Strange Cards

Chapter 476 Then let me have a little freedom for a while.

As someone who grew up with Qi Wu, Feng Chuan naturally knew what Qi Wu's next move would be.

Among the Southern Hunters, the only one who can still be considered to be on the Hunters' side is Gu Yue, who was once a Hunter herself.

It's too late for the Southern Base to recruit people now. Anyone could figure out that Qi Wu would give the position of Southern Headhunter to Gu Yue, who used to work for the Hunters, to temporarily take charge of the Southern Base.

This is the first time, apart from the cataclysmic event of the Hunter's Descent where everyone on the base was killed, that all the personnel on the base have perished.

Feng Chuan had already spoken with Qi Wu and knew that all the otherworldly beings were on his side.

Even if they take different paths, their ultimate goal is the same.

So Fengchuan didn't bother with them, casually glanced at them, and then left with his men.

After a while, Gu Nian stood up from the ground and took out a cigar that Qi Wu had given him when he went home last time.

Gu Nian bit the end of the cigar and started taking out a lighter from his pocket.

Seeing Gu Nian swaying as if about to fall, Chun quickly went over and supported Gu Nian's arm.

"Boss."

"Are you alright?"

"no problem."

Gu Nian finally took out a box of matches from his pocket, struck a match, and lit his cigar.

Gu Nian took a puff of his cigar. He still couldn't understand why Qi Wusheng liked to smoke this kind of thing.

After exhaling a thick cloud of smoke, Gu Nian understood why Qi Wu had liked smoking this stuff.

While smoking a cigar, Gu Nian suddenly spoke up.

"Cang Li".

"So that means it should be over by now."

Cang Li stepped out from the side and nodded.

"Yes."

"It's over there."

"Where is Shigure?"

Chun walked over, and Cang Li shook her head.

"He's alright."

"Shigure won."

"Qi Wu is dead."

Cang Li looked at Gu Nian and could tell that Gu Nian was not in a good state.

After all, Gu Nian's hands were shaking so obviously that she couldn't suppress it even if she tried.

After taking a deep breath, Cang Li spoke.

"What are you going to do next, boss?"

Gu Nian took a deep drag on his cigar, exhaled all the smoke, and then spoke.

"Since my brother-in-law is already dead..."

"Then let me have some freedom for a while."

Gu Nian quietly smoked a cigarette, while Chun, who had been by Gu Nian's side since childhood, naturally noticed that something was wrong with Gu Nian and waved to signal the other beings from other worlds to leave.

Gu Nian arrived at the edge of a cliff in Nanhai Mountain and sat down to reminisce about the past.

Back then, he was still a hunter, and Gu Nian had asked Qi Wu how to see himself clearly.

Gu Nian was very stubborn back then, just like Shi Yu was before.

At that time, the Gu people believed that humans and little ghosts could only kill each other, just like newborn sharks, constantly destroying each other in order to survive.

At that time, Qi Wu was also smoking a cigar, just like Gu Nian is now.

At that moment, Qi Wu patted Gu Nian on the shoulder, handed Gu Nian a cigar, and then took a puff of his own cigar.

"Little New Year, we are human beings, not fish."

"Whoever it is."

"Only at the very last moment can you truly see what kind of person you are."

"Don't get stuck on this. Your sister and I know your personality well."

"You're so stubborn it's almost incurable."

Looking at the brightly lit Nanhai City before him, Gu Nian finished his cigar and stubbed it out with a stone beside him.

"Brother-in-law, you're right."

"Only when a person is on the verge of death can they truly see themselves."

"Only when you are on the verge of death can you truly see yourself."

"Perhaps this is the meaning of death."

"Brother-in-law."

"Did you finally see yourself clearly as you faced death?"

"Looking back now, I guess I'm beyond help."

"Not entirely."

"That world without any falsehood."

"I really want to go see it too."

Chun noticed that Gu Nian kept mentioning Qi Wu in every other sentence, and knew that Gu Nian was very unhappy.

But there was nothing she could do; she could only stay there and keep Gu Nian company until Gu Nian needed her again.

She's already figured it out.

Gu Nian has made up his mind to die.

……

After dawn.

Shi Yu returned the broken red heart-shaped belt and the Vermilion Bird Token to Qi Wu's doorstep.

Shi Yu looked at the familiar door, knocked gently, glanced back at the golden tree that had grown into a sapling, and then turned and left.

"Who is it?"

"It's so early in the morning."

As Gu Yue spoke, she opened the door, stretched, and then saw the items laid out on the floor.

"This is..."

Gu Yue stared blankly at the ruined, blood-stained red heart-shaped belt and the Vermilion Bird Token, her eyes filled with disbelief.

It wasn't until Gu Yue ran back to the living room and used the built-in app to check Qi Wu's Hunter Card that she realized it was off. After confirming it was off, Gu Yue collapsed to the floor as if in a daze.

Gu Yue wanted to burst into tears, but when she thought of her daughter sleeping upstairs, she tightly covered her mouth.

Shi Yu looked at Gu Yue, who was sobbing softly there, and for some reason, her eyes suddenly welled up with tears.

When Qi Nannan woke up and came downstairs, she saw Gu Yue, who was holding the belt in a daze, and cried after learning what had happened.

Shi Yu looked at the mother and daughter who were hugging each other and crying, and for some reason she also started to shed tears.

Shi Yu didn't know whether it was herself crying or Qi Wu crying.

He couldn't tell whether these were his own tears or Qi Wu's tears.

In the following days, Shi Yu watched as Gu Yue and her daughter buried the broken belt in Qi Wu's cenotaph, and also collected some of Guan Yun's belongings and buried them in her own cenotaph.

When the last shovelful of soil was laid, all the hunters who had joined Shigure were already dead.

Including Shigure himself, they all died without exception.

At this moment, Gu Yue changed out of her usual gentle attire and wore a black outfit, with her hair tied in a neat ponytail.

Gu Yue knew that after Qi Wu fell, only she could support this huge southern base.

The other three bases are already struggling to survive, so Gu Yue has to shoulder the responsibility of leading the southern base on her own.

Even though Gu Yue hadn't been a hunter for a long time, and even though she was so rusty that she could only rely on Yan Yun's advice to handle things.

Gu Yue stopped crying after Qi Wu died, because she knew that the pillar of the family had fallen, and only she was left to support the family.

She has two children to support; if she were to fall ill, those two children would have to take on the responsibility.

But those two children were too young; even Shiyu, at her age, couldn't shoulder the heavy responsibility of running a base.

Therefore, Gu Yue cannot cry, nor should she cry.

She has a firm goal to continue on.

She can't get into trouble.