At dawn the next day, the distorted sunlight shone out of the clouds again, as if it didn't need to go through the process of sunrise and sunset.

Hoffa entered the forest again, this time with two more men by his side. One has blonde hair and a rugged appearance. His name is Aldo, and he has a short temper, but when he sees a bug, he is as scared as a child.

The red-haired man was named Anker, and he was feminine and had long, narrow eyes. He was the guy who didn't forget to stumble himself when he ran away in the sea of insects together, so it can be said that he was broken.

Although it is reluctant to reach an agreement and cooperate with enemies of different camps, it is also helpless in the situation. It reminded him of the Hogwarts battle in the wizarding world more than fifty years later, and if it weren't for Voldemort, maybe Gryffindor wouldn't have teamed up with Slytherin anyway.

After re-entering the forest, the three of them were tense to the extreme because of what happened yesterday. They tiptoe with sticks in their hands, trying not to make any sound.

In the woods, the arthropod insects seen yesterday hid, and some huge slugs swirled and wriggled on the trunks, leaving a snot-like slimy liquid that shimmered.

Hoffa and Anker are fine, but they are always on the lookout for danger that may come.

Aldo, on the other hand, couldn't stand it, and his teeth chattered as he walked: "It's disgusting... This damn island, every creature is so disgusting. ”

"Cheer up, Aldo. ”

"It's just some gastropods," Anker said. ”

"No bugs. ”

Aldo muttered. His voice had just fallen. A slug, more than half a meter long, fell off the tree and spread its slimy tongue at Aldo, and he reflexively pulled out his stick and slapped it down, slapping it to the ground.

Look at the body that was still squirming.

Aldo spit it out directly, and after spitting up, he said hoarsely: "It's really unusual to be so big, is it some kind of magical creature?"

Anker crouched down, flipped through the corpse, sucked his fingers again, and spat out.

"There are no mana fluctuations, this is not a magical creature. ”

His disgusting movements nearly made Aldo faint.

Huo Fa touched his chin and fell into deep thought: "Do you think it's a little strange? ”

"What do you think?"

Anker asked.

"The English Channel is supposed to be one of the busiest straits in the world, not to mention islands in this kind of strait, I am afraid that every inch of the seabed terrain has been excavated, how can such a completely unexplored pristine island appear. ”

Anker immediately retorted: "How can you be sure that this island is a natural formation, maybe it was developed by some ancient wizard? ”

"It's not a secret place. ”

Hoffa affirmed.

"How can you be sure this is not a secret place? ”

Anker said.

"I have my own means of distinguishing the secret realm, I don't need to explain it to you, you just need to know that this is definitely not a secret realm. ”

"I'm sorry, Mr. Bach, but I reserve my opinion. If it weren't for the secret realm, it would be impossible for these strange creatures to be born in the natural environment. ”

"Can you stop arguing, are you still looking for Lemay?"

Aldo impatiently pestled the stick and said, "When we find her, there may be only a pair of bones left." ”

Hoffa and Anker stopped arguing about the island's origins and continued their way deeper into the jungle.

Anker was at the front, Hoffa in the middle, and Aldo at the rear. After trekking through a gloomy swamp strewn strewn with animal remains, Anker, who was at the forefront, suddenly raised his arm and motioned for the group to stop.

"You see, there's a house there. He said.

Hoffa and Aldo approached him, and sure enough, in front of them stood a small three-story log cabin, crooked, with cobwebs on its windows, its chimneys half collapsed, and its walls covered with moss. Standing alone in a leafy forest, it looked eerie and out of place.

Sure enough, my suspicion was correct. ”

Anker swore that "this must be the building left behind by the wizard who created this secret realm." ”

Looking at the extremely strange building, Huo Fa also muttered in his heart, could it be that this is really some kind of wizard secret realm, obviously his system has no hints at all.

"Let's go, let's see. ”

Anker beckoned Aldo, intending to enter the house.

"Don't go in. ”

Aldo said suddenly.

"What's wrong?"

"Not much, don't.... Just don't go in. ”

He lowered his head and stammered.

Anker asked puzzledly: "Aldo, what's wrong, you haven't been right since yesterday." ”

"This is the house of my childhood. ”

Aldo said with a pale face.

Aldo's words came out, and Hoffa and Anker immediately stopped moving.

Anker: "Your house, what's the joke, aren't you from Berlin, how did your house come to such a place?"

"I'm not kidding you, Anker, this wall, this chimney, this courtyard, I won't forget it for another fifty years. ”

"I'll your monster dripper," Anker scolded, "Are you crazy, what's going on in your head, can you admit your mistake?"

"He wasn't lying. ”

Hoffa, who had been silent, spoke, "It's the island that's wrong, it's all wrong, the masonry, and the style, at first glance, look like a house produced during the Weimar Republic at the beginning of the twentieth century." The house could only be found on the streets of Berlin, not in the primeval forest. ”

Anker's face darkened, and he listened without saying a word.

Hoffa turned his steps and slowly circled the room.

"If this place was created by a wizard, then why would he leave a Muggle-style residential building here? The purpose of this house is to show it to someone. ”

Anker: "Aldo, tell me what's going on?"

"Nothing, let's go. ”

Aldo's legs trembled.

"Why are you leaving, is Lemay in this house?"

"How do I know!?"

Aldo looked a little excited.

"Shall we go in and have a look?" said Hoffa.

"It's impossible, you see this house is broken like this, like someone is stunned..... Uh.....s!"

He seemed to be grabbed by the neck by some invisible monster, and let out a trembling, short sound.

I saw that in the dilapidated room, orange candles suddenly lit up. The candle flame was warm and bright, but it was creepy in this scene.

Hoffa and Anker looked at each other, and Aldo's thighs twitched, his face pale, and he froze in place as if petrified.

"There are people here. ”

Anker slowly stepped back: "It's not a good idea to continue to stay here. ”

Hoffa glanced at him with disdain, thinking that this guy had just asked his companion why he didn't go in, but when he saw that there was really someone inside, he immediately thought of retreating.

But contempt to contempt, he also moved backwards, and before things became clear, he thought it would be better to keep his distance from this strange house.

But just as he and Anker retreated together, Aldo walked slowly towards the broken house with a sweaty face on his face.

"Aldo, I was just kidding, it's not too late to survey before you go in. Anker shouted softly behind him.

But Aldo didn't hear it, and he walked forward step by step, getting closer and closer to the candle-lit dilapidated house.

The door opened suddenly.

A woman wearing a headscarf appeared in the doorway, she was simple-looking, with big hands and feet, dressed like a typical European housewife.

"Aldo, you're back?"

"I'm back. ”

Aldo said hoarsely.

"Come on, I've just made lunch. ”

"I... There are two friends. ”

Aldo pointed behind him.

"That's great, friend, come in together. ”

The woman stood at the door and greeted Hoffa and Anker warmly, this strange picture made Hoffa's scalp tingle, and after discovering that the person in the room was not Chloe, he now just wanted to get out of this strange place as soon as possible.

However, an inexplicable mist surged from all corners of the forest, and all the forest was blurred, as if only the dilapidated hut was left between heaven and earth.

Cold sweat broke out on Hoffa's face, he looked at Aldo, who was already almost in the room, and gritted his teeth: "Damn it!"

He strode forward, ahead of Aldo, trying to stop him, but he didn't expect to be grabbed by the wrist by the middle-aged woman, who smiled and pulled Hoffa with one hand and Anker with the other, and pulled them into the house.

Ankel in the distance was already empty, and he wanted to get out of here. But no matter which direction he ran, all he could see was the white mist, and no matter how far he ran, when he turned around, the room was there.

In the end, he had no choice but to follow Hoffa and Aldo and burrow into the strange house.

After entering the house, the middle-aged woman warmly entertained the three of Hofa, pouring water and making snacks.

But apart from her own genuine laughter, the atmosphere in the room was extremely strange.

Aldo's expression was complicated, and he was nostalgic, hateful, and emotional. Anker's eyes rolled, sometimes gloomy, sometimes restless. And Huo Fa lowered his head and turned the cup on the table.

None of the three expressed any opinion on the current situation.

The woman put a box of hard fruit candy on the table, bent down and put her arms around Aldo's head, and said softly: "Your father has divorced me, no one will beat you again in the future, Aldo, don't run around in the future, okay." ”

Aldo nodded mechanically.

The woman happily let go of him and turned to Hoffa.

"You look about the same age as Aldo, are you his classmate?"

Hoffa thought to himself that he didn't look like he was about the same age as Aldo, and Anker was about the same age as Aldo.

But in this strange environment, he didn't want to think about these details anymore.

He nodded, "Yes." ”

"What about you?" the woman asked Anker again, "Did you find him?"

Anker forced a smile: "Yes, I found him." ”

"Great, you guys are so kind. ”

The woman actually shed tears of gratitude: "I know that there are still many good people in this world, let's have a meal together." I cooked beef and potatoes, albeit rudimentary...... By the way, Aldo, yesterday there was a very kind girl who accompanied me to find you in Berlin to hand out leaflets. ”

Aldo's eyes were glazed and his tone was hoarse: "Really?"

The middle-aged woman raised her head and shouted upstairs, "Chloe, dear, come down and have a meal together, my child is back." ”

Hearing her shout, a girl with long red hair and lilac eyes ran down from the second floor.

Before she finished the stairs, she saw Hoffa, who was sitting at the dining table, immediately covered her mouth and cried out in shock: "You... Why are you here!?"

Hoffa stood up like an electric shock, and Anker stood up as well, both aiming at the kitchen knives at the same time.

The appearance of peace that they had just worked so hard to create was torn apart in an instant, and they were all thinking about the same thing, whoever grabbed the kitchen knife first was the boss.

Aldo secretly took Anker's palm and whispered, "Don't be here......"

There was a rare hint of pleading in his voice.

Unmoved, Anker shook off his palms and stood like a stone pillar, his eyes constantly weaving between Chloe and Hoffa.

Eventually, Hoffa gave up the idea of grabbing a kitchen knife and sat down first, he breathed a long sigh of relief and muttered, "I see." ”

The middle-aged woman came out of the kitchen with a pot and greeted the three warmly.

"Come, sit down, Chloe, and when you're done eating, I'll take you to the nearest police station. ”

Chloe Dong ran to the middle-aged woman, and said in surprise, "Who is your child?"

The middle-aged woman pointed at Aldo: "Look, it's exactly the same as on the flyer, isn't it cute." ”

Chloe exclaimed, "He's almost as old as you!"

The woman looked at her in confusion, as if she didn't know what she was talking about.

Aldo: "Shut up, Lemay!!" and then he said to the middle-aged woman, "Can I have a few words with my friends alone?"

The woman was slightly surprised, then relieved: "Of course, dear. ”

She turned and walked out the door, closing the door.

As soon as the middle-aged woman left, it was like a horn of chaos in the small kitchen. Everything is on the verge of spiraling out of control and chaos.

Anker first yelled, "Damn, Aldo, that's your mother? Didn't you say your mother was already dead, so what is that woman, a ghost?"