Chapter 87: Dead Tree Revives in Spring 06
【Connecting...】
[You are about to enter Yumeno Hisasaku's dream, please be prepared. 】
【Countdown: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. 】
【Connection successful.】
After a dizzying spin, Hoshino Nozomi fell to the smooth floor.
He covered his mouth, trying hard to control the urge to vomit, and it took him a while to come to his senses.
Xingye panted and said: [What's going on? ]
"Entering dreams" is one of the unique powers of the Grass God, and it should be easy to use. However, when he connected to the dream just now, he almost thought he was thrown into a washing machine and his brains were turned into a paste.
System: [Your inspiration is too strong and may easily lead to additional side effects.]
Hoshino Nozomi: [In the future as well? ]
System: [This will also be the case in the future.]
Xing Yewang: “…”
From now on, he must choose carefully and not sleep unless necessary.
Hoshino Nozomi slowly stood up and leaned against the wall to look around. This was a wide corridor. The glass and floor were cleaned to a dust-free state. The sunlight from the window came in slowly, casting a light golden gauze.
Hoshino Nozomi: [Looks a little familiar. 】
System: [Yes, you have been here twice. Once when you used Lord Barbatos's role card to gather intelligence, and once when Akutagawa Ryunosuke took you on a tour of the building just now.]
Hoshino Motoko remembered clearly that this was the corridor inside the Mafia building at the port.
He held onto the wall and used the force to stand up. As soon as he took a step, he caught a glimpse of Yumeno Hisasaku from the corner of his eye. Hoshino Nozomi immediately retracted his foot and hid in the blind spot of the other party's sight.
He didn't want to deal with the owner of the dream for the time being, not to mention that he now had a strong sense of trance, so he couldn't concentrate - this scene was too familiar. Not only the location, but even the position where Yumeno Hisasaku was was exactly the same as when he first walked into the port Mafia building.
Hoshino Nozomi guessed that Yumeno Hisasaku dreamed of the scene of their first meeting.
If his guess is correct, "Wendy" and Zhongyuan Zhong will appear in a few minutes.
[Host, they are coming.] After a moment, the system reminded.
Hoshino looked over and saw the two familiar figures. The subsequent developments were the same as in his memory. Yumeno Hisasaku bumped into "Wendy" and activated his special powers after being injured. After "Wendy" lost control for a short time, she regained her sanity through luck.
A few minutes later, a different plot emerged.
Hisasaku Yumeno was not taken away by Alice, and "Wendy" did not leave with Chuuya Nakahara. Instead, they stayed where they were, holding Hisasaku Yumeno's hand and chatting and laughing.
I don’t know when it started, but Q and “Wendy” were the only two people left in the corridor.
Xingye Wang was a little confused.
It seems that he guessed right. Yumeno Hisasaku did dream about their first meeting, but why did he dream about this? Dreams are stories woven by the subconscious, and Yumeno Hisasaku's subconscious... was actually playing with "Wendy"?
He didn't understand what was so special about this incident that made Yumeno Hisaku so obsessed with it. What he didn't understand even more was that they had only met once and had spoken no more than five sentences to each other... or ten? In short, their communication was pitifully little and very unpleasant.
During the ten seconds he was hesitant, something strange happened.
"Wendy" didn't know what he said to Yumeno Hisasaku, but he suddenly grabbed Yumeno Hisasaku's body and took a few steps back until he reached the edge of the window. Then, he leaned back and let his body fall from the broken window.
Hoshino Wang widened his eyes and subconsciously reached out his hand.
The next second, the scene changed again.
He came to a vast grassland. The green grass was over his calves, swaying in the breeze; unknown wild flowers stretched their branches in the sun; milky white lambs huddled together, grazing slowly or playing; in the distance there was an exquisite stone house, with smoke rising from the chimney.
Xing Yewang: “…”
Where did you throw it to? Is this still Yokohama?
Generally speaking, dream scenes are constructed based on images that the owner has seen. There is obviously no such place in Yokohama. Could it be that Yumeno Hisasaku has been there when he was on a mission abroad, or when he was participating in a port Mafia team building - do they really have such an event?
Xingye Wang asked: [System, where is this? ]
System: [Querying, please wait patiently. 】
System: [Detection failed... Detection successful... Failed... Successful...]
Hoshino Nozomi: [Are you stuck? ]
System: [Please do not question Mr. Buyer's skills. This system does not have any functional lags! ]
The system said angrily, then hesitated: [Host, I detected two results. There is no place in Japan with a similarity of more than 50%, but...]
【but?】
【However, after browsing the contents of the historical database, it was found that the similarity between Yumeno Hisasaku's dreams and the drawings of human children reached 90%.】
Hoshino Wang was startled, but quickly reacted. The system said that this was a picture imagined by Yumeno Hisasaku.
The sun, grass, red flowers, animals... and the most classic, the house with a chimney, are all enduring elements in children's picture books.
【Host, take precautions. 】
Xingye Wang immediately lay down on the spot.
The body of the Grass God is so small that if it lowers its body a little, it can be submerged in the dense grass. After lying down on the spot, it blends perfectly into the environment.
"Brother, what do you think of this place?" Yumeno Hisasaku's voice came closer and closer.
"It's very beautiful. Jiuzuo is really creative. You are simply the smartest kid I have ever met! No, I should say the smartest kid in the world!" "Wendy"'s voice rang out soon after.
Yumeno Hisasaku smiled, his voice like candy dipped in honey: "Brother, aren't you a bard? Sing a song for me."
"OK."
"Wendy" cleared her throat and spoke——
“Tut~tut~tut~tut~tut~tut~tut~tut!”
The system was furious: [Shut up! Shut up! How could Lord Barbatos make such a sound! Stop it! What are you doing with Lord Barbatos' body, you little devil!]
Xing Yewang: “…”
What on earth did you Port Mafia tell the kids to listen to?
Yumeno Hisasaku had never heard Wendy sing, so he could only rely on his imagination to create a new voice for the bard.
Hoshino Nozomi and the system found this painful, but Yumeno Hisasaku was quite satisfied.
The owner of the dream was satisfied, and "Wendy" stopped singing.
Soon, the scene around me changed again.
Like a sliding reel, their location kept changing, from a bustling city to a secluded country trail, from a dry desert to a sunless rainforest, and finally to the seaside.
To be precise, it was Yumeno Hisasaku and "Wendy" who reached the seaside, and Hoshino Nozomi who fell into the sea with a "plop".
[Breathe!] The system yelled, [Host, breathe! You are suffocating yourself to death!]
【This is the sea. 】
[This is not the real ocean, just breathe bravely! ]
Hoshino Nozomi tried to breathe, and just as the system said, he got fresh oxygen. Hoshino Nozomi adjusted his posture, swam slowly to the seaside, and climbed ashore by grabbing a reef.
He coughed up a mouthful of sea water and thought to himself that he would never fall into a dream so easily again.
[Host, there are two new pieces of information.] The system said.
【say.】
[One, this is Yokohama; two, the presence of a suspected Great Old One has been detected in the sea.]
"Bang——"
A huge monster that covered the sky and the sun broke out of the water, causing huge waves.
The rain hit Xingye Wang like stones. He closed his eyes in pain and thought, this should have been told from the beginning, stupid system.
Hoshino Nozomi weakly hid behind the reef, but he was not too nervous. "Wendy" existed in his dream, so he didn't need to protect Yumeno Hisasaku.
Wait a little longer and the Great Old Ones will be destroyed.
But this time, Hoshino Nozomi's prediction was wrong.
Yumeno Hisasaku's scream pierced his eardrums, and the waves raised by the movement of the Old Ones hit the rocks layer by layer. "Wendy" seemed to disappear out of thin air.
Hoshino Wang looked out and found that Yumeno Hisasaku was the only one left on the beach. The boy stood there alone, his body trembling. He held the doll with too much force and the blade pierced his arm, bleeding all over the floor.
Xing Yewang was puzzled: [Why? ]
Why is "Wendy" missing at this time?
System: [I think that maybe in Yumeno Hisasaku’s heart, no one will come to save him.]
Hoshino Nozomi was silent for a moment.
He looked at the Old Ones getting closer and closer, and made a decision.
Since the Grass God can control dreams, he can naturally disguise himself. Xingye Wang stood up with the help of the reef, and when he came out from behind the rock, he had turned into Wendy.
Draw the bow, nock the arrow, aim, and release...
“Swoosh—”
Compared with the Old Ones, this insignificant arrow stirred up thousands of gusts of wind and tens of thousands of torrents, piercing through the core in an instant with the force of thunder!
"Bang!"
With the arrow as the center, the wind blades spun and tore the Old Ones to pieces!
The wind stops and the rain falls, and the world returns to silence.
Amid the sound of the drizzling rain, the boy's footsteps were particularly clear.
He walked up to Yumeno Hisasaku and handed him the hat and hood.
Wendy frowned: "Be careful not to catch a cold."