Collapse: The World I Live In

There were flashes of swords and sabers in the dim room, but it was obvious that the pink figure was at a disadvantage.

Mao Yue swung his knife at Sakura, and after a spark flew from the friction with Sakura's knife, he stabbed towards Sakura's face. Sakura quickly dodged to the side, but unfortunately there was still a bloody mark on her face. Mao Yue kicked Sakura in the abdomen mercilessly and kicked her away.

Sakura, who was flying out, quickly stabbed the ground with her knife to steady herself, and looked at Uzuki with caution.

"I'm curious, what are you hesitating about, Sakura." Mao Yue did not continue to attack, but looked at Sakura coldly and said, "You hesitate every time you swing the knife. This is not what a killer should have. Do you still care about those ridiculous feelings between us? I didn't train you to become like this!" As he spoke, Mao Yue's tone began to become serious, like a teacher scolding a student in school.

"..." Ying was silent for a while and then spoke, "I don't understand why...you would stand opposite me...it shouldn't be like this..."

"Why do you have so many reasons? Sakura, you are so much worse than when I first met you! You are hesitant and hesitant! If you continue like this, you might as well die!" Mao Yue still ignored Sakura's questions. His extremely cold tone made Sakura tighten the handle of the knife again, and Mao Yue attacked Sakura again without any hesitation.

Sakura looked at Uzuki who was attacking her, and couldn't help but think of the first time she met her, when she was still a little girl...

It was in the slums of a city. At this moment, Mao Yue had received a mission to kill a target who had fled to the slums.

At this time, Sakura had just lost her parents because of the collapse, so she could only live a hard life in the slums with her sister, relying on the swordsmanship taught by her father.

"Here, Ling, you eat first." Ying handed a piece of white bread to her sister Ling.

"Sister, you eat first..." Although Ling is very young now, she is still very sensible.

"Sister, you've already eaten outside, so you're not hungry." Sakura touched her sister's head. Even in the harsh environment, the sisters' pink hair was still shining.

At this time, a noise came from the alley nearby, which alerted Ying. She said to Ling, "Just stay here and don't move. I'll go check it out."

The well-behaved Ling listened to her sister very much and stayed where she was. Ying also quietly moved over to take a look at the situation. When she reached the corner, she saw an unforgettable scene. There was a figure with black hair like a waterfall, and a white robe stained with blood, with corpses lying around. Ying quickly covered her mouth to prevent herself from screaming, and slowly retreated backwards. However, Ying accidentally stepped on a can, which made a noise. Ying wanted to escape, but it was too late. When she turned around, the figure in the blood-stained white robe had appeared in front of Ying.

"You saw it, right..." An extremely cold voice came out of the woman's mouth. Just that look made Sakura breathless and her body tremble uncontrollably.

Seeing that Sakura didn't say anything, Uzuki grabbed Sakura's neck mercilessly and lifted her up, saying, "I'm sorry, since you've already seen it, I can't let you live any longer..." After all, how could a killer kill someone and let the witness survive?

"……" Sakura, whose neck was strangled, could not make any sound. She used her last bit of strength to beat Mao Yue's arm, but the girl was so powerless. At this time, another childish voice sounded, "Let...let go of my sister!" After that, Ling picked up a stone and threw it at Mao Yue.

Mao Yue did not dodge. Looking at the small stones hitting him, Mao Yue threw Sakura aside, looked down at Ling and said, "What's going on today? There is actually another person... Forget it, it's all the same." After saying that, he was ready to swing the knife at Ling. After all, the killer had no sympathy.

"Stop... stop it! Don't touch my sister!" Sakura's voice came from behind Mao Yue. Sakura rushed towards Mao Yue with a fruit knife. Although she was using a fruit knife, Sakura demonstrated the swordsmanship that her father had taught her.

Mao Yue did not avoid it when she saw it. She stared into Sakura's eyes. Mao Yue seemed to see her past self in those eyes, the look in her eyes when she first made up her mind to kill someone, and the murderous intent that was revealed. This made Mao Yue feel interested and wanted to see how far this girl who revealed murderous intent towards her could go.

Sakura was seen waving a fruit knife at Maoyue. Although it looked chaotic, in fact every swing was aimed at Maoyue's fatal point. Maoyue swung the knife at Sakura, and Sakura quickly bent down to dodge, then stabbed Maoyue in the face with the knife with both hands. Maoyue also swung the knife to block Sakura's attack, but Sakura did not give up and continued to attack Maoyue. Maoyue also easily blocked all of Sakura's attacks and said, "The basics are good, but is that all? If there is nothing else, then please die..." Maoyue gradually became bored and planned to end the fight.

But Sakura didn't think so. She felt a surge of power in her body. After dodging Mao Yue's attack, she stabbed towards Mao Yue's abdomen at an extremely fast speed. The speed was so fast that Mao Yue, who thought the battle was over, couldn't react for a while and could only barely use her other hand to block Sakura's attack.

The fruit knife in Sakura's hand pierced Uzuki's palm and stopped in front of her abdomen, unable to move forward any further.

Mao Yue threw Sakura away with force and looked at the wound on his hand in disbelief. He was actually hurt by a little kid who was less than ten years old. He pulled out the fruit knife from his palm, looked at Sakura who was lying beside him, and made a decision.

She slowly walked towards Ying, squatted in front of her in front of her horrified eyes, and said to her, "How about becoming my apprentice? I will train you to be a top killer!"

"..." Looking at the woman in front of him who originally wanted to kill him suddenly changing her attitude, he didn't know what to say for a moment.

"You don't want your sister to stay in this slum for the rest of her life, right? Follow me and your sister can escape from this hungry and cold life. What do you think?" Mao Yue said, looking at Ling, who was wearing patched clothes and had a dirty face.

"I... promise you... but you can't touch my sister!" Sakura said to Mao Yue without fear.

"Nice look, I promise you." After saying that, Mao Yue smiled, and the cold smile on her face disappeared. She stood up, walked to Ling, picked her up, and took Ying's hand, and said in a gentle voice, "From now on, you are my children..."

In the days that followed, she was a gentle and good "mother" in front of Ling, and she gave her "maternal love" to Ling. Over a few years, she was the first to erase Ling's memory of Mao Yue, and replaced it with a gentle mother. In front of Sakura, she was a strict teacher. She passed all her skills to Sakura, and Sakura did not disappoint Mao Yue's expectations and successfully learned all of Mao Yue's skills. Sakura was only sixteen years old that year. It was also in this year that Sakura successfully defeated Mao Yue, leaving Mao Yue with a wound that could not be healed even if she became a fusion warrior, which also made Mao Yue doubt her own talent. Mao Yue also chose to retire on the pretext of age, leaving the position on the killer list to Sakura, and has never appeared in front of Sakura and Ling since then, leaving the two sisters who had lived together for eight years without any nostalgia.

And now, Mao Yue has reappeared in front of Sakura as a fusion warrior, and he is an enemy!

"Ling...she has always missed you..." Sakura said to Mao Yue while blocking the blade that was coming at her. She didn't believe that a person's heart could be so cold-blooded.

"..." Uzuki looked at his face reflected on the Sakura sword, was silent for a while, and then continued, "That was just a deal with you... Sakura, you know... It was just a show in front of Ling!"

Mao Yue exerted force again and pushed it back.

"But! Ling called you mom!" Sakura, who was knocked out, steadied herself and shouted at Mao Yue, "When you left without saying a word, she was still asking if mom didn't want me anymore! She missed you so much..."

"..." Mao Yue paused with the knife in her hand, then bit her lip, tightened her grip on the knife again, raised it towards Ying, and yelled at Ying, "Ying! Have you forgotten the first lesson I taught you? Killers cannot have feelings! If you continue to be so timid, I will kill you! And then I will kill your sister, Ling!"

When Sakura heard Mao Yue say this, her body paused. She didn't understand why. Could it be that eight years of relationship meant nothing?

Ying bit her lips until they bled, and made up her mind. She held the knife with both hands and raised it above her head, staring at Maoyue and said, "Even if you are Ling's respected 'mother', I will not allow anyone to hurt Ling!" That murderous look appeared in Maoyue's eyes again.

Mao Yue's mouth curled up slightly. That's right. This is the disciple I am proud of...