Section IX. Breath of Resemblance
"We've arrived, are you two dressed in antibacterial suits? Mr. Kaoru? Paul, who was dressed, noticed that Zhuge Xun had not changed his clothes.
"Don't worry about me, I'm fine." Zhuge Xun wants to use his skin to perceive things that his eyes can't see, and there is an enchantment around him to protect him, so even if there is really an appearance of a sandfly, he will know it as soon as possible.
"But...... It's not safe. Paul is still holding on.
"It's okay, Paul, Kaoru himself said it's okay, we'll leave him alone."
"Then you must pay attention to yourself, and tell me where you are going, I will be responsible for showing you the way, but don't walk by yourself, because this 'deep forest area' belongs to the primitive area, once you get separated, or get lost, it will be difficult to find." Paul told him again and again.
"We know." Ling and Zhuge Xun followed Paul towards the 'Deep Forest Area'.
"The air here is all sweet, I haven't smelled such fresh air in a long time." Zhuge Xun could feel that his spiritual power had been replenished, and he really didn't expect that such a place could exist in this world now.
"Yes, this garden is the pride of our second circle!" Paul was quite proud.
"The trees here are more than 50 years old, which is already the shortest age, and the 'mountain god' of this mountain is a tree that has lived for 200 years, in the deepest part of the 'deep forest area'. Paul introduced to Ling and Zhuge Xun.
"Oh, is it? I really want to see that 'mountain god'. Zhuge Xun was full of interest.
"By the way, Paul, have you seen anything strange in the garden lately?" Ling asked.
"Strange place? And nothing special. Everything is normal and the staff will check it every day. If there is anything unusual, we will also repay us. Paul replied.
"I don't know if it's strange or not, but recently there have been a large number of inchworm moths in the 'shallow forest area' in the circle, and although there have been them before, it seems that the number has suddenly increased recently." Paul seemed to remember something.
"Inchworm moths? What is it? "Ling hadn't heard of anything like that before.
"It is an insect, one of the pests of fruit trees and forests. In the past, it often appeared in the 'shallow forest area', and it was very harmful to the trees, so it is also because there are many trees in the second circle that he likes. Paul explained.
"Ling, let's go back. Something happened on Pudde's side. Zhuge Xun suddenly said to Ling with a solemn expression.
"What's wrong, what's going on?" Paul saw Ling and Zhuge Xun suddenly run back.
"Paul, let's go back first, and come back another day. Pay more attention to yourself when you go back. Ling didn't know why Zhuge Xun was so nervous, could it be because before leaving, the enchantment released by Zhuge Xun was destroyed.
After making sure that Ling and they wouldn't be coming back, Paul made a phone call: "Hey, it's me, they're back." There seems to be something going on over there. Yes, not found. Don't worry, I know what to do, but that person named Zhuge Xun seems to be very keen, and if you want to fool him in this matter, it seems that it will take a lot of work. Well...... Good. Rest assured, I'll take care of it. Paul put down the phone he had and dialed another number from another phone.
"Plans have changed."
"I see. I'll send you an assistant in the near future. ”
"Okay."
After the phone call, Paul also left the 'deep forest area', but he did not notice that there was a small paper figure attached to him when he was talking on the phone, and the little paper figure disappeared after the phone was finished.
"Ling, be careful of the man named Paul, what is his relationship with Pudder?" Zhuge Xun caught the little paper figure that flew back and asked Lingdao.
"You said Paul?" Ling, who was driving, looked at Zhuge Xun in confusion. "You're really suspicious. However, Paul is a person who can be trusted, he was accepted by Pude as a subordinate near the end of the 'world war', he has done a lot of things with Pude, he is a person that Pude relies on a lot, he followed Pude in the early days of the establishment of the second circle, and now he is also managing this 'garden'. ”
"So he knows a lot about the second lap and Pude? I didn't say anything suspicious to you, but after we left, he made two phone calls, one of which I am sure was addressed to Pudde, and the other one was very brief, what does it mean that you say 'there is a change in plan'? Zhuge Xun shook the little paper figure that had just come back in his hand to Ling.
"You mean there's something Pud hiding from us?"
"It's not 'we' but 'you'. I think the plan started when he started taking over the second lap, and Paul was the one who was involved in it. Pude used to be a genius, and we don't know if what he was thinking would be something terrible. Now Pude must be at home waiting for us to go back. After we go back, let's not talk about the phone, you have been friends with Pude for so long, some things will become difficult to see the essence, so this incident will be handed over to me. Unless you want to give up on humanity too? Like Red Moon asked? ”
"You said Pude would ......" Ling couldn't figure out if he really wanted what Zhuge Xun said, then what was Pude's reason for doing this?
"I don't know anything else, I can only feel that he wants to destroy this 'Taoyuan Township' in your mouth. Therefore, this sandfly incident may also have been planned by himself. ”
"Impossible! Pud is not that kind of person, he is bent on restoring the environment of the world, and he has experienced that war, so it is impossible for Pude to do anything harmful to humanity. If he wants to......"
"If he wanted to, he would have done it a long time ago. That's what you're trying to say. Do you know Pude when you were younger? Have you seen Pud during that 'Biochemical War'? The person you know is not necessarily the real him. Forget it, I don't have any evidence for what I'm talking about now, but everything points to Pude. And it is a fact that he has something to hide from us, whether it is for our sake or for his own purposes, maybe we will find out when we return to that mansion. ”
"By the way, what's going on at the Pud family? Why would you be in such a hurry to go back? Ling wanted to ask from just now.
"The barrier I planted in Pud's house is to prevent non-human invasions, but it's not human, and once it's inside the barrier, I'll know. Just now, the barrier was destroyed by an external force. ”
"Couldn't it be a bird or something? Or insects or something. ”
"This intrusion is a 'malicious' intrusion. But because of this, I can probably explain the truth of this incident to you with certainty. ”
“……”
Ling parked the car and got out of the car. Zhuge Xun observed the changes around him.
"You're back so soon?" Pudder came out of the house.
"Oh, Kaoru said she had something to come back to get something, and by the way, I saw Paul in the Garden."
"Did you find anything?"
"What does Mr. Budde think we'll find?" Zhuge Xun came to Pude.
"Haha, didn't Kaoru say go out and have a look? That's why I asked you if you had any discoveries about the 'sandfly' you were talking about. If the second circle is really infected, then won't things be troublesome? ”
"That's not it, as soon as Ling and I arrived at the 'garden', we felt that the barrier I laid before I left on your side was destroyed by external forces, and we came back because we were worried about your safety."
"Huh? Nothing has changed on our side? Does Kaoru know what it is? ”
"Now......" Suddenly Zhuge Xun felt a wave of malice coming towards him, and his body habitually jumped away from the place where he was standing just now.
"What's wrong?" Ling and Pude asked puzzled at the same time.
Zhuge Xun didn't respond to the worries of the two, just stood quietly in place, perceiving the information coming back from all directions. "Damn! Let him run! After a long time, Zhuge Xun returned to normal.
"What's going on? Did you find anything? ”
"Someone has invaded, and it should be someone who is proficient in 'magic', you see." Zhuge Xun unfolded the paper figures he had just retrieved to Ling and Pude.
There were thirteen paper figures, and the third and eighth paper figures were only a small piece of hair on their hearts, and the rest of their bodies were gone. Among them, the third paper figure has the least left.
"The intruder came in from the area of the eighth paper figure, but because I found him panicked, he fled from the third paper figure. At that time, I released thirteen paper figures in the east, south, west, north, and middle, two between the southeast, two between the south and west, two between the northwest, two between the north, and two between the north and east. Nothing else was damaged, indicating that the person was careful and just wanted to sneak in, so the hair on the paper figure was still intact, otherwise the hair would have been broken when he came in. Zhuge Xun pulled out his long hair from the middle of the paper figures.
"It's amazing, Mr. Zhuge is worthy of being the successor of Zhuge Kongming." Pude praised after hearing Zhuge Xun's explanation.
"Mr. Budde believes what I say?"
"Of course!"
"Then why would Mr. Budde hide something from us?" Zhuge Xun asked.
"Huh? What does Kaoru mean? What does that mean? Pude was puzzled.
"There's something you don't want us to know about in that 'garden', right? Why did Paul wait there to lead us away, for fear that we would find something? Zhuge Xun questioned Pude.
"I don't know why Zhuge Xun thinks so, in fact, I have nothing to hide from you."
"I hope so."
"Don't mind Pude, Kaoru is also thinking about the second circle." Ling remembers Kaoru telling her not to call Paul Putti yet.
"I can understand that. However, if Kaoru finds out something and doesn't understand, she can ask me safely. It's better not to cause any misunderstanding at this time. ”
"Hmm. I think so too. ”
"Report!" The car that drove into the courtyard from outside the gate was a soldier who worked under Henry. With a panicked expression, he ran in front of Pudde.
"What's wrong?" Pudd asked.
"Outside, there are a lot of 'sick people', and a lot of them have died, Mr. Henry asked me to come back and ask a person named 'Zhuge Xun' how to solve it? May I ask who is Mr. 'Zhuge Xun'? "Someone came to ask for Pud's help.
Hearing the return, Pude and Ling turned their gaze to Zhuge Xun, who was contemplative.
"I didn't expect it to be so soon. Isn't there any news from Alian's side yet? "Zhuge Xun doesn't know much about this germ, and he can only hope that Arian can crack the pathogen of this germ.
"Not ...... yet" Ling didn't hear anything from Elian.
"Let's go. Let's go to Henry's. Is Pud also together? Zhuge Xun set up the enchantment at home again.
"Go over first, I'll go later."
"Okay. When you leave this yard, be sure to protect yourself! Zhuge Xun told again and again.
"You have to be careful, too." Pude watched Ling and Zhuge Xun leave. As soon as he turned around, he was startled by the person standing behind him. "You ......"