I, Xu Fan, Am No Demon

Xu Fan still faced away from Sharman, refusing to turn around. Veins began to bulge one by one across Sharman's forehead.

Then his heart began pounding faster and faster, as if it could leap right out of his throat at any moment.

Adrenaline surged.

His hands trembled uncontrollably.

But now that things had come to this,

Sharman clearly had no way out.

The two sides had completely fallen out.

It was either you die or I do!

What's more, Sharman didn't regret his decision at all!

He was doing this for the future of the Curry Kingdom!

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Sharman raised his Pistol, aimed at Xu Fan's chest, and fired three shots in a single breath.

At such close range, even Sharman couldn't miss.

Three bullets raced toward Xu Fan's vital points.

Whoosh...

Yet faced with Sharman's frenzy, Xu Fan simply shifted to the side and dodged the first bullet.

Then,

Xu Fan raised his fist, wrapped in Armament Haki, caught the third bullet, and hurled it back.

Bang!

With a sharp report,

the bullet shot straight into Sharman's brain and exploded inside.

Red.

White.

It splattered everywhere.

A conspicuous bloody hole was left in Sharman's face.

Straight through!

Without the slightest hesitation,

Xu Fan had caught the bullet and sent it straight through Sharman's head!

Even...

In Sharman's one remaining eye, Xu Fan could clearly see

the disbelief in his gaze.

And...

despair!

That was right.

Sharman hadn't died on the spot.

He could feel a pain unlike anything he'd ever experienced.

His throat was clogged with blood.

He couldn't make a sound.

The bullet's momentum sent his body toppling over.

His damaged brain let him understand what had happened in his final moments.

But aside from staring helplessly at Xu Fan,

there was nothing Sharman could do.

At last...

His body convulsed, and the signs of death began to appear.

His pupils slowly dilated.

His breathing and heartbeat stopped.

Soon, even his body began to stiffen.

Still...

Xu Fan felt no regret.

If he hadn't unlocked thirty percent of Whitebeard's template

and mastered a technique like Armament Haki, which could harden his body,

at such close range,

Sharman would have riddled him with bullets.

He would have been the one to die.

And along with him, ten million people from the Yan Kingdom

would have been dragged down with him!

Most importantly...

He hadn't done anything aggressive.

He'd even kindly shared his smoked meat with Sharman,

helping him fill his stomach.

And Xu Fan had lit the fire that kept him warm.

That guy...

was an ungrateful wolf through and through!

Regret?

Maybe there really were people in this world that selfless.

Maybe one of them would even forgive Sharman to his face.

But...

that person would never be Xu Fan!

If you repay kindness with resentment, what do you repay kindness with?

A decent person should...

repay kindness with kindness, and resentment with justice!

"Awoooo!"

Only after Xu Fan had finished off Sharman did the Female Snow Wolf wake from its deep sleep.

After all, the long trek during the day and the battle against the Nuger Worm

had drained a great deal of its strength.

That was why it had slept more deeply than ever tonight.

And Sharman's use of a silencer

had kept it from noticing the danger.

Now, seeing Sharman's face reduced to a bloody mess, confusion appeared in its eyes.

But...

that confusion soon disappeared.

It didn't know why Xu Fan had killed a creature that looked like him, but all it cared about was Xu Fan.

Whatever Xu Fan did,

he had to be right.

"Awoooo!"

The Female Snow Wolf bared its fangs at Sharman's corpse.

From what it knew of Xu Fan,

that guy must have threatened him.

That was why Xu Fan had killed him.

Of course...

As a vicious beast in the Forbidden Land,

the Female Snow Wolf had long since grown used to corpses.

It soon calmed down.

As for Xu Fan,

although this was the first time he had ever killed someone, strictly speaking, he felt no guilt toward Sharman or the Curry Kingdom behind him!

The people of the Curry Kingdom were people.

Did that mean the people of the Yan Kingdom weren't?

Didn't Sharman know that if Xu Fan died, ten million people from the Yan Kingdom would be buried with him?

No.

He knew!

Every contestant had received that warning before entering the Forbidden Land!

Their fates were bound tightly to their countries!

Xu Fan took a deep breath and let the Armament Haki fade from his hands.

With a casual expression, he stepped forward.

The Female Snow Wolf rushed over to Sharman's body, eager to eat the man who had attacked Xu Fan.

"Holo."

But when Xu Fan realized what the Female Snow Wolf intended to do, he called out to stop her.

No matter what, the man was already dead.

He could at least leave him with his whole body.

"After all, I, Xu Fan, am no demon."

Muttering to himself, Xu Fan reached into Sharman's pocket

and took out everything he had on him.

"Is this... gold?"

Looking at the phone Sharman had carried, Xu Fan couldn't help feeling surprised.

The entire body of the phone was made of pure gold.

Its side buttons were even encrusted with dazzling Diamonds.

It was more of a work of art than a phone.

"That guy sure was extravagant."

Besides the phone,

Xu Fan also took the necklace and bracelet Sharman had been wearing.

Then he began searching Sharman's backpack.

He was practically looting a player's inventory.

One thing worth mentioning...

Sharman hadn't known how to start a fire outdoors, so his food had frozen and become inedible.

But Xu Fan knew how to make a fire.

Cooking the food

wouldn't be difficult.

"Are these... seasonings?"

Besides its gold industry, the Curry Kingdom was best known for its seasonings.

The curry from that country was famous throughout Blue Star.

"Next time I roast meat, it'll taste even better."

Besides those things,

Xu Fan also found a Pistol and some bullets on Sharman.

It might have seemed inappropriate to say this in front of a dead man, but looking at the results,

this time's haul wasn't bad.

Meanwhile...

in the Yan Kingdom's Live Stream Room,

the host, Xiao Ying; guest commentator, Warrior King Chen; wilderness survival expert, Brother Qiang; Writer Yuanyuan; and Director Zhang from the Deception Bureau—

along with...

hundreds of millions of viewers watching the live broadcast—

were all completely dumbfounded.

They even wondered if they couldn't accept the fact that Xu Fan had been killed in the Forbidden Land,

and their bodies had activated a self-protection mechanism that made them hallucinate.

Otherwise, how could they explain the fact that contestant Xu Fan, unarmed, had killed Sharman, who had a gun?

The sight was utterly baffling.

Impossible to believe.

Their hearts were like a sea swept by a violent storm,

unable to calm down for a long time!