Chapter 129 - Escaping from Arcanum Train (XXII)

Editor: Kitty

“Little devil!” Black cat angrily grabbed Crow’s hair, pulled his head back, and made him raise his head to show his ruddy lips. This made it convenient for Black cat to give a vicious bite to his lips. The soft sensation of it would make anyone inexplicably go crazy.

“I should kill you now.” Black cat touched Crow’s neck with his hand.

“You can try it.” Crow contentedly hung himself on Black cat: “Strangle me and drown me in the water.”

Black cat seemed to really intend to carry out Crow’s words because he held Crow’s neck and put his head in the water. The height of the water rose to the height of the two people’s waists, and such a water level wasa dangerous. But the cruel Black cat also moved Crow to kneel in the water, pushed his head down, and submerged him among the waves of water, down to the chilling cold depths of water.

Just like…… something similar that had happened before.

Crow, who was forced to press his head into the water, really experienced a brush with death. Because what Black cat did caught him by surprise, after swallowing a mouthful of water, he then instinctively began to struggle. He almost opened his eyes while in the water, and his eyes showed a completely different world. The things he could see in the water were a l.u.s.trous and beautiful world, as if he had left the original reality he was in and was thrown in a beautiful fantasy.

In that fantasy, Crow was not the current Crow, and Black cat was not the current Black cat.

Dying seemed to really make Crow recall something, some kind of memory. Like a typhoon, it swept past his inward world, overcasting his brain and forcing him to recall something, but when Crow carefully thought, the typhoon had already roared past and swept away all other things. Thus, Crow’s brain suddenly contained nothing but blankness.

Crow, who had stopped thinking, was senseless now. The feeling of drowning and the feeling of suffocation gave him a great sense of crisis; it was how all animals would act instinctively when faced with danger. When he was faced with danger now, Crow would use all means to protect himself and kill the enemy.

Black cat was the enemy.

But Crow had no weapons. All the things hidden on his body had been taken away by Black cat and subsequently thrown away. Under Black cat’s absolute strength, his head remained pressed in the water, and the air in his lungs gradually depleted. If he did not act upon it, Black cat would really end up killing him.

Crow opened his eyes in the water. He did not care about the discomfort that he felt in his eyes when he opened his eyes underwater. His ears could hear the sound of waves resounding. He seemed to hear Black cat saying something, but in the sloshing water, Crow could not hear what Black cat was saying.

Then Crow saw a fruit knife that had sunk to the bottom of the water on the ground.

It appeared as if it had been specially prepared for him because they were in an odd-numbered train car. This place was dirty and messy, and everything was messily strewn around.

But the fruit knife was a little far away from him, so he had to swim over. He had to get out of Black cat’s grasp for a while and grab the knife.

Out of his grasp.

Black cat felt that the man he was choking suddenly became quiet. The one who had been submerged in the water finally stopped breathing, started to inhale the water, and thereafter pa.s.sed outk2026;k2026; If he had been left submerged in the water, he would have been drowned alive.

Black cat hesitated for a moment. His heart started to beat in an exaggerated and crazy manner, and he could not help but be a little nervous. Black cat did not want to die in this train car. It should be said that Black cat was not a good man. Even if he really wanted to die, he would not want to die alone here. Therefore, at that moment, Black cat really wanted to let Crow accompany him even if he had dragged Crow into the waters at the last moment.

But when he really acted upon it, Black cat began to hesitate.

He released Crow’s hand to allow Crow to float on the water quietly. After a while, Black cat became worried. He picked up Crow and held him in his arms. The pale Crow’s eyes were closed tightly, and he did not move. He looked as if he was dead.

Black cat jabbed Crow’s chest, and because they are now in a peculiar situation now, Black cat could not let him lie on his back. However, luckily after Crow choked on water for a short moment, he pressed on his chest and stomach and spit out some water.

Black cat suddenly felt that his crazily beating heart seemed to have calmed down a lot. He tried to hold the man in his arms, but his arms were not strong enough. Crow suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Black cat and put his foot on Black cat’s stomach at the same time. It was difficult to use strength in the water, so the relative impact of the blow was also small, but even so, Black cat was still pushed away by Crow’s kick.

Crow, who had kicked away Black cat, fell back and dived into the water again. His whole body was now submerged in the water. Now, he held the knife. The fruit knife that had appeared suddenly at the bottom of the water for some reason seemed to be the perfect item for the ultimate finale to this play.

Black cat, who was over at the other side, seemed to realize something. As soon as he got up and before he stabilized himself, he saw Crow again. And he could also vaguely see silver flash in the air.

Black cat’s reflexes were working well. At that moment, his body moved sideways to avoid the attack, but though his body dodged the first attack, he couldn’t avoid the second. Crow’s hand, which was holding the knife, immediately swung by and made a cut on Black cat’s cheek.

Crow continued to keep his knifework going, and because of the density of water, even Black cat began to become less flexible. Soon, Crow received several scratches on his body. Thereupon, Black cat finally found a chance to seize the hand that was holding the knife and temporarily restrained Crow’s movements. But Crow suddenly gave a smile too Black cat.

In that instant, that smile struck a chord in his heart.

Black cat was stunned for a moment. In that instant, Black cat suddenly found that Crow had actually loosened the grip of the hand that was holding the knife and allowed the knife to fall. After that, Crow naturally grasped the handle of the knife with his other hand, and the way he caught the knife appeared so perfect and beautiful. Although he was holding the knife in his left hand and was therefore less flexible, when such a knife was stabbed into someone, it could cause quite a substantial wound.

Black cat had to let go of Crow’s hand, as the two people came to a stalemate again.

There was not much time left for them to squander it this way.

Crow saw that the water had reached his waist and realized that if they could not stop this fight, neither of them would be able to escape. However, Black cat was not an easy person to deal with. Although his opponent did not recall anything, his fighting skills remained. Although he had no weapons, he would always be dazzled by Crow’s careless smile.

Crow narrowed his eyes. He knew that Black cat liked him. This was actually an advantage, and it was a huge advantage. However, the other party’s personality was cold-blooded, merciless, and cruel. He was the kind of person who would rather drag people into the water before he died. No matter how much he liked him, the other party would still want to perish together with him.

It seems that the beauty trap did not work well, but when he fought against him fairly, he would feel that he was weaker than his opponent. Although Black cat had always exercised caution and did not want to really hurt Crow, Crow still could not beat him. So…… what should he do now? Crow licked his lips and thought of how to retreat.

“Why are you resisting?” Crow said regretfully, “Isn’t it better to die?”

“Do you want me to die?” Black cat suddenly asked.

“Of course!” Crow did not hesitate to admit: “After you die, I will be able to get out from here.”

“You want to get out?”

“Yes, I want to get out.”

Black cat did not speak, but he merely looked at Crow. He suddenly relaxed his standing body and said to Crow, “Come here.”

Crow clenched the knife in his hand, but he still went over. He approached Black cat and raised his head to look at him. The look in Black cat’s eyes was a little cold, but his eyes were still very good-looking. They were like two dark gemstones. Crow could not move his eyes away when he stared at those eyes.

Black cat did not mind that Crow still had a knife in his hand. He touched Crow’s hair and held him in his arms. Black cat thought about it, inched closer to his ears, and whispered, “I really like you.”

Crow also held Black cat’s waist and stuck his face to Black cat’s chest.

“I like you very much,” Black cat repeated, and the voice seemed faint this time: “Even if I don’t have the slightest memory of us and even if it’s strange that this feeling is real.”

Crow listened to him in silence. Inwardly, Crow’s heart felt it was a wonderful feeling, and his words had touched him, so he indulged in this man’s smell. He felt as if all the perils that they faced were gone as long as he was within his embrace.

What a fascinating disposition.

“I can be killed by you,” Black cat continued, as he hugged Crow tightly: “As long as you like me too.”

“What should I do, say ‘I like you’?” Crow chuckled but could not help rubbing against Black cat. It was an unconscious act of coquetry, and even Crow did not realize it.

Black cat laughed. He said, “Yes, just like that.”

As long as I can hug you and say I like you, and thereafter you will answer that you like me. And that’s good enough for me. I’m satisfied with that.

Because there’s really nothing else I want.

Because Black cat suddenly felt that it was the most fortunate thing that happened on earth for him to be able to speak to Crow. Although he did not know where this inexplicable feeling surged up from, Black cat still felt very happy and satisfied at the moment.

So Black cat hugged Crow, leaned near his ear, and whispered to him, “Ah Jian—”

Crow froze momentarily, and he suddenly realized that Black cat had called out a strange name. He did not call him ‘Crow,’ but called out someone’s name, but…… whose name is that?

Black cat did not give Crow time to think. Black cat continued, hugging him tightly and saying, “Ah Jian, I like you.”

Maybe even Black cat did not realize who he was calling at that moment.

Crow also did not know, but he just instinctively answered: “I like you, too.”

Black cat laughed. He held Crow tightly. Crow was not particularly dissatisfied, but he still raised the fruit knife in his hand. His task had been completed now, and the water had risen to his chest, so he must quickly kill Black cat and get the key.

So he raised the knife in his hand.

T/N: Xing Yan’s confession really made my heart ache.

Thank you so much, Kitty & lorenzo86, for the Kofis ! I really appreciate you two~

And thank you so much, everyone, for the support towards EIC thus far.

Recently I’ve been swamped with work and today I have been out on fieldwork all day, so I posted today’s chapters late. So sorry about that