practice falsehood

Chapter 2 002 Ouroboros

Chen Hao stared blankly at the brand on the back of his hand, his dull eyes full of doubts.

It wasn't until the fog on the river gradually dispersed and a speedboat approaching at high speed dragged him onto the deck that Chen Hao suddenly came back to his senses.

"Chen Hao, are you okay?"

"You said someone fell into the river, where was that person?"

"We drove around for several times and didn't see anyone..." The person who spoke was a peer wearing a police uniform.

This man is Chen Yi, who is Chen Hao's best friend. He became a soldier before he graduated from university. After retiring from the army, he first entered the Gujie Police Station as an auxiliary policeman. After passing the exam, he became a regular officer. Responsible for the security around Wenfeng Ancient Street.

When such a big event happened, Chen Yi, who was on duty, naturally rushed over upon hearing the news.

"Ah Yi, you didn't see anyone in the water either?" Chen Hao suddenly raised his head and asked.

"We have all gone around the boss. The river is only a little bit big, and now the fog has cleared. If someone really fell into the water, we would have discovered it earlier."

"I called the upstream and downstream brother units just now, but I didn't receive the call for help. I guess it's some kind of garbage, and the tree pole drifted down, and you mistook it for a human being." Chen Yi shook his head seriously.

Although this kind of incident is rare, it happens several times every year on the riverside of Heyang City, so that when the police are dispatched, it is basically a false alarm.

The description of Fa Xiao made Chen Hao's eyes full of confusion.

For a person who has practiced martial arts for more than ten years, Chen Hao is confident that his eyesight and memory will not make mistakes.

But the scene of saving people just now was really beyond his expectation.

It was obviously a living person soaked in the river, but when he touched his shoulder, he suddenly turned into transparent fragments and disappeared completely, as if the world had evaporated.

Such an impactful scene almost shattered Chen Hao's three views.

"Why did that person suddenly disappear?"

"Forget it if it's gone. How could it become fragments?"

"It can't be because I met him!"

Chen Hao was astonished, and suddenly thought of the Juggernaut in the old movie "Fengyun" who was using sword 23, and was immediately turned into ashes when he was touched by Chu Chu passing by.

How similar the two scenes are!

However, a movie is a movie, and reality is reality.

Chen Hao, who has practiced Drunken Boxing for more than ten years, knows better than anyone that in the real world there is no such thing as extraordinary abilities such as the soul leaving the body.

……

In a spirit of respect and respect, the police speedboat made several large circles on the river and searched for more than half an hour. No one was found, but two bags of garbage were brought up.

After making sure that no one fell into the water, the speedboat quickly brought Chen Yi and the others to the shore.

Chen Hao was sent ashore immediately. At this time, he was wrapped in a towel blanket, standing at the cruise ship pier, waiting eagerly for news from Chen Yi.

Of course, after learning that it was an oolong incident, the young and old watching around also slowly dispersed.

The original noisy ancient street embankment has fully restored the tranquility of the past.

On the contrary, several small vendors and small bosses who opened teahouses nearby were very happy at this time. When they saw Chen Hao, they half-jokingly teased him for his lonely feat of "bravely doing what is right".

Because in just a moment ago, the business of these tea houses suddenly changed from a few customers to full seats, and they made a fortune.

Seeing Chen Yi and a few auxiliary police officers and firefighters walking ashore talking and laughing, Chen Hao knew that this incident of rescuing people from drowning was definitely going to be an oolong.

"Ah Yi, I'm sorry! I've delayed your duties."

"Do you want to go back and make a record with you?" Seeing that Fa Xiao led a group of people to search the river so seriously, Chen Hao apologized to everyone with some embarrassment.

"What record do you make? It's not a big deal."

"Don't take it too seriously. Our office encounters more than a dozen cases of this kind of oolong police situation every year." Chen Yi waved his hand indifferently, and then glanced at Chen Hao in surprise. The appearance of the back of the right hand.

"You hurt your right hand?"

"Would you like to go to our clinic and get some medicine?" Chen Yi asked with concern.

"No... not injured, just recently... I just got a tattoo..." Chen Hao forced out an ugly smile, moved his left hand covering the back of his right hand away, and raised it in front of Chen Yi. The hand was raised.

Although the police station determined that the incident was an own incident, the strange tattoo on the back of his right hand reminded Chen Hao that he had not made a mistake before.

"Tattoo?"

"You don't have any tattoos on your hands!"

"It's really... It caused us to blow the river wind for half an hour to pick up two bags of garbage. You are still joking like a normal person when you leave it here. Please order supper tonight!" Chen Yi rolled his eyes, feeling out of breath, stretched out his hand He stabbed Chen Hao once.

After making a few jokes and agreeing to go out for a late-night snack, Chen Yi quickly returned with his team, leaving a confused Chen Hao looking down at the back of his hand.

"Can't others see my brand?"

……

Seeing that the matter was over, Chen Hao returned to the Eight Immortals Martial Arts Hall with some suspicion.

He first went to the bathroom and used the faucet to rinse the strange tattoo on the back of his hand for several minutes. He used soap, shower gel, alcohol, and baking soda, but it had no effect.

"What the hell is this, Gu poison? Curse seal? A prank?"

"Is there something wrong with my eyes, and I have hallucinations?"

Chen Hao didn't believe in evil, so he took out his mobile phone and patted the back of his right hand.

Just when he saw the photo he just took on his cell phone, a chill from the depths of his soul made Chen Hao shiver all over, and goosebumps stood up all over his body.

Because the camera function of the mobile phone also cannot capture this strange brand!
"What the hell! What the hell is this?" Chen Hao took a deep breath, then took out a pen and paper from the office and started tracing the strange marks bit by bit.

Something even more terrifying happened!
Just after Chen Hao outlined the outline of the strange brand, the originally clearly visible lines of the black water-based pen turned into transparent fragments and disappeared into the air like the man who disappeared into the river.

That kind of horrifying, strong, and exciting look and feel, as if some kind of force is interfering, not allowing this strange brand to appear in this real world.

"???"

"Indescribable? Incomprehensible? Only I can see it directly, can it be possessed by Mr. Ke?" Chen Hao stared at the back of his right hand in a daze, and he didn't figure out the purpose and origin of this strange tattoo until nightfall. .

……

Chen Hao, who had fought wits and bravery with this strange brand for several hours, finally couldn't resist the hunger in his belly and planned to go out for food.

The world is big, and the food is the biggest.

It was already past 8 o'clock in the evening. Heyang City is located in the southwest of China, so it gets dark relatively late.

At night, Wenfeng Ancient Street is covered with a layer of golden lights. Residents near the ancient street have just had dinner, and many people come here to cool off and play.

In the open space of the ancient street, a few middle-aged leading dancers with enchanting postures are leading a large group of uniformed square dance apprentices. The sound is blaring, and the business is much stronger than Chen Hao's martial arts gym.

Chen Hao glanced at these energetic old men and women, and was about to go out to find a restaurant to deal with them casually, but he didn't expect that this guy Chen Yi had been guarding the door of the martial arts gym early.

"You leave work so early today?"

"Didn't you say to eat supper?" Chen Hao asked suspiciously.

"It's time off. I'll be working the day shift this month."

"The late night snacks and dinners are the same! It's your treat anyway!" Chen Yi smiled and hooked up his hands, and he and Chen Hao slipped into a frequently visited Jianghu restaurant outside the ancient street.

After ordering a portion of Wanzhou grilled fish and two plates of cucumber side dishes, along with a large bowl of dried rice, the two of them started eating.

"Old rules, still don't drink?"

The spicy grilled fish was more irritable, so during the meal, Chen Yi brought two cans of cold beer from the refrigerator, intending to suppress his anger.

"It's not that you don't know that I'm allergic to alcohol?" Chen Hao rolled his eyes at the other party, went to get a bottle of ice sprite and came over to make up the number.

“If you don’t drink on weekends, your life will be in vain!”

"You said that you are a Zuiquan practitioner, and you don't even drink alcohol. I think it's a waste of practice." Chen half-jokingly joked.

The two are best friends who grew up naked together, and they know each other very well.

Even the Drunken Eight Immortals Boxing handed down by Chen Hao's family, Chen Yi also practiced with his grandfather for a period of time.

"I heard that this major inspection is very grand. Your shabby martial arts gym doesn't even have half an apprentice. Can it survive it?"

"If you can't, you can come to work in our office. Start as an auxiliary police officer. After a few years of exams, you might be able to become a regular. With a solid job, at least you don't have to worry about losing your job." Chen Yi poured himself a glass of wine, and said by the way heard the wind.

"Have you heard about it too?" Chen Hao frowned.

"We are in charge of everything within a radius of more than ten kilometers. There are so many martial arts gyms in Heyang City, and it has been rumored in the WeChat group for a long time." Chen Yi picked up his phone and flipped through a few chat records.

"Soldiers come to cover the water and soil, isn't it just a big inspection! When the time comes, come over and get me a head, and I'll go get some old students back to support the scene." Chen Hao said and quickly took a few mouthfuls of rice, and he planned to finish eating After dinner, hurry back to the martial arts hall.

In the afternoon, I had a big oolong when I jumped into the river to save someone, but I was delayed for a while by the strange brand after I went back.

After struggling like this for a long time, Chen Hao forgot to contact the old students on the roster.

When Chen Yi saw his worried look, he couldn't help but laugh: "I'll just give you a kill. My three-legged cat kung fu is only as good as the martial arts boxing I learned when I was a soldier."

"Your grandfather taught us the Drunken Eight Immortals Boxing when we were young. It has been more than ten years now, right? We have forgotten all about it a long time ago!"

As a qualified best friend, if you don't make sarcastic remarks when the other party is in trouble, it would be a shame to be called a best friend.

……

The two of them were chatting while eating in a small restaurant. They were both in their early 20s and had grown up together, so there was naturally a lot to talk about.

From houses, money, cars, to work, life, and future girlfriends.

It took the two singles half an hour to finish the meal. Chen Hao got up and paid the bill readily.

Chen Yi, who didn't want to leave so quickly, took Chen Hao to a retro video game hall in the ancient street, saying that he was recalling his childhood, and took Chen Hao to play a few games of King of Fighters, Street Fighter, and War of the Three Kingdoms.

Why is the 97 storm coming back? Kyo Kusanagi, Iori Yagami, and Mai Shiranui take turns to play.

It was almost 50 o'clock at night when the more than 11 game coins were spent and the two left.

"It's so late?"

"Forget it, let's contact those veteran students tomorrow." Chen Hao lowered his head and glanced at the time on his phone.

Remembering that the power switch of the martial arts school was not turned off, I walked quickly along the ancient street in the direction of the Eight Immortals Martial Arts School.

At this time, there were very few people on the ancient street, the lights were dimmed, and only a few barbecue stalls were still bustling with people.

When passing the Xiaoliu Convenience Store next to the Wuguan, Chen Hao felt that the corners of his mouth were on fire, and he didn't know if it was because of the grilled fish, so he stopped in and bought a bottle of Wanglaoji.

There are more than a dozen small convenience stores like this near the ancient street. Since the flow of people is not large, most of them are used to earn living expenses.

In addition to selling tobacco, alcohol, beverages and non-staple food, there are coin-operated children's rocking cars at the entrance of these small shops, and there are several mini arcade machines that are reduced to one size.

Seeing a figure squatting in front of the mini arcade machine, Chen Hao couldn't help but poke his head over to take a look.

Just with this look, Chen Hao's pupils instantly shrank into needle eyes!
Because the brawny man squatting there playing the arcade had no small bench under his buttocks and squatted halfway by relying on the kung fu of Zha Ma, the other side also had a strange brand very similar to himself on the back of his thick, blue right hand!
If you take a closer look, you will find that although the brand on the back of the strong man's hand also has ouroboros and a door, but compared with the missing door on the back of Chen Hao's hand, the door on the back of the opponent's hand is complete. It's just that there is a gap about half a finger wide in the middle.

In addition, there was an extremely strange rhythm on the strong man's body. Accompanied by the other person's heavy breathing, it was like a burst of thunder rolling past Chen Hao's ears.

"Squatting up and down like a galloping horse, iron chains crossing the river like a brachial."

"What a strong bridge! What a strong horse! This man practices Nanquan Kung Fu!"

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