Chapter 416: Labyrinth
On the more remote highway, a private car is driving southeast at a normal speed, and the sides of the road sometimes skim over farmland and sometimes over fruit forests, but the background of the sky is always relatively low, and the visual altitude does not exceed 500 meters.
Early in the morning, there are farmers and women working in the fields and fruit groves, operating agricultural machinery to sow seeds, harvest, or prune and pick fruits, they are busy with their own business, and they do not care about this ordinary private car.
There were two young women sitting in the car, the one sitting in the passenger seat was dressed more avant-garde, and there were shiny eye studs on his ears, and the other person in charge of driving seemed to be wearing a black suit, and the top seemed to be a high neck, even the neck was covered, only the head was exposed, if a farmer glanced at them, he would definitely scold the black-clothed driver in his heart for being sick, in the summer, they got up early to do farm work in order to be cool, why did this black-clothed driver still cover so tightly? Isn't this a waste of the air conditioning in the car?
"I'm sorry, Yuna. Zhao Man in the passenger seat said in a low voice.
"Why apologize?" No. 15, who was the driver, gave her a quick look with those big, attentive eyes.
"If it weren't for the fact that I was restrained as soon as I came up, you wouldn't have to show your hole cards in front of those people......" Zhao Man bit his lip and said regretfully: "I'm so useless, I can't even drive the car, which disappoints you." ”
Zhao Man pulled No. 15 through the space, and after disappearing from Jiang Chanji and them, he left the community on foot, and then entered a bus to the outskirts of the city in such a state, and sat until the terminal, they got out of the car, entered the cubicle of the public toilet and got out of Zhao Man's stealth state, and then rented a car and drove all the way here.
Zhao Man was depressed and sleepy, he basically didn't talk much on the road, and shrunk on the co-pilot and took a nap until now after dawn. She recalled the short battle process last night, she was pinned down by the enemy like an idiot, she couldn't help anything, and finally wanted to save face, but she was restrained the second time, if the first time was an accident and the enemy's shameless sneak attack, then the second time really can't find a reason, can only say that the skills are not as good as people.
The most important thing is that she watched from the wall and found that the enemy was surprised by No. 15's ability, proving that they did not know No. 15's ability before, and No. 15 revealed his ability in order to save her, and if they met again in the future, she was worried that the enemy would be prepared, and No. 15 would not be able to take advantage, and might even be defeated and injured...... In the final analysis, she was so useless that she couldn't even drive when she left, and she couldn't help with letting No. 15 drive alone all night.
"So you're just sullen because of this?" No. 15 said in a relaxed tone as if he didn't care at all: "First of all, they didn't expect to meet me there - of course I didn't expect to meet them, especially No. 22, who caught me out of the way, so even if I didn't use my ability on the spot, when they went back and asked their superiors, the superiors would definitely tell them in detail, and I couldn't hide it if I wanted to." ”
"Secondly, the superiors only know my ability, but even if it is the same ability, it can be used in different forms, and the use is wonderful, and they think that my ability can only be used in face-to-face combat, but they don't know that I have developed a new way to use it, and I have more hole cards that have not been revealed. "Number 15 is confident.
Hearing what No. 15 said, Zhao Man finally felt a little more comfortable.
"But...... Do you still have feelings for your past colleagues? Why not...... Just kill them, if it's you, you should be able to do it, right? so they can't harass us anymore. Zhao Man carefully peeked at No. 15's face, for fear that he would say something wrong and annoy No. 15.
"Affection...... It's unrealistic to say that there is no at all, but in general, the feelings between colleagues are relatively weak, and I don't kill them because it's unnecessary, I don't know if you noticed, not all of those people are my colleagues, and there are three members of the Momiji Academy that I mentioned to you before, if I kill them, I'm afraid that the Momiji Academy, which is only secretly supporting the royalists, will have a reason to end up in person. ”
In order to distinguish between them, No. 15 called the part of the ninja academy that supported the sect leader as the royalist faction, and called himself and his like-minded companions the anti-emperor faction, Zhao Man had long been accustomed to her statement.
"Those three people...... It doesn't look very strong either. Zhao Man said against his will, after all, one of the three people who was not very strong restrained her twice.
"They're still very strong, and it's not because I'm much better than them that I'm able to defeat them, it's just that my ability is just right to restrain them...... Besides, last night was not a fight of life and death, the tall girl was very wise to back down, otherwise it is not known who will die, because I have hole cards, they may not have no hole cards, and it is not good for both sides to continue to play, never underestimate the strength of the enemy. No. 15 calmly and objectively analyzed.
"Yuna, you're being humble again, you're obviously much stronger than them, beating them is like beating a child!" Yuna was not convinced, in her heart, No. 15 was the most powerful, even the ninja sect master could control it, not to mention the shrimp soldiers and crab generals under the sect master.
"It's not modesty, there are people outside the world, there are heavens outside the sky, maybe one day I will meet someone who has the ability to restrain me, and then I will be the one who will be defeated. Number 15 smiled.
"Hmph, if there really is such a person, I will be responsible for dealing with her!" Zhao Man clenched his fists, "I will never let Yuna get hurt!"
"Okay, then please. No. 15 nodded, "As for the little things like driving, don't worry about it, everyone is good at and not good at, no one is born to drive, I also learned it in the ninja training camp, if you want to learn it, you will have a chance in the future." ”
"Yuna, you're really good at comforting people. Zhao Man's mood turned from cloudy to sunny, like a dawn gradually emerging from the east.
"Nothing, just tell the truth. ”
As they talked, the farmland and orchards on both sides of the road disappeared, and No. 15 drove off the main road and onto a service road with fewer pedestrians.
The terrain gradually extends downward, and in front of it is a depression of small size, not far from the sea, a cut shorter than the surrounding terrain, probably a bay in ancient times, rising with the movement of land-making, and the average elevation is even below sea level.
Warm air from the interior meets cold air from the ocean, making the depression foggy all day long, sometimes light fog and sometimes a thick fog where no one can be seen just a few steps away.
The biggest feature of this depression is the karst landform, which is full of stone pillars, stalagmites, stones, and rocks formed by carbonate rocks, and the nearest villages and towns from here once wanted to develop this depression into a tourist attraction, but the karst landform here is relatively monotonous, and there is no beauty at all, so it was abandoned after surveying.
Because there is always fog and the terrain is the same, there have been children who have come here to play in the past, but they can't get out and starve to death here, so the nearby villagers are strictly forbidden to their children to come here, once they are caught, they will be beaten by a stink.
The private car drove straight into the foggy depression.
Zhao Man noticed that No. 15 was a little uneasy, and his eyes swept around in front of the car, because No. 15's eyes were very large, so he could see it very obviously.
"Yuna, are you worried that the sect master will take the opportunity to run away?" she guessed the idea of number 15.
"I do have this worry, which is why I don't want to fight those people to the death. Number 15 readily admitted.
"I'm sorry......" Zhao Man's mood was low again, "It's all my fault for being willful, I have to take revenge on that man, and I have to drag you with me to ......"
"It's okay, I think it's just one night, and the sect master probably won't notice the loophole, after all, she has been trapped here for so long, she is already physically and mentally exhausted, and in order to save her physical strength, she has already greatly reduced her meaningless attempts. Number 15 reassured.
There was no road ahead, and the 15th stopped the car, "So, I don't think she can escape." ”
As soon as the sound of the engine disappeared, they in the car heard the familiar snapping of their fingers echoing in the depression, but No. 15's hands were still on the steering wheel, who was snapping his fingers?
No one is snapping their fingers, the snapping of their fingers is a recording.
In front of it are a few simple houses, when they first considered setting this as a scenic spot, they were built in the process of pre-project investigation, and later the eunuchs of the scenic area were left here, and they were not demolished.
The snapping of fingers came from one of the rooms...... But not exactly, because the snapping of fingers actually came from several different directions, indicating that the sound was coming from more than one source, as if it were coming from all directions, and this house was just one of them.
No. 15 called this place the Bagua Maze Array, and the sect master was trapped here by her snapping fingers.
Her snapping fingers can not only affect the body's perception of her own movements and postures, causing others to make movements that they think are correct but deviate greatly, but also affect the body's sense of direction.
It's easy to get lost in this foggy, terrain-like depression, but if an experienced and calm adult sees one direction, it won't be a problem to get out, after all, the area of the depression itself is not too large, but if it is disturbed by her snapping fingers, and at the same time loses her sense of direction and balance, it becomes the most terrifying maze.
Other environments such as deserts, Gobi, forests, and oceans, which were already easy to get lost, were also suitable for her to exert her abilities, but depressions like this were obviously the most perfect, and only such a perfect labyrinth could trap the sect master.
These days, she is like an eagle, day and night to make her snap fingers echo in the depression.
At the beginning, the sect master was aware of the plan, and he would definitely try his best to try to get out of the labyrinth, so her snapping fingers could not be broken, and during that time, she was not only boiling the sect master, but also boiling herself, which was a huge torture for the spirit and will of the two of them.
Later, the sect master found it difficult to escape from this labyrinth, and in order to save physical strength, the number and frequency of reckless attempts began to decrease, and more was about thinking, thinking and then trying, of course, it still didn't work.
During this period, the 15th had a chance to breathe. She arranged a speaker in the depression in advance that could be turned on remotely, and when she needed to rest, she replaced herself with the pre-recorded snapping of her fingers.
Of course, the finger snapping sound in the recording does not actually have the ability, it cannot interfere with other people's vestibules like her real finger snapping, let alone produce a mystery effect, and if the sound source is fixed, it may be detected by the sect master, so she arranged 8864 sound sources all over the depression, programmed these 64 sound sources, and made one of them sound randomly.
Because the people trapped in the maze have lost their sense of direction, her snapping fingers sound erratic to them, sometimes in front, sometimes in the back, sometimes on the left, sometimes on the right, like a living creature, and when these sixty-four sound sources are turned on, this effect can be simulated very approximately, so that the person trapped in the maze does not realize that what he hears is a false snap finger, and at this time he can actually get out of the maze.
Maybe the suzerain didn't notice it for a long time, but with the suzerain's mind, it's impossible to say that he didn't notice it all the time, because in any case, the 15th can't snap his fingers 24 hours a day and have to rest, right? As long as it's a human being, it's impossible not to rest.
However, even if there is a difference, it is difficult for the sect master to distinguish when it is a real snap of the fingers and when it is a false snap of the fingers, because the 15th is always interspersed alternately, nine true and one false, eight true and two false, seven true and three false, and in the 24 hours of finger snapping every day, there are at least 18 hours or more of the true, and the remaining hours are the time for eating and resting on the 15th.
Long-term ninja training allows them to sleep quickly, briefly and efficiently, and wake up full of energy, while ordinary people lie in bed for eight hours a day, excluding the time of swiping their mobile phones, tossing and turning insomnia, applauding for love, and light sleep, the real effective sleep time may be only three or four hours, and they still feel that they haven't slept enough every day.
The sect master couldn't find a flaw, in order to save physical strength, the frequency of attempts became lower and lower, and recently it was no more than three times a day, that is, because of this, No. 15 felt that it was not a big problem to leave for one night, and promised to go home with Zhao Man to help her play tricks and take revenge on the man, but he didn't expect to meet Jiang Chanji who was waiting for the rabbit.
Therefore, on the surface, Jiang Chanji and they seem to have taken shit luck, but if you think about it deeply, Zhao Man chose to go home last night, although it was accidental, there was also a certain inevitability in the accident.
On the 15th, he walked into the simple house, took out the satellite phone and looked at it, there was no new information, and there were no missed calls, which showed that the sect master did not take advantage of last night to escape from the labyrinth, otherwise the companions lurking in the local area would definitely send a message, and the sect master would definitely contact the base camp as soon as possible after escaping.
From this, she judged that the sect master's physical strength had probably weakened to the extreme, but the emaciated camel was still bigger than the horse.
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