19. Near Sight (I)
Consciousness has been wandering in the silent darkness, Zhang Longqian has been sleeping like this for an unknown amount of time, and finally a whispered call came from his ears.
“…… Dragon Dive ...... Dragon Diving ......"
After a moment of trance before he heard that this was Nangong Piao's voice, Zhang Longqian tried his best to pull his consciousness back to reality from the darkness, slowly opened his eyes, and looked at Nangong Piao who was standing next to the bed, and even had "light hands and feet" written on his face.
“…… That one woke up! ”
This news made Zhang Longqian wake up as soon as possible, she stood up and rubbed her eyebrows, blinked twice to shake off her sleepiness, and then got up and said, "Let's go, I'll talk to it." ”
The turquoise ball of light in the living room still exists, and the original upside-down hustle is already lying quietly on the floor like an ordinary large animal, under the continuous treatment of the spell, most of the charred black on its body has been peeled off, and thin feathers have grown on the surface of its body, but it is obviously still very weak, and even its eyes have not opened. Cang Yan sat on the sofa opposite the hustle and bustle, looking like he didn't make any special moves, but he was obviously guarding against this sobered monster.
While thinking about how to communicate with this kind of experienced monster who was born to look down on humans and lived for hundreds of years, Zhang Longqian walked to Cang Yan and sat down, but before she could speak, the arrogance opened one eye and looked at her, making a somewhat hoarse and weak voice.
"You're the 'dragon dive' who wants to ask me something?"
These words made Zhang Longqian a little unexpected, looking at the certainty in her eyes, she quickly guessed what was going on, and couldn't help but cast a speechless gaze at Nangong Piao next to her, meaning:
You guys told me you leaked your mouth, didn't you?
Nangong Piao, who could never understand his eyes, immediately turned his head, and the expression on his face was tantamount to admitting everything.
couldn't help but sigh, Zhang Longqian, whose plan was completely disrupted, couldn't help but feel a sense of powerlessness, God knows how much information Nangong Piao revealed, so that now the initiative seems to be out of the hands of the three of them, what does this make her ask?
Just as he was thinking about how to improvise, the clamor spoke again.
"Don't waste time going around in circles, just ask if you have anything."
This made Zhang Longqian a little surprised, he didn't expect that the hustle and bustle of being a monster would be so easy to speak, could it be a trap? But now that it is weak, it is obviously looked down upon by them, what kind of trap can it be? Does it really want to work together?
But when she thought that the other party was a monster after all, Zhang Longqian couldn't fully trust it, she groaned for a while, and could only say: "Okay, I won't talk nonsense." As long as you help us, in exchange, we will do our best to heal you and restore you to the way you were. ”
“…… No need, my injuries ...... There is no way to save it. ”
Hearing this, Zhang Long glanced at Nangong Piao quietly, and he nodded lightly with a serious face.
At this time, Zhang Longqian can be regarded as believing in this one.
“…… I see. ”
Muttering softly, Zhang Longqian turned his gaze back to Huan. The monster in front of her with a weak breath looked at her quietly, and there seemed to be something written in one eye, even if the race was different, Zhang Longqian also understood its intentions, so she was not silent for too long, and soon nodded seriously.
"I promise you, as long as I have the chance, I will ...... No, we will surely avenge you. ”
A glimmer of light flashed in his single eye, and he chuckled hoarsely.
“…… It's easy to talk to smart people. ”
Nangong Piao looked at Zhang Longqian in confusion, as if he hoped that she could explain, but Zhang Longqian just smiled lightly at Xiang Huan, looking a little emotional, but he had no intention of explaining to Nangong Piao.
The intention of the hustle and bustle is simple and sad.
After knowing that he didn't have long to live, there were no relatives and friends by his side, and some human mages who just wanted to get information from him, so what could it do as a youkai? Resist? Is there any point in deliberately refusing to ask questions about it, which is dying?
If anything, it's its pride as a youkai.
But the fact that a human being manipulated is even more intolerable to this pride.
It's only one step away from death, and what it wants most now is to take revenge on the human who controls it, but, even this, it can't do it on its own, how can it entrust its last wish without relatives and friends by its side?
There is only exchange.
In exchange for a promise from a human adversary, the provision of information is exchanged.
Zhang Longqian has seen too many people who are proud of themselves, and she understands very well that it is impossible for someone with such pride to say these words directly, so she simply took the initiative to open her mouth. However, whether it is arrogant or Zhang Longqian, they actually know very well in their hearts that a promise is just a promise, and no one knows if there will be a day when it will be realized.
But for Huan, even if there is little hope, that is the only truth it can pursue now.
It used to be very powerful, but now it can only compromise with its past enemies for the sake of that little ethereal possibility.
Really, it's helpless, it's sad.
At this moment, Zhang Longqian suddenly felt that compared to the mage who was not only to monsters, but even disdained to play with the lives of his own kind, perhaps a monster with strong self-esteem like Huan had a little more "humanity".
Secretly sighing in his heart, Zhang Longqian pulled his thoughts back, and asked again: "So, have you seen him?" ”
It seemed to want to nod, but it didn't have the strength to nod anymore, so it blinked slightly, and as a substitute for nodding, it replied, "I met it, but I didn't see it." After a pause, it continued in a low voice, "He's so strong, but in less than a minute, he didn't even show his face, and he completely suppressed me." ”
"Where did you meet you?"
"I don't know that place, originally...... I don't live in this city either, but on the day I learned that Yin Yang Eye was born, I sensed a wave of ripples coming from the city and chased after it, and then I met that guy...... I remember it was in a lush wood......"
Suburbs?
Just as Zhang Longqian thought so, he recalled and said slowly: "Later, his orders often came from that wood...... By the way, there's a lot of human breath outside that woods, all of them young humans like you. ”
These words made Zhang Longqian's pupils shrink slightly.
The environment of Zhongkun City is excellent, not only the greening in the city is very good, but the surrounding mountains are also vigorously protected natural forests and some artificial forests that strive to be restored, but it is rare to see people outside the lush forests, not to mention that there are some young people who are talking about it. As far as Zhang Longqian knew, there was only one place in Zhongkun of this kind of forest, which made her heart "chuckle".
“…… Zhongkun No. 1 Middle School's school forest! ”