Chapter 15: Windfall
The speed at which the young man in red fled was something I didn't expect, and for a man who could move so quickly in the dark, he must be very familiar with the terrain of the woods. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
All I thought of was that whether the young man in red knew where the fawn was, he would definitely be able to take me to find the fawn in the woods. So, no matter what, I'll have to find the boy in red first.
I didn't think much of it, endured the severe pain, and stood up. I must have been injured a lot when I fell just now, but in this dark night, I can't care about treating the wound.
After casually dusting off the dirt on my body, I gritted my teeth and continued walking in the direction where the young man in red had disappeared.
I must have scratched the skin on my knee, and the pain caused by the friction between my knee and the trouser tube was a little unbearable with every step I took. After persevering for a while, the pain was relieved.
I don't know how long I walked, but a feeling of despair came over me, and I was afraid that I would not be able to find them. I sat helplessly on the floor, fear and tiredness leaving me with no motivation to move forward.
Suddenly, something flashed in front of me, and I quickly pulled myself together and leaned forward slightly to see what it was. Just as I leaned over, there was another pause. I realized that there should be something reflective on the ground, so I boldly walked over to it.
I turned on my flashlight and cautiously approached. On the ground was a saber, with a black handle and a sharp blade, which seemed to exude an evil aura in the midnight woods.
It looked a little similar to my one, and I reached into the pocket of my backpack, but there was nothing in it. Suddenly, I seemed to understand something, the knife on the ground should be mine!
Why is my knife here? Did I fall out when I fell? Wouldn't I be ...... Back to square one? For a moment, my head was buzzing, it was incredible!
I hinted to myself to calm down, so I took a deep breath and tried to calm my nerves.
After walking for so long, I would go back to where I was? I tried to analyze the route I had just taken, and although I did not take a straight line to avoid some obstacles, the general direction should be forward! Why do you somehow go back to square one?
After hesitating for a while, it occurred to me that I had read a saying on the Internet that in the forest, if there are no obvious landmarks and references, it will cause people to lose their sense of direction. Even if you keep walking forward, you will deviate to one side due to the difference in the pace of your feet, which will cause you to go around in a large circle in the forest and return to the original point. The same is true in the desert and in the endless snow.
If that were the case, the size of the forest would be quite large. I don't know exactly how long I've been walking, but I'm sure I'm too far away from my dorm and there's a good chance I'll be stuck in this woods and never get out!
Fear is taking a toll on my will, should I keep going? After all, I'm too far away from the dorm. Forget it, let's go back, maybe the fawn has already gone back! I comforted myself like this.
The reason why I don't move forward is because I'm not sure if there will be anything strange in front of me, and if I can't guarantee my safety, what can I do to save the fawn? I'd like to go back to the place where the fawn disappeared and take a look, maybe he'll be waiting for me there.
I picked up my saber and carved marks into the trees around me. If I go in the opposite direction and see these markings again, then I'm really dead.
Actually, I'm not too sure I'll find the fawn, but I have to amplify the odds to convince myself that I'm confident enough to persevere. After a rough estimate of the direction, I set off.
There was no other noise in the woods, and I could only hear the crunch of branches breaking under my feet and my own rude gasps. I don't know how long I've walked, I don't know how long I'm going to walk, and at this moment, I'm not even sure if I'll make it out alive.
All of a sudden, something clicked under my feet, and it seemed to be hard. So, I carefully lowered my head.
It's the saber again......
I jerked off, what a situation! I quickly looked around, and there were no markings on the trees, which made me feel a little more at ease. How can there be two sabers of the same kind? Almost instantly, I seemed to think of something, turned on the flashlight, and observed the two sabers.
I bought this saber in the store, so it must be very popular in ghost towns, which means that I am not the only one who has it. I looked at the saber I had picked up for the first time in my hand, and sure enough, there were two letters crudely engraved on the hilt: LM.
It turns out that this one on the ground is mine! I'm not lost! I was amazed and delighted by this sudden discovery, at least it meant that I could get out alive!
So, who will this knife with LM engraved on it belong to? It shouldn't be a fawn's, I haven't seen him buy this knife. Soon my instinct pointed to the young man in red, since I picked up the knife on the way he disappeared, it was most likely his. What is LM?
I searched the thesaurus in my brain. Lu Meng? Rome? Rogue? The more I think about it, the more ridiculous it becomes.
Suddenly, a name popped into my mind: Luo Mo!
For a moment, my mind seemed to open up. The two of them were indeed very close in size, and Momo seemed very excited when I mentioned the young man in red in the cafeteria that day, and she also seemed to be very concerned about the death of Lu Jie and Four-Eyed.
All these signs show that there is only one answer: Momo is the boy in red!
I wanted to deny this fact countless times in my heart, how could a girl who was so cute Momo be a young man in red! But the truth is right in front of you, and I can't think of a more appropriate noun that matches these two letters except Luo Mo.
I frowned, trying to find some evidence to overturn the case, and I was too reluctant to accept it.
I thought again that Momo and the boy in red really didn't appear at the same time, which proved my previous thoughts. After thinking about it for a long time, I thought about it a lot, trying to overturn it all. But every time I think about it, it seems to prove that Momo is the boy in red!
The night was still thick, mercilessly shrouded in the unacceptable truth. I crouched in place, overwhelmed. Since Momo is the young man in red, and she didn't hurt me, then the fawn shouldn't be in any danger for the time being. I'll go back to the dormitory first, and I'll go to her early tomorrow morning, and I'll be sure to find out the truth in front of her!"
I resolutely stood up and walked forward with two sabers in hand, and I could feel the anger and murderous intent in my eyes at this time. I don't know why, in my heart, Momo must know the secret of the ghost town!