Siren Blade

Chapter 53 Small Town Encounter
According to what Jade Bird said in the past, the "inner ghost" is obviously a person with ulterior motives for me, so he implanted malignant factors into the dreams produced for the purpose of healing me, turning the healing dream into a terrifying dream.I accepted this statement and formed a stereotype in my mind: the purpose of the insider is to interrupt my treatment and trap me in nightmares to torture me.

But is this really the case?
Was that really a nightmare transformed to torment me?
It is true that in my nightmares, I would unconsciously sleepwalk to the unnamed mountain every night, and be forced to accept the massacre of the devil.But then at the end of the nightmare, I've become aware of the truth.The reason why I unconsciously sleepwalk to the nameless mountain is because of my instinct to pursue the truth.Taking a step back, the reason why I in the dream first took the initiative to go to the Wuming Mountain was also because I was unconsciously aware of the truth of everything there.

And this kind of pursuit of truth, not to mention the "inner ghost", even I can't predict it myself.

So, if I didn't choose to go to Wuming Mountain in my dream, and I didn't sleepwalk to Wuming Mountain at night, what would happen?
The devil will be sealed on the nameless mountain by the forest that symbolizes the lost, and I will live a happy life as an innocent college student without knowing my own reality. The role of the "evil factor" is only to reverse the power relationship between me and the devil, making me an ordinary person who lacks awareness and conforms to the dream setting.It's like never getting lost on the nameless mountain, and never encountering "it".The only unfortunate thing is the front desk Ruan Wenzhu who appeared as a virtual background character in the dream. She seems to have replaced me and has since disappeared from the secular society.

If the "inner ghost" is someone who is malicious to me, then this kind of plan is obviously too gentle for me. The "inner ghost" is more like a person with strong kindness towards me.She tried to turn the dream of healing, which would have ended soon, into a dream that would not end easily, and changed the condition of getting out of the dream into "defeating the devil" that was almost impossible for me in the dream.She hoped that I could stay in that beautiful dream, and live an ordinary life in the dream that I have long missed, without distortion and madness, without sin and pain.

In my knowledge, the only person with such motivation and ability is Jade Bird.

The Siren said to me before that the time for the "inner ghost" to implant the "malignant factor" was only before the formation of the dream; and before the formation of the dream, she also told me in the dream that the blue bird is the monitor of the dream. , if it is at the stage when the dream has not yet formed, maybe some even bigger interventions can be made.

"...I have told you in the past, that dream is not only your psychological treatment plan, but also your final psychological test. Originally, I didn't have to sneak into your dream to ask and answer you, I just need to talk to you from the outside. Observing your formed dream is enough to know all your deep psychology." Lie Que said slowly, "But because the blue bird did unnecessary things, the reference meaning of that dream became almost zero, and I also I had to activate the backup plan of talking directly to you. As far as the result is concerned, there is no difference, and you are, as I thought, a victim of going astray under the influence of evil external forces."

"You left the blue bird alone in my dream after that?"

"Since she has violated the ethical regulations and manipulated the therapeutic dreams without authorization, and wants to set up other people's lives in a false time and space, then I will stop her. But I still decided to give her a chance first. Liberate you from the dream, and I will not blame her for her illegal operation."

"Even if your student might die in my dream?" I asked back.

"She has already joined me as a teacher, and she is the main force of the Security Bureau." He said unwaveringly, "Since she chooses to bear other people's lives, she must have the courage to bet her life."

I gradually realized that I really didn't understand Lie Que enough.Is his statement humane or impersonal?
He sat behind the desk and looked at me. After a while, he suddenly asked, "Would you hate her?"

I shook my head.

Imposed kindness is sometimes indistinguishable from malice—this is what the siren told me in a dream.At that time, the Siren didn't even know the existence of the malignant factor, but this sentence hit the right point.But even if I knew this, I couldn't feel bad for what the blue bird did.

If we exchanged positions, it was not "Devil Li Duo" who fell into the wrong path five years ago, but "Witch Jade Bird". From Jade Bird's current standpoint, there is no guarantee that I would not do that.

Even if it is to impose goodwill on others, I want them to live a healthy life... Maybe I will think so.
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The task that Lie Que gave me was to continue chasing the succubus, and I have no objection to the task itself.

Compared with the middleman who seems to be in harmony with Bite Xue, the relationship between Succubus and Bite Blood seems to be closer, and it is more similar to the relationship between subordinates and subordinates in the popular sense.This means that as long as I have the opportunity to kill the succubus myself, I can get more information about the bloodbite from its memory.

Even putting this aside, through the succubi, it is possible to get clues about the mysterious forces that spread demonic knowledge.Recently, I have also learned a lot of information from the internal publications of the Security Bureau. The disaster brewed by the demonic knowledge disseminated by that mysterious force is beyond my imagination.

It has been heard that some of the demon sorcerers who have increased in number due to their doings have summoned powerful demons in neighboring cities.That demon is called the "Fog Demon". As the name suggests, it has a fog-like body, and its mere existence is enough to cover a large urban area.Immediately after being summoned, it killed all the warlocks who summoned itself, and started killing all over the city.It was because the security bureau of that city responded quickly enough that the casualties were not further expanded.

However, the Demon of Mist escaped from the blockade, moved secretly to the outskirts by virtue of the demon's unique hiding power, and then slaughtered two villages one after another, and now his whereabouts are unknown again.

To be honest, every time I see this kind of hidden world news, I wonder if I have picked up the wrong "newspaper".Am I really not watching news from a war-torn country?Are casualties of this magnitude common in the hidden world?If people die so casually, the death rate of the whole country's population will exceed the birth rate every year, right?Or are these figures hidden in the annual death rate in the past, but the secular society cannot detect it?

Whether it's a perverted killer who kills hundreds of people, or a powerful demon who slaughters a village, none of them seem to be rare enough to cause turmoil in the hidden world.I have been exposed to this kind of news a lot, and I really feel as if I am in another world where human lives are at stake.Certain notions that we have taken for granted are also faltering.

Closer to home, I soon ran into a bottleneck in chasing the succubus.The problem is simple to say, I don't know where the succubus is at all.

It would be best if she was still in Liucheng, but like this kind of warlock criminal, she would not know which city she went to if she ran around casually.She doesn't even need to take a train or other transportation, her own body is the strongest transportation.With the cross-country ability brought about by her physique and athletic ability, just relying on those feet is enough to travel all over the country in just a few days.For many outdoor survival enthusiasts, the mountainous area that is no different from the restricted area of ​​survival is just a hillside to her.

I asked Lie Que, if she went to other provinces, would the agreement "not to take over other tasks until the succubus is solved" be voided.Lie Que was "generous". He told me that if I encountered such a situation, I would just go on a business trip across provinces to hunt down.

"I went to the territory of the security bureau in other cities to arrest people. Wouldn't there be some, um...conflict between rights and responsibilities?" I didn't know much about this aspect, so I asked Lie Que.

"The local security bureaus are cheap in this regard. Sometimes there will be some conflicts, but generally speaking, it is enough to say hello." He said, "We often have people on business trips to other cities, law enforcement warlocks in other cities Occasionally come to us on business trips... This is very common, you just need to get used to it in the future."

Fortunately, within a few days, I got clues about the whereabouts of the succubus.And it didn't go to the point of needing to travel to other provinces. The succubus seemed to be in a remote town not far from Liucheng.

The name of the town is "Bairi Town", and the clue was provided by a local person.

I didn't know what the succubus was staying there for, so I specifically asked the middleman's reflection body in the dream on the eve of departure.He told me that it was the permanent stronghold of the succubus for the past two years.

"She seems to hate her charm talent secretly, and yearns for pure violence. So she repeatedly performed demon rituals in that remote rural place, asking the demon for more powerful power." The middleman vaguely mentioned the succubus She revealed her disdain, "But her most powerful talent is her charm talent. Whenever her violence doesn't work, she still has to rely on her most despised ability."

The next morning, I took the train to Baishen Town.Blue Bird has already heard that I am going to chase the succubus, so she has the mood to go with me.But as the main force of Liucheng, she doesn't come and go as freely as I do.In the end, she could only support me with a lot of paper talismans for healing. The anti-charm talisman that was consumed last time also made three more for me this time, just in case.

As soon as I arrived in the town, I went straight to the residence of the clue provider.

The clue provider is a Gray Folk.

In the hidden world, "gray people" refers to a group between ordinary people and warlocks.Although this type of person has a perception beyond the average person, they may not be able to learn spells due to reasons such as incompatible worldviews.Bearing the curse of being involved in secret incidents from time to time, but without the power to resist the secret incidents, he had no choice but to accept the protection of organizations such as the Security Bureau.Like Joan last time, if he still can't learn spells, he will be classified as gray people by the Security Bureau in the end.

Many secret incidents were not discovered by relevant personnel of the Security Bureau, but were discovered and reported to the Security Bureau by these gray people who were easily involved in the incidents.Some gray people will make full use of their own qualities and volunteer to become "investigators" of the Security Bureau, actively explore more hidden incidents and give feedback to the Security Bureau.For example, the whereabouts of the succubus were also discovered by investigators this time.

However, this investigator has a different request. He hopes to have an interview with me and give me the clues about the whereabouts of the succubus.

I smell something weird from it.

Could it be some kind of trap?For example, could this investigator have been controlled by a succubus, and a net of succubus has already been set up in his residence?Will the succubus prepare a brand new charm spell waiting for me this time?
Succubus' combat power is nothing more than that to me, but her charm spell is something I have to be more vigilant about.

I walked through the streets and alleys of Bairi Town.This small town gives people a sense of half-old and half-new. In some places, there are still retro-style brick houses, but they are next to new buildings with a strong modern style.Sometimes it's a brick road, sometimes it's a cement road.It seems to be an intermediate form that is gradually transforming from an ancient township to a modern township.

When he was about to reach the investigator's residence, a somewhat familiar voice suddenly came from behind, "Li... Li Duo?"

Turning around, I saw a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy calling me.

It was Joan.

That's right, it's Joan.He was standing not far away with a backpack on his back, looking at me with surprise on his face.It seemed that he was very surprised that he would meet me here.But in terms of accidents, I am no less than him here.

Since the last incident, Joan has been going in and out of the Security Bureau for medical examinations to ensure that the different space substances in his body are being replaced with real substances.In this regard, his recovery speed is very fast, perhaps thanks to his extraordinary awareness, his body seems to know where is occupied by different space substances.Therefore, in the real world dietary life, those parts of the substance will be preferentially metabolized.It didn't take long for him to completely return to normal.

During this process, he probably inquired about me from his sister and other people, so the gaze he cast on me became quite complicated.I can somewhat understand his feelings, although I have already told him that I used to be a person full of evil, but just listening to it like that will not produce any actual feelings.He didn't complete the "reform" of me until he really understood what I was doing.On the other hand, he was literally saved by me, a person full of evil.It probably made him torn between hating me and thanking me.

Maybe he once dreamed of me like I dreamed of the blue bird in the dream, and even asked "Can I become like you", but now it is absolutely impossible for him to have the same feelings for me.

"What are you doing here?" I asked.

(End of this chapter)