Volume 1 Parasitic Species Spread Everywhere 06.Dark Tide Surging (2)
Tom Tom Tom β
Kiritha heard something banging on his window pane and glanced at the time.
It was 3:30 a.m.
He thought something had fallen and hit the window, but the sound kept ringing, so he had no choice but to get up from the bed and walk to the window, but there was nothing outside the window. He opened the window and looked out, and saw a strangely dressed man standing under a telephone pole over there.
The man was in his forties, wearing a large khaki hat and sunglasses, and he looked up with a smile on his face. He wears a beige coat with dark black trousers and large brown leather boots underneath.
Because of his height, he stood there with the illusion of filling the entire street.
Kiritha remembered that this was the person he had seen on the edge of the library a few hours ago.
The man grinned when he saw him.
- Is he smiling at me?
Although he thought it was weird, it happened in front of him, and he had to believe it.
Soon, Kiritha confirmed the idea in his heart.
The man beckoned at him and turned to exit the alley. Kiriba was surprised at the same time, and began to think about what he was going to do, he didn't want to pay attention to it, but after hesitating for a moment, he still planned to go out with him. He walked down the alley, the road was not long, but Kiriha felt that he was getting closer to the exit, and his heart became more and more nervous, and then he saw the tall figure under the telephone pole at the entrance of the alley.
The man saw Kiripa coming over with a satisfied smile on his face.
"Are you the one who knocked on my glass? Why did you do that?"
The paulownia who was still sleepy was a little angry.
"Sorry to disturb your dreams. Please let me introduce myself first, you can call me a bugger......"
"Please don't talk so long, I just want to go back to sleep now. β
Kiripa suppressed the unhappiness in his heart and said as politely as possible.
"Okay then, but I guess you'll be interested in what I'm going to say next. β
"Say it. β
The middle-aged self-proclaimed "insect master" talked to himself and made Kiriba feel a little headache.
"I suggest you listen to me, young man, be patient. β
Tong Ye didn't say anything more, turned around and walked back, Rao is his temper is not bad, and he also feels that the other party is entertaining him with nothing to do. But the man didn't seem to want to let him go. The man stood there and continued to speak to himself.
β...... The first thing I want to say happened on the afternoon of Saturday, October 19th, when you and the little girl, if you guessed correctly, should be the eldest lady of the Lu family, and you went to Beiqiao together. β
The other party's voice was not loud, but in the quiet alley, it could be heard clearly, especially in the ears of Kiritha, which was as deafening as thunder.
"You-"
He jerked back, a look of surprise on his face.
"I said, you'll be interested. β
An eerie smile appeared on the insect master's face. Kiriba always felt that the other party was bluffing, but he didn't go back, he planned to listen to what the other party wanted to say.
"When you arrived at the embankment, you alarmed the two children who lived there, and they quickly attacked you. However, soon the first 'child' was killed by the eldest lady neatly. However, that is not the key, the key is the second 'child'. β
The insect master paused, as if consciously trying to get Kiripa to digest the words.
"Kid?" Kiriha repeated in a low voice, suddenly shocked. "You said child...... It doesn't mean parasites, does it?"
"Don't you see newborn toddlers as 'children'?"
"Of course not, it's a demon, it's a monster!"
"Are they just babies because they're monsters?"
"This ......"
Kiriha was a little speechless.
"Speaking of the second 'child', it is smarter than the first, but, just when I thought you were going to die, I saw something unthinkable. β
"What ......"
Kiripa instinctively felt weak about this.
"I saw the red lotus-colored flames. β
Kiriba didn't expect the other party to reveal his secret in one word, and he couldn't help but be a little flustered
"What do you want to say?"
"I was surprised because I was sure there wasn't a fourth person around, but I wasn't immediately sure of my assumptions. After thinking about it, I decided to observe for a while, I remember that the little girl of the Lu family seemed to see me at that time, but you had already fainted at that time, and she was probably because she wanted to stay there to take care of you, so she didn't chase after me. β
Hearing this, Kiritha immediately understood why Juri didn't question his words in the slightest, but believed the reason for the lie. It turned out that it was Lu Ling who mistakenly took the man in front of him for "that flame warlock", and by coincidence, he accidentally got to this point.
"To test my guess, I've been staring at you. For example, I sent the horned 'child' on the path, but it was killed by the eldest lady who arrived quickly. I didn't stop there, and a few hours ago, the eight-eyed 'kid' proved to me that I was right. β
"Eight eyesβthe parasitic from last night!"
"Yes, that's the kid. β
"You let it attack me?"
Kiriba felt flustered and a hint of anger arose.
"Not bad. β
"You let the demons attack me just to prove your point?"
"So to speak. Although it is a pity, the eight-eyed child is indeed a good seedling, and I will still feel a little distressed if I was killed by you like this. But because of his death, I was able to determine that the firemancer who used the Red Lotus Flame in the North Bridge was you. β
Although Kiritha already knew what the other party was going to say, when he heard the other party's verdict, he still felt a chill slowly emerge from under his back.
"Why do you want to confirm this, even to the point of possibly killing me?"
"It doesn't make a difference to me whether I kill you or not. As for why you should be sure of this, you'll see in a moment. But what I didn't expect was that you were almost eaten by that kid as a snack. If you were eaten by that kid, maybe I'd have to bother to find the next person. But think about it, it is obviously not easy for a person who is surrounded by five members of the 'committee' at the same time, even if he repels the other party, Mr. Thirteen "Demon". β
The insect master grinned, revealing two rows of smoky, black, yellow teeth.
"What are you talking about? What Thirteenth "Demon"?"
The last inexplicable sentence made Kiritha frown.
"Are you going to continue pretending to be crazy and stupid?"
The insect master couldn't help but tease.
"I'm not pretending to be crazy. β
"I'm not the innocent and lovely eldest lady of the Lu family, don't think you can get by. β
"Then tell me what the thirteenth demon is. Is it the thirteenth demon?"
The insect master's face sank, and a gray smoke came out of his body, this smoke had an annoying feeling, and Kiritha instinctively felt shiver.
"I'll admit that you do pretend to be similar, but I don't have the time to play this game with you, so hurry up and confess who you really are, so we can save precious time. β
"What do you say my true identity?" the word made Kiritha feel a little more energetic. "So, do you know who I really am? Can you tell me if you can?"
The unpretentious blankness in Kiriha's eyes surprised the other party for a moment, but soon that surprise turned into a gloomy indifference.
"There is a limit to my patience. β
"I really don't know what Demon Number Thirteen is...... And, can you answer me first, whether you know my true identity or not, it's important to me. β
The insect master stared into Kiriha's eyes, and after thinking for a moment, he suddenly had a ridiculous conjecture.
"You're not going to tell me that you've lost your brain and lost your memory by those guys on the committee, right?"
Although he didn't know what the "committee" was (after all, Lu Ling hadn't talked about it), the amnesia reached Kiripha's heart, and he hesitated. Amnesia is his biggest secret, and if he admits it at this time, the other party will definitely take advantage of it and coerce him with information related to him, then he will be completely led away.
But if he denies it, then the insect master will still think that he is playing dumb, and this conversation will most likely go on endlessly, and maybe his life will be in danger. From just now, the insect master's body exuded a dangerous aura, and what Kiroba wanted to do most at this time was actually to stay away from the other party. If I admit to my amnesia, maybe this endless argument will end, and the content of the conversation should also develop in a different direction, instead of looking at each place to explain what I am talking about.
From now on, the only way to break the game is to "admit that you have amnesia", but ......
Kiriha was in a dilemma, he knew that this conversation, from the time the insect master found him, he was already destined to be at a disadvantage.
So, he simply admitted it.
"As you can see, I don't remember anything. β
Perhaps it was the previous hesitation that brought a hint of suspicion to the insect master.
"Do you think I'm going to believe you?"
"Believe it or not, I can't remember anything. Besides, there's no reason for me to mess around with you like this here, right?"
The insect master stared at Kiripa with a frown, and he had his own judgment.
"I really lost my memory......
He muttered, his expression uncertain for a moment.
"So, could you please tell me anything you might ...... about?"
Kiriba felt that the insect master knew about himself, and a trace of anticipation gradually arose in his heart, and he even trembled a little with excitement when he saw that he might get news about himself. He didn't realize that he was so out of shape, and he didn't even realize that he had to keep his secret at all times, and he didn't realize the consequences of exposing his biggest weakness, "amnesia".
The insect master suddenly laughed wildly.
"I actually have amnesia, hahahaha......"