# 1215
Chapter 1216: No. 22 and Her
Wu City.
Tavern.
The candlelight in the cups dispelled the darkness of the street. Several tables of people sat by the tavern windows, each holding a bucket of fine wine, laughing and cursing loudly.
"Hey, have you heard? The old city lord's daughter failed at matchmaking again today!"
"Isn't that normal? She's ugly to begin with, and her standards were too high when she was young. After more than twenty years of matchmaking, she still hasn't married. Now she's nearly forty... which man would want her?"
"I saw her a few days ago. She'd gained another一圈 of weight compared to half a year ago. Fat head and big ears, like a pig. She's crazy, running around looking for men outside, but even the most sturdy guy would probably be crushed to death by her in bed."
"I heard she's recently set her sights on the sturdy Third Brother in the south of the city. She's been sticking to him like a piece of dog skin膏药, tsk tsk..."
"Doesn't Third Brother have a wife? And his wife is quite pretty too. He's probably annoyed to death right now."
"Luckily, after the old city lord had her, he had a second child, a son. Otherwise, this bloodline would have been断了."
"By the way, I haven't seen the city lord's little son in a long time."
"Of course not. Since the eldest daughter can't get married, the little son is important bloodline for the continuation of the entire Wu City. The old city lord keeps him hidden like treasure every day. Who knows where he is..."
Listening to the men's conversation, No. 22, sitting in the corner, quietly put down his wine glass.
He stood up, pushed open the door, and walked straight into the dark stone road.
Bloodline... His eyes narrowed slightly as he murmured to himself.
He turned down several streets in succession to the south side of the city, vaulting onto a relatively tall house rooftop. His gaze swept across the ancient city beneath him in the darkness, as if searching for something.
Finally, his gaze fixed on a certain low stone hut.
His form flickered, and he disappeared from where he stood.
...
Knock knock knock——!!
The heavy knocking sounded like urgent drumbeats, echoing in the darkness.
Bang!
A man with his upper body bare猛地 thrust open the door, his face contorted with fury.
He looked at this old woman before him—at least four hundred jin, dark-skinned, fat-faced and big-eared—and his eyes were full of厌烦 and anger!
"Aren't you sick of this?! You dead woman, stop harassing me!"
The old woman wasn't angry either. She just stood at his doorstep,嘿嘿一笑, her fat flesh trembling all over:
"Third Brother, be with me. I'm the city lord's daughter, I have lots of money. If we have children later, we can let him become city lord..."
"City lord? Kiss my city lord! The man cursed. I have a wife! Get lost!"
"What's wrong with having a wife? We can have an affair in secret... If your wife finds out, I'll have people tie her up and throw her down the well to sacrifice to the Three Gods.
That way, we can be together forever."
"Madman! Madman!!"
The man was incensed. He猛地raised his foot and kicked the old woman in the chest, sending her sprawling. Her round body tumbled like a ball.
"I just don't want you! Get lost! Come again and I'll chop you up!"
Bang——!
The man slammed the door shut.
On the dark stone road, the fat old woman struggled to get up while panting. She glared at the tightly closed door, cursing a few dirty words, then dragged her oily, muddy long hair behind her back, gasping as she shuffled toward the other end of the road.
After some time, a strand of candlelight slowly approached from ahead.
The old woman's brow furrowed. She looked closely—a man with an unfamiliar face, the swaying candlelight revealing in the darkness an extraordinarily handsome face.
The old woman had never seen a man so good-looking.
Her gaze fixed on that face, unable to look away as if drawn by magnetism. In the instant those eyes met hers, she felt a莫名 fire ignite in her heart.
The old woman's breathing suddenly grew heavy. She stared at the man's flesh, her skin surface turning pink.
The man held up the oil lamp, walked to her, his eyes carrying a邪异glow, staring into the old woman's eyes, as if seeing directly into her heart.
"I've seen... your desire." No. 22's voice, like a dream, echoed beside the old woman's ear.
Puff——!
No. 22 blew out the oil lamp in his hand.
A moment later, from the dark corner of the street, bursts of joyous sounds emerged.
After some time,
The oil lamp's dim light reignited.
No. 22 set the lamp aside, adjusted his clothes, and looked down at his palm. At this moment, his hand held a团 of writhing flesh.
Vaguely, the雏形 of an infant could be seen.
The old woman lay in the street corner like a pile of mud, motionless, only her chest still rising and falling, her entire body pink.
No. 22 put away the infant form and glanced at the old woman's flesh-mountain-like body, seemingly recalling the刚才process. His mouth twitched slightly.
He immediately took two steps, braced against the wall, and vomited violently.
After continuously dry heaving for half a minute, No. 22 took a deep breath and walked to the old woman's body.
His eyes flashed with a森然 killing intent.
He reached out, grabbed the old woman's throat, and squeezed. She, still enjoying the afterglow of pleasure, suddenly widened her eyes. Her massive body struggled violently.
But no matter how she struggled, No. 22's hand remained like an iron clamp, utterly unmoved.
Her movements gradually slowed, finally falling into dead silence, completely ceasing to breathe.
No. 22 retracted his hand expressionlessly, lifted the oil lamp, and calmly walked into the dark street.
Only a pitch-black massive corpse remained, lying quietly in the corner.
...
At the same time,
On the other side of Wu City.
Is this the Ancient Well that No. 22 mentioned?
Claude and the others, taking advantage of the night, came to the edge of the city and huddled around the Ancient Well, whispering.
"That's right." Claude nodded. "I smell blood."
"Then what should we do?"
"Go down and bring up the Holy Grail."
"Any danger?"
"I don't know."
"...Then, who's going down first?"
Everyone huddled around the Ancient Well, falling into silence.
After some time, Claude sighed, stood up, and said:
"I'll go first. My lightning can dispel the darkness. Follow behind me."
As the words fell, Claude搓his hands together, and a ball of lightning appeared in his palm. He flipped and began to descend into the Ancient Well.
The lightning illuminated the dark edge of the Ancient Well. As he fell rapidly, the other agents around the well glanced at each other and leaped down one after another.
The depth of the Ancient Well far exceeded their imagination.
They fell for about十几seconds before the sound of Claude hitting the ground heavily echoed from below, followed by a joyful exclamation:
"I found the Holy Grail!"