Chapter 14: No Man's City (11) Commitment
I looked at the pendant in the hand of the wolf tooth and didn't know how to answer, his eyes were sharp, and his expression showed a slight hideousness. I don't know what I did to make him so excited, but it seems that the key to it all is in my pendant.
However, the old man brought the pendant back to me from Tibet, and it has been seven years since it was in my hands, and I don't know what is wrong with my pendant. Or, before it got into my hands, or before it got into the hands of the old man, what did it have to do with the wolf's fangs?
Wolf tooth pendant... Spike... It's really a dog, it can't be because of this coincidence that his name is the same!
I saw that Mecca and Limya seemed to be slowly approaching, but I did not hope that the two of them would save me from the madman, only that they would be clever and not provoke him again.
At this time, one of the wolf's fangs was still pressed on my shoulder, and with a slight move, it could easily break my neck, and I am afraid that for this monster of superior strength, it was only a matter of a moment.
"Brother Wolf Tooth, what are you doing here, if you have anything to say, you let go of Sister Mo Li first......"
"Don't come here!"
Mecca seemed to be trying to convince Wolffang to let me go, but he was barely a little closer before Wolffang threw me back. I vaguely heard Lin Ya whispering to Mecca not to be impulsive, to appease the wolf teeth or something, but now in this situation, I don't have the heart to listen carefully.
"This is my business with her, don't come here, I won't hurt her."
The wolffang's gaze didn't take any away from my face, and his voice was low with a faint warning.
Won't hurt me? The problem is that now I've been hurt by you madman!
The pain in my shoulder intensified, and the pain was transmitted to my brain and affected my thinking. No matter how much I tried to guess, I couldn't find a reason why Wolf Fang suddenly went crazy.
Is it really because the wolf tooth pendant had anything to do with the wolf tooth before it was bought by the old man? How can it be! I remember the old man telling me that he had seen the tooth come out of the wolf's mouth, carved and polished into a pendant, which he bought and gave to me as a birthday present.
If there is really anything to do with wolf teeth, it can only be the wolf that provided this wolf tooth.
Could it be that he can still see the wolf with his teeth? Bullshit!
"I'll ask you again, where did this pendant come from?"
Wolf Fang said, and moved a little closer, and the pendant in his hand was almost on my face. I was leaning on the car, my back was crumbling straight, trying to distance myself from him, but the effect of this effort was minimal.
All I could do was struggle to no avail, and now I had no choice but to answer his questions.
I tried to keep my composure and tell the story of the pendant. I don't even know why he's crazy, and even if I wanted to make up an excuse, I didn't know which direction to make it up, so I could only tell the truth.
"This pendant... My dad brought it back to me from Tibet, and he watched the Tibetans there carve and polish it, I don't know why you're so excited, but it was bought by my dad when it was just done, and then it was given to me, it can't have anything to do with you, do you admit it......
"Fart!"
I was halfway through my sentence when I was interrupted by the furious voice of the wolffang, and the hot breath sprayed into my face with his roar, and I even had the illusion of watching a beast open its bloody mouth ready to eat me.
Or maybe I should be glad he didn't have bad breath.
"I can be wrong about anything, I can't be wrong with this pendant!" The wolffang roared, and suddenly let go of the hand that was pressing on my shoulder, plucked something from his neck, and held it out in front of my eyes, "Tell me, why do you have a pendant that is exactly like mine." β
"This... It's!."
I looked in shock at the pendant he had just taken off in Wolffang's hand, and turned to look at his other one in disbelief - the hand that had been holding my pendant - my pendant was still in his fingers.
It's incredible! Just as Wolf Fang said that he couldn't be mistaken, I couldn't be wrong for my pendant! It's not just a look-alike, it's exactly the same!
After all, wolf teeth are naturally grown, so they are like everyone's fingerprints, like the growth rings of each tree, just like the lines of each leaf, and the potholes, bumps and patterns on each wolf tooth are different. There will be no two identical wolf teeth in this world, and naturally there will be no two identical wolf tooth pendants.
What's more, even the carved silver wolf head on it, even the brown and black chain rope that my mother braided for me, everything is exactly the same!
At this point, I could no longer feel the pain in my shoulder, and all my attention was completely absorbed by these two identical pendants, and I didn't even care to think about whether I would anger the wolf fang, so I snatched the one that belonged to me, holding my own pendant in one hand and the hand holding his pendant in the other, carefully comparing the two pendants, trying to find even the slightest difference.
However, no.
The two wolf tooth pendants looked like clones, and there was not a single difference.
I leaned almost limply on the car, staring at the wolffang's face in disbelief, my mind buzzing, chaotic, and thoughtless.
An identical necklace, what does it mean? What does that mean? What kind of connection is behind it?
I didn't know anything, like I knew about this stranger called Wolffang.
"Don't you know? You don't know why we have the same pendant? β
Wolf Fang seemed to calm down a little, and didn't do anything drastic, but still asked me unwillingly, with a look of helplessness and sadness on his face.
I shook my head in confusion, how would I know, how could I possibly know? I sat down slowly on the ground by the car, curled up with my legs in my arms and my head in my arms, I thought I needed to calm down.
For a while, neither I nor Wolf Tooth spoke, and Mecca and Lin Ya next to me also remained silent at the right time. I thought maybe the two of them didn't know what was going on with me and Wolf Fang, but they were smart enough to see that we needed space.
I buried myself in the darkness of my arms, but I heard the sound of the wolf's fangs talking to the cliffs and Mecca.
He said, "Can you leave for a while?" I'd like to talk to her alone, okay? β
"Brother Wolf Tooth, what's the matter with you and Sister Mo Li? Wasn't it okay just now, why is it like this all of a sudden? Mecca's voice was tinged with concern.
Wolf Fang seemed to have completely calmed down, and his usual composure and strength reappeared in his voice: "Sorry, I can't say. β
Mecca's voice was tinged with anxiety: "But! β
"All right, Mecca, that's a matter for the two of them." Before Mecca could finish speaking, Lin Ya on the side interrupted him and said to Wolf Fang, "Can you promise not to hurt Mo Li?" β
Wolffang: "I promise." β
"Then, we won't go too far away, and if something happens, call us."
"Okay."
It seemed that they had reached an agreement, and with the sound of footsteps, I could hear two people moving away, probably Timya and Mecca, and the other approaching until it stopped in front of me: "Let's talk." β
I was silent for a few seconds before I slowly looked up from the crook of my arm, and the figure of the wolf's fang appeared in front of me.
"What do you want to talk about?"
I squinted slightly, my eyes a little sour from the sun, but I didn't need to reach out to cover them. The wolffang stood in front of me, the shadow of his body completely enveloping me, and only the light passing through him made me feel slightly glaring.
He stared at me for a few seconds, and I seemed to hear him sigh, and then I saw him sit down in front of me and stretch out his fist at me.
For a moment, I was really afraid that he was going to hit me, and even subconsciously shrank back, and then I saw the wolf tooth obviously stunned, and then with a look of disgust, contempt and a little anger, he stretched out his hand in front of me, and his wolf tooth pendant was placed on it.
Cough... It's not like I'm cowardly... It's just subconscious... Subconscious ......
"It's the only thing I have."
Wolf Fang looked at the pendant in his hand and said, his voice actually made me hear a trace of exhaustion and weakness... No, no, no, it can't be, this monster-like man can have a fart of exhaustion and weakness.
Regardless of what I thought, he continued: "What I told you before, I lost my memory, and the only memory I have left is very confusing, I don't know why I know how to use a knife, and how to identify bloodstains, these are true, I didn't lie to you. β
Really, really... It's true? You're not kidding me?
"Really, I didn't lie to you, I lost my memory... All memories of who I am. β
Probably because I was so shocked, I unconsciously asked what I thought, and after listening to the wolf's affirmative explanation, I leaned on the car and didn't know what to say. I always thought that amnesia was a bloody episode that only existed in third-rate novels - well, although his memory loss was a little creative - but I never thought that I would ever actually encounter it.
"I don't know who I am, I don't know where I'm from, I don't know if I have family, I don't know what I've been through. When I became conscious, all the memories I had, started in the endless room. β
Regardless of my shock, Wolf Fang continued: "There is nothing on me that can prove identity, no encounter with any real humans, no opportunity to ask or find. β
As he spoke, his thumb and forefinger picked up the pendant in his palm, and he looked at the pendant between his fingers: "Only this pendant, only this pendant by my side." β
"I know it's wolffang, but I don't know how I know."
"I know I think I've owned it for a long time, but I don't know how it came about, whether I bought it, or I picked it up, or who gave it to me."
"I know it seems like something important to me, but I don't know why it's important or what it's for."
"I lost everything about myself, even my name, I only have it, so, I'm called Wolf Fang."
Wolffang kept talking, and I thought he would be sad or miserable when he said this, but his voice was so calm, so calm that I couldn't hear any emotion, but a sadness rose in my heart.
Then, however, he said something that shocked me even more.
"From my confused memory, I vaguely remember that new players don't have to be in danger of their lives when they first enter the game, but my experience tells me that every indication in this room is that this room is extremely dangerous."
Before I could digest the new information, Wolf Fang continued.
"A room with this level of danger can even be said to be certain death for a novice. I felt pity for you, because I didn't think you could get out of this room alive, and I had already made a vague decision to abandon you newcomers and save my life if necessary. Now, however, I have changed my mind. I don't know why we have the same pendant, but I think it means that you have something special to me. β
"So, until I figure out the meaning of this pendant, I'll do everything in my power to save your life." Wolffang said, getting up from the ground.
At that time, it was dusk, the sun was setting, and the afterglow dyed everything orange and red, and the wolf's tooth backlit stood in front of me, the sun shone all around him, but his face was hidden in shadows, and I couldn't see clearly.
After a long, long time, I reminisced about the past, I searched through all my memories, recalled all the scenes together, and finally came to a conclusionβmaybe this moment was the beginning of all my stories with him.
On that day, my hero did not wear colorful holy armor or step on colorful auspicious clouds, but he was wearing a tattered vest and a pair of ordinary trousers, standing on the gray-black asphalt road, standing in the afterglow of the setting sun, and said to me in a firm voice.
"If I don't die, you won't die."