(a)

The mountain path leading to the shrine is inaccessible and overgrown, and it seems that it will not take long to be completely swallowed up by the sea of trees on both sides, leaving not a trace of it. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoTwo girls are speeding down this dirt road one after the other, as if there is something urgent.

"Mei ...... Melly!" Usa shouted out of breath when he saw that Renzi was exhausted, bent over his knees, and held his knees.

"Melly, wait for me!"

However, Melly's pace did not slow down in the slightest, and her figure faded away, disappearing into the thick fog.

"Hey...... Melly!"

Lianzi sighed, stepped forward again, and followed.

This mountain road is not short, it is not long, and if you walk in a hurry, it will not take long to reach the top of the mountain. When Renko finally saw the torii gate of Joryi Shrine, Melly had been waiting there for a long time.

"Hah...... Ha ......" Renzi walked up to Merry's side, panting for breath, and asked, "You guy, when did your leg strength become so good?"

"Really?" said Melly, turning her head and whispering.

Even after walking so far, she still didn't blush or beat her heart, and she didn't even have a trace of expression, just standing at the bottom of the torii gate in a daze, like an ice sculpture.

Lianzi looked at her and suddenly felt that the person in front of her was very unfamiliar.

The Melly she knew, who was exhausted from climbing even seven or eight flights of stairs, was unimaginable to leave her far behind when climbing the mountain like she was now.

Speaking of which, since yesterday, Melly has become very strange, and her behavior and tone of speech are subtle differences from before. The current "Melly" is like a twin out of thin air, the appearance is the same, but the inside is completely different.

This guy shouldn't be caught by something unclean, right?

Renzi stared at the side of her face, her mind full of question marks. If you replace her with Nalan Twilight, you will definitely be able to find the reason.

But at this time, he actually played missing. The last time Lianzi saw him, it was at the door of this Chengling Shrine, and then he evaporated from the world, the phone couldn't get through, and there was no one at home, so he completely lost contact.

Chengling Shrine, Chengling Shrine, it seems that everything has something to do with this place, Nalan Twilight disappeared here, and Melly became very strange after leaving this place. She therefore felt the need for an in-depth investigation into the matter.

"There's something hidden here. Lianzi was so sure.

She wasn't a psychic or a superpowered person, but she was sure there was something invisible to the naked eye. Maybe the depths of the forest hide the ruins of aliens, maybe the ruins are sealed with ancient monsters, whatever it is, she needs to find out.

"Merry, I'm ......" Renzi glanced at the motionless Melly, swallowed, and said, "I'm going to investigate that room, stay here by yourself, don't run around." ”

As she spoke, she gestured to the cabin next to the ruins. The entire shrine was destroyed in the earthquake, but the room was still standing on the ground, which is suspicious no matter how you think about it.

"Hmm. Melly nodded, and then ignored the lotus seeds. She was now immersed in her own world, as if she were meditating, as if trying to perceive something.

Hasuko took a pen flashlight and walked into the dimly lit hut.

The house was a mess, littered with highly decaying old garbage. The ground was covered with a thick layer of moss, and a new line of footprints remained on it.

"Nalan Twilight, that guy, I've been here. Lianzi used the light of the flashlight to look at the footprints on the ground twice, and confirmed this fact.

She followed Nalan Twilight's footsteps into the depths of the house, stopping where the footprints had disappeared.

"It's ......"

Renzi noticed an item at her feet, which stood out in the light. She crouched down, picked it up, and shouted out the door:

"Melly, come here, Melly, look what I've found!"

All that answered her was an echo.

"Melly?"

Hasuko, who noticed the anomaly, stood up and walked out of the hut quickly. The fact that her eyes saw for the first time made her mind go blank: there was nothing under the vermilion torii.

Melly, who had been standing there, is now nowhere to be found.

(b)

In the autumn of Gensokyo, the grass and trees fade away from their green clothes, and the ground is withered and yellow. On the animal path that connects Hakurei Shrine to the human village, there is a figure.

Nalan Twilight walked and walked, and suddenly felt that something was wrong. He dug into his pocket, only to find it empty.

"Where's my phone?" he pondered.

Did he lose it during the fight, or did he slip out when he lost consciousness?

"Forget it, it's not a valuable thing anyway, if you lose it, you can lose it. ”

I hope that the information in it is not seen by the good deeds, otherwise he and his friends will be in trouble.

Compared with this clueless thing, he still has business to do, and there is still a way to go. If he could, he wanted to rush to Xianglin Hall within this day, and mend his clothes there. He really didn't want to wear this tattered beggar outfit for a moment.

For more than a thousand years, no matter how difficult the situation is, Nalan Hui will not get by in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation. As long as he is alive, he must live elegantly and exquisitely, which is his life creed.

Nalan leaned forward and strode forward, and the woods on both sides of the road began to retreat rapidly. The strong wind brought by the high-speed march rolled up the dead leaves on the roadside, forming one small orange tornado after another. This kind of speed, in his opinion, is just an ordinary jog, but for others, it is already a gallop, only the shadow can be seen but not the shape.

"Yo, Mr. Vampire, where are you going in such a hurry?"

The sudden sound above his head made Nalan Hao feel startled and immediately stopped.

"It's weird. He thought to himself, "How did they do it when they moved here in an instant?"

As a vampire, Nalan Twilight's senses are countless times more powerful than those of humans. He has long been accustomed to fully mobilizing his five senses, collecting all the information around him, such as light, sound, smell, temperature, humidity, air fluctuations, etc., to form a complete information network. Thanks to this bioradar, he can know the situation within a radius of several kilometers, and always have a head start.

But now his "radar" is out of service. Two people, one large and one small, moved above his head before he could even notice it.

Nalan Twilight raised his head, the strong sunlight made his eyes dizzy, and he could only vaguely see a little girl with wings on her back and a maid with a parasol for her, but he couldn't recognize their faces. The little girl's body exuded the fragrance of rose petals and the faint smell of blood, which was enough to indicate her identity.

"I wonder if you're looking for me when I'm trying to find you?"

The girl's voice sounded so familiar that Nalan Twilight's mind went back to five hundred years ago, back to the outskirts of Transylvania, back to the dark dungeon.

"You're thinking too much," a heartfelt smile unconsciously appeared on Nalan Twilight's face, "I just happened to bump into you." ”

"Yes, maybe, it's meant to be!"

The girl and her servant slowly fell to the ground and stood in front of Nalan Twilight. Her appearance, Nalan Twilight has never forgotten.

"It's better to meet by chance, and it's better to meet by chance. Nalan Yu said, bending down and making an English bow, "Long time no see, young red moon." ”

In return, the girl pulled her skirt with both hands, bent her knees slightly, smiled and nodded, and said:

"It's been a long time, the Crimson Demon, or rather, Mr. Nalan Tso, who used to be the Crimson Demon. ”

"Ahaha......" Nalan smiled awkwardly, "Can you not call me that?" ”

"yes, it's been all these years......"

There was a hint of loneliness in the girl's expression.

"So, did you come to me to catch up, Remilia Scarlett?"

"That's not it. It's you, Nalan Twilight, what are you going to do in such a hurry?"

"It's hard to put into words. ”

"Let's hear it!"