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"Where are we?

" Anna asked with an anxious look on her face.

nLeon stabbed the knife into Anna's waist and said,

"You talk too much. Just keep walking.

"

nOf course, the knife was only 1 centimeter long. Anna's wound was nothing more than a little cut.

nAfter getting her into his apartment, Leon locked the door and threw her on the floor. He was about to take his mask off because it was making him feel uncomfortable, and it was hard to breathe.

nRING RING!

nHowever, he received a phone call. When he checked, it was from Layla. He would have ignored the call if it was from someone else, but he couldn't ignore Layla. Although it wasn't as though he ever got any call from someone else, anyway.

nAfter receiving the phone call, Leon said,

"Hmm.

"

nHello~

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"Hmm. (Hello).

"

nAre you busy?

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"Hmm. (Kind of.)

"

nToday is Friday, so I was wondering if you are coming home like every week.

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"Hmm. (Yeah, I was planning to.)

"

nGreat. I was thinking of cooking your favorite dish. So can you bring some vegetables on your way?

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"Hmm. (Okay).

"

nOkay then. See you soon.

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"Hmm. (Bye.)

"

nFor some reason, Layla could understand everything that Leon was trying to say.

nLeon sighed and put his phone in his pocket. He was planning to torture Anna, but he had no time for that. However, he couldn't kill her just yet. There were some questions he wanted to ask Anna about the college campus and its security systems. He was planning to commit more crimes there.

nLeon handcuffed Anna's hands and legs, tapped her lips, and locked her in his closet.

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"I will deal with you later.

" He grabbed his bag, dropped his mask inside it, and locked the apartment door before leaving.

nHe could have taken a train or taxi, but he had to buy vegetables from the store.

n'I don't know why but I am always excited to see Layla. Even now, when I should be dealing with Anna, I changed my mind after hearing Layla's voice.'

nNeither Leon nor Layla had realized that the country… no, the world's fate was dependent on Layla's wish. If she desired for the world to be destroyed, Leon would destroy it without any questions. Similarly, if Layla ever asked him to stop doing something, he would stop it. However, Layla knew she wouldn't be able to suppress the monster inside Leon, so she never asked him to stop killing people.

nIf something were to happen to Layla, the world would be doomed.

nLeon's bag, the bag he used to take to college and everywhere else, was Layla's favorite bag. They found it in their home, and Layla gave it to Leon on his birthday last week.

nIt was his first gift after ten years, and its value was priceless as it was given to him by Layla. It was a treasure to Leon.

nBut… things were about to get heated soon.

nLeon was on his way to the store when a masked robber snatched the bag from his hand. Of course, Leon was holding it tightly, but as it was old, the material was weak. When the robber snatched it from Leon's hand, it was ripped.

nLeon ran after the robber and ended up in a closed alley. After seeing he had nowhere to go, the robber raised his hand in the air and said,

"I am sorry, bro. I am just a novice robber. You can have your stuff back. Please let me go, and don't call the cops!

"

nLeon looked at the stuff the robber was carrying, and he had a few more bags, purses, and wallets with him. However, Leon didn't care about that. He didn't even have money in his bag anyway.

nThe bag was all he had from Layla, and the robber ripped it. Even millions could not sum the value of the bag.

nLeon took a deep breath and slowly walked to the stuff the robber dropped on the ground. He picked up his ripped bag and looked at it in shock. He was experiencing the same feeling he felt when he thought he would lose Layla.

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"You can take anything you want, bro. Just leave me a little—

"

nLeon grabbed the man's face and smashed it to the wall next to him. He smashed it so hard that his head shattered into pieces of bones and minced meat, and the wall cracked.

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"If you don't know how to rob, then don't rob,

" Leon muttered in a solemn voice.

nThe man's headless body slid on the wall— leaving a blood trail and eventually fell to the ground between the garbage.

nHe checked all the wallets and took all the money from there. Then, he started taking money from the purses, but he stopped when he heard the sound of footsteps.

nHe looked back at the entry of the alley and saw a woman with light brown hair and black eyes standing in front of him. She was looking at the headless body of the robber. However, the body was between the garbage, so more than half of his body was covered in trash.

n'I need to kill her too.' Leon had to act calmly.

nIf the woman yelled, it would catch more attention, and Leon simply wanted to buy some vegetables and go home to Layla.

nThe woman slowly walked to the body and covered her mouth after seeing he was dead.

nLeon slowly moved his hand to kill the woman the same way without making any noise. But instead, the woman kicked and stomped on the corpse and shouted,

"Fuck you! How dare you steal my purse!

"

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"...

"

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"This is what you get!

" she shouted. Then, she picked up her purse and murmured,

"Good. Everything is safe.

"

nShe glanced at Leon, who was staring at her with a confused and puzzled look on his face.

"Thank you for catching him.

" She moved her hand forward to shake hands with Leon.

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"....

" Leon raised his brows and wondered, 'I am meeting weird people today.'

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