Chapter 222 Chapter 222
In the antique-style living room, the boy with a high ponytail nestled himself in the soft sofa, holding a glass of drink in his hand, drinking it with a sweet look on his face.
Across a small tea table, sitting on the chair opposite, Si Zai clasped his hands, a trace of cold sweat on his forehead. There were also drinks on the table in front of the three of them, brought by the curse priest, but no one dared to touch it.
The boy drinking the drink looked innocent, but to his right was Qin Xiaocao, a straw boy who had wiped out two villages in his first appearance on Weird Live. Behind the boy, the paper man put his wrist on the back of the sofa affectionately, with the back of his hand against the boy's back. He was kneading a small paper man in his hand. Si Zai still remembered the small paper man. He was once an awakened person who did many evil things, but now... he has become a puppet played by the paper man.
There were two butterflies standing above the boy's head, with their golden and dark green wings trembling slightly. It looked beautiful, but where the butterflies flew over, only bones of living creatures were left, which was quite cruel.
The boy's left side was occupied by the faceless boy, and the little girl in a red dress was lying on the sofa, swinging her legs with her hands, playing with an eyeball.
The countless tiny pupils on the eyeballs indicate that they are not human.
There was also the crow standing on the windowsill behind him, Kailet standing against the wall with his arms folded, revealing his fair hands, Bai Yixin leaning on an armchair with a rare lazy look, and the funny rabbit observing the layout of the room curiously and showing great interest in the carvings on the window ridges.
Although they were a little far away from the young boy, they would glance over here from time to time, and it can be seen that they care about this little leader.
Are they worried about their little leader? What is there to worry about? Can the three of them do anything to the little leader? If a real fight breaks out, there is no doubt that they will be the ones who die without leaving even a bone residue.
They don't have to go together. The little doll in the Scarecrow Boy's hand is enough to kill them several times.
Thinking of this, Si Zai suddenly relaxed.
The worst that can happen is death. How bad can it be?
"Let me introduce myself. I am Si Zai, the general director of the Chinese Paranormal Response Department. This is my deputy Nong Xiangming, and department member Quan Li."
Nong Xiangming nodded to the young boy: "Hello." His eyes swept across Qin Xiaocao's hand, and noticed that the straw doll's button eyes were staring at him. He quickly lowered his head and adjusted his glasses, pretending not to see it.
All of them tensed up nervously: "Hello, you guys!"
"I am Mangtao, the leader of the lights." Mangtao raised the cup and handed it to the curse priest, "Another cup!"
The curse priest took the cup, turned around and disappeared, and came back a few seconds later, holding the steaming drink in his hand and placing it in front of Mang Tao.
The Curse Priest, who was once suspected to be the leader, was more like a silent and diligent housekeeper in front of Mang Tao.
"About cooperation." Si Zai slowed down his breathing and spoke carefully, "I wonder if the Light Organization has more secret manuals on cultivation, or strange items. Of course, we are also very interested in the potions you provided before. I wonder if we can buy them from your organization. The price is negotiable."
"About the transaction." Mang Tao stared into the void as if thinking, but in fact he was browsing the mall. "The cheats are there, the advanced version of the application of weird power. It's not just the rough use of power, but the refining of weird power into other powers. For example..."
The young boy raised his fingers, and a small ball of water condensed on his fingertips: "Mysterious power turns into water."
Si Zai's eyes widened. It looked like... this person was an awakened one.
"It's different from the awakened ones." The young boy seemed to see what Si Zai was thinking and explained, "The awakened ones can generate weird power themselves, while the non-awakened ones can only borrow weird power. The two are different."
In an ordinary environment without monsters, awakened people can still use their powers, but non-awakened people cannot, unless they carry a powerful monster and borrow the monster's power.
"No, this is already great." Si Zai said excitedly.
The previous cheat of using the opponent's force to counterattack only allowed non-awakened people to use the opponent's force to violently counterattack when fighting against monsters. It was not very friendly to people with poor fighting skills, and many monsters' weaknesses were not simply physical attacks. If the attack methods could be diversified, the efficiency and survival rate of fighting against monsters could be greatly improved.
"There are also equipment and props, such as clothes that can conceal your breath and a compass that can track strange things. There are also antidote potions and potions that can reverse failed awakenings." Mang Tao tilted her head, and her long pony tail swayed with it. "These things are very precious. What do you want to exchange for them?"
To be honest, he actually had everything he needed. Even money was cheap and could be redeemed in the system mall.
The young boy stared at him intently, his eyes full of expectation and trust, which made Si Cai's mind go blank again. He almost blurted out "You can take anything you like, even me". Fortunately, Nong Xiang beside him noticed that something was wrong with his mood, and pinched his thigh hard, and Si Cai regained his senses.
It's too dangerous. This young boy is really too dangerous. If he is not careful, he will fall into it and become the opponent's captive from body to mind. He is willing to sacrifice anything, including his own life.
Keep your head clear, he is here today to negotiate on behalf of the Chinese government.
"The currency of human transactions is money..." Si Cai didn't dare to look into the boy's eyes, fearing that his next sentence would be 'the key to the treasury is at your disposal'. He continued, "It is difficult to judge the value of secret books and strange items, but for therapeutic potions, we can give you this price. Do you think it is appropriate?" Si Cai said a number.
He was facing Mango, but his eyes were looking at the other person's collar.
After almost falling for it several times, Si Zai discovered a rule: don't make eye contact with the other person. As long as you avoid the line of sight, the boy's power to seduce people will be discounted. Although his subconscious affection for the boy cannot be eliminated, at least he won't be as crazy as if he were devoting everything to him.
Mang Tao looked at Si Zai without saying a word.
Kailett walked behind Si Cai and placed his skeletal hand on his shoulder. The dry bones showed distinct joints. Kailett lowered his voice and said, "When talking to someone, it is polite to look them in the eye, sir."
Si Zai clenched his hands.
"Well!" Quan Li stood up and bowed to Kailett, speaking in a loud voice, "I'm very sorry! We came here with sincerity! We really want to establish a cooperative relationship. Whether it's secret manuals, potions, or props, they are all things we urgently need. Please allow us to apologize if we were rude! It's just because the little leader is so cute that Director Si was embarrassed to look at him directly!"
Si Zai: ...
He's embarrassed? Well, let's just leave it at that.
“Pfft, hahahaha——” Li Tu laughed, holding her stomach.
"I agree with this." The paper man poked Mang Tao's head again and again, "Our little leader is so cute~~"
The faceless boy nodded and said, "It's very small, a little shorter than Xiaocao and me."
Qin Xiaocao immediately retorted: "Nonsense, the leader is not short at all, right!"
"Yeah, very tall and mighty, haha." This was Shamon from the Invisible Son, who suddenly spoke up.
"Would you like to change it to milk, chief?" the curse priest leaned over and asked, still with a stern face, but his shoulders shook slightly, and it can be seen that he was not in a calm mood.
The crows in the window overhead cackle.
Mango: ...
These bastards!
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capital of the united states.
Nelson was knocked off the table by the explosion downstairs, and his two monitors also fell to the ground, with the screens going black.
"What? What happened?" Nelson stood up in a panic and saw his two colleagues, one hiding under the table and the other running to the window looking outside.
"Oh my God..." whispered the colleague at the window.
Nelson rushed to the window and saw hundreds of people wearing cloaks standing downstairs.
This is an attack! Nelson quickly called his boss to report the situation and request reinforcements.
I glanced at the clock hanging on the wall and it was exactly one o'clock in the morning.
"On the first day of the new year, you've made such a big fuss." Nelson cursed, "Can't you just let people go to work quietly?"
"It's okay." The female colleague who was hiding under the table did not hear the second explosion. She crawled out and pretended to be calm. "We are an armed department. Someone will come to rescue us soon. There are also security personnel here."
Nelson continued to look out the window, and sure enough, he saw armed security personnel rushing out of the building. These people were not awakened, but they worked in official departments. Not only could they carry weapons, they also had the right to shoot at threats.
A team of security personnel in black uniforms stopped the black-robed men and pointed guns at them.
"Hey, I don't know who you are, but smart people should learn not to be our enemies. Put down your weapons and raise your hands!" the security captain shouted.
The black-robed man standing in the front raised his head and revealed his face. What surprised the security personnel was that the man standing in the front had a very young face. He looked like he was perhaps under 18 years old and should still be in high school.
But there were two long scars on the boy's forehead, which cut off his eyebrows diagonally, leaving only half of his right eyebrow.
"Hello." The boy said expressionlessly, raising his hand, "Goodbye."
In his hand was an old-fashioned revolver, a style that was popular a hundred years ago and can now only be collected as an antique. The security guards did not expect someone to point such an antique at them, and were stunned for a moment, but they reacted quickly.
被用武器指着，無論拿武器的人是誰，當判斷自身處于危險情況時必須開槍，這是米國從事這類工作人員的準則。
一陣槍聲響起。
但面前的黑袍男生沒有倒下，他身後的黑袍人也沒有一個人出事。
那些子彈在男生面前半米處停在了空中。
“覺醒者！”一名安保高喊出聲道，“你是覺醒者！”
“這不是我的能力。”男生說道。
“是我。”站在男生身後的一個中年婦人沙啞的聲音響起，“如果可以的話，我也不希望自己是覺醒者。如果當初我向你們求救的時候，你們願意幫個忙，至少我可憐的小女兒就不會慘死。”說完，她咳嗽了起來。
她一雙滿是燒傷痕跡的手将帽子摘了下來，露出同樣遍布燒傷痕跡的臉，她一只眼睛已瞎，另外一只眼睛泛着微弱的藍光：“我與你們并無仇怨，也不打算殺死你們。所以，請你們一定要活下來。”
中年婦人雙手握在胸前：“願瑟可神給予你們慈悲。”
男生開槍了。
所有子彈都被反彈了回去，不僅如此，子彈上面還覆蓋了一層寒冰，子彈穿透了安保人員們的身體，一排人員都倒了下去。明顯有幾個已經沒了呼吸。
“看來，瑟可神并不願意庇護你們。”中年婦人看着他們淡淡的說道。
安保隊長還活着，他只是手臂和膝蓋被洞穿，爬不起來，男人忍着痛苦仰頭問道：“你們到底有什麽目的……”
中年婦人仰頭看着天空：“為神散布神谕，這就是我們唯一的目的。”
“願瑟可神的光芒照耀。”一群人齊聲念叨着，踏入了大樓的正門。
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九霞山的廟宇內。
玩笑聲終于停止，芒桃眼角含淚，低頭喝着牛奶。
他才不矮，都是這個馬甲的問題！
他也沒哭，都是因為這個馬甲的關系！
雖然SSS很厲害，自帶詭域和蠱惑人心的天賦，對于詭力的運用也很自如，但就這個形象和性格，真的太軟了。
“如果價錢不合适的話，我們還可以再商量。”農向明說道，他小心的看了一眼芒桃，按捺住想要摸摸他頭，給他零花錢的念頭。
明明他并不喜歡小孩子的。
“價格可以。”芒桃吸了吸鼻子，“藥水可以用錢換，秘籍和道具就不行了，要用人類來換。”
司災猛然擡起頭看向芒桃，心中升起一分警惕，但這點警惕心很快就在對方的目光下消失無蹤。
“您要人類……做什麽？”司災小心的選擇着自己的措辭，“就算是死刑犯，我們也無法将他們的生命作為……糧食奉上。”
“我不吃呀。”芒桃搖了搖頭，“不好吃，營養也沒有詭異高。”
“是仆人。”詛咒祭司開口了，“我們很忙碌，這棟房子空着需要管理的人，需要為我們處理好雜事的人，當然如果有什麽東西要轉交給你們，不能每次都讓白一心跑腿。”
白一心哼了一聲。
“但我希望你們能謹慎挑選人。”詛咒祭司輕聲道，“如果仆人不那麽盡職盡責，還搞小動作的話……”
瞳在一旁舔了舔嘴：“我不挑食。”
司災突然覺得自己身上的責任更重大了。
農向明開口問道：“可以問一句嗎？建立燈火組織的你們聚集在一起，目的是什麽？”
“目的啊，沒有什麽特別的。”芒桃回答道，“把這個世界作為我們的領地，排除掉其他讨厭的詭異，幸福的生活下去？我們還挺喜歡人類的，所以不要那麽提防我們。”
最後那句話，司災和農向明都不敢信。
面前的小少年是詭異，他所謂的喜歡，就像是人喜歡自己手中的玩偶一樣，會精心收藏着，時刻拿出來把玩，然而一旦不感興趣了，有新的玩物了，舊的就可以随便糟蹋，然後魂歸垃圾桶。
沒有站在平等的立場上，這份喜歡也注定不會平等。
然而現在的司災也只能笑着應對，可他的嘴角卻怎麽都沒辦法勾起來。
反倒是全黎的笑容非常自然，他朗聲道：“我也喜歡你們。”
司災覺得能帶上他真是太正确的選擇了，現在這種情況下就需要一根筋來緩和氣氛。
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米國。
三個城市的詭異調查局部門大樓淪陷了，大門上用英文寫的‘詭異情報調查和安全防護部門’的字樣已經被塗抹掉，繪制在上面的是一個雙環，同時也是至今還漂浮在空中，發着光的那個符號。
詭異調查局的覺醒者很少，對比其他國家數量都非常稀有，因為更多的覺醒者進入了瑟可神教，沉默的成為了裏面的一員。但米國一直沒有放棄，有些比較瘋狂的科學家甚至提出讓普通人成為覺醒者的實驗方案。
只是目前還沒有開始，正進行的研究仍舊停留在如果将物品變成詭物上。
詭異調查局的覺醒者大多彙集到了首都，也因此位于首都的總部對戰仍舊在激烈的進行中。
一團火焰在街道急速穿行，很快就來到了詭異調查局總部大樓門前，火焰噗嗤一下熄滅，白膚金發的少年捋了捋自己散落的發梢，掃視着周圍。
其他調查局的覺醒者也趕了過來，看着他：“傑克，好久不見。”
“從華國培訓回來後就沒再見了。”傑克對那人笑了笑，然後嚴肅的仰頭看着大樓，“對于入侵者有了解嗎？”
“目前還不清楚，但從路邊監控調取的視頻可以确定裏面存在覺醒者，還不止一個。”那人皺着眉，“很可能大多數是覺醒者。”
“這怎麽可能。”傑克不可置信的說道。
“在米國，有什麽不可能的。”
傑克閉嘴了。
三樓，尼爾森正貓着腰，從辦公桌側面往逃生出口溜去。就在剛才，黑袍人已經入侵到了這裏，在聽到戰鬥的聲音接近後，他的兩個同事就趁機跑了。只剩下他因為所在的位置離逃生門比較遠，沒能第一時間撤離。
尼爾森一邊跑一邊暗罵，他四肢并用的在地上爬，想要避免發出任何雜音，就在他快要靠近逃生門的時候，一雙小腳停在了他面前，垂下的黑袍子邊在鞋子後面晃動。
男人咽了一下口水，緩緩擡頭，就對上了一雙翠綠色的眼睛。
“你想要逃跑嗎？”黑袍人蹲下身來問道。
這張臉也很稚嫩，甚至有些雌雄莫辨，但聲音略粗，是個少年。
尼爾森擡起手合十：“我是這裏的文職，我只是想要離開這裏……”
“我不殺你，瑟可神教存在的目的并不是為了殺戮。雖然我很讨厭你們。”少年說道，“冷漠，自大，無恥。這是我理解中的詭異調查局，也是我認識的那群政客。”
“你相信神明嗎？”少年又問道。
尼爾森立即說道：“是的，我信神。”說完，他在自己胸前畫了一個十字。
“神明會保佑你我，對吧？”
少年搖了搖頭：“不，那都是僞神，人們幻想中的東西，不存在于世界的虛幻。一塊石頭雕刻成人的模樣，就成了神，然後不斷的拜，期望對方給予拯救，可一塊被人随意雕琢的石頭怎麽可能拯救人類。”
“只有瑟可神會給予我們幫助。”少年的眼神中突然有了光，“我們是瑟可神教麾下，隸屬于凱雷特神使的仆從。我們虔誠的信奉着神明，跪拜神明，神明給予我們變強大的力量，給予我們生存的能力。和那些虛幻的僞神不同，我們叩拜的神明是真實存在的，是會回應我們虔誠的祈禱，最偉大的存在。”
少年俯身，對尼爾森伸出了手：“與其每日向一塊石頭祈禱，不如向偉大的瑟可神獻上你的忠誠吧。”
尼爾森沉默了，腦子亂成一團。
凱雷特？
這個名字他熟悉，作為整理情報的文職人員，他一直在調查燈火組織的信息，凱雷特不就是燈火組織中，那個半身骸骨的少年嗎？
瑟可神……難道是燈火中祭司提到的神明？
說起來，自從祭司在直播中提到過神明的事，就有很多網友提出要一起信奉那位奇特的神明。但很多都是随口說說的态度，就算有幾個真心想要信的，都是少數人，不值得關注。
不值得……屁啊。
這隊伍都壯大到能襲擊詭異調查局了！
而且隊伍中還有那麽多覺醒者。
情報部門是幹什麽吃的，國內突然興起這樣一個覺醒者群聚的信仰團體，都沒發現嗎？那些情報員……哦，他是情報部門的一員。
瑟可神，麾下神使凱雷特。
尼爾森想到了詭異直播中看到的小少年，對方也提到詭異更‘有營養’，所以用詭異做祭禮的神明，同時也是燈火組織的小首領——那個高馬尾的少年嗎？
只是在直播間中看到小少年的身影，聽到他的聲音，就下意識的想要親近他，信任他，為他奉獻上一切，這種特質，确實很像神明。
Nelson did not want to believe in the Seker religion. Although he claimed to the boy that he believed in God, it was just to echo what he said. In fact, Nelson felt that the so-called God was just a spiritual sustenance, nothing more.
He didn't care whether to convert to God or not, and he had no fear of God. But when he thought that the god of the Seko Cult was the little boy with ponytail, Nelson suddenly had an idea: maybe such a god was worth his belief.
By becoming a young boy's believer, can we be closer to the other person spiritually?
Believe in Him, worship Him, love Him, and dedicate everything to Him, including your soul and life.
"Yes, I believe in the god Seker." Nelson held the boy's hand, "Please allow me to join the Seker cult! I know there is a secret passage at the bottom of this building that can lead to the state government building next door!"
The boy smiled: "Very good, you are a devout believer."