Chapter 38 Epilogue (1/2)

Chapter 38 Epilogue

“No way, how could I leave you in this dangerous place by yourself?!” I blurted out. I could also see, despite the darkness, that the injury on Wen Jiubo’s chest was starting to bleed through the fabric.

Wen Jiubo sighed helplessly, then said something completely unexpected. “Alright, then you stay here. It’ll be over… in the blink of an eye anyway.”

Before I could decipher what Wen Jiubo meant, the man opposite us suddenly glared at me, mumbling to himself.

“You, of course, it’s you. Of course, you want to ruin my fun. You evil human, I’m going to eat you right here, right now!”

As he said that, he actually leaped towards me, the dagger in his hands stabbing towards me. My heart seized, but before I could even retreat back, Wen Jiubo was already in front of me. He grabbed the other man’s hand tightly, eyes dark.

“The one who ruined your plans wasn’t him, it was me. Get a hold of yourself, you evil demon! You’re the one who should’ve been eaten.”

Wang snarled angrily, immediately changing targets and charging at Wen Jiubo instead. Wen Jiubo turned sideways just in time, and the blade only cut through his sleeve.

So impressive! I thought as I watched this. Even injured, Wen Jiubo’s movements were still nimble. I couldn’t see any sluggishness.

“The so-called demon is pale-faced and red-eyed. With the mouth of a bloody beast, feasting upon human flesh, a creature who rapes and murders without care for the consequences.” Wen Jiubo said, his voice loud as he moved to avoid the attack. “The one who terrorized C City with the serial murder-rape of seven is you, Wang Zhong!” You raped those girls, then cut their bodies up, eating them piece by piece. This is why the police never found an entire corpse. I never thought that after being targeted by the police force, you would come to my territory. You pretended to be human and remarried. It would be one thing if you had seen the error of your ways, but you only wanted to destroy your wife and daughter!”

— Blood, flesh, hair, bone.

— Soft, delicate little bodies, so cute, so pretty.

— That’s right, that’s right. No matter how many times, I want to cut them up with my own hands. Fill my belly with them, piece by piece.

— What? It’s a perversion? No, it’s not! Isn’t it a normal desire? Otherwise, why do children kill bugs, why do men and women have sex?

— I’m not the one in the wrong! I’m not the one who is perverted! The ones who are, are those fake and hypocritical humans!

In the dim light of the moon, Wang Zhong’s face seemed to distort. His eyes bulged out like a monster, then his entire face twisted like something out of a horror film. His pained cries were accompanied by the swelling of his forehead, as a large part of the skin ballooned out, as if something was moving slowly beneath.

I almost cried out in shock, but hurriedly clapped a hand across my mouth. A nasty smell of rot wafted into the room and I saw a pair of black horns push out from beneath the skin of Wang Zhong’s forehead. He roared, and I could see terrifying rows of teeth inside his gaping mouth.

My stomach flipped, I crouched close to the ground, forcing down my instinctive need to throw up.

That… clearly was a demon.

The demon roared, charging straight towards Wen Jiubo. I couldn’t even get a ‘careful’ out.