My conversation with Du Youlan was abruptly terminated.

Because of a peculiar smell that slowly crept into my nose......

Recently, I don't know if it was my luck or misfortune, but I smelled insects that I had never been exposed to before. It was in the small lighted inn in front of it.

"It's different." Du Youlan looked in the direction of the hotel and suddenly spoke.

"Huh?"

"I mean, your attitude is different."

I turned my gaze to Du Youlan, "It's seen." ”

"Before, in the mountains and forests near the Forgotten Pond, you smelled the smell of unfamiliar insects, and you didn't hesitate to follow. But now, I can see that you look very strange. If you're not mistaken, what is different about this smell other than the smell of insect venom? ”

Du Youlan was right.

"Remember, I can tell the difference between the smell of the twenty-one king worms and the smell of the mere infernal locusts infected by the insect poison, right?" I responded.

Although it wasn't too much, Du Youlan already understood, a surprised expression appeared on her face, she looked back at the seemingly inconspicuous small hotel again, and said, "You mean, the smell you smell comes from a king worm?" ”

"That's right. It's still unheard of before. What other king insects I haven't been exposed to now? I looked at Du Youlan.

Memories begin to come to mind.

The Seven King Worms of Moshan, although I couldn't smell its special smell at that time. Then I was myself, the Fourteen King Worms, then the twenty-one King Worms in the Church Underground Palace, the thirty-five King Worms in the central labyrinth, and the huge corpses of the forty-nine King Worms who were suspected to have died......

The rest are twenty-eight and forty-two.

But these two are occupied by black sand worm venom, and the smell I just smelled is completely different from black sand worm venom.

"Go see?" Du Youlan asked.

"Uh-huh......" I looked around, thinking to myself, maybe Mina is around here, right? Somewhere, watching all this, maybe I'm in her sight. After all, if the Black Sand King Worm occupies a spot, then the remaining one is her target.

Entering the hotel, the smell is much stronger than before.

But in fact, compared to the king insect smell I usually smell, it is already very light. This is also one of the things I wonder, whether it is really related to the level of hierarchy that Du Youlan said, the more advanced it is, the stronger the ability to hide the smell between the same kind. But there is another reason, in fact, the hotel itself smells very strange. Some smelly, some fragrant, a mixture of multiple flavors. The smell seems to be the result of the perennial neglect of cleaning in this dilapidated environment, and the mixture of leftovers and human sweat and excrement is very unpleasant. And the fragrance mixed with it, it is a very special smell, maybe some kind of perfume, I can't be sure, I don't know much about perfume.

As soon as you enter the hotel, it is a space of less than ten square meters, with tables and chairs at the front desk, and a fat middle-aged woman sits in the front desk, holding oily food in her hands, like meat. As soon as we entered, she started to greet her, but she spoke Vietnamese and didn't seem to know Chinese. She also had the scent I was talking about, but it wasn't so strong, it seemed that it had only been contaminated by her companions.

Du Youlan communicated with her, and after a short communication, the woman walked out of the front desk with a bunch of keys. Then, she opened a door in the center of the reception hall, and on the inside of the door was a corridor that extended to the left and right. She was going to take us to the right, but the smell was on the left. I signaled to Du Youlan that she needed to change direction, and Du Youlan communicated, and the woman was a little impatient, but she still turned left.

On both sides of the corridor were the doors of the rooms, and the women were open one by one, and we were not satisfied with each of them.

The woman's expression became strange.

But it's getting closer and closer to that smell.

Finally, in front of the seventh door to the left of the hallway, I locked the smell, so we settled on the sixth door.

"I'll stay here tonight."

Du Youlan paid, and the woman muttered when she opened the door, threw off the spare key, and left. The two of us stood at the door, looking at the dirty environment inside, as if someone had just lived in it, and it hadn't been cleaned up yet.

"What did she mumble?" I asked.

"Say you're a troublesome man." Du Youlan laughed at me, then turned her eyes to the next door and asked, "Here?" ”

"Well, right here...... So I thought, what kind of king worm is this? It's really a worm, and it's not picky about the living environment at all. ”

"Aren't you too? And now, go knock on the door? ”

"That's weird, let's go into our room first, and then ......"

I was about to say, "Find another way", but before I finished my words and didn't expect it, there was a movement inside the door.

Click!

It was opened from the inside!

Du Youlan and I exchanged glances, and immediately focused our eyes on the door. As the door opened, the smell became even stronger! I saw a hand, grasping the slowly opening doorhandle, slender and white, a woman's hand......

She gradually revealed half of her body, and that face.

At that moment, my mind stopped working completely.

There is only one question in my head, why is it her?

Mina?

Her smell kept flowing down the air into my nose, and I was so sure she was the source of the smell, the smell of insect venom, the smell of special insect venom with the smell of king insects!!

The moment they looked at each other, I wasn't the only one who froze.

The same goes for Mina.

But after a few seconds, she suddenly showed the smile that warmed me, I hadn't seen Mina's smile for a long time, it was the smile we had known for the first time, it belonged only to her, and the appearance of this smile meant that the person in front of her would never be faked.

"You're here?" She asked me.

"Maybe, because I don't know if it's a dream or not."

"Huh? Why do you say that, you seem to be a little nervous. She's coming too? As she spoke, she looked at Du Youlan again.

If it weren't for the initial sluggish look, Mina would have looked like she had met an old friend she had known for many years in a strange city.

"I have something to tell you, come in." Mina stepped out of the way, ready to let me into her room.

I don't see any flaws.

But I distinctly remember that the last time we separated, she said that if we met again, we would be enemies.

Maybe it doesn't say it explicitly, but that's what it means.

Now, she looks a little strange. But I don't seem to have a reason to say no.

"I happen to have a lot of questions that I want to ask, and I've figured out some of them, and I plan to confirm them." I responded, and prepared to walk into the room. But at this moment, the golden heart in my body suddenly beat wildly. It's a danger sign, in that room. Standing in the doorway, however, I could see that there was nothing inside, a very small space, and there was no one other than Mina. In other words, Mina is the only one who will bring danger to me after entering.

Well, there you have it.

I always felt strange about it, I always wanted to find some flaws in her, and now it seems that she wanted to kill me as silently as possible. While it's true that we're at odds with each other, I've always felt that Mina wouldn't be merciless as soon as she saw me.

What's the problem?

After a short period of thought, I finally chose to walk through the door.

Du Youlan dragged me, I slowed down slightly, and said to her, "You wait for me outside." ”

Enter, then close.

Bang!

With a muffled sound, only Mina and I were left in the dark, cramped room. Her smile was still on her face, and she looked at me curiously, "What's wrong with you?" What do you want to ask me? Actually, I have a lot of questions for you, why do you ......?"

She approached me, her body movements and eyes were a little ambiguous.

A hand was placed on my shoulder, and halfway through the sentence, the second half of the sentence seemed to be close to my ear before I could speak.

But before that, I grabbed her hand.

The Golden Heart also beats to the extreme at that moment.

The hand, with its sharp claws extended, was probably aimed at my temple. The action was silent, if it was the last time we met, if it wasn't for the reminder of the golden heart, I would never have cared about Mina's action.

I will guard against all women who try to be intimate with me, but I will never guard against her.

"You're not him." A sneer with murderous intent appeared on Mina's lips.

"I am."

"Then you guess you're dead."

"So you really don't want to give me a good result, do you?" I pointed to my chest, "This thing tells me you're going to kill me." ”

"Who the hell are you?" But Mina didn't seem to listen to me at all, and continued to ask the strange question, "Why are you pretending to be him?" ”

"Are you crazy?"

"You know a lot about him...... Mina's eyes looked at my chest, "are you going to kill him?" ”

When I said this, I was a little relieved, and I could see that it was not the result she wanted, and there was still a trace of sadness in her eyes.

But alas, I underestimated the second half of Mina's sentence.

"Robbed the person I'm going to kill, it's hard for you to leave today."

I rubbed my temples, "How do I explain it to you, no, why should I explain it?" You're the one to explain, right? You used to tell me that you were infected with worms, for the so-called Fourteen King Worm Ceremony. But now it seems that you are not involved at all. What is your purpose in getting rid of insects? You're a king worm yourself! ”

"Who the hell are you?"

"I'm Zora."

"Forget it, whoever you are, just kill it. It doesn't matter if any of you die except that bitch who gets in the way. When she said this, Mina stared at my face fiercely, so I thought that I was talking about "bastard" in her mouth.

But she really doesn't think that I am me at this moment.

So I wondered, what did she rely on to accurately identify me?

At that moment, the image of communicating with Du Youlan about the "egg" that entered my body suddenly flashed in my mind. Now that I think about it, I really couldn't smell Mina's insect venom in the past. If that assumption is true, what if her king worm rank is above mine?

So I can't smell her, but she can smell me!

So she can recognize me.

So no matter where I am, she always finds me! And by avoiding my scent, it will be very difficult for me to find her!

It all makes sense.

……