Chapter 133 Love
Chapter 133 Love
The woman is a washed-up pop star, and the bartender is just an ordinary bartender.
They weren't members of some kind of sunglasses-wearing gang. On the contrary, they were born in the same county and had always been law-abiding and helpful since childhood. In short, they possessed all the good qualities that their neighbors and fellow villagers considered desirable.
Although Ms. Dong is a celebrity, she is down-to-earth and has a good attitude and manners. After her popularity faded and she was no longer worthy of the title of a star, she returned to her hometown and found a job as a resident singer at the same hotel where she worked as a bartender.
Then comes a classic scene: she falls in love with the handsome bartender, and she later discovers that the person sitting across from her is someone she liked when she was a child; they were childhood playmates.
Therefore, their conversation was relaxed and not awkward at all. The bartender understood Ms. Dong's intentions, but he never accepted them.
"Why? Are you shy? Or do you think I'm not good enough for you? I'm so beautiful..."
"No, no, that's not it. It's just because I'm not an adult yet."
"Uh, I just turned 18 too... and I haven't said I'm getting married!"
Ms. Dong's face suddenly turned red. After eighteen years of being hard, it seemed that just as she was about to come of age, she had encountered a man she couldn't quite handle.
The bartender was an honest and law-abiding man who believed that one should not be in a relationship before adulthood, and he had never thought about being in a relationship because it would delay his time to earn a living.
The bartender was a career-oriented person, and Miss Dong was one too, but that was back when she was fifteen or sixteen.
Now that she has money, she just wants to find a job to continue her singing career; she doesn't care about the money.
However, she ran into the bartender, who now wanted to be in a relationship, and started causing trouble in the bar, saying...
"I have money, I can support you, you don't need to earn this little bit of money, you can't earn it..."
"no."
Miss Dong knew this, but she still wouldn't let go of the bartender. She seemed determined to win this man over.
Later, it seems that the stubborn Ms. Dong still couldn't sway the man's ambition.
Even when it was two years later, and they were about to board the ship, she still couldn't do it.
"Do you really have to get on the ship?"
"It's time to venture out somewhere else... You're right, I need to make big money, and aren't you going up there too? It's a gathering place for nobles and ballrooms..."
"Hehe, of course I know, there are professional singers there... I need to go on board and learn from them. I just wanted to confirm your feelings, so you don't get too scared to go!"
"Miss, I'm not that kind of person, okay?"
Call me the beautiful Dong!
The ship they were going to board was the emperor's ship.
However, on the surface, the ship looked very clean and luxurious. The two of them didn't know that it was just a facade of hell, so they didn't pay much attention when they boarded the ship.
After boarding the ship, they met the captain and were then tricked by his nonsensical words into accepting the sunglasses.
They heard about the party and put on sunglasses without hesitation.
The moment they put on the sunglasses, their vision changed immediately. Perhaps due to some kind of spiritual power, they could see things that others couldn't see and do things that others couldn't do.
For example, there's the dirty moss beneath the surface of the ship, and some giant corpses hanging from the bottom of the ship.
For example, they can also speak and think.
For example, Ms. Dong also awakened a substitute named "Plant Growth".
This matter naturally came to the emperor's attention. It was the first time he had discovered such an existence. Even the old man was only interested in the two of them because he had a double and was the emperor's own subordinate.
It was later discovered that the other two were just ordinary people, but not both of them had awakened some special abilities by wearing sunglasses.
Miss Dong has a strong mental strength, so she immediately awakened her Stand because she has a 100% chance of becoming a Stand user in the future. Therefore, the sunglasses directly and permanently presented this future.
The bartender also has strong mental strength, but strangely, he can only resist part of the limitations of the sunglasses and can speak and think, but he has not awakened a Stand, so in the end, he seems to have no ability at all.
However, what they have in common is that they can still be possessed and controlled by the Emperor.
This surprised the emperor so much that he personally appeared to comfort the two frightened people.
"You are mine now, don't resist, I will provide you with everything you need on the ship..."
There was nothing on the ship; all that gold and splendor was an illusion. He didn't feel ashamed to say such things.
However, he was quite adept at threatening others; he pressured the two of them every day from the moment they boarded the ship.
"You can't escape, try it if you don't believe me?... You have no one to talk to, just a creepy old man... You can't take off your sunglasses, or you'll die..."
The two were terrified for a short time. Although the person in their minds who called himself the Emperor was strange and bizarre, and although Miss Dong had used her abilities to search for his existence, there was no trace of the Emperor. As the Emperor had said, the only people on the ship who could chat were the ugly old man and the captain; the rest were mute robots.
Later, when they couldn't find them and nothing really strange happened, and the emperor didn't seem to care about them, they just tried to stay there helplessly for a month or two.
Until they experienced the second party (the first party was a normal party, everyone was eating and drinking), this party resulted in a death, and the bartender discovered something.
He suddenly noticed numbers above his own head and the heads of others, and he told Miss Dong about this when the Emperor possessed other people.
"The number above your head is 559...and the number above mine is also 559? What does this mean?"
Miss Dong found it strange, and then, following his prompting, looked at the Emperor and saw the number "1" above the head of the possessed person. She paid special attention to it and memorized all the physical characteristics of the possessed person, as well as those golden eyes.
Then the next day, the person she had been paying attention to disappeared without a trace, and did not reappear for the next few days.
"Could it be...could it be...a countdown to the end? What...what can you see now?"
"55...5, you're right, it's a countdown. It's been 4 days since the last party...so, we only have 555 days left."
In 555 days, they may encounter something horrific and irreversible.
Throughout this journey, they constantly searched for all information about the Emperor, including any weaknesses he might possess.
They discovered that whenever the number above someone's head becomes "1", the Emperor would possess that person.
Then the next day, the other party will definitely disappear without a trace.
"Will he kill me?...?"
Later, they survived party after party, and finally, the day came when they became "1". This party was not just for the two of them, but for most of the sunglasses-wearing guys. They hadn't paid much attention before, but noticed that those sunglasses-wearing guys were also "559" on the first day.
They were on the verge of collapse, but Miss Dong finally came to terms with it and prepared to confront the bartender before she died, or even to do some things she had long wanted to do.
And just then, they saw a person who had two body doubles.
It's Chen.
They found hope and decided to provide him with the information they had gathered over the past year about the emperor.
However, they dare not reveal it openly, because they are "1" and may be possessed by the Emperor at any time.
So, Miss Dong hid a note in the sunglasses on the second floor. It read, "The Emperor will appear after you take off your sunglasses. He possesses us and wants to use us as nourishment. This is how he prolongs his life. Moreover, the purpose of the party is for strong people like you. He tries to make you wear sunglasses for a long time and then possess and control you... The bartender is also a victim..."
She dared not write more after that. The Emperor's possession might come again soon, but it would not possess her again for twenty seconds after it did. The possession also had a certain duration. This was the result she had observed in other people's cycles over the past year.
Then the rest was left to her bartender.
So, the bartender asked a question on the steps, "Do you believe that a person's time can be recorded by God? Do you believe I can see your lifespan?"
He dared not say more after that. He was also afraid that the Emperor, who had just left his body, would come back and discover the trick, and then eliminate him first... That wouldn't do, because he had other things to do.
...Then, the final battle began.
Later, the deranged Chen ran to the bartender who was barely clinging to life. He thought he was going to die, but his lips trembled and he silently uttered a sentence.
"The Emperor has two more days."
Because when the Emperor took back all the sunglasses, he tried his best to see clearly the top of Miss Dong's head, and it wasn't "1".
He also deduced that part of Chen's ability was to erase time, because Chen had deliberately performed it during that battle, using the blood that dripped from his intentionally injured body.
So he pinned all his hopes on Chen, hoping he would delete those two days.
Then, the battle ended.
But neither of them survived.
Just before the ship shattered and life became transparent.
Miss Dong escaped the Emperor, learned of his death, and then, clinging to life, collapsed in front of the bartender, looking at him silently and saying...
"...I love you."
"Yes, I love you too."
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