【Wind of Turmoil (2)】

{I'm on the embankment at dusk.} Waiting for a restless confession. The fear of the round eyes responded to Qingsheng from the distance. }

The ...... "Dragon King" was in the early hours of this morning...... Coastal landfall with tropical storm intensity (8-9) and its center in ...... Heavy to heavy rain in parts of the southeastern coast and other places...... Heavy rainstorms locally......"

"The typhoon is approaching......" Cedar looked up at the giant screen in the shopping street and exhaled heavily.

The sultry wind kicked up dry dust and carried it heavily across his face. On the eve of a typhoon, the whole city seems to be placed on a steamer, making people feel extremely uncomfortable.

"Let's go, it's so uncomfortable to stand here. Alicia said.

"If it's late, Harden may not be happy. Abel looked at the time and said uneasily.

"Don't be too nervous, Harden is our friend after all, he looks fierce but he's actually a nice person. Cedar always felt that they were too jealous of Harden, and they got along well for a while, but they always felt a little uncomfortable-

Although it was probably because Harden seemed too rude and self-centered, Cedar sighed again.

"Cedar, you and Harden have been together for a long time, and you and Harden get along quite well. Abel smiled a little distressedly, "I know he's not bad, but I always find it hard to find common ground." ”

"I don't necessarily have any common topics, I always feel that Cedar is just being bullied unilaterally, and I just get along because I am easy to bully, and I don't feel that Harden is bullying himself and looks very happy. Ellie next to her added, which made Cedar smile bitterly.

"Harden didn't bully me, he just had a bad mouth. ”

"Okay, okay, we're not trying to say anything bad about Harden, just talk about it, don't worry too much. Seeing his serious expression, Ellie smiled and reassured.

"Hmm. Let's go. Hearing her say this, Cedar was relieved.

They walked wordlessly in the direction of the sanatorium, and in the overly stuffy atmosphere, it was not easy to have a pleasant conversation.

"I heard from Master that the envoy of Shangbai Ze is planning to carry out a purge operation," Ellie said slowly, "Cedar, didn't Mr. He reveal anything to you?"

Mr. He said that they had already discussed with Bai Ze and already had a list of suspicions. But in order to avoid riots and miscalculations, they are secretly investigating. Cedar replied distressedly, "I hope to find out soon...... Ah, the seniors?"

Hearing his voice, the thin figure walking slowly in front of him stopped.

That's right, Cedar they didn't have much contact with this skinny, gloomy monster, but they knew that he had the power to cause strife, and he made a great contribution to the fight against the sea demons during the expedition to the stormy ocean.

"Lord Zhou, Princess Alicia, and this is Lietan, right?" said Rytan, casting a smiling glance at them, which was very incongruous with his indifferent expression.

"Senior on vacation?" Cedar asked a little strangely, after all, he was also a powerful member of the Academy, and it seemed a little strange to be so leisurely at this time.

Yan sneered: "Yes, I applied, after all, the ability is unlucky, it is not good to be considered to have induced something, I was planning to hide home and not come out, maybe it will be good for everyone." ”

"Senior, don't say that, your ability is very good, and it's not right to blame you for the problem......"

"It's the envoy who hinted at me, Yonghe is also chattering crookedly all day long, which makes people feel uncomfortable, I heard that he didn't say bad things about me to you, I really thank him. He interrupted Cedar flatly, and it seemed that he was really dissatisfied.

"Shang Bai Ze?" Cedar's eyes widened in surprise, "Yonghe's seniors are also ...... with you"

"To tell you the truth, I don't really want to talk about it, after all, I'm afraid of being implicated......" Tsukasa stared at him with dark gray eyes, "I probably know what Changyou wants to say to you, he had a good relationship with me when he was alive, and I hope to do something now." I'll come to you tonight, okay?"

“...... No problem, thank you. For the direct request, Cedar was really stunned for a moment. He looked around uneasily, then nodded repeatedly.

"Then I won't bother you, and I'll take my leave. After saying politely, he continued to walk away silently.

Silently watching as he walked away, the three of them sighed almost at the same time.

"I always feel ...... It's so depressing. "The cedars looked up at the sky, and a thin layer of gray clouds spread slowly from the far side of the ocean.

Unable to say anything interesting, Abel just said softly, "Let's go." ”

They came to the sanatorium in silence, and it was not until they met Ruan Yanshan, who was in charge of taking care of Harden, that they barely showed a cheerful appearance.

"Yanshan, this is your crystal shrimp dumplings, taking care of Harden and Shi Xue for hard work. Cedar handed the pre-packed box to the young spider, who was always very kind to this youkai of his age.

"Thank you!" As the giant of "filial piety", he handled the autopsy of Changyou and took over the task of taking care of Teng Shixue and Harden, Yanshan has obviously been haggard in the past few days. But he greeted them happily and immediately explained Harden's condition.

"Mr. He originally said that he wanted him to live in his own house, but he refused, I think he was worried about affecting Mr. He's strategy. ”

"Harden hates being taken care of, he's so strong. Cedar felt that Harden must be very uncomfortable now, but he didn't dare to comfort this stubborn and irritable friend.

"With Dimon teasing him, he's in fairly good shape. ”

"What about the snow then?" asked Cedar with concern, "I see that Xiao Jiu comes to visit my brother every day, and you all have a hard time. ”

Yan Shan smiled bitterly: "Shi Xue is still the same, it's good that it hasn't gotten worse." ”

Saying this, Yan Shan had already knocked on Harden's door and gently pushed the door open: "Harden......"

As soon as they opened the door, they met Harden's blood-red and empty eyes, and they couldn't help but be startled.

“...... Harden?" Cedar tentatively spoke, taking a step forward.

"It's you and Ellie, Abel and Dr. Nguyen, right?" Harden lay back down, "Scaring you? I just wanted to try to tell the visitors...... I smell the food, what's there to eat?"

"Ah, I bought them for you, Xiangqian beef balls, pan-fried taro cakes and crab emperor siu mai, you like to eat these, right?"

"I love it, thank you. Unsurprisingly, Harden insisted on picking up his own food.

"Isn't it boring here?" asked Cedar with concern.

"It's annoying," Harden doesn't hide, "I want to be discharged early." ”

"We're still researching, and Senior Jean said that this could be the spell of the 'Evil Witch' Anya, from the Gensu. Cedar comforted him, "Mr. Jean asked me to tell you not to worry, it will be solved soon, and the Xuan Shi Branch will send experts over." ”

"But if there's too much else, don't worry about it, I just can't see it, and I can still fight with training. ”

"Don't mess around......" Cedar hurriedly stopped him.

"Don't talk about that, Ellie is coming to my class too? I can't teach you. ”

Ellie snorted angrily: "Let's just say it's good for academic exchanges, and I don't want to listen to your messy tactics, mainly to come to comfort you on behalf of Ivan before returning to Master." ”

"Thank you so much, but I hope it's the other girls who are comforting me. ”

"I'm guessing you'd prefer Sally to come, but she's busy, and everyone wants her to replace you for the time being. ”

"Don't you particularly want someone to come, okay?" said Harden unhappily, sandwiching another beef ball, "Didn't you say that I would review your studies, you can start." ”

"Well, by the way, Harden, I'll go out with Ellie at eighteen, and bring you dinner when I come back, what do you want to eat?"

"That's enough, just sit down and think about tonight's dinner, do I need to teach you?"

"I just suddenly remembered that I was going to see the seniors at eighteen, just to explain. ”

"Why, I thought you were such a gentleman going to escort Miss Alicia across the bridge, and you ended up meeting another woman? ”

"Hey Harden Tesla, can you change the way you speak, although it doesn't matter much to me, I always find your words unpleasant. Ellie couldn't help but protest.

"Is there one?" Harden looked at Cedar and Abel quizzically, and the two agreed without hesitation.

“...... All right. If you don't talk about this, why do you want to go to see Guan Guan?"

"She said she wanted to tell me about the elder of the long right, and the senior of the old man will also talk to me about this tonight. ”

Harden struggled to recall: "I remember. Guan Guan, it's the quick-tempered eldest sister who looks like she likes to be in the limelight, and she also knows the truth about the Changyou incident?"

"That's what she said, and she said to talk privately. Cedar looked a little anxious.

"Why don't you find a more secluded place in private, isn't the riverbank too open?" Harden looked puzzled.

"I don't know, but whatever she likes. Ellie will go with me, they are girls who are better talkative. ”

"Got it, go ahead. ”

——

By the time she came out of the sanatorium, it was getting darker, and Cedar looked at the sky, hoping that the rain would fall soon.

"There have been so many terrible things that have happened recently, Master, and they are all very worried. Ellie sighed as she looked at the gloomy ancient capital and river face under the low-hanging sky.

"It's really uncomfortable to still have no clue...... It's great that the seniors and seniors are willing to provide clues. Cedar is still willing to think about things optimistically.

"yes, I hope their information is useful...... She's already there. Ellie saw from afar the shrubs standing among the undulating miscanthus on the embankment, anxiously looking around at the dark landscape.

"Senior, I'm sorry to keep you waiting!" shouted loudly on the empty embankment, and Cedar beckoned to the irrigation.

The suddenly startled Irrigation quickly raised his head, forced a relieved and worried smile at them, and beckoned.

They quickened their pace and walked down the embankment, but as they looked at each other, their expressions suddenly changed—

Her eyes widened helplessly and in fear, and she looked at the cedars with a shocked expression, her trembling hands pointing at them, and her mouth uttering broken words—

"You ...... This...... Nope!"

“...... Senior?" Cedar hurriedly glanced down at herself in her weird scream, then turned to look back, their path was still empty, only gray roads and low-hanging clouds.

"Senpai, what's wrong?" Ellie, who hurriedly turned around, wanted to keep walking.

"No!" his face was distorted with fear, and he turned around with his eyes wide open and ran away from the water!

"That's the river!" Seeing that Irrigation had rushed into the water, Cedar hurriedly shouted to activate her abilities and firmly bound her with vines.

"Very well, then leave it to me!" Seeing the desperate struggle, Ellie immediately estimated the amount of electricity that could make ordinary monsters faint, and when she ran to Irrigation, her hands were already wrapped around the crackling and exploding electric sparks.

Irrigation let out a creepy scream, and grabbed the vines like crazy, causing both hands to bleed!

“...... Senior?" was taken aback by the frenzy of the infusion, thinking of the dead Long Right Ellie, hesitated for a moment, and only after seeing Cedar's frightened and calm expression did she suppress her fear and stretched out her hand, "I'm sorry, please take a break for a while!"

At this time, what made the electricity that made her will disappear was the music that drifted from afar—

The voice that faintly rippled out of the twilight was clear but mournful, playing the tone of the lonely and desolate world of the red world!

"Nu Luo!" Cedar heard a low sigh from the demon sword, and he began to tremble when he gradually remembered it—

He had heard, heard, through visions in the court of grievances, the mournful sheng music of a dark nursery rhyme! It had been played by the ghost and god boys, and the Qing Yue was full of sorrow, and in the sound of the water waves singing back and forth, and the undulating wind of the miscanthus grass, it seemed to be able to capture the soul......

It was the terrible cry of Guan Guan that woke them up, and when they came back to their senses, the vines had been torn off, and Guan Guan had already rushed into the river desperately!

"Cedar!" shouted to the branch, and a new wave of huge vines burst out of the ground, throwing up the irrigation that had been submerged in the river!

He was far less skilled in moving on the vines than the Xia brothers, but Cedar still rushed forward to pick up Guan Guan despite the rain pouring down the river, and the weight of the adult woman weighed him down so that he almost fell, Ellie hurriedly grabbed Guan Guan together.

"What's the matter, senior......" At a loss, Cedar lost his mind as he transitioned his magic power to his body.

"Sanatorium, take it to Yanshan!" Ellie reminded anxiously as she watched Irrig muttering something while twitching.

"Let's go!" Nominee said coldly, "I can't be sure of the source of the attack yet, it's not good!"

The strange sheng music still resounded with the river waves, making people's hearts feel cold, as if they were about to be imprisoned forever in the lonely and empty twilight world......

"Osmanthus ......," Cedar said in a trembling whisper.

"W-" Ellie immediately noticed that the fragrance of osmanthus was emanating from her body.

Cinnamon incense, sheng music, vision...... Is the ghost god child......

Fear was magnified in the silence of the air, and they almost fled to the sanatorium. The music from afar dissipated in their ears at some point, but now they had no time to explore—

There are important clues to provide, but the sudden frenzy of infusion, even if it is treated by Yanshan, it does not improve.

As if she was captured by the Dream Demon, she kept crying and babbling with a high fever, and no one could hear her shrill cry, Yan Shan could only fry the medicinal soup in vain for her to drink.

Cedar and Ellie, who had been standing in the doorway, could only wait anxiously, they were terrified, and the infusion in front of them was like being dementored by water ghosts, which was a different kind of horror from the fight against Klut, and to be honest, such a dark and unclear attack was even more terrifying.

Like an infusion chased by a revenant, she continued in agony until midnight, and at last, in a scream of terrible despair, she finally reached out into the void with a shuddering hand and a look of horror...... Lost his breath.

Cedar didn't believe that they could do nothing about it, obviously they were still the same group of people who had the qualifications to challenge the Empress of the Firmament, and their strength would be so weak......

But the infusion he brought back was indeed dead.

Yan Shan stood tiredly at the head of the irrigation bed, and as soon as Cedar wanted to come in, he shook his head and smiled bitterly: "My lord, there is nothing we can do anymore." Go and rest first, and we'll take care of the rest of the ......."

Before he finished speaking, a shrill moan ‖ sounded again, and he was so frightened that his whole body stiffened, Yan Shan glanced at the cedar that was staring at the white cloth on the bed in horror, and ran out calmly: "It's the snow ......."

Only then did Cedar and Ellie come to their senses, and Cedar and Ellie hurriedly followed him upstairs.

Although he knew that it was Teng Shixue's voice, Cedar's mind was still occupied by the tragic situation of the flooding, and his steps became heavier and heavier.

In the same way, there was endless misery and despair in that voice, which made people's blood cold.

When he was running, he almost bumped into a figure coming out of the side of the ward, and he was startled: "...... Harden?"

"What the hell is going on?" Harden looked in their direction, his blood-colored dull pupils in the dim light were also terrifying, "Is it the fox brother who has another seizure?

“...... Well, you lie down first, and we'll go!" Not knowing whether to take care of Harden for a while, he hurriedly said and ran forward, "It's okay, you don't have to worry!"

They rushed upstairs in a commotion that seemed to fill the entire building, just in time to see the medical staff pushing Shi Xue out and sending him to the operating room. Yan Shan stretched out his hand to stop Cedar, and without saying a word, he followed into the operating room, the white door slammed shut, but Shi Xue's dying cry was still faintly audible.

"Shi Xue will be fine, if there is any situation, I will also help with Dengzhi......" Feeling Ellie trembling beside her, Cedar comforted weakly, "Let's go to their office in Yanshan to rest first?"

Ellie nodded wordlessly, silently turning and walking to the other end of the hallway.

There was silence in the hallway, the white door parting the bewildering commotion, and Cedar shivered, feeling that the air conditioner was too big.

He shrunk to turn up the air conditioner and guess how many people in the nursing home were sleepless these days.

——

Notice: Affected by Typhoon Ryuo...... The rain will continue to intensify in various parts of the region...... Heavy rain warnings have been issued...... Heavy rain and flood warnings were issued......"

Nothing can be done, the surrounding atmosphere is filled with an atmosphere of loominous approaching, the dragon king who calls for wind and rain has finally arrived, and the endless rain, if you can, sweep away the sins hidden in this place!

Part II: Punishment and thunder.