Zhao Ziheng got up from the bed, found a towel out of nowhere, and slowly wiped his wet hair while taking out a clean set of clothes from the closet.

Behind him, his bed and quilt were already soaked with water, and the corner of the wet quilt hung on the ground, and an uncomfortable stream of water was still flowing, and the trail of water extended behind the kitchen door.

Zhao Ziheng looked at his appearance in the mirror, nodded with satisfaction, he searched all the valuable things in the house according to the memories in his mind, and then he pushed open the door with satisfaction and walked out.

took out his mobile phone and put on headphones, Zhao Ziheng's body swayed with the rhythm of the music, and he walked downstairs while shaking his head, snapping his fingers to the rhythm at hand.

"Well, human beings have made a contribution to the world with this thing."

Zhao Ziheng thought so, and a group of social people with sticks came to him.

From the memory in his mind, he knew that these people were not easy to mess with, and Zhao Ziheng didn't plan to get into trouble, he turned sideways and motioned for those people to pass first, and he didn't even mind making a gesture of please.

Those few people sneered, brutally slammed into Zhao Ziheng's shoulders and walked up, stopping at Xiao Xiao's door.

Zhao Ziheng shook his head helplessly, people, are you always so irritable, is it not good to listen to the song and relax?

The sound of slamming the door sounded, and the leader stood outside the door and shouted loudly: "Xiao Xiao, open the door, my brother is coming to you!" ”

The thugs who followed next to him burst out laughing, and then kicked the door one after another.

"Get out! Otherwise, when my brother comes back, tell me that none of you have good fruit to eat!" ”

"Yo, my sister-in-law is very spicy!"

A thug shouted loudly outside the door: "It seems that the eldest lady doesn't go out of the door, and I don't know about the death of your brother who has been protecting you." ”

There was a sound of something falling to the ground inside the door, but the sound passed through the headphones and rushed directly into Zhao Ziheng's mind.

An inexplicable sense of irritability came up, and Zhao Ziheng stopped.

"Sister-in-law, don't be sad, after all, people have good fortune and misfortune, but you don't have to worry, in the future, our eldest brother will cover you, and you don't have to be afraid that you won't be able to eat hot, not to mention your useless brother's tuition fees, we can help my sister-in-law make it up in minutes."

Hearing the word 'hot', the surrounding thugs began to heckle again.

The thug was still shouting outside the door, but his words didn't do much good, and instead the sound of things being thrown at the door came from inside the house.

"Get out of here!"

Xiao Xiao roared hoarsely, with a crying tone in his voice.

Zhao Ziheng took off his headphones irritably, he raised his feet and wanted to continue downstairs, but his body seemed to be out of control.

Obviously, Xiao Xiao's 'stubbornness' angered these gangsters who were already bad-tempered outside, and with the eldest brother's order, they picked up sticks and hit the door again and again, and the door that was not very strong was quickly smashed and crumbling.

The sense of resistance from the depths of his body became stronger and stronger, and Zhao Ziheng was a little panicked.

"Enough!"

Zhao Ziheng pinched his neck with one hand: "What's the use of you taking it back?" Even your garbage body that can't even release a magic spell will be sent to death if you go! ”

The defense in the depths of his body continued, and it was obvious that Zhao Ziheng couldn't convince himself.

Zhao Ziheng's fierce gaze swept over the closed doors of several houses upstairs, and he could faintly feel that there were still magicians among them, but now they all chose to watch from the sidelines.

"Damn, it looks like I've found a troublesome body."

Zhao Ziheng scolded secretly: "Enough kid, how about we make a deal?" ”

The resistance weakened, but the group of thugs had already smashed open the door and rushed into Xiao Xiao's house, and soon, Xiao Xiao's screams came from inside the house.

"Even if the body is handed over to you, you can't solve that garbage, so you completely give up control of this body, and I will help you deal with those gangsters."

Completely giving up control of the body means dying obediently, and Zhao Ziheng's original consciousness obviously understands this meaning.

Xiao Xiao's screams kept stimulating Zhao Ziheng's consciousness.

"Well, hurry up and make a decision, otherwise it's too late, I may only be able to save one corpse."

The resistance in the depths of his body suddenly lightened, Zhao Ziheng shook his neck, and there was a clicking sound at the joints.

"It's a nuisance."

After making sure that the remaining consciousness would never come out to make trouble again, Zhao Ziheng took a deep breath and walked towards Xiao Xiao's door.

The viscous water continued to flow out of Zhao Ziheng's cuffs, like a flexible little snake, surrounding Zhao Ziheng's body.

"Well, if you are hit on the shoulder, you have to seek justice, right?"

Zhao Ziheng found a lame reason for himself and knocked on the door frame.

The group of thugs in the house had already tied up Xiao Xiao and were about to stuff her into the sack prepared in advance.

And now that he was suddenly interrupted by Zhao Ziheng, everyone turned around unhappily.

Looking at those scum scum who had a happy expression on their faces because they were bullying their own kind, a cold glint flashed in Zhao Ziheng's eyes, in their spirit clan, such a disgusting thing would not happen.

"Flowing water is the blade—"

The water that surrounded Zhao Ziheng roared out, easily passing through the brains of those gangsters, leaving holes that were only the thickness of fingers that were still slowly dripping blood.

Zhao Ziheng looked at Xiao Xiao, who was about to be tied into a dumpling, hesitated for a moment, and then stepped forward to uncover the rope for her.

The fingers could still feel the girl's warm body temperature through the clothes, and the soft touch came from the fingertips, which couldn't help but make Zhao Ziheng's heart flutter.

"Human feelings... Strange feeling. ”

Zhao Ziheng pursed his thin and white lips, it was the human feelings just now, and he actually let the suppressed human soul revive and resist, but it was also the human feelings that made him willing to give up the slightest chance of survival that he had won so hard.

“... Stupidity. ”

Zhao Ziheng threw away the rope, feeling a little inexplicably irritable.

He walked towards the door, after all, in order to enter the inner city, he still needed to find a way to get money to pay for his tuition.

"Brother Ziheng—"

Xiao Xiao got up from the ground and stretched out his hand to pull the hem of Zhao Ziheng's clothes: "Can you not go." ”

Zhao Ziheng looked back at Xiao Xiao.

As a result of the scuffle with the gangsters just now, her skirt was torn open, and the girl's tender white skin loomed in the dim light.

Xiao Xiao's original appearance was extremely good, her long and supple hair hung down scatteredly, her big eyes were slightly red and pitiful, her lips that had been frightened and lost their blood color were gradually regaining their ruddyness, and her nose, which was as delicate as a handiwork, had a unique sense of beauty.

Zhao Ziheng's head hurt suddenly, and every smile he had once said about Xiao Xiao quickly flashed in front of his eyes.

His breathing grew heavier, and he didn't know what to do with the girl's plea.

Pure as a lotus flower that does not stick to the mud.

Nodding helplessly, Zhao Ziheng sat on the edge of the bed with Xiao Xiao.

"Your brother..."Zhao Ziheng looked at Xiao Xiao with a complicated expression, and said in a low voice: "Mourning." ”

Xiao Xiao covered her mouth and shook her head, her shoulders twitching uncontrollably.

Zhao Ziheng's brain was hot and took Xiao Xiao into his arms.

The girl's body trembled gently because of sadness and fear, leaning on Zhao Ziheng's arms like a rabbit, but Zhao Ziheng's body instantly stiffened.

He looked down at Xiao Xiao, although from his perspective he could only see Xiao Xiao's long black hair.

But his heart was still soft, this was the first time he had this feeling in his heart, soft and comfortable.

"Don't be afraid, I'll protect you later."

Perhaps when he chose Zhao Ziheng's body, the line of fate was destined to become complicated.

After a full day on the train, Li Mingyao felt that his body was about to fall apart, and the whole day was spent on the train, which was meaningless.

The night was thick, the corridor was dark, Li Mingyao dragged his tired body to climb the stairs step by step, but when he saw the door that had fallen, his tired body was still tense instantly, and the magic pistol fell into his hand, Li Mingyao breathed lightly and leaned towards the door step by step.

Sweat flowed from the palms of the hands holding the Devil's Pistol.

Li Mingyao's figure flashed, and suddenly appeared at the door, almost instantly locking on the man sitting next to Xiao Xiao's bed, pulling the trigger, and all six bullets poured out.

Zhao Ziheng opened his eyes, and a faint blue light flickered in his pupils.

"There's a pool in my heart—"

A pale blue wave of light diffused.

"Stop the water!"

The speed of the bullet slowed down instantly, as if it was deep in the mud, and the next moment, several water blades flew out from behind Zhao Ziheng and pounced on Li Mingyao at various strange angles.

"Ray—"

Li Mingyao let out a low roar, shrinking the range of the Void Calamity Thunder as much as possible, so as not to attract attention.

Slapping the revolver away, six scrapped magic crystals bounced out, and in the blink of an eye, Lee Mingyao was loaded with the next round of bullets.

But his heart was full of shock, if it wasn't for the Void Calamity, just by relying on arcane magic and magic pistols, he would have died in that moment just now!

It's absolutely impossible to dodge!

And the other party is just sitting on the bed!

"Monster!"

This is what the two say about each other.

Just as Lee was about to pull the trigger, a familiar voice interrupted the battle between the two.

"Brother?!"

Xiao Xiao's voice sounded in disbelief, and of course, there was more excitement trembling in his tone.

And hearing the call of this life, Li Mingyao also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Xiao Xiao, you're fine."

Li Mingyao turned on the light in the house, Zhao Ziheng was a little speechless, and he knew that he wouldn't turn off the light.

Otherwise, the two would not have fought so easily.

Xiao Xiao's face was full of confusion, whether it was the tone of her speech, her voice, or her body shape, her brother was correct, but why was that face so wrong?

"Mask."

Li Mingyao pointed to his face: "It's a little hard to explain." ”

"Ziheng, why are you here?" He said and pointed to the corpse on the ground, "And what's going on?" ”

Xiao Xiao repeated what happened just now to Li Mingyao, Li Mingyao couldn't help but gasp, if it was really as Xiao Xiao said, if there was no Zhao Ziheng, I am afraid that Xiao Xiao would really encounter an accident.

Li Mingyao's face became gloomy: "Those beasts are really tired of being alive." ”

"By the way, what's the matter with your mask, brother."

Xiao Xiao reached out and touched the mask on Li Mingyao's face, Zhao Zihan saw Xiao Xiao's intimate action, and immediately felt that it was a mistake for him to not use all his strength just now.

The lion fights the rabbit still needs all his strength, how can he have reservations? It should be beaten to death.

Li Mingyao hesitated for a moment and told Xiao Xiao part of the truth.

Zhao Ziheng, on the other hand, pondered what Li Mingyao had just said, trying to analyze some information that he could use.

"Ziheng, can you do me a favor?"

Li Mingyao looked at Zhao Ziheng.

"What?"

"Help me kill the organization behind these people, and I'll give you the address."

Zhao Ziheng raised his eyebrows: "Why don't you go yourself." ”

"Do you think that since they are coming for me, why didn't they kill Xiao Xiao directly, but only kidnapped?" Li Mingyao pointed at Xiao Xiao: "Because as long as I live, I will definitely save Xiao Xiao, and the people behind me will know whether I am dead or alive." ”

"If you help me kill this man's boss, I will help you out of the tuition fee for you to enter the inner city."

This reward just happened to enter Zhao Ziheng's heart, and he glanced at Li Mingyao: "A word is a certainty." ”

Zhao Ziheng walked past Li Mingyao's side, and Li Mingyao only felt an amazing chill from him, which penetrated deep into his soul.

Li Mingyao looked at Zhao Ziheng's back thoughtfully.

Li Mingyao still knows something about Zhao Ziheng, the neighbor who lives upstairs, he is Xiao Xiao's loyal pursuer, and unlike those who covet Xiao Xiao's identity as a magician, Li Mingyao can feel that Zhao Ziheng is sincere, and he is also an ice-water magic awakener, and his talent is much higher than Xiao Xiao.

According to Li Mingyao's personal knowledge, although the disappearance of his parents left him a sum of money, it was not enough to support the tuition fees for entering the inner city.

Li Mingyao still has a good impression of Zhao Ziheng, after all, sometimes he goes out to work, and Zhao Ziheng also helps Xiao Xiao get rid of many harassers, although he was beaten very badly.

However, the only thing that does not match what Li Mingyao knows is that Zhao Ziheng should be a relatively introverted person, and he is a little timid, why did he suddenly start killing with a big change of mood today?

"That's it, maybe it's stimulated to see Xiao Xiao being bullied, after all, rabbits bite when they're in a hurry."

Li Mingyao looked back at Xiao Xiao and his eyes widened.

"Come with me, I have something to say."

Xiao Xiao looked at Li Mingyao with some grievances, not knowing why he had done something wrong.

Li Mingyao made it to the sofa, Xiao Xiao moved a chair, and sat obediently opposite Li Mingyao, with his head down, like a primary school student who had made a mistake.

"I remember that Zhao Ziheng confessed to you several times before, and you seem to have refused, and because of this, you were relatively cold to him, why did you get close this time?"

Xiao Xiao grabbed her skirt tightly and didn't dare to speak.

Li Mingyao looked at Xiao Xiaowei's submissive expression, and sighed helplessly: "Is it because he saved you this time, and he is grateful, so he wants to repay the grace of saving his life with his body?" ”

Still didn't answer, Xiao Xiao shrunk his neck and pouted, looking like an ostrich all the time.

"And what if several people save you this time? Are you going to marry them all? ”

Lee Myung-yao's tone gradually became stern.

“... I'm sorry. ”

These three words again, the corners of Li Mingyao's mouth twitched, but as soon as these three words came out, he couldn't bear to continue preaching.

After all, Xiao Xiao is such a clean and pure girl, so she should be spoiled.

But this is not a peaceful and prosperous world, there are too many demons and monsters in human skins around, if one day he is gone, he can't believe what kind of human purgatory will be faced by Xiao Xiao, who is as pure as Xiao Xiao.

"Xiao Xiao, I just hope you can understand that repaying the kindness of others does not necessarily have to sacrifice your own feelings, the grace of dripping water springs to reciprocate, Uncle Xiao usually teaches you like this, but there are many ways to repay your kindness."

Xiao Xiao nodded thoughtfully.

"Besides, the basis of love is that both parties are equal to each other and respect each other, but when you are in the mood to repay the favor, you can't help but put yourself in an inferior position, and I don't want you to have any bad experiences because of this."

"I don't want you to simply accept Zhao Ziheng because of this."

Well, in the end, he still tasted it, after all, it was his sister, no matter how good a person came, Li Mingyao could find fault with him.

"No, brother." Xiao Xiao interrupted Li Mingyao's lecture in a low voice: "Zhao Ziheng is very different from before. ”

Li Mingyao raised his eyebrows, if Xiao Xiao could see the essence of a person, he would be much more relieved.

"Although he helped me harass me a few times before, his approach was to keep pestering the other party, begging the other party to leave, and then taking a beating himself, I just don't like his weak character..."

Li Mingyao nodded, picked up the cup on the side and wanted to drink saliva to moisten his throat.

Empty, a little embarrassing.

And it wasn't until now that Xiao Xiao realized what Li Mingyao was talking to her.

A red glow instantly climbed up his cheeks, Xiao Xiao lowered his head, and let out a snorting sound as thin as a mosquito because he was embarrassed.

The corners of Li Mingyao's mouth involuntarily hooked.

"Xiao Xiao, this time when I enter the inner city, I can't follow you, so Zhao Ziheng will be the only person you can rely on, but what I hope most is that you can be independent on your own, Uncle Xiao and I used to protect you too well, but in this world, you are like a fish that is stared at."

Walked to the table and poured a glass of water, and when he handed the cup to his mouth, Li Mingyao's hand paused: "Also, when you see me in the future, don't call me brother anymore, call me Jiang Feng." ”

Yu Guang glanced at Xiao Xiao's back, and after that sentence was spoken, Xiao Xiao's shoulders fell.

Li Mingyao's hand holding the teacup gradually became stronger, if it weren't for his lack of strength and status, how could he choose to hand over Xiao Xiao to Zhao Ziheng to take care of.

But he had to do this, once he took a wrong step, in a place like the inner wall where the enemy's hands were all over the place, he and Xiao Xiao's lives would be over.

"Let's take a look again, tomorrow I will take him and Xiao Xiao to the Magic Association to buy a method, and see if he is sincere to Xiao Xiao."

Li Mingyao sighed and put the cup back on the table, the cup of water still didn't drink after all.

After a lot of hardships, Zhao Ziheng came to an underground club in Zone Z... Next to the sewer.

According to the address left by Li Mingyao, he only found an abandoned underground garage, if it weren't for his natural sensitivity to the water element, he found a secret passage to the sewers.

However, going through the narrow underground passage to Area Z is really a kind of torture for Zhao Ziheng, who thinks highly of himself.

Looking at a magic shuttle parked here, Zhao Ziheng squinted, he knew why these people had moved so quickly.

"The tech tree is really crooked."

Zhao Ziheng muttered, and the clothes turned into a puddle of water stains and drilled out of the sewer and came to a gloomy alley.

Pulling the collar of his clothes impatiently, Zhao Ziheng walked out of the alley and looked at the target of this trip, the Black Rose Club.

Countless scantily clad women and drunken men went in and out with their shoulders hooked, and even didn't forget to throw a flattering look at Zhao Ziheng when they passed by.

Zhao Ziheng couldn't help but sigh at the huge differences between human beings.

Some people burn themselves to make light at all costs, some people are forced to hide in the darkness by society, and some are so great that they do not recommend themselves to become twisted maggots, shouting long live the darkness.

Zhao Ziheng took a deep breath, as a noble spirit clan, he was about to enter the place full of the smell of decay now, which made him a little uncomfortable.

One foot through the door.

The smell of corrosion does not come from the ground beneath your feet, but from the people around you.

Zhao Ziheng suddenly wanted to kill this place.

However, reason still forced him to calm down, after all, his identity could not be revealed.

Forced to take the bartender from him a strange glass of liquid, he put it to his nose and sniffed it, almost throwing it out.

After all, it is the Spirit, and it may not be able to accept all human things.

Soon, Zhao Ziheng found the person in the photo Li Mingyao gave him.

A man with dyed red hair, sitting on the sofa with his arms on his side, not forgetting to whistle at the exposed thighs of the dancers dancing on the stage, and in front of him, there was a person kneeling, and the bartender was sending wine to him cup after cup, while the man who knelt on the ground was grabbed by the hair by the people around him, forced to open his mouth, and then poured into glass after glass of spirits.

The enchanting woman sitting on the left side of the red hair couldn't stand it anymore, so she had to get a little closer to the red haired brother, and couldn't wait to rub her body into the red hair's body: "Brother Jenny, that person smells of wine, it's so disgusting." ”

The red-haired Jenny played with the hair of the woman in his arms, smiled and waved his hand: "Let him go." ”

Several security guards dragged out the gambler, who had a bulging belly.

It's kind of picking up a life.

"If you don't have any money, you're lucky to be a kid this time, Sister Ella is soft-hearted, otherwise you still want to leave if you don't chop off your hand? Want to throw up? Get away and vomit, my mother is really unlucky. ”

The beating and scolding at the door slipped through the bustling crowd into Zhao Ziheng's ears.

It seems that he has misjudged, and I am afraid that those sticks will not live long.

Zhao Ziheng lowered his arm, now he just wanted to quickly get rid of the red hair in front of him and go back.

He didn't want to stay in this place for a moment.

He didn't understand why someone was tortured in front of these people, and they could still laugh, drink, and dance?

The water curtain expanded around Zhao Ziheng as the center, ruthlessly devouring the group of people closest to him.

The water curtain mercilessly dragged those into the water, the water was not deep, less than a meter, but those who were swallowed into it could not stand up anyway, and could only be drowned alive in the water. The water soon spread throughout the bar, and some people cried and screamed and smashed glass doors and windows to climb out, but many more stayed in the bar forever.

The red-haired Jenny comforted the two beauties in his arms unhurriedly, and then raised his head and smiled at the dancers on the stage screaming and being swallowed by the tide, and when the dancers were gone, he didn't forget to whistle again.

There's no denying that some people are really rotten to the bone.

The area around Jenny the Red-Haired was the only place that had not been invaded by the tide, and some people tried to lean over, but he ruthlessly kicked them out.

He picked Ella's chin and whispered, "Wait for me here, baby, and enjoy you later." ”

The red-haired Jenny stood up, and the body of the woman on the right slowly collapsed - just before Zhao Ziheng came, she had already turned into a cold corpse.

Flames rise, little by little, banishing the area eroded by the tide.

Zhao Ziheng cursed Li Mingyao in his heart, he hadn't told himself that the person behind him was a magician.

Although it is a spirit, it is not his own body after all, and his current strength is probably that of a high-level apprentice, which is about the same strength as the red hair in front of him.

But for the use of elements, Zhao Ziheng can be said to be comparable to the extraordinary secret method.

The water curtain was raised, and Zhao Ziheng's surface liquefied, which could prevent him from revealing his identity.

He just wants to have a good fight now, to go to the rationality of the special meow.

"There's a storm in my heart—"

The surrounding water curtain shook, and the face of the red-haired Jenny, who was originally full of confidence, changed.

"Waves!"

Obviously, it was only less than a meter deep, but the power of those waves was like a monstrous wave, and Rao was the red-haired Jenny who spawned flames as much as possible, and it was difficult to resist the almost non-stop attack of the huge waves.

"Flowing water is the blade."

The undercurrent swelled underneath, and suddenly popped around Jenny the Red-haired, easily piercing the fire shield and knocking him down in the current.

Zhao Ziheng slowly raised one hand, and the water wrapped Jenny and lifted him high.

Can't breathe.

A pair of invisible hands opened Jenny's mouth, and the water poured into it...

He died a miserable death.

Zhao Ziheng glanced at Jenny's miserable corpse with disdain, and then took out his mobile phone to take a photo.

It's over, call it a day.

Zhao Ziheng's figure disappeared into the water and disappeared.

Ella hid in the couch and waited for a while, and only after making sure that the man who had suddenly killed had left, she cautiously slipped out from behind the couch.

But she didn't rush to leave, but moved to Jenny's body step by step, she turned her head and didn't dare to look at the miserable corpse, kept groping around with it, and then took out a roll of money from her inner pocket.

It's soaky, but it should still work.

Then she looked backstage, and though she wanted to go over and search for it, her instincts told her that it was best not to.

Leaving the bar, Ella dressed up and went to a 24-hour pharmacy to buy some unknown drugs, and then, she walked through several alleys and stopped in front of a wooden door.

There was a rhythmic knock on the door, and soon, the door opened.

The door was opened by Ella, who was one size younger.

It should be her sister, because at the age of the two, it really doesn't look like a mother and daughter.

Ella took out a teddy bear from behind her back like a trick, Zhao Ziheng raised his eyebrows, he didn't find out where Ella was hiding at all.

The wooden door was closed, and Zhao Ziheng's figure gradually condensed in front of the door.

His intuition told him that Ella was also a lotus flower, but unfortunately she was born in the wrong place.

At first, he just wanted to see what Ella was going to do, but now it seems that there is something else to gain.

There was another person inside the door, except for Ella and her sister, and the aura of that person was very familiar to Zhao Ziheng, as if he had met it not long ago.

But for a while, Zhao Ziheng couldn't tell who it was.

The breath of memory is very warm, similar to the one in front of me, but the breath in front of me has an extra taste of despair.

Zhao Ziheng glanced at the sky, it was almost dawn, and after a while, there would be more passers-by and they would find out what happened in the Black Rose Tavern.

He must go back quickly, but no one should connect the murder case in District Z with Zhao Ziheng in Area A.

Turning into a stream of water and merging into the sewers, Zone Z invites a moment of pre-dawn silence, as if everything just now was a false illusion.