Strange Cards

Chapter 376 The Tattoo of Salvation

"I was the first one to be sealed into this space."

"They have all become souls of sin."

"How could I be an exception?"

The old fisherman spoke indifferently, as if he were talking about something that had nothing to do with him.

The old man turned around and looked at Shiyu, speaking in a relaxed tone.

"Send me away, child."

"I will see you off on your final journey, so that you can leave this dark and hopeless place."

Shi Yu looked at the old fisherman, folded up her umbrella, and said softly.

"senior."

Before I send you off, I want to know one last thing.

"Whom are you, a senior figure among hunters?"

"..."

The old fisherman paused for a moment, then spoke.

"You're actually the hunter's child."

"I've almost forgotten, let this old man think about it."

"..."

After an unknown amount of time, the old fisherman spoke.

"I don't remember very well, I only remember one thing."

"At that time, the hunters were all wiped out while protecting the country, leaving only me, who had just joined the hunters and was saved by those seniors who risked their lives."

"I think I was only 17 years old that year."

"I have carried the Hunter all the way, and finally lived up to the expectations of those predecessors who sacrificed themselves to save me, and revived the Hunter once again."

"Until the very end, I was sealed inside because of my research on the Seven of Spades."

"That's all I remember."

As the old fisherman spoke, he looked at Shiyu and stretched out a withered, thin hand covered with wrinkles typical of an old man.

"Child, death is not scary."

"I should have gone to find my predecessors long ago; now I am just the last lingering soul of sin."

"Send me away, and the Seven of Spades will once again acknowledge you as its master."

"You can also enter the Sea of ​​Oblivion anytime, anywhere; this is the last thing I can do."

"This is the last thing I can do for the hunters and for this world, even though I'm an old man."

"After going through the final timeline, I have a gift and a responsibility to give you."

"I hope you can continue your journey."

"It's all for..."

"Love and peace."

Shi Yu nodded and then stepped into the lingering soul in front of her.

In the final tale of the sinful soul, Shigure witnesses a timeline completely different from all the previous ones, and it is the only timeline in which the world was not destroyed and the ending is relatively good.

Tears streamed down Shigure's face as she slowly looked at everything before her, memorizing it all.

"Only this way..."

"Is that the only way to save the world?"

……

In the outside world, three years have passed since Shiyu disappeared.

Three years later, Qi Wu had aged three years, and his tall and robust physique had begun to shrink slightly.

Gu Yue was as beautiful as ever; time seemed to have left no trace on her.

Qi Wu held Liu Yu's hand, while Gu Yue held Qi Nannan's hand.

Three years have passed and the two little girls have grown up quite a bit. Although they haven't fully blossomed yet, it's clear that they are both destined to be beauties.

Qi Wu looked at the two girls he and his wife were holding hands with, and said as he led them to buy some offerings.

"It's your brother Shiyu and sister Baiyu's birthday in a few days."

"Bring them a cake, some incense and paper money to pay their respects, and light some incense for them."

"Xiao Jiu, remember to tell your brother and the others about what has happened to you these past few years."

"They've been sleeping in the mountains for so long that they're basically oblivious to the changes in the outside world."

Liu Yu nodded. After buying incense, candles, and paper money, she went to a paper-making shop and made a paper figure of a person holding a little white cat and a yellow weasel, which she planned to burn in a few days.

Liu Yu knew very well that, apart from Shi Yanlan, the other two members of the Shi family had not left any remains, only a simple cenotaph.

Remembering that she only learned of Shi Yu and Bai Yu's deaths a month later, Liu Yu's beautiful eyes began to redden slightly again.

Liu Yu hated no one but herself for being powerless.

Liu Yu looked at Qi Wu and spoke.

"Uncle Wu".

"Please tell Sister Yuyan in a few days."

"If it hadn't rained that night, I wouldn't have come back."

"I want to talk to Brother Shiyu and tell him how I've been doing these past few years."

"Before she died, my mother entrusted me to Shigure-nii. Although I told her at her grave that I was doing well, but..."

"I'm afraid Brother Shiyu doesn't know, and he's still worried about me over there."

"I want to have a proper talk with him, is that okay?"

Qi Wu looked at the obedient little girl in front of him, patted Liu Yu's head, and nodded.

"it is good."

"I will talk to your sister Yuyan."

"Shiyu is a thoughtful child. He would definitely worry if he didn't know how you were doing for so long."

"Please remember to give my regards to their family, and tell them..."

"Everyone misses them very much."

……

Otherworldly Base.

Ye Xue looked at Chun, who was guarding the entrance to the secluded training ground, and said helplessly after tearing open a bag of potato chips.

"Chun, you've been guarding this place for three years now."

"The boss is safe. I checked with the Prophet, and his breathing is extremely stable now."

Chun shook her head and sat cross-legged on the ground.

"I'm fine here."

"I..."

Before Chun could finish speaking, Gu Nian pushed open the door to her secluded retreat and came out.

"Alright, girl, I know you've been waiting for me outside for three years."

"You don't need to guard anymore, I..."

Before Gu Nian could finish speaking, Chun pounced on him, her long, snow-white legs tightly wrapped around his waist.

Gu Nian struggled for a while before finally managing to remove the thorns from his body, and took a deep breath.

"Okay, don't get too excited."

"I need to take a shower, and don't go on any missions for a while. Get ready to come with me to pick someone up."

"Picking someone up?"

"Who are we picking up? Aren't we all at the base?"

Gu Nian looked at Chun, tapped Chun's head, and then wrote the character "界" (jie, meaning boundary) in the air with his hand.

"Of course, they are the last descendants of sinners."

"boundary."

……

Shiyu didn't know how long it took before she finally extricated herself from that timeline.

Shigure lay on the ground, looking at the Forgotten Sea Road, which had already cleared up.

"It's finally over."

"Only in this way can the world be saved."

As Shiyu was speaking, she suddenly felt something appear behind her.

Shi Yu used her powers to sense the area and discovered a brand new tattoo on her back.

Those were a pair of sacred, pure white wings, their feathers so holy and noble that they seemed inviolable.

But the wings were tattered and torn all over, and there were even several deep wounds that exposed the bone.

Even so, those wounds did not stop those wings from soaring high.

It was as if nothing could stop those wings from taking flight.

Just then, the old fisherman's voice rang out.

"My child, I'm entrusting this last thing to you."

"What you carry on your body is not just a tattoo, but also a pair of inscriptions, and even more so, a responsibility."

"That is it."

"The Inscription for Salvation".