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Watanabe Izumi followed behind with a gloomy look in his eyes.
Since the forest was covered by the seven monsters in a strange way, the few people knew they couldn't run away. They didn't run far and stopped when they felt they could no longer hear the strange whispering sound.
Because the beautiful concubine Uesugi felt that the condition of Li Muzhi in her arms was getting worse and worse, she had no choice but to stop and lean against a big rock.
"What's wrong with you? You look unwell." Mrs. Uesugi looked helpless. This mother who was raising her daughter alone seemed very vulnerable at this moment.
Li Muzhi's condition was very bad now. He was obviously breathing out more than breathing in. His hands were limp on the ground. He turned his head away and spoke in a very weak voice: "I was cursed by them. I can't hold on for much longer."
"What?!" Shangshan Xiaxiang's eyes turned red instantly after hearing this, and tears flowed out. She held his limp hand with both hands and said, "You are kidding me, right? How could you lose? You are so strong."
"Ahem..." Li Muzhi coughed twice, his voice getting weaker: "Sorry, I didn't protect you well..."
"I don't want to!" Mrs. Uesugi hugged his head tightly. She was always strong but couldn't hold it anymore. She didn't care that her daughter was still beside her. "Don't die. There must be a way, right?"
"Please, I promised you and mom about this!" Shangshan Xia Xiang was already crying, with tears and snot all over her face. She wiped them with her hands while holding Li Muzhi's hand, making his hands full of tears.
Watanabe Izumi turned pale and came over quickly, looking anxious: "What should we do with those weird things?"
"Sacrifice." Li Muzhi seemed to be holding on to his last breath and spoke with difficulty: "They must kill a sufficient number of living people before they can leave."
"Is that why they attacked us?" Uesugi Xia Xiang cried and thought of the horrible scene he saw in the woods when he went up the mountain.
However, Li Muzhi was no longer able to answer her. He tilted his head and fell directly into the arms of the beautiful concubine Uesugi.
"No..." Uesugi Meifei stretched out her hand tremblingly, put it on his nose, and collapsed to the ground with a look of disbelief on her face.
Uesugi Xia Xiang's face was also full of despair. The pillar of her heart died so easily, which made her feel a strong sense of unreality.
Tears welled up in Uesugi Meiki's eyes. She suppressed the pain and held his body tightly in her arms with both hands, not caring that her bathrobe was opened because of her actions.
She just buried Li Muzhi's head in her chest, wanting to feel his body temperature for a while longer.
Now she regrets very much why she couldn't take more initiative.
The intense sadness made her temporarily forget that she was still in danger.
But soon, Uesugi Meiko's expression suddenly froze, and her abdomen moved a little in disbelief, feeling a foreign object pressing against her soft abdomen.
Then he carefully reached out his hand towards the place that was pressing against him.
Just as she was distracted, her daughter's scream suddenly rang in her ears.
The beautiful concubine Uesugi turned around suddenly and saw Watanabe Izumi holding Uesugi Xia Xiang with one hand and holding a small knife against her neck.
"Don't move, or you'll cut your neck."
"Mom..." Uesugi Xia Xiang had a knife on her neck, her face pale with fear, and she looked helpless about the sudden situation.
"What... do you mean?" Uesugi Meifei hugged Li Muzhi in her arms, but quickly calmed down and stared at Watanabe Izumi.
"What do you mean?" Watanabe Izumi stood behind Uesugi Xia Xiang, his hand holding the dagger trembling a little, and his expression was extremely distorted: "In order for us to get out safely, it is only natural for you, as her mother, to make sacrifices."
When Shangshan Xiaxiang heard his words, she was stunned, and immediately understood. Thinking of what she saw on the mountain and what those monsters did to the victim, she shuddered and blurted out to her mother: "No!"
"Shut up." Before he could finish his words, he felt a sharp pain in his neck. The knife had made a small cut on it, not deep, and bright red blood flowed out of the wound.
"If you say anything more, I'll take it and use it as a sacrifice." Watanabe Izumi's voice was cold, and he looked at Uesugi Meifei: "You don't have time to think about it. If you don't go, I will kill her, and you can't escape. If you take the initiative, at least your daughter can survive."
Uesugi Meifei was surprisingly calm at this moment, staring at Watanabe Izumi with her beautiful eyes: "You are indeed the murderer who killed the two girls."
"Don't say unnecessary words." The sharp knife in Watanabe Izumi's hand moved closer, scaring Uesugi Xia Xiang so much that his face turned even paler and his legs began to tremble involuntarily.
After all, reality is different from movies. The villain will not tell the truth in the end, and Watanabe Izumi is meticulous and not the kind of person who will leave evidence.
Shangshan Xiaxiang's face was covered with tears at this time, and her voice was trembling but firm: "Wuwu, don't listen to him, mom, don't control me."
"Shut up!" Watanabe Izumi was furious and stabbed her in the abdomen with the knife in his hand.
At this moment, a white knife light flashed, and Watanabe Izumi's arm holding the knife was cut off at the shoulder, and the force caused his arm to fly backwards.
Chapter 187 Rope Art Master, Li Muzhi
"Ah!" Watanabe Izumi screamed, his face full of disbelief. He couldn't control his body and took a few steps back and fell to the ground.
His right arm was cut off at the shoulder. The sword energy composed of flames was very high in temperature. At the moment of cutting off the arm, it burned his muscles, which did stop the bleeding to a certain extent.
"Fake...pretend to be dead!" Uesugi Xia Xiang was still confused at this moment. Looking at Li Muzhi who suddenly took action, his expression was both relieved and scared.
Li Muzhi was too lazy to pay attention to this idiot. He stood up from Mrs. Uesugi's arms, walked to the ground with the Foxfire Sword in his hand, and walked towards Watanabe Izumi who had a terrified look on his face.
"Wait... wait!" Watanabe Izumi was not stupid. He quickly realized that he had been tricked by Li Muzhi. He supported his body with his only remaining hand and stepped back, not caring about his wounds.
"I was forced to do this. As long as you rescue me, I can give you anything you want!"
However, Li Muzhi ignored him, grabbed the back of his neck with one hand and lifted him up easily.
Watanabe Izumi struggled for a few times, but felt the force of an iron clamp on his neck, and immediately chose to give up resisting:
"The deaths of those two girls really have nothing to do with me. I will investigate thoroughly and give you an explanation. I threatened them just now just to stay alive. As long as you save me, I will compensate you."
Even in this situation, Watanabe Izumi still has confidence in his language. He believes that a teenager of Li Muzhi's age will use words like justice as a code of conduct.
Otherwise he wouldn't have pretended to be dead and waited for himself to explode. Watanabe Izumi was glad that he didn't fall for it and didn't tell everything.
This gave him the confidence that he could use language to fight for a chance to survive, and he just needed to make up some more stories.
However, he soon discovered that something was wrong. The strength of the hand on his neck suddenly increased, and the feeling of suffocation made him lose the ability to speak in an instant.
Li Muzhi's voice faintly reached his ears: "Sorry, I'm not a Kamen Rider."
After saying that, he picked him up and walked towards the direction they came from. Watanabe Izumi still wanted to struggle, but Li Muzhi's strength was not something an ordinary human could break free from.
Mrs. Uesugi also hurried over and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I couldn't ask."
"It's okay, just make sure to avoid killing the wrong person." Li Muzhi shook his head. After seeing that the last person in front of the seven was Watanabe Izumi's companion, although he didn't know what happened specifically, he could basically guess it.
He pretended to be dead just to see what kind of guy Watanabe Izumi was. Unfortunately, this guy didn't explode himself in the end like the villain in the movie.
Uesugi Xia Xiang, who was standing in place, had now reacted. He looked at his mother who was chasing after Li Muzhi, and touched the wound on his neck with his hand.
Because the cut was not deep and only broke the skin a little, the bleeding had stopped long ago, but it still felt a little stinging to the touch.
Even though she was injured, the mother actually ran to Li Muzhi first. Does it turn out that love will disappear? A daughter is not as important as a boyfriend.
Uesugi Xia Xiang felt even sadder, and stood there motionless and angry, but when he saw the two people walking farther and farther away, he looked into the dark forest.
He gritted his teeth, stomped his feet, and hurried to follow.
"Mom, did you know he was pretending to be dead?" Shangshan Xiaxiang said with some resentment in his tone: "I was really worried to death just now."
Mrs. Uesugi was stunned when she heard her daughter's question. She awkwardly tucked her long hair with her hands and turned her head away: "Well, I saw it a long time ago. Mom is a police officer."
After saying that, he quickly changed the subject and looked at Li Muzhi and said, "Then how do we get out now?"
Of course she had to tell her daughter that when she held Li Muzhi in her arms, she was hit by something and was sure that he was pretending to be dead.
Thinking of this, she looked at Li Muzhi's profile again. In the night, he seemed even more handsome for some reason.
As expected, young boys are very fascinated by big things.
Mrs. Uesugi secretly used her hands to unbutton the collar of her kimono bathrobe a little more inconspicuously.
But as soon as he undressed himself, he regretted it. How could he do such a shameless thing in front of his daughter? The more he thought about it, the redder his cheeks became. And the darkness covered it up, so no one would see him.
Li Muzhi walked in front, not noticing the inner struggle of the woman behind him. He led the way while explaining, "Those monsters are very special. The mutual correction characteristics of the seven people make them impossible to be physically eliminated. Fortunately, their individual strength is not strong. I used some special methods to temporarily control their actions."
"Special method?" Shangshan Xia Xiang blinked, and her attention was quickly attracted by Li Muzhi's words. She no longer worried about the fact that her mother had someone else in her heart.
The location of the few people was not far from the battle site, and they soon arrived at the place where they had just escaped. During this time, Watanabe Izumi also tried to persuade Li Muzhi.
But it was obvious that Li Muzhi didn't fall for the talk. He just used force with his palms, as if pinching a chicken, making it impossible for the man to make a sound.
Under the night light, the ground had undergone tremendous changes. Large areas of grass were burned black and the soil was turned up in many places. It was obvious that a great battle had taken place here.
Shangshan Xia Xiang couldn't help but glance at Li Muzhi a few times, and was shocked that the good friend who usually chatted with him actually had such a strong destructive power.
This made her feel unreal.
But before she could be shocked for long, her eyes were attracted by several swaying figures in the trees in the distance. Her mouth was slightly open, one hand covering her mouth, and the expression on her face was indescribable.
"This... was all done by you?" The expression on Mrs. Uesugi's face changed from shock at the beginning to a gradual reddening.
In front of her, there were seven monks hanging on a tree, their hands and feet tied behind their backs, hanging on the tree in an extremely shameful posture.
It was obvious that the binder's technique was extremely advanced. Even though it was weird, it could only sway under the branches under the multiple bindings of the ropes made of demonic power.
There is no longer that weird and creepy feeling of oppression that I had at the beginning.
Uesugi Xia Xiang opened her mouth. At this moment, she felt that she had grown up.
"They are just ordinary weird..." Mrs. Uesugi couldn't bear to watch it anymore. She turned to look at Li Muzhi with other meanings in her eyes.
"Uh..." Li Muzhi was a little embarrassed by her gaze: "This is the simplest and most effective way to restrict their actions, but it won't last long."
She couldn't say that these were taught to him by his senior. The time in dreams was different from reality. Under the hands-on guidance of his senior, he had passively learned these useless postures.
I was even able to achieve the skill of not letting the rope loosen at all after the incident with my senior.
"In short, these guys should be targeting him." Li Muzhi quickly changed the subject and threw Watanabe Izumi in his hand under the tree.
Watanabe Izumi screamed in the air. When he came to his senses, he looked up and saw seven pale and weird faces looking at him.
Chapter 188: Beasts and Worse Than Beasts
"No...don't!" Watanabe Izumi had never seen such an inhuman existence. He supported his body with one hand and tried to stand up, but fell to the ground again because his legs were weak.
He turned around and looked at Li Muzhi and the other two, his face showing despair after a complete breakdown: "You can't do this to me, you have no evidence to prove that I was responsible for the deaths of those girls!"
However, Li Muzhi ignored him and turned to Uesugi Meifei and said, "Let's go. The barrier should be opened soon."
"This..." The beautiful concubine Uesugi looked deeply at Watanabe Izumi lying on the ground, a hint of hesitation appeared on her face, but she quickly chose to follow Li Muzhi.
Uesugi Xia Xiang was so scared that he was like a quail and hid in his mother's arms.
At the same time, the ropes that bound the monsters finally couldn't bear it and disappeared. A total of seven monsters fell to the ground.
"Don't come over here!" Watanabe Izumi saw a familiar face among these dead people. It was the companion who came with him and now had become a monster.
The screams of Watanabe Izumi continued to be heard from behind.
"Don't look back." Li Muzhi said softly, and at the same time reached out and grabbed the hand of the beautiful concubine Uesugi, and continued to walk down the mountain.
"He...what will happen to him?" Uesugi Xia Xiang carefully stuck his head out, not daring to look back, looking scared to death.