Chapter 2: Close your eyes
Close your eyes
An Xiaoze, a sophomore at a high school attached to a high school attached to a university of technology, feels that he has been a little strange recently.
I can't tell when it started, as soon as An Xiaoze closed his eyes, the same scene would start to play in a loop in front of him.
In the dark night, only the lamp at the school gate emitted a miserable white light. She stood in the middle of the comically small basketball court in the middle school, surrounded by a circle of mysterious men who looked like heavily armed agents. The atmosphere of this scene is extremely terrifying, and when it loops repeatedly, there is even a sense of cult-like weirdness.
An Xiaoze felt that this was because he obviously liked liberal arts, but he was forced by his mother to choose science, so he was in a bad mood, so he didn't pay much attention to this matter.
And, to be honest, she really didn't have much energy to worry about the abnormal condition of her body, just after the end of the sophomore liberal arts and science class, the teachers hung big red slogans on the wall, such as "Since you can't learn to die, you will learn from death", "As long as you are willing to climb, Qingbei is in front of you", "Don't work hard, you can't become a talent", everyone began to brush physics and chemistry like crazy. She couldn't convince herself to like these subjects, let alone imagine that she would have to deal with these things for the rest of her life, but she didn't dare to go against her mother again, so she had to listen to the classes she didn't like and try to make up for the science homework she couldn't do.
Three months passed like water, and in a blink of an eye, it was An Xiaoze's fifteenth birthday. Her birthday happened to be Sunday, and the school stipulated that students in their first and second years of high school could take a half-day off on Sunday afternoon.
However, An Xiaoze was not happy at all, her parents, who were busy on a business trip, didn't remember her birthday at all, she originally thought that she could please her mother by choosing science obediently, but now it seems that she has not been able to please anyone, whether it is herself or her mother.
An Xiaoze's friends have all gone to liberal arts, and recently they have gradually lost contact with her, and basically no one knows that today is her birthday.
There was nothing to do, An Xiaoze simply went back to the dormitory to make up for sleep, after so many days, she was able to automatically ignore the weird pictures that became clearer and clearer before falling asleep, and fell asleep peacefully. She woke up at nine o'clock in the evening, and in a trance remembered that she had dreamed of a strange big turtle with a snake body, and at the same time felt empty in her stomach, and subconsciously wanted to buy some supper. But after thinking about it, she remembered those creepy men in black again, An Xiaoze glanced through the window of the dormitory at the playground that had to be passed to get to the commissary, it was empty, and there was no one. The lamp at the school gate glowed a miserable white, exactly like the visions he had seen countless times.
She hesitated for a long time, but finally became timid, and decided that she would rather go hungry than venture out alone.
This entanglement made her forget the scene in her dream.
At half past five the next morning, it was still dark, but the lights in the teaching building of the attached middle school had already turned on. An Xiaoze also had to go to class earlier because she had to make up for her chemistry homework. Just as she was walking through the playground to the school building, a sudden change occurred!
As soon as she reached the center of the playground, a group of men in black fell from the sky and surrounded her in the middle. An Xiaoze looked around, and it was pitch black in the early morning night, only the lamp at the school gate emitted a miserable white light. At this time, it happened to be an awkward time period, the students who arrived at school early had already entered the classroom, and the students who arrived at school normally were still on the way.
An Xiaoze sighed, perhaps she had seen this scene too many times, and she didn't have a little fear now: "Who are you, what are you looking for me to do?" ”
A man in black spoke, his voice mixed with a slight trembling: "Report to An Xiaoze Pavilion Master, we are members of Group A under the Hongmeng Organization, and we are ordered by the previous An Xiaoze Pavilion Lord to welcome the current World Pavilion Master!" ”
An Xiaoze wanted to laugh a little, "Please, it's the twenty-first century now, can the way of speaking be simpler?" Besides, why does your voice look so much like Uncle Liu on the other side of my house? ”
"The pavilion master has good ears, and he has been secretly protecting you from the door under you······"
The other man in black pushed him away angrily and said, "Don't grind, if you drag it out, school will have to go to school!" It is not advisable to stay here for a long time, please follow us to the Hongmeng headquarters for a detailed discussion. ”
An Xiaoze heard that this was Aunt Tang's voice opposite her, which made her have a conjecture that made people break out in a cold sweat: Since she was born, she has been monitored by this group of people? And now, it seems that this group of people still wants to kidnap themselves?
An Xiaoze was naturally unwilling to obey, she peeked at the edge of the playground and planned an escape route in her heart. She blinked, and a clear picture suddenly appeared in front of her: she had tried a total of thirteen escape schemes, and of course, each of them failed miserably.
But she obviously hasn't moved yet? Why did she see these sights that hadn't happened yet?
As soon as this thought came to mind, the illusion in front of her changed again: she followed the men into an RV, and they sat in the car and explained something to her.
The captain of Team A couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief after seeing An Ozawa stunned for a while, agreeing to his proposal.
- It's always nice not to use force, especially if no one wants to offend the future leader.
Team A's No. 1 RV.
After listening to the story, An Xiaoze was silent, and a member of the team came to report that "the android has been placed and no anomalies have been found" before she spoke: "In order not to cause a sensation in my disappearance, you will let a android replace me?" Is that android's program reliable, and what if it gets exposed? ”
Aunt Tang, no, the captain of Team A immediately spoke, "Please rest assured that Lord An Ozawa Pavilion ······"
An Xiaoze interrupted her a little irritably: "You don't have to call me Pavilion Master. It always made her feel like the head of an assassination organization in an ancient martial arts novel.
"Please rest assured, Leader An Ozawa, we will delete the memories of all the people involved about you in the near future, and the androids will also take it back, after all, it costs a lot of money to make that thing."
"Leader Ann Ozawa"? Very well, An Ozawa now feels like a robber.
"Why do you think I'm going to give up everything I have now to cooperate with your whimsical plan to save the world? Even if I am the reincarnation of what you call a reincarnation, I don't have the consciousness to save the world right now. I still have my family, my life ······" An Xiaoze didn't know why the more he talked about it, the weaker his confidence became.
The captain and the deputy team stared into her eyes seriously and deeply, and asked with expressions, "Do you really think that in a family like yours, you can have a chance to live your own life?" ”
"With all due respect, Cabinet ······ Chief, I have been observing your house for more than ten years, and I still have the right to speak on this point. One of the team members said, "Family has become a bondage for you, hasn't it?" Now stay up late every day to learn what you don't like, and in the future, stay up late every day to do a job you don't like, and live a vulgar and ordinary, stagnant life, such a life, is your choice? Or is it what your mother wants? ”
Another team member interjected, "It's different to join our HarmonyOS organization. The leaders of each generation of pavilion leaders have voluntarily joined and convened the organization. The earliest Hongmeng Pavilion was established by the four pavilion masters of the first generation during the first world chaos. ”
An Xiaoze glared at them, "Don't try to seduce me. Taking 10,000 steps back, even if I agree to cut ties with my existing society and join your organization, how do I know that I will definitely like what you ask me to do? How many people would really like to save the world? You think I'm Iron Man, huh? ”
The vice-captain and Jun smiled mysteriously, "Well, there's no need to worry about this." The reincarnator of every life will have a subconscious mind to help the world, and besides, we are not a compulsive organization. If you really don't want to, after three years, we will provide free start-up funds, and your stay depends on your own will. ”
An Xiaoze muttered in his heart: Why does this rhetoric look so much like a pyramid scheme.
Seeing that the previous persuasion was not very effective, the captain gritted his teeth and decided to take a gamble: "May I ask if you have any abnormal reactions recently?" Like, well, can you foresee the future or something? ”
The team members all glared at the captain secretly: How can this kind of thing be said so bluntly, why don't you give the little girl a little time to transition!
An Xiaoze's eyes widened: "No wonder I can see those inexplicable pictures recently, could it be that you guys did it?" ”
"So you're really awake?" The captain exclaimed, "Great! ”
"I don't think you're on point, team leader." Kazu-kun sighed, "Leader An Xiaoze is suspecting that her awakening is caused by us. He turned to An Xiaoze and explained earnestly, "Pavilion Master, your ability to predict the future is a proud gift from heaven. Ability awakening is a natural phenomenon, so don't panic. ”
In the past, neither the Hongmeng Pavilion nor the Hongmeng Organization had the experience of explaining their own abilities to the Pavilion Master himself - after all, at that time, it was only when the Pavilion Master was an adult that they gathered together to gather their respective Divine Beasts and Hongmeng Pavilion, which turn was their turn to do psychological counseling work for the deity?
So now, the members of Team A are cautious in communicating with An Xiaoze, for fear that if they say the wrong word, they will make nearly fifteen years of latent efforts in vain.
An Xiaoze rubbed his eyebrows. Reason told her that these people were right—otherwise there was no way to explain why she had always been able to see what was going to happen in the future lately. It's just that she has lived as an ordinary person for fifteen years, and it is a little difficult for her to accept this information and abandon everything at once, just like stepping out of her comfort zone.
Detective Cheng Meng, who once played Aunt Liu, seemed to see through her thoughts, and she said softly: "In this way, we are not too anxious, you can think about it for two days." In these two days, the android will live exactly your way, if you really don't want to, you can choose to forget about us and go back to that good girl, An Xiaoze. ”
The captain glared at Cheng Meng: The superior gave a death order, and the current An Xiaoze can't have the slightest chance of repentance! What kind of empty check is this pig teammate signing?
Cheng Meng, who has always had an A+ test score in psychological research, looked back with a smile, as if to say: Don't worry, Lord An Xiaoze Pavilion will not choose to go back.
When An Xiaoze weighed the stakes of this matter, he repeatedly saw that he had chosen the future of the Hongmeng Organization.
It's strange, why wouldn't I choose an ordinary path if I am so willing to be ordinary?
At noon the next day, An Xiaoze expressed her attitude: she agreed to follow this group of people back to the headquarters to understand the situation.
No matter how hard An Xiaoze racked her brains to let herself see another future, she still had a sense of mission, and she didn't even have to close her eyes to see the scene of her arrival at the headquarters of the Hongmeng Organization.
Captain Lou Ze admired Cheng Meng so much: "Yes, you can guess the leader's thoughts clearly?" ”
"I just know her better." Cheng Meng, who looked at the world and killed people without blinking an eye when he was young, now looks at An Xiaoze's back with kind eyes like a mother: "Let her continue to be mediocre like this for the rest of her life, she won't like it." But if she is allowed to stay in such an environment, she will not have a second life. It was selfish to break with her family, but, I guess, she was even waiting for such an opportunity to make herself selfish before we showed up. ”
Lou Ze is a little distressed about An's mother now: "Her mother will definitely not feel good." ”
Cheng Meng sighed and said, "You can't blame others for this, right?" - If she had been willing to know more about her daughter before, An Xiaoze would not have been so decisive. ”
"Fortunately, after erasing her memory, she probably won't be so painful."
"I hope so."
"Well, this situation of the leader of An Xiaoze is relatively easy to handle, and those who can see the future will not be too entangled in the past and the present." Lou Ze remembered something more tricky, "What about the other three leaders?" What if they don't agree? ”
"Then it depends on the ability of our leader An Xiaoze."
Half past two in the afternoon.
"I have only one request." When An Xiaoze handed over the suicide note to Lou Ze, he said, "The method of erasing people's memories must ensure that it does not cause any harm to them." ”
"No problem." The deputy captain and Jun agreed, "Produced by Hongmeng organization, it is guaranteed to be high-quality." ”
An Xiaoze frowned slightly, she was not used to the attitude that every word of the members of the Hongmeng Organization seemed to be showing off.
"That's good."
In order not to attract attention, An Xiaoze and the members of Group A took a special plane sent by the Hongmeng Organization back to Anxi. Captain Lou Ze told An Xiaoze that after arriving at the Hongmeng headquarters, there will be high-level professionals from the organization to further explain the current situation to her, and there will be a special team to train her physical fitness that has not yet fully awakened.
"According to historical records, when the four of you are fully awakened, four divine beasts will be born." Lou Ze looked yearning.
An Xiaoze is an atheist modern person in the end, she thinks that the divine beast or something is too, but then she saw another scene: she and three other people who can't see their faces clearly sit on the ground, and the center of the four of them is a complex star array, and a dark blue dragon, a white tiger, and a golden-red long-tailed bird gradually appeared in the light of the star array······ Finally, the turtle I saw in my dream with a snake wrapped around its back appeared!
The turtle circled in mid-air, eventually flying towards her. An Xiaoze stretched out the hands that she had clasped with the person next to her, and the moment her palms touched the two heads, she suddenly felt a sense of relief, as if after three hundred years, her soul had finally become complete again.
Lou Ze saw that she was stunned again, so he asked eagerly, "Leader An Xiaoze, what's wrong with you······?" Do you see anything in the future? ”
"Well, yes." An Xiaoze smiled at her, "You're right, there will indeed be four divine beasts born." "And her Xuanwu is the best one.
It can be seen that the players of Team A are trying their best to please An Xiaoze, and her requirements will be met to the greatest extent.
At Ahn's request, there was a screen in front of her showing what the androids saw, and she carefully examined each person's face in the hours before the androids were recovered.
"Goodbye, Mom." An Xiaoze looked at his mother, who didn't know anything about what was going to happen, her face suddenly became blurred, and she didn't know if it was a problem with the screen or An Xiaoze's own problem, "If I'm lucky enough to be alive after this catastrophe, I will definitely come back to you." ”
And until then, it's too cruel for you to guard a daughter who doesn't know the date of return, isn't it?