Naruto glanced at the dome of ice before facing the killer again, he faintly smiled, "no body. Just a pa.s.serby, who on his way home."

"Then you best stay the h.e.l.l away from me!" The killer grumbled in annoyance.

Naruto pondered a little before shaking his head, "sorry, can't do."

Getting impatient, The Killer laughed of loud, his mocking tone reverberated in the alley, "are you trying to be a hero? Saving people you don't even know?"

Surprisingly, Naruto denied it by saying, "I am no hero because if I am, you wouldn't have a chance to kill previously two people."

The Killer now really frustrated by Naruto, he shouted "Then what do you want?!"

Naruto looked at the killer, he curled his lips, "I am here to stop you, stop you from fully succ.u.mb to the darkness."

Hearing his word make the Killer startled and his body started to s.h.i.+ver, he grabbed his own head as if it was very painful, "w-what do you know?"

"I don't know what happened to you, but I know one thing. You are not a murderer." Naruto said with a deadpan expression

The s.h.i.+ver became stronger, in a denied manner, he shook his head, "I-I don't know what are you talking about."

Naruto sighed, he glanced at the dead bodies around, "if I guess right, this may be your first and second kill, the proof is that first, you don't have a b.l.o.o.d.y aura and your killing intent is very small, someone who is proficient at killing would have aura full of blood and strong killing intent. Second, you feel very happy and excited when you kill the first person, a killer who had been killing so many time will have no reaction by just killing one person, as the ecstasy of murdering people will demand more and more. Third and the last one..." Naruto turned his head to look at Ice dome, " this is your first time using that ability, if not, it should be easy for you to destroy my weakest ice dome. "Naruto looked back at him and smiled, "am I right?"

The killer by now already graspsed his head with his both hand, screaming like his throat out in desperate manner. Yes, what the golden-haired man said is right. He's not a murderer before and never been. He looked like some psycho just to cover everything and tried to convince himself.

"You don't know, what I have been through. What I have to live with. Because of these bunch of sc.u.ms, they took everything away from me. My job and my wife. They all gone just because one photo of me entering a love hotel with this wh.o.r.e. After knowing that, my wife left me and the manager at my office fired me. This all they fault, they all should die!"

Naruto sweat dropped when he heard his story 'you are the one who looks for hookers and should know the risk of doing it yet you blame other people for taking advantages of it' Naruto shook his head.

"You have killed two people, if I let you continue your killing spree, the guilt and remorse of taking people life away will soon be faded, You would get used to killing even maybe start liking it. Slowly you become a ma.s.s murderer, by that time, it would be very hard for you to come back"

The killer slowly recovered but his body still s.h.i.+vering, "why, why do you care if I become something like that?"

Naruto turned his head to the moon, he sadly thought 'because I used to be like you' before return to the killer and grinningly said, "no one wants to become a ma.s.s murderer, being isolated and left out by other people. You got no friend, lover, and family that willing to be with you because they scared of you. I'm doing this because I don't want you to live that h.e.l.l of Loneliness."

The killer looked at Naruto who grinning brightly as he fely that a chance to turn over a new leaf started approaching him.

"I... I..."

But before the killer managed to say anything, the four black substance behind him started acting crazily, they launched from his back and attacked everywhere even hurt the killer body.

Naruto also startled by the change of event, he yelled: "What are you doing?! Stop right now?!"

"Argggh! I don't know! I can't control them!" The killer said in panic manner.

's.h.i.+t', Naruto quickly make a seal on his hand, "Wind Release: s.h.i.+eld Of Wind Count", The Wind around Naruto started collecting near him and formed a protective barrier, keeping him away from the harm of black substances.

Naruto dashed forward to catch the killer, every black substance attack had been repelled by wind barrier. When Naruto's hand within an arm-reach, the black substances around him suddenly gone as if they never appear before. The once screamed in panic killer also gone quiet, so quiet that Naruto felt chill on his back.

Naruto halted his step and stared at the killer. After a long time, finally The Killer spoke but the voice that coming from his mouth was completely different, as it becomes ghastly and eerie.

"you... tried... to... take... away... my... preeey..."

The hair on Naruto's back neck was shaking when he heard him, but since Naruto was not a common person, that only apply for a short time before he recovered his bearing back to normal.

"Who are you? What have you done to this man?" Naruto warilly asked him.

"You... are... not... cultivator... I... can't... sense... any... qi... from... you..." The killer ignore Naruto as he kept talking.

Since Naruto was being ignored, He became a little angry,"you better leave this man alone, whether you believe me or not, I have a way to tracing you," Naruto pulled out a short dagger from inside his jacket.

"You... can't... save... this... man, his... soul... already... gone..." looked like Naruto threat worked against this 'thing' since it responded. Then it continued again, "this... just... merely... an... empty... vessel... for... my ... children..."

Naruto faces already turned cold as he prepared his dagger, "then there's nothing to talk about, I would have to trace you and believe me, you didn't like it when I found you."

"You... wouldn't... have... the... chance..." as soon as this 'thing' finished talking, the killer moved his hand and stabbed his own stomach. By the time Naruto realized what he's about going to do, it's already too late, the killer body exploded and black substance coming from inside his body spread around the area before slowly disappeared.

Naruto sighed and deactivating his wind barrier before looking at man's corpse, he regretfully taught, 'in the end, I couldn't save him.'

Naruto quickly opened the ice dome and put some genjutsu to both of man and woman to make them think this was just a dream, and went back home.

By the time Naruto coming home, it's already past midnight so it would be normal if the neighborhood was quiet. Pus.h.i.+ng the front door, Naruto walked inside and quickly reached the living room. Soon the sound of Television entered Naruto ears which were startling him.

'Who is watching at this hour?'

Naruto slowly walked toward the sofa only to find a beautiful G.o.ddess sleeping on it, the G.o.ddess wore a long sleeve T-s.h.i.+rt and short pants which didn't cover her slender beautiful leg, the T-s.h.i.+rt she wore was a bit loose so it revealing a spring scene that most of the men dream about to see.

Naruto eyes became hot after seeing such a scene but he quickly controlled himself. He smiled and walked over the sofa, grabbed the remote to turn off the tv and sat beside the sleeping G.o.ddess.

"Ruoxi... you shouldn't be sleeping here, you can catch a cold" Naruto said gently as he grabbed her shoulder.

"Umm...?" being stirred awake, Lin Ruoxi didn't quickly sober, as she slowly opened her eyes, staring lazily at the handsome face that came into her vision.

Naruto also stared at Lin Ruoxi, as her absentminded looked and sleepy expression from being wake up was really attractive and appealing. When Naruto was still in his dream world, the sudden scream pulled him back to reality

"AHHH! THIEF!"

Naruto startled after hearing her outburst, Lin Ruoxi grabbed the sofa's pillow and threw as hard as she could before trying to run away from the so-called 'thief'. But quick a firm hand grasped her hand, preventing her from running away, Lin Ruoxi struggled to get away but that hand grasping really strong as she had no way to break free.

"Ruoxi! Ruoxi! it's me Naruto, don't you recognize me?!"

Lin Ruoxi stopped suddenly before slowly turned around, she shocked when Naruto's figure come into her vision, "Naruto? Yii, what are you doing in my house?"

Naruto almost staggered himself into the floor as he heard her word 'is she has short amnesia after falling asleep?'

With a helpless expression, Naruto said "Ruoxi, try to remember what happen yesterday."

Lin Ruoxi became silent as she started pondering. Time slowly went by, Lin Ruoxi face was getting redder, she declined her head in an apologetic manner, "I am sorry! I don't know what happen to me today, this usually didn't happen before."

Naruto waved his hand, indicating that everything's ok, "no, I'm the one who should be sorry because disturbing your sleeping, that probably cause you a little bit disoriented"

Lin Ruoxi felt deep in shame as she really embarra.s.sed herself in front of Naruto, if she could found a hole, she will gladly shoved her head inside.

Naruto smiled and gently rubbed her head, "don't think too much, you grow old quicker if bothering such trivial thing."

Mention being old, Lin Ruoxi shoved Naruto's hand as she pouting, "it is your fault that coming home really late, I grow tired of waiting and fallen asleep."

Naruto stunned, his mouth gaped, "you are waiting for me?"

"Of course I do, why do you think I sleep on the sofa?"

"Secretly watching Korean drama while I was away."

"..."

Looking at the frowning and spechless Lin Ruoxi, Naruto couldn't contain his laugh anymore, he rubbed Lin Ruoxi's head again, "alright, alright, I apologized for being at home so late, will our princess Ruoxi willing to forgive me?"

Being called princess by Naruto, made Lin Ruoxi blushed as she giggled. They settled on the sofa and sit side by side, then Lin Ruoxi started speaking, " Naruto now you probably understand what was going but I'm going to elaborate it to you, My father holds 30% of the company's stocks and is a major shareholder, second only to me, but this isn't the main point, after all before my granny pa.s.sed on she handed 60% of the stocks over to me, I have absolute control over the company. However... in my father's hands, there is the owners.h.i.+p of an old villa..."

"What is this old villa to you?" Naruto confusely asked her

Lin Ruoxi's eyes revealed an expression of reminiscence, "In my childhood, there was only my granny and mother to accompany me, I grew up there. My mom and dad's marriage was merely for money and profit, my dad didn't love my mom, he is a playboy, up till now he is still the same..." After saying all this, Lin Ruoxi's eyes showed traces of abhorrence, "although he is never at home from day to night, he is still the owner of the house. Naturally, when granny pa.s.sed on, he never allowed me to return, and because he lives a life of debauchery, his finances are nearly depleted, and he's preparing to sell off the villa..."

"Then the reason of our Marriage is..." Naruto said with meaningful expression

Lin Ruoxi nodded as she continues "right, I have to take back the villa, but he isn't willing to give it back unless I marry to Xu family's young master. He clearly is in cahoot with the Xu family..."

"So, this Xu Family's young master must be fawning over you but you just kept giving him cold shoulder, in the other hand, Xu family is one of the families that you can't afford to offend, therefore you asked me to marry you, helping you block the Xu Family's brat from getting more ideas, then thinking of a way to take back the real estate?" Naruto said as he understood everything now.

Lin Ruoxi nodded, "I know that this is probably not a permanent solution, but I can only do one step at a time.." her voice was soft and there's a hint of determination on her tone.

Naruto let out a small breath, now the missing part of this whole facade finally completed, Naruto could also thinking some plan.

Lin Ruoxi glanced at Naruto, her eyes reflected an apologetic color, "Naruto, I am... really sorry dragging you into this whole mess."

Naruto smiled, "how many times that I have to say it's OK? since the day I promised that I would agree to marry you then I would help you with all I had, and Ruoxi... I always keep my promises."

Feels warm flooding over her heart, Lin Ruoxi also smiling. They chatted for a while before Lin Ruoxi looked like remember something.

"Ah right, I have something to give you," she said before running softly into her room.

Naruto waited for a while before Lin Ruoxi came back and giving him a bag of plastic, Naruto opened it and found a box case of brand new iPhone inside.

"Ruoxi this is..."

Lin Ruoxi quickly cut him before he got the wrong idea, "I can't contact you at all before so I thought that you would need a phone, just consider this way for me to easier contact you and vice versa."

Naruto naturally knew that Lin Ruoxi fear that he got offended by giving him such a stuff, men have their own pride, if women kept giving them stuff that looks like expensive and beyond their price, it will lower their self-esteem thus making them thought they'are incapable and undependable.

Naruto was not that kind of guy, who simple-minded and easily got offended. If being called a pile of s.h.i.+t dog by Lin Kun, he could still smile, then being gifted such an expensive thing will make him grinned.

with a grat.i.tude, Naruto looked at Lin Ruoxi, "thank you Ruoxi, I appreciate your thought."

Looked at Naruto who seemed like didn't get offended, Lin Ruoxi felt relief and happy that she would able to do something for him even just a little.

They talked for a while before Naruto suddenly said "Ruoxi, I think that I should have looked for a job since I can't possibly just stayed at home and I know you would be angry if I going back selling at the small stall"

Lin Ruoxi gave it a thought for a while, before says:

"Naruto how about work in my company, Yu Lei International Corporation?"