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Chapter 43 Dance Hall, 06:04 pm
The close combat suffered a loss, and the newly discovered weakness was also wiped out with one hand. Seeing that there was no possibility of defeating Deng Huailing, the killer made a decisive decision, pushed the opponent away and fled.He has never experienced what shame is, and he has no burden of failure. He just chooses the most beneficial way to deal with it.
He quickly climbed up the mountain path, and when he heard Deng Huailing chasing after him, he mocked with a full smile: "Two minutes ago you said you wanted to kill me, why did you run away?"
The killer ignored it, climbed to the top of the mountain path in one breath, and shouted to the end: "Yue Yesheng!"
At the end of the steps is a quaint shrine, under the eaves hang shimenawa rope tangled with straw, and the ground paved with stone slabs has been drained of fresh rain, and the gaps between them are dark black.The interior of the shrine was originally very quiet, like a sleeping country, but after the shouts, it seemed to wake up, and there was a crisp sound from the depths.
bell
Deng Huailing chased all the way into the shrine, and suddenly heard the bell ringing, and stopped involuntarily.Immediately, the limbs seemed to be tied with silk threads, and they were raised stiffly and sluggishly, walking forward, completely out of his control.
He thought something was wrong, Yue Yesheng must be hiding in this shrine.This is the opponent's fantasy sea system. On the mountain path just now, the killer and him were still far away from the shrine. Yue Yesheng couldn't make an obvious impact, but as soon as he stepped here, he fell into the palm of the man.
The figure of the killer flashed between the twists and turns, and lost his trace.The sky was covered by clouds and became gloomy. As he walked among the gods, the stone lamps automatically lit up, emitting a dim yellow light, and only the dark silhouettes remained on the surrounding eaves.
The bell was still ringing softly, luring him into the depths of the shrine.The further he walked along the stone road, the sound of the bell music became clearer. Along with the ringing of the bell, an ethereal female voice came from the boundless silence:
"One day and one night ni ζγ―η
§γγγ¨γ"
(Even if there is no moon shining day and night)
"Sorrowful γγΏγ«ιΉΊιΈι³γ"
(Tiger thrush mourns as before)
Deng Huailing allowed himself to be controlled and gradually approached the source of the sound.In other people's Huanhai system, the degree of influence depends on mental toughness. He often uses the black ring, and both his endurance and reaction power have been polished to the top. He can break free with a little concentration, but his ultimate goal is to get close to Yue Yesheng, so still go with the flow.
"I γγγΈγθ§γγγ© θ±γ―ζ°γγ¬γΉγ"
(Suddenly looking back at the remaining flowers)
Turning the corner, suddenly there are bright yellow lights everywhere, and the flow of data forms a high platform. The maiden in white clothes and scarlet clothes stands on the dance hall, wearing a gilded crown, like a flower blooming in the wind.
"Comfort γγεΏγ― ζΆγ¬γγγγ¨γ"
(It seems that the comfort of my heart has disappeared)
The night wind blew the witch's hair, and the dignified singing just now came from her.She is only fourteen or fifteen years old, and her face is still childish, but the tear mole under her right eye adds a bit of sadness.She stared at Deng Huailing in the audience for a while, holding the Kagura bell in her hand, holding up the five-color ribbon at the end of the bell, turned around and danced.
Deng Huailing watched her dance the prayer dance with a strange attitude, completely forgetting that she was still in the Magic Sea system.Her dance seems to have breathtaking magic, mixed with the mystery and solemnity contained in religion, people can't help but want to stop their eyes on her.
Behind Deng Huailing, on the dark eaves, the killer crouched silently, his eyes reflecting a golden light.He locked on to Deng Huailing in front of the dance hall, his figure was like a sharp arrow, shot from the string in the darkness.
The bounty hunter didn't seem to notice it at all, and still turned his back to him.The killer flashed behind the opponent, just as he stretched out his hand, Deng Huailing suddenly grabbed the arm with eyes behind his back, threw him to the ground, and stepped on him:
"How much enmity did you have with me? If I'm not wrong, you've already got what you want from Yue Yesheng. Is it necessary to do everything possible to set up a trap for me?"
Although he was smiling, he was clearly annoyed.After being repeatedly tricked twice, Deng Huailing's patience was exhausted to the extreme. If he hadn't been mentally strong enough to escape the influence of Yue Yesheng, the killer might have seriously damaged his consciousness.
"What a weirdo," the killer lamented a completely irrelevant sentence, "Yue Yesheng's tricks are completely useless to you."
"It's useful, but only for a moment." Deng Huailing raised his eyebrows and said, half-bending his knees to press his throat, and moved closer to the killer, "Now...if that friend doesn't come out to meet me, I will kill you directlyconsciousness."
"You can't kill me." The other party smiled suddenly, the ground beneath him collapsed like quicksand, and the stone slabs melted into a whirlpool, instantly engulfing the killer's bodyββhe opened the "passage" and walked out of the fantasy sea system openly.to escape.
"Anyway, I got the information, and I will leave it to you, Yue Yesheng. See you next time."
Deng Huailing was taken aback, although he immediately came back to his senses and wanted to grab the killer's collar, but his hand was empty.The front of the dance hall became lonely again, only the long ringing of bells remained in my ears, and the witches were singing and dancing on the stage.
The light illuminated the ground full of crossed shadows, Deng Huailing glanced around, the killer left, and the next task was to find Yue Yesheng in this shrine.
He was thinking about where that person might appear, and he didn't care about the disappearance of the bell. The witch in the temple stopped slowly, mechanically raising his right hand like a puppet, and at some point there was a small fan in his hand.
The fan is hoisted up and pointed straight at him. One side is decorated with gold and the other side is decorated with silver, symbolizing extreme yin and extreme yang.Deng Huailing raised his eyes when he heard the voice, and huge lines cracked from the dance hall to his feet, forming a dark abyss.
The sea water at the bottom of the abyss was tumbling, and it rushed towards him. Deng Huailing instinctively wanted to avoid it, but after thinking for a while, he stayed where he was, pretending that he couldn't react in time and fell down, being swallowed by the sea water.
The waves rolled up, and there was no trace on the water, leaving only whirlpools with white foam.A pair of feet slowly walked to the shore, and a middle-aged man with a tired face came. He squatted down and inspected, and after confirming that Deng Huailing had fallen into the sea, he sighed softly: "I'm sorry."
Once swallowed in someone else's sea area, the "passage" cannot be opened in the sea water, and the bounty hunter who strays here can only stay in his sea area forever, acting as a vegetable in reality, no different from death.
He and the bounty hunter had never met before, and he had no choice but to trap the other's consciousness, feeling guilty in his heart, and planned to build a channel under the sea for a while and let him out.
Yue Yesheng thought this way, and vaguely heard someone comment: "It's quite polite."
He looked in shock, only to see those brown eyes glowing with excitement and cruelty.Deng Huailing was covered in water droplets, and emerged from the sea like a water ghost, grabbed his trouser legs, and said with a smile:
"Gotcha."
Yue Yesheng retreated hastily, but contact had already been made.The complicated data flow spread from him to Deng Huailing's fingertips, and it was resolved into the coordinates of the real position.He suddenly realized that this hunter entered the Huanhai system not intending to kill him here, but just to find out the location, and someone else was sent to hunt him down!
He wants to quit the fantasy sea system, but Deng Huailing's consciousness still exists in the sea area and cannot be closed.And Deng Huailing broke in through the channel established by Rolla, and he couldn't be removed by force. The other party used this bug to get him stuck in the Magic Sea system.
This is a fatal loophole - Katsuki Tsukino thought of this, if the bounty hunter persisted, he would not be able to return to reality.
All the scenery disappeared in an instant, the brightly lit palace, the mysterious witch, and Chihaya's white gown like a bird's wing, all lost their form and turned into sea water, rushing towards the hunter violently.
Deng Huailing knew that the other party had made up his mind, and Yue Yesheng did not hesitate to destroy everything in his own sea area and drown him with huge waves.
"What a pity... such a beautiful place," he muttered before falling into the sea.He still remembered that he had built various buildings in the sea area. Yue Yesheng's sea area was built a hundred times more detailed, but in order to compete with him, he could only transform into the original wave.
Deng Huailing lost his place to rely on and fell into the sea.The air in his lungs was consumed little by little, and his ears were filled with the distant echoes from the deep sea. He was about to suffocate, but he didn't have much fear.
He seldom worried about anything, just like the current situation, which seemed hopeless, but after calculating the pros and cons, he found it acceptable.Since he stayed in the sea, he held back the mission target and created the conditions for Rosie to carry out the mission.When Rosie kills Yue Yesheng, the magic sea system will be automatically disarmed, and Deng Huailing can go out.
As for the sequelae caused by mental suffocation, he didn't think so far.
A fluorescent jellyfish appeared in front of him, and it swam over leisurely, wrapping its tentacles around his fingertips.Deng Huailing was stunned, and suddenly felt a little funnyβthis was the escape channel provided by Yue Yesheng. He planned to kill others, but others still considered his safety.
Deng Huailing shook off the jellyfish, but the jellyfish stuck to it persistently.He won't leave the Huanhai system, which means that Yue Yesheng is also free, and when he and Rosie have the chance to win, there is no need to let the opponent go.
However, when he stared at the milky white jellyfish, he hesitated for a moment.Yue Yesheng's crime is not enough to die... Deng Huailing knew that he was wavering when he came up with this idea. This is a taboo in the mission, but he couldn't help thinking that maybe the other party had some unknown difficulties.
He was hesitating whether to hold the jellyfish in his hand and open the escape passage, when suddenly his body lightened, and there was no bottomless sea water anymore.The sky above the city is shrouded, and it is clearly the appearance of Cesina City.
Deng Huailing opened his eyes wide, unable to believe what he sawββ
He seems to have fallen for too long, and the entire Huanhai system has fallen.And deep in the bottom of the sea, at the end of the fantasy sea system, stands a city exactly like Cesina.
As the sun sets, Rosie overlooks the city from the TV tower.
Behind him is a restaurant in the sky with a terrace on the outside of the restaurant. Rosie parked the rented hoverbike here, sat sideways on the seat, waited for Deng Huailing to send back the coordinates, and then rushed to the target location.
This type of motorcycle is extremely fast and can appear anywhere in the city within five minutes. If it is driven by a human, it must have a relevant license.Smart Rose requests permission to fly in the air.
There was nothing else to do after that, and he waited idly, watching the humans in the restaurant and on the terrace through dark brown sunglasses.Rosie noticed that he seemed to be blocking some humans from viewing the view, because several girls passed by him three times repeatedly, discussing something in a suppressed and intense tone, and pointed at him.
He stepped aside, sorry for hindering humans, but the girls stopped whispering and came straight to him, with a strange light in their eyes, as if they were about to have a big fight with him: "Hey, weCan I have-"
Rosie was a little scared and wanted to apologize, but Deng Huailing sent the coordinates at this time.So he quickly jumped on the motorcycle, started the engine, and disappeared from the girls' sight in a flash, with a look of relief on his back.
This is not an evasive behavior, and it is not because he is afraid of other humans that he escapes.Rosie defended herself from the bottom of her heart, Mr. Deng entrusted him with more important tasks, and he should not waste time.
The lyrics are from the theme song "Puppet Ballad" of "Ghost in the Shell".