"I'm a cat. I'm not an owl."
This was the first sentence Lin Sanjiu heard when she opened her eyes again. She truly opened her eyes.
She looked up and saw the cat doctor sitting high up on a branch. His two big and round green eyes glowed with a terrifying light under the night sky. His entire body was condensed into a pitch-black silhouette.
Lin Sanjiu had to admit that he did look like an owl.
Apparently, he wasn't too happy that he had become a lookout. Even for a cat, it was a tiring job to climb up a tree and then look around for a long time.
"When I was in other places, other people were the lookout," he added seriously.
It was as if he was trying to make Lin Sanjiu feel ashamed. However, she didn't feel ashamed at all. Instead, she felt pain all over her body.
When Lin Sanjiu slowly sat up from the ground, she noticed that not only were there a few scratches on her skin, her arms and legs were bruised. It seemed that Bohemia was too anxious when she dragged her down from the bed. Lin Sanjiu turned around and saw that the culprit was groaning as she stood up from the ground. She didn't look any better. After a few days of traveling, she looked more like a beggar who stole wallets when no one was paying attention.
"Gosh, where is he going? There are only mountains and valleys everywhere …" Lin Sanjiu grumbled as she looked around. At the same time, she checked on Magus' situation in her mind. "You're right. "Magus, are you okay? Are you in yet? "
Magus's voice was very soft as if she was enduring something. Her tone was calm, "I won't die anytime soon."
Her current situation was similar to the time when the pig's eyes invaded her body. However, after Magus entered her body, Lin Sanjiu didn't know what kind of method she used to paralyze her body. Lin Sanjiu also reminded Mrs. Manas to restrain her Higher Consciousness and stay away from Magus as much as possible, even though she wasn't sure how much help she could get.
"Is he in front of us?" Lin Sanjiu asked the owl perched on the branch. "How far is he?"
"Not far," the cat doctor shook his head solemnly, "Because he is behind you now."
Lin Sanjiu was stunned for half a second. She felt a chill run down her spine and hurriedly staggered a few steps forward. When she turned her head, her gaze fell on the tall, thin figure behind her.
When the faint light from the sky shone down, it was as if it was swallowed by this black hole. In the dusky night, it sank into a bottomless darkness. It was only when he turned his head slightly that Lin Sanjiu realized that the person in front of her was indeed Puppeteer when the glitter at the corner of his eyes flickered.
Behind him stood the two puppets, who were still carrying the couch. They had indeed found their master before he did.
But didn't Bohemia say that it would take them a few more minutes to reach Puppeteer? She wasn't mentally prepared yet. How was she supposed to speak when she suddenly saw him?
As Lin Sanjiu stuttered and couldn't find the right words to say, she couldn't help grumbling in her heart. Subconsciously, she turned around to look for Bohemia. The latter had already accepted her fate and was kneeling on the ground obediently like a bunch of curled, withered leaves that had fallen on the branches in autumn. She didn't even raise her head, "Hello, my lord."
Puppeteer seemed to be scrutinizing them from head to toe. The silence lasted for a long time, and it was so heavy that it pressed on their shoulders. After a while, he finally opened his mouth, "Did you stop just to pass out?"
[Not bad. His mood isn't that bad. He probably hasn't realized that the couch has been slept on.]
"By the way, I'm fine now," Lin Sanjiu thought for a while and decided to make some small talk to warm up for the next topic, "The side effects of the spores are almost gone."
"Did I ask?"
"No." She sighed, feeling a little defeated. She was thinking about how she should start the conversation. Should she just say, "My friend wants to borrow your brain?"
"This person is not bad," Magus observed Puppeteer for a while and suddenly praised him, "It's not easy for a young man to reach this level."
Lin Sanjiu almost sounded like she was saying, "This house is beautiful."
Lin Sanjiu rubbed her temples and looked at Bohemia again. The latter was sitting with his head lowered, and he was as quiet as a statue.
"It's like this," Lin Sanjiu mumbled. Finally, she gritted her teeth and asked, "Do you know a person called Magus?"
Puppeteer's slender figure didn't move an inch. "No, I don't."
Lin Sanjiu was taken aback. She always thought that these big shots should at least have heard of each other's names. "How … How is that possible? Aren't you always in the Twelve Worlds Centrum — "
"My dear," Magus chuckled, "Do you know how big the apocalyptic world is and how many people there are in it?"
"That's true."
Lin Sanjiu's attention was attracted by Magus's voice, so she didn't finish her sentence. At that moment, a shadow suddenly appeared in front of her and pulled her back to reality. She raised her head and saw Puppeteer's cold, dark eyes staring at her. She didn't know when he had approached her.
"What are you listening to?" Puppeteer was quick to react. His voice was suspicious and sinister, "Who's talking to you?"
Since she had been discovered, she had no choice but to continue. Lin Sanjiu sighed inwardly. She rubbed her face and said, "Well … Magus is my friend. She's a very powerful woman. I admire her very much. I met her two to three years ago … "
"Are you waiting for me to congratulate you?"
Surprisingly, Magus let out a few laughs.
"No, no," Lin Sanjiu could only put on a thicker face than usual and said stubbornly, "It's like this … She's in danger now, and we've discussed it for a while. She might need your help."
Fearing that Puppeteer would turn around and leave with a sneer, Lin Sanjiu hastened her speech before Puppeteer could move. She told Puppeteer about the Astral Plane and how Magus was attacked. After a long moment of hesitation, she added, "Well, since you don't have any Higher Consciousness, she can only … can only rely on your power to survive. Temporarily! I promise you, this is only temporary. Once we find her body — "
Her words got stuck in her throat, and she couldn't finish her sentence.
At this moment, Puppeteer had one hand on his knee and was bending down slowly. As he moved, the black leather that was tightly wrapped around his body started to creak. When he squatted down completely and was at eye level with her, a cold and thick aroma that could make one shiver suddenly wafted into her nose.
When Puppeteer spoke, his voice was so soft that it was unbelievable.
"Let me sort this out," he said, almost affectionately, his elbows resting casually on his knees. "You told me to stop halfway and wait for you to wake up from your stupor, just so that a person could live in my head from now on?"
Not far away, Bohemia let out a grunt as if someone was grabbing her by the neck.
This was probably one of the most difficult missions in Lin Sanjiu's life. Lin Sanjiu's mind raced as she said cautiously, "Well … Magus can help you. You don't have Higher Consciousness, right? She's an expert in this field."
Bohemia grumbled again.
Puppeteer let out a snort of joy. "Oh, right. I don't have Higher Consciousness. Do you know what else I don't have? "
Lin Sanjiu didn't dare to say the first answer that came to her mind. "What?"
"I don't think I have the determination to keep my promise."
Shrouded in the shadow, Puppeteer's lips curled into a gentle smile. Even though his voice was getting colder and colder, it almost froze her. "Don't look at me like that. You're a genius when it comes to putting on a stupid face. "
"That sounds like a death threat," Magus commented coldly. Magus commented abruptly. Then, she let out a sigh, "He doesn't know me, and that's a problem. Unfortunately, he's always in the Twelve Worlds, and he doesn't have the chance to enter the Astral Plane … I don't like the Twelve Worlds, so I don't go there unless I need some resources. "
Puppeteer had sharp senses. He narrowed his eyes, "Is she talking to you?"
Lin Sanjiu nodded.
"What did she say?"
"She … she just said that she doesn't like the Twelve Worlds, and she rarely goes there … That's why you haven't heard of her," Lin Sanjiu explained. Lin Sanjiu explained, "If you know her, you might feel differently."
Bohemia raised her head in despair and stared at the night sky. She couldn't say a word.
"If I knew this day would come, I would have gone to the Twelve Worlds a few more times." Magus let out a bitter laugh and said with a hint of self-mockery, "Believe it or not, I really need to go there … Nuwa has an acquaintance there, and I'm going to look for him."
Under his icy stare, Lin Sanjiu had no choice but to repeat what she said. Then, she asked, "An acquaintance of Nvywa? Who is he? "
"You probably don't know him," Magus didn't seem to be in the mood to talk about this topic, but she still answered, "His name is Gong Daoyi."
Lin Sanjiu's back stiffened. She almost crashed into Puppeteer when she tried to jump up, but she couldn't care less. She stared at Puppeteer and asked with a trembling voice, "You … You know Gong Daoyi?"
This time, she didn't ask the question in her mind. Instead, she asked the question aloud.
In the darkness, Puppeteer slowly straightened his back. Lin Sanjiu couldn't see his expression because it was shrouded by his black hair.
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