Time in a collapsing world

Sakura really didn't expect something to be hiding next to the empty cave entrance, so she was caught off guard and was attacked by a sneak attack.

But an attack of this magnitude could not threaten her. The moment the hand grabbed Sakura, the sword flashed, and the connection between its forearm and the palm was disconnected in the blink of an eye, cleanly.

“Aww——!!!”

But then, another head protruded from the ground, roared like a zombie in a movie, and bit Sakura's calf.

Pfft——!

"Blood" was sprinkled all over the surrounding land, and the ferocious expression of the dead man was completely frozen.

Sakura pulled out the knife stuck in the center of the dead man's forehead and ignored it, instead looking at the tombstones around her.

Maybe it was because the noise was too loud, so more things sleeping under the ground gradually woke up.

Click, click, click——

With this tombstone as the center, the surrounding tombstones began to vibrate, and more and more dead soldiers' heads poked out from under these tombstones.

Has there ever been a collapse here?

This thought just flashed through her mind. She didn't need to think about this kind of problem now. Sakura just needed to know that these were things that could be killed.

Sakura clenched the knife in her hand, and before the many dead soldiers could fully escape from the soil, she decided to strike first.

As her feet exerted force, Sakura's figure suddenly disappeared. On the ground illuminated only by faint moonlight, only a pink figure could be seen flickering like a ghost.

fast!

Sakura's skills can be summed up in just one word.

Among all the ordinary people in the current Fire Chasing Moth who have not undergone physical transformation, her speed can definitely be ranked first.

"Ouch——!"

As soon as the dead warrior closest to Sakura raised its head, a flash of sword flashed before its eyes, and then its head broke and fell to the ground with a grunt. It never saw the appearance of the murderer.

But before its body fell, another dead soldier was brutally attacked again. Its left eye was directly penetrated by a knife, bringing out a strange purple and white liquid.

Compared to killing people, it is indeed easier to kill inhuman creatures.

Sakura might still feel some pity for life when she was killing people, but she didn't need it now, since they were no longer human anyway.

Thinking of this, Sakura's eyes became colder and her speed sped up again. Just like chopping melons and vegetables, all the resurrected dead soldiers here were helpless in her hands.

The speed can't keep up at all.

After an unknown amount of time, Sakura's figure gradually became visible to the naked eye. It was not that her physical strength was exhausted, but that all her enemies had been killed.

Snapped---!

A headless corpse fell to the ground, gurgling "blood" flowing out of its body.

This is the last dead soldier and the first dead soldier to successfully crawl out of the soil.

Without turning around, Sakura flicked the "blood stain" on the knife and immediately drew an arc on the ground, and the long knife that had killed everyone returned to its original appearance before the battle, spotless.

Sakura looked at the houses hidden in the night in the orphanage and saw no lights on. She was slightly relieved. What she was most worried about when fighting was that the people inside would be awakened by the movement here. In that case , tonight’s infiltration is considered a failure.

Sakura approached the place where the people in the orphanage lived. Her footsteps were silent. It was obviously impossible to detect her presence with human hearing.

Arriving at the main entrance of a small building, hiding in the shadows, Sakura saw a figure sitting on a chair with his back to her. He bent his upper body and put one hand on his thigh, seeming to have fallen asleep. But Sakura could tell from his motionless body that this man was awake.

Do you want to bypass him? still……

Sakura glanced at the knife in her hand out of the corner of her eye, thought for a moment and decided to check the situation first.

It has not been confirmed whether they are [guilty].

Sakura retreated into the darkness, and when she reappeared, she was already at the window at the back of the house where the children were.

"call……"

"Um……"

There was a slight murmuring sound coming from the house where the children lived. Sakura pushed it tentatively and found that the window was unlocked. She gave up the idea of ​​knocking out the doorman and jumped into the house lightly. There are five or six children sleeping on a small bed in this house. They are hugging each other, just like a scene of poor children relying on each other.

But what Sakura focused on was not here, but the purple lines on their bodies exposed from their clothes. Sakura, who had been in the Fire Chasing Moth for so long, naturally knew what this meant.

She also understood why all the dead soldiers in the cemetery looked like children.

Honkai disease, death, and... assassination targets.

Ordinary people infected with Honkai Disease will eventually die. This is inevitable and sad. After all, in Sakura's knowledge, even the Fire Chaser Moth has no effective way to curb Honkai Disease.

People infected with the Honkai Disease can also be regarded as a source of infection. Therefore, the Fire Chaser Moth has long issued such an order to the people of the "Poison Chrysalis": kill all ordinary people infected with the Honkai Disease.

In other words, if ordinary people are infected with Honkai Disease, they will never be allowed to live unless they have other uses or someone is protecting them.

"……Feel sorry."

With a gentle word, Sakura wiped the necks of the sleeping children with a clean and neat technique, trying not to let them feel any unnecessary pain.

This was the last mercy Sakura could show under the premise that their lives had to be taken away.

The purple-red blood soaked the sheets and quilts. Although they had been prepared to die at any time, the children never thought that death would come so suddenly.

Opening the door, Sakura entered two or three more rooms where many children were sleeping. She wanted to confirm whether all the rooms and children here were the ones that needed to be [cleaned].

Before killing innocent people who were burdened with [sin] for no reason, Sakura was so cautious, for fear of killing someone by mistake.

If...if one person could be spared, Sakura would be happy for him from the bottom of her heart.

But unfortunately, Sakura's expectations were disappointed. All the children she had seen so far were infected with Honkai Disease, without exception.

Sakura walked out of a room where no one survived. Instead of continuing her work, she came to a window and looked at the back of the man who was still sitting on the chair.

By adopting so many children infected with Honkai Disease, the adults here have already met the conditions for [assassination]. In this case, before taking the lives of innocent people, Sakura hopes to kill the culprit first.