Strange Cards

Chapter 452 Chasing the Burning Madness

Gu Nian looked at Qi Wu and continued speaking to himself.

"So I gave up everything and willingly carried the label of rebellion for ten years."

"For me, the good thing is that on this road where the future is uncertain, there are many people who are willing to follow me and pursue that burning desire together."

Even if it means becoming rebels together, even if it means thinking twice before acting.

"I still don't regret my choice."

Qi Wu looked at Gu Nian, who had reattached his left arm, and said with a slight tremor in his voice.

"Why didn't you tell us?"

"You know perfectly well that my words and your sister's words carry significant weight, and you know perfectly well that we will agree with what you've done."

"Why choose to send only one person? Do you think your sister and I are such petty people?"

"Can't we tell right from wrong?"

Gu Nian looked at Qi Wu, who was getting more and more excited as he spoke, and gave a wry smile.

"Brother-in-law."

"Before I joined the Otherworlders, I told the others that I asked them if they were willing to become madmen with me."

"Let's follow this burning desire together."

"But on the day I left."

"No one is willing to follow me."

As Gu Nian spoke, he looked up at the ancient banyan tree above him, a tree that had witnessed countless years.

"Everything in this world is like a joke played by a madman."

Some things endure forever, like the sun and moon; others appear and disappear in an instant, like bubbles.

"I am but a tiny speck of dust in this world."

All I can do is try my best to keep this world going.

"Even if my name is no longer on the Gu family genealogy, even if I am nailed to the pillar of shame like Qin Hui and remain infamous for eternity, to be cursed by future generations."

"I don't care about any titles; I have nothing left to lose."

"And I already know that my niece will call me a great hero, and my parents will be proud of me."

"My sister will be proud of me, and that's enough."

"Isn't that right?"

Qi Wu looked at Gu Nian, who had a relaxed expression, and remained silent for a while before speaking.

"In this final script."

How many more people will die?

Gu Nian was stunned for a moment, seemingly not expecting Qi Wu to say that.

After a while, Gu Nian spoke.

"If Shigure hadn't been an otherworldly being..."

"Everyone will die."

"all."

Qi Wu's pupils contracted sharply; he was shocked by the answer Gu Nian had given.

After a long while, Qi Wu spoke with a bitter expression.

Why?

I'd like to hear the reason.

"Because he was born at the right time, he was the savior destined by fate."

"He should have died in one calamity after another, but he survived time and time again because of God's favor."

"However, the gifts from fate have always come with a hidden price."

"His first near-death experience came from his childhood, when he was an adopted son of the Shi family."

As Gu Nian spoke, he took out a script, opened it, and placed it in front of Qi Wu.

Qi Wu looked at the script, his heartache barely concealed.

Gu Nian, however, seemed not to notice and muttered to himself.

"In his first brush with death, he lost all the love and affection of his family. He should have been deprived of everything and lived a mediocre life, dying unknowingly at the hands of his adopted son."

"But his grandparents saved him from this calamity, allowing him to have six relatively good years."

As Gu Nian spoke, he took out a second script, opened it, and threw it in front of Qi Wu.

"His second life-threatening ordeal occurred when he was six years old, and it was the ordeal that determined the path he would take in life."

Although Qi Wu was listening to what Gu Nian was saying, his hands were already trembling uncontrollably.

"The adopted son of the Shi family still wants to kill him and wants to become the true heir of the Shi family."

"Shiyu's parents shared the same thought; otherwise, their adopted son wouldn't be so arrogant, or even openly target Shiyu."

"But Shiyu's grandfather has always controlled the power of the family, and as the only eldest grandson, no matter what, the inheritance of the Shi family will only fall to Shiyu."

"So when Shigure was six years old, the adopted son begged Shigure's parents to come to the western forest outside Nankai City by threatening to celebrate his own birthday. He then lured a bear over and tried to stage an accidental death for Shigure."

"Those scumbag parents didn't know at first, but they found out later and even helped cover it up."

"According to the adopted son's original plan, Shigure and the old butler who accompanied Shigure would die in the bear's jaws, while the three of them could escape and create the illusion that Shigure died unexpectedly."

"What they didn't expect was that the old butler who had always followed Master Shi was willing to give his life to cover Shi Yu's retreat, exchanging his own death for Shi Yu's life."

"That old man witnessed the rise of the Shi family and used his skills to protect three generations of the Shi family."

"I just didn't expect that the first generation and the third generation, who were taught by the first generation, had good roots, while only the second generation was rotten."

"The second calamity was arranged by the steward named Xiao Bo."

"Then came the deaths of Liu An, Bai Yu, and even that girl named Shi Yanlan."

"The deaths of Li Shun, Da Niu, and Yu Yan"

"They're all related to Shigure."

Gu Nian took a deep breath and then spoke.

"A person born in accordance with the will of Heaven is a cursed lone star. He should have died in calamity, but Heaven will not let him die so easily."

"He is destined to have the power to save the world, and before that, so that he can live to see that time safely."

"Heaven will allow him to continuously absorb the luck of those around him, using their luck to offset his own calamity."

"Those who lose their luck will eventually die."

"You too, and so does that Guan Yun."

"You will all die, that can't be changed."

"Even that little girl named Liu Yu almost died because of Shi Yu."

"If he hadn't been sealed in the Seven of Spades for three years, thus avoiding so many life-threatening situations..."

"I wonder how many more people will die because of him."

"Xiao Jiu?"

"impossible!"

"Xiao Jiu has lived under my nose for years, and she has never had any major problems."

"She's never even had a serious illness, how could she have died so suddenly?"

Gu Nian suddenly slammed his hand on the table and pressed his own eyes against Qi Wu's eyes.

"no problem?"

"If it weren't for the fact that the little girl's luck was not absorbed much, and that Shiyu had disappeared for three years, giving her a chance to nurture her luck again."

"She died a violent death long ago."