Chapter 53: It's Really You
Running down the hillside, there was a dense forest below, and after entering the woods, the moonlight was thin, and soon the man in black and the black feather disappeared.
After running for a distance, Shi Fangcheng suddenly noticed that the speed of the black feather was so fast that it had disappeared, and he stopped.
"Where's Black Feather?" In front of me was a pitch-black and dense canopy of trees, obscuring the view, and nothing could be seen in front of it. "You go back, I'll chase you!"
"Teacher, I'll go with you. Yi Xin said.
"Yi Xin, you are responsible for taking care of Lingmeng and Ling Xiao Tears, take them to a safe place, and gather at the gate of our city!"
With that, Shi Fangcheng continued to chase forward.
Yi Xin could only stop, after all, she couldn't leave Reimu and Ling Xiaoxian alone in the forest, and the speed of these two girls was too slow, so it would be cumbersome to take them with them. Thinking of this, Yi Xin could only take them back to the city gate first, and then wait for Teacher Shi's news.
After entering the forest, Hei Yu shook off Teacher Shi and the others for a distance, jumped onto a towering giant tree in a few steps, and then quickly spread his black wings and flew away.
The speed of the man in black was extremely fast, and even if Black Feather spread his wings and used all his strength, he could barely keep up with his pace.
Just when Black Feather was exhausted and was about to open the first seal to speed up the chase, suddenly, he saw the man in black suddenly stop and land in a small clearing in the forest. In that clearing, two other men in black joined him.
Black Feather hurriedly jumped off the ground and ran forward. The man in black handed the boy in his arms into the hands of another man in black, and the two men were turning to leave.
"Stop chasing. ”
The man in black suddenly spoke, his cuffs moved slightly, and he didn't see the action of casting a spell, but he saw a purple vine on the ground break through the ground in an instant, wrapping around Black Feather's feet and tripping him to the ground.
"Stop! Who are you?"
Black Feather shouted, but the two men in black who walked in front ignored it.
"Where are you going to take him?"
He raised his staff from the ground and was about to attack the two men in black, but the men in black who performed the technique of restraint immediately stood in front of him. The man had his back to the moonlight, and the light was so dim that only the beautiful and white chin of the contours could be seen. But the voice was familiar:
"He is my apprentice, and I will protect him. ”
"Your ...... Apprentice?"
Black Feather crawled on the ground and looked up suspiciously, so you were the one who brought him food...... He had probably guessed in his heart that this person must be Ling Xi. The vines that wrapped around his ankles were exactly the same as the vine spells used last time Ling Xi helped him kill the white scorpion.
Since it is Boss Ling, it should be easier to speak, Hei Yu lowered his head, and his tone was sad:
"I just want to make sure he's someone I once knew...... Although the boy I knew, he should have died...... Even if he were still alive, he would be the same age as me, and it could not be, he would still be exactly the same as he was many years ago......"
Memories of the past welled up in his mind, and he clutched a handful of dirt under his palm.
"If it's really him, even if it's the slightest possibility, I don't want to miss ......"
When Ling Xi heard this, he was also hesitating, he lowered his arms, but he didn't get out of the way.
His throat choked with painful emotion, tears already running down his cheeks, he lifted his face and shouted out to the forest ahead with the last hope:
"Light rain!"
His voice echoed through the empty forest, a bitter cold wind swept through the canopy, and the leaves "brushed" with a "brush".
The man in black stopped, the little boy in his arms blinked, his expression gradually changed from sluggish to vivid, he reached out and put his hand on the shoulder of the man in black, and poked his head out.
At this time, the two men in black were stopping between the treetops, and Hei Yu saw that the immature boy's face gradually emerged, staring at Hei Yu with wide eyes, and then, tears gradually overflowed in his eyes, and he gently bit his lower lip.
"Xiaoyu, is it really you?"
Black Feather stretched out his hand into the air, and Xiaoyu's immature voice echoed in his head.
"What's your name......"
"My name is Xiaoyu, what about you?"
The little boy whimpered, but could not speak, and he also tried to reach out a hand, in the direction of the black feather, as if to hold his hand, despite the distance between the two.
"Little rain!
Black Feather shouted.
Suddenly, the man in black jumped and ran towards the depths of the forest, and the boy was taken away by him.
"Light Rain! Light Rain ——"
Black Feather shouted hoarsely.
However, his body was firmly bound to the ground, and he couldn't move, so he could only watch Xiaoyu walk away.
The leap of the man in black sent a canopy of trees to tremble, but soon, the woods in front of him were calm. Ling Xi glanced at the hillside in the distance and noticed that someone was quickly rushing here, so he also released the restraints from the feet of the black feather and ran away.
"Xiaoyu, how is it possible, you are still alive......" Black Feather was full of remorse, "If only I had recognized you earlier......" He slammed his fist on the ground, venting the emotions in his heart.
After a while, Teacher Shi Fangcheng rushed here, he saw the black feather still lying on the ground, and hurriedly asked:
"Black Feather, are you hurt, where did the man in black go?"
Black Feather wiped away the cold tears from his eyes and got up from the ground. Teacher Shi Fangcheng supported him from the side and checked his injuries.
"It's okay, teacher, I'm not hurt. Black Feather looked lonely, still immersed in his thoughts, "I'm worried about you, let's go back." ”
Before he took a step, he looked back at the secluded and dark woods, and the bright moon in the sky was extremely cold.
Under the moonlight, they returned to the main city gate, and Teacher Shi and Hei Yu joined Yi Xin and the others who were waiting there.
"Teacher Shi, how is that boy?" Yi Xin hurriedly asked.
"I heard Kuroba say that he was rescued by an unknown person, and that person promised that he would take care of the boy and not let him cause harm to others. Let's go back to school!" explained Mr. Shi.
Yi Xin looked at Hei Yu:
"It's just such a monster, and you are beaten to cry and cry? It seems that you haven't cultivated enough. ”
Black Feather walked past him indifferently, his eyes cold, as if he had changed into a different person.
Reimu was also in a depressed mood, and walked side by side with Mr. Shi Fangcheng along the way, telling him what he had seen and heard in the Light Elf Village of the Divine Domain:
"There was a little boy in the village who was also unfortunately infected with the dark breath and became very ill, so his family threw him in a nearby swamp. It is said that it is the territory of the dark elves, and there will be kind-hearted dark elves to take him in, but whether he can survive or not depends on creation......"
Although Kuroba was some distance away from Reimu, he could faintly hear her words.
"Light Elf Clan, infect ......" he couldn't help but think of Xiaoyu's situation.