Shadow of the Beautiful World

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Life is a journey. At some moments, we need to rest, throw away some unwillingness and regret, and then start again.

Only a relaxed body can make you go further.

Merlin was walking cautiously in the steel-cast cabin, shadows scattered over him, helping him cover up the faint footsteps, and even the sound of breathing was wrapped up.

It was like a silent hunter in action.

He looked left and right at the fork in front of his eyes, and the vision of Lingshi radiated outward. After confirming that there were no people around, he came out of the shadow.

He put his hands on the metal grip in front of his eyes, took a deep breath, and said something silently in his mouth, and then pulled the closed lid out.

A dark chill spewed out of it, making Merlin's fingers unable to move.

But the moment he looked at the open metal cabinet, the expectation in Merlin's eyes quickly turned into a disappointment.

"No more fruit! No bread...only this chicken is left."

Merlin was standing in the cargo ship's kitchen. He looked at the empty refrigerator in front of him, and the young man couldn't help but howl.

"I hate chicken!"

But in his mouth, he said that he hated it. Merlin took out the pieces of chicken and put them in his lunch box.

Then I put the refrigerator together and searched the rest of the kitchen again. The movement was extremely skillful. This was obviously not the first time he had done such a thing.

But today's harvest is not good. After rummaging for a few minutes, Merlin found only a few pieces of hard bread. He wondered whether to take advantage of the crew's shift time and slipped into the crew room to get some food, but after thinking about it, he gave up the plan.

This world is never tolerant of demon walkers like him.

Especially for a "stowaway" who has not bought a ticket and has been hiding on a cargo ship for nearly a month, once caught, he may be thrown directly into the sea by an angry chef.

In the last half of the month, because of Merlin's "secret activities" in the kitchen and on the ship, the legend of "cargo ship ghost" has spread among the crew.

But what can Merlin do?

It has been almost five months since he left Central City, and the money Mr. Henry gave has long been spent.

Merlin didn't have an identity certificate. What's more terrible was his doom. This made him impossible to find a place to do odd jobs.

Merlin called for the shadow again and enveloped the dim light on his body.

This is a simple method of using his power that he has explored in the last 5 months.

Merlin called it "The Shadow Cloak".

In such a situation where the shadow covers the body, he can easily conceal himself in the dark, cover his steps and breath, and wonder if he can cover his heartbeat. Merlin has never used this skill to fight anyway.

This thing is obviously not perfect.

The name of the shadow cloak sounds prestige, but it will quickly fail under the light source, and the shadows covering the body are also unstable, subject to collisions or strong electromagnetic fields, even in strong winds, will quickly dissipate.

It doesn't have much practical value. In Merlin's view, this thing can only be used to steal food in the kitchen at night.

Or slip into the crew cabin and get some necessities.

He returned to his "room" with his dinner, which was a cargo compartment full of goods, and Merlin had packed a narrow place for himself in those boxes.

He now has very few things, only a set of thin bedding, a backpack, and a few pieces of changed clothes, as well as a lunch box bought with the last bit of money before boarding.

After all, even if it is infested by the power of demons, it still has to be eaten.

As the saying goes, a ship is a treasure house, and there are many things in this cargo compartment. Even if the crew want to search for the legendary "ghost", it is difficult for them to ship the cargo compartment completely.

Even if he was unlucky, Merlin was able to use the cloak of darkness to quickly take his things in this dark environment.

So he has been hiding here for more than a month and has not been found.

"Go for a bath first."

Merlin put the lunch box in front of his bedding, took a towel from the backpack, put on the shorts and slippers, then put the towel on his shoulder, hummed in the shadows, and walked to the upper level of the cabin.

Over the past month, he has figured out the regularity of the crew’s activities. At this point, the crew have long rested, although some night owls will hide in the restaurant to play cards until midnight, the crew on duty will only Stay on the upper deck.

As long as he does not make a big noise while washing, no one will notice him.

Merlin quickly rinsed his body under the shower of the cargo ship, and he borrowed a sharp razor blade from a crew who was more personally hygienic. With the dim light of the bathroom, Merlin was there In front of the less clean mirror, he cleared his face.

After shaving off some prosperous beards and trimming hair casually, in the mirror, the familiar Merlin returned.

But he can see that during this long 5 months, because of the change of magic, his appearance has also undergone some changes.

His skin is much paler than before, like a patient with excessive blood loss.

He became very thin, but his eyes, which seemed to beat the flames, became very bright, like a burning flame.

He is still the doomed Merlin, but his mental state is obviously much better than before. This shows that a lot of things have happened in the past five months.

Merlin took the train all the way from the station in Central City to the east, and he traveled through several cities, just as Henry warned when he parted. In this journey, he is helping those who need help in the way he can.

He helped an old man retrieve the stolen handbag from the thief.

He helped the lost children find their parents.

He helped the injured police to contact the hospital.

It's all small things, but Merlin's inner turbulence has received precious comfort.

All these things made him understand that although he had been cursed, he was not unable to continue to do good deeds, continue to help others, or occasionally scare those villains.

Of course, Merlin can travel with peace of mind for more than 5 months, and there is another most important reason, because he finally found a way to restrain his doom.

This was the inspiration from the derailment of that train and the subsequent experience at the Allen couple’s house.

That incident proved that the dark power in his body can be made dull by means of "consumption".

This gives Merlin space to operate.

In the dim light, in front of the mirror, Merlin held a sharp blade in his hand and stroked gently on his arm.

The skin was cut open, and blood ran out of the wound in the tingling pain.

And immediately followed by a black smoke-like force, wrapped in Merlin’s wound, just a few seconds, the cut wound began to scab, and after 2 minutes, the wound healed completely, only A thin scar was left.

Merlin has tested it, and even this scar will disappear after a few hours.

He sensed the force in his body and then cut a wound again.

He repeated this process until after 15 times, Merlin finally felt a trace of weakness.

This is his method.

Use pain to suppress the dark power that is about to move.

"what..."

Merlin stretched his body, wringed the towel in his hand, and put it on his shoulder. Looking at himself in the mirror, he said:

"You can sleep well tonight. Don't bother me again, nightmares."

After finishing, Merlin put the sharp blade away so that it would not hurt people. Then he entered the form of the shadow cloak again, and walked towards his "room" in a relaxed manner. On this slightly bumpy freighter, he should have dinner that was not delicious.

Although today's problem is solved, Merlin is worried that this method does not always take effect.

In the past few months, on certain days of each month, the dark power in his body will always be more active than before. If it is not handled properly, it will trigger a series of bad events.

And in a few days, it was the moment of the **** day.

So he must cultivate his spirit to deal with everything that might happen.

"what?"

Merlin returned to his room and sat on the futon, ready to start eating.

But while picking up the lunch box, Merlin suddenly found something was wrong.

The lunch box in his hand is lighter than he remembers.

The young man reached out and opened the lunch box. Although the chicken and bread were placed in the original way, Merlin could see at a glance that there was less chicken and bread.

Someone has been here!

Someone "borrowed" some food from him.

This caused Merlin to raise his head violently, and he looked around. The shadows around him couldn't hide his eyes, and around the big boxes placed around, Merlin saw several footprints left on the dust on the ground.

Someone did come, and it is a very careful, very careful guy...

Merlin did not act immediately. Instead, he pretended that nothing had happened.

As usual, he ate the food in the lunch box clean, leaving no residue left, and then washed the lunch box and lay on the bedding as if he had actually fallen asleep.

On the other side, in another container, a young man in long clothes was curled up in the middle of several large boxes.

He had just eaten the cold chicken and dried bread.

Frankly speaking, that was the worst thing he had eaten in 17 years of his life. If he is at home now, old Afu must have prepared warm soup and delicious steaks. If he doesn’t want to eat steaks, so intimate Afu will definitely prepare other tastes.

The cooks at home are proficient in delicious food from all over the world and will always let people enjoy dinner.

After the meal, there will be bath water at the right temperature, and a comfortable enough bed.

In his own manor, there would be no such shaking at night, disturbing sounds of clear dreams, and footsteps from time to time overhead.

He tried to throw those beautiful and weak memories of the past into his mind. This young man was probably inspired by Merlin's "room". He also packed up a place in his cargo compartment that can accommodate adults. Putting together a box can perfectly hide this place.

It also gave the tired and hungry young man a little sense of security.

He curled up in the dark, trying to make himself forget hunger, trying to make himself sleep.

He completely hated the city where he was born and grew up, as well as his cowardice. The culprit was clearly in front of him, but he dared not pull the trigger.

The cowardly memory rolled in his heart, making him want to escape.

He didn't know where he was going, he didn't know what he wanted to do, he was very at a loss. He only knew that he should be as far away from there as possible now.

But in this extreme negative emotion, it is almost impossible to sleep in the past.

Under the pressure of hunger who didn’t eat much all day, two pieces of chilled chicken and two slices of bread were not enough to be full. As time passed, the unwilling convulsions in his stomach made him more upset. .

The young man finally sat up violently, as if he finally made up his mind to go find something to eat.

But the moment he sat up, his body stiffened.

On the box in front of him, a figure in the shadow was sitting leisurely, swaying his legs, looking at him.

It's like looking at a rookie.

The young man could hardly see Merlin's appearance in the dark, but Merlin could clearly see the young man's face.

This is a handsome young man with firm and beautiful lines on his face, a pair of blue eyes as gentle as a lover, and short brown hair, although somewhat scattered, but it can be seen that it has been carefully managed before.

He was wearing a light green long coat. Although he could not see the brand clearly, Merlin could feel that it was a real luxury product.

And the clothes lined by this young man are also luxury goods exuding the fragrance of money.

He had a watch on his wrist and the other hand was in his pocket, especially when he suddenly saw Merlin in the dark and was frightened. The hand in that pocket seemed to hold something harder.

If Merlin made no mistake, it should be a gun...

But Merlin was not afraid. His keen senses did not feel murderous from the young man in front of him.

The most important thing is that when he saw this young man in a panic with a bit of pain in his eyes, Merlin seemed to see himself 6 months ago, who had just suffered bad luck and had to leave home and embark on the road of exile. .

The two of them may be of the same kind.

They may be friends.

"Rookie, then something can't stand hunger."

Merlin jumped lightly from the box and stood in front of the young man's eyes, which made the young man take a sharp step back, and the alertness in his blue eyes became more straightforward.

"do not come!"

He warned.

"You stole my food, and now you and I are very hungry..."

Merlin raised his hands and signaled that he was not malicious. He said to the nervous young man in front of him:

"I'm going to get something for supper now, you either throw away the gun obediently and come with me."

"Or, starve here."

"I am not a criminal! I will not be like you!"

The young man gritted his teeth and answered, but Merlin shrugged. He answered frankly:

"No! I didn't commit a crime, boy, I just wanted to fill my stomach, just like you did just now. I wouldn't make you full by talking too much. I only wait for you for 5 seconds. I really need someone to help, but It’s not you, so it’s up to you if you come or not."

After he finished speaking, he turned around and left without hesitation, as if he did not care about the threat from behind.

Behind him, the young man's hand was always on the pistol in his pocket, but the hunger in his stomach urged him. Eventually, he took off his shirt and walked into the darkness.

Moments later, the two young men tandem and walked towards the upper deck of the freighter.

Merlin, who was more familiar with the freighter, led the way. The silent young man followed him. Merlin asked in a low voice:

"My name is Merlin, what is your name?"

The young man did not answer, nor seemed willing to answer. Merlin said again:

"If you act together, I always have to know your name, or simply a code name, or how can I contact you?"

After a few seconds, in the dark, the young man whispered:

"Bruce..."

"Just call me Bruce."

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