Chapter 129 Awakening from a Five Hundred Years Dream
This scene cannot be said to be ugly.
——A vast space without light and shadow, a shattered and surging spiritual energy vortex, scattered weapon debris, and a handsome red-haired man with a calm posture and a defiant smile.
But this scene cannot be said to be unscary.
In that thousandth of a second, Sonoko didn't know if it was the long-lost keyword "Komatsu Castle" that activated her deliberately forgotten and neglected mysterious reconnaissance skills, which were probably taught to Shanglong. At a speed that she herself couldn't even react, she quickly looked this (horrifying) handsome guy up and down.
[This person, as the leader, jumped out of the group fight, allowing his men to be beaten by the witch warlock, and stood here waiting for her to come back]
——As the intelligence said, they came here specifically to capture her.
[He stared at her but didn't move his hands for a long time]
——He probably didn’t come here specifically to kill her.
Bandages can be seen through the open collar, and the back is slightly hunched.
——I’m afraid he’s not feeling well after being injured recently…
The clothes seemed new, and there was an extra belt-like ornament on the arm, which looked a bit like a bundle of whisks.
It was brown, trimmed at the ends so it was uniform in length, and tied with a red ribbon. The gaps between the ribbons were also densely packed with gold ornaments like a grid. Yuanzi calmly estimated its value in his mind, and in an instant, his thoughts became clear:
This...can't be her hair?
My brain, which was originally working fast, was suddenly frozen in fear.
Suzuki Sonoko blinked in a daze, and this speculation forced her to not even know where to look. She thought to herself, what's wrong with this man? It's just a bunch of hair, it's disgusting enough to just tie it up, but why is he wearing gold-studded clothes? He inexplicably takes it so seriously, which may easily make her have one of the three major misconceptions in life!
She was not so frightened that she could not move, but was frightened to the point of being speechless.
On the other side, King Luo, who had successfully carried out the carjacking plan, was also looking at his spoils.
She seemed to be frightened.
The evil king sneered: He obviously has the courage to take on the task of delaying time for himself, but now he is so careless - fortunately, the facial features of this god are sharp and angular, and the breath is still clear, so his shrinking is not an eyesore.
He described the scene before him with an increasingly critical gaze: the deity in the form of a young girl was kneeling beside the collapsed frame, breathing lightly and cautiously.
Her cheek, slightly dusted, was as soft as a lotus petal about to fall. Her slender white fingers pressed against the wooden board were curled up weakly. Her brows were furrowed, and from her fear and shock, she looked somewhat pitiful and delicate, which was worthy of praise.
Compared to her disheveled appearance that night, with her face covered in dust and her hair disheveled, this pitiful look actually becomes more and more touching the more I look at her!
The evil king leaned forward on the wooden frame, twisted the girl's chin with interest, and then, in the shocked look of the other's pupils suddenly constricted, suddenly pinched the girl's neck and lifted her up from the wreckage with not-so-gentle force.
Suzuki Sonoko kicked her legs twice in a very real way.
The evil king was pleased and chuckled twice. He paused for a few seconds, admiring her struggling expression. Then he gave in and put his other hand around her waist to disperse the force that was making it difficult for her to breathe.
Suzuki Sonoko coughed hard several times before she realized that she didn't really need to breathe - so she coughed awkwardly twice more.
Driven by her powerful recovery ability, her neck no longer hurt after she finished coughing.
There seemed to be a sound of laughter in his ears. When Yuanzi came back to his senses, he was facing the red-haired ghost's golden eyes mixed with blood.
She heard the ghost's sarcastic comment: "...It looks better than I thought."
Yuanzi, whose brain was short-circuited, thought to herself, is this a compliment on my beauty?
Suddenly, alarm bells rang in my heart: Beware of the three major misconceptions in life!
Before she could think calmly, the next second, the ghost put his arm on her shoulder again.
As he slid his hands together, he picked up a strand of her hair, which had grown back to a considerable length, and rubbed it. He thought of something and said casually, "Remember to grow your hair back in the future."
It's as natural as a boyfriend telling his girlfriend.
Yuanzi wanted to shout again: Beware of the three major things in life——
What three major illusions!
Suzuki Sonoko dared to swear with confidence that the look in the eyes of the Ghost King right now was definitely like a male animal looking at a female, and the aggression was about to burst out!
Thinking of this, Miss Suzuki, whose modern sentiments had just been aroused, immediately wanted to grab her phone and post: "The guy who I thought was going to kill me seems to have taken a fancy to me. What should I do? Waiting online!! I'm so anxious!!!"
Then I thought it was not right.
As she thought deeply, her single-minded mind pushed away her fear, and she bravely stared into the ghost king's eyes, looking clearly for a long time, as seriously as if she was doing some kind of observation and research.
The evil King Luo was stunned by her staring gaze.
The red-haired man subconsciously tried to lean back, but just as he was about to exert force with his muscles, the girl hanging in the air grabbed his face with both hands.
King Elu Luo frowned and was about to throw her out, but this fearless goddess actually leaned towards him again.
She said, “You don’t like me.”
After saying this, he was stunned for a moment, then slowly tilted his head and repeated word by word: "You... don't like me?!"
The tone was extremely surprised, and upon closer inspection, there was actually a hint of frustration.
However, she quickly gathered herself together and thought of Ximen Zongjiro and Feng Jingye who had the same symptoms before. She refused to admit that she had become narcissistic and complained without any guilt: What's wrong with these men? They always do things that cause misunderstandings!
——If they continue like this, she will sooner or later lose her correct understanding of her own appearance!
But that's not the point.
Suzuki Sonoko thought hard: at this critical moment, the evil king made a big fuss to snipe the convoy to capture her, but it seemed that he just wanted to sleep with her.
As for why this ghost suddenly had this idea...
Sonoko recalled the brief meeting they had in her memory: she covered his face with her hair, and then escaped with the money (Asakura Yexian).
She felt that the Ghost King most likely felt that he had been provoked and captured her for revenge.
This situation is very bad.
If he fell in love at first sight without thinking, although Yuanzi would find it troublesome, at least her basic life would be safe.
If she was a little more shameless, she might be able to use this guy's power to escape from Takama-ga-hara's surveillance directly - even if she acted like a spoiled child, she could still ask him to accompany her to the Bone-Eating Well - anyway, she could just jump into the well and go home, and she wouldn't have to bear any serious consequences.
But it’s no use…
Seeing that the blood color in the evil king's eyes was getting heavier, and his smile as he stared at the melee scene in the distance was getting colder and colder, it seemed that even his subordinates who were constantly being killed could not arouse any extra emotions in him.
The next second, the red-haired ghost king turned sideways, a vortex of demonic energy suddenly arose around him, and he exerted force on his feet and jumped lightly, then calmly left the chaotic battlefield carrying the "trophies".
The visibility in the crack space was extremely low, and Yuanzi's sense of direction was not very good. After a few seconds, he didn't know what special area he was brought into.
King Eluo probably came in through a "short path" and could not go through the stable exit that had been sorted out under the control of Takama-ga-hara. After rushing into a whirlpool, he was surrounded by unstable crack exits.
The wind pressure here was incredibly strong, and Yuanzi couldn't think of any effective way to save herself. She could only start from herself and try to broaden the topic. She first analyzed it rationally, "You want to arrest me because you're angry, there's no love involved here," and then said sincerely, "Why punish others at the cost of your own body? It's not worth it, right?"
He repeated the same thing over and over again, trying to persuade the Ghost King to change his ways.
On the other side, King Eluo was moving at a fast speed, observing the cracks that appeared from time to time on both sides, waiting for Bawei to give a signal, but his feet did not slow down, and he could still hear her little beeps in his ears.
When the goddess was tired of talking, she sneered nonchalantly and said, "Whether I can enjoy this or not, you will know for yourself when the time comes."
Speaking of this, he remembered the goddess's action of turning sideways and lifting her hair in the moonlight.
Even though he couldn't see her face clearly, her posture at that time really touched him. When he looked down at the girl in his arms who refused to be still, the familiar anger surged in his heart again. His smile became colder, but a layer of fire was burning faintly in his eyes.
"If you dare to plot against me, you will always pay the price. When you dared to take on the task of delaying time, you should have anticipated the consequences of being caught by me."
Suzuki Sonoko was trapped under her armpits, and she was confused when she heard what was said. In a trance, she felt as if the two of them were twisted on two non-intersecting world lines, and the cause and effect were all messed up!
The evil Luo Wangju made an impatient "tsk" sound.
He raised his hand and flicked her head: "What's with that expression on your face? Are you still refusing to repent?"
The unrepentant Suzuki Sonoko fell into deep thought.
——Since there is no "love" here, her fate after being caught may be a little bit worse than the bottom line.
Due to the special nature of the space in front of them, after being led by the evil King Luo to drill an unmarked exit, even if the reinforcements dealt with the monsters and chased them here, it would take a while to tell which way they took because of the dense "honeycomb coal" in front of them.
Wouldn't that be an ugly death?
She didn't know what to do. With two sonic booms that broke through the air flow, two arrows suddenly passed by not far from her side. Before the Ghost King could react, another rain of arrows followed!
The air was suddenly in a state of chaos, and Yuanzi struggled to turn around while being tossed up and down: a group of miko rituals were lined up not far away. The miko aunt stood in the middle. She didn't seem to be injured, but she looked extremely embarrassed. Her eyes were burning red. She shouted anxiously: "Your Highness——!"
The shrill howl awakened Yuanzi's sanity.
She almost rolled over and jumped out of the arms of the evil Luo Wang, running forward with her hands and feet. While running, she frantically searched her pockets, grabbed two handfuls of talismans, and threw them in the direction of the evil Luo Wang like a fairy scattering flowers. After finding a direction, she ran forward with her head down!
【Be calm】
It was as if her breathing rhythm had slowed down. Suzuki Sonoko was standing on the "ground" which was actually not solid. She was surrounded by a chaotic space where an "exit" might appear at any time. Not far above her head, a crack suddenly opened and disappeared.
【Be sure to stay calm】
Yuanzi closed his eyes and stopped trying to identify the direction [Born as a god of fortune, you may not believe in your own fighting ability, but you must believe in your own good fortune]!
She kept repeating to herself "all my wishes will come true" and "everything will go well for me". For a moment, Suzuki Sonoko's spiritual perception, which had never been activated before, seemed to really "hear" a crisp sound in the space like a balloon bursting - it was here!
The next second, a cold flame ignited after the "sound of a balloon" exploding. The rising fox fire stretched open a tiny gap, which grew to the size of a basketball in a breath. Yuanzi saw familiar branches and leaves of grass and trees, as well as a piece of beautifully embroidered haori hem in the gap.
【Fox Demon Bawei】
Almost as soon as she noticed the elements of "fox fire", "white hair" and "coming to pick up", she immediately deduced who was opening the exit.
Since Bawei is here, this exit is indeed the correct one.
Suzuki Sonoko put her hands in her pockets again, and when the crack widened to the point where she could see the entire half body of the fox demon, she threw out the last handful of talismans she had in stock!
But Bawei is here, and even the correct exit will be a dead end for her!
Time seemed to slow down again. Before the patterns on the talisman were lit up one after another by spiritual power, there was a moment when Yuanzi seemed to be looking directly into the bright golden eyes of the famous fox demon. The fox demon's long silver-white hair, which was lifted up by the air flow, brushed past her face. Although it was light, the touch made her feel unexpectedly familiar.
Maybe it’s not the touch…
Driven by some special state, Yuanzi once again faced the shocked face of the fox demon, and several blurry images suddenly flashed through her mind.
Perhaps it was because of the fur color, shape, or the pair of ears standing up on the top of the fox's head, which was so similar to a certain unlucky little guy she had tricked in her memory, that she subconsciously felt familiar...
——But she had completely forgotten G, whom she had been with for several months, let alone the little monster who was picked up a few days ago. The image was too blurry, and before she could really grasp anything, it disappeared in the depths of her mind in a flash, just like when it appeared.
After this second, a huge number of talismans exploded with a shockwave. Miss Suzuki, who was eager to escape, once again silently repeated "My wishes will come true" and "Everything will go well for me". She rolled several times in the air and finally fell straight into a seemingly ordinary space crack.
Danger may really bring out potential.
Suzuki Sonoko almost rolled to the ground, but after nimbly supporting herself with her hands, she was able to run away again.
Although the scene in front of him was not like the one behind Bawei, with clear skies and colorful flowers and willows, the temperature was still acceptable. There was still some drizzle in the air. Looking around, there were trees covering the entire sky.
Yuanzi was afraid that she was not running fast enough. There seemed to be sounds of fighting coming from the gap behind her that had not yet closed. She did not have the time to look back, so she just ran into the woods!
——After all, for the reinforcements, not being caught is a victory.
A faint salty smell wafted through the humid air. It was probably because of the sea nearby, but a closer sniff revealed a nauseating sweetness mixed with the saltiness. It smelled... like blood that was about to coagulate.
Yuanzi sneezed at the smell and felt dizzy. The more he ran, the more familiar the road looked to him!
On the other side, in the cracked space where the aura was still swirling, the evil king Luo, who was surrounded by three layers of magic, was furious and waved his hand to knock away another arrow.
Ten feet away, the aftermath of the explosion cleared a vast expanse of empty space. A fox demon with a frighteningly cold expression stood there with its head lowered. The edges of its originally gorgeous haori were torn, and its belt was broken in half.
The fox raised his hand to smooth out his torn cuffs and laughed twice without warning.
The two words were spoken softly, but before the tone had evened out, the cold fox fire that suddenly erupted from his body exploded into a large area in an instant. As the demonic energy rolled, it seemed as if a shadow with nine tails was showing off its might in the air.
"Oh."
The red-haired ghost king completely ignored his own miserable situation and shouted sarcastically, "Are you okay, brother?"
His brows furrowed, and he didn't know what he was thinking about. The corners of his mouth curved coldly and fiercely, and he muttered to himself softly, "I told you she'd be irritating..."
"You're still in the mood to laugh?"
Bawei showed no sign of being angered by him. However, when he looked at the witches and wizards across from him, his golden eyes turned even colder. He glanced at the flashing formation around the evil Luo King and sneered, "Didn't you say you were going to set out first to rob people?"
"I've finished my work, where are your people?"
Evil King Luo: "..."
Evil King Luo: "Did you think I didn't see her blast you just now and then jump through that hole and run away?"
The fox demon gave him an even more evil smile: "If you see it, won't you chase it?"
Having said that, he retracted and released his hands, and another ball of demonic energy exploded in the air. The bright blue flame spiritually circled around the evil Luo King. After a burst of crackling sounds, it burned through the formations that had finally entangled the Ghost King.
Following several shouts of "Oh no!" and "The ghost escaped control!", the white-haired fox demon raised his sleeves to block the second wave of attacks.
Bawei took a few steps forward and stood in front of the evil king. Unable to bear it any longer, he made a "tsk" sound and shouted at him to get out.
"Now that you've seen it clearly, hurry up and chase after it. If you wait any longer, the gap will close."
At this point, the fox demon paused for no apparent reason. It wasn't clear whether he was speaking to himself or lecturing others, but he snorted and said disdainfully, "Hurry up and catch him and vent your anger. Gnashing your teeth and nagging him every day...it's really annoying."
Not only is it annoying, it's also tiring.
Unfortunately, the evil king did not have such a deep understanding of this. Seeing that his evil friend was loyal for once (which was not that rare), he turned around without hesitation and jumped into the "exit" at the end of the garden.
On the other side of the space, Suzuki Sonoko was still running in the forest.
There are no main roads in the deep mountains and old forests, but over the years, there are white lands trampled out by hunters and travelers, and even the weeds have been stripped away. Yuan subconsciously followed this thing, as if being pulled forward by an invisible line. The trees on both sides did not change much back and forth, and the fishy and sweet smell in the air that made people's nasal cavity uncomfortable became stronger and stronger.
As he changed pace, Yuanzi was keenly aware of a sudden surge of demonic energy behind him, and subconsciously quickened his pace again - as if he had reached a certain mysterious point. Yuanzi was like a person running in a dark underground passage who suddenly turned on all the headlights in front of him. The exit with sparse trees not far away was as bright as a huge, carefully constructed picture frame.
At this moment, Suzuki Sonoko's brain completely stopped working, her ears no longer caught the sound of the Evil King chasing her, and only her eyes were mechanically receiving the information given by the picture.
She saw the battlefield, the corpses, and the charred ruins left after the fire.
In the distance, the dilapidated earthen city was still emitting faint smoke, and broken sampans were crashing against the shore along the inner river channel on one side of the earthen wall. The piled up corpses had lost all nerve reactions and were as quiet as pieces of broken stones waiting to be carved.
Suzuki Sonoko saw the woods on the other side of the battlefield from afar. There was half a low wall in front of the collapsed branches, and an expressionless blond boy stood at the base of the wall.
She followed the boy's gaze and finally saw herself sitting under another tree, crying.
Not far in front of her, there was a figure wearing tattered armor and covered in blood, kneeling in front of "her".
At that moment, many things flashed through Sonoko's mind, such as the good fortune of the God of Fortune, her ability to make her wishes come true, and the ruins of Komatsu Castle that she had just glanced at.
Then she shifted her gaze and stared at the figure's back.
Although the evil ghost was not far behind her, and although the evil king might suddenly jump out and strangle her to death in a few seconds, at this moment, the fearful Miss Suzuki was as if her feet were rooted to the ground and she did not move at all.
A voice deep in her mind told her with certainty: It can't be wrong.
That person is Shanglong!
The sound was still echoing when the "other Suzuki Sonoko" under the tree suddenly became sleepy. He only had time to breathe lightly before he closed his eyes and fell to the ground without any warning.
Suzuki Sonoko, who was standing here, was thrown out of this space by an inexplicable huge force just before she was about to see the front of the armored man clearly. Her entire figure was distorted and overlapped like a broken card - the last picture in her vision was the ferocious and handsome face of the Evil King as he rushed towards her with great momentum!
The Evil King Luo had been rushed through the rift by the air explosion caused by the talisman before. This time, when he was about to catch her, he was hit by the invisible air explosion from nowhere for the second time.
After coming back to his senses, the Ghost King's face was so dark that it was unbearable to look at. He walked through the woods again, stood on the edge of the battlefield full of corpses, and looked into the distance at the sea that was vaguely visible not far from the city.
The battlefield was like a purgatory, but the sea in the distance was bustling with activity. A huge whirlpool opened a black hole on the sea surface.
Even the clouds in the air were blown away, leaving a void.
At the center of the eclipse, two figures disappeared together, leaving only a blond boy in civilian clothes but with straight shoulders standing in mid-air.
The young man, whose aura was pure, neither like a human nor like a god, looked at him from a distance, nodded indifferently, and slowly jumped into the slowly disappearing vortex.
At that time, the young goddess he was chasing had been thrown back to her own time origin by the mutually exclusive forces of time and space.
Suzuki Sonoko seemed to have had a long nightmare. In the dream, she couldn't see the person she wanted to see clearly, but the grimace that she didn't want to see before waking up was lingering in her mind.
I don’t know whether I should be afraid or regretful.
She leaned against the wall behind her and sniffed. The air seemed to have the long-lost aroma of baked cakes. The well was still the well at the Higurashi Shrine, and the ladder was still the ladder she had hung down with her own hands.
Even though we haven't seen each other for two years, it seems like nothing has changed.
Suzuki Sonoko squatted in the well to rest for a while, and after she recovered a little, she immediately climbed out. She was so anxious that she almost lost control.
When I came up and took a look, it seemed that the sky outside the sliding door was still bright.
With the sound of slow, clattering footsteps, old man Higurashi, who had gone to get kitchen salt to ward off evil spirits, returned slowly. When he opened the door, his dentures trembled in surprise. He said, "Little girl, didn't you just go out? How come you're back so quickly?"
"Goods are non-refundable and non-exchangeable. If you give up using them midway, we won't be responsible for compensating you, okay?"
The author has something to say: It's late today, but there should be several chapters tomorrow.
If you have forgotten what happened before, you can review chapters 44 and 112.
What Sonoko saw was (at the time when she met Asakura Yeou) the scene when she met Shang Long fifty years ago.
After being repelled by time and space, it was thrown back to the starting point directly, which means five minutes have passed in modern times.
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