Chapter 79 Huo Gu: A-choo! I seemed to hear someone calling me
"It seems that even though you have been close friends for many years, this girl hasn't told you everything..."
Qianmian's smile grew brighter, and he raised his hands high as if he had won some kind of victory.
The vines seemed to sense something and stretched towards the black-robed man. He gently tapped the vines that were tentatively winding in front of him and said proudly, "You keep saying you are companions, but you don't even know the details of your companions. It's really funny."
There was a crack on You Yu's expression. He, Shuise and Linglan met each other in a devil game incident in the same junior high school. Because of their common ambition to end the devil game, they formed the neutral player organization Squid Detective Agency. From then on, they embarked on the road of assisting the Sun Law Enforcement Bureau to solve the devil game and devil apostle cases.
But... he and Shuise really didn't know about Linglan's past. It would be better to say that the three of them had never mentioned it to each other.
Before awakening their soul tags, the three of them were the same, just... ordinary junior high school students who had to think about what to do for tomorrow's subject test.
Why... didn't you think about finding out more?
You Yu felt as if he was sinking into a bottomless abyss. Countless negative emotions of despair and doubt enveloped him, making it impossible for him to breathe.
The thread of fate was constantly winding, and in a trance he seemed to see a girl surrounded by countless feathered snakes and pierced by vines in the crystal cluster of Miteklan.
Serenely yet unwillingly, it fell from the sky like a feathered serpent that had lost its wings.
"Save me...! Youyu... I still... I still don't want to die!"
Linglan desperately stretched out her hand to him, Youyu wanted to take a step forward, but those scenes were interrupted by a clear young boy's voice and dissipated in the fluctuating light around the temple hall.
"Deceitful words."
Bai Ye, who was standing behind You Yu, suddenly spoke. His expression remained calm, and even his voice was eerily steady. There was no sign of anger in his voice at all.
You Yu raised his head suddenly, his eyes fell on the huge vine cocoon, and in a trance he seemed to see... something struggling inside the cocoon, causing the entire vine cocoon to begin to shake slightly.
The demon apostle Qianmian, who had his back to the vine cocoon, knew nothing about this.
"Yeah, trickery."
You Yu, whose fingers were trembling and even his Swift Sword was frozen in place, suddenly smiled. His vision, which had been dazed for a moment, became firm again, and a familiar and natural smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. His mood changed so quickly that Qian Mian almost thought that You Yu's doubt about him just now was an illusion.
Linglan would not ask him for help because she would never put herself in such a dangerous situation.
not to mention……
"Our friendship is not based on what you call mutual understanding. To win every Devil's Game and to end the invasion of the DM system and the other world, these two ultimate goals have been engraved into our souls... This is the foundation of the Squid Detective Agency."
The Squid Detective Agency was never built on the friendship between the three of them. The most solid foundation in the world is only like-minded dreams and expectations.
The man-made demon game incident in junior high school made several young children see through the root of all tragedies in the world. In order to stop themselves from being trapped in powerlessness and facing tragedy after tragedy, watching their teachers and classmates being killed by demons, several junior high school students with the same innocent hearts made a pact: since they have awakened their soul tags and have the power to fight against demons, they must be at the forefront of fighting against the sources of disasters.
Never do anything that you will regret, never let evil hide, let the truth be known to the world, and make sure the devil's apostles have nowhere to hide.
This is the original intention of establishing the Squid Detective Agency.
"As for what you said, Linglan did not tell us about her life experience. She naturally had her own considerations. We just need to stand behind our companion unconditionally at this time and help her overcome all obstacles...such as you."
You Yu narrowed his eyes, and the long sword in his hand became sharp again. The golden thread meandered under the influence of soul particles and went straight into the depths of the giant cocoon: "Stop your mental influence."
You Yu did not hesitate. The golden silk threads instantly intertwined and tore apart the ghost orchids blooming on the surrounding vines. Powdery dust fell on the petals of the ghost orchids, and very obvious spots of light appeared in the dim green light.
It is a pollen that is hallucinogenic, or affects the mind.
Bai Ye had long seen through Qianmian's little tricks. He pulled Shuise, who was still in a trance caused by the pollen and looked like he was about to cry, to an area where the pollen could not affect him.
"Shui Se, Shui Se, wake up, things are not that bad yet."
His voice pulled Shuise, who was also in self-doubt, out of his mind. The latter's eyes were dazed for a moment before he realized that the emotions of collapse and despair that had just engulfed him did not come from his heart, but came from the influence of the pollen around him.
"Oh, you figured this out. It seems like you have pretty good mental resistance. All of you do."
Qianmian clapped his hands. His eyes stayed on Bai Ye for a moment, then quickly moved away.
"Your talk is no longer valid, Demon Apostle. You have broken the premise of the agreed talk."
You Yu said this with a smile, without giving the other party any time to react, and the next second he jumped on the spot and rushed towards Qianmian.
The demon apostle Thousand Faces, although he is a high-level demon apostle and the boss's deputy, he is a functional soul tag that can exert suggestion on anyone's mind. Because he often uses soul tags to make himself appear in any way in the eyes of the other party, coupled with his excellent disguise skills, he appears and disappears mysteriously in the archive reports of the Sun Law Enforcement Bureau, almost turning into a shadow whose existence is unknown.
And now this shadow voluntarily stood in front of the stage for some reason. You Yu simply couldn't think of any reason not to fight directly. He was a restraining type of demon game player, so how could he be afraid of an auxiliary demon apostle, even if the opponent was the deputy of the demon apostle leader.
"Start a fight right away? It seems that you not only have strong mental resistance, but also courage... But no matter how courageous you are, you are just a high school student."
No one responded to him. You Yu's swift sword was already within reach, and the rippling notes of water surrounded the entire temple hall.
Qianmian sighed regretfully. His steps were nimble and swift. He cleverly dodged several notes played by Shuise's bow. He slightly turned sideways and stabbed out with his sharp swift sword. Facing the notorious boss assistant among the demon apostles, Youyu and Shuise did not hold back at all. They directly mobilized their highest strength and speed to attack Qianmian.
But Qianmian just slightly turned sideways and easily avoided Youyu's sword. His figure was completely a beam of light, almost impossible to capture in the already dim interior space of the temple.
"No... it's a mental influence... you really have a wide range of skills."
You Yu realized the problem instantly after his three attacks all failed. Qianmian's speed was too fast, a speed that was totally beyond the expectations of a spiritual soul tag holder. He was faster than some of the main attackers on the list. There was only one explanation for this situation.
He used his mental power to influence some of their perceptions of time.
"Youyu, be careful!"
Shuise couldn't bear it any longer, so he rushed over with the bow in his hand, and together with Youyu, he fended off Qianmian's attack. Bai Ye frowned, and a black halo enveloped Youyu and Shuise, helping them to become immune to the strange mental influence.
"Oh? [The Black Sun Righteous Man's Unmoved Heart]?"
Qianmian looked at Bai Ye, who was standing at the back and was protected by Youyu and Shuise at the same time. His tone was frivolous, but with a hint of solemnity.
"Immune to all Soul Tag skills... It's really hard to deal with. But as long as the output level is higher than yours, there is nothing you can do, right?"
Qianmian let out a strange laugh and waved his hand. The moving vines followed his instructions and waved away the water that was trying to stop him. The demon apostle flashed in front of Youyu the next second and took out a soul particle gun from somewhere and pointed it directly at Youyu's forehead.
"How is that possible?!"
You Yu looked in shock at Qianmian, who could still use the tagging ability to slow down his and Shuise's perception of time, and questioned Bai Ye before he could.
"Because this is not the surface world, nor the superimposed world, but the territory of our demon apostles, the territory of the Demon King Mitlan of the Falling Earth."
The eyes completely covered by the abnormal shadows under the Thousand Faces Hood blinked, and his finger was already lightly on the trigger.
"As a 'servant' of that great supreme being, I will inevitably receive some insignificant privileges, such as surpassing the [Black Sun Righteous Man's Unmoved Heart] in terms of label ability."
"You are still too young and too confident. Although you do have some strength, time will never wait patiently for you to grow up. Since you have no intention of cooperating, I can only send your president away first and see if you will change your attitude."
Qianmian spread his hands out in distress, and under the gaze of Youyu's golden eyes, he slowly pulled the trigger of the gun in his hand.
"Think about it carefully, the other two. After all... the current DM system is too lazy to play those boring reunion games with you. Who knows what the consequences will be if your president dies here?"
Qianmian looked at Baiye and Shuise, and whispered in a tone that was almost intended to provoke anger: "Maybe, it's even worse than those guys outside who have fallen into eternal sleep!"
"No, you're the one who's going to end up badly."
A voice sounded, but it did not come from Shuise and Baiye, but from Youyu, who was about to be killed by the soul particle gun.
"oh?"
Qianmian turned his gaze back to Youyu with great interest. Before he could say "Why do you say that?", he heard the sound of countless vines moving on the uneven surface of the temple, but he clearly did not control those vines just now.
"Bang--!"
Countless fluorescent vine energy bodies that had just been hidden in the vines appeared out of thin air behind Qianmian and hit Qianmian's wrist accurately. The latter paused for a second and fired subconsciously, but the trajectory of the bullet was still offset for a moment.
"hehe."
You Yu showed a bright smile and dodged Qianmian's bullet with a flash. Qianmian frowned and quickly turned away the second before he realized the danger, but he was unable to dodge because of the mental influence that took effect in the future.
"You think you can use me to threaten my friends just by locking me up in a vine cocoon? You villains really haven't learned a lesson!"
A fork, a bright silver fork pierced directly through his chest, but no blood flowed out. Thousand-faced body and the black robe began to collapse and dispersed into dark green soul particles as if the anchor was broken. The demon apostle stared blankly at his collapsing body, restrained his emotions and turned around, his voice no longer as frivolous as reciting poetry as before.
"Lily of the Valley...you're faster than I thought."
The hem of the girl's pastoral-style skirt formed a beautiful arc in the air. Lily of the Valley tidied her double-braided hair and said nothing. She just sneered and raised the crystal fragment in her hand.
"We'll take the last fragment!"
You Yula's hateful voice rang out from the other end of the temple.
Shuise looked at the scene in front of him and exclaimed, "Wow, I feel like this scene looks familiar."
Bai Ye kindly reminded: "Huo Gu, Solomon College."
It's exactly the same situation as when the Solomon incident started.
Why don't these demon apostles learn their lesson?
Shuise fell into deep thought.
"It doesn't matter……"
Looking at his broken body, Qianmian did not react as violently as Huogu did at that time. He could even be described as calm. Before he was completely shattered into soul particles, he just looked at the last crystal fragment being handed to Bai Ye by Youyu to form a complete crystal skull. His voice was still gentle and unhurried.
"We will meet. I will be waiting for you in Mo City. I hope that by then, several young and energetic detectives can sit down and have a good chat with me."
The next second, the figure of the demon apostle completely disappeared and turned into firefly-like particles, covering the entire temple hall.
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