Kill? Save? Who Was Right, Who Was Wrong?

The rain fell harder and harder. Even as it struck Long Jie, it could not cool the hot blood surging within him.

The hand gripping the Seven Stars Blade trembled without stop. This was Long Jie's first time killing someone. Those living lives had died right before his eyes.

Blood pooled into a sea of crimson, and Long Jie stood in its midst, letting the rain lash against him.

Perhaps only the rain could calm him down.

"Maybe you weren't wrong, and they weren't wrong either... but this isn't the world I want!"

If this world was not peaceful enough, then he would use his own hands to bring it peace—or nuclear peace!

His gaze gradually hardened. Long Jie came to the catwomen's room and opened the door. The catwomen inside instinctively shrank back, clearly terrified.

Long Jie smiled. The Gale Wolf bloodline covered his body as he stepped forward and extended his left hand in friendship, trying his best to speak gently. "Meng Meng sent me. Don't worry, it's all right now!"

"Meng Meng? Where is Meng Meng?" The catwoman rushed forward excitedly and stared at Long Jie. It was obvious how much she cared about little Meng Meng!

"Come with me. She's outside!"

After saying that, Long Jie turned and headed outside without waiting to see whether the catwoman would follow.

The catwoman hesitated for a moment before following him. When she saw the sea of blood outside, she was startled as well. She stayed close behind Long Jie, not daring to lag behind in the slightest.

Soon, the two arrived before Shui Bing'er and Meng Meng. The moment Meng Meng saw the Great Catwoman, she pounced on her.

"Older Sister!"

"Meng Meng!"

The two embraced tightly, reunited at last.

Long Jie watched it all with great satisfaction. This was what he wanted to see. This was a peaceful world.

"Long Jie... you..." Seeing Long Jie covered in blood, Shui Bing'er could not help asking worriedly, "Are you all right?"

"I'm fine!" Long Jie forced a smile. None of this blood was his; he had not been injured at all.

Hearing that, Shui Bing'er finally let out a breath of relief. It was good that he was fine.

"Benefactor, thank you for saving us!" The Great Catwoman stepped forward with little Meng Meng and bowed to Long Jie.

Seeing this, Long Jie hurriedly stepped forward to help them up and asked with concern, "It's nothing. It was what I should have done..."

"Where are you going now?"

He had heard Meng Meng mention Sea God Village before, but he did not know where it was. Perhaps the Great Catwoman knew?

The Great Catwoman thought for a moment, took little Meng Meng's hand, and said, "I'm taking Meng Meng home. Don't worry. We won't be caught this time!"

Catwomen were actually extremely nimble in the forest. Unless a large number of people were sent after them, it was impossible to catch them.

"Is that so..." Long Jie thought for a moment, then nodded. "All right. Be careful, then!"

The Great Catwoman forced a smile. "Mm, thank you, Benefactor!"

Meng Meng also said, "Thank you, Big Brother!"

Then the two held hands and disappeared into the forest. Long Jie hoped they would not be caught again this time.

Shui Bing'er, who stood to the side and watched everything, looked as though she wanted to say something but stopped herself...

"Bing'er, do you want to ask why I didn't help them find a safe place to settle down?" Long Jie saw through Shui Bing'er's thoughts with a single glance and spoke slowly.

"Yeah. You already did so much for them... so why not help them to the end?"

That was what Shui Bing'er could not understand. Why let them venture deep into the forest? What if they encountered danger?

Long Jie merely smiled at the question and walked toward the academy, speaking as he went. "I'm not a saint. I can save them for a while, but I can't save them forever.

"I saved them, but really, I was saving myself more. As for whether they can survive, that depends on them!"

At that, Long Jie stopped, and a trace of heaviness appeared in his eyes. "After all, this is how the world is... the strong prey on the weak!"

The strong preyed on the weak? Shui Bing'er fell into thought, then hurried after Long Jie.

Neither of them stopped walking, and they said nothing along the way. Soon, they returned to the dormitory.

This time, Shui Bing'er had completely let go of her reservations toward Long Jie. She took the initiative to draw him some water so that he could wash himself clean.

"Hurry up and wash! You're covered in blood and stink to high heaven!" Shui Bing'er frowned. The smell of blood was truly unpleasant!

Long Jie tested the water temperature with his hand. Seeing that it was just right, he could not help smiling as he took off his clothes in front of Shui Bing'er.

Shui Bing'er's face flushed at once. She hurriedly tried to slip outside, but Long Jie took the initiative to wrap his arms around her. "Want to help me wash?"

"No! Are you a pervert? Don't you have hands of your own?" Shui Bing'er cursed him silently, then struggled free from Long Jie's arms and ran outside.

Only after she was out of his sight did her face turn scarlet.

Seeing that, Long Jie said nothing. He merely smiled, slowly sank into the water, and closed his eyes to rest.

The instant he closed his eyes, he seemed to see that scene again—the blood splashing everywhere. The nauseating sensation of killing someone for the first time surged into his mind, sending a chill through his entire body.

"So... killing someone feels this awful!" His face was deathly pale, and even his hands felt cold.

He lay motionless in the bathtub, caught in inner turmoil.

To save people, he had killed people!

Was I... really right?

Long Jie didn't know the answer, nor could he give one. At that moment, he lay fully submerged in the bathtub, losing himself for a time.

Time passed bit by bit—from ten minutes, to half an hour, until an entire hour had gone by. Only then did Shui Bing'er realize something was wrong and rush in.

When she entered the bathroom, all she saw was Long Jie, pale and limp all over, his eyes tightly shut.

"Long Jie!!!"

Shui Bing'er jolted in fright and hurried forward, trying every method she could to revive him. In the end, she even used all her strength to press the spot beneath his nose.

"Cough, cough..." Long Jie coughed and slowly opened his eyes, looking weakly at Shui Bing'er.

Shui Bing'er's eyes had turned red with panic. The instant she saw Long Jie open his eyes, she could no longer hold back and threw her arms around him.

She cursed wildly, "You bastard, you bastard! What the hell were you doing? Were you trying to scare me to death?!"

"You... you told me you liked me just this afternoon, and now you want to leave me too? You bastard, sob sob sob..."

She cursed him, but as she continued, she began to cry. Just now, when she had seen Long Jie looking half-dead, Shui Bing'er had felt as if her entire world were collapsing.

For the first time, she experienced a despair she had never known before. Only then did she understand that she didn't want anything to happen to Long Jie. She cared about Long Jie. She... liked him!

"So... you can't die, idiot..."

Feeling the warmth of the girl in his arms, a trace of awareness finally returned to Long Jie's eyes. He stared blankly ahead and dully asked the question that had been tormenting him.

"Is killing people to save people... right or wrong?"

"Idiot!!!"

Hearing that question, Shui Bing'er cursed him again. She struggled free from his embrace, stared fixedly at Long Jie, and shouted with all her strength, "The people you saved deserved to be saved, and the people you killed deserved to die. Why should you feel guilty?!"