Chapter 14: Devouring the City (under revision)
After Gong Xiaoyun sent Kazumi Yoshida to the health room, he handed her over to the teacher on duty, and then left.
After the physical education class, it was lunch time, but since the physical education class had not yet ended, Gong Xiaoyun walked around the school casually, and returned to the classroom after the class bell rang.
But today, during the lunch break after physical education, there are no more people leaving the classroom than yesterday. Nearly half of them remained in the classroom.
Just like yesterday, Gong Xiaoyun and Yuji munched on rice balls from convenience stores. By the way, the reason why Yuji eats rice balls is mainly because of the psychology of being a young man, and he feels that it is too embarrassing to eat the bento made by his mother.
"By the way, do you want to stay until late afternoon today? Today's classes are relatively small, so you can leave school early. ββ
Yuujika squeaked and chewed on seaweed as she asked Gong Xiaoyun and Xana.
"No, you have to leave before evening. Because the enemy is more tricky this time, at least we need to find a more favorable location to fight. β
Xana is still the same, eating pineapple buns with relish, and her shopping bag is still full.
"So where did the hell it go?" Gong Xiaoyun stared at her thin waist that she could grasp with one hand.
"Where are you looking?"
Being glared at by Xia Na, Gong Xiaoyun hurriedly looked away: "Uh, haha, it's nothing...... By the way, where are the vantage points you are talking about? β
"In short, it's a sparsely populated place, who told one of you to act without paying attention and get in the way!"
"I see, thank you." Gong Xiaoyun and Yuji expressed their heartfelt gratitude.
"No road race, no road race, no road race! As I said, I just do what I want. β
Xana rudely stuffed the rest of the melon bread into her mouth, and then, taking out the sugared coffee foil package for children from the belt, she casually turned the opening of the package that was difficult to open, and said to Yuuji:
"As long as we find out what is inside you, our hard work will pay a price."
"Is there anything so amazing about what I have in me?"
Yuji is in his daily life, and he almost forgot about the events of the other dimensional world.
In fact, he is a substitute for the dead "torch".
At the same time, it is also a treasure trove "Mystis" that contains the treasure of the "Red World Apostle".
Maybe it's subconscious, maybe you want to forget it.
As if he was not allowed to forget, the proof of the other-dimensional world, Xana, stood in front of him, exuding an unquestionable sense of existence.
"Well, it seems like a tricky thing, right, Arastel?"
Arastel hesitated for a moment before answering.
β...... Well, in order to confirm what is in your body, you must first make it disappear. β
Xana, who was struggling with the aluminum foil packet, didn't notice this, and added content while defending against the war.
"But if you open it rashly before you find out the nature of the treasure, the consequences are unimaginable, and you have kicked the iron plate because of this before."
"Hey, that's how safe I'm here!" Yuji said with some unhappiness.
"yes, that's it."
Xana deliberately and earnestly stated the facts.
Unexpectedly, Yuji responded calmly, it should be said that he finally had a way to answer.
"Oh, that's it."
ββ¦β¦ It seems that you don't care as much about your life and death as you did when you first started. β
"Huh? No, I'm still scared when I think about how close I am to disappearing, but no amount of talk will help. β
β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦
It was a very reserved voice that broke the silence.
ββ¦β¦ Kindness...... That ......"
The three of them turned around and saw a subtle girl, standing in place with a red face and a low face.
It was the classmate Yimei who fainted on the playground earlier and was rescued by Gong Xiaoyun and Xiana. It seemed that she had just returned from the infirmary, and her face was no longer so pale.
The appearance of the unexpected character made Yuji slightly startled and said, "Yoshida-san? β
"That'...... That,GendaγXiaoyuan,Just now,When I was in physical education class,It's really ...... Thank you. Ichimi's voice was too small and her speech was choppy, making it hard to hear clearly. Xana searched for memories of this girl from the residue of existence, and it seemed that she was a friend of Hirai Yuan, but it was not a big deal, so she deliberately asked coldly: "What's the matter?" β
Yoshida was already very timid, but now he was even more frightened by Xana's tone.
Seeing Yoshida's timid appearance, when Gong Xiaoyun thought about how to comfort her with words, he found that she was holding a small bento box that could be covered with one hand.
"Ah...... Bento. Do you want to eat together? β
"Well, good, good......"
Yoshida smiled when he heard this. Her smile is like a small flower in the field illuminated by the sun among the clouds, which makes people feel unexpectedly amazed
"Ahem, Hirai-san, it's okay anyway, let's eat and chat together." Gong Xiaoyun turned his head to get Xana's consent.
"Whatever you want." Xana looked at Ickimi's slightly expectant eyes before finally replying in a rude tone.
"Why speak in such a tone?" Yuji muttered slightly dissatisfied, and Ichimi replied in the same small voice, "Thank you... Thank you ......."
At this point.......
"Hey~Yuji, Genda ......."
A familiar call was heard.
Behind Yoshida, including the vocal Ike, Sato and Tanaka raised their hands tremblingly. It seems that they have been watching things evolve from the side.
Yuji beckoned to them with a wry smile.
So the three of them joined in and started a lively lunch party.
Tanaka began to speak loudly, Sato followed with a gag, Ike complained on the side, and Yuji Yu added. Gong Xiaoyun and Yoshida occasionally chuckled, but they were just concentrating on eating their lunch boxes and did not join in the chat.
Xana ignored everyone, silently took out bean paste buns, meat buns, and chocolates from her shopping bag and ate them constantly. After a while, she tugged at Gong Xiaoyun's sleeve and leaned over to complain. "Then I can't talk to Arastle."
"What does it matter? Occasionally, I get along with ordinary humans. β
"Why do you care so much?"
Seeing that the two of them leaned closer to each other and whispered, Yoshida spoke again:
β..... You two.... Okay, it seems..... Feelings are good. β
"Uh, it's okay" (bow)
"There's no such thing!" (Summer)
Time passed quickly, lunch time passed in an instant, and when the school bell rang, Yuji said that he must leave before Chi and the others went shopping with him, so he followed Xiana and Gong Xiaoyun and ran out of the classroom like rabbits.
At the beginning, she said that she was looking for a sparsely populated place, but for some reason Xana went to the city center.
The three of them came to the Ozaki Bridge, which connects the residential area and the commercial area.
Yuji looked around for torches as he did on the first night.
On the large iron bridge with wide sidewalks at both ends, there are indeed many torches with spiritual fires in their chests. Now I can see more clearly than I did when I first focused on it. Probably because he had mastered the method of concentration, even if the spiritual fire itself was very weak and there was a distance between them, he could still see it.
In the midst of this disheartening scene, Yuji opened his mouth and asked Xia Na, "You said that there is a group of nonsense guys who specialize in eating the power of existence in this world, completely ignoring the distortion of the world, right?" But why do they go so far as to turn the dregs into torches? β
A girl about their age passed by the three walking men.
ββ¦β¦ I remember that the torch can soften the impact of the void in the world, right? Even if you don't spend all this effort, as long as you desperately eat people and accumulate strength, you're not afraid of fire and mist warriors at all, are you? β
Xana shook her head.
"We, the Fire Mist Warriors, will track down the Apostle after feeling the distortion of the world or the free power of the other party, and once someone catches indiscriminately and causes the balance of the world to seriously collapse, the Fire Mist Warriors of the whole world will unite and take action to hunt down that guy."
Araster on his chest continued to answer. Because it was mixed in with the crowd, it didn't attract attention.
"For example, a demon king of the level of Mana Agni naturally has a power that ordinary apostles can't match, but unfortunately, including me, all the apostles who give the power of the fire mist warrior are demon kings. Once the two sides are at war, it is bound to end easily, and some people cannot be measured by pure strength. β
Xana spoke again:
"Ordinary overpredators try to avoid fighting Fire Mist Warriors because they are tricky and not beneficial. It's better to take the time to set up a torch. β
"Oh~ I see...... So, if you want to look good at that Fallagni, how do you find him? If that guy is famous, you can exchange information with other Fire Mist Warriors and try to guess where he is based or what he is trying to ......"
"Oh, it's impossible."
Shana categorically rejects Yuuji's proposal and jumps lightly onto the handrail of the iron bridge.
Under the curious gaze of the people around her, Xana spread her hands horizontally, one of which was still holding her school bag, and walked on it as easily as if she was performing acrobatics.
"I said it couldn't be, unless I met by chance, there was no way to get in touch at all."
"What?"
"That's it...... Each Fire Mist Warrior joins the battle because of their different backgrounds and reasons, and because they have always believed in their own strength, they are not suitable for group action. β
"So are the Fire Mist Warriors all Lone Rangers?" Yuji continued to ask.
"Almost, if there are no special problems, the Fire Mist Warriors generally fight on their own. β¦β¦ In short, if you go around the world, you will naturally see the remnants of the 'Apostle', that is, the torch, and you can tell the old and the new according to the strength of the spiritual fire, and then you just need to ambush nearby. β
"I really didn't expect it to be so general...... Can't you catch the enemy straight away? β
"You can only guess that 'it seems to be nearby' based on a general feeling, and when the enemy comes close or uses 'Block', you can lock down the position. When the opponent uses the seal to prepare to eat people, I take the opportunity to break in, and if the opponent attacks, I will knock the opponent down, and it's that simple. β
"All in all, the Fire Mist Warrior is an individual operation, just fighting guerrilla warfare everywhere." Bow Cloud Interface.
"That's right, from the standpoint of the Red Apostles, it is their freedom to lurk in this world and eat people, and it is our freedom to hunt down and annihilate them."
Arast said with some displeasure: "Words can't be so simple. The reason why we have come to this world to annihilate our most ignorant compatriots is above all to fear that the balance between the two worlds will be disrupted. β
"Yes, yes, I understand."
Xana replied with a hearty smile. This cute expression is only revealed when facing Arastelle.
"But, from the moment I came, I felt ...... The city is a bit quirky. β
Xana looked up at the rows of oppressive commercial buildings in front of her.
Connected to several roads, the downtown area of the city hall, including the city hall, company stores, department stores, and underground shopping malls, is lined up in front of the two of them, centered on the station building of Misaki City Station, which includes a large common train terminal.
Yuji and Gong Xiaoyun also looked up and asked, "What's strange?" β
When I mentioned it, I felt that nothing was quite right.
Never before had I noticed this commonplace. However, beneath that thin surface, there may be a connection to another extradimensional world that is both deep and vast.
"For the average amount of food that Faliagni alone has, the number of torches is too much."
Xiana thought that Gong Xiaoyun might be able to make an unexpected point of view that would be enough for them to use as a reference, so she said with anticipation.
"In terms of the level of burning, from the new torch that was eaten about yesterday to the old torch that is about to disappear, to be honest, there are too many of them, and if you don't settle in this city, there are so many of them."
"I'm afraid there is a certain conspiracy to set up such a large number of torches, I don't know much about the affairs of your Fire Mist Warriors, but is there any similar incident?" Gong Xiaoyun replied.
"Do you have a large number of torches?" Xana looked at the pendant on her chest before asking, "What do you think, Arastre?" β
"Similar events only devour the city". "A long time ago, there was a demon king on the western frontier who installed a mechanism on the torch he gnawed on, causing a serious distortion of the world.
As several people spoke, they walked into the supermarket, and Xiana didn't even glance at the fresh food in front of her, completely ignoring the ordinary shopping path, and walked directly to the snack store in the center.
"The Demon King, whose real name is the Coffin Tailor, once caused an event that became an important opportunity for the birth of our Fire Mist Warriors. The coffin tailor would weave a mechanism called the key thread on the torch he was gnawing on, and at the same time, this mechanism would cause the entire body of the substitute to disintegrate and restore its original existence to its original power."
Is there any purpose in doing this?
Xana, who was carrying the shopping basket, seemed to be nonchalant, but she didn't actually joke about it.
"That guy only needs to eat 10% of the population of the city where he is hiding to shut down. All the torches lost their function as substitutes at the same time, and returned to their original existential power, and the city, which lost a large number of false connections overnight, suddenly underwent a huge change, and everyone and everything would suffer from the pond fish. β
Xana didn't seem to be nervous about the topic at all, so she took out the sweetened coffee for children from the freezer and said, "This is the so-called devouring city...... However, the coffin tailor was annihilated in the end, right? β
"After a long period of hard work, it was finally annihilated by a number of 'Demon Kings' and Fire Mist Warriors. Because this 'coffin tailor' can absorb the power of the entire city, and can control it 'at ease'...... Therefore, he was the strongest 'demon king' among the indiscriminators at that time. β
Yuuji suddenly had a sense of crisis, in fact, before he heard this story, Yuuji only regarded Fariagni and his gang as "murderous gangsters". Although it was so close, he was actually the only one who was attacked. So as long as you bear it on your shoulders, you won't be affected by the people around you, and there will be people who will clean them up in this short time
But if that group is actually planning to devour the city, and if they can't get around, everyone will be affected, all of them will be turned into torches, and they will be disintegrated together, and the entire city of Osaki will be devoured.
At that time, not only himself, but also his mother, friends, and the place where he lives will be completely destroyed.
For the first time, Yuu became hostile to Faliagani's group. It's not fear, it's hostility.
"Is there a way to sabotage their plans!" Yuji Sakai asked.
"According to the information provided by Arastol, if Fariaghni wants to launch the devouring of the city, then he needs a large number of torches, and if Faryagni is to be lured in, the easiest way is to destroy the torches as much as possible and make his plan fail."
"That's a good way to do it." Arastor replied.
During the conversation, Xana had unconsciously filled her shopping basket and finally went to the shelf near the cash register to pick up bread and leave the supermarket.
This chapter is mainly excessive.,Yo-two will soon hit gg in a burst of laughter.,The burning eye volume is almost over.,Today a book friend said that the audience of this book is too small.,I understand this very well.,Don't talk about the books of those great gods.,Just find a new book in the fantasy area, and the results may be n times better than me.,Maybe just write a routine text.,You can achieve results far better than mine.,But it's a dream.,I'm not going to give up just like that.,Send a song I like.γ
You're reminded of the lively coastline of a summer
The proud declaration of that teenager in memory
Stretch out your hands and embrace the world
I believe that all dreams will come true
Nothing seems too far away
A few years passed in the blink of an eye
The frivolous language has slowly settled
Even if it will inevitably become more refined
We have not compromised
That's a time we can't go back to
Fortunately, I was able to hold on to my beliefs at the time
The world tries to change
The boy from the beginning
That's a time we can't go back to
When you stand on the coastline that summer
We're still in our hearts
The paranoid teenager
You're reminded of the lively coastline of a summer
The proud declaration of that teenager in memory
Stretch out your hands and embrace the world
I believe that all dreams will come true
We have not compromised
That's a time we can't go back to
Fortunately, I was able to hold on to my beliefs at the time
The world tries to change the boy he was back then
That's a time we can't go back to
When you stand on the coastline that summer
We're still in our hearts
The paranoid teenager
That's a time we can't go back to
Fortunately, I was able to hold on to my beliefs at the time
The world tries to change the boy he was back then
That's a time we can't go back to
When you stand on the coastline that summer
We are still the paranoid teenagers in our hearts
I don't plan to compromise like this for the time being.,Anyway, continue to work hard.,All kinds of recommendation votes.,Collection~\(β§β½β¦)/~.