Liu Sheng and Zhao Xi, the first members of the witchers that Hao Ren knew, a grudge they formed when they first met has long been resolved by now, and Hao Ren now treats them as mature people: not friends, but also some friendship.During the Corpus Rebellion more than a month ago, Yanagi and Zhao Xi, like other witchers, were urgently recalled by the headquarters to the North Pole to participate in the counterattack against the Elder Order, and have not been heard from since.They may be superhumans who can reach the heavens and the earth among ordinary people, but in the grand battle of Colpers, witchers like this are just one of the countless minions fighting on the front lines, and without special luck, their lives are not necessarily more stable than others.Hao Ren was busy during the Corpus War, and after the war, he was busy sorting out a lot of prehistoric materials and disputes among aliens, and he didn't suddenly think about Liu Sheng and Zhao Xi until now.Now that the civil war has been over for more than half a month, the new council and the witchers who were originally stationed in the Arctic are busy rebuilding Colpers, and the field witchers who have been gathered from all over the world have returned to their original stations: the witchers' thousand-year-old legacy cannot be abandoned just like that, they must rebuild their network of influence in the present world as much as possible, and if they can't, they must ensure that they can keep abreast of the movements around the world.So if Liu Sheng and Zhao Xi were still alive, they would probably have returned to the city.Hao Ren came to the middle floor of the mall with the data terminal, and he had a good memory......
In fact, under the navigation of the data terminal, he found the place where Zhao Xi once worked, the small mobile phone store.There was a short and fat girl standing in front of the counter, and there was also a girl with freckles on her face who Hao Ren had a vague impression of working in the store.Hao Ren stepped forward to inquire about Zhao Xi's situation."
Zhao Xi?
She hasn't come to work for two months," the freckled girl glanced at Hao Ren strangely, frowned and thought for a few seconds and suddenly reacted, "Oh yes, you've been here once before, how do I say it......
Who are you, Zhao Xi?
Could it be her boyfriend?
”The short and fat girl next to her answered bluntly: "No, where did Zhao Xi get a boyfriend ...... such a cold person" "Eh, I'm not," Hao Ren waved his hand awkwardly, and then was a little worried, "Zhao Xi hasn't come back yet?"
Don't you have any news?
”Humpty Dumpty shook her head vigorously: "No, she's mysterious, we don't even know where she lives, and when I called her last month, I found that her phone was down." ”Hao Ren frowned, wondering if he would go to Hasselblad or Baihuo to confirm the list of surviving demon hunters, and at the same time casually asked the whereabouts of the other person: "What about Yanagi?"
Is he coming to work?
”The freckled girl nodded when she heard Liu Sheng's name, but before she could speak, Hao Ren heard a vaguely familiar voice behind her: "Huh?
What are you doing here?
”Hao Ren turned his head and found that it was Liu Sheng standing behind him, the veteran witcher was still dressed like in the past, wearing a half-new suit, a pair of decorative flat glasses, and a pair of cheap leather shoes that were not very bright.He stood three meters away and looked at Hao Ren with a little surprise, and then suddenly laughed: "I haven't seen you for more than half a month." ”Hao Ren hurriedly walked over and muttered in a low voice, "I haven't seen you in two months." ”"Normal, the last time we met, you were leading 100,000 demons to storm the temple, but I was lying on a stretcher watching you fight, I can see you, but you can't see me," Yanagi smiled, rolling up his sleeves to reveal his wrist, which had a dark red circumcision wound on his wrist, "And leave a little memorial - this hand just grew ten days ago."
Fortunately, I was only cut by a knife at the time, and if I was injured by a spell, I am afraid that I will not be able to grow back for the rest of my life, and I will not be able to go to work. ”Hao Ren looked at this former "enemy", and he couldn't summarize all kinds of emotions in his heart, and finally he just smiled: "It's good to be alive."
What about Zhao Xi?
”"Zhao Xi?
She ......," Yanagi said here with a sudden pause before continuing, "and still alive." ”"Can I go see her?"
Liu Sheng thought for a moment and nodded: "Come with me, it just so happens that I can get off work early today." ”Liu Sheng and Zhao Xi lived not far away, and unlike Hao Ren's guess, the place where the two witchers chose to be their strongholds was not a mysterious and gloomy corner, nor did they linger in a strange atmosphere, they lived in a residential area not far from the mall, and both of them were on the top floor, neighbors to the door.Hidden in the city, the place where they live is completely unrecognizable as the residence of the witchers."
Living on the top floor, it's usually quieter," Liu Sheng led Hao Ren to his rented place, he first threw his things into his room, and then took out another set of keys from his pocket to open Zhao Xi's door, "It's that the elevator here is always broken, although it's tiring to climb the stairs, it's quite annoying." ”"You two are still buying a house in the city?"
Hao Ren somehow suddenly came up with such a sentence."
How can it be, the house price is so expensive now," Liu Sheng replied casually, "This house is rented by us." ”Hao Ren was stunned: "You demon hunters are still short of money?"
”Yanagi looked at him strangely: "Do witchers have to be rich?"
”"Uh......
I mean, you are more or less immortal, this life is hundreds or thousands of years, even if you sell sweet potatoes, you should go to the peak of life," Hao Ren felt incredible, he felt that the witcher, as a big winner after the mythical era, should not be so miserable, although there was no reason, but he just thought so, "At least you should have no problem buying a property like this." ”Liu Sheng smiled: "Then why is your room rented over there?"
”Hao Ren thought about it and felt speechless......
But he still felt that it was quite unbelievable that a regional leader-level witcher like Yanagi needed to rent a house, and after thinking about it carefully, he felt that this might be "attributed" to Vivien: the poor goddess countess the sea, although she had abdicated from the position of the Fourteen Saints six thousand years ago, her remaining power of decay still spread to the entire demon hunter organization, at least from Yanagi's situation, the grassroots cadres in the witchers are not very good......
At this time, Liu Sheng had already found the key to open the door, and he greeted inside: "Zhao Xi, a guest is coming." ”Then he didn't hear anyone in the house answer, and Liu Sheng directly let Hao Ren into the living room: "Come in, she can't entertain you." ”Hao Ren walked into the house with a little curiosity, this is a very simple home, a small apartment with one bedroom and one living room, only a few basic simple furniture can be seen in the living room, and Zhao Xi is sitting on the sofa that has faded a little, she has no reaction to someone entering the house.Hao Ren immediately sensed that the other party's situation was wrong, and he stepped forward, only to find that Zhao Xi was just staring at the wall opposite the living room with an expressionless face, his eyes half-open and half-closed, occasionally blinking, but there was no focus in his pupils.He stretched out his hand and shook it in front of Zhao Xi's eyes, and the latter seemed to respond slightly: she tilted her head slightly, but there was no more movement other than that."
It's ......
Exodus?
”Hao Ren remembered the symptoms left over from many witchers after the Battle of Colpers, those who had been trapped in the Spirit Clock Tower and the surviving Elder Order soldiers, but Zhao Xi's situation was obviously even more serious: now that such a long time had passed, she was still almost a vegetative person!"
She was once caught in the Spirit Realm Clock Tower, although it wasn't for a long time, but after she came out, she became like this," Yanagi sighed, "Alas, her strength is too weak, I don't know when she will recover." ”The degree of the effects of Soul Exodus directly depends on the mental strength of the victim, and it only takes about a week for a powerful Witcher like Hasselblad to recover from the Soul Exodus, while the weaker the Witcher, the more severely affected by the Soul Exorcism.Zhao Xi was undoubtedly a rather weak witcher - she wasn't even a veteran, just the most ordinary official hunter.Therefore, Liu Sheng believes that Zhao Xi's current state is the result of malignant soul disorder.Hao Ren actually thought so at first, but just as he was about to leave in front of Zhao Xi, the data terminal suddenly came out of his pocket: "Wait a minute!
She doesn't seem to be a soul disorder!
”Hao Ren was stunned for a moment, and then realized one thing: his own affairs seemed to be playing a role again?
At this time, the data terminal had already circled around Zhao Xi's head several times, and after sweeping around, "Xiu" flew back suddenly: "There is something in her soul, a very powerful thing!"
”(To be continued.) )