Volume 1 The New Guest in the City Chapter 5 The Past That Can't Look Straight Through
The wandering wind brings unspeakable sorrow, and the wandering people feel the gradually cold sun.
The deserted street, desolate accompanied by sadness, slowly crosses. Walking through the streets, walking through the alleys, walking through dilapidated buildings, walking past the big trees that have witnessed history.
At the tree, they stopped, silently staring at the boy on the ground.
He was a homeless man, and a few minutes ago, he was so hungry that he had broken his hand and foot stealing a bun. Before leaving, the owner of the steamed bun shop threw the dirty buns on the ground to the wild dogs.
The boy wept, curled up in pain, and was almost a shell of tears in the indifferent world.
"Does it hurt?"
A voice as soft and warm as cotton wool reached the boy's ears, and the boy opened his teary eyes, his trembling lips and not uttering a word.
"Don't be afraid, it won't hurt in a minute. β
The girl in front of the boy bent down, her long snow-white hair falling from her shoulders.
Listening to the girl's warm and soft voice, there seemed to be a magical power, so that the boy gradually did not feel pain anymore.
The boy tentatively moved his hands and feet, and was suddenly stunnedβhis hands and feet, which had just been badly deformed, had actually returned to their original state.
"Is this ......," the boy struggled to make a weak voice, "did you do it?"
The girl smiled, put her left index finger to her lips, and gently shushed. And it was this action that made the boy discover something that he cared about.
On the girl's left wrist, there were several knife wounds, one of which was bleeding.
Realizing that she had accidentally let the boy see her wounds, the girl quickly put her arms behind her back and smiled a little awkwardly.
"Little sister...... You're hurt......"
The boy took a step forward, but the girl stepped back.
"It's okay...... It will be fine soon. Estimating that the time was up, the girl looked at her arm and smiled warmly again, "Now, it's all right." β
The boy craned his neck to look over, and there was no scar or blem on the girl's white arm except for a little blood.
"Huh...... Really...... How did you do that?"
"It's a secret. β
The breeze brushed the girl's cheeks, gently tugging at her long snow-white hair. The indifferent city, pain and memories are constantly in people's minds, making them involuntarily recount their good past.
The girl gave the boy two buns, and looked at him gobbling up, and sighed silently: "Alas...... Are you a homeless too? But it's good that you're a 'brunette'. β
"Hmm, young lady...... Eh...... I didn't pay much attention to it just now, the young lady is a 'white-haired person', why?" The boy scratched his head, "I heard that only bad people become 'white-haired people', young lady is so good...... You...... You shouldn't have ...... Hurt me......"
The girl's eyes widened, she didn't agree with the statement that "white-haired people" are all bad people, so she gave a firm answer:
"I'm definitely not a bad person!"
At the moment when her words fell, the world seemed to turn strangely dark red, and gradually eclipsed.
The girl looked up at the sky, and the white clouds turned into dark clouds, turning into a huge whirlpool above her head. It seems to attract people's souls, gray, spectacular, and terrifying.
Then, in the midst of these whirlpools, there seemed to be countless broken buildings and countless dry hands, which was terrifying.
When he looked at the boy again, the boy's face showed a strange look, and he said in a slightly frightened tone.
"If the young lady is not a bad person...... Why?"
Those few simple words seemed to form rows of sharp blades, piercing through every blockade in the girl's heart and going straight into the depths.
"What...... What do you do?" the girl asked knowingly.
"Why did you ruin it?"
"What ......"
"We still have hope to live...... We are homesick...... Why are you doing this?"
"I didn't...... No...... I...... I'm sorry...... I ......" the girl stepped back, staggering, she sat on the ground with a frightened face, "I really didn't mean to...... I...... Leave me alone...... Please......"
In the dusty corner of the wall, Nangong Yu suddenly opened her eyes, and before she could react, the sound of the siren in her ears immediately touched her nerves.
She is now in an alley, outside with sirens because the city's guards arrived and caught a child abuser murderer.
It is worth mentioning that this murderer is the murderer who killed the girl that Boss Wu once let go with confidence.
"Dream ...... Is it ...... It seems to be the price ......"
"I'm sorry Xiaoyu, you're a little unstable right now, and I've tried my best to stop it. β
"It's okay, now I need to face it. You don't have to stop it, it's hard for you. β
Nangong Yu seemed to be talking to herself, looking like a witch talking to an unknown will. With that, she stood up and peeked at the police car to make sure that the murderer had been caught and brought into the police car before turning to leave.
There was a case in the city of Black Lake.
The illegal assemblies and demonstrations of the "white-haired people" have paralyzed traffic in many places and pose a great physical threat to people.
During the daylight on this day, some "white-haired people" even injured the citizens who resisted.
This incident caused controversy, and the conference room in the center of Black Lake City immediately held a meeting at night to discuss the issue of the disposal of the "white-haired man".
After a long discussion, they finally couldn't agree on an answer as usual.
For a moment, the entire conference room fell silent. And in the meantime, a councillor took the opportunity to announce a big news for them.
"If you don't mind, I would like to take advantage of this meeting to make an important announcement to you. β
As soon as the councillor's words fell, the people stopped thinking and looked at him in unison. He glanced at the mayor and made sure that the mayor had allowed him to post the news, so he unfolded the folder in his hand and handed out some photos to everyone.
"Do you remember the natural disaster in Guardian City a year ago?" the councilor continued, taking advantage of the photo to be posted.
Many people looked at each other, not looking very clear about what he was trying to say, only the mayor held his chin and whispered, "Do you mean the meteorite attack that was said to be a man-made disaster?"
A year ago, there was a natural disaster in the city of Weidu.
According to eyewitnesses, the natural disaster was caused by a meteorite swarm, but it was immediately rejected. After all, according to the post-mortem site survey, no signs of a meteorite attack were found in that city.
It was daytime, and several adventurers from Guardian City inadvertently discovered the anomaly of Guardian City in the wild, and they were the only witnesses.
They said that on that day, the city of Weidun was shrouded in dark clouds, and almost a hundred miles of clouds were attracted to it, as if there was a huge invisible vortex there.
And in this whirlpool, meteorites fall from the clouds from time to time, and buildings are immediately torn to pieces, rising into the sky and being swallowed in the clouds......
Because what they said was so magical, and they didn't have cameras or anything like that, they couldn't have any way of producing evidence, and all this was speculated by countless people.
Is it a mere meteorite attack, a new weapon of disaster, or is it some supernatural force at work?
These things are still a mystery, even if those witnesses have been telling everyone that it was really an evil disaster, and definitely not as simple as an ordinary meteorite swarm attack.
Due to the lack of material to be studied, there was no progress in this event during the year, and finally it slowly settled.
It wasn't until some time ago that they made a new discovery.
Near the ruins of Guardian City, a field photography team accidentally passed by, and when they saw this chilling ruin, they decided to go in and have a look. And it was this act that they happened to find a cell phone in the hands of a hidden corpse.
Out of curiosity and speculation, they thought that the man must have been shooting something with his phone before his death, so they asked the technician to export the contents of the phone to the computer.
It's better not to touch personal things, because there are so many indescribable things in these storage files.
They laughed, some covered their faces, some turned their backs...... Suddenly, the laughter came to an abrupt halt as they found something they feared - a photo of the scene of a natural disaster in Guardian City.
Looking at the outrageous scenery, fear seemed to crawl out of the gray ruins, grabbing the back of their necks with a gentle and eerie force.
Even if they didn't see the scene with their own eyes, they could really empathize with the people at that time.
That kind of fear that he can't forget for a lifetime seems to go deep into the depths of people's hearts, find out what he is most afraid of, and then pull it out and echo in people's minds forever.
Surprised, the technician operating the computer was shaking the mouse, and everyone looked at the dangling cursor and noticed that in an inconspicuous place, a white figure was standing on the frame of a broken high-rise building.
For some reason, they had the feeling that this white figure was a grim reaper, "welcoming" them with a strange look.
At that moment, one person immediately rushed to close the laptop, and then, they decided to go back to the city early in the dark and tell everyone about it.
On the way back, they had the feeling that a white figure had been following them through the trees......
Back in time, after saying these things, the councillor asked everyone to look at the photo in their hands, and then said the main topic:
"The media found a person who we were very concerned about, and that was the white figure in this photo. β
For a while, there was a lot of discussion in the conference room, some people didn't notice the white figure in the photo, so they asked others to point it out, and some people smiled coldly and scoffed.
After all, white-haired people are everywhere, and you can't just catch one and say that it's the murderer.
"Okay, then, I'll show you this, and you'll understand. The congressman pulled out a USB stick, "This is the confession of the child abuser who was caught today." β
The councillor said that he would turn on the projector, then plug in the USB flash drive and play a video. When the slightly crazy man's voice sounded, the audience fell silent......
In the middle of the night, the city of Black Lake gradually quieted down, and the loneliness filled the city again.
Boss Wu returned home after closing the bookstore, and when he went upstairs with his tired eyes rubbing his tired eyes with one hand, he was suddenly startled by the white figure upstairs, patted his chest again to calm down, and looked at Nangong Yu who was smiling with his teeth.
"Didn't you get the key?"
"No. β
"So you're waiting until now?"
"Hey, hey......"
"Actually, you can come to me at the bookstore. β
Nangong Yu stepped aside and watched Boss Wu come up and open the door. I don't know if it's an illusion, she felt that Boss Wu hesitated when he came up, as if he was worried about something.
After washing up normally, Nangong Yu returned to the room and was stunned as usual.
"He's not already found out. β
"Don't say that, make yourself scared. β
Just as Nangong Yu was talking to himself, Boss Wu gently knocked on the door panel and opened the door. I don't know if it's an illusion, Boss Wu felt that there was a black shadow behind Nangong Yu and shrunk into Nangong Yu's shadow the moment he cast his gaze.
"Kid, can you answer me a few questions?" said Boss Wu softly.
The gentle tone is like a thorn ball wrapped in soft cotton, which looks very gentle, but when you accept it, you will be hurt by it unexpectedly.
Nangong Yu lowered his head and nodded silently.
"Kid...... Do you know the 'Watchman'?" Boss Wu hesitated for a moment, looking like he had changed his mind and was going to turn around and talk to her.
When that word came out of Boss Wu's mouth, Nangong Yu's eyelids jumped uncontrollably, although the whole person still shrunk into a ball and did not move, but the small movement of her eyelids had betrayed her.
"I ......" Nangong Yu couldn't speak clearly, and finally closed his mouth.
"It's okay, I'm not going to hurt you, really. β
I don't know if Nangong Yu listened to it, but I saw her nodding, and Boss Wu continued to ask.
"Do you know a 'watchman'? β
This time, Nangong Yu didn't make any movement, and it seemed that Boss Wu's guess was wrong. Seeing this reaction, Boss Wu seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and dispelled any thoughts.
"Okay, then, have you seen it...... Natural disaster ...... in Weidun City"
In an instant, Nangong Yu couldn't hold his breath anymore, raised his head as if he had exploded, and gasped in horror. Pleading was written all over her face, and she obviously didn't want Boss Wu to continue talking.
Then she looked at the closed door, moving her body as if she wanted to leave that way.
This reaction is really caring, whether it is out of vigilance or concern for her, she must not be allowed to run out like this with such excitement at this time.
So, Boss Wu chose to reflexively lock the door.
"Son, calm down, don't be afraid, I don't have any hostility. Boss Wu turned back as he spoke, looking at Nangong Yu with a firm expression.
"No...... Please...... Let me leave...... I don't want to...... I don't want to hurt you...... Please let me go......"
Nangong Yu shook his head, trembling his body, and looked very frightened. And behind her trembling figure, in that shadow, Boss Wu found that there seemed to be a terrifying thing, staring at him without knowing it......