My Girlfriends Are Hardcore Yanderes - Chapter 68

Chapter 68: Flickering Hope
A deafening explosion tore through the warehouse, shaking the entire place.

Dust and black smoke filled the air, blurring everything in sight.

It didn’t stop there. The force of the blast ignited nearby flammable materials, setting off a chain reaction.

Barrels of chemicals and containers of fuel caught fire almost instantly, sending thick plumes of smoke billowing into the sky.

BOOOM!

BOOOM!

BOOOM!

Fires erupted everywhere, spreading rapidly across the pier. Flames raced across the planks and burned the sides of nearby buildings.

It looked like the area had been bombed, with napalms swallowing everything in their path.

People rushed to evacuate as more black smoke billowed into the sky.

“What happened? ” a pier worker shouted, holding his phone up to record the fire.

“We need to call the emergency hotline!” another person yelled, frantically pressing buttons on their phone.

In the distance, the sound of sirens grew louder, but the noise of the fire seemed to drown it out.

The pier was no longer safe—it had turned into a disaster zone.

Everything was on fire, and the structural integrity of the buildings was rapidly deteriorating. No one could stay here for much longer.

As for those near the center of the explosion, there was no way they could have survived as the fire spread so quickly.

If someone had survived, they wouldn’t be human.

In the center of the fire stood a massive, seven-foot-tall ball of blood.

Inside it, Lucy and Asher were shielded from the flames raging outside.

Asher was unconscious, his body burned and his clothes torn from the initial blast.

Lucy sat, resting his head in her lap, her expression strained as she focused on holding the shield intact.

Her clothes were also burned, revealing her flawless skin, fortunately she had managed to protect him from the worst of the explosion.

Had it not been for her quick thinking, Asher would have been in far worse condition.

‘He’s not healing…’ She checked the burns but saw no sign of regeneration.

It shouldn’t be happening, considering his body should have powerful regenerative abilities.

Had the explosion been too intense? Was his regeneration failing for some reason? She had seen him recover from worse, but this time was different.

She gently pressed a hand against his burning skin, hoping for some sign that he would heal, but there was nothing.

‘We need to get out of here so I can better examine his body, but these flames are bound to draw a lot of attention,’ she thought, her mind racing for a solution.

The last thing she wanted now was to be seen inside a floating orb of blood.

SPLASH!

She heard the sound of objects falling into the water, and an idea clicked in her head.

Lucy controlled the blood shield, guiding it downwards.

Slowly, the ball of blood submerged beneath the water, taking them both safely away from the destruction above.

The water provided an escape route, a path to safety where the flames couldn’t reach, and where the people couldn’t see.

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Two days later.

The events at the pier became hot news quickly, but none of the reports mentioned the killings, the doctor, the bandaged figures, the gangs, or the illegal activities—everything was wiped out by the fire.

No one would ever know the true story of what had happened there, except for those directly involved.

Back in Yuki’s apartment.

Asher lay in bed, his skin still burned, and his eyes remained closed. He hadn’t woken up since the explosion.

Anyone who saw him right now would think he was already a corpse. His skin was charred, the burns deep and disfiguring.

Lucy and Yuki sat nearby, quietly watching him from the sideline.

Both women cared for him deeply; however, those very feelings were only adding to the tension.

They waited in silence at first, until one of them finally couldn’t hold it in any longer.

“This is all your fault,” Yuki stood up and broke the silence.

Lucy, usually bold and confident, ignored her.

She, too, blamed herself for what had happened. Her usual lively energy had disappeared, replaced by regret.

“If something happens to him, I’ll hold you accountable,” Yuki’s voice was cold, and the air in the apartment shifted around her. Even the walls, once clean, began to show signs of decay.

This place was her world, after all, and it reflected her state of mind. Right now, it was in complete disarray.

Lucy remained silent again, too tired to argue.

This only made things worse, as the vengeful ghost felt ignored.

“Why?” Yuki screamed “Why act like you’re the victim? If you have time to feel sorry for yourself, then find a way to bring him back!” Her voice echoed with displeasure.

Before a response could come, her hair whipped around, slamming Lucy to the wall.

The hair tightened around Lucy’s neck as Yuki stepped closer.

“What do you want me to do?” Lucy sighed weakly.

She had already done everything she could—used all her knowledge of magic and demons—yet nothing worked.

Not even her blood was able to awaken him.

She had even tried returning his old blood, but it only made his body jerk and trashed around, forcing her to remove it again.

“You think you’ve done enough? You’ve left him in this state. Do you even understand how much danger you’ve put him in? You’re useless” Yuki’s words were like daggers, each one cutting deeper than the last.

“Useless?” Lucy’s voice trembled with disbelief, her anger rising.

Normally, she’d brush it off, maybe tease the ghost for being so jealous. But not today.

She had done everything she could for Asher, and she wasn’t about to let anyone dismiss that.

“You think I’m the useless one here?” Lucy’s voice cracked with frustration. “Do you even see yourself?” Her chest tightened as the words poured out.

This surprised Yuki, but before she could say anything, Lucy started talking again, her eyes filled with displeasure.

“You keep asking for favors, but when it really matters, what do you do? Nothing! You just stand there and expect me to fix everything!”

“I’m the one who save him when he died, I’m the one who made sure he could get his life back. And what about you ? You just let him stay in this godforsaken apartment of yours and that’s it? ”

Her words cut through the air, each one fueled by the frustration she had been holding in.

“How dare you!” Yuki tightened the grip on Lucy’s neck. “I love him more than anyone! ”

Lucy shot back with a sneer. “You can keep pretending to be someone you’re not, but we all know the truth. All you have is that stupid obsession of yours. Calling that love is pathetic”

“You…” Yuki gritted her teeth, her fists clenching in frustration.

It wasn’t just the harsh words that angered her, but the truth behind them. She was angry with herself for not knowing what to do to save him

Her body turned more translucent, flickering in and out of existence, as her emotions became too much to handle.

Just as this was happening, Lucy’s eyes widened after seeing Yuki’s ethereal form.

‘Maybe it’s not his body that has the problem?’