You didn’t know how this all happened. You thought he was just a sweet man asking for directions.

Atsushi kept apologizing as he held you down against the wall in the alleyway. But as a Jiang shi… he needed life force to survive, and you were just the closest person to him at the time.

“I’m so sorry for this…”

Another apology had slipped past his lips. He bit onto your neck, but instead of drinking your blood, he began to drain out your life force.