Chapter 2 Listen to the Wind 02
The moment Hoshino Nozomi equipped the Wind God character card, he pushed the girl into a nearby store. After the cool entrance special effects faded away, he appeared in front of Explosive Brother with a piano in his hand.
The magic of the resurrection was so miraculous that the girl forgot to cry and stared blankly at the changed Xingyewang.
It was a troublesome thing that someone saw him "changing cards", but fortunately the girl was too young and her words would only be regarded as nonsense after being frightened, and the adults would not take them seriously.
"It's a rare opportunity to have such good weather, so don't spoil the fun." Xingye Wang said leisurely.
He thought his words sounded gentle enough and would not cause any harm to Bomb Brother. However, as soon as he finished speaking, Bomb Brother opened his eyes in horror as if he had seen a terrifying monster, and let out a scream - should it be a scream?
Hoshino Nozomi could only guess what he was thinking based on his lip movements and facial expressions. After equipping the character card of the God of Wind, all he could hear was silence.
...Although he does like quiet, it's not quiet in this sense.
Xingye Wang was silent, and glanced at the panel. There, a series of new attributes appeared, covering the position that originally belonged to "Xingye Wang".
Name: Wendy/Barbatos
Age: 2600+
Gender: Male
Identity: Wind God, Bard, Elemental Elf
Strength: 65 (one punch per hillman)
Constitution: 15 (You have lost your hearing and are allergic to cats)
Agility: 90 (As we all know, flying is faster than running)
Appearance: 90 (She looks like a beautiful minor, but was rejected by the bar because of this)
Intelligence/Inspiration: 75 (good memory, can memorize music scores at a glance)
Willpower: 80 (You are optimistic and hard to be discouraged)
Education: -- (Do elemental elves need to go to school?)
Luck: 45 (average)
There is another line of [Special Skills] below.
[Performance: 90][Shooting: 90][Leading: 90][Detection: 65]...
Xingye Wang took a quick look and felt that these were very similar to the character skills in online games.
Most of the words are common in daily life, and Xingye Wang can roughly understand them, but the word "扽引" is vague and he has no idea what it means.
and……
"The Wind God can't hear either? Won't it have any impact on his body?" Xingye Wang asked in his heart. He didn't want the Wind God to sacrifice anything because of him.
[Host, you are overthinking it. Although you are borrowing a body, it is actually more like a "projection". After loading the combat mode of this system, you and the real Lord Barbatos are still fundamentally different. Whether it is the attributes of the cards or the forbidden knowledge, it only affects your soul and will not cause trouble to Lord Barbatos.]
[In short, it is the host who loses hearing, and only you need to bear the side effects of failed or too low roll points. ]
【Host, be careful! 】
While he was talking to the system, Brother Explosion got a piece of gravel from somewhere, swung his long arm, and the gravel instantly attacked him!
Hoshino Wang took a step back, and suddenly a system panel popped up in front of him: [Please conduct agility appraisal.]
A hundred-sided dice appeared in the center of the panel, spun a few times, and then stopped - 20.
The word "Success" flashed on the panel. Before Xingye Wang could react, a gust of wind suddenly surrounded him and instantly swept him into the air, avoiding the explosion below.
Like a bird flying on the wind, yet completely different.
Xing Yewang does not need to flap his wings like a bird. He only needs a thought, and the ubiquitous wind will change according to his wishes and carry him soaring in the air.
He looked down and noticed that in addition to Brother Explosive, there were two other figures running against the crowd.
The two men seemed to have come specifically for Brother Explosion and soon started fighting.
Superior vision allowed Xingye Wang to see their every move. "Tiger"'s movements were swift and powerful, and the black-haired young man's assistance was just right. But when "Tiger" was about to pierce the opponent's chest, his sharp claws abruptly changed direction, and Explosion Brother seized the opportunity and kicked him away. Several explosions forced the two men back.
Blood oozed from the tiger's wounds and fell to the ground like continuous rain.
...a wrong judgment. If he hadn't changed direction, the "Tiger" would have subdued him with one blow.
Hoshino Nozomi attributed the Tiger's mistake to lack of combat experience. Perhaps it was the first time for the other party to deal with such a thing.
On the system panel, the bold words were still eye-catching: [Side Mission 1: Survive the explosion and subdue the bomber.]
【Mission Reward: Safe House x1. 】
Hoshino Motoko had no interest in the "restoration of health" and mission rewards promised by the system. He lowered his eyes and stared at the panel, then remembered what the system said, "The answer is actually very simple."
The God of Wind allowed him to find his own answers during his journey.
Hoshino Nozomi couldn't figure out what the "answer" they were talking about was, so he decided to go find it.
The dice and the points just now appeared in his mind again.
This was not the first time that Hoshino Nozomi had seen this dice. When he was creating the character card for the God of Wind, the system had him use this dice to determine the various values of the character.
When the agility test was conducted, he rolled out 20 points, which was lower than the agility of 90 on the character card. In other words, if the points were lower than the value, the test would succeed, but if they were higher than the value, it might fail.
Recalling the process of the first identification, Hoshino looked at the extra row of [Special Skills] and tried to silently say "shooting" in his mind.
His hand suddenly felt heavy, and the lyre disappeared, replaced by a longbow shining with green light.
The wind from all directions gathered towards him and compressed into the shape of an arrow. Xingye Wang bent his bow and drew his arrow. The hundred-sided dice appeared on the system panel again.
【Please proceed with shooting identification.】
The spinning dice soon stopped - 95.
【Fail.】
As expected, Xingye Mochi thought calmly.
If the points are lower than the value, the identification is successful; if the points are higher than the value, the identification fails.
The arrow grazed Bomb Brother's raised arm and pierced the ground. The sudden arrow interrupted his movements, but also caught his attention.
His cloudy eyes stared in disbelief at the figure in the air, at the young man in green who should have died in the explosion.
"careful!"
Nakajima Atsushi couldn't help but yell out loud.
He was originally planning to go out to buy some food, but just as he left the detective agency, he saw Mr. Dazai talking to a panicked man. An out-of-control superpower was attacking pedestrians, and the Superpower Special Service Division and the city police were unable to arrive in time.
Nakajima Atsushi was temporarily "recruited".
The situation was dire. The out-of-control psychic was unable to communicate properly, and he made a fatal mistake - he hesitated when he was about to pierce the opponent's chest, and the opponent seized the opportunity and reversed the situation.
If it weren't for the arrow shot by the boy just now that saved his life, he might have been destroyed in the explosion.
Nakajima Atsushi had no idea when the young man had come nearby, and the opponent's arrows rained down like timely rain, but this also shifted the firepower to himself. Once the rubble thrown by the psychic hit the opponent's body, the explosion caused by the psychic power would directly blow the boy away!
But the boy was still floating in the air, without any evasive movement, and seemed like he had not reacted yet.
The track of the rubble was clearly seen with his vision enhanced by his supernatural powers. Nakajima Atsushi's breathing paused, as if he had already foreseen the tragic scene.
But then, Nakajima Atsushi saw the boy's mouth slightly raised.
Is he...laughing?
The boy seemed to notice the anxious look on his face, and his turquoise eyes blinked at Nakajima Atsushi like a sly and clever cat.
Nakajima Atsushi saw the young man put the arrow on the bowstring, as if he didn't need to aim, the arrow flew out instantly and collided with the gravel in mid-air.
Fiery flames and thick smoke rose into the sky.
In the blink of an eye, the smoke gathered like a huge dark cloud, and the heat wave made Xing Yewang feel as if he was in a furnace. His fingertips were burned and painful, but he did not pause at all. The bowstring was pulled to the extreme, and the third arrow followed closely and pierced through the palm of Brother Explosion.
【Please proceed with the identification.】
In the intervals between the first few attacks, the system was not idle. It took every opportunity to explain the usage of special skills, especially the last one "draw" - in short, it is to draw the wind elemental force to achieve the user's purpose.
【success.】
The sky seemed to darken for a moment.
The sound of a whistling wind suddenly exploded in Nakajima Atsushi's ears, and a huge blue-black sphere appeared out of thin air right above him, swallowing up the objects swept in by the wind like a black hole.
The first to be hit are the closest psychics.
He was sucked into the wind field and spun rapidly as if he was caught in a whirlpool at sea. After a brief resistance, his arms drooped down like thin and weak willow branches.
Maybe he fainted, Nakajima Atsushi thought.
However, he did not feel the slightest bit of excitement in his heart. The psychic was dizzy, but the terrifying wind field did not disappear.
The air seemed to have been condensed into solid jelly, making it difficult for Nakajima Atsushi to absorb oxygen from it. He gradually felt suffocated, but he soon realized that he was wrong. It was not that the air was solidified, but that the wind was raging like a raging python, depriving them of the opportunity to absorb oxygen.
The young man in green who created all this was not affected at all. When the wind as fierce as a python passed by him, he instantly became gentle and humble.
The wind is his decoration, a naughty and coquettish pet. Unlike them who need to fight desperately, the boy in the sky is calm and composed, not affected at all.
Not caring about his still bleeding arm, Nakajima Atsushi could only concentrate all his strength on his legs and arms, desperately grasping the railing beside him, and his tiger-like hind claws left deep scratches on the concrete floor.
"Oh, sorry, sorry, I accidentally hurt you."
A clear voice came from above, and the young man fell from the air to his side, his green cloak drawing a graceful arc, as light and nimble as an emerald bird.
"I'll put it away now."
As soon as he finished speaking, the feeling of oppression and suffocation in the air suddenly disappeared, and the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground came from behind.
Finally able to get oxygen, Nakajima Atsushi gasped for breath and looked up, and suddenly he felt that the sky seemed bluer than before.
Finally... it's over.
It was just a dozen seconds, but it felt to Nakajima Atsushi like a century.
For a moment, Nakajima Atsushi couldn't figure out which one was scarier, the psychic throwing bombs everywhere or the happily smiling boy in front of him.
...No, this boy is scarier after all! This ability is a little too scary! And why is he smiling so happily!
No, no, no, he couldn't think of his savior like that. If the young man hadn't intervened, he might have been blown away by the bomb thrown by the man.
Thinking of this, Nakajima Atsushi stood up with the help of the railing and smiled gratefully: "Thank you for saving me!"
After he finished speaking, the boy did not say anything. Instead, he walked past him, walked briskly to the psychic, squatted down, and put his hand on the other's shoulder.
What is he doing? Nakajima Atsushi was a little confused. He turned around and heard a resentful, weak voice: "Atsushi..."
"Do you still remember me..."
Nakajima Atsushi turned his head suddenly and saw Dazai Osamu hugging a thick tree trunk, his hair was disheveled and his body was covered with a layer of blown-down leaves.
It looked as if he would die in the next second.
"Mr. Dazai! Are you okay?"
He immediately rushed over and brushed the fallen leaves off Dazai Osamu, apologizing repeatedly. Suddenly he paused and said, "Mr. Dazai, what are you looking at?"
Nakajima Atsushi looked over and said, "That's the man who saved us! He's really strong. I have to thank him very much later."
"Yeah...yeah, I have to thank you properly."
The young man holding a zither squatted in front of the psychic with his hands on his shoulders, motionless. His wide green awning hung to the ground, blocking more of the picture.
Dazai Osamu recalled what happened when the psychic attacked them.
His eyes were bloodshot and bulging, as if he had seen an invisible horror, and he could only attack the surroundings madly.
A mentally out-of-control psychic...
Dazai Osamu was staring at the boy, and at this moment the boy stood up and turned to look at them, so Dazai Osamu smiled brilliantly.
Hoshino smiled back at him, not paying much attention to him, and quickly shifted his gaze back to the panel.
The words on the translucent light board have changed. The word "Completed" has been added after [Side Mission 1], and the progress bar of [Main Mission: Recover Forbidden Knowledge] has also increased by 5%.
The system's electronic sound rang in my mind——
[Mission Reward: Safe House x1, received, please check it. ]