Strange Cards

Chapter 387 The Lonely Man

"Brother Shigure..."

The two children watched Shigure walk away, their feelings indescribable.

They didn't know what Shiyu had gone through, or why someone who was once so gentle and kind would become like this.

They don't know, and they don't want to know.

They knew Shiyu's capacity to endure hardship, and could guess even if they didn't know how much of a blow it would take for Shiyu's personality to change so drastically.

"..."

"Xiao Jiu".

"Let's go home first."

"otherwise..."

Before Qi Nannan could say anything more, Liu Yu nodded vigorously.

"Uh-huh."

"We can't let Uncle Wu and Aunt Gu worry."

The two took one last look in the direction Shigure had left, and then finally departed.

……

At the western entrance to the forest in Nanhai City, on a large tree.

A gray-haired figure was sitting on the top of a big tree, holding a small white cat and a weasel toy in his hand.

The figure gently squeezed the two small dolls, and a childish voice and a clear female voice emerged from the two dolls one after the other.

I love you

I love you

As Shi Yu listened to those two voices that she used to hear every day, tears began to stream down her face.

Tears streamed down her cheeks, while Shiyu continued to gently press the two small dolls, and the two female voices never stopped.

At that moment, a white-haired, cat-eared figure appeared behind Shigure.

"Master~"

"Baiyu is back~"

Shi Yu turned her head and looked at Bai Yu, who was standing behind her with a charming smile, and said coldly.

"Tsubaki."

"Don't show yourself in front of me like this."

"I can't guarantee I won't kill you if I lose control."

"Bai Yu" shrugged, and then a wisp of black smoke appeared, and the little face that looked exactly like Bai Yu's transformed back into that mischievous and pretty face.

"Hey!"

"Okay, okay."

"Seeing you looking so gloomy listening to the voices from these two little dolls, I thought turning myself into this would cheer you up."

"But I'm curious, how did you recognize me?"

"Logically speaking, my transformation technique can transform me into anyone, and my aura will be exactly the same as the person I'm being transformed into."

"I've already used this thing on the boss, so you shouldn't be able to escape it either."

"..."

Shiyu remained silent for a long time before finally speaking.

Bai Yu is dead.

"She died in my arms, I watched her die in my arms."

"I can't save her, she's in too much pain."

"I was the one who saw her off on her final journey."

"Just like when I saved her back then."

"..."

After Shi Yu finished speaking, she fell silent again, sitting on the treetop and gazing at the brightly lit Nanhai City in the distance.

Shigure sat atop the lonely tree, seemingly out of place in this world.

Tsubaki patted Shigure on the shoulder and sat down next to him.

"Alright, lonely little gray fur."

"At least you still have someone by your side now."

"No matter when or where, just shout out Tsubaki-sama's name."

"I'll appear beside you in an instant~"

At that moment, a familiar aura suddenly appeared in Nanhai City.

That aura that Shigure hated to the core, Shigure would never forget, even in death.

"I need to take care of something."

"I won't be going back to base tonight."

……

Nanhai City Center Shopping Mall.

Qi Wu and Gu Yue looked at the two girls who weren't very interested in shopping, exchanged glances, and then gave each other a look.

At this moment, Gu Yue looked at a milk tea shop not far away, took out a red bill and stuffed it into the hands of the two of them.

"Xiao Qi, Xiao Jiu, could you go buy me a cup of red bean milk tea?"

"You two can choose whatever you want to drink, and also buy a cup of coffee."

The two children looked at the red bills in their hands, nodded, and walked towards the milk tea shop.

After finishing his call, Qi Wu looked at Gu Yue with a grim expression.

"His mother."

"I think I know why these two kids have no interest in anything."

"What is it? Tell me quickly."

"It wouldn't be good if you developed health problems from holding it in."

Qi Wu watched the two little ones walk away and whispered to Gu Yue.

"I don't know what method they used..."

"We found Xiaoyu, and we even met her."

"That's probably why they..."

Before the two could finish speaking, a terrifying ghostly force descended from the sky, heading straight for the two children.

The two little ones seemed to be stunned, their legs went weak and they fell to the ground.

"Little Seven! Little Nine!"

Qi Wu immediately took out his King of Hearts, intending to fight back to save the two little ones, but the attack had already reached them.

As the attack drew ever closer, Qi Wu felt the same helplessness he had felt three years ago when he could only watch helplessly as Shi Yu died before his eyes.

Three years later, this sense of powerlessness once again plagued Qi Wu.

Just at that critical moment, a red longsword flew in spinning and stuck in front of the two little ones, creating a red shield.

The two children stared at the shattered longsword, while Liu Yu, who had once used the Demon Blade, recognized it.

"A murderous blade?"

"Could it be?!"

At that moment, a gray-haired figure wearing a cloak stood in front of the shield and sheathed his sword back into its sheath at his waist.

"You bastard!"

"Haven't you killed me already? Do you want to kill others too?"

Shi Yu coldly stared at the Joker wearing a clown mask in front of him, and with a flick of his wrist, the Requiem for Salvation and the Sin Sword appeared in his hands.

Joker stared at Shigure, who had gray hair and gray eyes, with disbelief on his face.

"impossible!"

"Weren't you sealed away in that space?!"

"How could you possibly be out here?!"

Shi Yu flicked his hand, opened the cover of the Requiem for Salvation, closed it again, and tucked it into his belt.

"And that's thanks to the half of the power I stole from you during the battle at Nanhai Mountain back then."

"At that moment, my power was perfected, and I became the Joker in the truest sense."

"I'm the Joker too."

At this moment, Qi Wu and Gu Yue rushed forward and picked up the two little ones whose legs were weak on the ground, and looked at the figure blocking their way.

"Light rain..."

"You two, stop standing there like idiots."

"Take the children with you."

"You're not involved in this battle yet. Evacuate everyone around here."

"I'll deal with him."

Hearing Shi Yu's tone, which was the same as when she was on missions before, Qi Wu already knew what Shi Yu was thinking.

Shigure only realized what he had said after he spoke, but it didn't matter anyway.

Once a habit is formed, it is very difficult to change it.