Du Youlan said that it was a trick.

Among the people she knew, the only ones who could complete the trick were Mina and her deceased master. And as far as she knows, the only person who can complete such a perfect trick is her master.

"But the world is so big that there are no surprises, and what I know is not everything. Maybe it's someone else who is a master of this kind of magic. She added.

But I don't think this should be an "outsider". At least the people I know so far, or who are related to them.

And I still have a guess......

"You say, could it be Mina? I mean, you don't necessarily know all about her. You've known each other for hundreds of years, and maybe in those hundreds of years, she's been able to do it to such perfection. ”

"Heh......" Du Youlan smiled, this smile was a little disdainful.

"Are you laughing at me?" I asked.

She nodded, then shook her head again, "Not exactly, you're a layman after all." I'm laughing at Mina, her words, give her another 700 years, and she won't be able to do this. ”

"Oh?" I'm a little curious.

"Talent, although it cannot be regarded as a decisive factor that affects the success or failure of some people in doing certain things, it is also impossible to deny the limitations of talent on a person. Just like a parrot can learn to speak, but can never communicate with people normally like a human. ”

"Got it......"

"So I'm curious, who the hell is that."

"I'm more curious about his purpose. But it looks like he's luring the appearance of the stupid old seven. ”

"Who needs to lure him into appearing?" Du Youlan asked.

I slowed down and turned my gaze to Du Youlan, "Me? Or forty-two. Forty-two is for revenge, and I need to kill him to prevent Forty-two from being exposed. ”

"Then this person may not be an enemy."

"Not necessarily friends."

"Because Mina showed up at the end?"

I nodded, "The appearance of her taste really surprised me." If the person who wants to lure out the stupid old seven is her person, Forty-Two may soon be tricked. ”

"Maybe."

"So you have to find the Sky City as quickly as possible, after Mina catches Forty-two, there will definitely be a big move, and before that, find Silent Night."

"Are you so sure that the night is in the city in the sky?"

"Sure, if Mina wanted to find me, she wouldn't do it that way. It can be seen that her current focus is completely on Forty-Two. So, either Silent Night dies, or she's in the Sky City, and in short, she won't be taken by Mina. So this is my last time until her 'big move' is done. ”

The car was accelerated by me.

Du Youlan looked at my side face for a long time, "Actually, I've always been curious, you seem to know what she's going to do?" ”

I shook my head, "I don't know." ”

"But you are very nervous about that so-called 'big move', and even make me feel that you care more about that than the life and death of the silent night."

Du Youlan's words made me feel in a trance, "I really don't know." Was it a feeling I couldn't describe, like intuition? But it seems to be very perfunctory to explain it with the word 'intuition'. Anyway, I knew what I had to do. Maybe it had something to do with my lost memory? I don't know. ”

She suddenly turned around and placed a hand on my shoulder.

"What do you do?" I'm still nervous that she's close to me.

Du Youlan shook her head, "Do you know what I saw in your eyes?" ”

"What do you see?"

"Desire, obsession...... I always feel that you are lying to me, not only to me, but also to Mina, to the thirty-five king worms, and to the strange beast at the bottom of the Forgotten Pool. In fact, whether it is amnesia or not, only you know. ”

I didn't respond and kept driving, but it went faster.

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Although I was tired, my energy was very comparable, and I could drive for 48 hours straight. And by the way, I found time to let Du Youlan change my appearance for me.

After all, it's near the castle in the sky, and maybe someone who really has Mina will be able to recognize me.

As for the smell of the king worm, I didn't use forty-two perfume, although that thing can cover the smell, but its own smell is a new coordinate. And since Mina couldn't easily find me after devouring that egg, I think the people who could be found near Sky City should theoretically not exist.

Relatively speaking, I've done a perfect job so far.

It's just that maybe it's too perfect, and God made me a stumbling block, a chain of stumbling. On the way to Shunshan Village, I was lost because I was too far away from the city and the signal was extremely poor, so I could not continue the navigation. Secondly, after getting lost for about two hours, the car broke down again.

"It's a bit unlucky...... I leaned against the hood and looked helplessly at the moonlight. I'm not good at repairing cars at all.

There is a small road in front of you, with mountains and forests on both sides, and it seems that normal people will not drive here in the middle of the night. Tonight, I can't seem to get out of here.

Although Shunshan Village is nearby, there is no one to lead the way, and I don't know when I will find it on foot.

"It seems to be providential, rest, you've been driving for two whole days." Du Youlan poked her head out of the co-pilot to look at me.

"Do you still believe in providence?"

"I don't believe it, but I think you need to rest." Love to read

"Oh, thanks."

He was about to go back to sleep in the car and try to explore the neighborhood at dawn, when he heard a rustling sound in the grass around him.

At that moment, I vaguely felt that a pair of eyes were peering at me in the darkness.

It feels ......

"What's wrong? Suddenly in a daze? Du Youlan asked.

I gradually turned my gaze to where the eyes I sensed were looking at me.

"There's someone there, I know, but you care so much?" It turned out that Du Youlan was also aware of it.

"Someone in the middle of the night, normal?"

"Are you afraid? But someone is just right, and we need someone now, too. With that, Du Youlan got out of the car.

"Wait for me here." I stopped her and walked in that direction alone.

For a moment, I felt that the gaze cast from that location was almost exactly the same as what I had sensed in the library before. The feeling was gone now, but there was someone there.

He hid there.

Yes, it's hidden.

I crept around and found a pair of exposed feet in the woods and grass, and he was lying there, still secretly observing. I went around his back and grabbed him! At the same time, there was also a stick with two live hares tied to each end.

It was a man, ragged and unkempt, startled when I pulled him up, and hurriedly began to scream, even begging for mercy, "Big brother, big brother, big brother! I, I'm just passing by...... I didn't think about anything, you let go of me, let go of ......"

This guy is skinny, looks like he has been malnourished for a long time, and a large man, who seems to weigh less than fifty kilograms.

I let him go, and he immediately rolled and crawled and was about to escape, but he crashed into Du Youlan, who was walking towards him, and squatted on the ground again, his eyes flashed, and he was even more flustered, "You...... You, what are you two going to do? ”

"It's okay, I just want to think about it in the middle of the night, in the wilderness, what are you doing lying in the grass?" I asked.

"I, I've put down a few traps......" he grabbed the stick, motioning for me to look at the struggling hare tied at both ends.

"Collect it in the middle of the night?"

"White, come once during the day, nothing. I was so hungry at night that I couldn't come and see it...... It's a coincidence, and there are really two sets of ...... No, not the two of you. ”

The man stammered a little, not simply nervous.

Looking at the way he looks, it doesn't seem to be lying. As for staring at us just now, I thought, maybe it was waiting for us to fall asleep late at night and sneak up on something in the car. That's why when I was caught, I was so flustered.

But I don't care.

"You live nearby?" I asked.

He nodded, his eyes wandering.

"Shunshan Village?" I continued to ask.

He was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly shook his head at me, "No, I, I don't live in that ......"

"And you know how to get there?"

Stammered and nodded, "Yes, yes...... Are you going? ”

"Well, I'd like you to show the way."

"But, but, but it's getting late now, and we have to go...... It's been a long walk. ”

It was indeed a bit late, and as Du Youlan said, I really needed to rest for a few hours, so I responded, "No hurry." As he spoke, I looked up at Du Youlan, "I didn't sleep well in the car, I just happened to meet this person, and I have a place to spend the night tonight." ”

Who would have thought that this guy threw the rabbit and waved his hand at me, "No, no, no!" ”

As for the reason why he waved his hand, I probably guessed it, so I looked at Du Youlan again, "Don't worry, give money, I won't live for you in vain." Don't worry, we're not going to rob you of those bunnies. ”

"That's, that's fine! I, I'll show you the way. ”

said that it was a nightstay, but in fact, it was not simply to find a comfortable place to sleep, but mainly because this person had a smell. Not the smell of bugs, of course. It's the smell of the dead.

This makes me a little curious, and to be honest, although this guy looks a little weird and doesn't seem to be in a very good state of mind. But to say that he is a murderer, I feel that something is missing. Of course, it's not based on appearance, at most it's professional experience. Of course, this experience may not always be accurate.

What if it's the second stupid old seven?

Anyway, I'd like to know more about this guy and have a place to stay tonight.

And when I got to this guy's house, I finally understood what the smell of dead people was coming from.

"Crematorium? I seem to be a little aggrieved by the money I spent. "I looked at the man, I didn't expect him to live in a place like this, but it seemed like it had been abandoned for a long time.

"No, you can't go back...... Besides, there is no nearby, no place to live. He quickly covered his pockets.

"Just kidding. But why do you live here? ”

"Ah, that...... I, I used to be an incinerator here, and I didn't have a home, just, I've been here all the time. With that, he opened the iron gate of the crematorium, "Come in, come in." ”

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