Selfishness, greed, jealousy, ambition, brutality … Yarlin had never been afraid to use the greatest evil to speculate on the filth of human nature. Just like a stinking sewer, you would never be able to imagine how much filth was buried under that black greasy stain.
Ya Erlin stood by the window. The smoke from the low-quality tobacco lingered around him, and the sparks from the cigarette butt flickered. He quietly watched the dark street below, as if his entire being had melted into the darkness.
Next door.
The lights were off, the room was pitch black, and the atmosphere was strange.
The person lying on the bed was silent, only low and hurried breathing could be heard. His eyes were open, staring straight at the ceiling above his head.
William pursed his lips. After a while, he gently turned his body to lie on his side. In the darkness, he could vaguely see the outline of the person lying on the bed. His gaze gradually became cold and deep.
Suppressing the fear and excitement in his heart, the ship doctor exhaled a mouthful of turbid air. Because of his nervousness, his voice became hoarse and low. "William, are you asleep?"
"Oh, not yet." William's voice was a little muffled.
The ship doctor sat up from the bed and said hesitantly, "No one is watching us, William. It's just the two of us left. We can leave this place quietly."
"Are you sure you want to leave?"
The ship doctor couldn't see that William's face was gradually dyed with a gloomy frost.
"Don't you want to leave? Yarlin is manipulating and playing with the corpses. He is a devil. There is not a moment when I don't want to escape from him. You know, every time he looks at us, his gaze is no different from looking at those ghostly corpses. I'm so scared that I can't sleep at night. I'm afraid that when I wake up, I'll become a monster that is neither human nor ghost." The ship doctor's voice was trembling, cold sweat forming on his back.
William didn't say a word. He knew that the ship doctor was speaking the truth, but because of this, he didn't dare to act rashly. He didn't believe that the terrifying man would make such a low-level mistake.
"Perhaps this is just a test, another trap!" As long as William closed his eyes, he would occasionally recall the nightmare of that day. Yarlin's cold and strange gaze was like a nightmare that entangled his soul. Every time he thought of betraying and escaping, he would feel as if there was a knife at his back.
In the darkness, Yarlin's gaze seemed to follow her like a shadow.
"We can't escape! Yarlin won't let us leave here alive. " William extinguished the thought that shouldn't have crossed his mind. He made a final attempt to dissuade the ship's doctor. "We're the last survivors on the Via. Only if we die can Arlen ensure that no one in this world knows that he was once a pirate."
The air in the room was heavy and stifling.
After a short silence, the ship doctor wiped the cold sweat off his forehead. His eyes were bloodshot. "I want to leave. Even if I die, I will try to leave."
The ship doctor swallowed his saliva and stared fiercely at William. "If you want to stay, it's up to you."
William didn't refute. His emotions slowly settled down. His right hand secretly grabbed the dagger under the pillow. He slowly got up and hid the dagger behind his back. He sighed. "You are right. We should leave together."
"That's great. We will leave together. As long as we can leave this hotel, we will find a place to hide. Yarlin won't be able to find us." The ship's doctor was overjoyed. With William's help, he felt that his chances of escaping had increased. As he spoke, he took out a bag of money from his chest and proudly said, "Look, I took the opportunity when Fick was asleep to sneak into the captain's room and steal some gold coins. This should be enough for us to find a place to hide."
William narrowed his eyes. This made it easier for him to gather light in the darkness. The ship doctor's back was clearer. He didn't say a word and approached the ship doctor.
"Let's go." The ship doctor put away the money bag and tiptoed to the door. He put his ear against the door and listened attentively to the sounds outside.
There was no sound outside. He slowly turned the door handle.
"Ka … Ka Ka …"
The door lock turned. William got close to the ship doctor and the dagger slowly crawled out from the darkness.
Chi!
The ship doctor's back hurt. He turned his head in disbelief and saw William's dark and twisted face. His mouth opened. "Why … Why?"
"Sorry, I don't dare to leave." William gritted his teeth. His voice was vicious and cruel. "I don't want you to leave either."
"I tried to persuade you. You were the one who didn't want to stay with me. So, you can't blame me." William gripped the dagger so hard that his knuckles turned white. He gripped the dagger with all his might.
Amidst the sound of flesh and organs being crushed, the veins on William's neck bulged. They were like ugly earthworms crawling up his face. His face was filled with hatred.
He pulled out the dagger. Blood splattered all over his face.
The ship's doctor leaned against the door and slid to the ground. His left hand was still on the door handle, but it was pried open by William. With a click, the door was closed. William closed the eyes of the ship's doctor, who had died with grievances.
After a long while, he dragged the body of the ship doctor under the bed. He turned on the light and cleaned up the blood on the ground. Then he picked up the bloodstained money bag on the ground. He opened the money bag and looked at the gold coins inside.
"Even if we escape, where can we go? Continue to be a mediocre pirate? Then one day we will be annihilated by a Marine or die from the internal strife of pirates? No, these are not what I, William, want … "Amidst the hysterical laughter, William turned off the light and lay back on the bed. He slowly closed his eyes. Under the bed was a warm and quiet corpse.
"If the devil can bring me more, then I am willing to be the devil's pawn. What's wrong with that!" William said to himself in his heart. Smelling the stench of blood in the room, he fell into a deep sleep.
The commotion next door was quiet at first, but then there was a slight movement, as if something heavy had fallen. Gradually, the sound became less muffled, and it was replaced by the sound of a broom being swept. Ya Erlin leaned close to the window and finished smoking three cigarettes. The sound in his ears disappeared again, and everything returned to the silence of the night.
After waiting for a while, he expressionlessly flicked the fourth half-burned cigarette butt out of the window. He liked tobacco, but this kind of low-quality tobacco could only satisfy his craving to smoke. It was really difficult to enjoy it.
Putting the remaining half of the cigarette back into his pocket, he drew the curtains and closed the window.
Yarlin didn't like to sleep with the window open. Even though the air in the closed room was stuffy. He lay back on the bed. Beside him was Fick's even snoring. There was also a strong smell of sweat.
"Tomorrow I have to drive him and William to sleep together." Yarlin half turned his body and slowly closed his eyes.
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