(002) The legend of the Suzaku curse
It wasn't until he confirmed that the other party had really disappeared that the young man named Mo Yi breathed a heavy sigh of relief, and the turquoise long knife disappeared into his hand as if by magic.
"Do you still think everything you're seeing now is a dream?" He turned around and threw out such a sentence to Poppy with a blank face.
This sentence hit the target, breaking the self-deception before Poppy, she was silent, her gaze fell on the back of the other party's hand again, and the Vermilion Bird mark starkly reminded her of some facts that she was unwilling to face.
She didn't want to live in that endless nightmare forever, and she didn't want to be entangled in these things that she couldn't understand forever, so she felt that she had to know the so-called truth.
Thinking of this, she looked up into the other party's dark eyes, and said word by word: "Then, please tell me the whole truth, I want to know why I have been having that strange dream for as long as I can remember, and why the person in the dream appears in reality, why he wants to kill me." Also, who are you? Why help me? ”
"You heard it just now, my name is Mo Yi. You and I, including him, we are not ordinary people, perhaps it should be said that we are all people who do not belong in this world. ”
This young man named Mo Yi has a pair of deep eyes that do not match his youthful face, just like a person who has experienced countless vicissitudes, but this should not be what a teenager of this age should have.
And what he said made Poppy feel a little incredible, her eyes widened, and her brain couldn't digest such a shocking statement for a while.
"You must have the same Suzaku mark on the back of my hand, right? This is actually a sign that we are cursed. ”
The story told by the young man seemed like a fantasy in the eyes of Poppy.
"Hundreds of years ago, we were all reborn in another plane, the Void Underworld. Mobei in the Void Underworld is our hometown - Nayu, and we are all Nayu people. The legend of this race is that it is protected by the god of the Mohe, so the people are talented, all of them have some extraordinary abilities, so the Nayu tribe is very warlike, killing everywhere, and later, in order to compete for the hegemony of the underworld, the blood slaughtered the city of Shamo separated by a water, and finally annoyed their great wizard, this wizard knows that the Nayu tribe has a fatal weakness, that is, the people are not prosperous, so the other party took the method of cutting the grass and eradicating the roots, cursing the young people of the Nayu tribe to live no more than 18 years old. If you want to continue to live, you can only kill your own people, and each time you kill them, you can live one more year. ”
"How can there be such a perverted curse! It's cruel....." Poppy shook her head in disgust and exclaimed.
"That person said that this is the retribution of our Nayu people, in order to fight for the hegemony of the Void Underworld, killing everywhere, the sin is too deep, so let our people live in this kind of self-killing for the rest of their lives, to repent of our previous sins."
He paused, but there didn't seem to be much resentment in his tone.
This curse will accompany us for the rest of our lives, and the cursed person, as long as he is killed, can no longer be reincarnated in the Void Underworld, but can only fall into this world, which is the time and space we are in now. That curse will not disappear no matter how many times it is reincarnated. A cursed person will never live to be 18 years old if he does not kill his companions, but if he kills 49 of them, he will gain eternal life....immortal....immortal...."
Hearing about immortality and immortality, a trace of doubt appeared on his face, is this a curse or a blessing? Isn't eternal life something that everyone in the world dreams of?
Mo Yi seemed to notice her doubts: "Actually, the so-called eternal life is not as beautiful as you imagined. That is the ultimate hell, where you will live for hundreds of thousands of years in your own repentance and sin, and you will not even be able to free yourself......"
When Mo Yi said this, a trace of pain and despair flashed on his face.
Poppy suddenly remembered what the person just said about it, he said that Mo Yi had gained immortality, so had he already killed 49 clansmen?
So why did he come to save himself again?
Isn't he supposed to be in the Void Realm? And why is it in this world?
And what about his previous life, did he also die at the hands of his clansmen?
Is it true that the cursed will live forever in the fate of being killed or killed?
And what about the entangled hand in the dream?
Countless and countless questions tangle in her mind.....
Suddenly, she remembered something more important: "You said that the cursed people don't live to be 18 years old?" However, I'm 20 years old this year..... and I've never killed anyone. ”
"It is strange for you to say that, for hundreds of years, since I inadvertently fell into this world, all the cursed people I have met have either survived by murder or have not lived beyond the age of eighteen, without exception. If it's exactly what you say, then you're a miracle..."
If these words were from someone else's mouth, maybe Poppy would have turned around and walked away and would have a sentence of neurosis, but this person's words made Poppy feel a strange feeling of pity from the bottom of his heart.
She thought in her heart, could this person really kill countless companions to get the so-called eternal life? However, walking through hundreds of years in such loneliness is really more painful and cruel than death, right?
"Then how do you all know that I am the reincarnation of the Nayu people? You probably haven't seen my mark. ”
"This imprint is not seen by the eyes, it is felt. All cursed people will have this mark, but in childhood, this mark will always sleep in the body, until about 10 years old, the mark will begin to awaken on its own, and then the memories of the past life will also awaken together, and the awakened mark will call to the companion, and the companion can sense the existence of the other by feeling. Those who are not companions will not be able to see this Suzaku either. ”
Mo Yi closed his eyes and slowly raised the back of his hand, only to see that the Vermilion Bird mark on the back of his hand seemed to have life, flickering, as if he was about to jump out of the back of his hand.
At this time, Poppy felt that his shoulders began to burn, and there was a feeling that something was about to rush out of his body, and this familiar feeling was like being on the subway.
This is the so-called call between peers, no wonder they are targeted at the same time.
"You're a girl, so your mark should be on your shoulder. As soon as you appeared at the subway entrance, I felt you, but I faintly felt that you were a little special, different from ordinary people, so I would always follow you. And the person who wanted to kill you probably sensed you through the call of the seal. ”
"Then how did you know that he wanted to kill me in the first place, maybe people have the same motives as you."
Poppy retorted a little stiffly.
"Murderous. From the moment he sensed your mark, the murderous aura on his body reached its peak, and your mark was probably awakened not long ago, so he didn't feel anything. Mo Yi slowly withdrew his hand.
Miraculously, the burning sensation on Poppy's shoulders disappeared immediately, as if nothing had happened....
"What do you mean by awakening? Why did my sigil suddenly wake up today? When he asked this question, he suddenly felt sad for his own Professor Ma Zhe, and the materialistic outlook that he had so hard instilled in himself had completely disappeared at this moment.
"This is also a strange place, it stands to reason that after the reincarnation of ordinary companions, the power of the Suzaku mark will automatically awaken before the age of 10, and then it will attract or summon companions and begin to repeat our cruel fate, kill or be killed, and you, according to what you said, your mark has just awakened today! It's incredible! And your sigil seems to be a little different from ordinary people, I can't say what the difference is, I guess the reason why I helped you is because I am curious about your sigil. ”
Although all she heard from Mo Yi's mouth were ironclad facts, hearing the reason why the other party came to save her still made Poppy feel a trace of inexplicable loss in her heart, and she couldn't help but sneer: "Oh, I thought you suddenly found out that you did something good with your conscience, but it turned out that it was just out of curiosity." ”
"I've lived for hundreds of years, and to be honest, I'm really tired of it. Such an immortal and unchanging day is really driving people crazy! When he said this, Mo Yi's expression became a little hysterical, and he slapped his cheek fiercely.
"You see, I don't even age, I'm always the same as I was when I was 18 years old and I was immortalized. Don't you think this ending is more cruel? I'd rather be killed in the first place and keep falling into reincarnation....."
When I heard this, I really had an urge to smoke people, listen to this human saying, most people in this world are looking for the secret of immortality and eternal youth, and this person is actually full and hungry and hungry complaining that he will never grow old!
And the man in front of him is still continuing the topic of his search for pump—
"You know, I've been trying to find a way to lift the curse for hundreds of years, but to no avail, but you've given me a glimmer of hope, if what you just said is true, then you've rewritten the curse a lot, maybe, you can find a way to lift the curse!"
"Can I refuse?" Hearing the other party say his purpose so nakedly, there was a strange feeling of irritability in his heart.
"Do you want to be killed or do you want to kill someone?" The other party unceremoniously pointed out that she didn't have any other better options.
After a long pause, she decided that it was better to know the current affairs: "Okay, I promise to cooperate with you." But until you can find a way to lift the curse, you'll be your bodyguard, and make sure I don't get killed or killed. ”