Chapter 165 Hymn to Hell
On July 07th, at dusk, in a private bar called "Inka Dream".

The deep and warm jazz music envelopes the ears of every guest.

The interior decoration of the bar is classical and elegant, with dim lights shining through the chandeliers onto the wooden bar counter and leather seats. The walls are covered with black-and-white photos with a sense of age.

"It's really strange... the bugs in Che Zhengchen's body disappeared. Why?"

The red-haired girl sitting in a wheelchair whispered to herself. She lowered her head and tapped the floor lightly with her crutches, making a thudding sound.

Next to her, a man who was two meters tall, black hair and black eyes, with a muscular body and a giant body, was sitting at the bar, wiping a huge sword with a rag, and asked calmly, "How could this happen?"

Gastro looked at him sideways, loosened his crutches, held his chin and said, "I don't know, who knows what that dice freak is doing?"

The moment his eyes met his, Gastro's superhuman faceplate appeared in his eyes.

[Character name: Flinks]

[Danger rating: A++]

[Character code: Vampire Hunter "F".]

[Introduction to the character's background: One of the remnants of the hunter organization "Hymn of Hell". They are vampire hunters who rely on devouring the blood of vampires to become stronger, but when they were fighting against the ancestor of vampires "Queen Ikaria", almost all the members of Hell's Hymn were killed.

As the top fighter of "Hell's Anthem", Flinks' body is extremely strong, and his physical fitness stands at the top of the A-class superhuman race. 】

Flinks raised his rough face and said to Gastello in a low voice, "Are you being fooled by it?"

"I do not know."

Gastro said softly, then raised his white hand to support his chin, lowered his eyes, stared at the floor and tapped it lightly with his cane.

"What does that dice weirdo want? He seemed to know that there was a worm I raised inside Che Zhengchen, but he kidnapped Che Zhengchen, caught the worm, and then returned Che Zhengchen to me?"

She sighed and continued to think.

"But what's the point? Didn't it want me to help it kill the blue owl? But with its ability, it can kill the superhero by itself. Why does it want me to do it?"

"This must be a trap," Flinks said.

"I see." Gastro raised his lips, "It seems that the dice monster is on the side of that player, the player hiding the vampire~"

"Anti-dog?"

"It doesn't have to be anti-dog. I might have been fooled. Anyway, we just need to find all the players in this city within a month."

Gastello said calmly.

Flinks was silent for a while, then said, "After you find out, what are you going to do with those 'players'?"

"You are my family, Flinks, you, Link, and Howard. And those players will do whatever it takes to become stronger in order to survive, and then kill you."

Gastro leaned his face against the bar, buried it in his arms, and whispered, "So, I have to find them before then... and kill them all, so that no one will hurt you."

"But I want to know, what do you do?"

"I will die. I will die in a year."

Flinks opened his mouth slightly, his expression somewhat gloomy: "I don't want you to die, Stro."

"Thank you, Flinks. But without you, I would have died long ago."

Gastro raised his lips slightly and said, "I was thrown into the slums, unable to move my feet, and the vampires had made a blood oath on me. If you hadn't rescued me, I would have died miserably... No one would remember me, and I wouldn't even have the qualifications to struggle. I would have died like that."

She paused for a moment, tapped the wooden floor lightly with her cane, and spoke casually.

"In the past ten years, you have taken me to many places, including the Arctic, Antarctic, Iceland, the United States, and the United Kingdom. I never dared to imagine before... The world is so vast.

"So I am already very satisfied, having you by my side for so many years."

Flinks remained silent.

After a long while, he spoke again: "You are also very important to us. Link said that when she first saw you in that slum, you were lying on the ground unable to move, and a group of children snatched your food and kicked over your wheelchair. You fell to the ground and cried for a long time, stretched out your hand to her, and said 'Save me'."

He paused and said, "Link said that at that time she felt that no matter how dirty you were, you looked as dazzling as an angel, which made people feel distressed. She felt that if she didn't take you away, she would regret it in the future and would be punished by God."

"So she took you away."

"In these ten years, we have always treated you as our own sister. No one among us wants to lose you. Especially me, Stro."

Hearing this, Gastro was silent for a while, then raised his head and looked directly into Frinks' eyes and said.

"I will save you, just like you saved me. Although you must think I am weird, I am a player...so I am the only one who knows how dangerous those players are. Sooner or later, they will become lawless monsters and hurt you."

"No, you don't have to do that."

Flinks paused, and continued awkwardly, "You...you are not a person who likes to hurt others, Stro. I don't need you to hurt others for us." "But I can't wait for some people who may hurt you to become stronger. I can't do that, Flinks."

Gastro repeated it over and over again, as if he was talking to himself.

"My only wish is to see you three are still okay before I die. That's enough."

She lowered her eyes and her voice became softer, "Even if it's only for a year, I'm already very happy to be with you."

Flinks hung his head, and there was an indescribable sadness on the face of the giant. Finally, he said hoarsely: "You will accompany us in the future... We will always be together and never separate."

"Well, I know the traditions of your people. I also hope that you can take my ashes with you so that we can continue to travel together."

Gastro said this, happily reaching out his hand and touching the leg that showed no reaction.

She said, "Take me to see the farther places, Flinks."

"I will."

She said: "When I die, don't forget me, Phlinks."

"I will."

She said, "Can you hug me then, Flinks? I'm actually quite scared to think that I'll be dead in a year."

"I will."

She said, "Sing me another song then."

"I will."

She said, "You really... don't think I'm a fake at all, Flinks?"

"No, I'm sure you are Stro. You are our angel."

She said: "But why is this happening? The memory in my mind keeps telling me that I am not Stro. I am just the person who took away her life."

"I...I have been with you for more than ten years. Link, Howard and I have watched you grow up bit by bit."

Flinks was at a loss, speaking incoherently, "How could we not know it was you, Stro, you, you were just affected by something."

"So I'm Stro, right?"

"Correct."

"That's great. You know, in the memory that thing gave me, he said that I was a girl with cancer named 'Elise', and my parents threw me away because they couldn't afford my medical expenses."

Gastro raised his head and said, "I felt so miserable, so miserable, so miserable... I stayed in that ward, staring at the same ceiling every day, looking at the annoying chimneys and annoying eaves outside the window, and felt that the world was like a cage. Then I died just like that, no one saved me, they all abandoned me..."

As he spoke, Gastro suddenly raised the corners of his mouth, his eyes obscured by his drooping hair, "But luckily you told me that it wasn't real...it was all just a false memory. In fact, I still have you guys."

"I didn't die at the age of nine. You took me away from that slum, and you took me to many, many places... You made me feel that the world is so big, so big!"

The voice of the girl in the wheelchair was enveloped by the jazz music and was a little unclear, but it was clear that she was shouting.

"In fact, there are more than just bricks and tiles in the slums, and more than just ceilings in the hospital wards. You took me to see penguins, Antarctic bears, and polar bears. The icebergs are so spectacular! The Eiffel Tower is so beautiful! It turns out that there are places in the world where it doesn't snow, and there are more than just wars, pain, suffering, and quarrels."

"I feel very satisfied. The girl who died of cancer in the ward, if she really existed, must have been very satisfied."

"Actually, I'm starting to lose track of who I am. Sometimes I feel like I'm Iris, and sometimes I feel like I'm Stro..."

"So can you tell me who I am, Flinks?"

As Gastro said this, he slowly raised his tearful eyes and stared at Flinks' face motionlessly.

Flinks' eyes darkened. He opened his mouth slightly and said in a hoarse voice, "You are Stro, our angel, the family God has given us, and an irreplaceable existence."

"Can you hug me then?"

Flinks was silent for a long time, then slowly moved his heavy body forward and hugged the girl in the wheelchair.

He said hoarsely in the girl's ear: "Stroh, we will find the last vampire, remove the curse on you, and let you live."

Flinks paused for a moment, his eyes flashing with determination. "Then... although we haven't figured out what the 'system' is, nor what the 'player' is, we will let you survive, not just for this year. We will always be together in the future, and go to more and farther places."

"Thank you, Flinks."

Gastro buried his head in Frinks' shoulder and spoke softly.

"You're the best to me."

(End of this chapter)