I Am This Murim’s Crazy Bitch - Chapter 238: Even Vagabonds Have Their Own Code Of Honor. (11)
At the top of the stairs, a large door leading to the surface was conspicuously placed.
It was quite different from Qing’s expectation of a secret passage’s hidden door.
Though the door was firmly locked with a bolt from the outside, Qing opened it very naturally and finally came out.
As a welcome to finally reaching the surface, the lukewarm June air enveloped her body as soon as she opened the door.
At that majestic moment of escape, Qing thought:
Hmm. The underground was cooler.
Qing didn’t feel much since she was captured in the dead of night, took a short nap, ate breakfast and lunch, and came out in the late afternoon.
But for Murong Juhui, who hadn’t seen sunlight for a long time and whose spirit was breaking in despair thinking she would never see that bright scenery again, the emotion was quite different.
So as soon as the warm June air wrapped around her, Murong Juhui made muffled sobbing sounds.
Qing looked around with a bitter smile. Between the back of a building and a wall, a backyard just wide enough for three shoulders to fit, hmm not really a backyard. What do you call a place like this?When Qing looked back, she thought the disguise was more exquisite than expected.
No outsider would bother to go between the back of the building and the wall, and even if they did, seeing the stairs leading down and the roughly made wooden door, they would just think it was a basement used as storage and move on.
According to the Blood Cult warrior’s testimony about the ecology of the Second Line Blood Parasite Team, they usually stay on the surface when not on duty.
So this estate must also be a base used by the Blood Cult, she thought.
Of course, the best method is to scan faces with your eyes.
Qing untied the wrap on her stomach and carefully set Murong Juhui down, asking:
“Will you wait for a moment? I’ll clean up the estate first and come back.”
“You’re trying to abandon me-“
“I won’t abandon you.”
“Together, let’s go together. Don’t leave me alone.”
Murong Juhui clung to Qing’s arm and pleaded.
“I will never abandon you, Miss Murong. I promise. So, can you wait just a little bit?”
“No! No! Let’s go together. Don’t leave, don’t leave me behind.”
“Miss Murong. I won’t be long. I’ll count to a hundred, just a hundred and I’ll be back. Okay?”
“No! I said no! Don’t leave me behind. Hm? Huh? You, Miss Ximen, you can’t do this to me. It’s because of you. Responsibility, yes, that’s right. You have to take responsibility.”
At this, Qing gently cupped Murong Juhui’s cheeks and met her gaze.
“Miss Murong. Look into my eyes. I will absolutely not abandon you and leave. Understand?”
“Then, then we can go together.”
“I’m just going to clean up inside the estate for a moment, so if there are Blood Cult bastards inside, Miss Murong will be in pain again.”
“It’s okay. I’ll just be in pain, it’s fine if I’m in pain.”
As she was just throwing a tantrum like a child, Qing also became troubled.
Hmm. Isn’t this usually when they listen?
Was the movie just a movie after all?
Qing was about to sigh, but held back seeing Murong Juhui’s desperate gaze as she looked into Qing’s eyes pleadingly.
Well, I should try coaxing her three times.
“Miss Murong. What are you so afraid of? It’s just a very short time, about one ke to wait. Are you scared something will happen in that time?”
“But, alone, I, when I was alone, I screamed and screamed but no one helped…”
Murong Juhui poured out her story incoherently.
From what she heard, it seems she was recklessly going home alone and was caught by the Condemned Demon lying in wait outside the city.
Her toenails were pulled out so she couldn’t escape, and a noose was put around her neck and she was hung up. She was hung at a height where she could just barely stand on tiptoe, so if she put her feet down she would writhe in extreme pain, and then her neck would tighten and she couldn’t breathe, so she would struggle and stand on tiptoe again, and then the pain would come again…
“He said he’d let me down if I swallowed the parasite, I, I was going to say I’d swallow it, but I couldn’t breathe, it hurt, why didn’t anyone help me. Why were they laughing when I felt like I was dying.”
She said the Blood Cult bastards watched her writhe in pain and lack of oxygen, laughing that it was fun until dawn broke.
“So I can’t be alone. If I’m caught alone again, it’ll be like that again. No. No.”
Murong Juhui shed tears.
“I’m pathetic, right? A stupid bitch who got caught wandering alone and suffered such a filthy fate. A stupid bitch who dismissed her guards saying she was being watched, I know, I know but I’m so scared. I’m, I’m a ruined woman. Ruined as a woman and ruined as a martial artist.”
“No. Miss Murong is neither pathetic nor stupid. You didn’t do anything wrong. Is going home wrong? It’s all those Blood Cult bastards’ fault, Miss Murong is completely innocent.”
“Really? Really?”
“Yes. Really. Can you believe me?”
“Yes. I believe you, I’ll believe you.”
“Besides, you’re one of the Five Flowers of Murim. With such a pretty face, you’re a proper lady. And you also carried out revenge splendidly as a martial artist. Don’t say such things.”
“Yes. Thank you. Thank you…”
“Miss Murong. Can you be brave and wait just a little? Just a little, a very little. I’ll be back after counting to a hundred. Okay?”
“Just a little. You’ll come back after counting to a hundred?”
“Of course. Wait just a little. Tsk. Hearing this makes me angry. I’ll catch those bastards so let’s take revenge together.”
“Yes, yes, I understand.”
At this, Qing hugged Murong Juhui tightly.
“Ah, so good and brave. Miss Murong is truly a strong and firm person. Understand? Do you believe me?”
“Yes…”
“If painful and difficult memories come up, think about the memory of returning it to that bastard together. Revenge was sweet, wasn’t it? I’ll be back soon.”
Qing said this and flew off with her half-gravity walk.
Murong Juhui hugged her legs and counted numbers with her focus regained for once. Then a sudden question arose:
“Revenge…? Huh…?”
Murong Juhui’s focus scattered again, and she started trembling.
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Unfortunately, there were only two Second Line Blood Parasite Team members staying at the Blood Cult base.
In the face of a truth contest where only one person would be spared, they rushed to testify, and in the end Qing, who had memorized all the locations of the estates used as bases, decided the final winner.
Thus, the member who lost the truth contest was Qing’s share, and the winning member was Murong Juhui’s share.
“Uh, well, I, it’s okay. You don’t have to, Miss Ximen can do as she likes-“
“There’s nothing to hold back. You have to return more than you received to resolve the resentment in your heart. Now. Will you follow exactly what I do?”
“Yes, yes…”
“Unfortunately we don’t have much time, so simply, hmm, shall we just skin them and hang them up?”
And so there were two skinned corpses hanging.
Afterwards, they washed up in the bathhouse of the now ownerless estate, but Murong Juhui panicked at the sight of water, screaming shrilly and burying her head, trembling.
Thanks to this, Qing had to coax her, wash her, coax her again, and when she poured some water to wash her hair, Murong Juhui went berserk and flailed her limbs, and while doing so she wouldn’t close her eyes so she made a fuss saying it hurt, so Qing had to coax her again, wash her again, really working up a sweat.
And then after changing her into clothes from the estate, she finally looked human.
They had to return to the Wucheon Pavilion, but they couldn’t enter the Murim Alliance looking like blood-covered monsters.
“I’m sorry, I’m really sorry. I’m sorry.”
“It’s okay, so stop.”
“But, the bruise, it’s swollen up black, how…”
“I was wondering why it kept throbbing.”
“You can pull out my nails if you want.”
“No, I said it’s fine. It was even split in half, this is just a bruise, it’ll be fine in a few days so don’t feel too sorry. Miss Murong couldn’t help it because you were in too much pain, so you did nothing wrong. It’s not Miss Murong’s fault.”
“Yes…”
Like that, while comforting and coaxing Murong Juhui who kept sniffling and saying to hit her or pull out her nails if not Qing’s, they finally returned to the Wucheon Pavilion.
Then, there was a clamor of wooden swords clashing in the backyard.
Qing’s friends weren’t worried.
This was because Qing was often absent due to Cheon Yuhak’s training.
Even if they didn’t see her face for a day, they just thought she must be training with the Matriarch (since they couldn’t say Divine Thief lessons).
Qing clicked her tongue thinking how carefree they were, and went up to a guest room in the Wucheon Pavilion to lay Murong Juhui down.
“Miss Ximen, don’t go anywhere…”
Murong Juhui said this while lying down, tightly holding Qing’s hand.
However, overcome by extreme fear and fatigue along with relief at long-awaited comfort, she soon drifted off to sleep.
After asking a maid to call Tang Nanah, she was furious as soon as she saw Murong Juhui.
“What, isn’t that Sword Flower? Why is she here? You, bringing in another woman again. No, the one you were so desperate to catch, ha. Even holding her hand? Wow. You’re quite skilled.”
“That’s not it. Nanah. Miss Murong is poisoned right now.”
“Yeah yeah. Poisoned. Whenever you call me it’s always like this. Why, what kind of poison?”
“Uh. It’s called the Second Line Blood Parasite.”
“Huh…?”
Tang Nanah, who had been puffing angrily with her hands on her hips, just blinked her eyes.
“Did you just say blood parasite?”
“Yes. Second Line Blood Parasite.”
“Are you joking?”
“Have I ever joked about something like this?”
Only then did Tang Nanah become serious.
“My goodness, what. It’s the Blood Cult’s parasite.”
“Hmm. I know. It seems difficult to remove, so I’m trying to eliminate the queen parasite, but for that we need to put her in a deep sleep. Can I ask for your help? It’s something we can’t tell others about.”
I don’t know what kind of bug sends signals with superpowers, but apparently queen parasites can order lower parasites to commit suicide.
Then the poison in the parasite’s poison gland spreads through the body and the infected person also goes to the afterlife together.
There’s even a killer move called the queen parasite’s chain suicide signal, where parasites use parasites as a medium to say “we must die” and repeat transmission over the maximum range, a massacre killer move.
The Second Line Blood Parasite Team members also have their lives held hostage by the Leader and Vice Leader, and this is also why they are spread out in groups of a few at various bases, doubling as human relays.
So there was a need to put Murong Juhui into a deep sleep with the parasite still inside.
This was to make the parasite not notice even after receiving the queen’s suicide signal and just sleep quietly.
Of course, this wasn’t a method Qing came up with.
It was a clever plan told by a Second Line Blood Parasite Team member.
At this, Tang Nanah sighed deeply and said:
“You got involved with the Blood Cult? Then wouldn’t it be better to ask the elders of the Alliance for help?”
“That would cause trouble for more than just one or two people. I’d like to handle it quietly if possible. Hmm. Master and I should be enough.”
Murong Juhui insisted that she absolutely did not do anything disgraceful, that she endured without submitting to that at least.
But if rumors spread that she was captured by the Blood Cult, how many people would believe those words?
Qing heard truthful testimony about the hobbies of the Second Line Blood Parasite Team Leader Blood Wheel Demon and Vice Leader Condemned Demon, so that was one thing, but.
Moreover, the vagabonds would also have their honor plummet and be buried in the gutter in an instant.
How could those who tried to maintain righteousness while living as vagabonds with nothing just be ruined for taking the wrong medicine?
“Besides Miss Murong, there are more people infected with blood parasites. Can you put them to sleep for about three days?”
“You need to put even the parasites to sleep. Well, it’s not difficult. Hmm. But Qing’er, you know a lot of details. I’m seeing you in a new light.”
“I’m originally this capable when I set my mind to it.”
“Ugh.”
Tang Nanah slapped Qing’s arm.
“You’ll tell me what happened later, right? I’ll prepare the medicinal ingredients for now. Gather the people who need to be put to sleep and talk to them in advance.”
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