Chapter 230: "Old Friends"
The first surreal battle with a group of witchers was the first time in his life that Hao Ren had personally participated in it, and he remembered every detail of what happened vividly, so he could instantly recognize that the woman in front of him was the female witcher he had fought against that day - the scar was impressive. But he would never have imagined that he would meet each other in such a place and in such a subtle form: this witcher turned out to be a mobile phone seller......
Vivien also remembered this face, so she reacted at the same time as Hao Ren, she took a half step back in an instant, and then the temperature around her began to drop, but just as the vampire's power was about to erupt, the female witcher waved her hand: "Here...... Is it appropriate? β
Hao Ren felt that his heart had slowly adjusted to this startled life, and he quickly calmed down, and gently tugged on Vivien's sleeve to tell the latter not to act rashly. At this moment, the surrounding customers also felt that the atmosphere here was abnormal, they didn't seem to be aware of the suspicious conversation that happened next to this strange mobile phone clerk, but many people were overwhelmed by the sudden cold wind, some people rubbed their hands and looked around blankly, and finally a few eyes fell on Vivian's side. However, Vivien's withdrawal of strength was quite timely, and the surrounding idlers did not riot because of a cold wind, and soon the usual order was restored in the mobile phone store.
Vivien sensed that the witch didn't have any hostility, not even the desire to fight, so she relaxed a little, but instead of letting her guard down, she asked in a low voice, "Are you the witcher of that day?" I remember you should have been taken away by an Arcane miner. β
"And then it was released." The witch said quietly. I don't know what method she used to make the people around her, even the other clerks at the counter, pay attention elsewhere, and she was chatting with Hao Ren and Vivian here. But none of my colleagues were curious to ask about the situation. If it weren't for the cold wind from Vivien just now that briefly broke the strange "aura" she had created, she would have felt like she was in a barrier of tranquility here.
Hao Ren opened his mouth. He tried hard to think about what to say in this situation, but he didn't expect to meet a demon hunter who had fought in this situation. So after holding it for a long time, there was only one sentence: "What are you doing here?" β
"Go to work," the witch replied, still in that calm tone, "I've been working in this mall for over five years. Not long ago, I was selling clothes next door. If it weren't for being caught in a strange place by that blue creature for too long, I would still be selling clothes by now. β
Hao Ren: "...... No, that's not what I meant, I mean...... How can you be here? You, as a witcher, shouldn't ...... Well, I live in a place that looks more like a basement, and I go to the secret societies under the cathedrals every day to report. Then he led the demon to kill the demons all over the world, stood on the TV tower in the early morning to greet the rising sun, and silently guarded the peace of the city...... I have the impression that witchers should be like this. β
The witch huntress had a straight face like facial paralysis, and she only said one sentence after listening to Hao Ren's words: "I don't understand what you mean, but if I live like you say, I won't even go to work, where will I get the money to eat?" β
Hao Ren: "......"
He was stunned by the other party's theoretically logical answer for a long time and didn't speak, and finally reacted: "Wait, according to this, other witchers are usually the same as you...... Work? Grocery shopping? Dine? Go to bed? β
This time, even Vivian couldn't listen to it anymore, and poked Hao Ren's arm in the back: "Do you think there is anyone in the family who doesn't eat?" β
The witch nodded, "We usually live among humans, and I thought you should know this common sense. β
Vivien did tell Hao Ren a great deal about witchers. Including the fact that the latter mixed in with human society and lived with ordinary people, but Hao Ren obviously misunderstood it before, and he simply understood this "living together" as some kind of means to disguise his identity, but now it seems that these superhumans really need to eat, drink and laze as well - Hollywood is not shallow in harm. Hao Ren also thought that this kind of superhero in the dark was standing on the TV towers everywhere in addition to beating up little monsters every day.
As for the other demon hunter, Nangong - in fact, Hao Ren still didn't think of him as a demon hunter......
"Look, we don't have to fight today, do we?" Although Hao Ren noticed that the people around him were not paying attention to this side at all, he still couldn't help but lower his voice when he spoke, and he looked at the scar girl in front of him vigilantly. For fear that the other party would suddenly draw a half-meter-long crossbow and shoot him against the wall, "I didn't even know that female neuropathy released you - anyway, I don't even know where she locked you up." Where have you been during this time? β
On that day, the raven's Arcane minions came to the rescue. Take all the witchers who have been beaten to death or have been completely killed, whether dead or alive, raven 12345 says that he wants to educate these guys himself. But when Hao Ren went to the bungalow to make a report later, he didn't see these demon hunters. The Arcane Servants later vaguely stated that the captured witchers were being held in a special space that was not just a prison, but also an "educational facility" where Raven 12345 used his own behavior modification protocol to treat these extreme racists. Hao Ren originally thought that he would probably not see these demon hunters in his life, but he didn't expect to suddenly meet the scar girl today, so he just took this opportunity to inquire about the other party's experience these days.
Scar Girl didn't pull out her weapon immediately after seeing Vivien, and it seems that Raven 12345's "education" has been successful.
The witch thought for a moment, Hao Ren saw a trace of exhaustion and fear on her indifferent face, it seemed that the previous period of imprisonment was a terrible memory that could not be looked back, but just as she was about to speak, another voice suddenly came from the door of the store, it was a middle-aged male voice: "Zhao Xi, you come out for a ...... Well? β
The witch stood up when she heard the name "Zhao Xi", and Hao Ren turned his head to look at the familiar male voice, only to find that it was a man in a suit who looked extremely ordinaryβif he wasn't the leader of the witchers that day, he was really ordinary.
Vivien instantly nervous again, but the demon hunter leader didn't seem to have any intention of fighting, he was just extremely surprised, and then showed an expression that didn't know whether to cry or laugh and waved his hand to Hao Ren and Vivian to greet: "Meet again, don't fight today." β
Then he turned to the witch hunter: "Zhao Xi, put away your little tricks, and then ...... Come with these two 'friends'. β
The witch nodded with a straight face, stooped down and pulled out a small piece of paper with Leta's runes from under the counter in front of her and stuffed it into her pocket. With the removal of this piece of paper, the surrounding atmosphere has obviously changed, and the customers and clerks who had intentionally or unintentionally bypassed this small area glanced at Zhao Xi's surroundings curiously as if they had just woken up from a big dream, and one of the clerks looked at Hao Ren with hindsight: "Eh, Zhao Xi, is it your acquaintance?" β
It seems that the environment that dispersed the idlers just now turned out to be the effect of the Leta rune.
Hao Ren and Vivien followed the "Witcher Leader" to a quiet corner outside the store, and the witch named Zhao Xi was also called out. The middle-aged man first trained his subordinates: "Do you occasionally go to work seriously for a day?" As soon as you get to work, you put the runes on and sleep for a day, or play with your phone for a day, it's hard for me to do that - you drag down the performance of the whole store! β
Zhao Ximu looked at his boss with a face: "It's just that one more person's salary is opened, it's not so strict." β
The middle-aged man frowned: "But you can't mess around every day, right?" β
"First of all, I have a scar on my face," Zhao Xi pointed to his scar, and then pointed to his face, "Secondly, my facial nerves were paralyzed by the poisonous blood of vampires forty years ago, and to sum up, if I don't use the Leta rune to divert the attention of others, I will affect my performance even more." β
Middle-aged man: "...... You have these reasons, but there is still a problem with your work attitude......"
This sounds like a normal argument between a store leader and a slippery employee, and it doesn't really mean much information if you don't consider their status as witchers and the vampires mentioned in the conversation, but when you consider the above two points, it's a lot of information. Hao Ren coughed dryly, and the middle-aged man had to face up to the two "old friends" in front of him who made him extremely embarrassed but had to be treated solemnly, and he still had that expression that didn't know whether to cry or laugh: "I'm sorry, let me introduce myself, my name is Liu Sheng, the name that has been used in recent decades." I'm the section manager of the electronics store here and the home appliance store next to me, and I ...... He's a veteran witcher. (To be continued......)