Who hid My Corpse!

Chapter 209: Sixty-one will win (5K)

Chapter 209: Sixty-one will win (5K)

Ina hadn’t expected to see Gerard at a time like this.

Although she had already seen him yesterday, in her eyes, it wasn’t Gerard she had seen then, just a Devil that had taken over Gerard’s body.

But now, as she watched Gerard sitting tiredly in the corner of the alley, forcing himself to look spirited as he gazed at her, memories of her childhood when Gerard would still try to talk to her after work despite his exhaustion uncontrollably surfaced, telling her that this was indeed Gerard himself.

This was her “father”.

“Are you… alright?”

She couldn’t help but ask, just as she had many years before.

After that, she felt somewhat dazed, as it felt like it had been a very long time since she had talked with Gerard like this.

Gerard clearly felt something similar; Ina could clearly see his fingers twitch involuntarily, and his iron-like expression softened significantly at that moment.

“I’m fine, Ina.”

Gerard tried to give her a smile, but he didn’t succeed, only managing to twitch the corner of his mouth after much effort.

“You don’t look very well in your state,” said Ina.

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“Heh, is that so?” Gerard replied dryly.

Then, father and daughter fell into silence once more.

They hadn’t had a conversation like this in a very long time.

The last time they had was ten years ago.

Back then, Ina was still very young, she still had a brother, and Gerard had not yet taken his squad into that bottomless Abyss.

“I’m sorry,” Ina suddenly said.

“What?” Gerard was a bit slow to respond.

“For leaving you back then,” Ina said gently as she looked at Gerard, “You took my brother and me out of the orphanage, gave us a new life, but I… left when you needed me most.”

“You just wanted to find the truth about that time,” Gerard said, “If you had stayed by my side, you wouldn’t have been able to join the Devil’s Army, I understand that, so you don’t need to apologize… ”

“No, that was just an excuse,” Ina’s tone grew more emotional, “just something to tell myself; I just couldn’t bear those… ”

“Enough, Ina,” Gerard interrupted her, and he too looked into Ina’s eyes and said gently, “You didn’t do anything wrong, really.”

After hearing Gerard’s words, Ina also calmed down gradually, then with a bitter smile she said, “You’re still the same, you’ve always been this way, but I thought you had changed.”

“Alright,” Gerard said, “Let’s not talk about the past anymore, at least not now; we have more important things to deal with, right?”

He paused, trying to make a joke with a light-hearted tone.

“Think about it, outside there are still Bone Knights trying to capture me, isn’t it inappropriate to reminisce at a time like this? Reminiscing requires coffee and bread, not… um, dark iron sticks, how does that saying go again?”

Seeing Gerard’s somewhat awkward expression, Ina let out a soft sigh.

“You really are still the same as before, not good at making jokes.”

But the poor joke still eased the atmosphere between them considerably, also making Ina realize that this indeed wasn’t a good time to reminisce.

Right now, they had more troubling matters to deal with.

“I know why you came looking for me,” Ina said.

Gerard was surprised: “You already know?”

“Yes, I’ve found out, about that… thing inside you, right?” Ina narrowed her eyes, recalling the scene from yesterday afternoon, and spoke seriously, deliberately, “I will help you defeat… no, I will help you kill it, father.”

After hearing Ina’s words, Gerard first reacted with astonishment, then couldn’t help but press his forehead and said, “Uh no, he’s actually not that easy to kill… I mean, he’s not that important… no, that’s not what I mean either, don’t look at me like that, I’m not schizophrenic.”

Gerard took a deep breath and then became serious again.

“Ina, I came looking for you not just because you are my daughter, but because of your identity,” he said slowly, “We are facing bigger troubles now.”

…

“Stop,” a muffled voice came from beneath the thick mask as Yuri, leading the team, gestured and gave orders to his teammates, “Record the coordinates, check the pollution concentration, proceed with the search once confirmed.”

No one in the team spoke; they silently responded to his commands with actions.

They had already reached the edge of the Abyss.

There was actually no need to check the pollution concentration specifically.

Because the crystal at the top of his detector, used for detecting pollution, had already turned a dense black.

This indicated the pollution concentration was beyond the standard.

But still, they entered, coming in after equipping all the protective gear.

Whether these protective suits were of much use, no one knew.

But they had no choice, the orders coming from the rear were getting more and more direct, and as the team leader, he had no choice but to proceed with extreme caution.

Once the pollution concentration and coordinates were sorted out, Yuri gave the command, “Begin exploration, limited to fifteen minutes, evacuate after fifteen minutes.”

Then, the team members dispersed in all directions, each disappearing into the thick fog as if swallowed by the Abyss.