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Huaiyin had already crawled into bed and was lying on the floor watching Doutang, who was taking off his clothes without any attempt to hide it.
Kiryu Toudou's first impression is that he is lean, but few people notice the muscles hidden under his clothes. The room is dark, and the starlight and distant lights outside the window make the outline of his muscles faintly visible.
He noticed Huaiyin's gaze in the darkness and asked calmly, "What's wrong?"
Huaiyin rested her chin on her hands, smiled, and asked, "Brother, aren't you going to take a bath?"
“I am not your brother,” Dou Tang corrected again, as patiently as he had been for any other time in the past year: “Your brother is dead.”
"It's too late tonight, I don't want to take a shower."
“You’ve been taking care of me for the past year, and you’re using my brother’s body, so you’re my brother,” Huaiyin replied with a charming smile.
Something was swelling in the darkness, and a pink figure walked into the moonlight. Dou Tang transformed into a jelly bean once again.
He bent slightly, his voice becoming a strange mix of a deep male voice and a childish tone, and said, "This isn't your brother."
Huaiyin lifted the blanket on his side without saying a word.
Fall Guy Dou Tang slowly crawled into bed, covered himself with the single blanket that barely covered his stomach, and lay down next to Huai Yin, staring at the ceiling.
Huaiyin stretched her hand out from under the blanket and slowly pinched his pink arm. It felt soft and bouncy to the touch, like a big piece of gummy candy.
Although the being before her was a monster beyond human comprehension, it gave her a sense of security that filled her entire body.
“You should be more independent. I might die anytime,” Dou Tang suddenly said from the darkness.
Huaiyin's hand tightened, then she said in a hoarse voice, "No, I won't let you die."
"If you're going to die, kill me first, for your victory."
Dou Tang slowly transformed into human form, tightly gripping the trembling hand of the person beside him.
Kiryu Kaine possesses a constitution that attracts supernatural beings, and she is one of her targets.
He kept Kiryu Kaine as a tool to attract his targets. But she regarded this monster as her only family.
Chapter 2 Welcome to Fall Guys Land!
Blue sky!
White clouds!
A rainbow-colored earth, and countless trampolines on it! Fences made of candy sticks, a playground built of candy!
This is Fall Guys' paradise!
Here! You can have as much fun as you want! Look how harmonious those jelly beans are!
How friendly, how joyful and happy, how wonderful!
...How "competitive spirit" that is!
Rivers made of jam flow quietly, various interesting entertainment devices work 25 hours a day, and candy-bean people push and shove each other and play. This is the perfect world that everyone, young and old, has dreamed of!
Of course, don't try to peek under the rivers of jam and milkshakes; that's not something Fall Guys should be concerned with.
Oh, if you were captured by the most powerful Fall Guy, then... good luck to you.
In the original world of Doutang, this game was a very cute competitive game. Although there were some obstacles that would trip you up when you were moving forward, such as grabbing people on the log bridge and pulling them back from the finish line, it was still a harmonious and happy game overall.
Yes, harmony and happiness.
But in this world, it's different.
This alternate dimension can be altered according to Dou Tang's will. The rules of the game remain unchanged, except that if you lose, you will die.
Now, a bewildered soul appears at the starting point, with a red and white candy board serving as the starting point.
The appearance of this soul was very clear; it was the madman who had previously chased after Kume Chika but failed and was instead killed by Toudou.
The soul slowly opened its eyes, bewildered and helpless.
He was supposed to be chasing a girl, and he was supposed to be receiving the ghost's favor. Everything was going so smoothly, so why... where is he?
Everything before my eyes was like a child's beautiful dream, filled with joy and fantasy.
Looking at this pink and tender world, he suddenly remembered.
Oh, right, that pink monster, that ridiculous and comical guy who looks like he's wearing a mascot costume!
Where is that person?!
He turned his head and looked around.
Right there, right next to me!
A tall, chubby, and adorable pink jelly bean stood about a meter away from him.
"clatter!"
Meeting his gaze, Fall Guy snapped his fingers, and no one knew how his chubby fingers made the sound.
"Are you ready?" His voice was a strange mix of a deep male voice and a childish voice.
"What?" The murderer was stunned and responded subconsciously.
"Are you ready for the competition?" Dou Tang pointed to the distance, where a large gate stood atop a mountain beyond various spinning wheels and rolling stones.
"What?! Who are you?! Where am I?!"
The madman was somewhat at a loss, looking at the Fall Guy in front of him. Then, he didn't know where he got the courage, but he charged straight at the tall monster in front of him.
Dou Tang stretched out his chubby hand and flung the madman, who had been corrupted by evil spirits, aside. The madman fell to the ground with a thud.
"Don't you want to play games?" Fall Guy's voice remained indifferent.
Who would play games with you!
Realizing he couldn't beat the guy in front of him, the madman sat on the ground and kept backing away until his back was against the edge of the track fence, panting heavily, his mind extremely unstable.
"You... your soul is about to shatter! What happened to you?"
Dou Tang was genuinely starting to get curious. He had cleared away many evil spirits over the past year, but this was the first time he had ever seen anything like it.
In his view, the guy in front of him could no longer be considered human.
His head was wrapped in rusty wire, his eyes were pierced but he didn't even realize it, his body was covered in mud and filth, and his feet were even more absurd, as if they were fixed in cement covered with seaweed.
His clothes were tattered, and the cuts were swollen and white from the erosion of seawater.
Disgusting, filthy, this inhuman appearance reflects the fact that the soul before me is on the verge of collapse, and that this appearance is not something I have experienced.
He was corrupted and affected by something like a vengeful spirit.
"Poor thing, it was my mistake to let you participate in the competition. Come, let me send you on your way to paradise."
The Fall Guy slowly walked up to the poor soul, stretched out his chubby hand, and said, "Please join my paradise. Here, you can be happy forever."
"At the same time, I assure you, I will find the vengeful spirit that is corrupting you, don't worry."
The world before him, like a child's sweet dream, seemed to calm his soul. He clutched the barbed wire on his face, the sharp spikes constantly oozing blood, which turned into sweet juice the moment it hit the ground.
This tall jelly bean seems to have lost its ferocity, and its憨憨 (simple and honest) body seems to be filled with warmth.
"Um, I... um..."
Dou Tang may be the nightmare of all evil spirits, but he still retains kindness towards those who should be innocent.
"Don't hesitate any longer, leave it to me."
He reached out and lifted the soul from the ground, then pushed him backward.
The madman lost his balance, swayed, and tumbled over the railing, falling into the endless sea of pink milkshakes outside the arena.
With a splash, he fell into the water. The madman first struggled frantically, then was filled with horror and endless fear.
Fear overwhelmed the vengeful spirit's corruption, and horror quelled the madness in his heart, simply because the scene before him was too horrific; even...
A sight that even evil spirits would fear.
Beneath this seemingly dreamy and sweet milkshake lie countless corpses, the corpses of evil spirits.
Giants whose appearance is unrecognizable, fleshy human bodies without skin, hideous behemoths with fox tails, and old women with endless, tangled hair...
This is the graveyard of evil spirits.
Those corpses floated in the ocean; they were the losers, the losers of the competition.
As he continued to fall, the madman's mind gradually calmed down. The barbed wire and cement blocks covering him slowly peeled off and were left in the ocean, while he continued to fall into deeper waters.
Finally, he saw the water and heard laughter.
A new purple jelly bean fell from the sky and landed on the ground with a thud. He opened his bewildered eyes and looked around. Many curious jelly beans gathered around him, and the leader stretched out his hand.
This isn't a competition arena, but an amusement park. Many Fall Guys are still exploring this world, and there are even Ferris wheels and roller coasters, just like...
Oh right, is this the place he was talking about?
Is this the paradise he promised?
The purple Bean Man was helped up, and many Bean Men surrounded him, cheering and celebrating the addition of a new friend to their group. The purple Bean Man slowly raised his head and looked up at the pink sky, where he had left all his past, along with his pain and sins.
Happiness slowly welled up in his heart. His hand was pulled up, and a bunch of Fall Guys surrounded him as they rushed towards the nearest ride, wanting to share the most primal joy with him.
The nameless vengeful spirit has been purified.
Looking at the endless pink ocean before him, Dou Tang nodded in satisfaction.
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Chapter 3 With a sister like this at home, what more could Fall Guys ask for?
The next day was the weekend, a day off.
Dou Tang woke up very early, or rather, he rarely slept anymore; his only light sleep was when he went to inspect the Fall Guys world, which housed evil spirits.
Except for some special occasions, Fall Guy's physical bonuses make him almost tireless.
When he opened his eyes, he felt a warm and soft person nestled in his arms, with her jade legs pressing against him. Huaiyin was lying in his arms, fast asleep like a child.
Dou Tang didn't say anything, but silently tidied her messy hair and sighed.
The girl in his arms needed his company every night to fall asleep. The trauma from a year ago still lingered in her heart, bleeding. For a middle school student, such ghostly presence and pain were too heavy.
Not to mention, the man in front of her reminded her time and again that she had nothing.
Dou Tang was very ruthless, but what he did was not wrong, so she did not complain. She could only quietly snuggle up to this "brother" who took care of her every night to get some comfort.
Until one day, when this "brother" needed the crown deep within her heart, her life would have repaid all the meaning of her existence.
But Dou Tang is not a cold-hearted person. He is still exploring the true structure of the Crown game and looking for a way to avoid harming Huaiyin.
Over the past year, he has become an evil spirit in the eyes of evil spirits, but all he wants is to survive and protect the girl in his arms.
Without any burning youthful desire, Dou Tang blinked, sighed helplessly, slowly crawled out of the girl's arms, covered her with a blanket, and went into the bathroom.
Losing her support, the sleeping Huaiyin twitched her fingers slightly and slowly gripped the corner of the pillow.
Entering the bathroom, the two realized that their cramped apartment was really small, because a lot of their expenses were used for travel. Over the past year, the two had taken the initiative to hunt down evil spirits in many places around Tokyo.
The bathroom was very simple; even the shower area was just a small, damp room.
As the older brother, Dou Tang had thought about moving to a better place, but Huai Yin always stopped him, telling him that he should focus more on the difficulties he was facing rather than on enjoying life.
Yes, sometimes, it is the unrelated "sister" who is more concerned about getting Dou Tang out of this deadly game.
After brushing his teeth and washing his face, Dou Tang looked at himself in the mirror and sighed again. He then walked out of the bathroom, changed his clothes, carefully turned on the induction cooker, and began to cook.
He always made simple breakfasts and never cooked dishes with heavy oil and smoke, because that would require turning on the range hood and wake Huaiyin up.
As dawn broke, sunlight streamed in through the slightly drawn curtains, and the peaceful morning began at the Kiryu residence.
He made pale yellow egg rolls, added some sliced sausage, and then sautéed cabbage in the sausage's residual oil. Afterward, he took a small bucket from the cabinet under the sink, which contained some clams that had expelled all the sand. He took some out, scrubbed their surfaces in the sink, and then threw them into a pot of instant miso soup to boil.
"It's so nice not having to make lunchboxes on the weekend," Dou Tang thought to himself.
But today was destined to be anything but peaceful. Soon, his phone rang. He wiped his hands and saw that the caller was "Lu Zizhen".
The name "Bullshit" foreshadows the bullshit nature of this person. She is an international student from China, studying at a photography school in Tokyo, and also the photographer for Doutang... She is a partner who knows the secret of Fall Guys.
But she didn't know that Dou Tang came from another world.
The first thing Dou Tang said after the call connected was to explain.
"I came back late yesterday, Huaiyin is still asleep, keep your voice down."
The other end of the phone had just raised its pitch eight octaves, as if