The thick scent of blood almost blinded Han Fei. He had no idea what the woman before him had been through at Cattle Alley. He had many questions to ask but when he opened his mouth, he found that no words would come out.
Reaching into his pocket, Han Fei took out a table knife wrapped in human skin.
"Someone stole your knife, I wish to return it to you."
Holding the blade covered in curses, Han Fei extended the handle to the woman.
"According to the thief, without a table knife, your curse will be incomplete and your power will be weakened."
Now, the woman only needed to grab the hilt and push it forward to stab the blade into Han Fei's body.
In the cryptic world, other than Han Fei, there was probably no one else who would hand a cursed knife to someone else.
Different human faces flashed across the eyes under the pig mask. The woman slowly raised her slender hand.
Inside Cattle Alley that was littered with broken limbs, in the spreading blood fog, the woman gripped the knife hilt.
"Do not point the tip of the knife at yourself again." The familiar voice came from under the mask. The woman's words appeared to convey two different meanings.
"Of course I wouldn't do that if this was someone else." Han Fei loosened his grip on the blade. Black blood leaked out from his palm but he did not seem to feel any pain.
The moment Han Fei released his grip, the woman stabbed the knife into the pig mask on the ground. The seemingly normal mask started to bleed.
After the mask crumbled completely, the woman put the knife away.
Her crimson eyes stared at Han Fei for a long time. Then she walked into a dilapidated house and took out a dried twig from it.
The twig was pierced with many hearts, some were still beating softly.
"What is this?"
"A pig's heart."
Tossing the branch back to Han Fei, the woman glanced to the side. The black anaconda tried to crawl forward but the woman turned around and reentered the old house. She seemed to be trying to grab something else.
The black anaconda stopped halfway. It opened its dark mouth like it was screaming soundlessly. It felt like the woman did not recognize it anymore.
Holding the pig's heart, Han Fei carefully approached the single-eyed monster on the ground.
The monster's body was almost dismembered, but it was still breathing.
When it saw Han Fei, the ferocity on its ugly face disappeared. It made a human-like expression.
The black eyeballs lost their focus and the redness faded. A weak voice came from its mouth as if it was begging Han Fei to let it go.
"Letting you go would be harming more innocent people."
The pig-faced monster knew it could not escape this time. Its eyes were filled with venom as if it could already see Han Fei's fate. They would all sink into a hell of flesh and blood.
"I want to be the Midnight Butcher, not because I like killing, and not because fresh blood brings me joy and excitement. I just want the right to wield a knife and live a better life."
"If killing can bring safety and hope to the residents of this building, then I don't care if I'm a butcher or any other profession."
With the bone-paring knife in his right hand, Han Fei did not waste any more time and chopped off the pig-faced monster's head.
Blood dyed his clothes red. When the pig-faced monster lost its last breath of life, Han Fei received the system notification.
"Rating: 4! Killing is a job for a butcher, no matter what is on the chopping board, death is the butcher's last gift to his prey. "
People killed animals for food and consumed their meat.
The monsters at Cattle Alley massacred the entire Wang family, the mutilated bodies were piled up at the corner of the alley.
One was killing for survival, while the other was killing for pleasure. They were both killing, but there was a fundamental difference between them.
That was what the system meant when it gave Han Fei, different butchers were different.
"Notification for Player 0000! You've completed the Killing Mission! Combining with the mission rating, your compatibility with the hidden profession, Midnight Butcher, is now at 75 percent!
"Warning! The higher the compatibility, the more you can utilize the profession's power and characteristics!
"Now you have the basic qualification to become a Midnight Butcher! You can see the soul of most butcher knives!
"The butcher knife is very important to a Midnight Butcher. A good butcher knife can greatly increase the compatibility with the profession, a bad one might even want to kill its user.
"If you've decided to change your profession, please bring the butcher knife of your choice to the House of the Butcher!
"House of the Butcher (Hidden Building in the Hidden Map): At the northernmost side of Cattle Alley, there is a red building that only those with bloodstained hands can see.
"Warning! Before you enter the building, please remember to put on the mask! "
After completing the Killing Mission, Han Fei already had the qualification to become a Midnight Butcher but the final destination was the House of the Butcher.
'The House of the Butcher? Isn't that the place where Spider killed his other 8 personas? And I have to wear a mask? Didn't Spider hate people who wear pig masks the most? '
Han Fei read the mission description again. The system only warned him to wear the mask but it did not say he couldn't complete the mission without it.
'The missions at Cattle Alley are too strange, I'd better be prepared.'
Xu Qin sliced one of the masks but there was another one on the pig-faced monster's head.
Han Fei wiped away the blood stain and placed it inside his inventory.
He was one step closer to changing his profession, he had found Xu Qin and after completing the mission, he could quit the game at any time. The good news came one after another. Han Fei sighed in relief.
'For a butcher, the butcher knife is very important, it can't be replaced easily. There are so many knives at Cattle Alley, looks like I'll have to choose carefully.'
Han Fei turned to the bone-paring knife in his hand. The information he saw was completely different from before.
"Door of Death (Grade G Broken Butcher Knife): The soul of a family of 6, its blade is made of hatred! Due to the demon inside the knife once devouring the user, the blade was broken and it carries an extremely ominous curse.
"Warning! Since you've saved the family, you temporarily have the right to use this knife but if you wish to use this knife as your butcher knife, you'll have to be prepared for the backlash.
"Overall Evaluation: This is a knife that once devoured its user, it is more powerful and more dangerous than you think! After using this knife, the profession affinity will drop to 65 percent and there is a high chance of being cursed. "
Han Fei frowned when he saw the system's evaluation. Then he tried to pick up the bone cleaver again.
Once Han Fei touched the cleaver, a cut appeared on his finger.
The cleaver soaked in the pig-faced monster's blood was filled with malice towards Han Fei. Han Fei resisted the pain and realized if he used the cleaver, his profession affinity would drop below 50 percent, there was a chance he would fail the profession change.
'It sure is hard to find a knife that suits me.'
Han Fei noticed the lingering malice on the cleaver after he touched it. He remembered the pig-faced monster would chop the butcher's knife into pieces after killing someone, he wanted to give it a try.
Raising the bone-paring knife, Han Fei aimed it at the edge of the cleaver.
The 6 souls inside the Door of Death gnawed madly at the malice and murderous intent in the cleaver. The cleaver that had lost its owner was defenseless. The blood stain on the blade slowly faded.
After the blood on the cleaver had completely disappeared, the white bone-paring knife began to be stained with blood, and the cracks on the blade seemed to have lessened.
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