Her Tentacles 91

Chapter 91: The End (End of Main Text)

Facing Lin Jingshu’s incredulous gaze, as she knelt down toward her.

Shu Yao did not put down her weapon, but just watched as the light in her eyes gradually dissipated.

She didn’t know if it was because the special department had considered her terrible marksmanship and had improved the weapon, or if the [Martyrs] were different from ordinary [Parasites]. She had originally thought that this person would completely dissolve in front of her.

However, her body was not seriously damaged.

Only the layers of sky curtain that had originally surrounded this area, separating the residents and buildings from the outside, and had even arranged many other [Martyrs] to hunt inside, began to dissipate in mid-air like light smoke.

The gray-black ashes were blown away by the night wind.

Like the paper money burned under a funeral banner.

It wasn’t until Lin Ran had also annihilated the little bit of power that the [Styx] had left to escape at the beginning, and had told Shu Yao that everything was over, that her arm, which had been aiming with concentration for hundreds of times, trembled slightly from bearing too much recoil and drooped down.

She walked forward.

The heel of her combat boot gently scraped against the cement ground, and she stopped in front of the half-kneeling figure.

After bowing her head for a moment, she also half-squatted down, her gaze level with Lin Jingshu’s, and then she reached out her palm, covered her eyes, and helped her close them—

She thought, compared to being driven away by humans and fleeing back to the abyss, and enduring that endless darkness with the [Lighthouse], for Lin Jingshu, she would probably rather stay on land forever.

Then, Shu Yao stood up again.

She brushed past the old friend who would forever remain here and rushed to the next mission location.

…

After dealing with these jellyfish, who had been hunting unscrupulously under the protection of the [Styx], when she left the community.

Shu Yao happened to pass by the area where the Zhou family was, and saw that the building where Uncle Zhou and his family lived was wrapped in a huge, dense, snow-white foam. Her hand had already been on her weapon, and she was about to go and support them.

Until she saw a pair of wary eyes peeking out from their balcony.

They were thin and small.

When they met her gaze, they even narrowed into a line.

The next second, that pair of small eyes was retracted, and in its place was Auntie Zhou’s head, which had popped out from behind the window. She first waved at her happily, and then, afraid of scaring her, she hid behind the curtains.

Shu Yao was stunned for a moment, and couldn’t help but chuckle.

She remembered that now that the will of the [Lighthouse] could no longer cover this planet, and the [Martyrs] did not all have the ability of the [Styx] to drive other [Parasites] to their own use.

In short.

Auntie Zhou temporarily seemed to be adapting to her new lifestyle better than she had imagined. She was very happy.

As for whether she could get rid of her monster identity in the future and exist as a healthy human, she could talk about it after her mission was over.

Shu Yao pulled at the corner of her lips, wanting to show a smile, but in the end, she felt it wasn’t enough, and reached out from the car—

The little octopus crawled out from under her wrist, and with its brightest and most brilliant colors, it extended a tentacle to wave enthusiastically for her, like a fluttering little flag.

That fiery color also fell into Shu Yao’s eyes.

Making the curve of her lips rise a little higher.

Shu Yao was like a spinning top that never stopped, from the east of the city to the west. By the time she had dealt with the [Martyrs] who posed the greatest threat in the high-risk areas, the last area she stopped at was the previous A3 military zone.

The striking, symbolic red color of the threat area on the communicator had faded a lot.

What was left fleeing everywhere were just those [Parasites] who had been coerced by the [Martyrs], or who had actively colluded with them.

She had originally wanted to finish all the work in one go, but Situ Jin, who happened to be with Xuan Zhu, had called and had come over and held her down—

Shu Yao didn’t know if it was because she was exhausted, or if she was completely unguarded.

She was actually directly pressed down and fell onto the wet lawn at her feet.

“You should take a break, Heroine Shu,” Situ Jin shook her head, looked at the unknown bloodstains on her clothes, and took a handkerchief from Xuan Zhu and pressed it on her shoulder. “Without you worrying, this earth won’t explode.”

Then, in order to let Shu Yao completely rest assured, she added.

“With your help just now, those reservists have all been freed up. They’ve already gone to various places now. Let’s leave the street cleaning and finding the remaining [Parasites] to the more professional them.”

After Situ Jin finished speaking, she thought she would have to spend a lot of effort to persuade her.

Who knew that Shu Yao would let out a huge sigh of relief and simply fall back. At this time, the sky was slightly bright, and it was unknowingly the time for the dawn to rise.

She lay down on the Situ family’s private golf course with no regard for her image.

And Situ Jin said, “Hey, hey, hey,” and told her that the lawn was all wet. Finding that she couldn’t pull her up, she had no choice but to quickly command her mermaid to come over and move the water from this patch of grass leaves.

By the time the silver-haired mermaid had honestly condensed the water droplets again and had waved her hand to throw them to other areas, Miss Situ had also sat down directly by Shu Yao’s side.

“Are you tired?” she asked.

Shu Yao closed her eyes, and remembered that when she was in junior high, she would sit demurely on the school’s playground during physical education class. The thing she wanted to do most was to be able to lie down like this, not thinking about anything, and just let the cool breeze blow over.

Situ Jin didn’t get an answer and didn’t rush her. After a while, a very thin woolen blanket was placed on Shu Yao’s body.

She suddenly said, “I killed Lin Jingshu.”

The person next to her seemed to be stunned for a moment.

Then she slowly answered, “That’s for the best.”

“Her mind was already twisted. It was obvious she couldn’t go back to the right path. To be able to die at your hands, she’s probably so proud, thinking that you’ll remember her for the rest of your life like this. You can’t let her have her wish…”

Situ Jin chattered on, and very vengefully brought up the incident of her being pushed out in the fruit tea shop before, and scolded Lin Jingshu as she should.

Shu Yao listened and curved her lips, and later, she unknowingly fell asleep.

…

When she woke up again, the sun had leaped out from the clouds, and the golden light sprinkled on this city. In this city of Nancheng, which had been swept by the flames of war, a new hope was sown.

Shu Yao slowly woke up, but the first thing she saw was a snow-white, familiar-boned palm—

She didn’t know how long it had been, just like this, motionless, blocking the sun for her.

Situ Jin and that mermaid had gone somewhere.

Leaving this large, empty lawn to her, without letting anyone disturb her.

And so, after Shu Yao had adapted to the light, she looked down again and couldn’t help but let out a chuckle.

Lin Ran had at some point taken out the heart-shaped glass bottle she had been in before from the house. Now the bottle was still by her side, probably as a little octopus accompanying her as she lay there for a while.

Later, the sun came out, and the sunlight became stronger.

She had hastily changed her appearance to block the sunlight for her, which had caused the overly long silver chain on the bottle to be loosely wrapped around her neck in a crisscross pattern.

Hearing Shu Yao’s laughter, Lin Ran looked down.

But she was not in a hurry to untie the silver chain.

Instead, she took the opportunity to pull Shu Yao’s hand and put it on the silver-white chain around her neck, like the little octopus that had once let her control its freedom.

Her black hair shone in the sunlight, like a precious piece of cloth and satin. Her skin was like a jade-white stone, completely attracting Shu Yao’s sight.

“The monsters in this city have all gotten the ending they deserve.”

Her tone was gentle as she asked, “Has Teacher Shu thought about how to deal with the fiercest and most terrifying one in front of you?”

Shu Yao’s fingertips hooked.

She gently pulled her neck in front of her, watching the monster bow its head in submission. With her other hand, she took the heart-shaped bottle and shook it. “Since you’re so fierce, I’ll just lock you up—”

She kissed those soft lips.

Under the morning light, their shadows overlapped.

“Lock you in my heart.”

Shu Yao uttered an oath like a judgment:

“And never let you out.”

【End of Main Text】