Deep in the Living
Chapter 250 - 239: Techniques

Chapter 250: Chapter 239: Techniques

"Killing Skills"

Techniques intended to take human or humanoid lives, distinct from all other forms of combat.

Unrestricted by rules, unconstrained by morality, the singular goal is to kill efficiently.

This approach greatly values the use of bare hands for killing, or rather, the orphanage is adamant about hand-to-hand teaching.

They believe that the sensory stimulation from using bare hands is several times more intense than using weapons, accelerating the growth of an assassin and more rapidly immersing them in the pleasure of depriving others of life.

This type of killing skill is something Luo Di had never touched before, but it suits him very well, especially for slaughtering Pseudo-People.

After three hours of sparring, the effectiveness far exceeded Luo Di’s expectations.

Having nearly exhausted all his physical energy, Luo Di successfully fell asleep at 1 A.M.

However, his thoughts arrived at "Pituitary Space," not because he had ingested any pituitary nutrition, but because he had learned "something new" during the three-hour combat practice.

The so-called killing skills matched Luo Di’s fear system perfectly, even invigorating the pituitary gland.

Furthermore,

The entire temperature of the pituitary space was rising, the heat coming from the lower end of the ground, from the Metallic Spine’s warmth. The recent sparring session also excited the spine, even kindling the impulse to connect to the True Hell.

It was rare for two different systems from distinct worlds to resonate simultaneously.

The killing techniques demonstrated by Wendy include, but are not limited to:

Precise eye-gouging, speedy throat-jabbing, neck-twisting, Spine Strike.

These techniques are simple yet effective, capable of swiftly hitting vital spots and causing death, but they require extremely skilled execution by the killer.

Timing, speed, precision, and strength—none can be lacking. They could only be perfectly utilized in actual killing situations after years of practice, like what is done in the orphanage.

It would be impossible for Luo Di to master them in a short time; if not well-executed, these techniques would be much less effective than ordinary hacking and slashing.

However,

One of the specialized killing skills demonstrated by Wendy was quite intriguing, called "Heart Piercing." During sparring, this move was the most threatening.

The palm would penetrate through the skin and muscles beneath the ribcage, reaching straight for the heart.

During sparring, when Wendy’s palm came close to the lower ribs, even though Luo Di’s tongue reacted instantaneously, it was still penetrated and entered his body, incredibly dangerous.

According to her, this move was the most difficult to train. Among the Murderers trained by the orphanage, only a few could apply it perfectly against peers in combat, owing to the high demands for precision.

It would still be difficult for Luo Di to master,

But he never planned to practice in that way; he had other ideas instead.

The Murderers that Luo Di intended to play were not against ordinary people but against Pseudo-People, the monsters in the Corner. Most of these beings do not have the heart as their weak spot but the pituitary gland in their brains.

This technique would need to be renamed "Pituitary Piercing."

For the most part, Luo Di’s Punishment Room Arm was either assisting with holding a knife, setting traps, or throwing hooks and chains. It wasn’t inherently lethal, just used to crush the skulls of lower beings with brute force.

If he could combine this technique with the Punishment Room Arm.

Paired with the arm’s metallic properties, Hardness, spikes, and even torture device crafting, it might have unexpected effects.

While appearing to sleep, Luo Di spent the entire night in the pituitary space undergoing specialized training, repeatedly practicing the same left-arm movement to attack the imaginary foe before him.

What he’s best at is doing repetitive tasks,

Because Luo Di believes that through repetition, even the most unfamiliar tasks can become as familiar as breathing.

Time passed unknowingly, until a tactile sensation came from his external body.

Waking up,

Opening his eyes,

The face of a short-haired golden girl appeared before him, her rotten teeth not visible due to her closed mouth.

The severe disorientation and temporary visual blurriness from a night’s pituitary training made Luo Di mistake the golden-haired girl before him for someone else in his subconscious.

"Class leader..."

"Hm? Master, who is the class leader?"

The word ’master’ instantly snapped Luo Di’s thoughts back to clarity, and his vision also cleared. He propped himself up from the bed in an instant.

Turning to the time on his watch, it was only [06:00].

Ever since obtaining the Corner system from Alien Food, he hadn’t gotten up this early in a very long time.

"This early?"

"Yes~ The orphanage staff have to start working early, I need to go take care of sanitation, and you need to help prepare breakfast at the cafeteria, Master.

Although the orphans are not treated as normal people, they must receive ample nutrition for growth.

I will sneak into the archives today to find out the timing of the recent ritual, see you after work!"

"Okay."

Both of them put on their head balloons for Disguise and headed to their respective areas of responsibility.

Coming to the kitchen once again, Luo Di, as usual, sent blocks of defrosted corpses down the conveyor belt, his desire to root out the orphanage and its backing organization accumulating throughout this process.

The day’s time spent in Disguise passed swiftly, and Luo Di seemed to have completely adapted to this masquerade, sometimes truly regarding himself as an apprentice and becoming a member of the orphanage.

It was as if he had a natural talent for Disguise, to the extent that even his colleagues around him failed to notice any anomaly.

[End of Shift]

Due to the need for a major cleaning of the kitchen today, Luo Di was forced to work overtime for more than four hours before finally getting the foul-smelling kitchen cleaned up.

It was almost eleven o’clock at night.

On his way back to the dormitory through the internal corridors of the orphanage, Luo Di caught a familiar sound, the voice from a certain movie.

Following the source of this sound, he deviated from his route, accidentally wandering into a special area.

[Movie Room]

The back door was ajar, leaving a slight crack open.

The sound was too familiar, tugging at Luo Di’s thoughts as he quietly slipped in.

Inside was a large area akin to a movie theater auditorium, where the children of the orphanage all gathered to enjoy a rare leisurely moment without training, watching a very famous B-grade movie - "Halloween".

It was also one of Luo Di’s favorite Murderer movies, which he loved despite having watched it well over ten times.

The Movie Room’s construction was expensive.

Not only did it feature IMAX-level projection equipment, but it also had perfect environmental audio output that could simulate the realism of someone Chasing and Killing at the back door, vastly different from watching a movie alone at home.

An unprecedented viewing experience coupled with his favorite movie made Luo Di almost addicted to watching.

However, Luo Di’s tongue still sensed something.

He neither ran nor hid, but continued to pretend to watch.

Silently,

A white-gloved hand slid onto his shoulder, and just as it was about to strangle his neck, Luo Di evaded with a movement typical of an ordinary person.

In front of him appeared a tall, slim man wearing a white porcelain mask. Luo Di had seen this man when getting meals in the cafeteria; he was one of the orphanage’s teachers, with a status far above Luo Di, the apprentice chef.

The reason why the back door of the Movie Room was left with a crack was that this very teacher had just gone to the restroom.

From beneath the mask came a mocking voice.

"Lower lifeforms are not worthy to enter here; remember your main job. If I catch you here again, you’ll be the one providing the food for the students."

Luo Di, wearing a black mask, didn’t respond verbally but nodded and bowed repeatedly before turning to leave.

But just as he was about to exit the back door,

Whoosh!

The teacher’s slender fingers pierced into his shoulder, his nails scraping against the bone surface, causing Luo Di to tremble in pain, biting down on his mask to barely suppress any sound.

The teacher’s other hand slightly lifted the mask on Luo Di’s face, revealing an Evil countenance filled with Killing Intent, leaning close to Luo Di’s face.

"Not even a word to say? Shouldn’t you at least apologize to me? And, you seem a bit odd; your speed serving meals seems to have increased."

"I... apologize."

"Oh, your voice hasn’t changed. Seems like I’ve just been overly sensitive. The orphanage is short-staffed these days; I’ll let you off for now... Remember to be polite the next time you see me."

As the words fell.

Luo Di felt a sharp impact traveling up his Spine.

The teacher’s foot had struck his Spine heavily, using the heel no less; had it been any regular person, they would likely have been paralyzed. Luo Di managed to prop himself up, one hand on his waist, supporting himself against the wall as he left.

And the teacher behind him simply adjusted his belt and returned to the auditorium.

Click~

The door to the dormitory opened.

Wendy had already been waiting in the room for four hours, awaiting Luo Di’s return.

And she had been waiting on her knees in front of the door, not moving the slightest, just to welcome back her master.

But as soon as the door opened, she caught the scent of blood, blood that belonged to her master.

Excitement flashed through her rapidly, turning into endless rage; her bones started to twitch, with balloon-like bulges appearing all over her body, like inflated water bubbles.

"This fingernail mark... is it Kimbley?!"

Wendy, ready to burst out in combat, was held back by Luo Di, the grey spreading through her mind suppressing the intense negative emotions.

At the same time,

A hand grabbed Wendy’s neck and lifted her into the air.

Eyes tinged with grey stared intently at her.

"Let me repeat, you need my permission to kill."