A dark space.

The touch of the body is absent, and the nasty metallic texture occasionally appears in the perception, probably because the doctor is doing something to him.

Duan Feng's consciousness floated here.

Over here...... It's probably his consciousness space.

He didn't know, because he hadn't been here since he was growing up—after all, it was the first time he'd ever been knocked unconscious.

Lost...... It's not a dream, I really lost, and I lost so badly that I was directly knocked unconscious, and there was no dignity at all.

It seemed to be the first time since he was born that such an experience had occurred.

If you give it your all from the beginning......

Duan Feng fell silent.

There was only silence in the darkness, and he could almost hear his own heartbeat.

It didn't take long for him to chuckle.

Forget it, he can't fool himself.

If you can't win, you can't win, and there's no need to make such excuses...... He has already done his best, and the so-called full strength is just adding Aqiu, but if he said this, how could Yu Cang have used all his strength?

You must know that in this duel, Yu Cang had watched the battle for a long time when he was full of soul energy, and the dragon scales on the field were even more abundant, although at the beginning, he did pull Yu Cang into a predicament, but after that, Yu Cang has been at ease.

Even now that I think about it, at the beginning of the game, Yu Cang probably had a way to break the game at any time...... After all, his dragon scales can activate the existence of that "fusion" power.

There are already six dragon scales on the field at the beginning, even if he doesn't summon the Saint of Trapping, Yu Cang will definitely have a backhand.

Not to mention...... In the end, he activated the critical mass maximum, and manipulated the chaotic convection of the light and dark contradiction dragon to excite the move, and he had already used Aqiu's power, and that blow was already his full strength, but it still failed without a little suspense.

Even, his own card deck is constantly improved by countless senior card makers, but Yu Cang's card deck is made by himself...... When you think about it, the gap seems to be even wider.

Myself, I lost completely...... As Yu Cang said, he was beaten by him.

Duan Feng's mind recalled what Duan Zhang had said to him.

"Feng'er, don't always think about comparing yourself with your peers."

"You are the one who wants to ascend to the myth, they will be trampled under your feet sooner or later, you can be friends, remember not to make friends."

"Have you finished reading "The Biography of Emperor Chang'an"?"

"That's who you want to be."

……

"Huh." Duan Feng chuckled.

Just now, you must have been watching and seeing that I lost.

Now, still dreaming that I will become a myth.

…… Also, you don't care about that.

You don't care about anything but your family, your "business".

What if you lose?

The next day, what he heard outside must still be the news of his victory, Duan Zhang's plan will still be carried out in an orderly manner, every footprint on his road has been set in advance, and he can't choose anything he wants.

……

Duan Feng's fists couldn't help but clench.

Mythology? Bullshit!

Just because of the same talent, do you have to follow the same path and become the same person?

He wants to become a myth, but that's him, Duan Feng, his future, not the dream you gave me!

Why do you all think that I can only become a myth by relying on this companion soul?

If you really think so, why didn't you just drown Duan Feng in the first place and let Aqiu be the shadow of that other person?!

……

"Peak?"

Duan Feng's heart trembled.

A familiar voice came from behind him, and he recognized it as Aqiu's voice and his own.

"Feng, is that why you've been reluctant to fight alongside me?"

“……”

"You turn around."

Duan Feng took a deep breath and didn't turn around, but opened his eyes.

It was pitch black in front of me, but there was a faint light coming from behind him, and it was the light of the soul.

He remembered that when he was a child, he often came to play in the consciousness space when he hadn't read "The Biography of Emperor Chang'an" and when he hadn't known so many things.

Because then, only here could he see his only friend.

In a trance, some images seemed to flash in front of my eyes.

……

"Who are you?"

"I'm Duan Feng."

"You are talking nonsense, I am Duan Feng!"

The young Duan Feng looked at the soul floating in front of him, his eyes full of curiosity.

This guy ...... It's like the cannibalistic ghosts in the book.

But I wonder why I wasn't afraid of him.

Obviously, I was terrified when I watched those stories.

"I'm not a ghost!" Aqiu said angrily, "I am you!" Who would be afraid of themselves? ”

"Huh? Can you hear me thinking? ”

"This is our inner world, of course I can hear it."

"Hmm...... All right. Duan Feng scratched his head.

I don't know why, when Aqiu said "I am you", he easily believed it in his heart.

"But I can't call you Duan Feng...... It's weird. ”

"And what do you want to call me?"

"Well, I want to think about it...... By the way, Dad said that there will be many small hills near every mountain, how about I call you Duan Qiu? ”

"Don't." Aqiu pursed his lips.

"Then I'll call you Aqiu, so that you can be closer~" Duan Feng naturally knew what Aqiu was thinking.

"Hmm...... Okay, then I'll call you Peak. ”

"Okay!" Duan Feng smiled.

It was his first friend.

……

Time has passed imperceptibly.

Aqiu didn't know when he could come out of the consciousness space and move freely.

I don't know when Duan Feng has never returned to this consciousness space.

"It's not." Duan Feng denied, "I just feel that the opponents I meet don't need your help. ”

“…… I can hear what you're thinking now. ”

Duan Feng pursed his lips covertly: "Then you still ask me." ”

"Just for such a naïve reason?" Aqiu seemed angry, "Do you know how long I've been in this stupid place? Do you know how much I wish I could have another fight? You are wishy-washy, you are unfettered and free, what about me? You can go anywhere, and I only have this dark space to stay in! Do you know how I've been doing these years? ”

Duan Feng was silent.

His eyes seemed to flicker, his lips trembled slightly, and he didn't say a word.

In the end, he could only speak softly in a small voice:

"I'm sorry...... But I said there would be a day, it would......"

"Duan Feng, I can hear what you're thinking now."

“……”

Aqiu walked around in front of Duan Feng, but Duan Feng just lowered his head silently and didn't look at Aqiu.

"Duan Feng, I am you, if you don't even want to look at yourself, what else can you talk about relying on yourself to promote the myth?"

"That's someone else's way......"

"Why, does Emperor Chang'an also have an Aqiu in his head?"

“……”

"Isn't it that you've been calling the name Aqiu for too long, so long that you've forgotten it." Aqiu leaned closer, "My name, also called Duan Feng?" ”

Duan Feng was speechless, his lips squirmed for a long time before he said, "Give me a little more time...... I will definitely find the right way......"

“……”

This time, Chang Aqiu was silent.

He chuckled halfway through.

"Forget it." Aqiu took a few steps back, "Feng, I'm going to leave for a while." ”

"Leave?" Duan Feng's eyes widened suddenly, and he raised his head, as if in disbelief, "But you are my companion soul...... Where can you go? ”

"Didn't you already hear that?" Aqiu's face had calmed down, "I'm going to the Shadow Campus, there are things I want there...... I can't do nothing while I'm waiting for you. ”

"But you are my companion, where can you go......"

"Don't worry." Aqiu said, "The Shadow Campus is a place where the eyes converge, there is no concept of distance in the usual sense, as long as I enter the Shadow Campus in the ancient capital, then no matter where you go, it will not be affected." ”

"Yes, yes......"

"Anyway, you won't need me."

Looking at Duan Feng's suddenly helpless appearance, Aqiu really felt a little funny.

What Yu Cang said was indeed right.

Feng, never realized the taste of losing himself.

"Yu Cang? Why are you thinking about him? Duan Feng was completely panicked at this moment, "Wait, you make it clear, what do you mean that I will lose you?" ”

"I didn't say that." Aqiu retracted his expression and his thoughts.

"I can hear what you're thinking!!"

"You heard me wrong." Aqiu's face was expressionless.

Jieying Campus is indeed a good place.

If you say that, you should be able to do it.

Hmph, it's long overdue...... Yu Cang, it is really much better than Feng.

Aqiu thought so in his heart, and Duan Feng, who listened to this, was completely panicked.

Wait, what the hell do you mean by that?!

What does Yu Cang mean that he is much better than himself...... Damn, he just beat me once, what do you mean?

If you talk about card issuance...... It's bad, it seems that the card making itself can't be compared, not to mention that his own card making level actually comes from Aqiu.

Thinking about it like this, it seems that in addition to his family background, he is not as good as Yu Cang at all...... With Duan Feng's pride, he naturally disdained to crush Yu Cang by his life experience, but this made him even more panicked.

He looked at the sneering Aqiu, and he didn't know what to say.

You don't want to abandon yourself and go to Yu Cang's side, right...... No way, you're my companion! You can't live without me!

Duan Feng's heart tugged.

Wait, he just said that the Jieying Campus should be able to do it...... Damn, what the hell can you do, you can tell!

For a moment, Duan Feng was thinking wildly in his heart, and for the first time, he felt a feeling of fear.

Aqiu, but his only friend!

Since he was a child, Duan Zhang has had strict requirements for his social circle, and he can have friends, but those friends have gone through layers of screening before they can be touched by himself.

They just want the identity of "friends", not to become his friends with Duan Feng.

It's okay to talk and play together, but if he wants to have deep friendships, he wants to play better, and he wants to have some "brothers...... Those so-called friends will immediately be silent and disappear.

There is a way to do it

Except for Aqiu, who would want to talk to Duan Feng about his heart.

Since he was a child, Aqiu has always been by his side, so that he has become accustomed to Aqiu's existence, and he never thought that he would lose Aqiu...... Except for today, except for now.

Therefore, he could no longer maintain his usual calmness and confidence, he took a few steps forward, and was about to question Aqiu properly, when he saw Aqiu's body tremble and disappear in place.

In an instant, the words that had already reached his lips had no one to confide in, Duan Feng was stunned for a moment, and the space of consciousness was dark and empty, turning into an indelible emptiness that surrounded him.

"Ah...... Aqiu? Duan Feng tentatively spoke.

"Aqiu? …… Aqiu! ”

……

in the ward.

Open eyes!

Duan Feng opened his eyes in an instant and stood up from the bed.

"Aqiu—"

Duan Feng suddenly paused.

He looked to the side, Duan Ao and a doctor were standing next to him, and behind him, there were many people from the Duan family, some nurses who looked very young.

Seeing this scene, although Duan Feng was already covered in cold sweat, he quickly calmed down, and his expression regained his calmness.

It's not that he wants to put it on the shelf.

It's that he knows...... As a "myth of the future", once he made a fool of himself in front of outsiders and showed an indecent appearance like now...... Then those who see this scene will not end well.

If it was other places, it would be forgotten, Duan Zhang was not so deep, and the situation was not so serious, but now, his second uncle was present.

He knows very well, don't look at Duan Ao's amiable appearance on the surface, behind his back is enough to be called ruthless and very paranoid.

Whether Duan Ao would take action against those strange doctors because of the leakage of his ugliness, he was not sure, and he didn't have the heart to gamble.

"How's it going, Feng'er?" Duan Ao came up, with a concerned expression on his face, anyone who came would think that this was just a kind elder.

“…… I'm fine, let's all go out. ”

"That's good, that's good...... You guys, there's nothing to do here, go out. ”

Those people from the Duan family nodded and walked out in unison. The doctor was also very knowledgeable, put away his things, and was about to leave.

Duan Feng raised his eyes and looked at Duan Ao: "And you, go out too." ”

“…… Hahaha, Feng'er is really joking. Duan Ao laughed a few times and sat down next to the hospital bed, "You shouted just now...... Aqiu? What's the matter, you're in conflict? ”

"Nope."

"Speaking of which, at the end of the duel." Duan Ao's eyes narrowed slightly, and there was a little coldness in his smile inexplicably, "Aqiu...... Didn't listen to your orders? ”

"Nothing." Duan Feng frowned slightly, "You used the shield again?" ”

Duan Ao's face was still full of smiles: "Of course...... But that's what the doctor used for the examination, and I can't help it. ”

“…… All right. Duan Feng breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

OK...... Aqiu was temporarily disconnected because of the blocker, and he thought it was really Aqiu who didn't want to pay attention to himself.

"But...... Feng'er. The smile on Duan Ao's face narrowed slightly, "It's time for you to make a choice...... Emperor Chang'an's refusal to show up and accept you as an apprentice is already telling, so it's better to ...... directly."

"I said, no." Duan Feng's expression remained unchanged, as if he had already known what Duan Ao was going to say, "Aqiu is just my companion soul. ”

He knew that there had always been concerns in the family about his talent.

It is said that when he was born, a mysterious person appeared and said that he would have a talent for companion souls that was rare in a thousand years, and wanted to take him as an apprentice.

But how could Duan Zhang easily believe this kind of person, so he didn't agree.

Who knew that after being born, it would really be like this, and when Duan Zhang went back to look for it, that person would have long since disappeared.

So all along, Duan Zhang has always had a thorn in his heart.

The companion soul, Aqiu...... Could it be that the mysterious person set up a bureau and wanted to borrow Duan Feng's body to do something unspeakable?

After all, except for Emperor Chang'an, no one knew what the companion soul talent should look like, and no one dared to be sure that Aqiu was really Duan Feng's companion soul.

Gathering forces in the name of Duan Feng and laying out layers of layouts also has the meaning of fighting against that mysterious person.

After all, if Duan Feng's talent is fake, then the Duan family will invest resources all the way down, and if the mysterious person picks peaches, they will lose completely, but if Duan Feng gathers forces in the name of the mysterious person, even if the mysterious person triggers the layout, their Duan family will also have this power, and they will not lose everything.

When the general trend has been achieved, the name of Duan Feng will not matter - the real vested interests are still the Duan family.

When Duan Feng was just born, Duan Zhang had applied to meet with Emperor Chang'an and ask about the soul companion talent, but he was refused, but as long as the four major family alliances gathered into a momentum, it may not be impossible to take advantage of the situation to meet Emperor Chang'an, and everything will be known at that time.

Besides, the mysterious person may not be afraid of the Duan family, but now that the four major families are united, the mysterious person must also weigh if he wants to pick peaches - after all, this is equivalent to moving everyone's cake.

This is a decision made by Duan Zhang, who thinks that it is the most beneficial decision for the family, and if it were not for this, he would not want his children to be involved in so many troubles.

As for this shield...... It is a means of temporarily blocking the perception of companion spirits.

"Feng'er." Duan Ao said, "Don't lie to the second uncle, at the end of the day, that Aqiu is clearly disobeying your orders...... Why don't we choose a more secure way and directly refine this so-called companion soul......"

"I said it." Duan Feng didn't hesitate at all, "I won't agree to this plan." ”

“…… All right. It doesn't matter, if you change your mind, you can always tell the second uncle. ”

"You don't have to worry about it."

"Okay." Duan Ao sighed, "By the way, Feng'er, when you are in a good state, remember to talk to me, I will arrange for you to meet Yu Cang." ”

Duan Feng was stunned for a moment, but he immediately understood.

The First World War was a bitter enmity...... The duel is over, and then it's time for the "enmity".

Just right...... He wanted to ask Yu Cang, what nonsense did he say to Aqiu!

Looking at Duan Feng, whose expression changed slightly, Duan Ao sighed.

"Feng'er." He said, "It doesn't matter if you lose this time, I will ask the card maker to study Yu Cang's duel video quickly, and next time, your deck will definitely beat him!" ”

"Hmm...... Well? ”

Duan Feng was stunned.

He looked at Duan Ao and said with some uncertainty: "I'...... Lost? ”

"yes." Duan Ao seemed to be a little difficult to speak, "Feng'er...... That, this time there are a lot of people who pay attention to the competition between you, and Yu Cang's status is also very special, so it's not good for us to directly announce that you have won...... Don't feel pressured,"

The weight of the Yanhuang Medal was too heavy, even if he had already slashed the imperial capital with a sword at night, Duan Zhang had to pinch his nose and swallow this breath.

No tricks, can't be provoked.

Hearing this, Duan Feng was already stunned.

This...... Yourself, really lost?

Scold...... Ha ha...... Hahaha!

In Duan Ao's inexplicable eyes, Duan Feng suddenly laughed, and his voice became louder and louder!

Okay, okay...... It turns out that winning or losing this time is not meaningless.

Duan Zhang, I finally met someone who made you deflated!

For the first time, he finally felt that his life had taken a step by himself. Although he lost, he may be embarrassed in some circles, but he is very happy.

From his unchanging future, he finally saw a trace of fluctuations.

Yu Cang...... It seems that you are more powerful than you think.

He suddenly felt a little grateful to Cang, but immediately, his heart became even more aggrieved.

No, I'm grateful for what he did!

He wants to snatch his own Aqiu! Why, I have to thank you?

Dream!

Duan Feng gritted his teeth silently in his heart, but on the surface, his smile was only slightly restrained.

"Huh?" Looking at Duan Feng with this expression, Duan Ao blinked, a little incomprehensible.

But...... It's ok, it's good that there's no pressure.

So he stood up: "Okay Feng'er, then I won't disturb your rest." ”

"Remove the shield."

"Don't worry, it will."

Duan Ao left the room.

Half ringing.

The air twisted, and Aqiu's figure appeared beside the bed.

“…… What are you talking about again? There was no expression on Aqiu's face.

"It's still the same, a normal physical examination." Duan Feng uncovered the stubble, and then asked eagerly, "Aqiu, tell me, what did Yu Cang tell you?" ”

"......" Aqiu seemed to sigh, "Feng, Yu Cang has a card-making technique that has surpassed the times, I want to learn." ”

Duan Feng hurriedly said, "Then you won't ......"

"Won't anything?"

"No, no." Duan Feng seemed to be embarrassed, he clenched his teeth, hesitated for a long time, and then said, "You won't leave me, will you?" ”

“…… Scold. ”

Duan Feng was anxious: "You...... You can't do that, you're my only friend! ”

"Less naïve." Aqiu snorted.

He pressed Duan Feng back to the hospital bed: "You are also my only friend." ”

Hearing this, Duan Feng was stunned for a moment, and then his expression was overjoyed, and he was about to say something, when he heard Aqiu say again:

"However, you haven't considered my feelings for so long, so this time, you don't expect me to care about you - I will stay at the Shadow Campus and come back to me when you really recognize yourself."

"Then I'll stay in the ancient capital ...... too"

"I won't see you if you stay here." Aqiu said, "If you continue like this, you will always be so naïve." ”

“…… How did you. Duan Feng's eyes widened slightly, looking at Aqiu in this tone, a sense of grievance for no reason gradually accumulated in the bottom of his heart.

He endured it and didn't show it, "How can you call me naïve......"

"Huh." Aqiu laughed.

(End of chapter)