When I was a child, I was afraid to walk at night, especially in places where I couldn't see the light. Therefore, whenever I encounter a street lamp, I have to walk quickly past, and it seems that there is such a rule of the game invisibly in the real world: the place where the street lamp shines is the safety circle, and evil spirits cannot enter.

The light of the street lamps is like this, and the sunlight is even more so, and the evil spirits must be more afraid of the sun than the lights.

But I watched such a horror movie a long time ago, and I forgot the title and specific content, but I can still tell the beginning and the end. The plot is that the protagonist is trapped in the murderous mansion at night, and after a lot of hardships, he finally escapes from the murderous mansion at the end of the film and returns to the sunny daylight. However, the last shot of the movie is the appearance of evil spirits that should be destroyed on the sunlit streets, and even the bright sunlight can't suppress the gloomy aura. Except for the protagonist, no one can see the evil spirit, the sound of the surrounding crowd talking and walking gradually faded, and the background music stopped at some point, and there was only the evil spirit slowly raising its face that gradually drew closer in the picture. Eventually, the face of the evil spirit takes over the entire frame, and the movie ends with the screams of the protagonists. At that time, I couldn't help but think that the most terrifying thing in a horror story is not hitting an evil spirit in a narrow place in the middle of the night, but that the evil spirit actually appeared in the sun.

To those who know me, I guess I'm like an evil spirit wandering in the sun.

It's been a few days since the release of the Security Service, and it stands to reason that I should return to society and live an ordinary life under the supervision of a law enforcement warlock appointed by the Security Service. But now, I've gotten rid of the law enforcement warlock who was in charge of overseeing me, and I've left the positioning device I was wearing in the city and left for the suburbs alone.

My destination is the Nameless Mountain, located on the outskirts of Liucheng.

Liucheng is not a virtual city that only exists in my dreams, and of course, Nameless Mountain is not a virtual location. I grew up in Liucheng since I was a child, and my parents also worked and lived in Liucheng. I happened to be near this familiar city when I was captured by the Security Bureau, and it was also a matter of fate, and it also made it easier for me to go to Nameless Mountain immediately after getting rid of the Overseer. As for what to do there? If I had to say anything, I would have followed the impulse to go back to the place where I had met it. In other words, it's a "revisit".

It's just a simple reason. Throwing off the eyes of the Security Bureau is just for this, and the overseers must be dumbfounded. But she is also difficult for me, I have been decoupled from normal life for too long, I was still a student when I met "it", and I have never experienced the social life of an adult, and now I want to return to society, where can I return? No matter where you go, you only have the taste of rootless duckweed.

In order to avoid being blocked by the mobile phone signal or taking public transportation, I threw away my mobile phone and walked to the nameless mountain. By the time I arrived, it was already afternoon. As I walked along the mountain path, I felt wonderful.

In my dream, I walked on the mountain path in the same way, and then I was lost in the mountains and forests before I knew it. If I continue to walk like this, will I also be suddenly lost at some point, and when I come back to my senses, I have already entered the mountains and forests of the night?

The mountain trail in the dream is probably based on my memories in junior high school. Five years later, the trail is still almost the same. As I walked, I looked around, and I felt like I couldn't tell the difference between dream and reality. What I thought was a real world was a false dream – the bizarre shock still reverberated strongly in my inner world, and I felt a lingering uneasiness about whether I was in the real world at the moment.

In order to get myself out of this feeling, I focused on climbing mountains. Sometimes, I will hallucinate unreal whispers. It was always in my ears, as if it were guiding me in the dark. I walked up the stairs, my mind flashing back to the past few days.

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After the Security Service acquitted me, the Blue Bird appeared in front of me again and led me to the exit of the Security Service.

First of all, let's introduce the Security Bureau, the full name of this organization is the "National Secret Security Agency".

I don't know much about the Security Bureau, but as Blue Bird explained in my dream, the "Security Bureau" and the "Law Enforcement Warlock" are actually the same departments and roles responsible for dealing with various hidden incidents in the country, just like the "Witcher Department" and "Witcher" in my dream. Needless to say, this kind of organization has branches all over the country, and the one where I was being held was the Security Bureau in Liucheng.

And a "warlock", as the name suggests, is someone who is able to cast spells.

I'm going to expose myself again here, and I don't really know much about warlocks. Because I have never been in serious contact with the circles of warlocks, nor have I formally studied spells. To the warlocks, I was a wild man, and my understanding of them was fifty steps and a hundred steps to the level of my understanding of witchers in my dreams.

Bluebird seemed to be quite popular here, and as she showed me the way, some of the staff in white housekeeping uniforms would greet her, and a young woman with a ponytail complimented her on the beauty of her new hair accessories.

"Thank you." Bluebird smiled and nodded.

I felt that she was inexplicably familiar, so I asked her, "Have I seen you somewhere?" ”

She was stunned, then smiled and asked, "You can't forget everything in your dreams, do you?" ”

"Of course not, I remember it all. I mean a long time ago......" I said, reminiscing," I said, "...... Come to think of it, the team that attacked me, you're in there, too. ”

"That's right." She said, "Do you hate me? ”

I have no hatred for them.

Ever since "it" was killed, I felt like I had been freed from some twisted vortex, and the crazy and erosive soul of the past seemed to have vanished from my body without a trace. It was as if I had risen to the surface from an endless sea of dreams, and my soul had finally returned to its own. Now that I am acting logically, I may be closer to the dream me.

But even if I was in the past, I wouldn't think about taking revenge on the Security Bureau. I do have a deep affection for "it", but at the same time, I have always had the idea that since I have eaten so many people, it is only natural that someone will be killed one day. And this kind of thinking is the same for myself, and it is not okay for me not to receive retribution. However, I didn't know what went wrong, and I was actually acquitted.

I should find a place to cut myself off.

Although this way of ending is completely inconsistent with my aesthetic concept, since others don't do it, you should do it yourself.

While making up my mind, I inevitably had the idea that I wanted to see "it" again before it was all over.

However, "it" is already a corpse, and after so much time, I am afraid that it will no longer be able to see its true face. What is the point of seeing a corpse like that, except to disillusion oneself? Or maybe you should be disillusioned and end your life with this disillusionment?

I mocked myself mercilessly while observing the blue bird. Two days ago, her left arm was broken, but now it seems to have been reconnected and turned back into the intact bluebird.

Is it a prosthetic? It doesn't feel like it's a normal arm no matter how you look at it.

"How did you heal the wound caused by the Siren's Blade?" I asked curiously.

"The wounds caused by the siren's blade usually don't heal...... So I used a less usual way. "I didn't expect it at first, but the teacher came up with a solution." Since the wound can't be healed, then don't want this wound. ”

It was a bit of a tricky phrase, but it quickly dawned on me. Her method was simple, which was to amputate a little more and cover the old wounds that could not be cured with ordinary new wounds. It sounds painful, but with the application of anesthesia and the healing spell, it is possible to fill in the missing flesh and bones, and reattach the original arm.

I can't help but feel happy for her when I think she can be free from disability.

But then, I was ashamed of my joy. I just had a little friendship with her in a dream, but I thought I was a friend, which was really self-inflicted. Besides, she knew the innocent me in her dreams, not the bad me now. If she knew I was looking at her as a friend, she would be disgusted.

Actually, from my own point of view, I don't mean to separate my current self from my dream self. It's like I said to the blue bird in my dream, whether in reality or in my dreams, I am Li Duo. It's nothing more than the removal of certain illusions and illusions, and the recollection of some things. In the past two days, I even have some illusions, in the end, it is the real demon Li Duo who dreams in the security bureau and becomes a college student Li Duo in the dream; Or is it Li Duo, a college student, who dozed off on the train to Nameless Mountain and dreamed that he had become a demon Li Duo in another world?

But from someone else's point of view, it's certainly not the case, and to say that I'm the same person as myself in my dream is like brazenly playing the role of a good person.

After leaving the Security Bureau, Bluebird stood in front of the gate and said to me, "Although the Bureau acquitted you, you have done so many things before, and you have a flesh that has been transformed by a kraken...... The bureau is also worried that you will have some psychological problems and cause trouble in the outside world, so you still have to be equipped with a supervisor. ”

Naturally, I have no opinion, "Who is the Overseer?" ”

"It's me." She pointed to herself.

This person is my watchdog in my dreams and my watchdog in reality? I'm speechless, but it doesn't matter who is my overseer, I've decided to end it today.

"It's not that you're an overseer, it's just that you have to meet with me regularly to report on your life. Also, in order to help you return to society, the bureau also plans to arrange a relatively simple job for you, but it has not yet decided where to place you. Until then, you'll need living expenses and a place to live...... The living expenses are all in this card, and the password is written down in the memo on the mobile phone, as for the residence......" She handed me the brand new mobile phone and card, and said, "Are you going to go home and live with your parents, or live in a temporary residence aided by the bureau?" ”

I took my new phone and card, and replied, "The latter." ”

"Okay." She nodded, "I'll go to work first, and then I'll help you get a place to live." You go outside first, I'll call you in the evening, and then we'll have dinner together, and I'll take you to your lodgings after dinner." ”

Bluebird's job is certainly more than just being my overseer, she's the main law enforcement warlock of the Security Bureau. Since it is the main force, there must be a lot of other things to be busy.

With that, she turned and left.

Compared to the dream, her attitude was noticeably distant. Even if you laugh, it's more like you're wearing a mask. Of course, she will be kind and gentle to me in her dreams, and she will not hesitate to sacrifice her arm, all because I am not a sinful demon in my dreams. But even with this kind of self-awareness, I will inevitably be depressed, and I will press this frustration into the bottom of my heart, pretending not to change my face.

And then I got out of here too.

The address of the Liucheng Security Bureau is located in a different area from my previous home, but because the area is nearby, it is still within walking distance; Unlike the dream of summer, in reality, it will be a frost season in a few days, and the weather will be cooler. It was noon when I left the gates of the Security Bureau, and I walked through the city until the afternoon, and came to the familiar streets where I had been absent for five years.

A strong sense of what is right and wrong came out of my heart. I walked and looked, and before I knew it, I was in the neighborhood where my house was located.

It's an older neighborhood and the security isn't that strict, so I just casually sneaked in. Soon, I came to the very familiar six-story old residential building, but I fell into a hesitation. Five years have passed, and this old-style residential building has been replaced with advanced electronic doors. But the reason for my hesitation is not that I can't get in, but that I have come here, and the feeling of being close to home has become even deeper. The thought of bumping into my parents made me feel very scared.

Although the Security Service interviewed my parents to investigate my affairs, as a secret organization, they certainly did not tell them what I had done over the years. If they suddenly saw their son who had been missing for five years, they would be shocked, and they would even be shocked to know what kind of scum their son had become.

My relationship with my parents has never been good, and when the love letter was in turmoil in the Nameless Mountain, it was because I quarreled with my parents and was in a very bad mood that I broke up with her when I deliberately taunted me at the front table. But on the other hand, the reason why I am so depressed is because they occupy a very important place in my heart.

At this time, the electronic door of the residential building opened, and a figure came out of it. I didn't even have the courage to look at what the person who came out looked like, so I walked away in embarrassment.

Looking back, today is not a day off, my parents should still be working, and the person who came out of it can't be them, but where can I take care of so much. I didn't dare to come back after leaving, and when the time came, many schools were out, and students in sportswear were walking home with their school bags, which made me slow down.

Suddenly, I felt that someone behind me had bumped into my body. Looking back, it was a little kid in a school uniform. It seems that I didn't look at the road while running, and I fell to the ground after hitting me.

There was also an old man carrying a schoolbag in the back rushing here, shouting as he rushed, "Don't run, don't run...... Look at how ...... you've fallen."

I took the initiative to reach out my hand and try to take the child up, "Are you alright?" ”

The child was about to grab my hand, when the old man, who ran behind him, grabbed the child by the collar and pulled him to his side, not only pulling him up from the ground and carrying him behind him.

Anyone who sees it must think that it is the violence of the elderly, and they have no understanding for children. I thought so for a moment, but then I realized that it wasn't. The old man stared at me tightly with an expression of alarm until his muscles were cramping, and he slowly retreated with the child.

This is to say that the reaction of warning strangers is also overforced. The instincts I've cultivated over the years have come to a conclusion.

He recognized me, a wicked spirit that wandered in the sun.