The bear-like burly Cooking Demon lowered his head and looked at the door lock that Huai Shi had broken. His eyes were sparkling. "Nice technique! What kind of shelling technique is this? It's rare for the shell to be broken so evenly. Do you have time to talk? "
Huai Shi rolled his eyes and walked into the washroom.
He saw the girl who had fainted on the ground.
Her consciousness was no longer here.
She had sunk into a man-made nightmare. He could foresee that if the Origin Substance continued to evaporate at this rate, she would soon die of brain death.
The cracking sound on the roof seemed to be getting more and more impatient. It was filled with displeasure at the sudden intruder.
An invisible lead appeared in front of Huai Shi. It was like a thin spider's web. One end was connected to the girl in front of him, while the other end extended upwards into the meticulously created nightmare.
Huai Shi reached out and pinched the lead.
"Once you cut it off, the little girl will really die."
The burly Cooking Demon watched the show and kindly reminded Huai Shi. However, Huai Shi did not respond at all. He touched his nose awkwardly and shook his head. "So cold. Are all the women in Yingzhou like this?"
He looked at the train attendant who was caught. The train attendant was struggling. When he saw the unconscious girl, he wanted to scream and ask for help.
"Don't spoil the fun, friend."
The Cooking Demon pinched his shoulder lightly with two fingers. With a slight force, the nerves of the train attendant were paralyzed, and he could no longer move.
If there was another cut, it would be the humane way of handling ingredients. There would be no pain at all.
However, such an inferior ingredient would not have any taste, right?
He retracted his gaze and looked at the washroom.
However, it was a pity that in the short moment he looked … everything had already ended.
When Huai Shi reached out and pinched the lead, the ending was already decided.
At that moment, in the deepest nightmare, Zhen Xi, who was being embraced by death inch by inch, suddenly twitched.
In the midst of her dizziness, she heard a sharp explosion.
It was like the sound of the sky breaking.
The dark sky was torn apart by some kind of violent power … revealing the boundless light of the Dream Realm and a pair of cold eyes looking down from the sky.
A dark storm swept across, and a violent tide fell from the sky.
Just like in the legends, after the sky was broken, the water of the four seas fell from the sky.
It was a frenzied tide of darkness.
However, when the tide dispersed, black metal wings spread out in the sky. Countless scarlet eyes looked down and let out sharp and frenzied cries.
Full of hunger, it rushed towards the panicked giant spider.
The Crow Tide that had awakened in the Cage of Dreams swept out and instantly engulfed the gigantic shadow that covered the sky and the earth.
In this illogical nightmare, big and small, far and near, strong and weak were all illogical. All logic was based on the consciousness of both parties.
It was rooted in Maki's fear and the creation of the Earth Spider.
This was how it should be …
However, this excessively powerful external force had turned everything upside down in an instant. All common sense and rules were torn apart without any reason.
What replaced it was a huge greed that even nightmares could not bear, endless hunger and … hatred!
The time for the hunt had begun.
The giant spider shadow was shattered in an instant.
A scream came from the top of the car.
At that moment, Maki opened her eyes and saw the figure standing in front of her. She could not believe it.
"What … happened to me?"
She was still immersed in the nightmare. She trembled and could not believe what she saw.
Huai Shi bent down, reached out, and pulled her up from the ground.
His other hand was typing on the phone, telling her, [It's just a nightmare. Drink more warm water.]
？？？
Maki was confused. She could not understand, but she could not resist Huai Shi's actions. She was pulled up and sent back to her seat.
"Isn't it not over yet?"
Behind them, the Cooking Demon, who had not had a feast for the eyes, suddenly spoke, "There's still work to be done, Madam. It's not good to get off work when the ingredients are half processed."
As he spoke, he raised his eyes and glanced above his head.
Through the roof of the car, they could vaguely hear wails and screams. Someone was running for his life, staggering and running away.
Huai Shi waved his hand indifferently.
He did not care at all.
If anything, as soon as he woke up from the nightmare … everything was over.
On the top of the car, the monk covered in a long robe was coughing violently. He vomited blood with sticky blood clots. He could not believe it.
The nightmare that he had been creating for years was shattered just like that?
The hundreds of variations and meticulously designed traps were not used at all, and they were easily burned to ashes from the outside just like that?
A great fear descended upon his consciousness, causing him to grit his teeth, urge his exhausted body, and stagger as he ran.
Soon, his escape came to an abrupt stop. He froze on the spot.
Because under the dim moonlight, a fleeting shadow slowly rose from the top of the car.
It was shrouded in a bottomless darkness. He could not even see its face or silhouette. He could only see a pair of cold eyes without any warmth.
Young Master Ming's shadow looked down at him coldly. Then, she understood.
"… Earth Spider?"
"Indeed, it's a waste to let such a good material go. Since you've delivered yourself to me, then I won't be polite."
In the hands of the ferocious shadow, countless crow feathers appeared, overlapping into a sharp outline, and aimed at his dull face.
"I forgot to tell you."
Huai Shi said softly. "You didn't put salt in your dream."
The Light of Resentment flashed.
Immediately, the screams of the Stigmata Earth Spider were extinguished in the eternal darkness, devoured by the Crows buried in the sanctuary.
Only a headless corpse fell to the sky. Together with the head, it rolled down the carriage and fell into the weeds on both sides.
And just in front of the train.
The light of the city lit up.
— — Nara had arrived.
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Twenty minutes later, outside Nara Station, in a 24-hour express restaurant.
The girl sitting opposite Huai Shi widened her eyes and asked curiously, "Miss Huai Shi, are you hungry?"
[I'm not hungry.]
"Then, Miss Huai Shi … are you thirsty?"
[I'm not thirsty.]
"At least eat something. Although I don't have much pocket money, I can still treat my savior to a meal!" Zhen Xi blinked her big eyes expectantly. "Besides, I still have a lot of things to ask Miss Huai Shi …"
Huai Shi sighed, couldn't help but roll his eyes, and raised the phone screen.
[You're very annoying.]
"Hehe, mom sometimes says that too."
Not caring about Huai Shi's indifference, Zhen Xi didn't hesitate this time. On the contrary, staying by her side was full of an indescribable sense of security.
She felt that she was not afraid of anything.
"Also, that nightmare, what's going on? Is someone really here to kill me? Miss Huai Shi, how did you do it? You saved me so easily … "
"…"
Huai Shi began to regret her actions. Just where did she get such a curious baby?
[Isn't that person here to kill you? You should know it yourself, right? The other party should be a resentful monk of Mount Kōya. Who did you offend?]
"… Uh, to be honest, I didn't expect this. I thought no one would care about a character like me."
Zhen Xi's expression stiffened, and her smile became forced. "Although I know about the ascendants, I didn't expect that I would be involved in this kind of thing just by going through the process."
Going through the process?
Huai Shi frowned and raised his hand. [Your name?]
"Zhen Xi, Shinichi Riumi!"
The girl puffed out her chest and introduced herself. "Seventeen years old, a high school student. My hobbies are handcraft and painting. I'm a member of the track and field club. My future dream is to become a kindergarten teacher. I'm working hard for the university entrance exam.
[No, you don't have to tell me this.]
Huai Shi quickly refused.
Zhen Xi was stunned for a moment, and then she understood.
Ah, that's right. After all, Miss Huai Shi's figure … It's a pity. She's such a beauty, but she can't speak. Sure enough, there's no perfect existence in the world.
Thinking that Miss Huai Shi had lived alone in such an environment for so many years, Zhen Xi felt like her mother's heart was broken.
Huai Shi rolled his eyes again and began to have a headache.
He felt that this woman had finally gone crazy …
But, her surname is … Riumi?
That means she's a relative of Hu Po's stinky sister? She's not even a Ascender. She looks like a little girl from the countryside. How did she get involved in the struggle for Ascenders?
And she was even assassinated.
[What's going on with your family?]
"According to Uncle Yanjing, because the original head of the family, Third Uncle, has been disqualified by the court officials and has been demoted, the Riumi family is now without a head. The elders have decided to gather all those who are qualified to inherit the family and choose a new head of the family … Ah, Miss Huai Shi, don't look at me like this. My family is also very powerful! "
Nonsense. Look at how you don't know anything. I probably know more about the Riumi family than you do.
[You're also here to participate in the selection?]
"Hehe, it's just going through the process … My father's bloodline is already very thin. Although my name is Riumi, I grew up in the countryside and have nothing to do with my family. If it weren't for the fact that my father passed away early, this kind of process wouldn't be my turn. "
Riumi Maki shyly rubbed her hands together. "I thought I could take a few days off and go to Kyoto to play."
So, you didn't think about how dangerous the journey would be when you went out. You only thought about going to Kyoto to play after you were done?
Huai Shi began to admire this person's carelessness.
How could you jump into the pit without knowing anything about such a bloody matter?
Hu Po's stinky sister even knows how to use money to recruit people and find outside help from Dongxia. Why are you so brave? You're really sending yourself to the door.
Huai Shi sighed, raised his hand, and asked again.
[Then, what's going on with the chefs and demons? Do you know about it?]
"Ah, I've heard Uncle Yanjing mention this before!"
Riumi Maki's eyes lit up. She excitedly moved closer and tried to put on a serious expression. "To talk about this, we have to start from a few hundred years ago …"
It was like the narration of a Dahe drama.
The girl said in a sonorous voice, "It is said that during the Edo period, in order to compete for the position of the general's imperial chef, the chefs used all kinds of methods to fight for it … It was about to set off a bloody storm, but at this time, the general who heard about it finally spoke!"
She tried her best to imitate the majesty of a general in an old man's voice. "Let's fight fair and square!"
"And so, in that instant, violence was given the rule!"
With her hands on her hips, Shinichi solemnly declared:
"This is — — the trial of the Imperial Kitchen Demon!"
"…"
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