Genshin Impact: The Road to Reversal

Chapter 619 Trial Mystery

“Mo Yan…?” Kailin stood not far away, her expression terrified.

Not long ago, she saw a little boy in the icy fog. Although he looked only a teenager, she recognized him at a glance as Mo Yan.

In the hallucination, he was cornered by several children his age at the school fence. They extorted money from him and beat him if he refused.

The boy agreed and reached into his schoolbag. The bully, looking delighted, reached forward, but when his hand reached out...

boom!

The dull thud echoed in the cramped space.

The child at the front didn't have time to react and fell to the ground, clutching his head.

The remaining two children were stunned for a moment, but before they could react and scream, the boy smashed their heads with a hammer, and they fell to the ground convulsing.

But the boy did not stop. Seeing that the three were still alive, he raised the hammer above his head again and smashed it down wildly.

One hammer blow, two hammer blows.

Full of all his might, he vented his anger and despair.

He didn't stop until the patina had fully developed and blossomed.

The boy looked down at his hands, which were stained with blood, warm and sticky.

Even when his clothes were stained red with blood, he felt nothing. From that moment on, the world in his eyes seemed to be nothing but gray.

Previously, in the Black Domain, Mo Yan had told himself about this past event, because his father died in an accident at work, and his mother longed for her son to succeed, but ignored his feelings.

Long-term bullying at school left him with no hope of achieving his goals, so he launched a rebellion in this extreme way.

Karin stood frozen in place. Although she had heard this story before, seeing it with her own eyes was even more shocking than words could describe.

The dull thud of the hammer striking the ground, blood splattering on the concrete, the boy's lifeless eyes... She once thought she understood his pain enough, but only now did she realize the darkness and despair hidden behind those casually mentioned "past".

At that moment, the boy suddenly turned his head and looked at him with those empty eyes.

"Big sister, you... you saw everything?"

Karin was taken aback: "You... can see me?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the boy disappeared. When he spoke again, he appeared behind him in the form of Mo Yan: "Of course, I've been watching you all this time."

Karin reacted instantly and raised her assault rifle again, pointing it at him: "Who are you? How do you know about his past?"

The man gave a wicked smile: "Don't be nervous. I am your obsession, so things like prying into memories are a piece of cake for me. He should have told you about this past before, right?"

"This was a turning point in his life. He should have been able to grow up happily like other children, but prejudice led him down a path of no return. Even though the incident was later dismissed by the police as manslaughter, it remained a pain that he could never heal."

"What exactly are you trying to say?" Karin asked, frowning, her gun still firmly in her hand.

"It's simple. Why don't we draft a plan? If this had unfolded in a different way, would the outcome have been the same?" The man smiled wickedly and then snapped his fingers.

Before Karin could react, the surrounding environment changed again in the next second.

"Please, please don't do this! I really don't have any money on me!"

"No money?" The leader of the bullies sneered and kicked the boy in the stomach. The boy curled up on the ground in pain, covering his head with his hands and trembling.

At this moment, Karin's eyes widened in surprise again.

"This is the scene of the first time he was bullied after transferring to junior high school," the man explained with a smile. "At the time, he thought he would deal with it and then complain to the teacher, but the teacher only gave him a few verbal criticisms and didn't pursue it any further. Afterwards, the bullies made him block the school gate and retaliate by punching and kicking him. From then on, he chose to endure it, but his weakness made the bullies even more ruthless, which led to that bloody incident."

"So, what exactly are you trying to say?" Karin asked, her eyes filled with anger.

The man chuckled softly: "It's simple. Now, imagine if you happened to be assigned to the same school as him at this time, and you happened to witness this incident. How would the story unfold?"

Karin's pupils contracted, and she instantly understood what he meant.

She closed her eyes and began to imagine.

really.

"Stop it!" A furious shout came from behind the bully.

A young girl was standing at the toilet door, hands on her hips, watching what was happening inside.

"How dare you! Bullying your classmate in broad daylight! Don't you have any respect for the law?"

"Heh, where did you little brat come from, daring to interfere with my good time? You're asking for trouble, aren't you? Let me tell you, I'm... um!"

Before he could finish speaking, a flying kick struck him squarely in the face.

The bully screamed and fell to the ground. When he sat up, his nose was bleeding profusely.

The other two were taken aback and turned to look at the girl who had suddenly appeared.

"You, you dare to hit me?"

"I'm going to beat up trash like you." In middle school, Karin stood with her hands on her hips, her eyes sharper than her peers. "You think it's cool to bully someone weaker than you? Come at me if you dare."

She walked over to the boy curled up on the ground, reached out to help him up, and gently brushed the dust off him.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here."

The boy looked up in a daze. The girl in front of him was about the same age as him, but she was as dazzling as the sun.

There was no disgust or fear in those eyes, only pure anger and protection.

This was... a feeling that no one had ever given him before.

"Little girl, you dare to meddle in other people's business? You're tired of living, aren't you?" But before the words were even finished, the bully's shoulder was suddenly grabbed.

He turned his head and saw a handsome face, coupled with an aura that combined literary and artistic talent—it was Zhao Heng from his student days.

"You're quite capable of bullying girls and the weak," Zhao Heng said calmly, yet with an air of oppression.

At the same time, Zixuan appeared beside him, holding a mop and dipping it in the toilet water.

“Three against one, since you’re so shameless, do you want me to mop your faces for you?” she said with a sinister smile, holding a mop covered in some unknown substance.

The bullies turned pale with fright at the sudden turn of events. The leader, clutching his still-bleeding nose, glared at them fiercely before slinking away from the scene.

"Get lost! If I see you bullying people again, next time it won't just be one punch!" Karin waved her fist at their retreating backs.

Zixuan put the mop aside and smiled helplessly: "Just now, it seems like you used your foot."

“Don’t worry about so many details, okay?” Karin said, arms crossed.

Zhao Heng nodded: "That's right. People like them deserve to be taught a lesson no matter what method is used."

"Oh, by the way, are you alright?" Karin walked over to the boy. "I was just passing by when I heard some noise inside, so I couldn't resist coming in to take a look."

The boy shook his head: "I'm fine, thank you."