Chapter 0143 – You Appear Before Me – Absolute Returns

Akio said excitedly.</p>

"He’s not extremely evil."</p>

"What do you mean by that? Didn’t you say that this hole resembles the Blood Demon Finger?"</p>

"I’m just saying that his fingering is very powerful, but he’s not an extremely evil evil demon."</p>

"You’re putting too much faith in the Very Evil Evil."</p>

"I believe him."</p>

"I trust you less and less, how can I trust you when you trust a devil so much?"</p>

"Whether you believe me or not is your business, but I want you to believe me, at least this time."</p>

Akio looked at me, silent.</p>

He thought that I was strange, not like a person of the devil’s religion, without the kind of vicious and brutal atmosphere of the people in the devil’s religion, instead, I had a kind of convincing temperament.</p>

"Why are you telling me this? You knew I would suspect you."</p>

"Because we are allies, and between allies, we should be honest with each other, and if we hide from each other, we might as well not work together."</p>

Akio was struck by my words; he did have something to hide from me.</p>

"If you still have insomnia tonight, try what I taught you, you look much better."</p>

The next morning, Akio came to see me again.</p>

"I had another good night’s sleep last night, and maybe you’re right, the better I sleep, the more I feel sorry for my dead subordinates."</p>

"You still have many living subordinates, and you must pull yourself together and lead them out of their predicament."</p>

My reassurances were trite, but Akio seemed to listen, and his face looked much better.</p>

"Is there anything else you need?"</p>

"No more."</p>

Akio seemed to have something he wanted to say, but he hesitated for a moment and still didn’t say it.</p>

"How long are you going to stay here? It’s not a good idea for you to wait around like this."</p>

"I’ll wait until you tell the truth."</p>

"!"</p>

Akio jerked around and looked at me.</p>

"I’ve had two good sleeps and my head is much clearer, and I’m beginning to suspect that you must have your own agenda for staying here."</p>

I looked at Akio and said frankly:</p>

"That’s right, I’ve known for a long time that you were hiding something."</p>

If it was when we first met, Akio would have denied it, but now, he didn’t.</p>

"Then why don’t you force me to talk? You could have forced me to talk by force."</p>

"You may not believe it, but I won’t do that, my magic path, which is used to eradicate evil from the world, will not destroy anything or harm any innocent people."</p>

"What a strange magic path."</p>

Akio said so, but his eyes told me that he had begun to believe me.</p>

"I’m sure they chose you because of that thing you’re hiding, and if you don’t tell them, you’ll die at their hands sooner or later. Although you may not believe it, I really want to save you."</p>

"I don’t believe you, but I want to believe you, I don’t know why, but I just want to believe you, maybe, I’m fooling myself. My father used to say never trust anyone, those were his last words."</p>

Akio lifted his head and looked up at the sky, wondering what kind of answer his father, would give him.</p>

As smart as he was, he was still too young to face such a predicament on his own.</p>

"Please tell your son to trust me and that I will save him."</p>

My prayers seemed to work, and Akio finally made up his mind.</p>

"I was going to go to someone, but I didn’t know if I should go to him or not, I kept hesitating, my reason told me I couldn’t tell anyone, but my intuition told me I should tell you, and it led me to trust you."</p>

"I’ll notify the Hunan branch of the Tiantong Pavilion and ask them to revise your profile, changing ‘gifted’ to ’emotional and easily impulsive’."</p>

Akio smiled, a smile of relief.</p>

"I’m trying to get to someone, but I don’t know who he is."</p>

Akio took a necklace from around his neck, and on it hung a copper coin that had been split in half.</p>

"It’s grudge money."</p>

Grudge money is a token used to repay or avenge a favor.</p>

"My father once saved a man who was seriously injured, and that man, in order to repay my father for saving his life, gave him this grudge money and told him that if he encountered any trouble in the future that he couldn’t solve, he could take this grudge money and go to any Yellow River Inn, and the owner of the inn would help him find his benefactor."</p>

The inn was a stronghold used by the Heavenly Demon God Sect and the Martial Arts Alliance to pass on messages, and it seemed that the benefactor, at one time, had also been a big shot.</p>

"Can anyone use this grudge money?"</p>

"No, only my immediate family can use it, and it’s not that I’m afraid you’ll take it away from me, it’s that the man himself told me."</p>

"I believe you, if the grudge money was really that important, they would have killed you and taken it long ago."</p>

"Do you really think that they attacked me for this grudge money?"</p>

"I’m not sure, but I have a feeling that they’re probably after the grudge money."</p>

If my guess is correct, then the Order of Heaven must be looking for the owner of the grudge money, who exactly are they looking for?</p>

"Why didn’t you use this grudge money earlier?"</p>

Akio sighed and said:</p>

"I’m afraid, I’m afraid that if I use this grudge money, I’ll meet that demon again, I’m afraid that he’ll come back to take revenge on me, I’m afraid that he’ll destroy my sect, I’d rather just let it go."</p>

Akio lifted his head, looked at me, and said:</p>

"Your presence has made me realize that my cowardice, my avoidance, was wrong, and I’ve decided to trust you, and I’m putting my fate, in your hands."</p>

Four days later, we arrived at a Yellow River Inn.</p>

I gave the grudge money to the innkeeper, who told us to wait here and said someone would pick us up.</p>

We began the long wait.</p>

Qiusheng was worried that he might miss the joint, so he stayed at the inn and didn’t move an inch.</p>

I, on the other hand, practiced Wind God Steps in my room, and only came out to chat with Qiusheng when it was time to eat.</p>

I told him a lot of stories about the Heavenly Demon God Cult, and I also told him a lot of anecdotes about the Jianghu, as well as places of interest and delicacies from all over the world.</p>

Akio was so impressed with my vast knowledge that I could answer anything he asked me.</p>

"How do you know so much at such a young age? You’re not returning to your old age, are you?"</p>

"Even if I had the chance, I wouldn’t return to my old age, I’d grow old with my friends."</p>

"I’d love to know who you’re surrounded by, I’d love to meet them."</p>

"You’ll be sorry when you see them."</p>

"Why?"</p>

I smiled and didn’t answer.</p>

When he’s been taught a lesson by the Blood Sky Witch, he’ll know why I said that.</p>

We waited eleven days at the inn for the joint.</p>

Seeing the visitor, Akio was shocked and stood up violently.</p>

Not only him, but even I was surprised.</p>

A man wearing a white mask is walking towards us.