C103 Part4

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Rum, Brandy, Vodka, Sake, and Whiskey.

This is the Irish mafia of Feikexin City’s private assassin group, formed by the silent protests of the addicts during the alcohol prohibition era. Of course, for Qi Leren who’ve watched “Detective Conan (1)“, this private group, who sounds like they’re apart of “Men in Black”, is full of red flags.

The usual place was a wine cellar. As the current boss of the Irish mafia, David gave the five of them a simple order⁠—⁠—kill everyone on the list.

There are fifteen people on the hit list. Just the brief introductions makes this list scary enough, it’s basically mass murder on the Italian mafia’s aristocrats. If everyone on this list was to be killed, Feikexin City will consist of only the Irish mafia.

Everyone knows that this went beyond the mafia’s tacit agreement about revenge. Among the five, Sake voiced out his disagreement, but David didn’t mind it.

He paced back and forth in this warehouse that emits a strong smell of alcohol. Sometimes he’s calmly analyzing things and other times he’s furious, making others question his mental state. Louis getting arrested had provoked him a lot. He was like an angry bulldog, baring his teeth and showing his strength to the opponent at all costs.

“Mad dog. Mad dog David.” Rum muttered softly. Seeing Whiskey raising his eyes slightly to look at him, Rum pouted again. Looking at David who was roaring and cursing in the distance, he whispered, “Do you know how Louis sees him? Back then, Louis was still just a small boss, and he instigated David, who was still a thug, to pay a debt. The indebted Jew had no money on him, so David smashed his jaw with an iron rod and knocked out his golden teeth. It was probably the Jew’s last fortune.”

Qi Leren hummed noncommittally (2). Looking intently at the hit list, there’s Duccio, Duccio’s seven year old illegitimate son, Duccio’s mistress…. all people from the Italian mafia.

When he got the list, the system prompted that he can kill the NPCs in this list without getting his remaining survival days deducted. It’s basically a blatant encouragement to commit mass murder. This can easily cause people to lose their sense of guilt for killing people, or even enjoying the right to judge other people’s lives.

Qi Leren wondered if his opponents, or perhaps even his lover, are on this list.

He had some kind of groundless confidence in himself. He thinks that as long as he could see Ning Zhou, no matter what he looked like now, even as a woman, he could recognize him.

He just doesn’t know if Ning Zhou can recognize him.

Qi Leren touched his cheek, his current appearance is a very ordinary looking Celt (3) with an orange-ish hair and very pale skin as if he was dead. Because of his temperament, he looks like a gloomy artsy youth. If it wasn’t for the armory at home that was big enough to open a small gun museum, this young man named Alan, codenamed Whiskey, would really be an ordinary young man.

He would write Shelley’s verses on the walls of his bedroom: “The love in my eyes, is honestly just the reflection of your own beauty on my soul.”

He opened the book on the on the side of the pillow——By the way, there’s a gun under the pillow——On the title page is Shelley’s famous quote: “When love gradually dies, the human heart is but a living grave.”

This hobby of Whiskey’s can’t help but make Qi Leren wonder if he has suffered any emotional trauma. Unfortunately, the assassin doesn’t like writing on a diary, so he has no way of knowing his past.

In this unfamiliar American story, Qi Leren is like an extra who breaks into the stage after the play starts and doesn’t know about anything without reading the script, but still wanting to perform as if nothing happened.

But luckily, there was someone brought him some useful information.

The Irish mafia’s young lady, Willow.

While the Irish mafia’s assassins were busy clearing out the list of people, someone among them, which is Qi Leren, seemed exceptionally laidback.

He’s not someone who likes to kill people indiscriminately. Even though most of the people on the list aren’t innocent, he still thinks that he doesn’t have the authority to make a reckless decision.

This time, he’s no longer the rookie who was worried about killing people like when he first entered the game. Walking in the dark forest full of enemies, now when he hears the sound of footsteps, he’d even be the first one to shoot. The guilt from killing someone was nothing compared to his own life.

Chen Baiqi once told him a “joke”. Ten moral models entered the nightmare world, in a novice village where they have to kill each other. In the end, one of them came out alive then became the famous mass murderer in the nightmare world. Finally, he was arrested by a former prisoner and was handed over to the courthouse. When they asked why he killed people, he countered, why don’t you ask me why I eat?

To him, killing people and eating are both natural.

There will be more quests to do in the nightmare world, and the NPCs in copies will also keep increasing. But, Qi Leren is still often confused, what kind of existence does the NPCs who lives in the copies have? According to the rumors circulating in Village of Dusk, the NPCs in these copies are just a set of data, but what’s the difference between them and the residents of the main world?

They’re very realistic.

Just like Willow who’s dragging him to go shopping right now, her joy and sorrow all visible.

“Dad and Uncle David both like to run a flower shop, I don’t even know why, maybe it’s because we’re Irish.” Willow said.

Qi Leren nodded absentmindedly.

“What do you think of buying a watch for a birthday present?” Willow suddenly grabbed Qi Leren’s arm and asked, pointing to the beautifully made watch in the shopwindow.

“Sure.” Qi Leren said.

From the moment she dragged him out, Willow acted like he should know already whose birthday it was, so he can’t ask who the birthday present is for.

Willow entered the store and said to the shopkeeper: “Please help him pick out a watch for his…. girlfriend. She’s about as tall as him, has long hair, is sexy and very fashionable.”

The shopkeeper sounded a bit surprised: “Really?”

Willow’s eyes flickered: “Of course, she’s a really cool person.”

Qi Leren stood beside her looking dumbfounded. What, he has a girlfriend? Since when? Why didn’t he know?

Wait, didn’t David asked him if “she went to find him”? Does he really have a girlfriend?

Qi Leren’s brain hole (4) suddenly opened, can it be…. is she the NPC that Ning Zhou’s possessing? No no, there’s no way that’s gonna happen.

At the same time when Qi Leren felt strangely scared but also anticipating it, Willow bought a women’s watch that the shopkeeper recommended⁠, Qi Leren took out his wallet to pay—he remembered that it was a watch for his girlfriend.

When the shopkeeper went to greet another customer, Willow took the watch from his hand and stuffed some money into his wallet, then said in a low voice: “Thank you.”

Qi Leren was even more confused: Why did Willow give him money? Why did Willow take the watch? Why did Willow thank him?

What is with this storyline! Can anyone give him the script?!

Qi Leren stared at Willow for a long time. Willow looked away and whispered with tears in her eyes: “‘Love is the same, when you leave, it sleeps while missing you.’ This is my favorite line from Shelley’s poems. For a long time, I’ve deeply missed… I miss the memories of us growing up together. I’ve never been brave enough, if back then, I….”

Someone’s looking at him.

Qi Leren’s senses tingled and he abruptly turned his head around.

Through the bright shopwindow, Qi Leren saw a man with leather shoes, blonde hair, and blue eyes passing through the street with his seven or eight year old son.

It was sunny in Feikexin City in the afternoon, and Qi Leren recognized the man just by looking at him.

Duccio, the new leader of the Italian mafia, who’s been placed on the top of the Irish mafia’s hit list.

But it wasn’t the man who surprised him, rather….

Duccio’s illegitimate son. The blonde seven or eight year old boy (5) exchanged glances with him, and there was a story that didn’t match his age behind those blue eyes.

Qi Leren forgot to close his mouth for a second, and the wallet in his hand unknowingly fell to the ground.

“Alan? Alan?” Willow called him twice, and Qi Leren took his eyes off the two who were walking away.

“I’m fine.” Qi Leren said nonchalantly and picked up the wallet that had fallen to the ground.

Calm down. Anyhow, now that they’ve met, there’s no doubt that Ning Zhou also recognized him.

Seeing Ning Zhou as a seven to eight year old boy, Qi Leren almost laughed out loud. Not to mention, the little boy and Ning Zhou’s appearance is kind of similar, especially those blue eyes.

Although they glanced at each other, no words were said. But considering how they’ve found each other in the middle of the vast sea of people, it won’t be too long until their next meeting.

Translator’s Notes:

If you don’t know Detective Conan, you’re either really young or really old, there’s no in between. Detective Conan is a Japanese detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It’s basically about a boy (Conan) who’s a really smart detective.Chinese Idiom, 不置可否. It means not expressing anything, so when used the person is neither agreeing nor disagreeing.Celt(s) or Celtic people (凯尔特人) are a collection of Indo-European people in Europe and Anatolia, identified by their use of Celtic languages and other cultural similarities.Brain hole refers to imagination or insight.The original word used was 正太 (zhèngtài) which is equivalent to ショタ (Shota) in Japanese. Shota is the male version of Loli.

Hello everyone, I’m very sorry for disappearing for like, 3? weeks. This chapter is very short but it’s all I can get done at the moment. Plus I’m working on this at midnight so it’s very rushed. Updates will be even more inconsistent from now on probably. Thank you so much for being patient [smiley face].