Walking on the wet soil and withered leaves, crossing the grass and thorns, Qiao Muyi was held by Ren Suo's hand and followed him in the dark in the mountains and forests, tiptoeing and moving forward courageously towards the finish line.
It went so smoothly.
Qiao Muyi never thought that this final adventure would go so smoothly.
When they entered the mountain in the morning, Qiao Muyi found that people from the Metropolitan Police Department had blocked the main roads and highways on the mountain. The Spirit Hall, Iron Sun, Xuan Country Countermeasures, Watchers, Wizard Council and the extraordinary people from Winter Fort had also moved into the Missile Mountains and laid a tight net, waiting for the two of them to get in.
She regretted it when she entered the mountain - in fact, when she knew her position was exposed, she guessed that her purpose might also be guessed by the other party.
Hida Mountain, this place is the clearest hint.
She just didn't expect that the other party could actually influence the joint investigation team composed of the six major supernatural organizations, and even lead the investigation team to make arrangements, leaving her no chance to break through in a roundabout way!
After these days of investigation, Qiao Muyi vaguely knew the other party's purpose based on the clues: Under such a perfect frame-up, Qiao Muyi should have only two ways to deal with it - surrender, or resist with force, which may be the result he wants to see.
It was only because of Ren Suo's appearance that Qiao Muyi was forced to take the third path - investigate the evidence and make a comeback!
However, on this day, Qiao Muyi felt that the third path had also come to an end. If he wanted to go into the mountains to investigate, he would almost certainly encounter the extraordinary people in the investigation team. If he encountered extraordinary people, a battle would inevitably occur, and a battle...
It is equivalent to falling into a chain cycle of hatred.
This is exactly what the other party expects.
Qiao Muyi thought about it, and her hatred and murderous intent grew stronger. She thought about it and decided that surrender was impossible. Even if she flew back to Xuan Country now, she still couldn't pass the killing spell test of the Countermeasures Bureau. Even for the sake of her killing spell and to give an explanation to the whole world, she would definitely be executed.
Rather than being so frustrated, it would be better to...
But no matter what she wanted to do, she had to let Ren Suo leave first. Otherwise, if Ren Suo saw her in danger and suddenly rushed over to protect her stupidly, that would be too happy and heartbreaking.
She didn't want Ren Suo to fall into danger, and she didn't want the impression she had on him to be tainted.
Don't see how miserable I am when I'm hurt.
Don't see the madness of my struggle.
Don't see me twisted when I'm angry.
Human wounds are ugly, a body lying on the ground covered in mud will look dirty, and a dead body will be even more terrifying.
She couldn't let him see these scenes that would affect her perfect image.
However, just as Qiao Muyi was trying to persuade her, Ren Suo suddenly pulled her along a rugged path into the mountains.
"My intuition tells me that it will be safe to go this way." He glanced at Qiao Muyi, pointed to the thorny path ahead that was not even a beast path, and said confidently: "I will definitely not meet anyone else."
"Your... intuition?"
"Yeah, that's my intuition. Trust me, Brother Ren Suo won't lie to you." Ren Suo patted his chest and gave him a 'look at me' look.
Qiao Muyi stared at him blankly for a few seconds, then chuckled and reached out to chop his head with a knife: "You will be brilliant if you are given some sunshine, Xiao Suo, you are itching for trouble, right?"
Ren Suo's intuition was always accurate, and Qiao Muyi knew it - he could always rely on that wild intuition to comfort her in very clumsy ways when he was unhappy.
But she didn't expect that Ren Suo's intuition could be so accurate.
After a calm day, they walked east and west under the noses of the joint investigation team, crossing nearly 20 kilometers of mountain roads without being discovered by anyone, and kept getting closer to their destination!
On the way, Ren Suo also ordered Qiao Muyi to hide in the dark bushes, and when the patrol team passed by, he would immediately knock them out with the Sealing Rod, requiring the force to be just enough to knock them out for 15 to 30 minutes.
Then they immediately moved to another place, and when the knocked-out patrol member woke up and sent out a signal flare, nearby patrol members gathered together, and then they jumped out again to knock out the rescue patrol member.
By repeating this process, they created the impression that they were still in those mountains, but in fact, after they knocked out the third group of patrol members, Ren Suo took her and moved away quickly.
As for why he had to use Kinomoto Sakura's Sealing Wand, Ren Suo explained, "Since we have to use something to knock them out anyway, why not use a weapon that will make them feel endless shame whenever they think of it? If they are knocked out by the magic girl's magic wand, their leader might even think they are crazy."
Although it sounded unreliable, Ren Suo's plan was successful: they were almost reaching their destination.
This can no longer be called perception. Perhaps, this is Ren Suo's true awakening ability.
Predict the future?
Rebirth in the future?
As Ren Suo got closer to his destination, Qiao Muyi's heart became more and more uneasy - not because she was about to get an important clue, but because she was thinking about why Ren Suo wanted to help her like this.
If he could predict the future, why did he come to help me so desperately? In the future he saw, was I an important part of his life?
If I am reborn in the future, then what role do I play in his future that makes him want to help me so selflessly?
When she thought of this, Qiao Muyi felt as if she had taken a big bite of ice cream, and it was so sweet that her heart melted.
But at this moment, a frightening thought came to her mind - then, was Ren Suo's acquaintance with her and his communication with her all part of his plan?
"Hush."
Ren Suo suddenly slowed down, signaled Qiao Muyi to keep quiet, and pointed to a bright spot in the distance.
Although the majority of the troops had been lured away, the Spirit Hall was obviously not stupid enough to put all its eggs in one basket, and a team of warriors was still stationed at important intersections - two red-armored warriors and five black-armored warriors.
Unlike the Xuan Country Countermeasures Bureau, whose uniforms are less distinctive and which pay more attention to hierarchy, the Spirit Hall has put a lot of effort into their uniforms: ordinary warriors wear black armor, and captain-level warriors wear red armor to distinguish them.
As for whether the Red Armor is stronger than the Black Armor, the intranet did not mention it. It is estimated that there is only one additional attribute: "It has a suppressive effect on low-level warriors, making them dare not resist your insults and attacks."
Ren Suo had anticipated this and pulled Qiao Muyi toward another path down the mountain.
However, at this time, he pulled Qiao Muyi, but failed to move. He turned around and saw Qiao Muyi standing still, with an indescribable nervousness in her eyes as she looked at him.
Ren Suo blinked, hesitated for a moment, and whispered, "Wait until you've walked this section before you pee. It's dangerous here."
Qiao Muyi was stunned for a moment, then she stretched out her left hand to cover his mouth, and in Ren Suo's puzzled eyes, she twisted the flesh around his waist hard!
Seeing Ren Suo gasping in pain, Qiao Muyi covered her mouth and snorted with laughter - with his brain, there was no way he could plan a meeting with her!
Moreover, wouldn't it be great if he could really see the future and use the information about the future to pursue me? This would be similar to the way those men would do everything they could to investigate girls' hobbies and then continue to get closer to them, except that the form was more advanced and accurate.
"Young Master..." Ren Suo gave her a resentful look, thinking that she must be looking for him to replenish her happy energy, so he didn't say much and pulled her to continue walking forward.
After scratching his palm and sniffing the back of his neck, Qiao Muyi put aside all her idle guesses and followed Ren Suo obediently to finish the last section of the journey.
If there is someone you like to touch, smell, look, and sound like, and you like being around him even more, then what is there to be entangled about?
Qiao Muyi cannot see the future, she only knows that she is the protagonist now.
…
"arrive."
After going down the mountain, up the mountain, and down the mountain again, and going around the woods, they finally reached their destination - a flat ground covered with rubble.
Under the moonlight, it looked as if a shovel had dug a hole in the hillside in front of me, and the nearby grass and trees were also damaged. The roots of trees that were supposed to be deeply planted in the earth were turned out. Although the flat land was very "flat", there were many places with potholes and depressions, as if it had been bombed.
It was as if a monster covered with edges and acne was rolling around here.
"It's snowing but there's still a moon..."
Ren Suo stretched out his hand, caught the tiny snowflakes, and said, "It should be the same as being able to see the sun when it rains..."
He turned his head and looked at the woods in the north and south directions - there were Spirit Hall warriors stationed on both sides, and the two of them just happened to take advantage of the gap and go around without alerting the warriors on both sides.
"The moonlight outside is very bright, sir, please don't go out."
"Um."
Qiao Muyi squatted in the shadows at the edge of the forest, stretched out his hand to touch the gravel ground under the moonlight, and whispered: "This is it... All the clues are gathered here."
"Detective Eyes", activated.
Ren Suo watched the wind for a while, thinking that it was about time, so he squatted down and happened to hear Qiao Muyi mumbling to herself: "I saw it..."
“He, when he was fighting the mountain monster that was the source of the disaster, the mountain monster was very strong, but it was very weak in front of him. The hard rock could not match his casual attack... He is the natural enemy of the source of the disaster... No, he is the natural enemy of all the demons in the world, and also my natural enemy.
He could search for the source of the chaos... or maybe go one step further - search for the location of the devil? Detect evil?
No wonder you can find me...
I can understand why he wants to kill the source of chaos... This is the foundation of his fame.
But were those followers of the devil created by him? What does it have to do with him? And what good would it do him to frame me..."
Qiao Muyi, who was distracted by the clues, suddenly came to his senses and his body became extremely stiff.
Ren Suo hugged her.
At some point, Ren Suo squatted behind her, hugged her slender waist with both hands from behind, his upper body almost completely against her back, and his breath fell on the back of her ears, making them itchy.
Qiao Muyi blinked her eyes, watching the fine snow fall on the back of her hand, then melt and disappear.
She didn't look back or move, her mind was full of thoughts, and a brainstorming process took place in her head - suspension bridge effect? The wild? Or was the snowy day more suitable for sex?
“Here I come.”
As Ren Suo's calm voice rang in her ears, Qiao Muyi saw a glow like the morning star blooming in the distant mountains and forests.