Chapter 105: Library Kangaroos
Whether it's Grandpa Beard or Kangaroo Xiaowen.
Just when I was a little annoyed, I found something even more troublesome.
There are not many archives left.
"How?" asked Zong An outside the door.
I poked my head out, "Tsubaki's file has decreased, and so are the poor ones..."
"Don't tell me you haven't finished reading Qiqi's file for so long. Zong An said with a dark face.
β... No, I was in a hurry at the time, so..."
"How can there be such a stupid ghostwriter," Zong An said in a cold tone, "Since you know that it is related to Qi Qi, and you understand that the file is in danger of being deleted, you can still leave it alone, it is obviously something that you can easily think of." β
"You've been struggling with Qiqi for so long, you should have an image of it in your file, right?" I asked.
"Everyone sees different files," said Zong'an, "I can only see most of the images that are related to me, but Qiqi should be related to you." β
Only then did I realize that I had really made a big mistake, and I had missed the answer that was so close in front of me.
"That's why I said that cat would drag you down, something as valuable as the Time Archive, and you put all your attention on that useless cat. Zong An had the same indifferent tone as he resumed his work.
I don't know what to say.
"If Qiqi's file is deleted..."Zong An said, "it should be much weaker, no matter what plans they have, they will have to start over, for the time being, I am afraid that there is no threat, and its seal will not need to be strengthened often." β
"Who's over there?" said the voice of the kangaroo not far away.
"I'll deal with it, and you leave your secret passage quickly. Zong An was as calm as ever.
"But..."
"I'm not talking to you," he pulled me out of the archives, "you're the one who came back from the future, and once the news gets out, I don't know what will happen." β
I glanced at Zong An, he is indeed ruthless to youkai, but from a certain point of view, maybe he is also a good person.
"Then I'll go first, see you next time. I said.
"Well, see you next time. Zong An quickly walked to the guard kangaroo, "It's me, I didn't see you just now, so I walked in without permission." He gave me a look as he spoke.
I took the opportunity to leave the secret passage and return to my exclusive area, the paper.
Although I came back here with a rewind in time, it didn't have no effect on this place at all, there was no paper spirit in the familiar room, it was already sleeping in my backpack.
"Who are you?" a figure stepped out from behind the bookshelf, "How did you get in?"
Thirty days ago, it probably didn't know me, so it's no wonder its eyes are so... Dangerous.
But before I could think of how to answer, Xiaowen pressed me against the wall, and I felt the back of my head hit the wall hard, and my eyes flashed for a moment.
"I advise you to answer me obediently," Xiaowen's current appearance is completely different from the first time I saw it, with fierce eyes, as if it would kill me if I neglected it a little, "It's not easy to escape the eyes of the library kangaroo." Say, who asked you to come? Grandpa Beard? Or Xiaoxi?"
What do they mean? What do they mean?
"Can you let me go first...", I finally managed to say a sentence, "You're going to strangle me to death..."
Xiaowen's hand relaxed slightly, and it easily removed my backpack, "What's in it?"
"Nothing, just a little bit of something from my travels... Hey, don't just open it!"
It was too late, Xiaowen had already opened my backpack with his tail, and the paper spirit lay quietly in my bag.
"The paper spirit disappeared early this morning, and it turned out that it was stolen by this guy of you," Xiaowen glanced at the paper spirit, "What happened to you?"
"Ahem... I didn't do anything...", I felt the hand on my neck work harder, "Wait, wait, it fell asleep after it became a portal..."
A moment of surprise flashed across Xiaowen's face, "Sleepy, Paper Spirit won't fall asleep casually, unlessβ" It let go of its hand, "You're a ghostwriter?"
"Hmmβ" I was finally able to breathe normally, "I'm the ghostwriter." Seeing that it still didn't believe it, I took out my pen, "This is the pen of calling." β
"You came to the time gap this morning?" The expression on Xiao Wen's face was complicated.
I nodded, gasping for breath and not wanting to speak anymore.
"You've met with you. It said, "It disappeared this morning, at the same time you came here." β
I didn't deny it.
Xiaowen stared at me unabashedly, and after a while, its eyes suddenly widened, "You came back from the future?"
What a clever kangaroo...
"Where's Grandpa Beard?" I managed to breathe, "didn't you go drinking with it?"
"I've drunk too much," said Xiaowen, "and this groundhog has a very bad amount of alcohol." It moved a stool and sat down, "You also came back for the disappearance of the Time Archive." β
"Well, yes. "I can't think of any other excuse, so let's just tell the truth.
"So simply, aren't you afraid that I'm your enemy?"
"Even if it's an enemy, I can't help it," I laughed, "Isn't it easy for you to catch me?"
"That's right," Xiaowen said, "I've always been worried that ghostwriters are as clumsy and timid as legends, but I didn't expect you to really come back to solve this matter, and you won't be afraid of retribution for going back in time at will?"
"That's... I think you're mistaken..."I said, "I'm not that great... I begged Dijiang to send me back, but I just wanted to save my cat..."
β......β
"You said Grandpa Beard and Xiaoxi earlier, what's going on?"
"It was Xiaoxi who deleted the file. Xiaowen said.
"But I didn't notice that the file had disappeared since Xiaoxi came out?" I said, "but Grandpa Beard and you..."
"Because Xiaoxi deleted not yours, but the watchman kangaroo," Xiaowen said, "so that the watchman kangaroo will not remember the guy who actually deleted your file." β
"Who?" I asked.
"I don't know, it seems that it's also a guy who can use time easily," Xiaowen said, "Grandpa Beard and I have thought of a lot of ways to know the guy behind Xiaoxi, but Xiaoxi... In order to prevent us from finding clues in its files, it will even delete its own files. β
β... Isn't it cutting its own life..... What's going on with Grandpa Beard?" I said, "What the hell are you two..."
"We just have different opinions," Xiaowen said, "I prefer to find clues slowly through Xiao Xi, and Grandpa Hu feels that this is too dangerous for the ghostwriter and can easily lead the ghostwriter astray, so Grandpa Hu wants you to stay away from here until you have enough experience before practicing 'paper', so it removes Qiqi's file and doesn't want you to see too much." β
β... Do you want to let Xiaoxi delete my file until you find out the guy behind it? β
"Hmm... That's what I had in mind," it said, "but, after seeing you, I feel that Grandpa Beard's consideration is justified, and that you should not be involved." β
"Wait, let me sort it out..."I said, "Xiaoxi was instructed by Qi Qi to assist in deleting the file, but the guy who actually deleted the file has no clue so far, Grandpa Beard and you both want to find the guy behind it, you all think I'm here too early?"
"Well, that's pretty much what it means. β
"Why? Why did Xiaoxi do this? Why did Grandpa Beard think I came too early? What the hell is going on with the ghostwriter?"
"You have a lot of problems..."Xiaowen said, "The ghostwriter is the medium between humans and monsters, and its task is to balance the tilted scales of the two and resolve mutual grievances, but now you can't do it at all, you can see from your casual rewind of time, your experience is too little, and your ability is too weak to solve the problem of time gap," it frowned slightly, as if hesitating, "As for Xiaoxi..."
"Huh?"
"It's not just Xiaoxi," Xiaowen said, "all the library kangaroos except me actually want you to come to the gap in time, and for this reason, they will not hesitate to do things that are not in line with their good character, such as deleting files." β
β... Why?"
"Because only by reusing the Calling Pen can we break the shackles that have been around the library kangaroo for years. It sighed, "The gap in time is actually a cage. β