Chapter 256: Friend or Foe
"Yan'er!" Jin Hotaru suddenly stopped, turned to face the rain woods, and called Yan'er back loudly, Yan'er flew over and landed on his shoulder, spreading her wings and looking at a place with Jin Ying at the thickest fog, and the fog around her seemed to be gathering there, forming a thick milky white mist.
"Manjin Moss, I'm so hard to find you, so you're here!" A voice full of resentment came from the fog, and finally turned into a deep sigh, "Liu Mingkai's debt, you should pay it back......"
Jin Hotaru stared warily at the strange mist, waiting for the other party to come forward without saying a word.
"In a week's time, let's fight to the death here!" the other party didn't say much, and directly issued a battle letter.
"Don't run if you have a kind! If you have the ability, start fighting now!" Yan'er rushed over without waiting for Jin Ying's answer, the mist was dispersed by the flames rising above it, and it only had time to see a few white tails flick in the fog, and then disappeared in the blink of an eye, "Coward, come back to me!"
"It's a pity that he ran away, and I thought the snack was gone. Yan'er flew back in disappointment and shouted angrily for a while, but it was useless, because the other party had already left, and Jin Ying frowned at the place where the unknown object had disappeared.
"What? Someone dares to duel with you? You don't take Yan'er too seriously, right?" Ji Ao leaned on the fuchsia cartoon mushroom sofa that Li Yao had just bought, lazily commenting on the news of the golden firefly duel.
"That's right, who doesn't know what to do, and he doesn't take me seriously!" Yan'er rushed over to grab the sofa with Ji Ao murderously, "Hotaru, I'll duel for you in a week, let him know how good I am......!"
"People are looking for Jin Ying!" Ji Ao reminded Jin Ying while fighting with Yan'er, "Hey, little villain, you have a small ass, sit on the small sofa next to you, let me give me the big sofa!"
Yan'er flapped her wings at Ji Ao: "It's all the same, it's all the same, father and son soldiers, haven't you heard of death?" Challenging Hotaru is challenging me, and if I win, Hotaru wins, it makes no difference, Hotaru, right?"
Jin Ying also agreed with its remarks, he and Yan'er have always been inseparable in battle, whether it is one of them or two at the same time, they are all together anyway.
Ji Ao picked up a string of big grapes on the coffee table, opened his mouth wide and swallowed them all in one gulp, chewed a few times, and then "plopped" at the trash can not far away to spit out the seeds and raisin skins, and asked vaguely: "Which one came to the door this time? What happened to the people?
Jin Ying and Yan'er looked at each other and shook their heads together: "I didn't see it clearly." ”
As soon as she finished speaking, she slipped away...... By the way, listening to the voice, it should be a woman, I see a lot of big tails......" Yan'er grabbed her chin, and after speaking, she didn't care if it was Zhang Lei's class time, so she flew out of the window and went straight to school, "It's quite similar to a fox's tail, I'll ask him if his fake father is here again." ”
"Big tail?Zhang Lei's relative?" Ji Ao sat up from the sofa and looked at Jin Ying with wide eyes, "Nine-tailed fox?"
Jin Hotaru shook her head: "I don't know. ”
"When you come to my territory, you dare not say hello to me, you don't take me seriously......" Ji Ao stood up angrily, and hurriedly walked through the wall without even eating the food cooked by Li Yao.
When Li Yao, who had been busy in the kitchen, came out with the food, she was surprised to find that Jin Ying was the only one in the living room, and Yan'er and Ji Ao, who were usually waiting at the dining table with their mouths open, were gone: "They went to fight again? Why didn't they fight at home this time?"
"They didn't fight. ”
"Then why don't you come to eat?" Li Yao looked around, Yan'er and Ji Ao were not in the house.
"Yan'er went to find Zhang Lei, and Ji Ao probably went to find the nine-tailed fox. ”
"Nine-tailed fox?
"No, they're coming to me for a duel. ”
"Bang!" Li Yao's dish fell to the ground, and she stammered, "What, what? You're going to fight a duel with a nine-tailed fox? That's so unfair! That's nine, a nine-tailed fox!"
Jin Ying thought for a while: "Anyway, it's going to be a duel, it's all the same." ”
"No, I'm going to talk to Lu Qing. Li Yao threw away her apron in despair and hurried out, leaving Jin Ying sitting on a chair in front of the window and falling into memory.
"Hi there. ”
"Hello. ”
"My name is Yoo Myung-kai......"
"First ......"
"Liu Mingkai. ”
"It was just a joke, why are you so nervous. ”
He said his name was Liu Mingkai...... "Jin Hotaru remembers knowing such a monster when he was in the mountains and forests.
That was hundreds of years ago, and now he remembers it very vaguely, and he only vaguely remembers that the other party's smile was very bright.
After the fierce battle, the jungle returned to calm. He got up from the pile of fallen corpses, cleaned up the corpses on the ground, and handed him the little Vermilion on his shoulder, which was only the size of a pigeon, and now it was very tired, and it took a few bites and swallowed it, and lay down in the crook of its arm, and fell into a deep sleep.
These foods are enough for Suzaku to eat for a few days, right? There are not many opportunities to get so much food at one time, and it is still a great risk, so the vine moss carefully gathers them.
In the next few days, because Suzaku is still a cub, it is likely that he will not be able to fight for the time being, so he wants to find a hidden place to hide until Suzaku has eaten and slept enough to recover his strength.
Suddenly, a figure swooped down from behind the bushes like lightning, and the target was the Vermilion Bird on the shoulder of the manjin moss. The manjin moss had long been accustomed to dealing with such an "accident", and before the other party could contact him, it had already turned into a dense mass of fireflies and scattered, and the Vermilion Bird on his shoulder woke up from his dream, and immediately rose into the air, glaring at the other party viciously, flapping his wings alertly, ready to give the other party a headache.
Manjin Moss knew that Little Suzaku actually didn't have much strength anymore, but they had to support it to kill this opponent, and judging from the opponent's attack speed, Manjin Moss knew that he couldn't defeat him on his own.
The other party only fended off Suzaku's two flame attacks, then suddenly stopped and greeted them with a smile: "Hi, hello. ”
"Hello ......" the repetition of the manjin moss, the language is still very laborious for him, unlike the clever and clever Suzaku, as long as he listens to other monsters once, he can say all the chatter.
"My name is Liu Mingkai, what about you?" the other party raised his arms in surrender, indicating that he was not the slightest threat.
The word "name ......" was very foreign to the man, as no one had ever told him his name, and no one had ever asked for his name.
"My name is Liu Mingkai. ”
"Liu Mingkai?" Suzaku remained vigilant, staring at the other party.
"It was just a joke, why are you so nervous!"
"I just saw that there are Suzaku here, just a moment of curiosity, you see, I really have no malicious intentions. I just arrived here, I have no relatives here, and seeing each other is fate, how about we make friends?"
"Friend......" Amaguinmo repeated the unfamiliar word, though he didn't quite understand what it meant.
"yes, make a friend. Liu Mingkai took a step forward and stretched out his hand to the manjin moss with a smile.
Having gathered enough food and not wanting to fight again, the man quickly retreated with Suzaku and soon disappeared into the bushes.
Liu Mingkai looked at their departing backs, and there was always a smile on the corner of his mouth: "I really didn't expect that there would be a Vermilion Bird in the human world...... It's the right time to come ......"
The mangrove took the little Suzaku to hide in the depths of the swamp for four days, until the food collected was almost eaten by the Suzaku before they came out.
The swamp is a great hiding place. It was cold and damp, with a strange smell, and no youkai wanted to come here, so there were no surprises these days.
The little Suzaku recovered quickly, and after his body recovered, his appetite was also stimulated, and as soon as he stepped out of the swamp and stepped on the ground, he clamored for food. The vine moss cautiously walked along the edge of the swamp, hoping to meet the animals that came here to drink.
"Hi guys, meet again. Liu Mingkai's happy voice came from afar, "Do you want to have breakfast together?"
Manjin Moss stopped, he couldn't remember who the talking monster was, and the Suzaku on his shoulder stared at each other vigilantly.
"I caught a mountain leopard today," Liu Mingkai pointed to the squeaky prey on the fire, "do you want to taste it?"
It's rare to see such a big animal in this mountain forest, so Suzaku doesn't dare to be picky lately, and there are really not many opportunities to catch this delicious food, and its stomach is growling so that it immediately widens its eyes.
Liu Mingkai took a few steps back, keeping a distance from the pig he had roasted for a long time, Suzaku's gaze darted back and forth between him and the roasted mountain leopard, and finally couldn't help but pounce on it, holding the food in the fire and nibbling on it.
Liu Mingkai saw that the manjin moss was still standing in place and staring at him, so he made a gesture of invitation to him: "You're welcome, friend, you can eat it, I can't eat a whole leopard myself." ”
The vine shook his head without saying a word. He doesn't need to eat, and there have been many instances of youkai sneaking up on Suzaku while he is eating, so whenever Suzaku eats, he is fully focused on guarding against all movements around him. When he saw Liu Mingkai walking forward, he immediately raised his hand to stop the other party.
Liu Mingkai pointed to the Suzaku who was munching on food: "I haven't eaten it yet, it can't finish it by itself." ”
Man Jin Mo looked at the other party expressionlessly, his eyes were obviously warning, if Liu Mingkai walked forward again, he would not hesitate to make a move.
"I caught that prey. Liu Mingkai looked at the less and less food, swallowed his saliva, and declared unwillingly.
He never cared about the ownership of the food, his purpose was just to keep the Suzaku full. So Liu Mingkai could only watch as the mountain leopard that he spent a morning and drove dozens of miles to catch it, and the fragrant roasted mountain leopard quickly disappeared in the petite body of the Vermilion Bird, and finally only a skeleton remained.
"It's full. After eating so many things, the Suzaku whose body shape still hasn't changed, patted his stomach and burped after speaking, the vine gold moss floated away with it, leaving only Liu Mingkai's bones.
Liu Mingkai looked at their inseparable and dashing backs, and shook his head helplessly.
The next morning, Liu Mingkai's voice sounded again beside the vine and the red bird: "Do you want to have breakfast together? I caught a rhinoceros today." ”
With yesterday's experience, Suzaku didn't even look at Liu Mingkai this time, so he couldn't wait to pounce on it, hugged the rhinoceros and gnawed it. During Suzaku's meal, the manjin moss still stood aside as a guard, using a vigilant posture to prevent Liu Mingkai from approaching.