"Why do you look so surprised? Has Manager Wilson already forgotten me after just a few days?"

Xu Xiaoyou remained still.

As she spoke, Wilson felt the girl's shadow clawing toward him, devouring all the light as it passed.

She lifted her head, "I could never forget you."

"You're not dead?"

Wilson took a step back.

"How can you still be alive under those circumstances?"

"Does that disappoint you?"

Xu Xiaoyou placed the tray on the table and walked forward.

"That I'm still alive."

"You... you put a tracker on me!" Wilson realized something and shouted, "You never had any intention of letting me go, did you?"

"Mmm-hmm." Xu Xiaoyou did not deny it.

"It's just a game between hunters; we both have guns, and wanting to kill the other hunter who poses a threat isn't wrong, is it?"

"Yes, you're absolutely right."

She didn't make any outrageous moves, approaching step by step, yet the werewolf felt an immense crisis inside, like facing a major enemy, and retreated backwards.

Step by step advancing, step by step retreating.

"What are you up to?"

"I want back what's mine."

They moved past the pool, through the glass curtain walls, past the fish tanks, where tiny fish watched; with rice-sized curious eyes; bubbles from their mouths rose to the surface.

Finally, the werewolf's mental defenses completely broke, and he turned around to run away desperately, tripping over his loose rose gold robe, falling, and getting back up.

Xu Xiaoyou followed unhurriedly.

"Don't come near me!"

The werewolf stumbled to a glass password door and entered the code into the lock several times in error, triggering the apartment's alarm system; the red lights alternately flashed, and Xu Xiaoyou was already in front of him.

"Manager Wilson."

"Don't come any closer!!!"

Xu Xiaoyou sighed helplessly, "This isn't the door out, behind it is the bathroom, where are you planning to go?"

Wilson looked up, surely enough, behind the glass password door was the bathroom of the luxury apartment...

The werewolf gasped deeply, swallowing saliva; Xu Xiaoyou was in no hurry, just watching his ugly state, without anger or contempt, only the coldest silence in her eyes.

Wilson stood tall, "You must be thrilled inside now! Seeing me make a fool of myself, you're proud, aren't you!"

"We're both hunters, I know exactly your personality! You're looking down on me, you're scorning me! Isn't it a great feeling to get revenge? Stop pretending, you've long wanted to display a victorious stance!"

Seeing the girl unresponsive, something seemed to shatter in the depths of the werewolf's heart, that was his self-respect.

That was him dodging countless hunters' guns, surviving the storm, climbing up from the deepest darkness, stepping on countless bodies to stand at the top, looking down on the city's night with arrogance.

He felt like a clown now, jumping around, with countless people watching him make a fool of himself, waiting for him to fall from the high stage in disgrace.

"Ha-ha-ha-ha!"

The werewolf suddenly began to laugh:

"Do you think you've surely won?"

"Do you think you're guaranteed to be the one laughing last?"

"That ticket is locked in the safe, without the code, it can't be opened, and forcing it would make the safe explode!"

He struggled to his feet and shouted at Xu Xiaoyou,

"Beg me!"

"Beg me, and I'll give you the code! Otherwise, don't ever think about leaving Nest City, we'll rot in this corrupt mire together!"

Xu Xiaoyou's lips slightly curled.

Time passed by second by second.

The werewolf's breathing became increasingly rapid and intense, finally squeezing out a placating smile:

"How about this, I think we still have room to negotiate, I promise! Just let me go, and I'll give you the safe's code, the safe is in my bedroom, you can take it away now and leave this apartment."

The werewolf's eyes brightened a little, "How's that?"

"You can leave Nest City soon, and go somewhere with more potential and value, your future will be bright, no need to bother with a small fry like me..."

Seeing the girl still unresponsive, Wilson's eyes turned red, and his whole body suddenly swelled several times larger, hair becoming rough and dense, sharp claws leaving deep grooves on the glass wall.

"You leave me no choice!"

The werewolf lunged at Xu Xiaoyou, but before his claws reached the girl's collar, his heart pounded forcefully, as if trying to open a door and jump out from his chest.

He collapsed to the ground, eyes bloodshot, clutching his chest tightly, the bluish-purple marks spreading from his chest across his body.

He looked up at the blonde girl, his eyes only left with disbelief, "You poisoned the wine? You lunatic..."

"From the start, you knew I would die..."

"Aren't you afraid of not getting the ticket..."

Xu Xiaoyou also looked at him, from above.

Her tightly bundled blonde hair swung like the hands of a clock, each sway countdown his life's remaining time until the hands stopped, his heart beat one last time, sounding the clock chime.

"Aren't we the same kind of people?"

"How dare you..."

Her ears echoed with the werewolf's last words.

Xu Xiaoyou bent down and quickly found the ticket on the werewolf.

Fluttering white wings like cotton candy, visually indistinguishable from an envelope, embossed with gold lettering saying 'welcome', with a red heart seal.

The werewolf was right, they indeed were alike.

Such people never place things that could change their fate inside a safe.

They only carry it on themselves.

She opened the envelope, revealing a light screen, with characters seeming alive, glowing a mysterious blue.

"Hello, esteemed guest, welcome aboard the Heart's Desire train; Celestial Wings Space-Time is delighted to serve you."

"Detected change in guest's individual identity, holder officially altered from 'Wilson' to 'Xu Xiaoyou'; Cosmic Heavy Industries has purchased Life Safety and Travel Insurance for you..."

"00:00:34 remaining until the next OE3604 train departs."

"As a first-time passenger on the Heart's Desire train, symptoms might include dizziness, nausea, and disorientation; these are normal, if severe discomfort persists post-arrival, please contact the attendant promptly, all medical costs covered by Life Daylight Company."

"00:00:30 remaining until the next OE3604 train departs."

"If you're ready to board, please stay still at your current location, hold this ticket, close your eyes, and silently count to ten..."

"Once the countdown is over, you will board the train heading towards your dream destination."

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