9. Jokers
"Hello, Mr. Zhuo. Just as Zhuo Mingyu was looking around, observing the seemingly strange scene layout in the hospital hall, a deep voice came from behind Zhuo Mingyu, which startled him, and he immediately looked back, only to find that there was a strange person standing behind him.
The reason why I said that it was a weirdo was because the other party was wearing a period costume.
That's right, it's an ancient costume, the man is wearing an inky black, wide-sleeved robe style that Zhuo Mingyu can't name, with a gold dagger pinned to his waist, and a waist-length black hair, loosely and casually draped over his shoulders.
This person's appearance is very good, his appearance is really handsome, Zhuo Mingyu can say that the best-looking person he has ever seen in his life is the man in ancient costume in front of him, the other party's facial features and facial contours are just right, the corners of his mouth are slightly hooked like a smile, and his dark eyes with a little blue are very deep, but there seems to be some blood-red light in his eyes.
WHEN ZHUO MINGYU FIRST SAW THIS PERSON, HE WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED, BECAUSE HE HADN'T FIGURED OUT THE SITUATION YET, AND HE DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND HOW A GUY IN ANCIENT COSTUME COULD APPEAR IN A GOOD HOSPITAL, COULD IT BE THAT HE WAS DOING SOMETHING?
However, Zhuo Mingyu quickly reacted that something was wrong, because he noticed that the man in ancient costume was holding a little girl in his hand, it was his daughter Zhuo Qianqian.
Zhuo Mingyu wanted to step forward and snatch his daughter back, but after taking two steps towards the man in ancient costume, Zhuo Mingyu keenly felt that something was wrong, perhaps because he had a-for-tat confrontation with the monster attached to his daughter's body before, which made Zhuo Mingyu understand that this world is indeed full of some terrible demons and monsters, and at the same time, he also began to have some vigilance.
He did not rush forward, but stood in place, his body bent slightly, his eyes stared at the daughter in He Qianjue's arms, and after looking at it for a while, he questioned He Qianjue: "Who are you? What do you want to do?"
"My name is He Qianjue. He Qianjue replied to him gently, and by the way looked down at Zhuo Qianqian in his arms, the little girl slept soundly, shrunk into a ball in his arms, and unconsciously pulled He Qianjue's clothes with her hands, that look very cute.
"This is your daughter, her name is Zhuo Qianqian, right?" He Qianjue asked the man in front of him softly.
And Zhuo Mingyu is still full of vigilance: "She is indeed my daughter, can you give her back to me?"
He Qianjue answered the question and raised his head to look at Zhuo Mingyu: "Sir, you are very nervous." ”
Zhuo Mingyu was a little impatient, but he had to be patient, he took a deep breath, and then continued: "Please give her back to me." ”
"Give it back to you, and then?" He Qianjue laughed. I have to say that He Qianjue really has a face that can be called evil and crazy, and a smile may mean that he is like this, but it may be a little inappropriate to describe a man, but Zhuo Mingyu can't think of more adjectives in his mind at this moment.
Zhuo Mingyu was impatient: "She is my daughter, of course you have to give her to me!"
"So, even if I give her to you, where can you take her?" He Qianjue still smiled.
"I ......" Zhuo Mingyu couldn't answer, he had to reflect on what He Qianjue said at this moment, his daughter's body had been occupied by another terrible thing, and he really didn't know where he could take Zhuo Qianqian.
But......
"Who the hell are you, how do you know my name and my daughter's name?" Zhuo Mingyu finally realized this and couldn't help but ask.
As soon as he finished asking a question, he couldn't help but observe the surrounding environment, and he noticed from just now that the facilities in the entire hospital hall were all reversed, even the murals and advertising stickers on the walls were reversed, and even the printed fonts on them were "reversed"!
No matter how sluggish Zhuo Mingyu was, he realized that this was not the previous hospital hall: "What kind of place is this?"
"We were in the mirror. He Qianjue answered his question bluntly, he hugged Zhuo Qianqian in his arms tightly with one hand, and pointed to the huge grooming mirror with another hand, and said, "Outside the mirror is the real world, and this is the space inside the mirror, because it is in the mirror, so all the qiē here are 'opposite'." ”
Zhuo Mingyu followed the direction of He Qianjue's finger and glanced into the mirror over there a few times, he could indeed see the real world outside through this mirror, the real world where people came and went. Perhaps it was because he had encountered too many unnatural events in this short period of time, Zhuo Mingyu seemed a little sluggish and numb, and he didn't look much panicked, and he wasn't surprised at all that he was able to run into a mirror for such a strange thing.
And He Qianjue continued to introduce himself: "I just said, my name is He Qianjue, and I am a ...... Devil. ”
"Demons?" Zhuo Mingyu repeated in a low voice, he remembered the damn monster in his daughter's body, and thought of He Qianjue calling himself a demon, at this moment, he even thought that He Qianjue and that monster were in the same group, so he immediately became angry, "What is your purpose, why are you targeting my daughter!?"
"Against?" He Qianjue couldn't cry or laugh, "Sir, I think you probably misunderstood, although I am a demon, I am definitely not a big traitor." ”
"Aren't you in the same league as that monster?" Zhuo Mingyu was still full of surprise and anger.
He Qianjue shook his head: "The 'monster' you said should be called a 'shadow ghost'." ”
"It's a kind of little youkai that naturally breeds in places full of dead bodies and extreme darkness, and it's also a combination of darkness and resentment. It's just a black shadow, which normally doesn't pose any threat to people or animals, at most they dangle in a dark place to scare you. ”
"They also have a short lifespan, usually less than a week. However, under certain extreme conditions, this youkai will evolve intelligence, learn to devour its own kind to strengthen its own strength and longevity, and then, in order to survive...... They will try to find the right body to parasitize...... Or rather, to give up. ”
He Qianjue's words made Zhuo Mingyu full of consternation, and at the same time, Zhuo Mingyu also saw some hope, he said to He Qianjue: "You know this kind of monster...... Can you help me deal with it?"
"Yes. He Qianjue smiled slyly, "But you have to pay the price." ”
"Whatever I have to pay, I can do it!" Zhuo Mingyu was already a little excited when he heard this, and he lost his mind, and all he was thinking about was saving his daughter, "As long as you can help Sissi regain the body that belonged to her, let her survive well, and let me die!"
He Qianjue smiled and shook his head: "Don't worry, I can't let you die, there's no point in doing this, you just need to give me something." ”
"What do you want?" Zhuo Mingyu immediately asked.
He Qianjue said: "I haven't thought about it yet, after I think about it, I'll ask you again." ”
He Qianjue continued: "Now, I need to explain the specific situation to you, because you have to do it yourself to save your daughter. ”
Without waiting for Zhuo Mingyu to question, He Qianjue said: "We are now in a mirror, maybe you will be a little surprised, but there is no need to doubt that it is in the world of a mirror." This mirror is called the Heaven Sealing Mirror, which is used to seal evil things such as demons and monsters, and I am the evil thing that is sealed in the mirror. ”
"Why I'm sealed here, let's not talk about this matter for now, anyway...... I can't leave this mirror space now, you can all be pulled in by me, or you can go out on your own, but it's just me...... You can't go out. Since I can't get out, I can't get rid of that monster for you, so that's why I want you to do it yourself. ”
Zhuo Mingyu roughly understood what he meant, nodded and said, "I understand, then what should I do?"
"Don't worry. He Qianjue said slowly, "I need to understand the situation first, when did your daughter start to be possessed?"
"When...... Possessed?"
"It's when she started to have some abnormal conditions, such as being distracted, crying, insomnia, sickness, etc. ”
Zhuo Mingyu listened to his words, and began to talk to He Qianjue while recalling, he recalled that in order to ease the relationship between the family, he took the family to the amusement park to play, from that day on, Zhuo Qianqian began to have all kinds of bad situations, for which Zhuo Mingyu and his wife are trying their best to take their daughter to seek medical treatment and even pray for God and Buddha, went to many places, met many people, and all ended up.
"Kawasawa Slope Amusement Park. Zhuo Mingyu slowly told him about his experience, while He Qianjue focused on the amusement park they had been to, and he asked Zhuo Mingyu: "On the day you went to the amusement park, did you encounter any strange phenomena?" or ...... Did your daughter come across anything strange?"
Zhuo Mingyu scratched the back of his head and thought about it carefully, he thought about it for a long time, and finally said, "Yes...... I'm not sure, when I was at the amusement park that day, Sissi had just finished sitting on the merry-go-round and said that she was thirsty and wanted to eat ice cream, so I went to line up in front of the ice cream truck, and there were a lot of people in the park that day, it was almost crowded, and my wife was also queuing up to buy tickets for the next ride, so I asked Sissi to sit alone on that lounge chair and wait for me. ”
"Did you leave her there alone?" He Qianjue squinted at him.
Zhuo Mingyu seemed a little embarrassed, and argued: "No! That chair is not far from the ice cream truck, I can see her sitting there when I turn my head on the way to the queue, if she leaves, I will be the first to find out." ”
"What happened after that?"
Zhuo Mingyu said: "I was also paying attention to her when I was queuing, she was very well-behaved and would not run around. It's just that I didn't look at her much because I was talking to the clerk when I was paying for the ice cream, and when I got the ice cream and turned around to see her, I saw a ...... standing next to her Clown. ”
"Clown?" He Qianjue seemed to be more interested, and couldn't help tilting his head, turning his beautiful eyes into a slit.
He Qianjue feels that his IQ is probably very good, just by watching TV every day, he already has an extremely full understanding of this rapidly developing modern society, of course, he will occasionally chat with some ghosts during this time, and extract more knowledge and common sense about modern times from their mouths, which also makes him able to speak normally and like a modern person.
But even so, He Qianjue is not a real modern person in the end, and the disconnection from this world is inevitable, so he doesn't understand such a thing as a "clown" very well.
So he interrupted Zhuo Mingyu and asked him, "What is a clown?"
Zhuo Mingyu didn't know how to describe it, so he roughly explained the clown's dress and costume, as well as a character component that was originally used to be funny on the stage, to He Qianjue.