Chapter 50 What is Tenderness
Chapter 51 What is Gentleness

It has been two months since I confessed my love to Shiho. Why two months? Because my protection period has ended.

"Hey, Bing. Is today the last day of your protection period?" Ling asked excitedly as soon as she entered the room. That night, Ling and her friends, including Shiho, came to my room. The reason? Of course, it was because of my protection period.

"Well, it's officially cancelled at twelve tonight." I looked at my watch and said, "There's less than an hour left. Do you think someone will knock on my door right after the time comes?"

"Maybe. After all, the protection period is only three years, and you are only ten years old now. There will definitely be a lot of people who will challenge you and use you as a springboard to help them get the code name." Shiho sat on the sofa and casually flipped through a magazine.

"By the way, Bing, are you really okay?" Jingliu looked at me with a little concern.

"Don't worry. When have I ever let you down in these three years? I'm just some trash with no code names." I curled up on the sofa, crunching the apple that Jingliu had just peeled for me.

"Haha, you are always so confident." Jingliu chuckled.

"Of course, only with strength can you have the capital to be confident. By the way, speaking of strength." I sat up and looked at Ling. "Ling, how were the results of your last test?"

"Yes. No problem. The three of us have passed with excellent results. From now on, as long as someone accepts me as their subordinate, they can take me on missions." Ling said sweetly. "Originally, several people came to me and wanted me to be their subordinate, but I refused."

"Ah? Can you refuse something like this?"

"Of course. But as a condition for refusing, you must defeat the member in a fighting form." Ling shook her finger at me as if to teach me.

"So, as long as you complete 30 tasks or kill someone, you can get a code name?" I looked at Ling in surprise. I didn't expect that this little girl would make such rapid progress.

"Of course. But I didn't participate. Because the person I want to challenge is you." Ling smiled at me mischievously.

"Please. It's been three years, and you haven't forgotten this." I narrowed my eyes and looked at Ling.

"Hmph. There's less than an hour left anyway, so just wait for me to challenge you." Ling said angrily.

"Hey, hey." I lowered my head and sighed. "But speaking of which, Ling. If you fail after this challenge, come and help me."

"Huh?" Ling asked in confusion.

"Well. I think I should add more men. After all, I started my first solo mission two months ago. Up to now, I have been on 16 missions alone. I need some men to help me." I smiled at Ling.

"But. Bing. Apart from me, you only have two places for peripheral members, right?" Jingliu turned and asked me.

"Well. I have already selected the two peripheral members. They are Mary and Taichi. Are you two okay with it?" I smiled at the two of them.

"Yes."

"Yes."

Taiyi and Mary stood up with some excitement and answered me respectfully.

"As for Ling, I have already applied to Sister Bei. I asked her to remove the quota of the official member and give me an additional quota of the peripheral subordinate. So after this challenge, you will come to help me. And your residence. You can live in the place next to me, where Sister Jingliu used to live. Anyway, Jingliu rarely lives there." I squinted my half-moon eyes and looked at Jingliu.

"Hehe. Master Bing. What do you think if I don't go back to sleep?" Jingliu smiled and raised his fist, with a big "井" character on top of it. Although he was smiling, Jingliu exuded a lot of coldness towards me.

"Ah. How could that be? I dare not." I quickly raised my hands to signal surrender.

"Hmph. I'm glad to know." Jingliu dispelled the coldness and returned to his original smiling look.

"Huh..." I wiped the sweat off my forehead. This woman is getting more and more scary.

"That's good. But what about Mary and Taiyi?" Ling thought for a moment and asked.

"Let them live next door to me." A gentle voice sounded. It was Shiho. "No one lives next door to me anyway. Let them live there." As she spoke, Shiho's eyes dimmed.

I held her hand to comfort her. Shiho looked up and smiled at me, telling me that she was fine. Since the confession, the tacit understanding between Shiho and I has become stronger and stronger. We don't need to talk. With just a look or a gesture, we can understand each other's feelings.

"Okay, Mr. Killer. There are less than twenty minutes left. Don't you want to do some warm-up exercises? Someone might knock on the door soon." Shiho, who had recovered, put down the magazine and smiled at me playfully.

"Yeah. That's true." I got up from the sofa. "Shiho, please record it for me. This will save me a lot of trouble in the future. Taichi, Mary, help me clean the table. Sister Shizuru, please run me a bath. I will knock down all those troublemakers in an hour at most." I smiled confidently.

With Taiyi and the others busying around, a large space was cleared in my living room. "Ling. Come on. Let me see how much progress you have made in the past three years."

"Tsk. Be careful not to get knocked down by me." Ling rushed towards me angrily.

Bang!
I caught Ling's punch and laughed. "Ah, have you learned your lesson this time and won't let me see your underwear?"

"H..." Shiho's voice.

"Damn it..." Ling's voice.

"Hmph~" Jingliu's voice.

As for Taichi and Mary, they had already turned into small eyes and watched from the side.

"Well... go ahead." I smiled awkwardly, let go of Ling's fist, and started to dodge her attacks with all my strength.

More than ten minutes later.

"Hey, Ling. You're out of strength already? I haven't even attacked yet." I squatted down and looked at Ling, who was sitting on the ground panting, and said with a playful smile.

"Monster. You keep dodging my attacks. Why don't you fight back?" Ling said to me angrily, panting.

"There's no need to attack. You're already sitting on the ground, aren't you?" I smiled and pulled Ling up. Then I touched her purple bangs and said, "So you're still too young."

"Tsk... monster." Ling turned her head away and ignored me.

After a giggle, I turned to Shiho and asked, "Shiho, is the camera ready?"

"Yeah." Shiho pointed the camera at me.

"OK. I'm going to open the door." I smiled evilly and walked to the door.

dong dong dong.

"Hey, hey. Why are you so punctual?" I complained as I heard the knock on the door. I looked at my watch and it was exactly twelve o'clock.

"Well, the battle begins." I turned around and smiled confidently at Shiho's camera.

brush.

The door opened and a boy about eighteen years old stood in front of my door.

"Hey. You're the one..."

Bang! !

Without giving this person a chance to speak, I punched him hard in the abdomen. He fell to his knees in pain. Without stopping, I waved to the second person not far behind, signaling him to come over.

The second person was a girl. She was about 18 years old. I saw the woman kicking me in the head. I stepped back and before she could turn around, I was already in front of her. With a simple trip, she fell to the ground and hit her head, fainting. Then came the third person. The fourth. The fifth.

About half an hour passed. All the people who challenged me were knocked down by me. Of course, there were some who got up and continued to attack me after being knocked down by me. For example, the first man who challenged me was knocked down by me for the fourth time. When no one wanted to stand up again, I looked back and saw that the line from my room to the corridor was almost reaching the cafeteria.

"What's going on, Shiho. Did you record everything?" I turned around and saw Shiho still filming me with the camera.

"Yeah. It's all recorded. Including the way you looked at the second woman being k-ed." Shiho squinted her eyes and looked at me.

"Hey, hey... Can you blame me for this? It's her fault for lifting her legs so high." I retorted.

"Yes. It's not your fault, Mr. SL." Shiho turned and walked back.

"Well... don't be angry, Shiho." I hurriedly chased after him.

Actually, for regular members, they can kill those temporary members who challenged them, but according to my opinion, all those who challenged me should be defeated. I don't want to kill people casually, especially in front of Shiho. However, it was because of my overly gentle decision that the next incident happened.

Before I even reached the door, the man who had knocked me down for the first time stood up again, and walked towards us with a ferocious look on his face. But this time he didn't attack me. Instead, he punched Shiho who was walking not far in front of me.

Snapped!
The camera in Shiho's hand was knocked away.

"Damn woman. What are you recording? Are you looking for death?" As he said that, the man raised his fist and hit Shiho again.

boom! ! !
With the sound of gunfire, the man's fist was shot out by me, leaving a bloody hole. Fortunately, Shiho was not injured, otherwise I would regret it for the rest of my life. As expected. People should not be too gentle. It is better to let such rubbish die early!

"Hey... you were going to hit her, weren't you?" My eyes turned cold. I protected Zhi behind me. A faint murderous aura emanated from my body involuntarily, filling the entire corridor. All those who were knocked down by me but didn't faint were trembling at this moment.

"Damn it. You actually shot me!" The man covered his arm and looked at me in pain.

"Humph. Sure enough, I shouldn't show mercy to trash like you." With a cold snort, a strong murderous aura instantly swept the entire corridor. The man was so scared that he sat on the ground. He looked at me with fear. "Devil... You are a devil! It's cold. It's so cold. Help... Help... Someone save me!" The man rolled and crawled in the opposite direction.

"Shiho, close your eyes. You are not allowed to open them unless I tell you to!" I said coldly. Without any doubt, Shiho grabbed my clothes and closed her eyes.

"As payment for hurting Shirley." I locked my murderous intent on him, raised my gun, and pulled the trigger.

boom!
I shot him in the leg and made him fall to the ground.

boom!
I shot him so hard that his ear fell off and he screamed.

boom! boom! boom!
I shot him three times in a row, but none of the shots were fatal. However, the intense pain made him wish he could die immediately.

"Remember this, all of you!" I shouted in the hall. "Tell everyone who wants to challenge me that from now on, I will not show mercy to you! If anyone thinks I won't kill again, then this man is your role model!" With my roar, I put the last bullet into the man's head. Scarlet blood mixed with white brain matter instantly sprayed all over the floor.

Holding Shiho's shaking hand, I picked up the broken camera from the floor and returned to my room.

"Bing, are you okay?" Jingliu asked worriedly when she saw my gloomy expression.

"Yeah. It's okay." I replied calmly. "Okay, Shiho. Open your eyes." I hugged Shiho's soft body gently.

"Yeah." Shiho opened her eyes. Although she didn't see anything, I believe she heard everything I said just now.

"Bing..." Shiho's voice trembled a little.

"Be good...it's okay. It's his fault. Who asked him to hurt you?"

"But..."

"No buts. I told you I won't allow anyone to hurt you." I hugged Shiho again, hoping she would get rid of the fear as soon as possible. "It's okay, don't think about it. You have to know that I have seen that kind of scene many times."

"Yeah..." Shiho responded softly. She understood. I am a killer. My mission is to kill people. She also understood what I meant. If that person hadn't attacked me, I wouldn't have shot.

"Be good. Don't go back today. Sleep here with me." I said calmly. The body at the door would take at least until tomorrow to be dealt with. In order to prevent Shiho from going out and seeing the bloody scene, I decided to keep her here.

"Tsk...bing. Please don't let your woman stay here overnight in front of us." Ling's unscrupulous voice rang in my ears.

"Oh, sorry, sorry. I forgot you were here too." I smiled apologetically. "Sister Jingliu, please prepare two more quilts." I said to Jingliu. "Ling, you guys can stay here today, too."

"Eh? Why?"

"It's not convenient to go out now. There are some remaining quilts in the cabinet in my bedroom. Ling, you can sleep in the guest room. Mary and Taichi, please bear with it and sleep on the sofa. Shiho and Shizuru-nee will sleep in my bedroom. I'll sleep on the floor."

"What's outside? Why don't you let us go out?" Ling walked out stubbornly. But just as she walked out of the door, she came back with a pale face.

"Ah... such a disobedient child." I frowned slightly. "Okay. Do you still want to go back now?"

"Ugh..." Ling couldn't hold it in any longer and rushed to the bathroom. Soon, there was a sound of vomiting. After a while, Ling, as pale as a piece of white paper, came out of the bathroom. I handed her a glass of water to calm her down.

"Bing..." Ling said tremblingly. "Will I see a scene like that in the future?"

"Ah..." I replied calmly. "And as a close combat killer, you can see it more clearly." After hearing what I said, Ling trembled even more violently.

"Bing... stop scaring Ling." Jingliu frowned and sat beside Ling to comfort her. "I'll sleep in the guest room today. Let Ling and Shiho sleep in the room. This bed is big enough for the three of you to squeeze into."

"Hu..." I leaned back on the sofa without saying anything.

————The scent of orchids, the scent of lavender, the scent of home & the wings of angels, the wings of demons, the wings of guardians————

At night, in the bedroom, I lay in the middle of the bed. On my left, Ling held my arm tightly and trembled. On my right, Shiho kept holding my hand and didn't want to let go. Although I should be very happy about being hugged by two people, but at this moment, I really can't laugh. The scene of that bastard raising his hand to hit Shiho just now is still spinning in my head. If I hadn't acted quickly, I really don't know how big a mistake would have been caused.

"Bing...are you still awake?" It was Ling who spoke.

"Yeah. Not yet. Shiho isn't asleep either, right?"

"Yeah." Shiho squeezed my hand and responded softly.

"Haha. Since we can't sleep, let's chat." I let go of Shiho's hand and turned on the starlight lamp next to me, then put my hand back next to Shiho. Looking at the bright sky, my mood gradually improved.

"ice..."

"Ok?"

"Nothing..." Ling thought about it and swallowed her words.

"Haha. Are you still thinking about what you just saw?" I pulled my hand out and put my arm on Ling's head, motioning Ling to come over.

"Yeah..." Ling said with some fear, resting her head on my arm. "How many shots did you fire in total?"

"Seven shots." I folded my arms and ruffled Ling's long purple hair.

"Why...why did you have to shoot seven times to kill one person?" Ling asked tremblingly.

"He deserved it," I replied coldly. "I don't allow anyone to hurt people around me. Shooting him seven times was too easy for him!"

"Ice..." This time it was Shiho who spoke. It seemed that she was also frightened by my cold attitude.

"I'm sorry. I scared you." I put my arm around Shiho and let her rest her head on my arm.

"Bing. I always thought you were a gentle person to everyone. But I really didn't expect that you would be so cruel to kill that person." Ling's voice became a little strange.

"Ling, you have to know that I am only gentle to my friends. As for others, especially those rubbish who want to hurt those around me, they are not worthy of my gentleness. So Ling, don't be afraid. And this is what you must do. You must never be soft-hearted to your enemies, otherwise it will lead to big mistakes. This is the experience I just gained."

"Will I kill people like you in the future?" Ling looked up at me.

"Fool. I always kill with one shot. It's just that the bastard you just saw didn't deserve to die like that." I ruffled Ling's hair and said, "Don't worry. I'm still the same person as before. You just saw another side of me. And Ling, sooner or later you will go out and do these things. This is what we have to go through to join this organization."

"Bing... I'm scared..." Ling leaned towards me. It seemed that the death of that person today really frightened Ling.

"Be good. Don't be afraid. I'm here." I tightened my arms. I held the two of them in my arms and released my aura to protect them. I hoped to eliminate the fear in their hearts. Gradually, the two of them stopped trembling. Instead, they curled up in my arms like kittens.

"Haha. Are you feeling better, my two princesses?" I said with a gentle smile.

"Ah."

"Ah."

The two girls spoke at the same time.

"Well. Now that you're alright, go to sleep. You still have classes tomorrow. Also, Ling. Starting tomorrow I will assign you to my name, and you, be ready to go on missions with me."

"Eh? So fast?"

"Yes. You chose close combat, and your path will be more difficult than mine, so I must get you into shape as soon as possible."

"I see..."

"Haha. Then I'll turn off the lights." I turned off the starlight and joked, "Well... holding two beauties. It's really a life like a god."

“H…”

"Damn it..."

"Hey, hey..." The corners of my mouth twitched.

"By the way, Bing, do you usually sleep with Sister Jingliu in your arms like this?" Ling suddenly sat up and asked me.

"Huh? Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

"Actually, I want to know this question, too." Shiho on the other side also sat up and looked at me.

"Of course not." I replied calmly. "Usually, Sister Jingliu holds me like a rag doll when I sleep, and she holds me even tighter than now. Wow!" I screamed throughout the room. I felt the tender flesh on my waist being pinched hard from both sides at the same time.

"H!"

"The soul is pale!"

"..."

　Taboo characters have been changed, just understand.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)