Phantom Thief of Heart!but conan

Chapter 426 The Gravekeeper of Moon Shadow Island

Approaching the fox window made of vermilion pillars, Miyano Akemi raised her hand to block the unstoppable evil wind blowing on her face: "It's kind of like going to hell."

Tang Ze, whose hair was blown wild by the sinister evil wind, raised his head and glanced ahead, and vaguely discerned a cry from the sound of the wind, whether it was weeping or screaming.

The rendering of the atmosphere is quite in place, and there is a feeling that strangers should not get close.

"Noah, is there any reaction from the shadow in front?" Tang Ze asked aloud.

"I can't see it," Noah, the all-terrain reconnaissance plane, gave a vague answer, "It feels dangerous, but I can't see the terrain behind it for the time being."

"It seems that you can't cheat." Xing Chuanhui tentatively stepped on the nearest pillar, "There are quite a lot of weird places on this island. These overly friendly things outside are not very similar to shadows, but if they are all If it’s a cognitive doll, what we’ve entered is indeed the cognitive space of Moon Shadow Island, right?”

"In the Impression Space, there are some special shadows." Tang Ze also stepped on the pillar, walked towards the window in the middle of the "Fox Window", and replied at the same time, "Such a weird sub-station of the Impression Space , it’s not surprising that it has a special structure.”

Tang Ze here refers to the shadow in front of the partition wall that is common in the subway of Impression Space. Although it is also an unknown trash in the subway, the guy who can occupy the platform on the first floor is better than being wronged and squeezed in a small room Guys, be a little more weighty.

"So, this is the palace of someone who hasn't completely broken away from the impression space, combined with the real impression space?" Miyano Akemi guessed uncertainly, "You explained that the palace is a space independent of each other , it is theoretically possible to have multiple halls in the same place. Then Moon Shadow Island is both a hall for a certain person and also has a space for impressions, so it’s no problem, right?”

"No, maybe it's the other way around." Standing in front of the passage, Tang Ze looked far into the middle of the passage, "It is the impression space of Moon Shadow Island that gave birth to a certain person's palace, he is like an earthbound spirit ...trapped on this hypocritical island, unable to escape."

Saying this, Tang Ze took a step forward, stepping into the gray mist gradually filling the passage, a gust of wind mixed with the smell of sea water, and the gray mist slowly filling the entire field of vision, swept his whole body.

"Who is it?" A cold male voice came from the front. Tang Ze, who was slightly prepared, was not frightened by the voice, but calmly raised his head and looked towards the front of the passage.

At the exit of the passage, a man who closed his eyes and leaned against the stone wall was startled by their sudden visitors, opened a pair of golden eyes, and stared at them coldly.

"... Asai Naomi?" Seeing this man with his hair tied up in a high bun, wearing a Heian-era kimono, and holding a bow and arrow in his arms, Tang Ze tentatively called out his name. , "Oh, no, maybe I should call you Lieutenant Aso?"

"It doesn't matter who you are..." Naruto Asai, the shadow whose real name was broken by Tang Ze, narrowed his eyes, and the fierce expression on his face became more and more obvious, "Don't go any further."

"Are you the guard here?" Hearing his words, Tang Ze didn't approach immediately, but looked past his figure and looked at the place behind him.

This place looks like a cave entrance on a cliff. Passing through the cave ahead, you can see groups of crows circling in the sky, making creaking calls, the cries of night owls resounding from far and near, and the cuckoo's crows. Crying screams echoed one after another in the high night sky.

What I heard outside the passage just now are probably these voices.

"No... If I could be the guard here, this place shouldn't look like this." Regarding Tang Ze's question, the shadow Asai Chengshi replied with a sneer, "This place is a purgatory of thorns, as for me... I'm just an insignificant gravekeeper."

Gravekeeper... sounds really unlucky.

Tang Ze felt that he took two tentative steps forward with his teammates behind him.

Seemingly understanding their intentions, Asai Chengshi smiled twice, but did not stop them.

He pulled out a feathered arrow from the quiver and put it on the bow and arrow. He didn't point it at Tang Ze and the others, but turned around and pointed towards the outside of the cave, drawing the bow and arrow.

The sound of "咻——" pierced through the air, and a dark humanoid creature that had already climbed onto the cliff was pierced by the arrow and fell down without making a sound.

Immediately, the birds circling in the sky quickly chased after that thing and swooped down, lying on the body of the motionless humanoid creature, and began to share their food.

And Tang Ze, who walked forward, finally saw the whole picture of the world outside the cave.

On the red and black ground, some dark human-shaped objects are wandering aimlessly, or wrestling together, entangled crazily, or lying on the ground motionless, as if they have been dead for a long time, carrion birds from the sky from time to time Falling down, pecking at those things.

These are already heterogeneous and creepy enough, but what is more frightening than shadows or what is not clear is the lush, gray-green thorns that seem to cover the entire world.

Those huge roots and vines, as if there were consciousness and life, agitated and rolled in the depths of the cracked earth, engulfing the corpse of the shadow into the ground, as if they were using these things as fertilizer to absorb the nutrients they needed for growth.

Those thorns were full of gorgeous flowers, and Tang Ze could distinguish them at a glance by the layered double petals.

"Poppies." Tang Ze said affirmatively.

"No wonder you say this is the Impression Space." Xing Chuanhui, who tried hard to distinguish for a while, pointed to the land in the middle of the vines all over the floor, "I saw a little shadow of the railroad tracks... This should have been part of the Impression Space."

"No wonder there is no rancid smell." Smelling the strong and sweet fragrance, Miyano Akemi frowned, and covered her nose with her hand.

"As I said, this is the purgatory of thorns." The shadow Asai Naruto shot out with another arrow, shooting a shadow that had climbed halfway, and said to them, "Outsiders, Don't stay here, you will be attracted by the deceptive aroma, walk into it unconsciously, and become the nourishment of purgatory. Stay away from here, hurry up."

"You don't let them leave because you don't want them to pollute the island outside?" Tang Ze asked, thinking of the peaceful and happy Moon Shadow Island outside the passage, "Are you protecting this island?"

"No, because these things have been contaminated with the atmosphere of purgatory, let them go, and they will take the pollen and buds of these things to anywhere in the world." Contrary to Tang Ze's expectations, so far no Naruto Asai, the shadow who had shown aggressiveness towards them, twitched the corners of his mouth sadly, and smiled nostalgicly, "It's not a paradise outside...it's what this place used to be outside. That's my hometown, where I grew up. Great place."

Tang Ze's eyebrows twitched slightly following his words.

It's exactly what he guessed...

The heavenly version of Tsunekage Island is actually the palace of Shadow Asai.

It's just that the owner of the hall is not in the hall, but nestled at the entrance of this impression space, guarding the gate here.

The monarch is offline and belongs to...

"We can help you solve these problems." Pointing to the disgusting twisted scene below, Tang Ze suggested, "We can solve these shadows, even the vines, and you can regain your freedom... ..."

The shadow Narumi Asai, who had already put away the bow and arrow and held the bow in his arms again, heard his words, the gold in his eyes became more intense, and once again silently pulled out an arrow from the quiver behind him.

"Don't go forward." Repeated this once, Tang Ze saw the warning value on the interface suddenly go up to a section, "Outsiders, get out of here."

"Hey, we're going to help you get rid of these ghost things." Xing Chuanhui, who picked up Kunai with his backhand, entered a state of alert, and at the same time raised his voice, "Why do you have such an attitude?"

The bow and arrow in his hand aimed steadily at Tang Ze, the leader, and the voice of Shadow Asai Naruto revealed a deep and cool breath like a moonlit night: "Because... this is my hometown. I won't let them leave, but I And let no one hurt them."

"I said, I'm here... the gravekeeper."

(End of this chapter)