Siren Blade

Chapter 118 Assault on the Dreamland
"Don't you feel bad about having such a heavy responsibility on your shoulders?" I asked.

At the beginning, Lie Que asked Joan if he was willing to take the risk, and Joan showed a tendency to do so.This reminds me of the day when I first met Joan. He was both scared and excited when he discovered the strange events in the school. He seemed to be a student who fantasized about the zombie crisis in the unchanging campus life. One day he finally saw the zombies breaking into the school. .He originally longed for a bizarre and adventurous life, and I had almost the same thoughts when I was the same age.

Today, the Liucheng Security Bureau is facing a formidable enemy, but there is nothing they can do. The lives of countless people are facing a great threat, and the only solution at the moment is to take risks by themselves.

How would I feel if I were him?

He said almost reflexively: "That is simply wishful for!"

I looked at him silently, and he quickly realized what he had said while relaxing, and his face turned red all of a sudden.

After sorting out his mood, he continued: "Actually, I am also very scared. I don't know what danger will appear in the dream."

"Yeah." I nodded, signaling that I was listening.It was clear to me that unlike those who fantasized about their own adventures, he had been in danger more than once, and had seen people die miserably in those circumstances.In the past, he was lucky enough to survive, but what about in the future?Even if the place of adventure is a dream, it may not endanger his life in reality, but there may be fanatics and Yuchi in the dream, and no one can guarantee such a thing.Even Lie Que dared to say that the "dream itself" would not bring any danger to his life.

Although it is said that he wants to do ideological work for Joan on the premise that there is no other way, it is based on the premise that he does not refuse.If he cries and refuses, I will stand by his side no matter what.

"And, with such a vital mission, what if I screw up?" he said uneasily.

"Have you forgotten? I will also enter the dream with you." I said, "If we mess up, I will accompany you to get scolded."

It's better to say that I must be fully responsible when the time comes, and he can't even be counted as a companion.

He froze for a moment, as if he had imagined the scene I described, and then showed an embarrassed smile as if he was handing a note to his deskmate in class, and the teacher ordered him to stand at the back of the classroom.

"And don't be so anxious to burden yourself, the meeting is not over yet, maybe there will be other ways if you wait?" I said comfortingly, and glanced at the disc prop in his arms , and then asked, "Still can't quite make up your mind to disenchant?"

"Yeah..." he said sadly.

"You want to keep the body of the succubus, is it for the pursuit of power?" I asked.

"Yes." He nodded.

"Why do you want power so much? Is there any particular reason?" I asked.

"I..." He probably didn't think about it himself.In fact, I also understand that the pursuit of strength does not require so many reasons.It's like chasing money and power, not necessarily for what to do with it, but just wanting to have it.Just holding it in your hand is refreshing.

Pursuing power for the sake of power itself is also a legitimate reason, as long as you don't become like Yuchi.However, the power of the succubus is easy to distort the people around, and it is a force that is difficult to control. I hope Joan can think clearly before deciding whether to accept it.

After a while, he seemed to have finally found a reason, as if declaring to himself, "I want to protect my sister."

"Your parents liked you and treated your sister coldly, so they handed over the Warlock inheritance to her. And you think that she has faced the ups and downs of the hidden world instead of you, so you want to become stronger as soon as possible, and in turn serve the She's sheltered, isn't she?" I asked.

He nodded vigorously, "Yeah."

"Suppose your sister changed her life path to protect you and chose to merge with a demon like you. Instead of being 'Human Joe Licorice', she became 'Succubus Joe Licorice.' Would you?" I asked.

"It must be stopped with all our strength." He said without hesitation.

I then asked, "Don't do to others what you don't want done to yourself, don't you think so?"

"Hmm..." He seemed to want to refute, but he didn't know where to start.

"So, what are you seeking power for?" I asked again.

"I...don't know." He seemed to be trying very hard to come to a conclusion, wanting to immediately decide why he pursued power, "but power must be a good thing. It's like money, although it can't be said to be enough All wishes can come true, but most wishes can be granted if you have enough of them."

"Such a good thing, your sister has the opportunity to have it, but you want to stop it with all your strength, why?" I asked.

He thought hard.

"Besides, your sister is an internal affairs warlock of the Security Bureau. She doesn't need to take risks to fight on the front line, and she has not encountered difficulties in her career. The Security Bureau will provide her with security guarantees to a certain extent. Even if she really When she is in trouble, there is also a partner like me who is willing to lend a helping hand to her. Now if you want to "shelt your sister from the wind and rain" as a persistent motivation to change your life, isn't it a little weak?" I Try to put yourself in his position, explore his inner world, and expose the problems in it, "I'm not saying that it's bad to choose this way, at least, if your sister and parents are unlucky, really If you fall into a situation that must be rescued by you, then you will have the strength to save."

"However, let's think about it this way first. Suppose your parents weren't warlocks, and your older sister certainly didn't become a warlock. But you, as an ordinary middle school student, came into contact with the hidden world by chance and got the chance to pursue power... "Following my description, he also immersed himself in the imaginary world, "Your yearning for power in that situation should be consistent with your desire for succubus power now, right?"

"Yes." He nodded.

"Is being a succubus the right choice for that reason?" I continued.

Besides, for him, becoming a succubus is not the only way, it's just a shortcut.With his outstanding talent, coupled with enough seriousness and hard work, even if he is not as fast as Jade Bird, it is definitely not a dream to become the main force in the future.

"Maybe...it's not very suitable," he said.

"I hope you will take the time to think it through." I said this, but I felt that I was arrogant.Is it because the target is a junior who is much younger than me, so I think I am a very mature person and start talking about the truth.

I myself can't say that I am a very mature person, but I speak in a tone that seems to understand me very well. Will I be suspected of misleading my son?Thinking of this, it is inevitable to feel a little ashamed.

"And... I'm actually afraid of the power of the succubus," he said.

"Are you afraid you'll distort those around you?" I asked.

"More than that." He put the slender tail on his knees, held up the end of the drop-shaped tail, and looked down as if checking, "I'm afraid that I will take it for granted that others love me in the future of."

I finally understood that he was afraid that he would become distorted too.

The spell changes his future experiences, forcing him to follow a different path in life, and that path transforms him in turn, making him a different person than he is now.

People change, they change with experience.And whether that's good or bad, I can't say for sure.

Suddenly, I found that Joan was looking at me with inexplicable concentration.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"It's nothing..." After a few seconds, he finally said what was in his heart, "I just think it would be great if I had a brother like you."
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In the end, Joan seemed to want to leave the decision to me.

He wanted me to decide whether I should be a succubus or not.

But I'm not going to dictate his future self-righteously.

He is the protagonist of his own life, and there is no reason to hand over the steering wheel of his life to other people.I hope he can make his own decisions and take a decisive step in the direction he really wants.

What Joe Licorice said when he talked about the blue bird suddenly flashed in my mind.

——She was still young at the time, but she made the decision to change her life in a ignorant manner.

——Maybe I will be imprisoned in that decision for the rest of my life, I think it is a very sad thing.

Is my thinking really correct?Or should I try to control Joann's future?

I went back to the meeting room and asked Jade Bird about the progress of the meeting.There is still no result in the same way. Facing the layout of fanatics, no one can find a second reasonable direction to break the situation.On the contrary, the bad news has increased. The number of sleepers has now exceeded 5000, and the progress bar of the fanatic plan has increased by another percentage point.The current progress seems to be only 5.00%, but it is actually snowballing.

At present, Lie Que has sent law enforcement warlock troops to sweep away the demon warlocks and dream magic circles in Liucheng. According to the analysis department's calculations, doing so can greatly delay the progress of the fanatic plan.But as long as the collective dream itself cannot be destroyed, as short as a week or as long as half a month, the number of comatose people will reach 10.Then it will be the victory of the fanatics.

The two-hour meeting was finally over, and Lie Que said blankly: "Go and summon Joan's parents, I will persuade them."

Qiao Licao thumped the table unwillingly.

I was going to find Joan before her, but at this moment, new news came into the meeting room.

Joan has entered a collective dream.

Specifically, he entered the nursing room privately when the meeting was about to end, took off the amulet that suppressed his own charm, and then actively released the charm to control the medical examiner, ordering him to cooperate with him and put himself Sent into the collective dream.

Did he sneak into the collective dream arbitrarily because he knew that the meeting was bound to yield no results?But it's all about sneaking into the collective dream anyway, so why take the risk alone?Or did he not trust me that much?

The premise of diving into the collective dream with him is that he trusts me enough to think of me immediately when he is in danger.If he doesn't believe me, I can't help him.

I have some unformed thoughts about this, but it's time to hurry up and see if I can sneak into the collective dream.

We immediately entered the nursing room, Qiao Gancao immediately asked the medical examiner, "How is Qiao An?"

"He's fine for the time being." The medical examiner sighed and glanced at Joan. At this moment, Joan was lying unconscious next to the white bed, and the person lying on the white bed was my father.In other words, Joan entered the collective dream through my father.

The medical examiner looked at Lie Que, "I'm sorry, it's all because I couldn't resist the temptation just now."

"How are you now?" Lie Que asked.

"It has recovered. Perhaps it is because he has not practiced the power of charm, but only learned temporary charm, but cannot deeply implant the charm into people's hearts, so once I stop outputting power, I can't maintain my charming state. Of course , or it may be because he didn't intend to do that," said the medical examiner.

"Can I talk to him in the dream?" Qiao Licao asked eagerly.

"We can only transmit our voice unilaterally, and he can't transmit the voice back to reality, because he doesn't know anything about dream technology." The medical examiner said, "He also doesn't know how to transmit other information inside the dream. In our reality, we can't further analyze the dream through him. According to the original plan, I should give him the corresponding props, but he only took away the sigil of entering the dream and the defensive blood spell The talisman went in."

"Why didn't you give it to him?" I wondered.

"Although his charm power is very powerful, if it is used too roughly, it will turn the mind of the charmed person into a fool." The medical examiner said ashamedly, "I was full of him just now, and I felt that obeying his orders It is a great honor, but I never imagined that he would need me to fill in the gaps.”

"Give me all the props." I was speechless at first, then said, "Let me in."

"Okay." The medical examiner immediately took something from the drawer next to the white bed.

"If the first person to go in can pull the second person in through a relationship of trust, can the second person pull the third person in in the same way?" Qingniao asked.It seems that she also wants to enter the collective dream.

I definitely believe in Jade Bird. Based on this trust relationship, as the second person, I should be able to pull Jade Bird into the collective dream as the third person.

But the medical examiner gave a negative answer, "Two people is the limit. If the method you mentioned works, it's not just two law enforcement warlocks who tried before."

"That's it..." Qingniao was disappointed at first, then thought for a while, then took out some healing talisman papers from her body and stuffed them into my hand, "Just in case, take these with you."

I took them all.While I'm not afraid of getting hurt, I don't have spells and expertise in healing.So if I meet Joan and find him injured, I won't be able to treat him properly.In that case, it would be great to have these talisman papers.Back then, I also used this talisman to heal Saber Tooth.

The medical examiner stuffed the sigil of dreaming, the talisman against blood spells, and a black object that looked like a single-sided Bluetooth headset into my hand.

"Put this headset on." The medical examiner urged, "We will talk to you through this headset later, and use it as a medium to analyze the information in the dream."

I put my headset on, "Can I go in now?"

"Although there are still some things I want to remind you, time is running out, so you can act in the dream while listening to our explanation." The medical examiner said.

Qiao Licao looked at me very solemnly, "Joan, please."

I also nodded solemnly, and then walked to my father's white bed, staring deeply at his face.My task is to escort Joan, and at the same time bring my father back from the dream to reality, so as to create a loophole in the collective dream that allows Lie Que to enter.

In other words, I will face my father in the dream.

I silently made up my mind, and pressed the sigil on the shoulder of my sleeping father.The medical examiner came up behind me and held my back.

A drowsy drowsiness welled up in my heart.

I didn't resist, I took the initiative to meet the darkness, and let my consciousness sink into sleep.

(End of this chapter)