20. Near Eyes (Middle)
Zhongkun No. 1 Middle School is the leading high school in Zhongkun City, both the teaching equipment and teachers are first-class, but the school spirit is not serious and old-fashioned, but very free, there are no hard requirements for students at all, not only has it never required that it must wear a uniform to school, and even as long as it can say a reason, even if it is skipping class, it will not be punished. But such an excessively liberal school has a strange rule that it is absolutely not allowed to violate.
Forests are not allowed on campus.
This rule has been in place since Zhongkun No. 1 Middle School moved to its current address 30 years ago, and students who dared to defy the law were caught by the school's security guards when they entered the perimeter of the school's forest, and then all of them were expelled.
Everyone didn't know the origin of this rule, and the principal who made this rule never came forward to explain, which caused many students to have a lot of speculation, such as that there is a secret base in the center of the forest on campus, this forest used to be a mass grave so it is haunted now, some students have committed suicide in it, etc., and now, the forest in the school has become one of the several unsolved mysteries of Zhongkun No. 1 Middle School.
When Zhang Longqian first entered Zhongkun No. 1 Middle School a year ago, she also thought about entering the puzzled school forest to investigate, but when she found out that the loose style of the school was secretly equipped with many monitors near the school forest, and even the security guards frequented it more often, she quickly came to the conclusion that "she couldn't enter before being discovered by the school" while she was more sure that the forest in the school was strange. Later, I thought that this must be related to the principal who set the rules, maybe it was the private matter of this old principal who was loved by the students, anyway, having such a closely monitored forest would not threaten the safety of Bai Lu and Zhou Miao, Zhang Longqian simply gave up the investigation, and turned to be an ordinary high school student with peace of mind.
But I didn't expect that the controller was actually in this forest.
It happened to be Sunday on the day of the birth of Yin Yang Eye, which happened to be the day when all the students, including Bai Lu and Zhou Miao, were resting at home, and Zhang Longqian did not pay attention to the school because of the sudden and successive "Yin Yang Eye" related sabotage incidents, so no one has noticed the movement inside, and I don't know whether to say it is fortunate or unfortunate.
Who would have thought that a mage and a youkai would briefly fight each other in the campus forest that they see every day?
It's been almost a week since last Sunday, and according to the hustle, the controller has probably been in there since then!
As soon as he thought that such a dangerous person had stayed not far away from his friends for so long, and before he knew it, Zhang Longqian was cold, and cold sweat broke out on his body.
We have to get that guy's thing out of the way quickly.
Taking a deep breath to calm down his mood, Zhang Longqian looked at the hustle and bustle waiting for her to speak, and after thinking about it, he asked another question that he had been worried about: "Do you remember when you were manipulated?" ”
Lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, and replied arrogantly: "I don't have any impression, I just remember that there is a strong smell of human blood." ”
Secretly said in his heart, "This is it", Zhang Longqian then asked: "Then do you know what all that blood is used for?" ”
"My memories of this time are very vague, and I just remember this taste...... By the way, that guy told me to go to the woods a few times, but I can't remember the specifics......"
After receiving such an answer, knowing that there was no point in continuing to ask, Zhang Longqian fell silent, but there was no doubt about one thing.
It's likely that the controller has been preparing something in the school forest all along, and I'm afraid that the use of that human blood has something to do with the school forest as well.
What exactly does he want to do?
Seeing Zhang Longqian's frowning and thinking appearance, he also knew that the question was over here, so he sighed, rolled his eyes and looked at Nangong Piao, who was trying to digest this information.
"Human imp, undo this spell."
This calm and sure voice made Nangong Piao slightly stunned, and Zhang Longqian also came back from his thoughts and looked at him suspiciously.
Although as far as Nangong Piao is concerned, he will definitely become a mage in the future, and he doesn't want to treat a monster, but since he has already started to treat, his healer's heart will not let him give up easily, and now when he heard Huan say such words, he couldn't help frowning: "Are you sure?" With your current injury, once you remove the healing spell, you will be dead in no time. ”
"I know. But I also knew that even if this continued, my injuries would never get better. ”
Hearing this, Nangong Piao was silent.
Huan is right, now even if Nangong Piao tries his best to make the healing spell fit its monster's physique, but the recovery speed of the cells has long been unable to catch up with the speed of apoptosis, and now it is just delaying time, just like what was said at the beginning, Huan's injury has long been irretrievable.
But even so, Nangong Piao couldn't easily agree, he frowned, looking very distressed: "But...... I'm a doctor after all, and I can't give up on my patients, even if ...... Not even a youkai. ”
Looking at Nangong Piao, who was struggling, he suddenly smiled lightly: "Seriously, I don't like mages, after all, mages have always been the sworn enemies of monsters, but I didn't expect that at the last moment, it was the mage who took me...... It's really ironic......" Slowly falling its gaze on Zhang Longqian, it continued lightly, "So no matter what, I don't want to owe you a favor." I've told you everything I know, and there's no need for this spell to exist, so withdraw it......"
Silent and looking at each other, Zhang Longqian quietly looked at this creature whose lifespan was much longer than that of humans, whose strength was much stronger than that of humans, and whose pride would never lose to any humans, and finally, she slowly opened her mouth to Nangong Piao.
“…… Let's remove it. ”
"But ......"
"If you continue this spell, it won't be 'temporarily maintaining life in order to complete the exchange conditions with the mage', but it will become a ......" Looking at the weak monster, Zhang Longqian was very serious and heavy in every word, "The 'mage' 'charity' to the 'monster'. ”
Obviously he was covered in bruises, and he was dying of breath, but he still didn't want to be blessed by others to survive. What a proud creature it is!
The hustle and bustle is like this, and so is the nephew.
Zhang Longqian suddenly felt that if she wasn't a human, maybe she would like the creature "monster" more.
Looking at Zhang Longqian, who seemed to have some respect in his eyes, Nangong Piao blinked incomprehensibly, frowned and asked, "Are you sure, Long Qian?" If you remove it, it will die immediately! Even if the healing spell only prolongs the time, it's still 'alive', isn't it? ”
"Needless to say." Turning his head to look at Nangong Piao, Zhang Longqian's voice was serious and low, "If you still regard the monster as an 'enemy', give it a minimum of respect for the enemy." ”
Opening his mouth, Nangong Piao seemed to want to say something, but in the end he just sighed and nodded silently.
The wisps of turquoise light slowly detached from Huan's body under Nangong Piao's control, and the ball of light that wrapped it quickly dimmed, and the slight feathers that had only grown on Huan's body gradually lost their luster. It was so obvious that it was close to death, but there was a hint of calmness in its eyes.
The disappearance of the healing spell made Huan's injury, which was barely controlled, deteriorate rapidly, and the last trace of sparkle in his eyes quickly disappeared, and Huan fell quietly to the ground, without making a sound.