Chapter 52 "This game of playing house won't last long."^^...
"well……"
Chu Xiuyan squatted beside the fire, holding his cheek and sighing.
"The fire is lit. Are the skewers ready? Blond-haired man over there, don't steal any! They are still raw—"
Crouching beside the fire? Su Xiaohua, who was adding firewood, had a small area of her face blackened by the smoke and looked very anxious.
She coughed repeatedly because of the smoke, looked up and asked the food preparation team, and found that the lion was eating secretly, and the mushroom boy was lying dead beside him with a black cloak on his head - he had recently become addicted to being a corpse.
Su Xiaohua was instantly furious and walked quickly towards the other side. The high ponytail tied behind her head with thin vines was shaking, and she looked very angry.
"well……"
Chu Xiuyan continued to sigh sadly, the flames burning brightly, illuminating his face.
The boy, A-Shi, sat cross-legged opposite the fire, and used a branch to stir the dry firewood piled at the bottom to make the fire burn more vigorously.
He held his face in his hands, and suddenly thought of something, and asked, "Didn't you say you wanted to roast sweet potatoes? Where are the sweet potatoes?"
The former leader of a mysterious organization, now the amnesiac version of Xiao Hei No. 2 who has the dual identities of a caregiver and a male nanny. Hei Er was washing vegetables on the stone slab. He shook the water in his hands after hearing this, and then wiped it clean on the apron tied in front of him.
"I'll go inside the house and look for it."
As he said this, he strode into the cabin.
"well……"
Chu Xiuyan sighed even louder.
"Have some candy."
The bartender, who was sitting on a small stool next to the fire, took out a few candies from his pocket. He sat upright with a book on his lap. He had glasses from somewhere hanging on his nose. Under the light of the fire, he looked a bit bookish.
……horrible.
Chu Xiuyan squeezed the candy, stuffed it into his pocket, and then let out a very loud sigh.
"well--!!!"
The moment the sigh was uttered, as if disturbing something, all kinds of chaotic noises rang out around him.
Meat kebab preparation set.
Su Xiaohua: "Blood! Blood! Brother Shi! You poked my flesh!!"
Lion Boss? Big: "Hahahaha! Today's ingredients are really fresh, and they're bleeding."
Mushroom Boy: "...You are the one bleeding."
Hei Er had just walked down the stairs after taking out the sweet potatoes from the wooden house when he was startled by a strange noise. He didn't pay attention to his steps, so he missed a step and fell, and all the sweet potatoes in his arms fell to the ground.
"Sweet potato—"
He stretched out his hand to try to retrieve the departing sweet potato, wailing in pain.
Next to the fire.
The boy, Ah Shi, raised his head expressionlessly and stared quietly at Chu Xiuyan opposite him. His face, which was clean a few seconds ago, instantly turned dark.
“…”
There was a lot of noise next door, but this side of the fire was extremely quiet.
The bartender looked at the sparks that splashed on the pages of the book and turned into flames in an instant. He wanted to sigh, but he held back. He threw the book into the fire and turned to ask the black-haired boy next to him, "What are you worried about recently?"
Chu Xiuyan pursed his lips.
In order to avoid Choi Ji-young, who was becoming increasingly difficult to deal with, he was already in the mountains? He had been hiding there for several days, and his daily routine was to run around the map, pick up things and return to the starting point, run around the map again, and pick up garbage again...
Because it was too common, the real-world comics were not updated for a week, so much so that there were wails in the comments section, suspecting that the author had rolled up his computer and ran away.
He held his cheek and said sadly, "Sometimes I feel like I get into trouble very easily. Apart from those intentional ones, sometimes I try my best to avoid affecting others, but in the end, they still get into trouble..."
Aerial cableway... Next time, should we dig a pit by the river, and if anyone dares to steal the warning sign, let them stay in the pit? For a few days?
The boy opposite the fire was wiping the ashes. Hearing this, he was about to say, "Ah, when have you ever not done it on purpose?", but he suddenly realized that the annoyance on the boy's face didn't seem fake, and swallowed the words back.
The bartender didn't quite understand what was going on, but he saw the boy's worried expression. He thought that if he ignored it, something unexpected might happen next.
He thought for a moment and said, "Lost twenty dollars is a big disaster for a five-year-old child. For a fifteen-year-old boy, it's the extent of being scolded by the family. For a twenty-five-year-old working adult, although it's painful, it's not too troublesome... It's a disaster if it's beyond your ability to solve and will cause trouble to the people around you. The same person has different stress tolerance at different times, let alone different people. So don't worry too much... People who will be affected by your troubles may have a high stress tolerance. After all, people with low stress tolerance should have run away the day they met you."
The bartender thoughtfully said, "After all, you have never hidden your uniqueness."
System Tucao: [Does uniqueness refer to the ability to get into trouble? ]
Chu Xiuyan: [Don’t worry about it. By the way… is the bartender trying to comfort me? ]
At first, I actually felt a little guilty, but then I went into the mountains for so long that I forgot about it.
The reason why I sighed so much tonight was just a sudden thought? That's all.
He blinked, rubbed his face, and continued along the bartender's words, "Thinking about it, it seems that the people around me are very tenacious and have strong vitality. No matter how hard they try, nothing will really happen... I always thought it was the influence of the protagonists' undying halo."
The system continued to complain: [That's clearly the law of idiots attracting each other. ]
The bartender's gaze fell back to the fire, the flickering flames clearly reflected in his blood-red eyes. The boy was still mumbling all kinds of nonsense, but at least he was no longer as noticeable as before.
He listened to the various sounds around him and gradually became absent-minded.
'Reason? Wisdom, wait, observe, think.'
Finally, I came to the conclusion that I must leave here as soon as possible.
Danger and lies.
He, who was nicknamed "Bartender", and the socially anxious young man were not righteous people who saved the experimental subjects at all. Rather, they were extremely dangerous people similar to those experimenters.
Obviously, they should be in battle and danger, not playing house games with a group of children.
So? Some time ago, he contacted another partner.
The other party pulled down his hood, seemed not to dare to look him in the eye, and whispered: "Then let's wait until our wounds heal before leaving."
...But? The injuries they suffered never healed, and even if they did strenuous exercise, they would suffer secondary injuries.
As for the culprit who caused them to fall into this situation, it is already very clear.
The blond man who lost his memory along with her.
And the blond man's companion, a black-haired boy who calls himself his "little brother".
Being in the enemy camp, the bartender was thinking about how to leave every moment.
"Ah! You golden-haired bastard! You stole my barbecue again—it's not even cooked yet!"
The lion started to run away while biting the skewer: "Baji, baji."
The black-haired boy next to him suddenly stood up and took a heavy step forward, trying to take back the bloody skewer of meat from the blond man opposite him. The wind he created weakened the flames.
Su Xiaohua, who was standing next to him, shouted hurriedly, "Brother Xiaoyun! Be gentle, the fire is about to be put out!"
Seeing the lion? Yamato and Chu Xiuyan running around to grab food.
The bartender took back his distracted thoughts and continued thinking.
They had to be careful when leaving. If they were discovered, they would definitely not be a match for the blond man, let alone the black-haired boy who was faintly showing extremely terrifying power...
They have to be more cautious, more careful.
This game of house won't last long.
There was a cold glint in the bartender's eyes.
…
Chu Xiuyan ate too much.
He didn't intend to eat so much, but the lion boss kept snatching food, so he also ate too much, so now he has to wander around in the mountains to digest his food.
[But speaking of which, the bartender was so quiet tonight, as if he was in a daze. No matter how many skewers I fed him, he ate them all quietly.]
System: [Is this the reason why you handed him a skewer of meat sprinkled with a lot of spicy powder, causing him to cry non-stop and lose all his image?]
[Slander! What I was trying to do? To frame Boss Lion? Big! As a result, I accidentally gave it to the bartender...]
Chu Xiuyan muttered to himself, and then he burped again, and felt the smell of barbecue all over his body.
The system wants to? Tucao, suddenly detected something, and the voice became solemn: [A group of men in black came to the bottom of Nanshan Mountain, and they are suspected to be going up the mountain. ]
Chu Xiuyan paused slightly, his smile growing even brighter.
"Toys to help you digest food after meals are here~"
At the same time, Mt.
The bartender, who was sitting on the bench and drinking cold water, suddenly realized something and turned his head to look at the dark woods. He slowly tightened the cup, making a creaking sound.
The lion elder walked up to him, one hand in his pocket, with a bright and annoying smile on his face.
The bartender raised his eyelids and looked at him coldly.
Lion? He shrugged. "Let's go? Let's go to digest the food after dinner."
The bartender slowly finished the water in his glass, stood up and passed by the lion boss without saying a word.
Lion? He crossed his arms, turned around and looked at the bartender's cold back, and smiled silently.
Then he looked around and found Hei Er's position. He rushed over, hooked his arm around his shoulder, and said enthusiastically, "Good brother, let's go out for a walk."
Hei Er: "I'm still washing dishes... Wait! Don't pull me! Let me take off my apron--"
The socially anxious boy had already stood up, looked left and right, and saw that no one was calling him and the three children were still in sight. After cleaning up the garbage, he continued to squat in the same place and eat sweet potatoes.
…
Late at night, layers of leaves blocked the moonlight. A breeze blew, rustling the leaves. Mottled light and shadows appeared and disappeared, silently emitting a dangerous and strange atmosphere.
At the foot of Nanshan Mountain, a team of fifteen people quietly arrived. They were all wearing black combat uniforms, well-equipped and well-trained.
"Follow the plan."
"According to the information provided by Team 3 before they lost contact, it is very likely that the base commander and the group of experimental subjects are hiding in the settlement ahead."
"Attention, the front is Zhang Chun's territory, so we are only responsible for reconnaissance and gathering intelligence. Remember, before the main force reaches the border, we must hide underground, act cautiously, and avoid causing any chaos."
Following the leader's orders, the team quickly split into several groups, hiding in the forest at an extremely fast speed, dispersing in various directions to conduct exploration, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
The leader also led the four people into the South Mountain, moving quickly between the grass and the bushes, but did not make any sound, not even waking up the sleeping birds.
Silently and extremely quiet.
Like a ghost.
A few minutes passed.
The leader who was exploring the way ahead suddenly saw something high up in the woods - like a hanging wooden sign?
The night was very dark, and as they approached cautiously, the outline of the looming black shadow gradually became clearer.
——【House of Amnesia】.
The words carved on the wood are crooked, just like the meaning of the four characters? Generally, it is confusing, just like a child's painting. If you see it on a normal day, you will probably just think it is a joke.
But? At this time, the night was dark, and the surroundings were dead silent, with only the whistling sound of the wind. The atmosphere was eerie and strange, and the wooden sign looked like the entrance to the residence of ghosts and gods, which made people feel creepy and their scalps tingled.
The leader exhaled deeply, calmed down, and said in a breath: "I guess it's here? Customs such as sacrifice and prayer, don't think too much?, keep moving forward."
The subordinate beside him didn’t think much about it? He wasn’t afraid either: “…Understood!”
They walked under the hanging wooden sign.
A dark shadow passed overhead.
It was not until they were far away from the strange plaque and the moonlight illuminated the surrounding environment that the leader breathed a sigh of relief and a sense of security surged in his heart.
But? At this moment, the moon in the sky quietly disappeared into a dark cloud? .
The leader and his men were about to move forward when they suddenly felt a cold gaze appear from behind, freezing them in place.
Then, a faint voice came from behind.
"You guys, step through this door."
The leader's Adam's apple moved slightly, and the terrifying figures of various ghosts and apparitions emerged in his mind. Cold sweat slid down his face, and he signaled his subordinates with his eyes to prepare for battle.
Then they turned around quickly and looked in the direction where the sound came from.
A black shadow stood on the strange plaque, looking down at them, his scarlet eyes full of malice, and beside the black shadow, there was a sharp axe.
…a strange feeling.
Although the leader was relieved when he realized that the other party was a humanoid, he was immediately followed by an inexplicable sense of weirdness.
The instinct from years of training made him raise his gun. The moment he pointed the gun at the target, dark clouds passed by and the moonlight began to shine again, illuminating the dark shadow little by little and deepening the strange sense of danger.
The wind died down.
The shadow standing on the plaque finally revealed its true appearance. It looked like a young boy with black hair and red eyes. The dangerous aura in the darkness gradually disappeared, and instead, a bright smile that made people feel good appeared, as if it could dispel all the cold and darkness.
With that expression, the black-haired boy slowly raised the axe in his hand. The moonlight fell on the blade, reflecting a bright and cold light.
His tone was cheerful as he said, "Question! What is written on this wooden sign?"
For some reason, the leader's hand holding the gun was shaking a little. To avoid irritating the other party, he replied: "Amnesiac House. Who are you?"
The boy turned the axe, and the blade swung in a beautiful arc in the air.
"Yes, it seems that you can read, so I won't explain any more."
The moment the words fell, murderous intent suddenly erupted.
The young man on the high ground raised his hand and threw the axe in his hand towards the leader, making a sharp sound of breaking through the air.
He smiled and said, "Welcome to the [House of Amnesia]. You only have one choice, lay down your weapons, kneel down, then erase your past memories and become our family."
The sharp axe flew past the leader's head, causing a painful sting and leaving a bloody mark on his cheek.
He met a pair of scarlet eyes.
Enthusiasm and malice blended together, kindness and murderous intent mixed together, as if he didn't notice the disharmony of his own sense of disharmony, and he skillfully operated his weapon.
...like a monster.
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