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Chapter 244 Kafka’s Memory?

"Uh... it hurts..." Lin Yu clenched his teeth, frowned, and slowly turned over, his left hand weakly supporting the ground, trying to find a little support. There was a trace of confusion and fear in his eyes, as if he had not yet fully awakened from the sudden pain.

"Why...so sticky..." he whispered to himself, his right hand unconsciously raised to his eyes, his eyes frozen instantly.

A blinding red flashed into his eyes between his fingertips, and he widened his eyes in astonishment, his expression changing from confusion to shock.

Lin Yu slowly lowered his head, his eyes sliding down his arms, only to see his hands covered with sticky blood, "Blood..." He pulled his hand back abruptly, his face as pale as paper.

Then Lin Yu raised his head, and the scene around him made his heart tighten. There were broken corpses everywhere, blood gathered into a river, flowing slowly, and the air was filled with thick blood and despair.

The collapsed houses tore through the tranquility like the sharp claws of a giant beast. The entire village seemed to have been completely destroyed by a catastrophe, leaving only deathly silence and desolation.

"Damn devil...! I knew you were still alive!" A childish but hateful scream broke the silence. Lin Yu turned around suddenly and saw a ragged little girl rushing out from the shadows in the distance, with raging anger in her eyes and a sharp dagger in her hand that was extremely disproportionate to her body. She rushed towards him desperately.

Seeing this, Lin Yu's pupils suddenly shrank, but his body reacted instinctively. He quickly dodged to the side and lightly avoided the little girl's attack. Then, he turned around, as swift as a cheetah, grabbed the little girl's slender neck, and pressed her gently but firmly against the cold wall beside him.

"Let...let me go! You damn devil!" The little girl's feet were kicking in the air. Although her hands were tightly holding the dagger, she was too weak to swing it. She could only struggle desperately. Tears flashed in her eyes, hatred and fear intertwined. Her voice trembled with anger and suffocation, her little face was flushed red, but her eyes still showed stubbornness and unwillingness to surrender.

Lin Yu stared at the little girl's eyes full of hatred, feeling mixed emotions.

He didn't hurt her further, but slowly loosened his grip, letting the little girl fall to the ground, gasping for breath.

He also slowly stepped back, his hands hanging down, his face filled with complex emotions: shock at the tragic scene before him, helplessness at the little girl's misunderstanding, and confusion and struggle over his own identity.

Who am I? A demon? I am a human..

But in this memory...who am I...

It shouldn't have changed my own perception, right?

Lin Yu took a deep breath and tried to calm the waves in his heart. He squatted down and tried to make his tone sound gentle and sincere: "Little girl, you misunderstood, I'm not a demon, I just got here, and I don't know anything about what happened here."

The little girl turned around and stared at Lin Yu with wide eyes, full of vigilance, as if she didn't believe what he said. She was still gasping for breath, but still tried to stay alert, holding the dagger in her hand tightly against her body to prevent any accidents.

"Then...how did you appear here? Are you a 'hunter'?" The little girl's voice was still a little trembling, but there was more questioning in it than before.

Lin Yu smiled bitterly and shook his head. "It's a long story and I can't explain it clearly myself, but I can assure you that I have never hurt anyone. Look, the blood on my hands must have been accidentally stained." He raised his hand, which was still stained with blood, and motioned to the little girl to see.

The little girl's gaze lingered on Lin Yu's hand for a moment. The hostility in her eyes seemed to subside slightly, but it did not completely dissipate. She was silent for a while, as if thinking about Lin Yu's words.

"It...was not like this before." The little girl finally spoke, her voice low and sad. "We lived a peaceful life in our village until the devil appeared...it destroyed everything we had and killed my family and friends..." When she said this, her eyes became moist and tears welled up in her eyes but she stubbornly refused to let them fall.

"If possible...can you tell me...what do 'devil' and hunter mean?" Lin Yu asked her.

"Hunters...are those who hunt those demons."

"And the demons... they were once human, but since when, they began to indulge their desires and disregard the feelings of others. Gradually, their hearts were devoured by darkness, and eventually they degenerated into demons. They do evil everywhere, destroy our homes, kill innocent lives, and devour our hearts..."

At this point, the little girl's voice choked, she lowered her head, and finally couldn't help but let her tears slide down her cheeks and drip into the soil.

"My parents...sacrificed...to protect me." She sobbed, her voice intermittent.

"Why...why...everyone...risks their own lives to protect me?"

"But..." The little girl's eyes suddenly became confused.

"I.."

"Is it worth living?" the little girl asked herself while crying.

Lin Yu heard this, his eyes became more gentle and firm. He gently wiped away the tears from the little girl's eyes, then held the little girl's hand and said seriously: "Of course it is valuable. Every life is precious. Your existence is the best proof of this world. Moreover, you still have me and all the people who care about you."

"Can you tell me your name?"

"My name is Lin Yu, what's yours?" Lin Yu asked her.

"I.."

"My name is Kafka."

"Ka... Fuka?" Lin Yu was also stunned when he heard the name.

When Lin Yu looked at her face carefully, there seemed to be a little similarity, but not obvious.

This should be Kafka's memory? Her childhood?

Just as Lin Yu's words were like sunshine, trying to dispel the haze in the little girl's heart, at this moment, a cold wind suddenly blew, bringing an ominous breath.

Then a black shadow slowly walked out from the shadow of the ruins, gradually revealing its true form, a demon in a black robe with red eyes. Its face was distorted and a cruel smile hung at the corners of its mouth, as if it was full of anticipation for the prey in front of it.

"It seems that new prey has been delivered to our door." The demon's voice was low and hoarse, as if it came from the abyss, with a heart-pounding chill. It took slow steps, and each step was so heavy that it seemed to step directly on Kafka's fragile heart. The air became extremely heavy, almost suffocating.

Kafka's eyes widened, filled with disbelief and a faint expectation, she asked in a trembling voice: "Mom...Mom? Is it...you?" Her sight was fixed on the 'demon'. Although its appearance was horrible, it was wearing her mother's favorite clothes when she was alive, which made her heart surge with complicated emotions.

"Yes... my baby, come quickly, mother's arms are always open for you~" The devil's voice suddenly became gentle and seductive. It opened its filthy big hands like a sweet trap, luring Kafka into it.

Kafka took a small step forward involuntarily, but was immediately gently pressed on the shoulder by Lin Yu's hand.

Lin Yu's eyes revealed an unquestionable determination. He whispered firmly, "Don't go. She is no longer your mother. Look at the corners of her mouth. What is revealed there is not love, but hunger and cruelty. If you get close, you will only become her next 'prey'."

When Kafka heard this, a trace of fear flashed in her eyes, and she trembled and looked up at the corner of her "mother's" mouth again.

There, bright red blood and sticky saliva were intertwined and dripping slowly, and in the blood, there were even tiny, disgusting pieces of flesh...

Suddenly, a horrifying scene happened. A pale finger fell from the devil's open mouth without warning and landed on the ground with a dull sound.

"What's wrong, baby? Come here, mother's arms are the safest harbor for you~" The devil's voice was still gentle, but beneath this gentleness, there was endless hypocrisy and cruelty.

Seeing this, the little girl Kafka's face turned pale as paper in an instant. She was so scared that she stepped back repeatedly, almost falling to the ground. She clutched the corner of Lin Yu's clothes tightly with both hands, and her body trembled violently because of extreme fear.