[Izzy] Career

Today is Qi Ya's 16th birthday.

Qi Ya was surrounded by gifts, and he sat cross-legged on the sofa, happily calling Xiao Jie.

"Hahaha, did you get [-] points in the test this time? Sure enough, I expected..."

Qi Ya stuffed an apple into his mouth.

"It's fifty points! Not fifteen points!" There was a loud correction from the other end of the phone.

"Oh, oh," Qi Ya said with a smile while eating an apple. "What's the difference? In short, it's a failure."

"Just wait and see, I will definitely pass next time!"

Qi Ya closed his eyes, as if he saw Xiaojie clenched his fists and looked firm.He laughed out loud and almost sprayed the apple a meter away.

"Qi Ya!" An angry voice came from the other end of the phone. "Are you laughing at me?"

"Oh, no, how could I have laughed at you?" Qi Ya held back his laugh and said nonchalantly. "I just wanted to laugh. Today I searched the Internet for the exercises you did, Xiaojie, I think those questions are very simple, don't you?"

"Hmm..." The other end of the phone murmured. "Although it looks simple, it is actually very difficult to answer correctly."

"It's okay—" Qi Ya said with a smile. "I did it casually, and I got ninety points."

"What--?!?!"

Qi Ya hastily brought the microphone two meters away from his ear, his eardrums ached.This guy is still so excitable, why not just do a question!

"Xiaojie!" Qi Ya moved into the microphone carefully and complained. "My ears are almost deaf."

"Huh...?" The person on the phone hesitated for a moment, "I'm sorry, Qi Ya." The voice began to weaken. "I'm so stupid, Qi Ya, you are so smart, I think studying is so difficult, it's a hundred times harder than fighting monsters..."

"It's all right." At first, he wanted to continue teasing that stubborn guy, but when he heard his somewhat frustrated voice, Qi Ya's heart softened inexplicably. "You haven't studied much before. Of course it's difficult to study everything now. But you are very smart, Xiaojie. I believe you will pass next time."

"Yeah!" The other end of the phone perked up again.

Qi Ya wanted to laugh again.That guy is so innocent.

"Qi Ya, then I'm off to read. Happy birthday!"

"Huh? You're going to die so soon?" Qi Ya frowned, why did he work so hard, and there was no one to play with him.Although there are so many presents, the atmosphere in the house is still gloomy. "Come talk with me for a while."

"I still have to go to school tomorrow, Qi Ya!" said the other end of the phone. "I'm not like Qi Ya who can sleep late."

"Who slept late..." Qi Ya muttered.Dad said at the birthday party just now that he is 16 years old and has to receive a series of education specifically for family management, and the courses are full.Alas...Qi Ya sighed. "Then go to bed early."

"Well, I'm hanging up, Qiya, good night!"

Qi Ya said with a smile. "By the way, Xiaojie, I lied to you just now when I said that I got [-]% in the exam. In fact, I didn't do any questions at all."

"Qi Ya——!!!" The other end of the phone yelled as expected.

Qi Ya held back his laughter and was about to explode.It's so easy to cheat! "Uh, Xiaojie, my dad is here, you go to bed early, hang up, good night~"

Qi Ya hung up the phone, and sat on the sofa to feel refreshed for a long time.Calling Xiaojie is the only happy time of the day for him. Although today is his birthday, the family made a lot of delicious food and gave him a lot of gifts to celebrate.

"Qi Ya, what are you doing? You are smiling so happily." Sheba's voice came from the corridor.

Qi Ya quickly changed into a sitting posture. "It's nothing, I called Xiaojie."

"Oh..." Shiba walked into the room and glanced at his son thoughtfully. "Finished?"

Qi Ya nodded.

"Go to bed early if you have nothing to do," Shiba said.

"I'm about to go to sleep." Qi Ya said obediently.

"Do you like today's gift?" Sheba said.

"Thank you dad, I like it very much!" Qi Ya said.

"That's good..." Shiba walked to the window and drew the curtains.He sighed lightly and said. "By the way, Qiya, did Illumi contact you?"

"Brother...no..." Qi Ya whispered.

"Oh..." Sheba's tone was very calm, but Qiya noticed a trace of anxiety mixed in his expression.

"Father, brother should be all right?" Qi Ya said carefully. "Didn't we watch the video that day, he must have jumped out of the Sky Arena, and he was not in the official... list."

Shiba turned around and looked at Qiya. "Are you worried about Illumi? He used to come home for your birthday."

Qi Ya was slightly taken aback.Worry?The expressionless black-haired figure came to mind.It was really hard for him to associate the word worry with Illumi.It was a very strange feeling, his big brother... Illumi never made a mistake, didn't he, a cold-blooded perfectionist, a calm and cautious exemplary killer, he never worried about this man , no matter how difficult the task is, in Qiya's subconscious mind, Illumi will never miss it.

"I think," Qiya said. "You don't need to worry about Big Brother? Big Brother has seen a lot of things in the world. I believe he will be fine."

Shiba didn't speak for a moment, looking at Qiya with a complicated expression.

Am I saying something wrong?Qiya thought to himself.But I really think so.This was something he had never thought about, but in the occasional flash of his mind, he always subconsciously ruled out the possibility of accidents or accidents happening to Illumi.That was impossible—although he didn't think he knew his brother that well, deep down in his subconscious, it was a belief, or a paranoid assumption.Illumi is immortal.

That thought came from nowhere, not rooted in any logic or thinking, it was a childhood fantasy, longing, he never thought that he was looking forward to that big brother, on the contrary, he has always been the direction he wanted to escape However, since when did he become an immortal existence in his mind?Even in every adventure away from home, he often suspected that the black-haired god of death would suddenly appear in front of him, and take him with commanding and irreversible methods to a place full of death and darkness.

Illumi is Death itself.isn't it?And the god of death will not die.

No?

No?

……

"The business volume has decreased recently," Xiba was silent for a long time, breaking Qiya's thoughts.

"Really?" Qi Ya raised his head as if waking up from a dream.He did a quick mental calculation for a while, but he didn't feel much change.

"To be precise, there are fewer orders that are more dangerous than Class B," Xiba said.

"Oh..." Qi Ya looked at his father blankly.

"I've always had this kind of worry, alas..." Sheba sighed deeply. "I sent people to the sources of the underworld to find out that 40% of the orders above grade B went to other places."

"So?" Qi Ya said. "Do we have competitors?"

Shiba lowered his head, the light was blocked, Qiya couldn't see his expression clearly.

"It's Illumi." Shiba said.

"Brother?" Qi Ya raised his eyebrows in surprise. "Isn't he going to change careers?"

"Illumi...should be very short of money right now." Shiba murmured.

Qi Ya suddenly realized. "Because the arena is going to be rebuilt? Big brother invested all his money in that place? Is there a deadline in the agreement he signed? Does the client know? They think big brother has no choice? But, but..." But he can go home Borrowing money from us... Qi Ya didn't say anything.

He suddenly felt very sad.

He didn't know why.

It was just a feeling of pain like a boulder suddenly seized his chest.

Shiba didn't speak.

He stretched out his hand and stroked Qiya's soft silver hair.

Qi Ya raised his face, and for the first time he felt that the man he called his father looked a little old.There are too many things for this man to worry about.Qi Ya's eyes were sour.

"Dad," he said. "I'm going to get my brother back!"

Sheba rubbed his head silently.He smiled, a little helpless, and a little desolate.

"Go to bed early." Shiba turned around and walked outside the house.

"Father!" Qi Ya said.

Shiba stopped at the door.

"Qi Ya, what kind of person do you think your big brother, Illumi is?"

Qi Ya was startled.

"He is very strong." Qi Ya said after thinking for a long time. "Overall, it is very calm, but some places are particularly stubborn. People say that the operating system is doing its own way."

Shiba smiled. "Roughly the same."

"So." Qi Ya hesitated for a moment, "Will he not come back?"

"When he called you back before, did you come back?" Sheba said.

Qiya was speechless.

"You are all the same," Shiba said. "Go to sleep."

Qiya was immersed in darkness.

There are all kinds of beautiful gifts piled up beside the bed.

He thought he would lose sleep, but in fact, he quickly fell asleep.

There was an ominous darkness in sleep.

Boundless.

His gift box floated in the darkness.What a lot.Too many to breathe.

They sank sharply.

A pair of godless eyes emerged from the bottomless darkness.It looked at him blankly, without any words, without any emotion, without any waves.

It was very familiar, all too familiar... It used to scare him, and now it made him uncomfortable.

It was gone, fading into a dark swirl.

Qi Ya woke up covered in cold sweat.

The pungent smell of blood.Mixed with the stench of corpses, the smell of blood suddenly filled the whole room.

Qi Ya suddenly sat up.

The curtains were thrown open.A strand of long black hair was blown up by the night wind in Kululu Mountain, stained with dripping blood.Wow...

The breath of death rushing towards him.And that familiar, desperate cold murderous aura.

brother?Qi Ya said.He heard a trill in his own voice.

In the night wind, a shadow jumped in through the window nimbly.Quietly, like a ghost.

He stared at him in the dark, and walked quickly to the bed.

Qi Ya subconsciously moved towards the head of the bed.

The shadow suddenly stopped.Two meters apart, a safe distance.

are you afraid of meIllumi's cold voice came from the darkness.

Qi Ya shook his head.But his palms were sweating.

Shadow reached out and touched Qiya's hair.It was an unusually strong smell of blood, and some sticky liquid flowed down his silver hair onto his face.

Qi Ya opened his eyes wide.The moonlight penetrating through the gaps in the curtains reflected Illumi's blood-soaked sleeves, his face without a trace of blood, his dark eyes staring at him motionlessly, the stained blood and black hair against his cheeks, making that The expressionless face looked particularly ferocious.

The black eyes glanced at the window, and then turned to him again. The black figure panted slightly, as if it had just experienced a ferocious fight and predation of a beast. The blood and fresh human breath stimulated his bloodthirsty desire.He took a step closer and pressed Qiya against the bed.

Today is your birthday.

Black Shadow muttered to himself.

why don't you cryDidn't you cry all the time?You cry whenever I walk in.why don't you cry

Qi Ya felt that his hair was being pulled painfully, and the sharp nails were embedded in his scalp.The blood-stained figure spoke in a low voice what he didn't understand.The night wind blew, and a few drops of warm liquid dripped on his forehead. The strong smell of blood was extremely strong, like poppy, like a magic flute.

Brother, are you hurt?Qi Ya said softly.

It's all blood.

Shadow was taken aback, and let him go.

Today is your birthday.The cold voice repeated.

I didn't buy presents.He turned his head and glanced at the gifts beside the bed.I don't have time... What time is it now? It's not past twelve, right?Illumi whispered calmly.I'm going to buy it now, it's about 10 minutes into town.what do you want?Forget it, I decide for myself.

Brother, you are hurt.

Qiya repeated.

It's all blood.is your blood.

He found himself bursting into tears suddenly.He quickly pulled up the quilt, letting the tears be sucked dry by the quilt in an instant.

Illumi was silent, and they stared at each other for a moment in the darkness, unable to see each other's expressions clearly.

I can't find it...

Qi Ya heard the black-haired killer whispering to himself.

What are you looking for, brother?

He said.

Illumi didn't answer.

I'm tired, can I sleep for a while?After a long time, the killer said. …here.It seemed that this sentence was extremely difficult for him.

Qi Ya nodded.

Illumi walked to the window and sat down, and the moonlight illuminated his blood-stained black hair through the cracks in the curtains.He closed his eyes and looked very quiet.Almost peaceful.

Qi Ya wanted to get up.

sleep.Illumi said, categorically.

Qi Ya still wanted to argue.

But he saw those cold black eyes.He lies down.

Be obedient.In the darkness, he heard the familiar voice say.Be obedient.

Qi Ya fell asleep.Still a dark dream.But serene.

When he awoke the next morning, he sat up and looked around.

Sunlight floods the bedroom.

There were some dark red blood stains on the floor and on the white walls.

Delicate presents surround him, shining in the sun.

Qi Ya touched his hair, and a small flower fell out.It was an ordinary flower, not bright enough, not fragrant.Broken petals struggled in the breeze, as if weather-beaten.