16. The Lost Catch Up
Bai Yiquan still remembers a restricted game from Japan called "Tail Line", which is probably a perverted game in which the male protagonist follows the female protagonist all the way and finally takes the female protagonist. When he first heard about this game, Bai Yiquan had just entered junior high school, and he vaguely remembered the expression of his roommate when he explained it to him.
Ahem, it's far away.
Speaking of which, Bai Yiquan is not considered a tail line, and the most important point of the tail line is that the parties cannot find out. But Ani obviously knew that Bai Yiquan was following behind, but she didn't care, or she didn't want to pay attention to it.
In this way, Bai Yiquan followed Ani into the academy area. It was also the "Bagua Array" he saw yesterday when he looked out from his room, the towering ancient tree was close at hand, and there was a kind of momentum of cutting off the sky in the misty smoke and rain. The Academy, on the other hand, was like a beast that had not yet woken up, snoring slightly under the dim sky, and Ani stepped into the arms of the sleeping beast.
There were only two people in the street, one after the other, and Ani, so quiet that only the sound of rain remained.
Strange, isn't it the academy, why is there no one? Bai Yiquan muttered in his heart.
He looked at Ani's back walking in the rain with an umbrella, and suddenly remembered a classic scene in "Spirited Away". Chihiro walks alone into the vast sea, and the railroad tracks hidden under the surface of the sea stretch all the way to the sky. Bai Yiquan didn't finish watching "Spirited Away", but this picture was left in his heart.
Ani didn't go further into the academy district, but kept walking on the periphery. I don't know how long I walked, anyway, Bai Yiquan's pants were scrapped, and his trouser legs were full of mud and uncomfortable. At this time, Ani suddenly walked into a wood, and instantly disappeared from Bai Yiquan's field of vision, Bai Yiquan was in a hurry, and hurriedly trotted to follow, not noticing that there was a wooden sign around the corner, and the wooden card was engraved with unfamiliar serpentine characters.
Syllable!
When he stepped into the forest for the first time, an inexplicable chill suddenly surged into his heart, making Bai Yiquan slam a spirit, as if he had seen a key part of a horror movie. He subconsciously wanted to exit the forest, but the leg he stepped into the forest was entangled by something, and he looked down, and his face turned pale with a "brush".
It was a withered hand that grabbed him by the ankle. He shook his leg desperately, but the withered hand seemed to be embedded in his flesh, and no matter how much he tried to break free, he couldn't break free. So he bent down and wanted to break it with his own hand, but he didn't expect that the moment he bent down, the dirt under his feet suddenly exploded, and a gray figure burst out of the mud, and a huge skull was met by him.
It's over.
The skeleton climbed onto Bai Yiquan's body, and two withered hands strangled Bai Yiquan's neck. And the skull was "staring" at him at an incredible angle, with empty eye sockets.
"Misunderstanding—will—ah!" Bai Yiquan shouted hard, "I—just—come, make soy sauce—." ”
Obviously, the skeleton could not understand Chinese, but increased the force in his hand.
At the last moment of his life, Bai Yiquan's mind was completely confused. But at that moment, his afterglow suddenly flashed orange, and at the same time, it seemed as if a warm hand was pressed on his shoulder.
Is this - fire?
Bai Yiquan saw the flames crawl up the skeleton's body along his shoulder, and the skeleton curled up as if it had encountered a natural enemy. Then he instantly let go of Bai Yiquan's body and jumped back, but this step was three or four meters.
It crawled in the dirt, as if it wouldn't leave. But the flame turned into half an eggshell and stopped in front of Bai Yiquan. It made Bai Yiquan feel an unprecedented warmth, not heat.
At this moment, an ethereal female voice sounded behind Bai Yiquan, but it was a series of words that he couldn't understand, like an ancient spell. He turned back and saw a woman in a white robe standing behind him, her long red hair as if to light up the dull gray curtain, and her delicate face like the work of a sculptor.
Bai Yiquan was sure that he had seen this woman, just two days ago, it seemed that she was called Sakura?
After the scorching cherry blossom recited the incomprehensible incantation, the skeleton gave up the idea of continuing to attack Bai Yiquan, and instead turned around and disappeared into the hazy jungle. The wall of fire that protects Bai Yiquan has turned into a little firework, like a maple leaf in autumn, falling into the mud little by little and disappearing.
Okay, that's amazing.
"How did you end up here. She didn't even hold an umbrella, letting the rain wet her shoulders, she pulled her long hair behind her ears and walked slowly towards him, "This is not a place for entertainment, didn't Ye Zhifan tell you?"
"Seemingly, said something. Bai Yiquan was embarrassed, "I ran out just after Ani, I didn't pay attention to it so much, I'm sorry." ”
"Ani?" Sakura was a little surprised, "Did Ani go in?"
Bai Yiquan nodded, and Sakura said thoughtfully: "So, it seems that what Ye Zhifan said is not wrong." ”
"What?"
"Nothing. Sakura shook her head, "You triggered the defense system of this forest just now, if I didn't happen to pass by, I'm afraid you would have died, don't be so reckless next time, this is not your original world." ”
Bai Yiquan nodded desperately, and then asked cautiously, "Then, senior sister, can I go in now?"
Sakura smiled slightly: "It's okay now, I lifted the alarm system of the forest just now, and it already recognizes you as a member of the academy." Ani is not far inside, just go in and find her. ”
"Thank you, Senior Sister!" Bai Yiquan bowed, "It's good to have Senior Sister covered." ”
After that, he picked up the umbrella and turned around and ran, and after running a few steps, he remembered something again, and hurriedly ran back: "That, I still want to ask a question." ”
Sakura nodded, "You say." ”
"I just walked all the way and I didn't see anyone. Bai Yiquan asked, "Where are all the people in the academy? Could it be that there are only a few of us in the academy?"
"How could it be. Sakura shrugged, "It's still vacation time, there are still a few days before the official start of school, and those who are still in the academy are just people who don't have a home to return to." ”
Bai Yiquan nodded thoughtfully.
"But you'll see it soon. ”
"See what?"
Sakura said word by word: "The realm of the gods." ”
......
Ani didn't go far, and soon Bai Yiquan found her, in front of a black tombstone.
She stood there alone, her umbrella at her feet, so soaked in rain all over. Bai Yiquan looked at her back, feeling like a lonely boat floating in the sea. He hesitated for a moment, but tiptoed up behind Ani and held the umbrella above her head.
Ani sensed something, and looked back at Bai Yiquan, who saw that her eyes were shining, and knew that it was not rain.
"What are you doing here? Ani said coldly, "Have pity on me?"
Bai Yiquan subconsciously opened his eyes: "It's too boring to stay in the villa alone, just come out and take a look." ”
"Get out of here. "This is not the place you should be. ”
In romance novels, after the female protagonist says this kind of thing, the male protagonist will hug the female protagonist and say that he will not leave no matter what. It's a pity that this is not a romance novel, and Bai Yiquan doesn't think he is the male protagonist, and he is just a father-in-law who runs behind the princess.
"Okay, then you come back early. ”
Ani didn't speak, Bai Yiquan had to sigh and turn to leave.
Then he suddenly remembered that when he was still in elementary school, there was a time when it rained heavily at the end of school at noon. The children could not leave the school and had to hide in the classroom waiting for their parents to bring their umbrellas. Bai Yiquan still remembers that there were a few very "cool" boys at that time, who directly put their clothes on top of their heads and rushed into the rain, and the girls in the class kept screaming "wow, wow, wow". At that time he thought they were cool and planned to follow suit, but then his mother came, and with two red umbrellas, she was the first to come to their class under the watchful eyes of all the girls.
At that time, the first thing he said to his mother was, "What are you doing here?"
Really, naïve.
Click.
The leaves were trampled into the mud by slippers, like a villain who had fallen into the mud.
He seemed to hear mocking laughter in the distance.