Chapter 43

As Fang Li handed over the pregnant woman, Shikokawa Ayame instinctively supported her in her arms.

Jiuzhi Rakusai and Arakawa Kibito, however, frowned at the unconscious pregnant woman, their eyes filled with suspicion as they looked at Fang Li.

After all, Fang Li’s position was not particularly good to begin with, and now, bringing over a citizen of Kinkan驿 who had fainted for unknown reasons, anyone would suspect that Fang Li had done something.

If there were other samurai and citizens here, this would have already escalated into a major disturbance.

Perhaps, knowing this, Fang Li had avoided the others and brought the pregnant woman here to hand her over to Shikokawa Ayame and the others.

Then, Fang Li left them with these words:

"Once she wakes up, tell her to rest assured and give birth to the child in her belly, without worrying about anything else."

Leaving these words, Fang Li did not give Shikokawa Ayame and the others time to react, turning around and walking back into the forest.

Shikokawa Ayame, Jiuzhi Rakusai, and Arakawa Kibito looked at each other, unsure of how to react for a long time.

...

On the other side, as soon as Fang Li entered the forest, he immediately stopped.

Because, in front of Fang Li, a figure appeared silently, amber eyes staring straight at him without moving.

Seeing this, Fang Li raised an eyebrow and said, "You saw everything?"

Without answering Fang Li’s question, Nameless countered, "Is that person the Kabane I sensed on Koutetsusei?"

"What?" Fang Li blinked, looking puzzled. "How could that person be a Kabane?"

"Don’t try to fool me." Nameless walked up to Fang Li, bringing her cute face close to his, her amber eyes staring straight into his as if trying to see through his soul. "That pregnant woman must have been bitten by a Kabane and is turning into one. That’s why I sensed the presence of a Kabane on Koutetsusei, but then it disappeared."

"Is that so?" Fang Li, seeing that he couldn’t hide it anymore, couldn’t help but laugh bitterly and shrugged. "But you don’t need to worry now. That person won’t turn into a Kabane."

If others heard this, they would certainly argue vehemently, leaving no one able to speak.

A person bitten by a Kabane, even if they survive, will eventually turn into a Kabane after the incubation period.

This was common knowledge in this world.

Those not bitten by a Kabane could remain unharmed.

Even if it was Shinku, she could only prevent the virus from entering her brain but would still turn into a Kabane, far from being unharmed.

Therefore, no one could avoid turning into a Kabane after being bitten.

This was an acknowledged fact.

Thus, after saying this, Fang Li was still thinking about how to explain it to Nameless.

However, unexpectedly, Nameless did not press further but fell silent for a moment before suddenly saying:

"Is it related to what you did in the forest?"

Fang Li was speechless.

Looking into Nameless’s amber eyes, Fang Li’s eyes flickered, and he smiled helplessly, saying, "You saw everything?"

Nameless did not answer, which was as good as an admission.

In other words, Nameless had been following Fang Li from the beginning.

Naturally, Nameless must have seen everything.

She saw how, in the forest, Fang Li had attacked the pregnant woman from behind with a single strike.

"Although I don’t know how you did it, your strike could pierce even the heart membrane of a Kabane. When I saw you stab that person, I thought she was dead for sure. But it turns out she only fainted, and according to you, she won’t turn into a Kabane."

Nameless’s gaze was no longer purely curious as it used to be.

Now, her eyes were filled with deep questions and suspicion.

"What did you do?"

This was a reasonable question.

Anyone who knew this would have the same question.

Fang Li merely smiled slightly and said, "Nothing much, just killed the Kabane virus inside her."

"Killed the Kabane virus inside her?" Nameless was completely stunned.

However, Fang Li was not joking.

This was the truth.

In the forest, Fang Li’s target was not the pregnant woman but the Kabane virus inside her.

In the original "Kara no Kyoukai," Two-Faced Shiki, who possesses the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, had done the same thing.

Using the ability of the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception to see the "death" of all things, Shiki had once killed a disease inside a person, allowing a seriously ill person to survive.

Now, Fang Li had simply done the same thing.

"Everything that has an end will eventually die."

Fang Li, facing the completely stunned Nameless, repeated the famous line of Two-Faced Shiki, who possesses the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception.

"So, as long as it’s alive, I can kill even a god."

This arrogant statement made Nameless’s gaze change again.

It became incredulous.

Nameless, who did not know the secret of Fang Li’s Mystic Eyes, had no idea where his confidence came from.

But there was one thing Nameless understood.

"Does that mean..." Nameless hesitated, "you saved that pregnant woman?"

"Is that strange?" Fang Li shrugged, muttering to himself, "Indeed, it might be strange for someone who is indifferent to death to save someone who is about to die."

After all, if the end was death, Fang Li would not feel sympathy.

"But wanting to save someone doesn’t necessarily mean one must have sympathy."

Fang Li raised his eyes, looking at Nameless, and reached out, placing a finger on her lips, speaking slowly.

"Like you and Shinku, I saved you to repay a favor."

"And that pregnant woman, even if the ultimate outcome is death, it doesn’t mean she has no value in life."

"I can be indifferent to death, but I am not indifferent to the existence of life."

With that, Fang Li turned around, leaving the still stunned Nameless, and walked out of the forest alone.

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