Chapter 185: If There Is an Afterlife
A big snake asked me if I wanted its heart?
This doesn't follow the logic of a normal greeting...
The deer could raise their crossed arms not far away, a warning to me not to touch a minefield.
I doted on her and nodded, not saying the word "heart".
"You... Hello!" I stood up on my hands, my voice so stiff that I couldn't hear it myself.
"Don't you want my heart?" said the snake, as if he hadn't heard me, his yellow eyes still staring at me.
I felt like I was breaking out in a cold sweat.
"Ba Snake," Suddenly, Lu Ke's voice liberated me like a chant, and she walked up to Ba Snake, "this is the person you have always seen. ”
"I, always, the one we have met?" the snake's voice was slow and low, like an old grandfather, and it turned its head, "Luke, miss?"
"Don't worry, no one here will hurt you. Lu Ke said as he stretched out his hand.
She actually put her hand on the head of this big snake!
"Try it?" said Luke in a whisper.
I turned her down with a look.
"Introduce yourself. Lu Ke whispered again.
"Ba snake, I.. My name is Ye Ke. My voice was still stiff, and the seemingly clumsy snake turned his head when he heard my voice, "I... I'm a ghostwriter, a ghostwriter!"
"Dai, pen, people?" said Ba Snake word by word, as if to verify the truth of my words.
"Well, he's a ghostwriter. Zong An also stepped forward, but I could see him holding a charm in one hand, "Haven't you always wanted to get out of here and go back to no man's land? ”
"None, people, land?" said the snake, still repeating slowly, "Oh, yes, I think, go back." ”
"Yek, put your hand on it. Zong An also lowered his voice and said, "Feel its demonic power!"
It was so close that I didn't have to put my hand on the snake to feel its magical power.
It's the most I've ever seen... The vicissitudes of demonic power, powerful and cautious, are as if there are countless emotions mixed in it.
"You... Familiar with humans?" I asked cautiously.
"Humans, well, know, a couple of humans. ”
"Do you want to go back? No Man's Land?"
"Well, I want to, I want to go back. "The demonic power of the big snake is not aggressive, and I gradually became bolder.
"Then can I establish a connection with you?" I continued to ask tentatively, Zong An's brows were already twisted together, there was more than one charm in his hand, and Lu Ke gently touched Fu Zhu's antlers, as if he was preparing.
I understand that they must all be angry, angry that I don't want to say a few more words before mentioning the connection, which is a bit similar to being imprisoned for youkai after all.
The air was eerily quiet, and only the sound of the snake coming out of the bottle could be heard - its body came out a little more.
"Connection, knot, and, ghostwriter, people?" said the snake, "and then, will you send me back?"
"Well, I will," I said, "but in the process, I might accidentally see your little secrets from the past, can I?"
The snake didn't answer me this time, it stuck its head forward again, closer to my eyes.
"Is that okay?" I resisted the fear of wanting to run away, took a deep breath, raised my hands, and slowly placed them next to the eyes of the serpent.
Perception is to find the demonic power of youkai through space, and to know their emotional and physical condition through demonic power, this has been done.
Bonding is to write the name on the paper spirit after knowing the real name of the other party, and connect yourself with the demonic power of the monster through the name.
"Yes. "A low and slow voice sounded in my head, I looked around, Zong'an and they didn't seem to hear, it was... Snakes?
"Is that you?" I asked silently in my mind.
"Yes. The snake staring at me didn't make a sound, but I heard its answer in my head.
That's sort of... The demonic powers are already connected? I'm not sure.
I withdrew my hands and took out the paper spirit to look through it, there was no snake's name on it, but strangely enough, the blank page was slightly hot.
I took out my summoning pen and looked at Lu Ke, who nodded.
The word "snake" appears on the paper spirit.
I closed my eyes and covered my hand with the name on the paper spirit, "The snake that can see through people's hearts, my name is Ye Ke, and I connect with you in the name of a ghostwriter." ”
The handwriting came with a familiar heat, and the heat warmed up the palm of the hand little by little.
When I took my hand away from the name, Lu Ke's hand left the antlers, and Zong An's hand that clenched the charm relaxed a lot.
"As I said, it's a very gentle youkai. Lu Ke said, "The snake has the ability to talk through contact, you should have heard it just now, right?"
I nodded.
"It agrees to connect with you, and it shouldn't care about your peeping and control," Lu Ke said, "but the snake is very shy, so it should talk to you in your head most of the time, and don't forget what I said about taboos." ”
"I'm a little worried. I said.
"What?" Luke asked.
"It's... The condition of the snake is not very good. "I reaffirm the mixed emotions in the demonic power, "Its demonic power... How to say it, it's too human-like, but also... I can't say it well. ”
The deer wanted to speak and stopped.
"It has lived too long," Zong An said suddenly, "and there are many people I have met, but it is different from Flip Feather, and the people and things it meets are not satisfactory, so it has become what it is now." ”
I was so depressed that I was thinking about something.
This is what the demonic power of the snake told me.
"Peeping, the most important thing is not to let it feel that you are peeping, most of the time it is done secretly when the monster is defenseless," Zong An said, "Although the snake will not care about your peeping, but if you are too anxious, the monster will be uncomfortable, so take your time and find the entrance to the memories in its demonic power little by little." ”
"It's too abstract," I said.
"You understand that you have to peel off the cocoon in its demonic power and find the key to memory. Zong An said, "Your demonic power is connected together, and it shouldn't be difficult to find the key from the conversation." ”
"I'll try. I put the paper spirit away, "Can you leave us alone for a while?"
"It's better not to. Lu Ke and Zong An said in unison.
"There are too many human beings, and the demonic power of demon slaying really makes us uncomfortable," Flip Feather, who had been quiet for a long time, suddenly said, "You all go outside and wait, it's enough for me to stay here." ”
Lu Ke and Zong An looked at each other, "If you have any questions, call us immediately." ”
As soon as the two demon slayers went out, the snake retracted back into the glass bottle.
"It's still cute little snakes. Flip Yu smiled, "It's not safe to look at such a big body, and you don't have to worry about getting rid of demons." ”
The little snake in the bottle twisted into a comfortable posture and slowly spoke, "Demon slayer, always demon slayer." The voice was still low, but it wasn't slow.
“... I thought you had a good relationship with Luke?" I asked.
"I can't talk about it, it's just that we don't hurt each other. "She found me on the mountain, hoping that I would stop eating humans, and brought the demon slayer named Zong'an next to her, and we had a stalemate for a long time, and finally she said that she could let me go back to no man's land, and I agreed to let her seal me, and she agreed to take me to meet you." ”
"The deer is not a demon slayer who casually hurts youkai. I said, "She loves yokai." ”
"That's also a demon slayer. Ba Snake said.
"Very... Do you hate humans?" I asked.
There are not many monsters that take the initiative to eat people, most of them are because humans threaten them, but monsters that are as powerful as snakes are difficult for humans to hurt them.
"If there is an afterlife," said the snake, "I will not give any human a chance to touch me." ”
(End of chapter)