"Mo..."
Just as my fist was about to smash into Vixi's stunned face, a mysterious voice suddenly emanated from within my body, like a sigh.
With this sigh, the heavy feelings that had been pressing down on my heart vanished instantly.
And my fist stopped. Less than two centimeters from Vixi's face, the force of the punch even ruffled the bangs on Vixi's forehead.
I subconsciously looked at Vixi's hand and saw that he was holding the stethoscope I had seen earlier. Only then did I realize.
Damn it, I almost fell for that monster's trick.
I felt a chill of fear in my heart. It turned out that it wasn't over yet. The monster, unable to lure me in, had deliberately made me let down my guard and then launched a surprise attack!
And that sigh, without a doubt, must have been the Shepherd God hidden within my body coming into play.
"Lu! What are you doing!"
I had subconsciously used all my strength just now. If that punch had landed on Vixi's face, his head would have probably exploded like a watermelon on the spot.
Startled by my sudden attack, Vixi, who had been stunned, now reacted. He took two steps back, then picked up a short-barreled shotgun from beside the table, pointing its dark muzzle at me.
"What's going on!"
Perhaps it was Vixi's shout that was too loud, but Richard, who had been downstairs all along, rushed up. Seeing Vixi standing guard with a shotgun pointed at me on the bed, his expression became strange.
"Sorry, don't be nervous. The monster hiding in the darkness just attacked me. It gave me hallucinations, which is why I almost attacked you."
My mind, after being extremely tense and then suddenly relaxed, felt like it was being hammered by thousands of people. Waves of sharp pain surged through me.
I forced myself to sit up, opened my mouth to explain to Vixi, and then slumped back onto the recliner.
Hearing my explanation and seeing my weak state, Vixi finally unloaded the shotgun he had cocked and placed it back on the table.
"Your friend almost killed me!"
Vixi, who had been on the verge of death, had a very grim expression. He gave me a cold glance, then shouted at Richard, and walked down the stairs without looking back.
"This..."
Richard looked at the furious Vixi, then at me, who was unable to move on the recliner, and seemed to be in a dilemma.
"Lu, you rest upstairs for a while. I'll go down and check on Vixi."
Richard said to me with concern, then followed Vixi downstairs, switching off the lights on the second floor as he went.
Sigh, you monster really know how to pick your targets. Why now, why not earlier or later, but specifically when Vixi was examining me!
This kind of thing, no one would want it to happen. I felt a sense of annoyance and some guilt towards Vixi.
As Richard and Vixi left one after another, I was the only one left on the second floor in the darkness. I felt an immense silence.
"Heh, I almost fell for it..."
My voice broke the momentary silence. I was first taken aback, then anger surged in my heart.
After a short rest, my body had recovered some strength. I staggered to the bathroom on the second floor.
"Shepherd God, I almost let that monster succeed. Did you have to be a hero at the last moment!"
My eyes were full of anger as I looked at myself in the mirror. Shepherd God, this thing is no better than that monster. The last time it appeared, it had vowed to me.
Now, although it appeared and helped me, the result made me feel as if I had eaten a fly.
"What could I do? This is that guy's territory. To be able to drive him away temporarily is the greatest extent of what I could do."
The me in the mirror looked helpless, even shrugging my shoulders to show my innocence.
"Stop spouting nonsense. I'm asking you, how long can you keep this monster from appearing?"
The Shepherd God's words had already revealed a disappointing piece of information: it couldn't free me from the monster's entanglement, only delay its appearance temporarily.
Therefore, I didn't want to ask Shepherd God about irrelevant matters. I got straight to the point.
"I don't know."
The me in the mirror spread my hands, looking helpless.
Damn it, what's the use of you!
"Why!!!"