Xiaohua and I waited until we couldn't see the shadow of the car before we walked back to the old house.

After entering the door, Xiaohua shouted happily: "Uncle Chang, you are here!" ”

When I looked, there was Chang Dao Chang sitting at the table.

"Xiaohua, Xiaoxing, what's the matter with the two of you looking for me? Isn't there something wrong with it? Chang Daochang said with a smile.

I was still hesitant, so I smiled reluctantly.

"Little Star, what's wrong with you?" Chang Dao shrugged his eyebrows.

“…… Big Tiger, dead! My eyes were red again, "Shortly after we went to the Abandoned Garden." ”

"What? How did he die? …… Do you suspect it has something to do with the 'abandoned garden'? Chang Daochang's expression immediately became solemn.

"Yes." I took a deep breath, and finally told Chang Dao Chang everything about the skeleton and what happened on the road that day.

After I finished speaking, Chang Daochang fell into deep thought. After a long time, he raised his head and asked me seriously: "Do you think your new tablemate, the boy named Sun Anning, is he a skeleton from the 'Abandoned Garden'?" ”

This is exactly the question I have asked myself countless times, and I have never been sure or willing to affirm.

“…… I do not know! ”

"Judging from your narrative alone, he does look like a skeleton in the 'Abandoned Garden'!" My heart sank, but I heard Chang Dao Chang continue: "However, it is really unfair to determine that he is a 'waste garden' skeleton based on your feelings alone!" …… In this way, tomorrow I will quietly go to your school and try him with the 'Heavenly Master Talisman'!" ”

"Uncle Chang, can you tell if he is the skeleton from the 'Abandoned Garden'?"

"Not necessarily. But at least it's clear if he's a ghost or not. ”

"If not, can you be sure that he is a normal person?" I asked eagerly.

Chang Dao looked at me with blazing eyes: "Maybe." But it's also possible that he's ...... What you call 'youkai'! ”

I gasped and felt even more uneasy.

I came to school with a sense of unease, and as usual, there were already quite a few students laughing in the classroom. My table mate was smiling and whispering to the classmates sitting in front of him, and I stood in the hallway of the classroom, looking at him through the window, and I couldn't tell that he was any different from us.

"Squad leader, why don't you enter the classroom?" A classmate who walked past me asked me.

I was startled and hurriedly replied, "Oh, I'm watching...... There is no dust on the windowsill. Then I took my nerve and walked into the classroom as normal as I could.

After class, I kept holding a book to cover my face, Sun Anning asked me questions, talked to me, and I ignored all of them. As soon as the bell rang, I ran out of the classroom. Turning the corner, by the flower bed at the back of the classroom, I saw Chang Michicho waiting there, I nodded to him, and ran back to the classroom.

As I expected, Sun Anning greeted him.

"Squad leader, why are you ignoring me today?"

"Nothing. …… Today I lost the 10 yuan piece that my mother ordered for me to order snacks. ”

"Huh? …… Where did you lose it? ”

"Probably...... It's right in school. ”

"Okay, let's go find it now! Maybe you'll find it! Sun Anning bent down and carefully helped me find it in the corners of both sides along the corridor.

I also pretended to be looking for money and slowly approached the flower bed at the back of the classroom.

"What are you looking for?" Chang Daochang walked out from the side of the flower bed, and patted Sun Anning's back with his hand seemingly casually and asked.

"Oh, I'm helping my classmate find the money she lost." Sun Anning straightened his waist, and saw that it was a very kind-looking person, thinking that he was a school worker, so he asked, "Do you see a ten-yuan bill nearby?" ”

"Oh, is it a ten-dollar bill?" Chang Dao asked with a pretended to be abrupt.

Sun Anning turned around and asked me, "Squad leader, do you remember what your money looks like?" ”

"Well, it's a ten-dollar bill." I replied by looking at my tiptoes.

"Oh, take it! Be careful in the future! Chang Daochang took out a banknote that we had prepared a long time ago and handed it to Sun Anning.

I peeked at him, and when Chang Daochang put the money in his hand, he touched his head again, and then looked at him again before turning to leave.

"Thank you! Good bye! Sun Anning didn't feel anything wrong, and waved his hand to Chang Daochang with a smile.

I looked at them and didn't know what it was like.

"Squad leader, your money."

Sun Anning handed me the banknote.

I took the money, smiled reluctantly and said, "Thank you!" Let's go back to the classroom. ”

I listened to the rest of the lessons, and finally got out of school at noon.

"Squad leader, do you still want to go out at noon?" When I was packing my schoolbag, Sun Anning suddenly asked me.

“…… No. I'm doing my homework at home! ”

"That's good!" He was visibly relieved, as if he was worried that I was going to come out.

Sensing that I was a little strange, he hurriedly explained, "Oh, it's ...... to hang around outside Tired! Why don't you rest at home, do your homework, and in the afternoon we will answer the questions correctly, okay? ”

"Hmm." I nodded, maybe he was afraid that I would go to the road again to find the big tiger and have an accident, no matter what he was, he always had no ill will towards me.

When I walked to the school gate, I didn't see Xiaohua. I waited for a while, and the students in other classes left the school one after another to go home, and I still didn't see Xiaohua's figure. I waited for a while, and happened to see Yangyang, who was in the same class as Xiaohua, so I asked him, "Is there anyone else in your class?" Is Xiaohua gone? ”

"I left in a hurry as soon as school ended! It was as if someone had come to pick him up. ”

Xiaohua has been waiting for me to go home after school, why did he leave first today? Who's going to pick him up? I muttered twice and had to rush home alone.

Pushing open the wooden door we entered, I saw at a glance Chang Daochang, Grandma Teng and Xiaohua sitting around the table. When they saw me, they looked very worried, as if something terrible was coming.

"Uncle Chang, how is it? Is there a result? "My heart hung in the air.

Chang Daochang looked at me, nodded first, and then shook his head.

What does that mean? I'm confused. Is there a result or no result?

Chang took out a yellow talisman from his pocket with a cinnabar drawing on it, and he placed it on the table.

I leaned in and took a closer look, then looked up and asked Chang Daochang, "Uncle Chang, have you tried him with this talisman?" ”

"It's not. This kind of talisman is used by our Taoist temple to test for aliens. If a normal person touches it, there will be no change in this charm; If it's a ghost, it will turn black even if you get a horn on it! Chang Dao Chang picked up the talisman on the table, "This is the talisman I asked Xiao Hua to try just now." …… It doesn't change anything! ”

I nodded: "It's inevitable, we're all normal people!" As soon as I finished saying this, I found that Xiaohua's eyes turned red all of a sudden, and Grandma Teng's lips trembled several times, as if she wanted to say something but didn't know what to say. Am I wrong? I looked at Chang Dao with a puzzled look.

Chang Daochang put Xiao Hua's talisman back on the table and smiled bitterly at me: "In the morning, I tried this talisman. He took out another talisman from his left pocket, held it in his hand, and showed it to me. The yellow paper and the cinnabar symbols are the same as the symbols on the table!

"Nothing has changed! …… Is he a normal person? I asked carefully, not sure, because their faces were so ugly.

Chang Daochang shook his head slowly, and slowly spread out his hand, only to see that the top half of this talisman was the original yellow, and the lower half of Chang Daochang's hand had turned red. It was a dark red, but it shone with a strange sheen, and if you look at it twice, you will feel dizzy.

"Half turned red? …… What's going on? I asked, surprised.

Chang Dao looked at me and said, "This shows that he is not a ghost!" But...... Nor are they normal people! ”

“…… Could it be that he's- a monster! I cried out.

"It's not! …… If he's a ghost, what you usually call a youkai, the talisman will instantly turn to ashes! Chang Daochang's voice was difficult, "So, he should be the skeleton!" But, he's not anything I know!! ”

I sat down on the stool in a daze, and I didn't even know what Chang Dao Chang was, so what could I do?

"Little Star, you retell the events that happened in the 'Abandoned Garden' that day carefully and carefully, and you can't miss any details! Especially every move of you, the big tiger and the skeleton, don't miss a thing! Chang Daochang's tone was unusually solemn and serious.

"Me? Does my move also matter? "I wonder why even my actions have become important.

“…… Yes. Chang Dao Chang looked at me with a sadness in his eyes that he couldn't hide, and he took out a talisman from his right pocket and handed it to me. I took it and saw that most of it was still yellow, only a small half was red, and the red was very light.

I don't quite understand: "Uncle Chang, what does this mean?" This talisman ......"

"Alas! This talisman ...... It's what you touched in the morning! ”

"What? I? …… But why did this talisman turn red? I really didn't believe my eyes, so I rubbed it vigorously and looked again, and the small half of the Fu was still red!

"Now you know why you want to explain the events of that day in detail, right? Something has happened to the big tiger, and you've become like this again, I guess you must have missed the most important details that day! ”

I was flustered, thinking left and right, but I couldn't remember what else I had done that day in the "abandoned garden". What went wrong? How do I ...... Aren't you a normal person anymore?

"Don't be afraid, little star! Think about it again, how did you and the big tiger come into contact with that skeleton that day? Chang Dao Chang comforted me.

"Little star, don't be afraid! Chang Dao Chang will help you! Grandma Teng will too! I looked up at them and felt much calmer. So I told me in detail about what happened in the "Abandoned Garden" that day, and after listening to me, Chang Daochang fell into deep thought, and Grandma Teng and Xiaohua also thought hard and meditated. I looked at Chang Dao uneasily, waiting for him to help me figure out the reason.

"Little Star, after the big tiger was bitten by the skull's mouth, did the other children touch the skull?" Chang Dao asked me after pondering for a long time.

"Nope! Everyone else froze, only I touched ...... Then the skeleton, I want to help the big tiger break the skeleton's mouth. ”

"Oh. I guess that might be a reason. …… However, if his purpose is to kill everyone who has touched the skeleton, then why save you on the road? Chang Dao Chang stood up and walked around the table, "Also, he approached you as your tablemate, and seemed to be quite friendly to you, what did he want from you?" ”

What do you get? Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in my mind, could it be- that two-color glass?! I couldn't help but reach into my pants pocket and grasp the glass.

"Sister Xiaoxing, have you thought of anything?" I was startled, and when I raised my eyes, I saw Xiao Hua looking at me with thoughtful eyes, and Chang Daochang and Grandma Teng also looked at me together.

Do you want to tell them about the glass? I hesitated for a moment, but Sun Anning's face unexpectedly appeared in front of me, as well as his sincere and friendly gaze when he looked at me! I never felt any ill will towards me, on the contrary, he always treated me like a friend. If, he is really a skeleton of the "abandoned garden"; If, this two-color glass is really his; If he really wants to use this glass to harm me, I should ask him about it in person! It's my own business, and I should take care of it myself!

I made up my mind, so I let go of the glass and took out the sachet that Chang Dao Chang gave me before: "Uncle Chang, I was thinking, I don't know if the 'Five Thunder Heavenly Master Exorcism Talisman' you gave me before can come in handy?" ”

Chang Dao Chang took the sachet, thought about it seriously, and said firmly: "Well, although I don't know what that skeleton is, under the 'Five Thunder Method', no monster can think of retreating with its whole body!" …… Little Star, I think the root cause of your influence is still in that skull. It comes from the 'Abandoned Garden', so there is a good chance that it will use the 'Abandoned Garden' as a hiding place! This afternoon, I went to the 'Abandoned Garden' and waited for it! ”

"Okay, I'll go with you!" Grandma Teng and Xiaohua said in unison.

"Don't go! Let's go with Uncle Chang and I! "I know that Grandma Teng and Xiaohua want to help me, but if it is really as Chang Dao Chang said, the skeleton is trying to harm me and want to get something from me, then this afternoon's trip to the "Abandoned Garden" will be very dangerous!

"Sister Xiaoxing, no matter what happens, I will help you!"

"Little star, don't worry about Grandma Teng! We can help you with more people! ”

I wanted to persuade them again, but Chang Daochang suddenly said, "It's okay, I was going to find two helpers!" ”

"Uncle Chang, it's too dangerous for them to go! I ......"

"Little star, don't worry, with Uncle Chang here, Grandma Teng and Xiaohua will not be in danger! The most dangerous thing right now is you, and we'll set it up in the 'abandoned garden' before you get out of school, waiting for the skeleton to show up. But just to avoid being alarmed, you still have to go to school this afternoon! ”

"Well, I'm not afraid!"

"You have to be extra careful! Don't be ...... Your table mates can see what's wrong with you! Although Chang Daochang tried to be calm, his slightly trembling voice still revealed his deep worry.

I smiled, but my eyes suddenly became hot, I quickly turned around, quickly wiped away the tears with my hands, and then tried to calm myself and walked out! Although my intuition tells me that even if Sun Anning is really that skeleton, he will not harm me, but things in the world are ever-changing, and people's hearts are unfathomable (if he also has a heart), I am not completely sure! But I must face it bravely, there is no other way to go!

"Little Star, you wait!" Chang Dao Chang stopped me, and he pulled out an old yellow talisman from the innermost layer of the cloth bag he was carrying, which was the same color and size as the talisman I had seen before, but it was empty, and there was no symbol of cinnabar painting.

I saw Chang Dao Chang biting on his middle finger, squeezing, and dripping a large drop of blood on this talisman, as if he had been summoned by some kind, this talisman suddenly came alive and stretched out smartly, not only the color became an incomparably bright bright yellow, but also the front and back of the talisman appeared bright red and dazzling cinnabar symbols!

Even if you are a layman of Taoism, you can immediately feel the momentum of the dragon flying and phoenix dance and the awe-inspiring righteousness that is full of circulation! I, Grandma Teng and Xiao Hua all looked at this talisman with an almost pious gaze, Chang Daochang's face also became very solemn, he glanced at the talisman in his hand, and with his other hand took out the "Five Thunder Heavenly Master Exorcism Talisman" in the sachet for me, and then whispered: "Go!" As if they had comprehended Chang Daochang's intentions, the two talismans quickly fit together, and after spinning in the air a few times, they slowly fell and landed in Chang Daochang's outstretched palm.

In the hands of Chang Daochang, the charm was shining with golden light, radiating a brilliant light, which made people feel awe-inspired! Immediately, its light calmed down, and slowly, the light diffused, like a dense mist, enveloping us, making our hearts clear!

"Little Star, I have attached this powerful 'Five Thunder Heavenly Heart Talisman' to the 'Exorcism Talisman'. These two talismans are deeply spiritual, especially the 'Five Thunder Heavenly Heart Talisman', which is the core of the 'Five Thunder Method'! However, the skeleton is so strange and unpredictable, just in case of accidents, I made the two match two into one, and when the time comes, use it unexpectedly, maybe I can subdue the skeleton in one fell swoop! As he spoke, Chang Dao Chang gently touched the talisman with his hand, and the talisman immediately converged the light, and after a while, it became as old as when we first saw it. Xiao Hua curiously picked it up and looked at it carefully, only to see that the color of this new rune was dull and inconspicuous, if we hadn't seen it radiant with our own eyes just now, we wouldn't believe that it was a spirit rune!

Chang Daochang took the talisman from Xiaohua's hand, carefully put it into the original sachet, and then handed the sachet to me again.

"Give it to me? Uncle Chang, you should take it! I won't use it either, don't mess things up when the time comes! I waved my hand again and again.

"Little star, you may not understand this sentence, but you must remember that everything has a certainty! Sometimes it's not human! Uncle Chang won't force anything, you just need to be careful and do what you want to do! ”

Looking at Chang Daochang's kind and slightly bitter eyes, I felt a sour feeling in my heart, Chang Daochang finally guessed that I was hiding some information. "Well, I remember! …… Uncle Chang, I'm going to school! I took the sachet, put it back in my pants pocket, then waved at Grandma Teng and Xiaohua, and then took a big stride, turned around and walked out to school.

Along the way, I walked as fast as I could, just thinking about getting to school as soon as possible. I'm ready to ask Sun Anning about the two-color glass first. If you ask again in the "Abandoned Garden", then Chang Daochang, Grandma Teng, and Xiaohua will be in greater danger!

Walking into the gate of the school, the students were chasing each other in twos and threes, and from time to time burst into a burst of cheerful laughter. I walked straight into our classroom, and there was no one in the classroom. I walked to my seat and put down my bag, the table hole next to me and the seat were empty, he hadn't come yet, had he? I thought about it and sat down in my seat and waited for him.

For a long time, no classmates came into the classroom, and he didn't show up. Gradually, the noise outside the classroom seemed to become far away, and the classroom seemed to become more empty all of a sudden! I looked up at the blackboard in front of the classroom, and for the first time it felt so small, and it was getting smaller and smaller as if it appeared in a lens that was getting farther away. I hurriedly turned my head to look out the window, but the scene outside the window was blurry, in a trance, and I couldn't see anything clearly. There was silence all around, and all I could hear was my own pounding heartbeat.

"Squad leader, are you waiting for me?"

I turned my head to see Sun Anning standing beside me. He still looked at me so calmly, and his tone was soft.

I slowly stood up, took a deep breath, and looked him in the eye, "Who are you?" Is your name really Sun Anning? …… You're the one in the 'Abandoned Garden'...... Skeletons? ”

The last sentence I asked was very difficult, but I finally asked it. This question has been in my mind for too long, like a heavy stone blocking my chest, making people uncomfortable.

"Actually, whether I say 'yes' or 'no', you're going to feel sad, right?" He smiled at me, but there was sadness in his eyes that could not be concealed.

I smiled wryly, such an answer was tantamount to acquiescence. It wasn't unexpected, but I couldn't help but feel sad!

"Did you hurt the big tiger? But why did you save me? …… Is it for this two-tone glass I picked up in the 'Abandoned Garden'? I took the piece of glass out of my pocket and held it up to him.

"Squad leader, I never want to hurt others! Do you believe me? I was silent, but nodded slightly. My name is really Sun Anning! My mom was my dad's little wife, but I was an only child, so I had a pretty good life at that time! He glanced at the glass in my hand and added with a strange expression, "One day, however, I heard my father say in front of all his wives that he would leave all his possessions to me and my mother. Within a few days, my mom died suddenly. The doctor said she had died of illness, but I knew she had killed someone. Because, after my mother died, it has been in my dreams, let me run away quickly! Get out of my house!"

Hey? This thing sounds a little familiar, oh, I suddenly remembered, isn't this the owner of the "abandoned garden", the family of the big silk boss surnamed Sun?!

"Could it be that you are the owner of the 'Abandoned Garden', the ...... of Boss Sun Son? "I'm amazed, Chang Dao Chang has already determined that he is not a ghost! Think about it, at least forty or fifty years have passed since that Boss Sun's incident, if he is really Boss Sun's son, oh my God! How old should he be now!

"Yes! …… Don't be afraid! I'm not a ghost! "He was busy comforting me.

Ahem, it's more terrifying if it's not a ghost!

I had to smile bitterly and say, "I'm not afraid!" …… Go on! How did you become ...... That one...... Well...... What about the skeleton? ”

He suddenly fell silent, his hands unconsciously clenched into fists, the expression on his face became painful, and his eyes flashed with hatred! For him, this past is probably the most painful experience for him!

After a while, he glanced at the piece of glass in my hand again, and his gaze was as cold as a sword, with a bitter hatred, as if he wanted to smash the glass to pieces. I took a step back and tightened my grip on the glass, afraid that he would pounce and really smash the glass.

"I didn't listen to my mother, because I wanted to find out who had harmed her and avenge her! …… That evening, my father went to the famous Taoist temple in the city. Ever since my mother died, he had dreamed of her every day, crying to him with a bloody and horrible face. Dad also suspected that someone had killed Mom, so he hurriedly went to ask the Taoist! I waited at home, and she came to my room! She used to come a lot, and out of all of Daddy's wives, she was the best to me! So I didn't doubt her, she gave me a glass of milk and reassured me not to rush. …… I drank the milk and I didn't know anything! His expression was calm, and his tone was very light, but his gaze was even more terrifying, a mixture of self-deprecation, pain, resentment, and hatred, which really should not have appeared on the face of a child who looked only thirteen or fourteen years old. I didn't dare to look at him anymore and lowered my head.

“…… When I woke up, I found myself in her room. I collapsed to the ground, and she sat in a chair close to me, and between me and her was a strange, monstrous, monstrous bronze beast. In her left hand, she held a bronze knife, like the one used to cut steak when eating Western food, the blade was rusty, but the tip of the knife glowed with a dark red glow that made people dizzy when they looked at it. In her right hand, she held a rectangular, dark black stone, not big or thick, but there was a dark red light that appeared and disappeared from time to time.

When she saw that I was awake, she smiled at me. She smiled softly, but the corners of her eyes and eyebrows were full of long-cherished satisfaction and pride, and her face showed a pleasant look like a cat had caught a little mouse and didn't want to eat it immediately, ready to tease it enough and then taste it slowly. I was cold, it turned out that she was kind to me before, and she was all pretending.

'What are you going to do?' I shouted as hard as I could, hoping that someone in the house would hear my cry and save me. But I immediately realized that I was shouting as hard as I could, almost like a mosquito was screaming. 'You're just like your mother, you're someone who should have disappeared a long time ago!' She sneered and said, 'I've endured it for more than ten years, and I can finally do what I've always wanted to do!' After listening to her words, I immediately guessed that she must have killed my mother! Scared and angry, I asked if she had killed my mother. She replied smugly, 'yes,' and then took the bronze knife and walked up to me and slashed lightly at the skin on my hands, feet, and chest. The knife was blunt, and only a few drops of blood flowed from each wound, but as soon as the blood came out, it was sucked out by the knife. The dark red glow on the tip of the knife became more intense, and when I looked at it, I felt as if the whole room was spinning!

She thrust the knife into the bronze beast's mouth, and she quickly recited a few syllables in a language I didn't understand, and the bronze beast blinked at once. Its eyes are so big! There seemed to be something embedded in the eye sockets, shining red, weird, hideous, and alive as if it were alive. I looked at her in horror, not knowing what she was going to do with me. ”

Well, the monstrous, crimson-eyed beast, isn't that what I saw in the hallucination on the road? Sure enough, it has something to do with him!

"And what about later? …… Uh, why hasn't that two-color glass ever appeared? I couldn't help but ask, in fact, I wanted to ask, was it the two-color glass that made him ...... Turned into a skeleton? But when the words came to my lips, I couldn't bear it, so I changed my words.

He grasped the corner of the table with his hand and continued: "She turned and sat down in the chair again, and she slowly lifted the black stone in her right hand and said to me, 'Wait a little and you will know what it means to be gone!' Then she ignored me and began to concentrate on reciting some syllables in a very fast tone, which I could not understand, but I could feel that she was both triumphant and very nervous. The black stone trembled slightly in her hand, and the dark red light inside the stone became brighter and brighter, and the red light in the eyes of the bronze giant beast also skyrocketed, and its expression became even more hideous. I struggled to get up from the ground, but my whole body seemed to fall apart and I couldn't get up. I was so anxious that tears flowed, and cold sweat was pouring down my body like rain. Suddenly, she aimed the black stone in her hand at the bronze beast, and the light in the stone enveloped the whole body of the giant beast for a moment, and the giant beast ...... Slowly turned around and opened his huge mouth at me. ”

"Ahh It's eating you?! I cried out.

“…… No. He smiled, but it was worse than crying.

"It opened its mouth, made a sucking motion, and I ...... When I saw the skin and flesh on my legs, all of a sudden was gone, and only bare bones remained. Before I could scream, the dark red light that enveloped it shone on my pale leg bones. I don't feel anything, but...... My leg bones seemed to be made of mud, and in the red light, slowly, slowly, melted, and after a while...... Only...... Gone! …… Then, my hands, my body...... I watched as every part of my body turned into a skeleton, then slowly melted and disappeared......"

His tone became blank and mechanical, but I heard that my scalp was numb, my teeth were sore, and it was cold from my body to the bottom of my heart, and I really wanted to burrow into the thick quilt at once. At the same time, I feel a little sympathy for him, such an encounter, even if I imagine it, it is like falling into an ice cellar (I have a nightmare at night), let alone someone who has experienced it myself, after all, very few people will have the opportunity to see themselves turn into skeletons and slowly disappear!

"But I'm alive! I could clearly feel that I wasn't dying because of the disappearance of my body, but it scared me even more! I can't imagine what I would do if all my people were gone and I was still alive! …… With such great fear, I was going crazy! I had only one thought in my mind, and that was: I'd rather die right away than let her go on any longer! …… At this point, I was left with only my head, and after the beast sucked again, I knew that I had become a ...... A skull! A living skull!! ”

I stared at her with such anger that I didn't expect as I flew up, dodging the red light, and slammed into her hand! She was startled, and her body dodged to the side, and what she was reading suddenly stopped, and I immediately heard the bronze beast let out a wounded howl, and the black stone she was holding in her hand also shook violently, and the red light that the stone had originally emitted began to shrink inward, and the stone became transparent, and the red light that had been withdrawn flowed through the stone like a substantial liquid.

Her expression instantly turned terrified, and she stammered as she tried to repeat the syllables, and I pounced on it again, biting the thumb of her right hand that was holding the stone. If I still had a body, I wouldn't be so fast, but all I have left is my skull, and besides, I just want to die early, and I don't have any scruples! I bite down desperately, I hate her! I can't wait to eat her raw! So...... I actually bit off her thumb, even the flesh and bones!! Hum! ……”

I remembered the day we were in the "Waste Garden", the scene when the big tiger was bitten by his finger, and I secretly stuck out my tongue, his biting skills are really powerful! Then I thought that the big tiger was no longer there, and my heart was gloomy.

I only heard him continue: "She was so dizzy with pain that she threw her right hand desperately, and as a result, she threw me out of the window along with the black stone in her hand!" In mid-air, I caught the stone, and I heard her scream, her voice full of fear! Then I saw the bronze beast fly out of the window like a piece of paper that had shrunk countless times over, and into the black stone I was biting into. I was thrown by her on the grass of my home, and when I landed, I knew that I could not be seen by others, so I thought that it was best to hide in a hole that no one could find, and I thought so, and found that the stone I was biting was shining with a faint red light, and wherever the red light went, the earth was turned up on both sides, and I went down! ”

I heard something strange here, why is there only a red glowing black stone, two-tone glass?

He seemed to see my suspicion, and then said, "I hid in the dirt and it took a long, long time to sneak out, and then ...... My house is abandoned, and there is no one left! I was walking alone in the garden, don't interrupt just yet, I was indeed walking in the garden that day, because I was suddenly back to normal. I was on the ground with my hands and feet full, still clutching the 'black stone' in my hands. After walking around, I finally despaired, the grass on the ground had grown very tall, the family house had been demolished, and I had become a real homeless orphan.

…… I sat down on the rockery that was left in the garden, and it was only then that I realized that the black stone that had followed me from that night onwards had become bicolored, half black and half red. Its texture has also changed, and it is no longer like a stone, but more like a ...... Glass. I hate it so much, it turned me into a living skeleton! …… However, I can't help but rely on it, and it is its power that allows me to become a normal human being! ”

So that's it!

But I still had a big question in my mind, so I said, "That piece...... If glass can turn you back to a normal person, why do you want to keep that...... Well...... What about the image of a skeleton? "I regret my words as soon as I say them, who would like to be a skeleton?

He hung his head, his hand clutching the corner of the table bruised, cough, I'm really ...... No heart, no brain!

"Well, that's not what I meant! …… I mean...... "I don't know how to change my words."

He shook his hand at me: "It's okay! …… I was going to tell you everything! After so many years, I tried my best to finally know that the black stone turned out to be the 'magic stone' enshrined in one of the most isolated and remote mountain villages in southern Fujian! This small village also used to have a kind of witchcraft that relied on the power of this 'magic stone' to curse others to disappear mysteriously! ”

"Witchcraft? What's that? I interjected.

"I don't know! Because that evil witchcraft is said to have been lost a long time ago! ”

"Lost? That makes you ...... How do you do this? ”

“…… I don't know yet. That small village was too far away from here, and although I got some strength from that 'magic stone', maybe I destroyed her halfway through...... Spells, the power of this 'magic stone' is far less powerful than the legend, and it is very unstable, I have no ability to keep this normal person to go to that small village to find out! ”

As he spoke, he looked at me deeply with a very strange smile in his eyes, "...... Squad leader, if I haven't been able to do this, can you ......?"

"I won't do it for you!" I vaguely felt in my heart that there was an ominous connotation in his words, so I flatly refused.

"Alas! Squad leader, what a ...... are you In fact, everything has its own fixed number, and I am afraid that it cannot be changed by manpower! ”

My heart shook, wasn't this sentence exactly what Chang Dao Chang said to me before going to school this afternoon? "But if we do nothing, how do we know it's immutable?" I raised my head high and stubbornly retorted to him.

He didn't argue with me, just stared at me intently, with a look of emotion on his face, like a sensible big brother looking at a naughty and mischievous little sister. I was suddenly frightened, did he already know that we were going to deal with him? But that's not what I want to do!

“…… Well, you don't give up! Perhaps, we can find another way to get you back to the way you were! "I tried to comfort him.

"The way it was? …… I was 13 years old when I had the accident, and if I were to go back to the original, I would ...... I should be 57 years old this year! Squad leader, will you still recognize me? The corners of his mouth twitched upwards slightly, revealing a bitter smile.

I was speechless for a moment, not knowing how to answer.

"Squad leader, there are some things that always have to be faced. …… I'm not giving up, I just don't want to force it! Either way, I consider you a good friend of mine! I don't blame you for whatever you do! His expression became calm, that is, after experiencing great suffering and pain, a kind of free and easy but very helpless calmness, "What should come will always come, and what should end will definitely end!" …… I'm going home! With that, he turned away.

I didn't seem to understand what he said, but I thought that Chang Daochang and they must have already set up the "abandoned garden", so I waited for him to return to the "abandoned garden" and throw himself into the net. “…… Hey, you're ...... today. Don't go back to the 'Abandoned Garden'! I hurriedly shouted.

He turned around and smiled at me, "I'm going to go back!" ”

“…… Then you put this piece ...... Bring it on! I didn't think about it, so I handed him the "two-color glass" in my hand.

“…… Squad leader, do you think you should give it to me? Instead of taking it, he took a step back.

"This was meant to be yours! Of course I should have given it back to you! I replied firmly, and then walked up and shoved it into his hand.

“…… All right! Squad leader, I'll go first! He stopped looking at me and walked quickly out of the classroom. In the blink of an eye, his figure was out of sight.

I was in a hurry, shouting, "...... Hey, wait for me! He hurried out of the classroom.

As soon as I stepped out of the classroom door, the sky suddenly darkened, and then it became warm and bright, but outside the classroom became a large grass, and as far as the eye could see, it seemed to be connected to the sky. I smiled wryly, but I didn't stop, and ran straight ahead. After running for a while, it was still overwhelming green in front of me, I was in a hurry, I picked up my speed, and I ran straight out of breath, and I didn't want to stop because my chest hurt.

After running for a while, I was pleasantly surprised to find a house on my left. It was so familiar, I ran into one of them without thinking, and was stunned! Isn't this our classroom? It's just that now the students are all in the classroom, some of them are talking and laughing, some are burying their heads in homework, and some are fiddling with stationery. The cacophony of breath hit my face and made my ears ring. I looked at them in confusion, where had they all gone, and how had they all appeared now?

"Squad leader, what's wrong with you?" Little Jane pulls my clothes.

"I ...... It's nothing! "I sat in my seat, and the seat next to me was still empty." He hasn't come to school yet? I asked knowingly.

"Who?"

"It's not Sun Anning yet!"

"What? Who is Sun Anning? Jane's face was full of confusion.

"What are you kidding? Isn't he my new tablemate? You don't know?! ”

“…… Squad leader, since ...... After the big tiger is gone, you have always sat alone! Jane looked at me with a little fear in her eyes.

I don't believe it, how is that possible? I was busy checking with my classmates around me. Without exception, everyone looked at me with strange and frightened eyes, and I only felt as if I had stepped into the air and fallen off a mountain. I was so confused that my heart felt like a big mess, so what was happening now was not real?

I hugged my head and wanted to ask out loud: Can anyone tell me what is real and what is unreal?

"Jingle bell ......" The crisp bell rang in my ears, and the teacher walked into the classroom and began to teach us. I picked up the book on the table in a lost mind, and looked at it with a blank look in my eyes, and the teacher was trying to explain the text in front of the podium, but I didn't listen to a word.

Didn't he ever exist? Who did I discuss problems, do homework, and organize notes with in class before? Why do I remember his voice, smile, and every move clearly? …… He shouldn't be my hallucination! I command myself to calm down and think, if he exists, then it means that everything now is not real!

I turned my head and looked around, carefully observing the actions of my teachers and classmates, trying to find flaws to prove that they were illusory. However, the teacher was explaining the text in a rambling manner, as usual; The students were listening intently, and there was nothing unusual at all. I stared at it for a while, a little frustrated, and I flipped through the book in frustration.

Suddenly, a familiar handwriting on a certain page of the book jumped in front of my eyes, and I hurriedly leaned up to look at it, ah! Isn't this the essay outline that Sun Anning wrote to me in composition class the day before yesterday? His handwriting was delicate and upright, very different from my random scribbling. On top of that, there is his signature under the outline! If he doesn't exist, then how can my book have his handwriting and name on it? Overjoyed, I ignored what I was looking at and immediately stood up and ran out of the classroom.

As soon as I stepped out of the classroom door, I finally saw the school corridor that I was familiar with, and a dozen steps forward, it was the gate of the school, and I walked out of the illusion! I didn't have time to take a breath, so I rushed straight to the "Abandoned Garden", hoping I didn't go too late!

"You're not a ghost or a ghost, what is it?" As soon as I ran to the gate of the "Abandoned Garden", I heard the stern voice of Chang Daochang, who was questioning Sun Anning, "You know that no matter who you approach, it will bring bad luck to whom!" Why don't you honestly hide in the underground of the 'abandoned garden' and come out to harm people? ”

It's okay, it's okay! I'm not too late! I hurriedly pushed the rusty iron door of the "Waste Garden", but I didn't hear Sun Anning's answer.

When I pushed the door and entered, I saw Grandma Teng and Xiaohua both holding a wooden sword in their hands, standing behind Chang Daochang, who was carrying his old yellow cloth bag diagonally. Chang Dao waved his hand, and three yellow talismans flew towards Sun Anning, and the castration was very urgent, bringing up the wind of "Hello Lines", as if he wanted to penetrate his head. I didn't have time to speak, but I saw Sun Anning calmly raise his right hand, a dark red light diffused from his hand, enveloping his whole body, and the yellow talisman just touched the red light, as if it was frozen, and he could no longer move forward. The yellow talisman suddenly burst into flames, turned into ashes in an instant, and scattered on the ground.

However, Sun Anning's appearance has also changed, from a sven and beautiful boy to Bai Sensen's skull, biting the two-color "magic stone" in his mouth. I stared at him blankly, my heart was mixed, it wasn't the first time I had seen this skull, but it was the first time I had seen him turn into a skull in reality!

"Little Star, still not here to help?" Chang Dao Chang saw me and hurriedly shouted to me, "Take out the spirit talisman!" ”

I shook my body and subconsciously pulled the sachet out of my pocket. Hearing Chang Daochang's words, Sun Anning slowly turned his head, and two deep black holes were facing me, staring at me as usual. As if facing his sincere eyes, my hand could not open the sachet.

"Little star, you...... Alas! Chang Daochang stomped his feet, raised one palm to his chest, made a strange gesture, his lips moved, as if he was silently chanting something, and then shouted: "Get up!" ”

The sachet in my hand trembled violently, and the talisman flew out of the sachet on its own. For a while, the golden light was blazing, and it quickly circled above Chang Daochang's head, and suddenly turned into a golden dragon with angry claws, and the scales on the dragon's body were the symbols painted by the cinnabar, bright red color, appearing and disappearing, and it was breathtaking!

Chang Daochang's demeanor was very solemn, and with a flick of the middle finger and thumb of his right hand, he saw the golden dragon raising his head to the sky, and there was a continuous "boom" sound in the clear and bright sky, like thunder before a storm.

Yes! This is probably the "Five Thunder Method"! My heart tightened, and I couldn't help but stare at Sun Anning, my eyes full of worry. From the time I realized from Chang Dao Chang to the present, whether it is facing the mother and son in the well, or the "soul attracting lamp" of the girl in purple, Chang Dao Chang has never used this powerful "Five Thunder Method"!

In the continuous explosion of thunder, Sun Anning's mouth opened and suddenly spit out the two-color "magic stone". The "magic stone" rolled in the air, and a terrifying bronze beast with red eyes flashing was conjured. The dark red light was in full bloom for a while, and the bronze giant beast opened its mouth and pounced on the golden dragon! A dragon and a beast fought in the air, and wherever the dark red light went, even the white clouds were sucked away by it; But as soon as it touched the scales of the golden dragon, it immediately retreated like an electric shock.

Chang Daochang, Grandma Teng, and Xiaohua were all staring nervously at the air, but I found that Sun Anning was just looking at me, not caring about the fight in the air at all. Is he sure of winning? I looked at him, and at Chang Dao and them, I really didn't know who I wanted to win!

"Don't worry, squad leader." Under the Five Thunder Method, what monster can win? Sun Anning didn't open his mouth, he seemed to be talking to me with his heart, "For so many years, I only have two wishes. One is to go to that little village to find the truth about witchcraft, and it is best to remove the witchcraft that has been cast on me; There is another one, which is to completely destroy the bronze giant beast in the 'magic stone'! …… Today, it seems that this wish may be realized, hehe, it can be regarded as half avenging! ”

“…… However, you have not yet unlocked the witchcraft on your body, and as soon as the bronze beast is destroyed, you ...... Aren't you going to ...... All the way to a skull? "I was in a hurry, and I didn't care if I would hear it for Chang Dao Chang, so I shouted loudly.

"Skulls? …… Not anymore! I'm not going to be a skull anymore! Just like when we first saw each other that day, Sun Anning's eyes blinked mischievously, the corners of his mouth turned upward, and he smiled at me. My throat choked, tears rolled in my eyes, and I couldn't say anything.

At this moment, the painful howl of the bronze behemoth was heard in the air. As soon as I looked up, I saw that the bronze beast was rolling in the air, shrinking, thinning, becoming like a piece of paper, and finally like burned dust, the wind blew, and disappeared into the air in the blink of an eye! Then, the "magic stone" appeared, but it was no longer bi-colored, and the texture did not look like glass, but became a charred stone! Sun Anning caught up with it and bit it, the golden dragon roared angrily towards the sky, and immediately a sudden electric light slashed at Sun Anning.

"Uncle Chang, he's not ......" Before I finished my words, I was stunned by the scene in front of me. The lightning was like a big hoop, tightly clamping Sun Anning's skull, and then a circle of golden flames ignited, and the flames surrounded him.

I didn't want to, so I rushed over and reached out to save him in the ring of fire. With a snort, flames suddenly burst in front of me, and my hand seemed to be in a steel-making furnace, and the pain was as if it had been melted. Someone in the back pulled me back, and as soon as I left the ring of fire, the flames were gone.

I hurriedly shouted at Sun Anning: "Quick, jump out!" Get out of the fire ring and you'll be fine! "But, in the firelight, he only shook his head at me, and quietly let the flames burn." Not anymore! I'm not going to be a skull anymore! "His words rang in my ears, it turned out that he already knew that as soon as the bronze beast disappeared, he would no longer be a skeleton! …… He will disappear together!! Tears welled up in my eyes, and I desperately waved to him and shouted, "You...... Come out of here! It doesn't matter if it's a skeleton, I'...... Will always be a good friend of you! …… Come here! ”

Wrapped in flames, he stared at me deeply, and two lines of tears flowed out of the deep black hole, one by one falling on the flames, making a "snort" sound. Then, as he seemed to struggle violently, the flames burst open, and a black glimmer surrounded him. Then, his hands, feet, and body slowly reappeared, and he reverted to the form of a full human being. In the blink of an eye, in the firelight stood a sven, beautiful, bright boy with big bright eyes, a high nose, and thin lips, who smiled at me with tears in his eyes, and waved to me reluctantly, and gradually, his figure faded. Finally, in the haze of tears, I saw a black light streak across the sky, and the scorching golden flames vanished in an instant.

The golden dragon was constantly hovering above Chang Dao's head, and he seemed very uneasy. With a gesture of his hand, the golden dragon turned back into a yellow spirit rune and flew into the sachet that I threw on the ground.

I stood there in a daze, and Chang Dao picked up the sachet and handed it to me.

I lowered my head and saw a pale black burn mark in the palm of my right hand, very similar to the shape of a flame, hard to the touch, and there was no pain. Other than that, my hand is still the same as before, no damage.

However, my heart hurt very much, and I shook my head resolutely and said, "Uncle Chang, you should take this well!" I won't be using it in the future! ”

Chang Dao thought for a moment and put away the sachet. His expression was quite heavy, and he touched my head: "Little star, are you blaming Uncle Chang in your heart?" ”

“…… No. I was just...... I'm just sad! ”

"Actually, he is no longer a skull, and for him, it is also a relief!"

I nodded, I also knew that it was a tragic thing to be a living skeletal skull, but now that he is gone, my heart is empty, unspeakably uncomfortable, will I never see him again?

I followed Chang Dao Chang and them home in a daze.

In the middle of the night, I dreamed of him, holding a blackened "magic stone" in his hand, smiling at me and saying, "I'm going to fulfill another wish of mine." This 'magic stone' will no longer harm people, I will give it to you!" …… When I get back, we'll be friends forever! ”

I took the charred stone, nodded vigorously, and said, "Okay." I'll be waiting for you to come back! …… When will you be back? He didn't answer, smiled and turned away. I tried to catch up, but I fell into the abyss...... I woke up from my dream only to find that I had fallen from bed to the floor, no wonder I dreamed of falling into the abyss!

Alas! It's a pity that it was a dream just now, otherwise it would have been great, at least there was hope!

Suddenly, I felt something tightly in my hand, and I slowly opened my hand, for fear that it was just my hallucination, and that there was a charred black "magic stone" in my hand!