"What, are you finally scared?"

"Afraid?" Shadow Al deliberately showed a surprised expression, "Lao Tzu has never been afraid of anything, I just feel sorry for you." ”

"Rather than be taken over by you and turned into a puppet that is neither human nor ghostly, I would rather end my life sooner rather than later, so that you don't have to mutilate humans," Al gritted his teeth, "you bloodthirsty monster." ”

"What a set of righteous and awe-inspiring rhetoric. Shadow Al clapped his hands, but there was a fierceness in his blood-red eyes.

The next moment, a hot and fishy wind blew in his face, and before Al could react, a blood-red octopus tentacle suddenly wrapped around his body.

The tentacle was like a giant python in the rainforest, tightening as El breathed until the prey stopped breathing.

"Do you want to die together?

Familiar feelings returned to his mind, and extremely negative emotions were affecting Al's sanity, sadness, pain, madness, and loneliness multiplied in Al's body, almost squeezing his body.

One of Shadow Al's hands connected to the scarlet tentacle, and the other turned into a spike that floated in front of El.

"Waste! A man who is ready to die at every turn is just a coward who is strong on the outside," Shadow Al said expressionlessly, "I don't like your father either, but you're a far cry from that guy, stinky boy, you make me regret choosing you a little." ”

"That's right, I'm a coward, and since you've been lurking in my body, you should know how I've been here all these years! Do you know how much I want to be like a normal person? Do you know how much I want to run through the streets of Nack's small town without any scruples? Do you know how much I want to go to school?" Al's body gradually became numb, and he could feel his vital functions draining rapidly.

"I hate that man, he doesn't deserve to be my father, he abandoned my mother, I hate you even more, you demon, you are only a bully, murderous demon. ”

"That's enough!" Shadow Al scolded angrily, "Boy, do you want to die?

The mirrored turbidity of his feet surged, and the spikes that stayed in front of Al swept in with the stench of blood, directed at Al's heart.

"Come on, I'm not going to let you get away with it!"

Al puffed out his chest calmly, a true warrior would not leave his back to the enemy even if he died in battle.

A second before death fell, Al's mind conjured up a seabird soaring freely on the blue sea, perhaps the free sea could carry the weight of loneliness.

But the spike had just been inserted into Al's chest for less than a millimeter before it stopped. Was it the Shadow El who showed kindness to him? No.

Al opened his eyes, and in front of him was a golden chain that snaked and galloped in front of him, and it fell from the sky and locked the neck of Shadow Al, and the tentacles wrapped around Al suddenly returned to Shadow Al's body, and he was screaming frantically and gnawing at the chains with all his might in an attempt to rip it off.

"Ahh

Al dragged his somewhat "shriveled" body and crawled backwards as the shadow Al had completely broken through the shell, and he was constantly multiplying and growing like an oversized red slime.

"Dangchang, dangchang", two more chains directly shattered the sun and moon in the sky and swooped down, and the sharp spears of the chains stabbed into the body of Shadow Al, and after passing through his body, they were nailed to the ground.

"Ahh

That wasn't the end of it, two more chains shot out of the mirror, locking the shadow El.

The five chains held the Shadow El's body in place, and despite his desperate struggles and roars, it was in vain, and the brilliant unfamiliar words floated up and down the chains, making it seem divine.

"El, Lao Tzu must get your body!" Shadow El's voice returned to hysteria, "Sooner or later, Lao Tzu will break through this damn seal, what bullshit Holy Church, dare to stop Lao Tzu, and Lao Tzu will not let any of them go when the time comes!"

"Good luck then. Al gasped and didn't forget to reply.

Although Al didn't know why these chains were here, he could sense from Shadow Al's words that these chains must have some connection to the Holy Church, and besides, the strings of floating golden words Al was not unfamiliar, although he didn't know what they meant, he knew that those words were consistent with the words on his armband.

Five chains dragged Shadow El to a giant hourglass, giving him no respite, and the golden chains tied him firmly to it.

Without the consciousness of Shadow El, this fragile space began to become unstable, white rivers tumbling backwards, dead trees half alive and half withered and rotten, the wind from all sides screamed in their throats, and the stars turned into flaming meteorites and smashed to the ground.

"Big brother, what are you going to do?" Even the mirror beneath Al's feet began to become restless.

"It's over!"

As soon as Al tried to escape, the mirror under his feet turned into a dark lake almost instantly, and with a "plop", Al fell.

Caught off guard, he choked on a few mouthfuls of water, and Al desperately wanted to swim upstream, and for him with a fear of the deep sea, the most unacceptable way to die was to drown in the quiet deep sea.

But this strange lake did not give Al a chance, although Al was desperately swimming, his body was still slowly falling into the depths, as if this lake had no buoyancy, and the most terrifying thing was that the surface of the lake above Al was actually freezing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The feeling of suffocation grew stronger and stronger, and the air in his lungs was gradually emptied, and Al struggled helplessly, and finally after exhaling a string of bubbles, the unconscious Elren was carried by the water and sank towards the center of the lake.

The blackness in front of him grew deeper and deeper, and the lake water poured into his body.

"Professor Russell, hurry up!" Snow had just finished massaging Al's leg muscles when he turned around to see Professor Russell sitting at Al's bedside.

"You're holding down Brother El's breathing tube!"

"Ahh

"You're on Brother El again!" Snow exclaimed again.

"Oops, oops, sorry. A nervous Professor Russell stepped aside.

The faint and faint sound of chattering reached Al's ears little by little, and in addition to this, there was also the melodious call of birds, which Al knew was the call of a thrush that Al had lived outside the Green Valley Forest for many years.

After a few moments, the chatter died down, and Al could vaguely feel a small strong hand massaging his arm.

Al's body was so heavy that it was like he had "sleep paralysis", no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't exert his strength, he couldn't scream when he wanted to, he wanted to open his eyes or roll over and get up, but he couldn't move.

After a while, Al's eyes could finally barely open a slit, and the dazzling light poured in with a cool stream, and the corners of his mouth moved slightly, and after five days, Al could finally speak.

"Where am I?"

Al's voice was faint, but it was still heard by Snow, who was busy on the side.

"Brother Al, Brother El!" Snow hurriedly leaned over, "Are you talking?"

"Is that Snow?" Al barely managed to squeeze out a smile, "Am I still alive?"

"It's me, it's me!" Snow clutched Al's wrist tightly, "Brother Al, you're still alive, this is the school hospital, you look at the pot of hyacinths on the windowsill, are you familiar with it?"

The screen window was ajar, the fragrant breeze entered the house, and the small pink flowers were delicate in the sun, but he did not expect to return to the same place a few days later.

"Is Minister Anglo alright?" the sudden explosion was still etched in Al's mind, "And Andrei, how is he?"

"Brother Al, don't worry, they're all fine, they've recovered the first two days," Snow said, "you've been in a coma for five days." ”

A strange aroma poured into his brain from his nasal cavity, like the aroma of mint and osmanthus flowers, and the refreshing smell quickly sobered Al's confused consciousness.

"Snow, what's the smell in the room?"

"Hmm, Brother El, do you mean this?" Snow took a small incense burner with a strange shape, and the green smoke rose gently, "This is sent by Senior Brother Li Shiyi of the B department, and there is a thing called sandalwood burning here, which is said to have a calming effect. ”

"Really?" Al's voice was still weak.

"Oops, I forgot to call the doctor!" Snow patted his little head, "Brother Al, you wait for me, I'll be back right away." ”

"Snow, wait," Al grabbed the corner of Snow's coat and didn't let him go, "I have something to ask you." ”

"What's the matter?"

Al hesitated for a moment, then said slowly.

"What about the casualties in the Research Center of the Ministry of Armed Forces, those from the 'Cyborg Research Group', they are all okay..."Al's voice grew lower.

"Elgo, this matter," Snow said, slurring, "I don't know. ”

"Snow, be honest with me. ”

"Hmm... Those big brothers seem to have been sacrificed..."Snow lowered his head a little sadly, "Vice Principal Douglas has also been temporarily removed because of this incident..."

"Snow, what you said is true?!" Al couldn't believe his ears, and he held himself up with one arm.

"Hmm. ”

"Plop. Al slammed back onto the bed.

These days, the figure of the group of people who fought until the early hours of the morning for the research of "steel bones" flashed in his memories, and in the silent late night, those young people fought until dawn for the love in their hearts.

"Brother El, if the 'Steel Bone' research is successful, don't forget to invite everyone to dinner!"

"Yes, yes, you have to have enough money in your pocket, we don't have that much to deal with. ”

"You two are going to bully newcomers, Al, don't listen to them, come, I'll tell you about the dos and don'ts of using 'Steel Bone'. ”

"Boss, this hasn't been developed yet, you're so anxious, hahaha. ”

"Cut, with the Anglo Minister in charge, it's not easy to capture, and besides, we have a little brother who can use the Kick Hammer, right, Al. ”

"Hey, vulgar guys, we do scientific research purely for the sake of our hearts..."

Before the white figure could finish speaking, a group of people pounced.

"Oh, hey, don't pick my feet, hey, who, what are you touching my breasts! vulgar, vulgar..."

Familiar and friendly faces appeared in front of him, and slowly dissipated into wind and sand.

Al pulled out a pillow and put it over his head, and a low sobbing voice flew out of the house with the green smoke of sandalwood, to pay tribute to the heroic spirits who had forever fixed their lives beneath the earth.