A journey of seven souls escaping from the basement

This strange feeling confused the mercenary. She couldn't figure out why she felt relaxed. After struggling in death for many years, she understood that the betrayals and lies she would experience here might be more than the number of times she could blink.

The mercenary thought this way, but the movement of her feet never stopped. She walked to a place where the two people could see her, and after putting herself at a distance where both parties could feel safe, she did not move forward or get closer. No words were said.

"Sarkaz...? Are you a local? No, no, you are holding W's knife and gun... Who are you?"

"..." The mercenary stood there without answering as if he couldn't hear.

"Don't speak? Then, die."

Ah, look, let's just say she's not good at it. Sure enough, she's the one who knows how to do it.

The mercenary did not put on a defensive posture. In addition to having the protection measures given to her by the previous ghost, she could feel the ghost standing next to her through her peripheral vision. The feeling that there was someone behind her made her not afraid. The opponent may suddenly attack.

If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't communicate with Yabu next to him at this moment, the mercenary would really like to take the time to give this person a critical review with his ghost helper.

But what followed was that the mercenary felt strange about his idea and began to have some self-doubt.

......why?

Why do you think that as long as this ghost is here, you don't need to be afraid of the other party's attacks?Maybe this ghost is the kind of bastard with a bad personality who will renege on a deal without blocking anything for him. I have seen this countless times in my past experience. It is something as common as eating and drinking.

"Wait a minute, she came with us." The man who had noticed the mercenary before and whose head was valuable to the mercenary said something to stop the woman next to him from attacking.

"You let her follow you?"

"We were not moving slowly. She followed us on foot after obtaining W's relics. With her skill, she was able to keep up with us on foot."

The man with a valuable head told his point of view to the companion beside him. The mercenary knew that he had passed the other party's test at this time, and he could definitely stay. All that was left was to wait for them to finish their argument.

My goal was achieved.

This idea came to the mercenary's mind, and with this idea in his mind, the feeling that something was about to end emerged.

"...Mercenary, I'm telling you something. You don't have to answer. Just listen to what I say." Yabu covered his chest, feeling something that he couldn't explain for a reason, but he could clearly feel it. When he felt like he was about to leave, he said to the mercenary: "Are you safe now? If so, just blink twice."

Although he didn't know what the other party was doing, the mercenary who could tell that he was safe at the moment still blinked twice calmly.

"Okay, that's good... I seem to be leaving soon. It's not that I'm ready to leave, but it's the kind of departure that disappears suddenly. I don't know why it happened suddenly, but I can probably hold on. For a little while.”

He wasn't sure what the consequences of his departure would be. It might just be to go somewhere else, or it might be death, but either the former or the latter might never be seen again, so he tried his best to Maybe I can explain everything I can.

"But don't worry, I will leave enough protection on you, and I will stuff you with some more like before. Even if I am not with you anymore, this should still work and be enough for you for a long time. But this will take a long time for me I can’t tell you a specific amount, it’s up to you to judge it yourself.”

At the same time as the sound came, the mercenary saw the ghost walking out of the corner of his sight and reached out to touch the Origin Stone on his arm.

Just like before, it was just for a while. Other than that, there was no movement, and the two people talking in front of them were completely unaware of what the ghost was doing.

All these movements were obviously the same as before, but for some reason, the mercenary felt a disembodied ghost really caressing him gently.

The brief moment under this feeling made the mercenary feel that it was almost fleeting. As the other party took back his hand and dragged his body with denser green lines back to the corner of her vision, she felt There was a feeling of emptiness.

"By the way, mercenary, the deal is still valid. If we meet again, remember to bring me a book for literacy."

Yabu lowered his head and stroked the lines on his body with his fingers. He couldn't figure out what was going on with his body. From his memory, it seemed like he had woken up and turned into this mutilated state. appearance.

There is no main line, no guidance, everything is a mess.

But even though he is about to leave and may never see each other again, Yabu still weaves this deal because he wants books that can read and write, and it is for something else from the beginning.

"Mercenary, if possible, I hope you can try to learn it first, and then teach me when we meet next time. This way I can learn faster. I'm sorry to bother you."

"She is an 'experienced' sarkaz, and I thought she might need a local guide during the evacuation."

"What are you crazy about? Shouldn't it be more appropriate to kill her here?"

......

"According to the old rules, maybe we should give her a chance. This battle has created a lot of vacancies. Rather than using recruitment methods to find some Sakaz with the same unknown origins, I would rather choose them myself."

They were still communicating fiercely, their voices intertwined with the ghost's words, but the mercenary no longer cared about what they were talking about.

She just quietly picked out the voices of the two people, picked out the ghost's voice and listened. Even if the woman among the two made a speech to kill her on the spot, the mercenary did nothing like a mute. give any answer.She could see that the man's words were more decisive, so there was no point in speaking now, so it was better to wait for them to finish their argument.

But the ghost's voice was short-lived after all. In the end, the surroundings were filled with the other party's long-winded exchanges. Taking advantage of this brief gap, the mercenary thought about the reasons for the previous feelings.

She inexplicably wanted to take a look at Yabu, but she also knew that if she turned her head and looked away at this time, she might be mistaken for doing something secretly, so she had no choice but to feel it through the faint green light beside her. The location of Yabu.

The ghost is still with me...

"Put these things down and you can get out of here alive and die anywhere else, but at least it will be late."

The other party seemed to have finally finished the discussion. The woman said something about leaving in 10 minutes and moving quickly, and then left for the time being.

When the man with a valuable head saw the other party leaving, he changed his previous words and began to threaten the mercenary, as if he had listened to the woman's words.

"..." The mercenary didn't speak. She understood that this was just part of the test. She didn't take the other party's threat to heart. What she was thinking about was what Yabu just said about letting her go first. A suggestion to learn literacy.

Sometimes when you encounter something that you can't figure out, you may suddenly figure it out when you do something else. This is the case for the mercenary at the moment. When facing the test of the person in front of her, she took advantage of this Thinking back on her previous interactions with the ghost, she suddenly felt as if she somewhat understood what the ghost wanted in the previous transaction.

"Last chance." Seeing that the mercenary didn't say anything, the other party said again.

"Hmm... a chance?" The mercenary, who had always been like a little mute, finally spoke up.

After all, her thinking was interrupted many times, and she began to feel that it was too time-consuming for something like this, whose purpose could be seen at a glance, to be treated as a test for herself, so she pointed at the opponent's other hand that was always resting on the hilt of the sword. One hand spoke: I never feel that I have any choice. When I turn around, you will draw your sword and I will fall. "

"......very good."

yes, very good.

"Then, give priority to preparing for the retreat. We will discuss the details later."

Yes, that's right, so let's end it quickly. We all know the result, right? Stop talking about what's available and what's not.

"Return to the team now...w."

The mercenary, or should I call her W at the moment after inheriting the title, when the other party finally finished speaking and turned to leave, she pretended to relax her neck and look to the side.

She wanted to see the ghost next to her, wanted to ask him something, wanted to say something to him, because she finally figured out what the other person's previous actions were for.

千,.":,寻??;'.免,"费..',小.';'!说..裙.;"2."5;5";?.5,,??9'5!::,;3,..!0?0　　自己从来没有捡到什么大漏，更没有骗到傻子，从始至终只是一个悄悄关心自己的人在愿意当个傻子给她骗而已。

"..." w looked at the empty side, unspeakable complex emotions piled up in his eyes.

Don't be like this...

She gently stroked the Origin Stone on her arm, gradually tightening her fingers, rubbing the edge of the Origin Stone repeatedly, trying hard to grab something to resist the coldness spreading in her heart.

Come on, Ghost...you haven't even heard my new name yet.

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*w tried to draw the four-pointed star pattern on the clothes with his fingers.

*But no one came.

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Chapter 72 IQ synchronization

If you put aside a certain Lapland who called his senior from time to time in a voice that was very inconsistent with his personality all day long in order to deliberately torture Texas, then today was actually no different from usual.

Introduce work, help get to know new colleagues... Although judging from the number of times Lapland has harassed me, I don’t know if they can still be considered new colleagues. Then it is normal to wait for the goods to be received and delivered back to the company, and then continue to wait. A rotation.

There is nothing to say. After all, accidents are rare. Most of the time, they are actually doing ordinary logistics and delivery work.

It’s not like we’re filming a unit drama. There has to be a new conflict point in the plot every day, and there’s a fight in every episode.

The day in Texas went by as usual, and evening came.

...Well, it's not normal at all. She has been in Lapland all day, and she will find various reasons to take the pendant back from time to time, as well as the hair-raising words the other party makes when they come to find her. Passed by the sound of seniors.

In a sense, Texas felt that she was probably looking for fault. If she had less professional ethics, she would have just ignored the pendant when she saw it, or she would have answered any questions and just treat it as a confidentiality agreement without reading it. I've been there before, I guess it's much easier now.

And now?When I get home from get off work, I not only have to send a contact request to the client, but I also have to find a way to communicate with the ghost.

It's nothing to apply for contact with the client. In fact, the way Texas contacts the other party is a bit like an ancient thing called a BB machine.

To put it simply, Texas will first send its contact information to the other party through a secure and encrypted method.The communication device in the other party's hand will receive and decode the information sent by Texas and obtain Texas's mobile phone number.

Next, the other party only needs to choose a suitable time and prepare a safe and reliable communication tool. The other party can use the mobile phone number received from Texas to contact her directly.

By following this process, Texas can establish a secure communication with the other party. During the information transmission and contact process, confidentiality and non-trackability are ensured as much as possible.

In other words, Texas only needs to send a message and wait for the other party to contact him. This matter can be left there temporarily and hung up to do other things.

"Um......"

Texas sat alone at the desk in the room, staring intently at the mysterious pendant in front of him. His expression looked a little embarrassed, as if he had gotten a novel object without instructions. Although he was eager to explore, he didn't know how to do it. It’s better to start.

From time to time, she would carefully poke at the pendant with her fingers, trying to figure out its structure. Her face was full of hesitation and confusion, and she was observing with a half-curious and half-worried attitude.

The application for contact has been completed, and the other thing she wants to do now is communicate with ghosts.

How difficult can it be to communicate? Even if you can't notice the other person, but the other person can hear you speaking, then you can just speak into the air.

This is great. Even if the other party doesn't understand, you won't be interrupted. It's better to say that you can't even hear the other party's opinions, and the other party can't say anything. After all, you can't see it. No matter how you say it, it won't be interrupted. Very reasonable.

If you think about it in other words, if you think about it, you won't have any opinions, you will be obedient, and you won't say anything if you don't understand. This is simply the perfect doormat.

But when it came time to communicate, Texas remembered a very important thing - how to make sure that he had Party A.

From Lapland's behavior of repeatedly asking for the pendant today, but always returning it in disappointment, Texas understood one thing, that is, this soul named Yabu needed to rest.

That is to say, the ghost may be resting, and I say a lot of words to the air without being sure whether the other person is awake. After I finish speaking, the other person may just wake up.

If something embarrassing like that really happened, I'd better dig through the floor and bury myself.

But Texas does have a solution.

Go out, turn around, walk a few steps, and knock on your neighbor's door.

"Lapland." Texas knocked on the door of the new and familiar neighbor who had just moved in today. It wasn't until the footsteps sounded for a while that Lapland opened the door and looked at him. He opened his mouth and said, "Look, is Yabu awake now? If he is, tell him."

"Not yet, I haven't seen him, he probably hasn't woken up yet." Lapland frowned slightly at this situation. Although he was already used to Yabu disappearing due to fatigue, he disappeared from morning to near evening. It took so long It was indeed the first time.

Maybe it's because of the side effects of the treatment?Or maybe I didn’t get enough rest before, so I made up for it all at once?

"Why don't you give me the pendant first, and then I'll wait until he wakes up..."

"No need." Texas saw the other party say such a sentence, turned around and walked back to the door of his room, opening and closing the door in one go, without any intention of stopping.

After all, throughout the whole day today, Lapland had found countless weird reasons for Texas to give her the pendant first. It's like a withdrawal reaction.

I always feel like if I give it to her a few more times, I might not be able to get it.

so......

"That's good."

After thinking for a moment, Texas finally came up with a solution to the existing problem.

After a while, this method was turned into reality by Texas. She used the items on the desk to carefully set up a sign on the table with paper, which read "If you wake up, go find it next door." Lapland, let her tell me you're awake] In this case, an arrow was thoughtfully drawn at the end pointing in the direction of Lapland's room.

In this way, after Yabu, who has just woken up and does not understand the current situation, sees the prompt on the table, he can go next door to talk to Lapland first and let Lapland tell him that Yabu has woken up. You can do it yourself...just do it...

Texas crossed his arms and stared blankly at the pile of results on the table. He blinked and was stunned for several seconds.Then, as if she had reacted, her eyes widened with an expression like "What have I done?"

It can be anything, so why don’t you just give the pendant to Lapland first, and then ask Lapland to send it to me when this person comes out?

Co-author Lapland's proposal just now is actually the optimal solution. However, because of what happened today, he thought inertly and thought that the other party said that and still wanted to find an excuse to get the pendant back.

"...Ah, so stupid." Texas sighed and laughed at himself, slapping his forehead and walking to the desk to put away this troublesome solution.

"..."

He walked forward, leaned over and put away the things on the table...and then suddenly turned around violently, swinging his legs and kicking behind him.

Because in this room where he was the only one, Texas felt like there was something like a person standing behind him at this moment.

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*People who have been bound by the pendant once can see the cloth afterwards.

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Chapter 73 Damage Absorption

It felt like he had just woken up, but his body felt tired and didn't feel like he had experienced rest, and it was indeed difficult to understand how he woke up while standing.

But compared to that, there were more confusing things waiting for him to figure out, so he could put aside the matter of whether he woke up for the time being.

To clarify the current situation in the chaos, the first thing to do is actually the same as writing an article, that is, to understand the three points of time, place, and people.

Well, the first thing is the time. This is relatively simple, because there is a digital watch hanging on the wall, and the time shown on it is 18:32.