Cayden raised his right hand in obedience, and his eyelids jumped.

Asuka grabbed his hand and raised it to his red lips, his sharp fangs swept across his palm, cutting a slender wound, and then folded his left hand up to meet Cayden's palm, allowing the two wounds to overlap and blood to meet.

"Stop healing, blood for blood, and you'll see what you want." Asuka spoke crisply.

Kayden's eyes flickered.

In the next second, everything in front of him was like ripples on the surface of a lake blown by the breeze, and when the ripples were still, a completely different picture appeared in front of him.

In the middle of a flower-filled hillside sits a crude grave mound of cobblestones, surrounded by rings, earrings, jewelry, rusty wool shears, and roses.

A man stood in front of the grave, like the warriors of the other coyote tribes, dressed in a scab, a leather skirt, and leggings, simple and primitive, with an inverted triangular back densely covered with muscles.

At this time, he held the ocarina in both hands and played a bleak and ethereal music against the tomb, which was very emotionally infectious, as if he was pouring out, commemorating, and sighing deeply.

Even the red, green, and vibrant flowers around them trembled in this mournful moan.

A loud whistle broke the sad atmosphere, and he stopped playing and turned around, revealing a handsome face with black hair and amber pupils and pursed lips, with a kind of frankness and wildness, but the deep nasolabial folds and empty eyes made him feel a little more sad.

He wears a striking pale pendant around his neck, glass on the outside and gray-white powder on the inside.

His face was almost identical to that of Cayden, and the pendant made his breath stagnate, and his soul throbbed inexplicably.

"Grayshadow, I knew you were here! Forgot what the priest said? If you are always immersed in the past, you are prone to problems. Asuka's sweet voice rang out, "Go back quickly, everyone is waiting for you to pray together." ”

The man nodded silently and turned to leave.

The breeze blew his long black hair flying, and he was like a lifeless statue without a soul.

……

Cayden's eyes flickered, and the picture shattered.

He was back at the edge of the tent, panting and sweating coldly from his forehead.

"See the Gray Shadow?" Asuka withdrew his palm, stretched out his little tongue and licked his palm playfully, and the wound healed instantly.

Kayden nodded and asked incredulously, "What was the situation just now?" ”

Asuka smiled, "Through blood exchange, you saw the picture in my memory. This is an innate ability for all of us in the coyote tribe, and your tribal lineage is no exception. ”

"Communicating information through blood." Dean nodded as he listened, this ability is good for gathering information.

"Whose grave is Grey Shadow worshipping?" Kayden clenched his fists, and there was a hint of nervousness in his eyes,

Asuka rubbed his pointed chin and pondered for a moment, "One day a few years ago, Gray Shadow ended his long confinement and couldn't wait to go down the mountain, brought back an urn from the bottom of the mountain, buried it in the tribe's land, and made some of the ashes into a necklace to wear with him. ”

"From then on, he would take his ocarina to sit by the grave every day."

"Since then, he has also rejected all the tribal women who have a crush on him." Asuka looked into Kayden's eyes and said with emotion, "His heart is dead, and all his energy for the rest of his life is dedicated to mourning and serving the great Coty." ”

Kayden froze for two seconds, his nose twitched, and he rubbed his hair frantically,

"No, it can't be! Lucinda was buried at the edge of the farm down the hill, Dean, you've been with me to see it, you know! ”

"I saw that the coffin on the farm was empty... There was no urn, someone quietly took it away. Dean pointed to his eyes and said seriously.

Kayden's cheeks twitched.

Grey Shadow hasn't forgotten about Lucinda!

"Fack! Fack! Kaiden slammed his fist into the cave ground, sending the gravel flying with great force, smashing the ground into a crater, and the astonishing movement also drew surprised and sympathetic glances from the people near the tent.

After a long time, Kaiden gasped, calmed down his complicated emotions, and hugged the ocarina tightly in his arms.

"Asuka, tell me how he disappeared and where did he disappear?"

"He disappeared two and a half months ago while patrolling the forest to the east."

"What was found at the scene?" Dean asked,

"Nothing," Asuka sighed as she shook her head at the torch on the wall, "no pieces of clothing, no blood, no signs of battle, not even footprints. ”

"And how did he leave?" Standing on the edge of the tent, Dean reached out and rubbed the tough tent cloth, "Can't you grow wings and fly away?" ”

"It was precisely because the way he disappeared was so strange that the tribe investigated for more than two months without a clue."

"And what about the other fighters?" Kayden asked eagerly,

"In the corn valley, the salmon river, the birch forest, the sheep mountain... Disappeared while on patrol... The intervals range from one week to two weeks, some in the morning and some at night, irregular, but they leave no trace. So lately, the tribe has strictly forbidden to act alone, and it is only the squads that patrol outside. ”

"Whoever walks through will leave traces," Dean analyzed, lowering his face, "unless the disappearance case is mixed with supernatural elements and covers up the traces." ”

Asuka's big bright eyes darkened, and he said worriedly, "This is also the place where the priests are most worried, the tribe has not had alpha wolves for several years, and our size has exceeded the standard. The Law of Supernatural Convergence could come at any time, maybe it has already come, and it is like a poisonous snake lurking in the shadows, and it has done something to us. ”

"No matter what kind of demons and monsters are behind the scenes!" Kayden said angrily, "Gotta get him out!" ”

"Calm down man," Dean patted Kayden on the shoulder and turned back to Asuka, "Do the five missing fighters have anything in common?" ”

The bird shook the ponytail behind his head,

"Brave and good at fighting, all men... Well, they are the best warriors in the tribe. ”

"The best?"

"I'm not exaggerating, Grey Shadow is the most powerful outside of the priests, and has never been defeated in daily training and sparring." Asuka had a reverent expression, "Behind him, the tiger claw, the demon leopard, the brown bear, the red-bellied eagle... Basically only weaker than the fighters in front. ”

"How strong can they be?" Dean asked,

Asuka nodded the tip of his slightly upturned nose and said generously, "The weakest of them can easily kill five me..."

Hearing this, Dean turned his head and glanced at his companion, saying that he could also kill five Kaiden, "Did they behave abnormally before they disappeared?" ”

"No... Patrolling, eating, training as usual. Asuka sighed, "They are also the most devout warriors, stronger in faith than most of their companions, and pray every day to the statue of Coyote Coty, and without them, the tribe has suffered a great loss. ”

Cayden asked, "Who did they communicate with before they disappeared?" ”

"Let's go, I'll show you." Asuka hooked hands at the two of them and left the tent and walked out of the cave.

A white light of dawn appeared on the horizon.

The people who had been sitting leisurely in the tents to rest and chat had already begun their hard day, and the civilians with black and white stripes on their faces wielded their scythe-sharp nails and carefully tended the dozen or so fields like ordinary peasants.

Weeds are cut into the furrows, and the morning dew on the leaves reflects a crystal shine.

The other group of black-and-red-striped warriors went out hunting in groups or patrolling the entire mountainous area, searching for any suspicious traces.

In the glades not far from the territory, a group of petite and lovely young wolves were taught, a small group of children of five or six years old, running, chasing, sniffing the smell, and the children and the young wolves from time to time hugged each other and played close to the ground, their skin and hair were covered with dirt and leaves, and the relationship was as harmonious as brothers.

On the other side of the farmland, the priest writes and draws with charcoal on a board made of oak, teaching a group of teenagers words and language.

Grammatically, there are not only English letters, but also two other scripts, Spanish and Mayan, which Dean guesses.

"The land under our feet is the legacy of our ancestors, the soil preserves the lives of our deceased relatives, the soil is our mother, and anything that befalls the soil will also befall us, so we must protect the soil."

As the priest read aloud, Dean's gaze swept over the busy land, and he felt a deep and vigorous vitality.

Kaiden's tightly knit brow stretched slightly, his mood became less heavy, and he couldn't help but ask the birds next to him, "Why are you learning so many languages?" ”

Asuka's thick eyebrows furrowed, "The alpha wolf has not been born for a long time, and the tribe may encounter an irresistible disaster, so when the time comes, send some children who have mastered the language of ordinary people to human society in advance to continue the fire of our tribe." ”

……

"This way," Asuka led the two to an old man with a big waist and a bald head and a beard who was drying dried venison, "This is Kaiden, the son of Grey Shadow, who has just returned to the tribe from human society, and the priest has authorized him to investigate the disappearance some time ago, and needs to know what Tiger Paw talked to you about the last time." ”

"I've been out there for more than ten years, I woke up too late, and I'm a mixed race," the old man's bronze bell-like green eyes swept Kaiden's well-proportioned figure, and his calloused palm squeezed his shoulder heavily, and his gray beard trembled like a broom, "It's not as strong as one-tenth of your father's, and you have to work hard in the future." ”

Cayden felt the force in his palms and bared his teeth, but he didn't refute.

Immediately afterwards, the old man bit his palm, opposite his palm, and exchanged blood again.

Dean saw Cayden close his eyes, his muscles contracted, and his eyeballs swayed from side to side under his eyelids, as if he had fallen asleep.

Ten minutes passed.

He suddenly opened his eyes, digested the information he had seen earlier, and his face showed a deep look of thought, and soon he shook his head at his two companions in disappointment, and turned to leave.

"Child, may you inherit the wisdom of the Grey Shadow."

The bald old man looked at their backs and blessed them.

"What do you think of this boy that the priest likes?" Another middle-aged man with a slender body and thick chest hair approached him, picked a piece of jerky and stuffed it into his mouth, and asked,

The bald head shook his head in disappointment, "Young, confused, full of anger..."

"Will he be the Son of Destiny, then?"

"Who knows? No one can see through the fog of fate, just as no one can completely understand the Bobo Martial Arts. ”

……

Dean retracted God's perspective, raised his eyebrows, and continued to follow Asuka to investigate the clues.

The trio also visited four tribesmen in succession, who were professional wolf trainers, guards, ocarina performers, and sculptors.

They had the last contact with the leopard, the brown bear, the red-bellied eagle, and the gray shadow before disappearing, and transmitted this part of the memory to Kaiden.

Kayden dictated to Dean again.

Disappointingly, these are almost all everyday topics, such as inviting peers to go into the forest after work, heads-up, wolf training, praying to Coyote Coty,

Of course, there is no shortage of topics that men are most passionate about, the discussion of beautiful women in the tribe.

"Among the female warriors under the age of twenty, the strongest female warrior with the most upturned ass should be the black fox, if combined with her, maybe she can give birth to a destined child for the tribe."

"No, it's a bird, she is more weighted by the priests, and her breasts are more erect, so that she can raise stronger children."

As soon as Kaiden conveyed these two sentences in the blood memory, he looked at the sweet girl next to him in embarrassment.

In the past, it was extremely disrespectful to talk about a girl's appearance in person.

But on the mountain, in front of him, instead of being annoyed at all, Asuka laughed proudly, his emerald eyes sparkling.

Whether it is according to the eyes of humans or coyotes, her smile is extremely charming, revealing white and neat teeth and sweet dimples.

Cayden suddenly realized that she was looking at him from head to toe, her eyes with a hint of aggression and a hint of anticipation, and the crisp laughter beating at his heart like a drumstick, and he couldn't help but stare at the birds, and then he lost his composure, his cheeks were hot, and his hands and feet had nowhere to go, and he stood there stupidly.

"Ahem." Dean coughed softly and saved Cayden from a strange situation.

Asuka smiled generously and flicked his long braids,

"Kaiden, the tribe is very direct, if you think I am beautiful and attractive, you can tell me directly, and one day, you defeat me in heads-up, I may have a child for you."

"Back to business!" Kayden hurriedly changed the subject, "The testimony of these five witnesses is basically meaningless. ”

"In fact, after the first missing person appeared," Asuka added with slight disappointment, "the priest had gone through the memories of all the tribe in exchange for blood, and had not been able to find any useful clues, which also ruled out the possibility of a traitor inside. ”

"Take us around the scene of the disappearance." Kayden took a deep breath and made another suggestion,

Dean shook his head in denial, "It's impossible for us to compare to so many people in the Coyote Tribe, they have proven that the conventional investigation method is completely ineffective, and it will be in vain to repeat it." Asuka, how long ago was the last time you disappeared? ”

"Two weeks ago."

"Not for a long time, have you tried anything else since then, like 'fishing'?"

Asuka blinked his wide, puzzled eyes.

Dean said, "I'm referring to the use of bait, the deliberate arrangement of a lone companion to lure the killer out. ”

"The priest had already tried to lay out the bait three days ago," Asuka nodded, "and the murderer didn't take the bait at all." ”

Cayden was surprised, "That's strange, the murderer is not your insider, but he can perfectly avoid your bait, what is the reason?" ”

No one can answer.

"I can only use the last option," Dean said in a deep voice, hanging his head, "Asuka, give me the portraits of the five missing soldiers." ”

Kayden was puzzled, "What do you want to paint a portrait for?" Let's not post a missing person notice in the deep mountains and old forests. ”

"Didn't I tell you, what I'm best at is finding people, superpowers are not only used in battle, they can be used to assist in ignoring cumbersome steps and reaching the end!"

Dean's self-confidence impressed the two, and Asuka quickly went to the tribe's painter to ask for five parchment paintings.

The five missing warriors, all with dignified and majestic faces, were as strong as oxen, and exuded an oppressive aura all over their bodies.

Then the three of them took the portrait to an empty and uninhabited forest outside the tribe, Dean took out the portrait of the gray shadow with black hair and golden eyes, and examined his eyes, nose, appearance, figure, temperament...

"Asuka, tell all the life experiences of Gray Shadow from birth to disappearance, the more detailed it is, the more likely it is that I will find him."

Asuka couldn't understand the behavior of this outsider at all, but by the order of the priest, he still obeyed the story,

"Grey Shadow was born thirty-six years ago one winter..."

Dean listened, and his mind moved, and a gust of wind flew out of the board, rolling up a few fallen leaves on the ground.

Pieces of black scale armor pieced together a knight-like "shadow" around Dean, and the shadow activated his telekinesis.

Calorie deprivation!

Zizi...

Asuka paused, shrunk his shoulders.

The temperature in the vicinity suddenly dropped several degrees, and a faint dampness surged in the air, and in the next second, drops of crystal liquid beads condensed in front of the three of them, suspended in mid-air, accumulating more and more.

Asuka watched in amazement, and for half an hour, the droplets slowly formed into a pure, transparent mass of watermelon-sized, and her story came to an end.

"Two and a half months ago, Grey Shadow disappeared for no apparent reason in the Starry Night Forest......"

Dean took out an eyepatch from the fantasy space, put it on his face to block all the light, and then fell backwards, his body floating in the air, as if lying on a transparent air bed.

And the watermelon-sized mass of clear water, the slime generally split into several balls, wrapped Dean's hands, feet, and head respectively, and then quickly spread throughout the body, turning into a transparent liquid film covering all parts, leaving only a few breathing holes between the mouth and nose.

This was one of the results of Dean's search for "Lena" from north to southwest.

He didn't need to spend a lot of salt, water, and rubber pools as he did in Hawkins, and he spent time and effort building a sensory deprivation tank.

Now, with telekinesis' fine control over various forms of energy, he can easily create a temporary, miniature sensory deprivation sink to channel the search effect of the dark realm of the sea of his brain.

"Shadow" snapped his fingers again.

Heat transfer!

The temperature of the liquid film begins to rise slowly.

When the most suitable temperature is reached.

Dean felt like he was soaked in his mother's amniotic fluid, losing his gravity, and also losing the sense of temperature, sound, and smell, and his complicated thoughts gradually peeled away, leaving only one thought, to find the gray shadow.

The "dark domain of the mind" swooped in.

……

Two minutes later,

Crash!

The liquid film peeled off Dean's body, and the water molecules returned to form a bouncy slime, suspended to the side.

Dean took off his blindfold and shook his head and sighed, "I'm sorry, I can't see the gray shadow... A supernatural force prevented me from snooping. ”

Kaiden's face darkened, and Asuka who was standing side by side with him was curious, "What kind of method are you, divination?" It's completely different from the priesthood. ”

"It's a superpower, there's no time to explain it right now," Dean picked up the second sheepskin portrait, "and tell me more about the life of the second missing man, Tigerclaw." ”

……

Then, the same scene played out in the glade.

After each use of search, Dean meditated for two hours to recover his energy and calm his aching nerves.

Keep searching.

But from morning to afternoon, he searched for Tiger Claw, Demon Leopard, Brown Bear... All of them were blocked by a mysterious force, and there was only a gray mist in the dark realm of his mind.

Until the last red-bellied eagle disappeared two weeks ago.

Dean saw a strange picture - a large man nearly two meters tall was covered in blood and locked to the wall of a truck compartment with several thick chains, and fell asleep with his eyes closed.

The bloody flesh and skin on his body rolled up, revealing white bones, which also meant that he was so seriously injured that he had lost his ability to heal himself.

And on top of him stood several figures whose faces were shrouded in black fog and could not see their true faces, and one of them seemed to sense something, and suddenly turned his head, and his deep eyes looked at Dean, lighting up with a vast and dazzling light.

Hiss –

Dean snorted and took off the blindfold, rubbed his temples that were tingling like pins and needles, and withdrew from the "sink" with a solemn face.

"I've found him," Dean turned his head to look east, searching for the clear feeling, "he's imprisoned on the eastern side of the Ozark Mountains, nearly ten miles away!" ”

"Ten miles to the east?" Kaiden thought for a moment and raised an eyebrow, "Isn't that close to the mines?" ”

"Well, there's other superpowers hidden there!"

(End of chapter)