantly and properly.
Geto Suguru, Satoru, and the others on the other side were stunned by the woman's beauty.
This shock did not stem from desire, but from humanity's appreciation of beauty.
Amanai Riko looked at the woman's prominent bust, then looked at herself.
So flat...
Kuroi Misato noticed the girl's thoughts and wanted to offer some encouragement, but then looked at herself.
This... how could she encourage her?
Alex Moyan walked in front of the Queen of the Underworld and looked at the two Curse Users tied behind her.
What bound them was not iron chains.
For Curse Users of their level, iron chains could not restrain them.
What shackled them was the incomparable power of the woman before them!
They could only tremble; absolute strength and fear had stripped them of the will and power to resist.
All that remained for them was to crawl, awaiting the woman's judgment.
"Kill the old one, keep the other."
Alex Moyan's short sentence had already decided the fate of the two men.
"As you command, Master."
A giant battle-axe suddenly appeared in the Queen of the Underworld's long, slender hands.
The bronze axe looked like jade. In an instant, a green light flashed past.
The old man's head was split open. After three seconds, his head seemed to belatedly fall to the ground.
Blood sprayed out, directly splattering the face of the other Curse User.
Witnessing such a gruesome scene, Kuroi Misato was startled at first, then immediately covered Amanai Riko's eyes.
"Hey, Alex, there's a child here. Can't you be a little gentler?"
Satoru grumbled.
Murder and bloodshed were commonplace for people of their status.
For them, killing had become the norm, causing not the slightest ripple of emotion.
Even when he occasionally used 'Cang' to kill, the results were often gruesome.
"My apologies, I forgot."
Alex Moyan sounded slightly apologetic.
But his body happened to block most of the view.
It should be fine, right?
It would be bad if it left Amanai Riko with psychological trauma.
"Alright, next up is this fellow."
Alex Moyan coldly looked down at the Curse User trembling at his feet out of fear.
"Hey, uncle."
"I'll give you two choices."
"1, is to be like this person."
"2."
"I choose 2! I choose 2!"
The Curse User quickly chose the second option. Why die when he could live?
If it were before, perhaps he would have held his ground a bit longer.
But looking at the corpse before him, so conspicuous and terrifying.
He wanted to live.
Alex Moyan: "Very well then."
"I thought you Curse Users would give up your lives for freedom, like birds."
"My company is currently short on manpower."
"This is a contract. Sign it, and you belong to me."
Alex Moyan took out a contract, a binding made by Alex Moyan using a special curse.
"Yes, yes, yes, I'll sign! I'll sign right now!"
The Curse User nodded repeatedly, afraid that Alex Moyan would change his mind.
Even now, he hadn't considered resisting.
Because in the face of absolute power, he could only beg for survival!