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"you……"
"what are you doing?"
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no respond.
There will be no response.
Precious time should not be wasted on things like this.
The last two kicks completely knocked the person who had been standing up to the front to the ground, barely breathing and exhaling heavily. They also used the back of her school uniform shirt to wipe the soles of their shoes.
The few gray footprints left behind, clearly visible on the white clothes, served as proof, highlighting Jiang Cheng's figure high above.
He wouldn't even glance at her, nor utter a single word. He simply stepped over the person lying on the ground like a corpse, turning all his saliva and tongue to his side, facing the girl who was still standing there, dumbfounded.
"Miss Raiden Mei, when I was a child, I thought the sky was falling because I forgot to bring my red scarf. When I was in school, I thought the sky was falling because I didn't do my homework and the teacher was going to check it. When I was at work, I felt the sky was falling because I didn't do my job well and the boss was going to call me into his office... Doesn't it sound ridiculous? But a fragile person like me is still alive and well."
"Don't think too badly about things. Apart from death, there is really nothing that matters in the world. Any trouble is only for this stage, a stage that you will only feel naive about later."
"If it weren't for my previous contact with you, which caused me to contract a severe case of Honkai disease, I could probably have lived a healthy life to the age of eighty."
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Ignoring the faint wails around him, he focused all his attention on the quiet girl who was not speaking.
Jiang Cheng exhaled deeply, staring at his right hand that had just been swung out. The delicate skin at the tip had completely rotted away, faintly revealing the stark white bone beneath.
Fortunately, the nerve endings were probably dissolved and eroded as well. No matter how much pain was lost, at least the pain wasn't so bad that I couldn't even walk.
Although it looks quite gruesome now, judging from the current situation, this hand is practically useless.
But this does not preclude it from being used as a weapon.
That doesn't prevent it either...
--kill!
"Stop worrying all the time. You are the main character. These are just temporary things for you. Now you just need to deal with what's in front of you. As long as you're not dead, as time goes by, you'll eventually realize that what you thought was the end of the world was actually just a trivial matter."
"As for how to deal with it, I can teach you a little."
Regardless of whether Raiden Mei, who was still standing there in a daze, had listened or not, the actual teaching had already begun.
Jiang Cheng looked at the group of bullies again. Their eyes, which had previously been filled with arrogance and petty tricks, were now filled with pure terror.
After being knocked out as the ringleader with two or three punches, the people around didn't even dare to run away. The mob that gathered was no better than a pack of stray dogs on the roadside.
Ultimately, she only dared to resort to bullying tactics because of others' encouragement; she was nothing more than a punk girl used as a tool.
Fighting might involve pulling hair, hurling insults, or even hurting others with actions like splashing water.
If it were at other times...
He might actually be afraid and wary.
It wasn't that she was afraid of these things, but rather worried about Cocolia standing behind them, since the predicament Mei faced was never just bullying.
He also didn't believe that none of these guys would instruct someone to do such a thing to a sword saint who was granted unparalleled mastery.
But for someone whose life is hanging by a thread, it's uncertain whether they can even make it through today.
"Heh..." His dark pupils rolled around, clouded over.
"What do you want to do?"
Witnessing the guy who had hit them turn around again, the girls, who were still in a daze, were forcibly brought to their senses—in fear, they huddled together like a flock of sheep, "I...I'm going to tell the teacher."
Ahhh...
Their rhetoric is so classic it makes you want to laugh. When they were bullying others, did they never think of telling the teacher?
No hesitation.
They had no intention of engaging in dialogue.
We cannot afford the cost of Mei's mental breakdown right now, nor can we accept the cost of Honkai energy becoming active again.
Jiang Cheng turned his right foot back, using his lower body—his left foot, which was firmly planted on the bluestone ground—as the core support point. With a sudden twist of his waist like a pivot, his body rebounded instantly like a tightly wound spring. He used all his strength to shove his clenched fist into his face.
Chin, eye sockets, temples...
There's no need to consider whether someone lives or dies when you strike.
Women will be hit if their lives are threatened.
The exposed bones, ironically, became the best weapon.
Without the cushioning of flesh and blood, it will not only harm itself but also inflict great damage on others; the eroded hands have long since lost their power restraint.
The pain has been eliminated by adrenaline or something else, so all you need to do is throw a punch.
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Chapter 8 Mei: Jiang Cheng will die... Absolutely not.
One punch.
Two punches.
Three punches.
It wasn't three people, one punch each; it was one person, three punches.
After the relatively professional first punch, he would use his strong left hand, which was better than his own, to grab their hair and stop them with the force of tearing their scalps, just like children fighting. Then he would swing his arm as wide as possible and send his fist to their face and into their stomach.
They don't care if they kill someone; the so-called fight is just that the strong are afraid of the ruthless, and the ruthless are afraid of the reckless.
As for those who are reckless...
How could you possibly outplay someone who's risking their life?
For Jiang Cheng, who was truly on the verge of death, even if his right hand was shattered by a single punch, it would only mean dying a little sooner.
I can't hit Cocolia.
I can't beat Otto.
Do you think I can't even beat these two pawns of yours?
I'm in excruciating pain all over right now, and I'm only holding on by sheer will to survive. Since you're so kind as to be my punching bag, I'll play the good guy to the end.
After all, you really are blocking my way out.
If you break Mei's mentality.
If you let Mei become a Herrscher of Law ahead of time.
I……
Me—
Despite the excruciating pain and the hair being gripped in her hand, the young delinquent girl struggled desperately. Her swollen eyes clearly saw him—the guy who had suddenly started beating her was now tilting his head, a gruesome and insane gash torn at the corner of his mouth, his pupils murky as if churning muddy water, as he suddenly swung his fist at her.
—But I'll die here!
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Punch after punch, blow after blow, ignoring all so-called morality and law, a tragic scene that would make anyone want to call the police was unfolding. The teenagers, who should have been disciplined by society to give way to women, were instead mercilessly beating the vulnerable.
"Huh...ha..."
"call……"
The already damaged chest cavity was trying its best to deliver oxygen, like a broken blower.
Having finished his beating, Jiang Cheng shook his hand, sending the flesh and skin that belonged to him, and also didn't, flying aside.
"Is it better now?"
"Will this save my life?"
Even though the plot dictates that Mei's first appearance would be on the rooftop, that actually happened after the Honkai outbreak. After witnessing herself slaughtering everyone in the city, Raiden Mei jumped off the rooftop, was rescued by Kiana, and then the story continued.
Therefore, Jiang Cheng could not actually determine when Raiden Mei would become a Herrscher, or what reasons or media psychology would cause her to completely collapse and become a Herrscher.
This is an unknown time point and number.
The only thing that can be determined is Honkai energy.
There is already a considerable amount of Honkai energy around Raiden Mei, or rather, there shouldn't be such Honkai energy around an ordinary person at all. Even a Stigmata holder shouldn't have such severe energy erosion before going to the location of the Great Honkai and attempting to absorb Honkai energy.
Otherwise, the holder of a Stigmata should be like a Herrscher, whose presence would leave nothing but barren land and cause the death of everyone within a radius of ten thousand miles.
Jiang Cheng had to consider that he might have gotten himself stuck at a point where Raiden Mei could become a Herrscher at any moment.
This is extremely important.
—A matter of life and death.
As long as the Great Collapse occurs, he, as an ordinary person, will undoubtedly be reduced to ashes in the first instant.
Therefore, when faced with anything that might threaten Raiden Mei's emotions, before planning to try to awaken Yae Sakura at the shrine in advance and expose some secrets to obtain the Stigmata through communication, Jiang Cheng would absolutely not tolerate any provocation to Raiden Mei's emotions.
His voice went unanswered immediately.
There was no response for several seconds afterward.
It wasn't until Jiang Cheng turned his head and stopped tearing the festering skin off his finger bones that the act ended.
Unexpectedly, he may have already fallen into extreme depression, squatting in the corner preparing to commit a major collapse, while the girl he witnessed was standing there in a strange way.
It's not that the behavior is strange.
Those long, slender legs remained standing straight on the ground.
But those eyes, like dim lightning flashing in the continuous drizzle beneath a sky full of dark clouds, were staring at him.
Mei is looking at me—this fact has never been clearer than it is at this moment.
Strictly speaking, the focus should be on the hand.
Is it because it's too scary?
Also.
After all, I just used this rotten, disgusting dog to beat up her classmate.
They beat people to the point where they can barely breathe, a truly pitiful state that anyone would find gruesome...
Surely it's not just because of this that I'm disliked?
Thinking about how the three main families would become kinder, more upright, and braver in the later stages, Jiang Cheng was no longer sure and subconsciously hid his hands behind his back.
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Are you saying I can't see it?
What are you worried about again?
Because... I didn't do anything?
Raiden Mei's gaze didn't follow him relentlessly. Her purplish-red eyes lowered slightly, and her crimson lower lip was gently bitten, as if it contained a thousand thoughts. In the end, she could only bite her lip hard.
"You...this...it hurts a lot, doesn't it?"
"I have a bandage in my hand..."
"stretch……"
bandage……
How could it possibly work!
The words she wanted to say were ultimately unspeakable. She could only lower her head, clench her fists weakly, and dig her nails into her palms—she even loathed herself, loathed herself for being able to offer almost no help after everything was over. Her eyes, hidden by her long purple hair, reflected a dim light, but she didn't even dare to look up, didn't even dare to look at the color of the boy's pupils at this moment.