The time now was 4: 37, and there weren't many cars on the street. There were barely any pedestrians, and Zhang Heng and Mei Nan were the only customers in the convenience store. The shop assistant had already put on his headphones and was concentrating on his mobile game.
The whole city was quiet as if it had fallen into a deep sleep.
"What about your illness?" Zhang Heng finished the Coke Zero in his hand and put the empty aluminum can aside. "You want to become Loki's agent because you hope he can cure you, right?"
"I'm suffering from a very special and rare disease. Back then, just to find out the cause, my parents took me all over the country and spent almost all of the family's savings. During that time, whenever I opened my eyes, I would see my father's serious face and my mother secretly wiping away tears."
"You always look unhappy (# O '). That's where your WeChat name came from, right?" Zhang Heng thought of something and raised his eyebrows.
"That's right. After I was diagnosed, I knew that my illness couldn't be cured with current medical technology, and the follow-up treatment would be very expensive. In addition, my younger brother was still studying, and there were a lot of things that the family needed to spend money on. I didn't want to become a burden to the family and drag down the people I cared about the most, so I ran away from home with this in mind."
Mei Nan said, "At that time, I hadn't come into contact with the world we know today, so I didn't have any extravagant hopes of curing my illness. I just wanted to stay as far away from the city as possible and live the rest of my life in peace. I bought the ticket casually, and it was purely an accident that I ended up here.
"And within a few days after I came here, I almost ran out of money. But I was lucky. Before I spent my last penny, I found a job in a restaurant that provided me with food and accommodation. I was mainly responsible for cashier and issuing invoices. Since then, my life has gradually stabilized. Of course, I don't have the money to continue the treatment. Sometimes when I lie in the dormitory, I wonder if I'm going to die alone in a strange city. Or worse, I'm going to lose my ability to move, and I won't be able to work to support myself.
"In order to prevent someone from contacting my family when I'm sent to the hospital, I made a decision. If that day comes, I'll kill myself first. However, deciding to die and facing death were two completely different things. Even if I had made all the preparations and imagined the worst case scenario, I still couldn't completely accept the fact that I was going to die.
"It felt as if someone had installed a clock in my body, and there was a countdown that kept jumping. I knew it would return to zero one day, but I didn't know when the number would return to zero. It kept ticking away. As time passed, I didn't get used to it or accept it. Instead, I became even more afraid. There was a period of time when my mental state was very bad. I couldn't sleep at night, and sometimes, I would have nightmares when I fell asleep.
"As a result, my working condition during the day became very bad. I made a few mistakes in the accounts and was verbally warned by my boss. My salary was even deducted. That was when she found me."
"You mean the older sister who was taken away when she was young? Well, I remember you said that the two of you had some kind of telepathy since you were young, "Zhang Heng said.
"That's right. She came to me one day, but at that time, I didn't know who she was. I even thought that my illness had affected my brain and caused me to hallucinate. She walked into the restaurant where I worked and booked the largest private room for herself. Then, she ordered every dish on the menu. Even the boss was alarmed. He suspected that she was here to cause trouble, but then she took out her credit card and paid for all the food in advance.
"The boss immediately changed his expression and urged the kitchen to cook for her. He even pushed the dishes of the other guests to the back. After that, he approached her and asked if she had any other orders. She pointed at me and asked me to eat with her. I wanted to say that I was just a cashier, but I was soon pushed into her private room by the boss. When everyone left, she told me that she would show me a magic trick next.
"I asked her what magic trick it was, but she didn't want to continue. She just gave me an address and asked me to go there after work. She also told me that she knew I was on the Grim Reaper's list, and once I was on that list, I couldn't get off. But she also said that there was a great existence in this world that could deceive everyone, including the Grim Reaper. After that, she didn't answer any of my questions. She just told me that we had about twenty minutes to eat.
"Twenty minutes later, she excused herself to go to the bathroom and never came back. About ten minutes later, the boss realized that something was wrong. He searched the entire restaurant but couldn't find her. Later, the boss also found that the money he had received for the meal was gone. He was very angry and immediately called the police. I also went to make a statement, but I didn't tell him the address she gave me."
"Did you see him after that?"
"Who? My sister?"
"No, I'm talking about Loki."
"I don't know. According to Norse mythology, he can transform into anything. I've never seen his real face. The first time we met, I saw a Scottish fold. It didn't speak, and it was my sister who spoke. After that, it gave me a contract for an agent's probation period and a night to think. But considering my situation at the time, I didn't have much time to think. As long as there was a way to deceive the Grim Reaper, no matter how slim the chances were, I had to try it. So I accepted the contract and became his agent like my sister. But now, I've messed everything up. "
Mei Nan took a sip of juice and looked out the window at the street. A little black cat had just entered the green belt. "In fact, from the beginning of the test, I knew that I would not be my sister's opponent. She is more like Loki. They are both cunning and ruthless. She can also play the target unknowingly. There is no doubt that Loki will appreciate her more. After becoming Loki's agent, she did a lot of big things, especially at the auction. She played the three major guilds and the Chamber of Commerce that participated in the auction.
"In contrast, what I did was actually only a small matter, and I was inexplicably blamed for a lot of things. So this time, I can be considered to have lost. I have nothing to complain about. You don't have to feel guilty or touched. Even if I had made up my mind to kill you, I probably wouldn't have been able to defeat you. Furthermore, my sister might have already completed the test. Now that I think about it, I had no chance of winning from the very beginning. "
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