Chapter 005 Shadow of the Movie King (5)
In the wild grass, a man was walking around, looking around. He had a small mustache on his thin face and a knife in his hand. He pushed the grass away on tiptoe, and said to himself as he walked: "The boss told me to pay for it myself. I'm in this business to make money. I don't do business that loses money. I might as well get rid of this witness as well."
As the knife turned, he narrowed his eyes slightly, revealing a ruthless look.
This was the man who had called Tao Xing the day before and asked him to meet by the pond at 11 o'clock. He was engaged in dirty work and was used to calling his employer boss. That morning, he followed his boss's instructions and kidnapped the boy named Tao. Who knew that the boy, who looked tall and big, was so weak. He just covered his mouth and nose, but before he could use much force, the other party was dead.
He accidentally killed someone and was a little panicked, so he just threw the person into a nearby pond and ran away.
But that night, someone actually called him using the dead person's number.
The person who was able to get the deceased's cell phone must have seen the crime scene. He was so scared at the time that he didn't dare to answer the call. It was only after a long time, at the instruction of his boss's people, that he dared to call back.
The boss said that since this person saw it but didn't call the police but called us instead, he must want something in exchange for something. We can just give him the benefit and make him shut up.
He immediately responded to Tao Xing's request, but after hanging up the phone, the boss said that he would have to pay for the benefit himself.
In their words: "You killed the person, you caused the disaster yourself, I only asked you to kidnap, not kill."
"Bastard." The man with a mustache cursed again. It was impossible for him to pay as he had no money.
The appointment on the phone was at eleven o'clock, but he came early on purpose, intending to hide in the dark and wait for the right moment to solve the problem quickly. However, it was still early now, so he found a haystack to rest for a while while cursing.
Tao Xing held the firefly in his hand, walked backwards, and looked gently at its shadow on the ground.
The shadow poked its head out and looked at him again.
They were about a mile away from the hotel, which meant that it could be at least that far away from Jiang Lin. As for whether there was an upper limit, it was not a good time to try it right now.
This distance is enough for now.
This road was quiet and peaceful. Tao Xing's eyes sparkled. He squatted down and touched the head: "You can speak, right?"
There was no feeling of touching any foreign object, just the feeling of rubbing the ground with my hands.
But the shadow on the ground could be felt. It first sank a little, avoiding Tao Xing's hand, then tilted its head, slowly moved back to his hand, and continued to look at him.
But it didn't move back completely, it just formed a circle around Tao Xing's fingers, surrounding her fingers and leaving a little space in the middle.
It remained in this state without moving, as if considering whether to fill that tiny gap.
Suddenly, its head moved, and the circle retracted, retreating away from Tao Xing's fingers. The gaze at him shifted for a moment. It didn't seem like it came back to its senses from its thoughts, but more like it was disturbed by some unusual movement.
It has no face, but Tao Xing feels that its gaze is no longer on her.
Tao Xing looked around. The wind blew the grass, making a rustling sound. He looked around and turned back: "You..."
His words paused slightly.
He saw that the shadow on the ground had changed.
Suddenly, a crack appeared on the round head. The crack opened slowly, and two rows of pointed teeth emerged from it... Why did they look so much like teeth?
Is this... its mouth?
It opened its mouth wide. Was it trying to... speak?
The black shadow did not speak. It was like a pool of water-based glue, gathering bit by bit on the figure lying on the ground. The flat shadow gradually gained thickness.
It suddenly went from being two-dimensional to being three-dimensional.
Tao Xing also opened his mouth wide, in surprise, and stared at it without blinking.
The thickness was increasing, the shadow was slowly standing up, the irregular planes were converging into a turbid, three-dimensional mass, the black mass was growing taller, and the area of the black shadow on the ground was shrinking.
It has no shape now. The only recognizable thing is the mouth with sharp teeth. The mouth is always at the top, rising slowly. From this we can confirm that it is growing upwards. It's just that this state is a bit weird. How can a mouth grow on top of the head?
But it's not a human being, so it's reasonable for its mouth to be on top of its head, Tao Xing swallowed and thought again.
080 said tremblingly: "Host, are you a little scared?"
"No, no, that... Actually, it's completely black, and you can't see anything clearly. As long as you stop imagining, it won't be scary."
The shadow rose to about the same level as Tao Xing's line of sight, and then stopped rising in height. The movement paused for a moment, as if hesitating about something, and then the mouth began to turn downward, as if the head had turned 180 degrees from top to bottom.
Tao Xing: "...I'm really not afraid, really."
You see, at least its mouth is not on the top of its head, and the crack moves down from the edge and disappears all of a sudden.
This black mass should only have a concave and convex outline from the edge, and cannot have a mouth in the middle, so it disappears after the mouth is moved down.
If you can't see it, there won't be such a strong visual impact.
The head rotated, but the body was still black, connected to the black shadow on the ground that had not yet completely disappeared. There were no human curves, no arms, no legs or feet, and even the boundary between the head and the torso could not be seen clearly.
It was like... Tao Xing remembered a game played by children in the history of Blue Star. They would put a bed sheet on their heads, make two holes for eyes, and pretend to be ghosts to scare people. The bed sheet covered the whole person, leaving the head, hands and feet uncovered. When they walked, the long curtain would drag on the ground. When they stretched out their hands and moved their heads, they could change the sheet into various shapes...
The kids were just playing around, but most of the time it could really scare people, because this kind of thing appearing in the desolate wilderness in the middle of the night can really have a terrifying effect!
What's more, the game was fake, and in front of him, Tao Xing watched it rise from the ground little by little and become three-dimensional.
This is true!
Moreover, most children play with white sheets on their heads, but this one is black, pure black!
The part of the shadow that was not collected on the ground was wriggling.
It just stood in front of Tao Xing.
Tao Xing stood straight and didn't move at all.
"Host... Host, you are so brave." 080 admired him, his voice trembling a little. "Although I can't see his face clearly, I still find it scary. A strange black shadow in the wilderness..."
It wasn't scary when it was on the ground, but now it's standing up.
It becomes a little bit like a human, but not a human.
Why do we find it scary now that it has become a little bit more like a human?
"Is it scary? But...it's okay." Tao Xing said.
"Host, you are so brave." 080 said, "But host, are you feeling uncomfortable? Why is your voice shaking more than mine?"
"It's a bit... cold." Tao Xing said.
"It's cold?" 080 checked the date and confirmed that it was the hottest time of summer. "Host, are you catching a cold? Why don't we go back first?"
Go, just kidding!
He can't walk now, because... his legs and feet are numb from fear.
"I finally lured it out. I don't know when it will come out again. I can't leave." Tao Xing said stubbornly. Although his legs and feet were not very flexible, it was true. He took a deep breath and said, "I don't think... it's scary at all. I want to make friends with it."
It looks like it can be touched now. Isn't this another progress?
Tao Xing calmed himself down, prepared himself mentally for a while, raised his hand, and tentatively touched the other person's shoulder... That should be the shoulder, at the lower left side of the head.
Then he opened his mouth: "Hi..."
The hands feel sticky and slippery, like wax, water-based colloid, or the tentacles of a mollusk.
The black ball's head moved, leaning slightly backward. Perhaps it had been lowering its head just now, and now it raised it up.
Tao Xing's hand trembled and her pupils suddenly dilated.
On that pitch-black face, there were suddenly two blood-red spots, the outline of which were slightly flattened ovals, located in the upper part, on both sides.
There are even two holes?
Is this... eyes?
It... has a face. It's not completely black, but red.
This red is worse than not having it!
It has no other facial features except its eyes, as if these eyes are only used to distinguish front from back.
However, these deep red eyes could not eliminate the inhuman fear in it. The blood-red color embedded in the black did not look like eyes. Instead, it looked like bloody holes left after a person's eyes were gouged out.
This makes people even more chilling.
Tao Xing's fear value suddenly rushed to the extreme, and she could no longer hold on and screamed: "Ah, ghost..."
He forced his legs to move, turned around and ran.
"Ahhhh..." 080's scream in his mind was louder than his.
Everyone was shouting at them, and perhaps it was because he was too frightened that his blood flowed rapidly, or perhaps it was because the blood circulation was forced, Tao Xing's feet were no longer numb, and he ran quickly.
There was grass ahead, but he didn't bother to choose a path, so he just pushed aside the weeds and rushed forward.
In the grass, the man with a mustache was sleeping soundly. He was awakened by a scream. He got up in a daze. Before he could understand what was going on, he suddenly saw the weeds being pushed aside.
Half-human-high weeds were swaying in the wilderness on a dark and windy night, and the man with a mustache and Tao Xing bumped into each other face to face.
Their eyes met, and the man with the mustache's eyes gradually widened.
Then, another person screamed in the wild: "Ah, ghost..."
The mustache guy screamed and turned and ran.
Tao Xing: “…”
He didn't bother to say anything more and continued running forward.
The man with the mustache ran faster in front of him: "Don't look for me, don't look for me, please."
With another person accompanying him, Tao Xing became a little bolder and quickened his pace to catch up with him: "Wait for me."
The man also quickened his speed and ran for his life, crying as he ran: "I'll burn paper for you later, please don't chase me..."
Tao Xing was puzzled. Although his first reaction when he was scared was to shout "there is a ghost", the shadow was not really a ghost.
He chased after her again: "Burning paper is useless."
"Then what do you want?" The man with the mustache started to cry, "I really didn't mean to do that. I took money from people to help them get rid of bad luck. I didn't mean to tie you up. I just suffocated you by accident. I was afraid that someone would find out, so I threw you into the water. I... I really didn't mean to. Please, forgive me..."
Tao Xing was totally confused as to what this was talking about.
He frowned, then suddenly realized, "It's you!"
For a moment, anger overwhelmed fear. Tao Xing raised his leg and kicked the man with a mustache on the back. The man with a mustache fell to the ground and looked back in panic.
Tao Xing walked forward and stepped on his chest: "Did you kill me?"
"I didn't mean it. I have no grudge against you, and I didn't know you were so fragile. Please let me go, please..." The man with a mustache hugged his feet and begged bitterly.
As he begged, he was stunned for a moment, something flashed in his narrow eyes, and he touched Tao Xing's leg carefully again: "It's warm, you...you're not dead?"
"Even if you die, I won't die." Tao Xing snorted coldly, "Who are you? Who sent you here? What's your purpose? Tell me the truth!"
It's not a ghost. The pale face of the man with a mustache regained its color and he was no longer afraid. He chuckled, grabbed Tao Xing's ankle and twisted it: "I'll explain to you." Then he was about to get up.
However, the foot was not pulled up and remained firmly on him.
The man with a mustache was stunned for a moment, then he quietly grasped the hilt of the knife at his waist, waited for the right moment, narrowed his eyes, and suddenly chopped towards the leg on his chest.
With a "ding-dong" sound, the hand raised and the knife fell... The knife did fall, but the man with a mustache didn't see it clearly, he just felt that the leg was lifted, and his knife flew out.
Hand... He couldn't raise his hand. Along with the sound of "ding dong" and "crack", his wrist was broken by the kick and he felt a piercing pain.
And the foot continued to step on him, and the sudden force of gravity pressing back made his mouth taste fishy and sweet.
Before the man with a mustache could react, he heard another "crack" and a sharp pain came from his other hand. He turned his head and saw the person in front of him leaning over and grabbing his wrist. With a slight twist, this hand was also broken.
He was powerless to resist and could only scream in pain: "I dare not, I dare not, please be magnanimous and spare my life. I will tell you everything I know, but, but..."
"But what?"
"But I really don't know who the boss is. I'm an employee. In my line of work, I just need to be paid. How could I possibly ask about his identity? The boss never showed up. It was all his men who showed up. They asked me to kidnap you. This must be your own fault. Think about who you offended. Oh, right." The man with a mustache remembered something. "I just heard that they said they kidnapped you to threaten your father. Your father must have gotten into trouble. Go back and ask him."
"My dad..." Tao Xing recalled the messages in his mobile phone. There was no information about the original owner's family in the address book, friend list, etc.
However, it is also possible that the original owner did not note the relationship with relatives. Some people are afraid that their mobile phones will be lost and someone with ulterior motives will find their family information and commit fraud, so they will directly note the name or use a code name.
This is a bit troublesome. Tao Xing sighed and said, "What is my father's name?"
Moustache: “……Ah?”
Are you asking me?
Tao Xing came back to his senses, increased his strength, and said sternly: "Stop talking nonsense, I can find you by phone, don't you have the boss's contact information?"
The mustache man started crying again, "How can I compare with them? Every time they contact me, the contact information is different, the meeting place is different, and even the person who meets me is different. But they all wear sunglasses and suits. They must be the boss's bodyguard. Only he can find me, and I can't find him. They just happened to contact me when you called the day before yesterday, so I was able to see them so quickly."
The man with the mustache wailed, "They thought you were dead, so they didn't even pay me the balance and asked me to pay for it myself. They are very calculating. They knew I had no money, so either I killed the witness or I was killed. Anyway, they just wanted one of us to die. I've figured it out now. If I really killed the witness, I wouldn't be able to survive, and they would still kill me..."
He was shivering on the ground. Tao Xing knew that he didn't dare to tell a lie, so he lifted his foot and hooked it again. The man on the ground flipped over and flew out. He landed heavily not far away with a plop, screaming and spitting out a mouthful of blood.
"Go away, go tell him that I'm alive and well. If you have the guts, just come to me directly. There's no need to beat around the bush." Tao Xing said.
"Yes, yes, yes." The man with a trembling mustache kowtowed several times, dragged his two broken arms, and ran away crawling. He was so frightened that he didn't know the direction, and just kept running forward like a headless fly.
The grass leaves in the forest rustled. Tao Xing calmed down for a moment, watching the moonlight lightly sprinkled on the quiet fields, and the fireflies slowly approaching him again.
The shadow did not follow.
He ran too fast just now. He must have run quite far.
Is the shadow still in the same place?
"Host...Host, are we going back?" 080 asked.
"System... System, what will be the consequences if I don't go back?" Tao Xing asked.
After the problem was solved, Tao Xing's fear rose again.
"In the first world, if you quit right after arriving, the host will not get a penny."
"So how much money do I have in my interstellar account now?"
080 checked it for a moment and said simply: "It's empty. There's no money."
Tao Xing: “…”
He clenched his hands and walked back reluctantly.
080 was shocked: "Host, are you going back?"
"What else?" Tao Xing said.
"But... Host, are you not afraid?"
Tao Xing took a deep breath and said, "Now I feel that people are more terrifying." He waved his hand and said, "Let's go back and find it."
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