"Boom."

Above the ruins, fireworks burst into the sky, colorful flames dotted the night sky, and the flickering light and shadow cast a brilliant color on the gray ruins.

It's been two days since the disaster in Tanuki Town.

After the enemy fled, the townsfolk walked out of the shelter and saw nothing but ruin.

Not far from what had been expected, after the mud was removed, the villagers and livestock that had come back from the dead had fallen, and the corpses were piled up, leaving only flocks of crows and rats wandering around the pile of corpses.

This catastrophe from the edge and the illusory world has caused Tanuki Town to suffer a heavy blow. In large towns with a population of more than 10,000, only about 1,000 people have died, and there are few domestic animals left that were originally full of livestock, and only a few domestic animals have survived.

The houses on the outskirts of the town are all right, only a few have collapsed due to accidents, but the buildings in the center of the town are relatively miserable, and in the last few minutes of several fights, the most prosperous part of the town center has almost been razed to the ground, and the surrounding houses have also been damaged by the hand of the shadow, and the ruins and broken walls are piled up all over the town, just clean up I am afraid it will take a lot of time.

All kinds of materials are quite abundant, and the monsters will not intentionally destroy these, and the materials that have not been sucked away and eaten by the silt have been retained, but the food is not sufficient, and the crops died a month ago so that the town has almost lost the harvest this year, and it takes a lot of time and manpower for each family's stock of food to collect, which is tantamount to adding insult to injury for the already short of manpower in Tanuki Town. Fortunately, there were thousands of kilograms of flour from the caravan as a temporary excess, which could give everyone enough time to collect and store grain, so as not to starve in the granary, which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune.

Fortunately, the heavy loss is the only word that can describe the current situation of Tanuki Town, if you want to restore the original prosperity, unless you are lucky enough to encounter a rare phenomenon of the intersection of the world, you need to redevelop safely and steadily for at least a few decades.

"Next, it will be the most difficult day for our Tanuki Town, we have lost almost everything, and we can only start from scratch."

In the firelight, under the fireworks, in front of the auditorium, Mayor Linda's voice echoed across the ruins. Thousands of people sat around the cleared ruins outside the auditorium, quietly listening to Linda summing up the losses one by one, and laying out the current situation of the town in front of everyone.

In the disaster, regardless of status, everyone has suffered heavy losses, everyone has relatives and friends who have died tragically, listening to Linda talk about the emotional place, the sadness of the destruction of the homeland and the death of relatives and friends welled up in my heart, so that the venue continued to sound suppressed crying.

"But so what? At least the world is still alive, at least the towns have not perished, at least this time humanity has survived the confrontation with the edge, and as long as people are alive, the flame of hope has not been extinguished. ”

As soon as the conversation changed, Linda raised her voice and said loudly.

"We were able to unite in the past against the aliens from the Phantom World, and we can also unite in the future to face the most difficult days together, and to regain the prosperity of Tanuki Town in the past. We are hardworking, we are kind, we are strong, we are fearless, we dare to face any challenge, we are not afraid of anything. ”

The crying gradually stopped, and the townspeople sitting around, their originally rickety backs gradually straightened, and thousands of pairs of bright eyes stared at Linda on the stage, and there was a little more hope in their eyes in addition to sadness and anger.

"What's more, we are not alone, thousands of living beings, hundreds of millions of human beings, never lack of kindness, boundless edges, brave travelers, and never lack of brave people who are willing to lend a hand in danger, with their help, we will be fearless."

The voice became more and more high-pitched, and the townspeople below became more and more excited, and many people couldn't help but stand up and shout loudly, their blood boiling.

"I know that some of you are still afraid of Anna's otherness, even for Babu and Monica, and I don't blame you, they don't blame you, they say, it's human nature, there's nothing to blame. However, I still hope that you can think clearly about what they have done for us and what you are afraid of. ”

"Yes, little Anna is indeed an outlier, this is a fact that cannot be changed. But she is not a monster that threatens humans, nor does she want to devour the evil existence of the present world, on the contrary, she is dedicated to crusading against evil monsters to protect the protection of the present world, in order to save us, she is still asleep, she has not woken up, and we are afraid of her, don't we really feel ashamed? ”

"Come to think of it, they saved Argan, saved me, and finally saved everyone here, and we, eating the food they provided, enjoying the safety they bring, if we want to be afraid of them anymore and avoid them, then we really have no conscience, so I decided."

Linda's voice paused, and the attention of thousands of people below instantly focused on her, waiting for her to announce her next decision, and the few people who already knew in advance had already moved their eyes to a red cloth behind her, or rather, something covered with a red cloth.

"Whew", the red cloth was lifted, revealing a giant portrait below.

The portrait is actually very weird, it depicts a spired auditorium, the auditorium is surrounded by tentacles, the part of the tentacles at the top of the auditorium is entangled and turned into a human form, the humanoid hands and feet are long tentacles covered with suction cups, and the head is a slightly shorter tentacle, the root of the tentacle is cracked, revealing a crack like a mouth, and it is making a gesture of looking up to the sky and roaring.

"I know this painting is a bit weird, but it's enough to witness our catastrophe and to remember the benefactor who saved us. I decided that as long as I was the mayor of Tanuki Town, I would hang this painting in the auditorium, so that everyone who was grateful would have the opportunity to show our gratitude to our benefactor. ”

"Well, that's too much. Our benefactors will leave Tanuki tomorrow to continue their journey against evil and protect the world, and I can't stop them, even if I want them to stay a few more days. There was no choice but to convene everyone for a farewell party to see off the benefactors. Now invite the benefactors to their seats and accept our thanks from the people of Tanuki Town. ”

Linda was referring to the table and chairs outside the auditorium, which were large enough for the whole town to sit. The table was filled with fresh food, and although it was not sumptuous due to the conditions, everything was freshly baked and steaming with sincerity.

However, no one was seated.

Soon, the young man named Dida ran back and leaned into Linda's ear and whispered a few words, Linda looked up into the distance with a smile, really not knowing what expression to make.

"It's a pity, they don't seem to like the sadness of parting, they have already left early, there is no way, let's toast them, I wish them a safe journey in the future."

Linda raised her glass to the portrait, and it was as if she heard the crisp bell of the caravan again.

"Jingle bell, jingle bell."

Under the moonlight, the caravan drove on the lonely country road, and as when it came, the houses in the suburbs were still there, but it was pitch black, only the sound of insects kept going.

Babu was pedaling hard and controlling the direction intently, while Monica was eating and laughing intently, laughing back and forth.

"You've laughed all the way through." Babu said with a blank face, "How long are you going to laugh?" ”

"Of course I've been laughing for a lifetime, hahahaha, it's so interesting." Monica finally stopped laughing, "I didn't expect you, little bab, you are still good at escaping." ”

Babu looked away, muttering something inaudibly.

"Or is it that the little babu, who is greedy for money and lustful, stingy and selfish, and likes to have nothing to do, actually doesn't know how to deal with this kind of scene at all?" Monica leaned sideways closer to Babu, winked narrowly, and teased, "I don't know how to face other people's thanks, so I just found an excuse to run away quickly?" ”

"Again, it's called the pursuit of excitement, don't tamper with other people's words, and ...... It's too close. ”

Babu said expressionlessly, and in the middle of speaking, he lowered his head to the lips that were close at hand. However, both of them forgot one thing, controlling the direction is not distracted, so they ......

There was a clanging and swaying, and the caravan that almost overturned on the curb finally stabilized, and finally avoided the fate of overturning. Scared into a cold sweat, the two took a long breath, looked at each other, and suddenly laughed at the same time.

"Dead kid, you're still laughing." Monica herself laughed happily, but still reached out and punched Babu in the arm a few times, "This is the consequence of wanting to do bad things, see if you dare in the future." ”

"Ahem, I know it's wrong, I'll dare next time."

With a few dry coughs, Barb restarted the caravan as if nothing had happened, and soon the crisp bell rang again, and the melodious brass bell accompanied the caravan through the farmland on the outskirts of the town and onto the bumpy gravel wilderness outside the town.

Seeing that they were about to reach the entrance and exit of the present world, the two stopped, intending to spend the night here and return to the edge at dawn tomorrow. However, as soon as Babu got into the carriage and lay down, still half asleep and half awake, a strange laugh suddenly remembered in his ears.

It was a woman's laughter, soft to the bone, and just listening to it gave rise to an urge to bow down before her, and Babu did not remember hearing such laughter, but he clearly remembered the will behind the laughter.

It was one of the few wills that wandered nearby when he drove away the mud before, and he thought he had pretended to deceive them, but he didn't expect that there was another one who had been hiding aside.

"Giggles, that's so interesting, I remember you, come to me."

"Whew", Babu sat up sharply, already drenched in sweat.

Outside the caravan, the fire was still burning, and inside the caravan, Anna and Monica had fallen asleep.

Babu stared blankly at Anna and Monica's sleeping faces, not knowing for a moment whether they were dreaming or waking up, whether they were illusions or reality.

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