Chapter 42
◎The captain takes the blade away◎
Chapter 42
He walked hurriedly all the way, and when he met villagers who greeted him, the village chief didn't even bother to respond.
This made the villagers panic a little when they saw it. In the past, the village chief could handle whatever happened by himself, and he could even chat with them happily afterward.
Today was a little different. The village chief looked hurried along the way, as if he was rushing to rescue a life-threatening situation.
How could anyone in the village not be nervous when seeing him in this state?
Although the village chief was in a hurry to get on the road, he did not fail to notice the villagers. When he saw them greet him and then he walked away without responding, he could easily guess that these people in the village would definitely have bad thoughts easily.
But he had no choice now. He was really anxious. It would be the same if he finished dealing with the matter and then explained to the villagers.
Thinking of this, the village chief walked quickly and soon arrived at the Tang family.
At that time, Tang Rufeng was processing the village documents in his small study. The village chief was impatient to deal with them, so he asked Boss Wu to move them to Tang Rufeng.
The village chief didn't even bother to knock on the door. He pushed open the unbolted gate of the Tang family's courtyard and walked straight into the courtyard.
This scared Grandpa Tang who was weaving a winnowing basket in the yard. When he saw the village chief later, he didn't even have time to say hello and came up to ask Tang Rufeng.
"Where's Rufeng? Where is that kid now? I need to find him for something. Hurry! It's urgent!"
As the village chief spoke, he seemed to be unable to wait, and his eyes roamed around the Tang family, as if trying to guess which room Tang Rufeng was in.
"Small study, over there!"
Grandpa Tang was carried away by the village chief's anxious mood at this time and followed the village chief's rhythm completely. Seeing the village chief's anxious look, he simply stretched out his finger and pointed out Tang Rufeng's small study to the village chief.
"Oh! Okay!"
The village chief received the instructions and walked quickly towards the small study without hesitation. He was in a hurry at the moment and did not pay any attention to Grandpa Tang beside him or Grandma Tang who came out of the room later.
Seeing the village chief looking so anxious, the old couple had a bad feeling in their hearts.
This premonition was even stronger than the previous feeling of worry when my son and daughter-in-law had not returned yet and when they reported that they were safe.
"This...can't be about our son? Otherwise, why would the village chief come to see Fengfeng?"
Grandma Tang started to panic when she thought of this possibility. She turned to look at her husband who had just put down the unfinished winnowing basket and asked nervously.
"It shouldn't be. Isn't our grandson a village cadre now? Maybe there's something urgent in the village."
Hearing Grandma Tang's question, Grandpa Tang quickly caught up with the village chief and answered like this. As soon as he finished speaking, he was already standing at the door of his own small study.
"It's easy to get nervous if something goes wrong in the village. What on earth happened?"
When Grandma Tang saw her husband like this, she also walked up and stood at the door of the small study, waiting with a worried look on her face.
The village chief, who had already entered the Tang family's small study, did not notice the old couple's movements. At this time, he was standing anxiously in front of Tang Rufeng, reaching out and handing the two leaves in his hand to Tang Rufeng.
"Rufeng, please do the village chief a favor. This is the leaf my godmother gave me. Please help me take a look at it."
The village chief briefly explained the general situation, but he did not specify what the urgent matter was, and he did not have the time to explain it clearly now.
At this moment, the mayor, who was sitting on the other side of the phone, was listening to the village chief running back and forth in the village. His breathing became unstable and he felt a little guilty.
This was something that he, as the mayor, should have been responsible for. Eliminating the danger outside the town in advance could have prevented this incident from happening.
But he lacked the ability and failed to do his job properly, which led to the current incident. Not only did it put the life of the person who came back from outside in danger, but he also got his uncle, who came to find him, involved.
Thinking about what his parents had told him in the past two days, he had a premonition that he was going to be criticized by the elders in his family.
Regarding this matter, his family had already collected information in advance and explained it to these younger generations in advance. How could such a big thing happen to him and he even had to seek help from the higher authorities? It would be strange if his elders didn't criticize him.
He also blamed himself. He knew that the world was changing when he went up the mountain. Although there was no obvious danger at the beginning, he failed to take adequate precautions after his elders had clearly warned him in advance, which led to the current consequences. How could he not blame himself?
Just as the mayor was sitting across the receiver, reflecting on his own inappropriate measures, Tang Rufeng had already taken the leaf handed to him by the village chief.
The doubts in his eyes about why the village chief was so anxious to find him became clear after he touched one of the leaves.
"Village Chief, please wait a moment. I'll be right there."
Tang Rufeng didn't waste any words. Knowing that the matter was urgent, he didn't waste time on explanations. After saying this, he started to act.
His ability is special. If he uses it by himself alone, it will cause harm to his body. Even though Ying Huai had given him something to nourish his body before, he could only do it slowly in normal times. The damage caused by using his ability suddenly and extensively cannot be healed by so many things.
Fortunately, the little mouse Huidou obviously knew what his master's ability was. When he saw Tang Rufeng preparing to use his ability, he jumped out of the drawer of the table, jumped onto Tang Rufeng's wrist, and squatted down gently.
Seeing the little mouse, the village chief stood by. Now there was nothing for him to do, he just had to wait. He put aside his anxiety for a while and now had time to look at the little mouse Huidou with curiosity.
He had heard of this little mouse from his grandchildren before, but this was the first time he saw it today.
So it’s inevitable that I feel a little strange when I see it.
I heard that this little mouse is very smart. It can basically understand what Tang Rufeng wants to express. Even after being told by Tang Rufeng, it no longer snatches snacks from the little kids who come to the Tang family to eat snacks.
It can be seen that in the mind of this little mouse, its mental level is probably higher than those of the children in the village.
With the cooperation of the little mouse, Tang Rufeng used his abilities very easily. Soon, a tall and slender shadow appeared in front of him. Seeing the other person's appearance, Tang Rufeng didn't care that there was a village chief next to him, and smiled happily at the figure that appeared.
"Captain, I may need your help."
As Tang Rufeng spoke, he placed the two leaves in his hand into the hands of his captain, who was only a soul left.
Because these two leaves were given by Ying Huai, they are very special. They can be held safely in human hands and will not fall off when placed in the captain's hands. They stay in the captain's hands very peacefully.
One of the two leaves carries Xiao Ling'er's ability, and the other is the ability that Tang Rufeng just released and stored.
As long as he gives this leaf to the captain, he can make the captain leave his side for a short time. Even if the distance is far and he cannot absorb the power from Tang Rufeng, the captain can use the power in the leaf as a transition, so that he can deliver the things before the energy is exhausted and he disappears.
Even though the captain now has the same appearance and body proportions as he did in his lifetime, he is unable to use the abilities he had in his lifetime because he is only a soul.
I can only help deliver things quickly like this, with the help of Ying Huaihuai leaves.
In today's world, it is still difficult for humans to quickly cross the distance between two points. There may not necessarily be some irresistible mutant animals and plants appearing in the middle.
But Tang Rufeng's ghost captain is different. He is floating and doesn't need to touch those things at all. Even after those people notice him, as long as they can't attack their souls, he can pass through them unharmed.
This is also the reason why Ying Huai chose to let the village chief come to find Tang Rufeng.
Of course, it was also because Tang Rufeng's parents were likely among the trapped people. If he didn't let Tang Rufeng try to rescue them himself, he would probably hesitate to use his ability in the future.
He would wonder, is he really that powerful? If he is really that powerful, why can't he save his parents?
Such thoughts are called inner demons in the world of cultivation, and are unacceptable.
With Tang Rufeng's words, Captain Ghost took the things and walked out through the wall of the Tang family's house.
The village chief was watching this from the side.
He was a little dumbfounded after Tang Rufeng summoned the ghost and let him see it.
I never expected that the world has changed like this.
In the past few decades, the Flower-Growing Country has emphasized materialism, but the village chief never believed in it because of the existence of his godmother.
But he had also never seen any other unnatural creatures besides his godmother!
Not to mention it's a ghost, this thing shouldn't stay in the underworld. If it can appear in reality, it must be a limited treasure of the Taoist priest!
Who would have thought that one day he would actually see it in the room of a younger generation in his own village, and that it was summoned by the younger generation himself.
Now we have to drive ghosts to help deliver things!
"Rufeng, what is this?"
The village chief stood there in a daze, watching the ghost, who looked very young, tall and light, find a crack in the wall and crawl out. After watching for a while, he turned around and looked at Tang Rufeng with eyes full of sincerity and curiosity!
"This is our captain. I'm sorry, Village Chief, I was in a hurry and couldn't introduce you to each other. When the captain comes back, I'll ask him to come to your house to find you~"
Seeing the village chief's expression, Tang Rufeng curved his eyebrows and answered with a smile.
“…”
The village chief thought of what he had just seen and heard the meaning of Tang Rufeng's words, and his heart was full of rejection.
By the time this ghost comes back, even if it comes soon, it will probably be night time. Who wants to see a ghost so late at night?
Thinking of this, he felt sick all over.
He shook his head and waved his hands repeatedly to refuse.
"That's not necessary. We can stay in the house and have a good chat later. We can bother you at night... It would be embarrassing to have a ghost come here."
As the village chief spoke, he thought that the things he had been anxious to deliver had already been delivered, and since he had nothing to do, he wanted to hear his nephew's explanation.
He had some doubts in his mind while running back and forth, but that was his godmother's instruction, so he did it.
Tang Rufeng in front of him now obviously knew something. If he didn't catch Tang Rufeng and ask him, he couldn't go to his godmother's tree and ask her later, right?
This is inappropriate and disturbing to others.
Thinking of this, he looked at Tang Rufeng more eagerly.
At this time, the village chief had completely forgotten about the phone he had put down after entering the Tang family and finding Tang Rufeng.
He was still asking Tang Rufeng questions out of curiosity.
Fortunately, unlike the village chief who is now old and his memory is sometimes good and sometimes bad, although Tang Rufeng is a little mentally ill, he has no problem with his brain and is considered a very smart person.
From the fact that the village chief put down the phone as soon as he entered the door, he had already guessed that there must be someone on the other end of the phone. Now that he saw the village chief was about to ask these questions, he frowned.
"Grandpa Village Chief, are you still on the phone? Why don't you first explain the situation to the leader over there? We've already done everything we can."
Tang Rufeng said this with a hint in his tone.
After hearing Tang Rufeng's reminder, the village chief finally pulled his mind back from the shock of seeing a ghost. He picked up the phone next to him, put it to his ear, and began to explain the situation on his side to the mayor on the other end of the phone.
Although the mayor already knew roughly what was happening on the other side because the village chief was holding the phone the whole time.
But it was just a rough idea, and he had no idea what Tang Rufeng and the two children had done.
After all, he could only hear sounds, and what he knew now was all based on his imagination drawn from the few novels he read when he was young.
He had never seen anything more with his own eyes and could not even imagine it.
"Mayor, I've already asked my godmother to take care of this. Don't worry, we'll do our best to cooperate with you on this matter. If there's anything you need to cooperate with in the rescue, just give me a call."
After the village chief finished speaking, he continued to exchange a few more words with the town mayor on the other end of the phone before hanging up.
But just as he put down the phone, he thought about what he had just promised and was afraid that the young mayor would call him in the middle of the night. After all, he was a young man and slept very late.
He won't be in the village office at that time. What if he doesn't answer the call?
The village chief thought troubledly, and finally turned his attention to Tang Rufeng who was standing next to him and immediately lowered his head to concentrate on reading the information after finishing the matter.
Tang Rufeng is a person who works seriously and rigorously. Even if the documents and materials in his hands are complicated matters that the village chief does not want to deal with, he can still handle them with ease and does not even look like he is stumped.
"Rufeng, this... the mayor might contact our village cadres later. How about I move the phone to your place later? You can answer it while you're resting at home?"
The village chief was very good at calculating. The wrinkles on the old man's face were pulled up by his smile, and the wrinkles made Tang Rufeng's eyes hurt.
Normally, the village chief is a gentle and wise old man. Why is it that after he has been in contact with the village chief for a little longer, the village chief shows a completely different side of him?
Tang Rufeng was puzzled, but when he looked up and met the village chief's hopeful eyes, he sighed helplessly and agreed to the village chief's proposal.
Seeing that Tang Rufeng agreed, the village chief sat down happily and relaxed, looking at Tang Rufeng, as if waiting for him to explain to him the purpose of what his godmother had asked them to do before.
Perhaps he was quite anxious when he found his godmother, and his godmother didn't explain it to him clearly, so now he could only squat here and listen to Tang Rufeng.
"It's simple. You know that the world has changed recently. You even led people to deal with a batch of mutated plants and animals."
As Tang Rufeng spoke, he turned over a page of the document in his hand and fixed his eyes on it, seeming to be reading it seriously.
"You should know that some people in the village have some special abilities, right?"
Tang Rufeng pretended to be talking normally, and then he pulled the village chief over to recall the unusual things that had happened in the village these days.
It's true, before this, he only knew about some differences in his own cat and a few of his children. He was afraid of being regarded as weird, so he never told anyone else about it. He even forbade the children themselves to talk about it.
I really didn't expect that they were not the only family in the village who were hiding the secret!
"So this is your ability to summon ghosts?"
The village chief was thinking that the villagers were still hiding things from him, but it was just a thought. After all, they were all ordinary people. It was understandable that they would panic and want to hide when they suddenly possessed such special abilities.
"That should be it? I'm not exactly sure. My godmother should know more. I just know how to use my ability and how to use it without hurting myself."
When Tang Rufeng heard the village chief's question, he tilted his head and thought carefully, but finally chose to shake his head.
What he said was the truth. The world had been changing strangely for so many days. Ever since his ability appeared and he could see the captain, he had been relying on his instinct to summon the captain out.
If the little mouse hadn't been watching carefully, he might have collapsed due to the large and small consumption and the little mouse's ability to repair him before his godmother's things could heal his body.
"However, the abilities of your two children are quite special. Although we don't know the extent of their abilities, Xiao Ling'er's abilities are actually quite suppressive. If my abilities weren't stronger, I would probably have been suppressed by Xiao Ling'er's abilities.
I'm not entirely sure about the details, but from my simple observation just now, Xiao Ling'er's ability should be due to him attaching himself to the leaves of his godmother."
Seeing that the village chief was really curious, Tang Rufeng simply put down the documents in his hand, carefully recalled what he had just seen and observed, and after thinking it over, he told the village chief.
Since the godmother asked the village chief to find the two children, it was obvious that the godmother was still willing to let the village chief know about these things, so he spoke without any reservation.
After listening to Tang Rufeng's words, the village chief nodded to show his understanding.
After all, the abnormalities in this world have not been around for long, and the special abilities these children have possessed have certainly only been around for a shorter time. It's normal that they don't know how to use their abilities now.
However, the village chief was so confused about how to use it and was forced to do it because of an emergency, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.
He was even a little worried. If a large number of dangerous creatures like the mayor mentioned appeared outside in the future, would Daxi Village really be safe staying in the mountains?
If they were to rely mainly on the godmother's protection, wouldn't that put too much pressure on her? Would the villagers become a burden to her?
These were the first thoughts that came to the village chief's mind after listening to Tang Rufeng's explanation of his abilities.
The people of Daxi Village have been living under the protection of their godmother ever since their ancestors settled on this land. What if one day, the godmother's protection of them becomes a burden to her, and causes other things or people to hurt her?
On the way out of Tang Rufeng's house and back to the locust tree at the entrance of the village, the village chief kept thinking about this question. He didn't have an answer, so he walked very slowly.
While the village chief was struggling here, on the other side, the captain, who had already set off, was flying towards the direction Tang Rufeng pointed to him.
Daxi Village is located in the mountains, and many villagers have to walk for a long time in winding ways to go down the mountain. He had seen the map of the terrain here in Tang Rufeng's small study before, so he had a rough impression of it.
But he didn't grow up here. Even if he could tell the difference with his brain, he could still easily go astray. In order to prevent him from walking an unnecessary distance, Tang Rufeng directly pointed him in a direction and asked him to fly higher and follow the direction. When he saw the location of the town, he could land and find out where the accident happened.
The town is in a state of panic during this period. The things that appear outside the town are very close to them, even if something life-threatening is happening to them.
But only those with a bit of common sense would stand higher from time to time and observe the plant outside the town that was growing taller and taller, and they would know to panic.
Simply because that plant is growing.
Although according to the middle-aged man's judgment, the plant will not bother to attack if it is far away from a certain position.
But no one can guarantee that as this plant grows longer, its attack range will not also increase.
As it grows stronger, it is only a matter of time before the entire town is caught in its attack range.
The people in the town are so panicked because they are thinking about these things that have not happened.
When the captain found the location of the town, he saw that the streets were deserted and looked very desolate.
The residents of the town probably knew that they couldn't leave the town in the short term.
They are also afraid of being attacked by the mutated animals and plants growing outside, so they can only choose to stay at home and observe whether their pets or ornamental plants have mutated. If they show any signs of aggressiveness, they have to be killed.
This is a notice issued by the mayor. The residents of the town said: We don’t know why those dangerous factors were not nipped in the bud at the beginning. We dare not ask and can only do what is said.
In the end, it became the scene that the captain saw.
The captain took a quick look and then turned his gaze away and began to search around the town, trying to find the dangerous area that the village chief mentioned.
After looking for a long time, he finally noticed that there was a small building next to which animals appeared from time to time.
Although the captain had never actually seen mutant animals or plants that specifically harmed people, he had been carrying out missions for many years, and when he passed away, his eyesight was at its most powerful.
Just by looking at those animals from afar, even when they were resting, their bodies were facing the same direction, their eyes were fierce, and the aura around them was obviously very dangerous, he knew that he had found the right place.
After confirming his idea, he flew directly in that direction with the two leaves given to him by Tang Rufeng.
As soon as he got closer, he saw the mutated plant that the village chief said could kill people, which he had not noticed before.
"This plant looks very resilient. If I were more capable now, I could bring it back and make Rufeng some nice clothes."
As he spoke, the captain shook his head with regret, as if he was regretting that he had missed it.
【Author’s words】
My dears, Ah Jin was changing the list during the day and couldn't correct the typos. I noticed some typos and I will correct them later. Thank you for reminding me~~ Hugs~~
The typos have been fixed. Happy reading, everyone!
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