Chapter 8 Because You Can

  The autumn night wind blows coolly on the body. After a heavy rain, the night sky of the Malabar Mountains is exceptionally clear and bright.

  I didn't agree to Kaka's request because I had no reason to agree with her.

  Kakabu didn't say much, she just smiled slightly and sadly, then turned around and walked towards Lin Muxian who was sleeping in the corner of the wall, helping her tidy up her clothes.

  I silently gazed at Kaka's small back, quietly, for a very long time.

  "You think I won't kill you if you behave like this?"

  For some reason, in this slender figure, I saw a deep loneliness. The kind of loneliness that shouldn't be on a child's face.

  This feeling makes me very uncomfortable.

  Kaka Bu turned his head and glanced at me, then went back to his own business, only faintly asking: "Did I offend you?"

  This question suddenly left me speechless.

  Assume all uncertain factors as dangerous!

  This is a self-protection measure that I have been walking on the edge of life and death for many years. This mentality is actually quite wrong, in many cases, pre-judgment is very important, attributing anything that cannot be determined to bad things, which is unacceptable when completing some plans.

  But for me, the life experience of thousands of years still cannot be a decisive factor, in some sense, it is absolutely not a good thing.

  "You won't kill me." Helping Lin Muxian wipe the bloodstains off his face, Kakabu turned around and stood up, a naive and radiant smile reappearing on his face.

  I couldn't help but furrow my brow and say in a low voice, "Killing someone isn't difficult."

  "No," Kakabu laughed and said: "Killing is easy. But you won't kill me."

  "Huh?" I chuckled softly, the chuckle devoid of any other emotion, just a simple amusement. Murder didn't require me to muster up any killing intent at all.

  Kakabu said: "Because you can't be sure whether killing me is good or bad for you."

  She's telling the truth, at least for now. Kakabu hasn't done anything to harm me and has been helping me all along. Without her explanations, my understanding of the Soul Reaper would have been limited to Lin Mu Xian's fragmented words.

  For a moment I was silent, and the cave was quiet, with only the sound of gentle winds blowing against the stone walls.

  "Let me tell you a story!" Kakabu suddenly whispered, not caring whether I was listening or not, and muttered to himself: "A long, long time ago... well, actually it wasn't that long ago, maybe six years ago. In a city that was neither big nor small, there lived a happy family. A young couple raised a boy and a girl, the older one being the brother and the younger one the sister. The whole family loved each other dearly and got along very well. But one day, a noble guest visited this family. For some reason, the guest convinced the couple to take away their daughter. From then on, the little girl who hadn't even had her third birthday yet gained a grandfather!"

  "Didn't you go look for them afterwards?" I almost didn't need to think before understanding the meaning behind Kaka's story. The noble guest was none other than Kayas, Kaka's current fake grandfather. As for why they wanted to take her away, judging from Kaka's behavior now, it was clear that they had discovered her talent and planned to cultivate her from a young age.

  "Find them?" Kakabu suddenly pushed his glasses, and a hint of sinister smile flashed in his eyes, "If it were you, would you still go back to look for them?"

  I noticed something unusual in her eyes, and my heart sank as I suddenly understood the reason behind it.

  From Kaiyas' standpoint, there was no reason for him to leave Kaka's parents and brother behind after taking her away.

  "Genius Prodigy Returns Home to Find Relatives!" Such a thing can only exist in legendary stories, in the real world, Kayas will only take away Kakabu and deal with the remaining troubles at the same time.

  It's not surprising that I can think of this point, after all, in my past life, such things have happened many times.

  But Kakabu, who was less than ten years old at the time, had a very clear understanding of this point, with wisdom being the key factor in addition to his understanding of Kaya's personality.

  What is genius?

  Kaka is a genius!

  I couldn't help but look at Kaka, scrutinizing her carefully. Underneath her innocent and radiant face, how much bitterness and heartache was hidden? The stubborn cold smile in her eyes, the vibrant youthfulness that seemed to be exhausted.

  For a moment, I seemed to find an inexplicable resonance in Kakabu's body.

  "Do you understand?" Kakabu walked up to me with a faint smile, "Not only can't I go back and look for it in vain, but I also have to pretend that I completely forgot about this matter, not even mentioning it."

  For ordinary children, memories before the age of three are quite vague. As they grow older and their brain develops and matures, nothing will be left in their mind. So as long as Kaka doesn't mention it himself, no one will notice.

  "So you want me to kill him and help your family avenge?"

  "What do you think?" KakaBu suddenly smiled sweetly and eerily.

  Have to admit, Kaka Bu is really clever, with just a few simple sentences of conversation, she led me into the topic she had set up.

  I smiled lightly and walked slowly towards the outside of the cave, "I don't want to guess at all."

  "Haha, actually with your ability, you should be able to guess it!" Kakabu followed nonchalantly, "For a three-year-old little girl at that time, the affection back then is now just an emotion, even if she remembers, it won't produce much hatred, let alone risk killing someone!"

  I knew she would go on, so I just gave her a light glance.

  Kakabu walked right in front of me, looking up at me with great effort, his bright eyes fixed on me: "Fang Cheng Gege, have you ever been pampered by anyone?"

  "Hurt?"

  “Mmm,” Kaka nodded vigorously, saying: “Painful love, a kind of painful love that comes from the heart. I know I'm very smart, smart enough to discover the complex emotions in people's hearts. But after all, I'm just a little girl. I don't want to care about money, status, power, fame, or even dignity and glory; I don't care about any of those things. I just want to be a normal person, be a sweet and innocent little girl, have family who loves me, make friends with people my own age, and live the life I should be living. But now, I have nothing.”

  When she said these words, Kakabu's face still maintained a smile, and looking up at my eyes, I couldn't see any emotional fluctuations. However, I could understand the turmoil in her heart at this moment.

  This feeling is too familiar to me. My life has always been repeating itself, but in the deepest part of my heart, I am still silently praying to God, praying for a chance to restart my life.

  How I yearn for an ordinary person's life!

  "Hehe, Fang Cheng Gege, do you know that I've been keeping these words in my heart for a very, very long time? They're all I can say to myself, and it's gotten to the point where my ears are getting calluses from listening!"

  I looked at her and said: "You hate Kayas for depriving you of the chance to be an ordinary person, so you want to kill him."

  "Yes." Kakabu nodded without hesitation.

  "Why look for me?" Kaka was hard to find someone who could help her achieve this goal, I understand, but waiting patiently will always have a suitable candidate, she didn't need to find an outsider who couldn't even be considered a soul master.

  "Because you can!" Kakabu's reply was unusually firm.