Chapter 356: We Accept Your Commission
Chapter 356: We Accept Your Commission
After finishing writing.
She habitually extended her hand, leaving a plum blossom imprint on the paper.
Then she wiped her teary eyes with a smile.
Shouldering her bag.
Jumping down from the chair.
Gently twisting open the door, lowering her head, she walked step by step out of the sanatorium gate under the cover of darkness.
Surrounding her was complete silence and darkness, not a single human sound.
Even the pedestrians usually seen on the streets seemed particularly desolate today.
Soon, she would be a lonely cat again.
Actually, she had wandered alone for a long time before meeting Mommy and her family. Miaomiao had been wandering all along.Perhaps it was fate.
Miaomiao was destined to be just a stray cat.
But...
Why did Miaomiao still feel reluctance and heartache?
She lowered her head, her steps growing slower and slower.
Walking alone in that darkness, faintly, she seemed to see glistening drops falling bit by bit onto the ground with the breeze.
She didn't know why she was crying either. Maybe... maybe it was just dust in her eyes.
She just tried hard not to think about it anymore.
Yet she couldn't help but recall the words that doctor brother said yesterday.
"No matter what, you must live well. Don't let down the hope your mother gave you. Even though this is the Dark World, you will definitely find people willing to be kind to Miaomiao."
"Because this is the City of Night under the stars! Those willing to help you are Night Doctors spread throughout the entire Dark World!"
"If you feel sad, just cry. No one here will hurt you anymore. If those people dare to come, big brother will kill them all!"
Finally.
She still stopped.
Unable to control it, she crouched on the ground, covering her face and crying.
She really wanted to scold herself harshly, to slap herself hard.
Why can't you learn to be strong?!
What are you crying for?!
You're not that little kitten from before anymore. You've long become a monster that people fear in hell. You should learn to solve everything on your own. You should... you should...
She tried hard to suppress her sobs, to hold back her tears.
Curled up, hugging her head, sitting there, she tried hard to lower her voice, trying to compress those emotions within the vast darkness surrounding her.
But what she didn't notice was.
Behind her, in the blurry darkness, one by one, lanterns were being lit like stars in the sky.
Seemingly, one figure after another was silhouetted within those lamplights.
Blurry, yet seemingly right beside her.
Until she heard that familiar, smiling voice from behind.
"Hey! Miaomiao! A cat hiding on the street crying isn't a good kitty!"
Miaomiao, who was sobbing, was startled. Slowly, she raised her head, her face covered in tear stains and confusion.
"Huh..."
Dazedly, she turned her head, looking behind her through tear-filled eyes.
In that instant.
A breeze blew.
In the dark street, she saw the young man standing in the wind, holding a Plague Doctor Mask, smiling at her.
She saw beside him, behind him, the densely packed, endless Night Doctors wearing Plague Doctor Masks.
Hundreds, thousands.
They held lanterns in their hands.
The continuous points of light almost illuminated the entire dark street.
Lynn smiled, extending his hand towards her, giving a thumbs up, and shouted loudly:
"Miaomiao! Did you forget what big brother told you last night? The place you're in is the City of Night!! Those willing to help you are Night Doctors spread throughout the entire Dark World!!"
That bright, clear voice echoed again and again throughout the entire street.
Again and again in her ears.
All the Night Doctors on the street took off their Plague Doctor Masks at that moment, showing her smiles on their faces, then gave her a thumbs up.
From different races, from different worlds, with different faces, different skin colors and features.
But they had one thing in common.
They were all Night Doctors from the City of Night.
The wind whistled, blowing against Miaomiao's hat brim.
Miaomiao stared blankly at that scene, at the kind faces one after another within the undulating sea of lanterns.
In that instant, her heart surged.
Tears immediately could no longer be suppressed and flowed out. Trembling, she tried hard to hold back her sobs, her brows instantly drooping sorrowfully, snot and tears uncontrollably gushing out.
Doctor brother...
And everyone...
Everyone...
"Miaomiao!!" Lynn shouted towards her:
"Do you remember the commission big brother mentioned yesterday?! Everyone already knows! So, Miaomiao, tell everyone, are you willing to let everyone accept your commission?!"
Miaomiao tried hard to suppress her tears.
But the turbulent emotions in her heart were almost uncontrollably surging out.
"I... Miaomiao... Miaomiao..."
Lynn put his hand by his mouth and shouted: "Are you willing?! Miaomiao!"
Finally.
Miaomiao tightly closed her eyes, crying loudly, using all her will to shout that sentence to all the Night Doctors, to the lanterns illuminating the entire street.
"Miaomiao... Miaomiao is willing!"
"Miaomiao begs everyone, begs everyone to accept my commission! Begs everyone to help Miaomiao, find Mommy and family, Miaomiao..."
"Miaomiao is willing!!"
That forceful shout, filled with sobs, almost used up all her strength.
The entire street could hear that heartfelt, emotional, desperate shout.
A relieved, smiling expression also appeared on Lynn's face.
All the Night Doctors on the street also gave her their most benevolent response.
"We accept your commission!"
"We, accept your commission!"
That continuous, undulating voice almost converged into a wave, rising and falling throughout the entire street.
On the distant High Tower, White Night with his grey hair smiled, looking at the continuous lanterns on the street, listening to the sounds of the Night Doctors coming from afar.
He reached out with relief and also took off the top hat on his head.
"I accept your commission."
...
In the dark and deep underground Main Hall, the Inverted Angel watched the street scene appearing in the halo before her, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
"This guy..."
Ever since he posted that long article about the little cat's experiences in the Regional Channel, she had been paying attention to Lynn's movements.
He spent the entire night, knocking on the door of every Night Doctor's room one by one, hoping to take up a bit of their time, asking them to come to the street in the morning.
He bowed to each household.
Thanked each household.
And the purpose was just to help a little cat he had only met once rebuild hope in her heart.
He ran to every single household.
Only then, at this moment, did he bring for that little cat the largest gathering in Nightfall City in hundreds of years, apart from her own organization.
Yes.
Just as he said.
Maybe there's no reward.
Maybe there's no result.
But at least, this is also a kind of Redemption.
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