Night’s Nomenclature-Chapter 500: Flame Patterns
“Older Brother, have you defeated all the enemies?” Shinguji Maki asked. The little girl had closed her eyes from the beginning, and Qing Chen hadn’t let her see a single drop of blood.
“Yes, they’re all defeated.”
The little girl recalled everything that had happened tonight.
First, a group of people burst into her onsen ryokan, intending to take her away. Her grandmother struggled to get up to save her, but was pushed to the ground.
Then, those people were like monsters, and no one could do anything about them.
At that time, the little girl had already despaired. She felt that no one could save her.
But the moment Qing Chen appeared, everything was different. This Older Brother gently asked her to close her eyes, and then all those arrogant Shadow Agency members vanished into thin air.
There was no fierce battle, no twists and turns. Unlike Ultraman, who always struggled to defeat monsters, it was as if he had snapped his fingers, and the enemies were all gone.
It was as if the gods hidden in the divine land of Takamagahara in the myths performed every year at the Bai Chuan Village temple.
Shinguji Maki asked, “Older Brother, do you live in the divine land of Takamagahara?”
Qing Chen thought for a moment and honestly answered, “No. If I have the chance, I might eliminate Amaterasu from your Takamagahara.”
Shinguji Maki opened her mouth, unable to speak for a long time…
Amaterasu is the legendary ruling god, the sun god, of Takamagahara.
“Just kidding,” Qing Chen said.
Shinguji Maki: “Ah?”
Qing Chen: “If I really had the chance, how could I only eliminate Amaterasu? I’d definitely eliminate them all.”
Shinguji Maki: …
Qing Chen looked at the fire engulfing Bai Chuan Village in the distance and calmly said, “Little Maki, those who came to get you are the ones who call themselves gods. In my opinion, they have no reason to continue to exist.”
Since the Shadow Agency’s inception, they had always linked themselves to Takamagahara, claiming to be messengers of the gods, even promoting certain chosen ones as reincarnated gods.
This move attracted countless Shinto followers.
Shinguji Maki thought for a moment and said, “The people Older Brother hates must all be bad guys.”
The two returned to Bai Chuan Village. The little girl cried for a long time on her grandmother’s body, her voice hoarse.
Although Qing Chen had to leave as soon as possible, he didn’t stop her. After all, she was the little girl’s only relative.
After an unknown amount of time, Shinguji Maki got up and wiped away her tears. She didn’t beg Qing Chen, but went to find matches herself and set the entire onsen ryokan on fire.
This was the onsen ryokan that her grandmother had run for a lifetime. Now that her grandmother was gone, let the onsen ryokan go with her.
Qing Chen looked at Shinguji Maki. He suddenly found that after the little girl personally set fire to the onsen ryokan, her expression gradually calmed down.
At that moment, he felt like he was looking at his younger self.
The day his parents divorced, he made up his mind to tell his mother that he wanted to continue living with his father. It was the same then.
Qing Chen’s heart stirred.
He suddenly grabbed Shinguji Maki’s pulse point. Knight True Qi surged, and the Breathing Technique swept through like flames.
Shinguji Maki looked up at Qing Chen in astonishment: “Older Brother, what’s wrong? I feel a warm current in my arm, flowing into my heart.”
The little girl’s eyes were like a pool of Jiuzhaigou autumn water, clear and lively.
This time, it was Qing Chen’s turn to be astonished. Because under the illumination of the firelight from the onsen ryokan, flame patterns clearly bloomed on the little girl’s Face[-]—the unique mark of the Knight Breathing Technique.
But the problem was, the little girl hadn’t fallen into the Trial of Heart.
The little girl hadn’t felt any pain.
Or perhaps, her mind was so pure that… she easily crossed the threshold of the Trial of Heart without experiencing any of it.
More importantly, the little girl had never been to the Inner World. She should still be bound by the rules of the Outer World and unable to become a Metahuman!
What’s going on?
Qing Chen frowned. Could it be that he had met a true chosen one?
Wait, or maybe he met a Japanese beta tester?
If she, like himself, was sent to the Outer World before she had any memories, then everything would make sense.
But Qing Chen couldn’t confirm the accuracy of this guess.
The biggest problem was, if Shinguji Maki was a beta tester, why didn’t she become a Time Traveler from the moment she crossed over?
What went wrong here?
It’s also possible that Shinguji Maki is not a beta tester, but she is naturally gifted with the ability to break the rules of the world.
“Let’s go,” Qing Chen found his mountain bike discarded by the roadside, hoisted it onto his shoulder, and took the little girl’s hand, walking towards the snowy mountain.
“Older Brother, where are we going?” Shinguji Maki asked softly.
Qing Chen felt the little girl’s body trembling slightly in the cold.
He understood that it wasn’t because it was really that cold, but because she had no one to rely on in this world anymore, so she was truly afraid.
Before, the little girl could rely on her grandmother. Even though her grandmother lay unconscious in bed, her heart wasn’t completely broken. She could hope that her grandmother would get better one day.
Now, her grandmother was gone, and there were no more fairy tales in this world.
Shinguji Maki was actually afraid that Qing Chen would suddenly let go of her.
Qing Chen thought for a moment and said, “The place I’m going to is very harsh and dangerous. Are you willing to go?”
The little girl quickly nodded: “Yes, I can wash clothes for Older Brother. I can wash them very clean!”
Qing Chen shook his head: “You don’t have to be so humble. Wherever I go, you go.”
“Older Brother, you’re not from here, are you?”
“Yes.”
“Is Older Brother’s hometown beautiful?”
“You can see for yourself.”
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The Shadow Agency arrived faster than expected.
They originally came to Nakatsugawa City in a group of over a hundred people, then split into more than ten small teams, heading to the countryside near Nakatsugawa City.
They agreed to regroup in Nakatsugawa City before 2 am.
In the Shadow Agency’s plan, capturing potential Time Travelers in the countryside should have been very easy, and no accidents should have occurred.
In the past, there had never been any accidents.
At 2 am, the Bai Chuan Village team had not yet returned, so the team of over a hundred people immediately rushed over.
They found four overturned off-road vehicles in the mountain stream, along with the corpses in the vehicles.
The leader silently checked: “A total of seven people. Seven people died of gunshot wounds. An average of two or three shots to kill one person. Their marksmanship doesn’t seem very good.”
When Qing Chen killed them, he deliberately used two or three shots to kill one person, so as not to let the Shadow Agency connect this incident with the Joker who appeared in Osaka City.
It wasn’t the right time yet.
At this time, the leader suddenly felt something was wrong. He went back to check the injuries of everyone: “One person died first, then was shot three more times.”
As he spoke, he looked at the neck of the corpse. The bruises on the neck clearly showed the finger marks of a human hand.
At first, he thought the injury to the neck was caused by falling down the cliff, but now it seems that this was the real fatal injury.
The leader reached out and touched it. Immediately, he gasped: “A single palm strike to break the neck bone! How much strength does that take?!”
You must know that the cervical vertebrae are one of the hardest bones in the human body. Shadow Agency members are all Gene Soldiers, and their bones are somewhat strengthened.
Someone who can break the cervical bone with a single palm strike must be a monster.
The leader thought for a moment and said: “Could it be that the person Osaka City Hall is looking for has appeared here?”
“Probably not. The characteristics given by Osaka City Hall don’t say that the opponent’s marksmanship is divine,” a member wondered. “Now Osaka City is on high alert. It is said that two chosen ones have rushed over from Tokyo and Kobe. A person of this level, after causing such a stir in Osaka City, how could they run to a small place like Bai Chuan Village?”
“Yeah, why would they come to Bai Chuan Village? To ski?”
The leader thought for a moment: “The three potential Time Travelers are not among the corpses, which means that the person who did this must have a relationship with one of them. Whether it’s the Joker or not is uncertain, but I think we should report to Osaka City Hall immediately and ask them to send reinforcements.”
“Ah? We need to alert Osaka City Hall?”
The leader looked at the questioning member: “Listen to me. After the reinforcements arrive, we will enter Bai Chuan Village for investigation. This decision… might save your lives.”
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