Promoting Konoha's cup of wine at the Magic College

Ignoring the aggressive questioning from his best friend on the other end of the phone, Xia Youjie simply hung up the phone as if nothing had happened.

"Is it really okay to just hang up the phone? Why don't you explain it a little bit?"

Seeing that the phone call that sounded like someone was trying to catch someone was simply hung up, the uneasy Ikegami spoke weakly.

"It's okay, the situation is urgent. It's still too late to explain later." Xia Youjie responded after hanging up the phone, putting the phone back into his pocket with a righteous look.

Uchiha Hitomi on the side nodded thoughtfully: "Yes."

The warm light in the room was already quite dim when it hit the entrance. For a moment, it made the tall and handsome boy's eyebrows slightly curved, making him look like a cunning and evil fox.

It's an illusion.

Chi Shanghua rubbed her eyes and found that the boy looked normal again.

It was indeed her illusion! Chi Shanghua breathed a sigh of relief. She thought she was involved in some weird childish Shura field. It seemed that she was too neurotic and thought too much.

Hitomi Uchiha and Xia Youjie exchanged a few words in a low voice. Although they were very close, it was difficult for Ikegami Hana to hear the conversation between them clearly.

She just vaguely felt that something cold and deep suddenly appeared, lingering around her silently.

Chi Shanghua's memory of what happened next was quite blurry, and everything seemed to be in a trance, as if she was dreaming.

In the dream, she answered some of Hitomi Uchiha's questions about Yukino, took out her phone and showed them the photos she and Yukino took together, and even took out the trinket that Yukino gave her.

When she took out the trinket, Chi Shanghua felt a chill creeping up her hands in a hazy state. She breathed heavily, as if some beast with a cold breath was sniffing the scent of the trinket carefully.

But there was clearly nothing around, and Chi Shanghua couldn't help but shudder.

After that, Chi Shanghua fell asleep in a daze. At the last moment when her vision fell into blur, she was still thinking about how beautiful Hitomi Uchiha's red eyes with complicated patterns were.

Chi Shanghua then allowed herself to indulge in the wonderful dream created by those magnificent red eyes.

Hitomi Uchiha created a shadow clone and placed Ikegami Hana on the tatami in the room, and carefully tucked the bed for Ikegami Hana to protect the girl who was indulging in her dream.

Hitomi himself and Xia Youjie followed the tracking curse spirit to find traces of the missing girl Yukino.

The accessory that Chi Shanghua took out was a cute mini doll, a pink plush with big eyes, the type that young girls can't put down after seeing it.

This doll was given to Hana Ikegami by Yukino not long ago, and it still has a strong aura of the missing person on it.

After sniffing the doll, the curse spirit led the two of them outside.

It's not pleasant to look for someone on a dark rainy day.

Not to mention the lingering drizzle, the muddy dirt road, and the dim light, the overbearing smell of the rain itself was enough to disrupt the rhythm of tracking.

The tracking spell spirit used as a dog wrinkled its nose heavily, and its pale and deformed face looked quite aggrieved.

There were too many disturbances. The rain diluted the scent of the missing person, and carried the faint scent everywhere along with the water flow, making the job of finding the person even more difficult.

The Curse Spirit Operator held an umbrella. The battery of his mobile phone, which he forgot to charge after running around for a day, quickly ran out. It struggled and flickered twice, and finally went out. He neither has the six eyes to see through all things nor the Sharingan that can emit strange red light in the dark. Xia Youjie, who is also a magician, still relies heavily on ordinary vision.

Just controlling the tracking of the cursed spirit in such a dark rain curtain, it was almost difficult to distinguish the scenery in front of him. Xia Youjie could not help but feel that he was a blind man holding the guiding cursed spirit.

When passing by a beast trap covered by grass, Xia Youjie almost missed the step——

As a result, he was held firmly by Hitomi Uchiha beside him.

"Thank you."

Xia Youjie exhaled, and the cold rainwater blew into the umbrella, with a slight

The fishy smell.

His vision was limited in the darkness, but his other senses became extremely sharp in this environment, and the place where he touched his companion's palms was surprisingly hot.

"Jay, you should hold your hand with me. I almost forgot that your eyesight is not very good in the dark."

Hitomi Uchiha's voice came through the noisy rain.

Ninjas have always had the habit of operating at night. Even without the Sharingan, Uchiha Hitomi's night vision is quite good, but this misty rainy night has also hindered her vision to some extent, not to mention Talk about Xia Youjie.

In the dark and rainy night, the two held each other's hands tightly, supporting each other and continuing to move forward under the guidance of the ugly tracking spirit.

After entering the mountain forest, the rhythm of the rain hitting the leaves is no longer as moving as it was when heard from a distance. The cold wind stirs up the wet vegetation and makes a huffing sound. The sound is manic, urgent, and chilling.

The tracking curse spirit was still sniffing around diligently, but seemed to have lost its direction. It was just spinning around on a bush that had been damaged by the heavy rain with only a few flowers and leaves left, and sniffed tentatively in all directions from time to time.

The sounds in the mountain forest became more and more desolate, like wails rising from deep and far underground.

"How could this girl named Yukino go to such a remote place alone?"

Xia Youjie felt something was wrong. This place was already far away from the hotel. Would a cautious girl leave her companions in the hotel and walk so far alone on a rainy night?

Besides, this is still a dangerous mountainous forest area. According to Ikegami Hana, Yukino and she both have rich travel experience. In a situation like this, the girl should never go further alone. After all, there are many dangerous beasts and poisonous insects in the forest at night.

Hitomi Uchiha also frowned in confusion.

Just when the two of them were confused by the curse, they heard a cold and frightening cry coming from far and near, and finally seemed to ring close to their ears.

The sounds were extremely desolate, like the shrill cries of a little girl, the desperate cries of a drowned person, and the mournful wails of wild beasts.

This was the piercing cry that guests in the hotel had heard, but was interpreted by the landlady as a wild cat in heat.

The voice was weak at first, like a sob of grievance, and then gradually became more and more unbridled, wailing miserably in the vast forest, and just listening to it made people shudder.

This is definitely not the sound of a wild cat in heat as the boss lady said. The matter of Yukino's disappearance is probably much more complicated than what Xia Youjie and Uchiha Hitomi initially thought.

There was a seductive charm in that voice, guiding them forward.

This level of spell power was not enough to seduce Xia Youjie and Hitomi Uchiha, but they looked at each other tacitly across the black rainy night, pretending to be bewitched and followed the traces of the spell power.

The rain gradually stopped, the dark clouds dispersed, and a pale moon appeared in the far-reaching sky. The water droplets accumulated on the crowded leaves were filled with pale moonlight. The mountain forest was illuminated by such a cold and desolate light.

The spell that guided Xia Youjie and Hitomi Uchiha disappeared without warning.

So they stayed in this open area where the spell was broken.

There is a small pool of quiet spring water here. A girl is sealed in the transparent crystal at the bottom of the pool. She closes her eyes tightly, with a crystal clear tear remaining in the corner of her right eye.

Although it was frozen by the strange transparent crystal, the girl's chest still rose and fell slightly, a sad and miserable look appeared on her delicate face, and a soft, suppressed cry came from her mouth.

The two soon recognized that she was the missing friend of Ikegami Hana, the girl named Yukino.

Obviously, Yukino is still alive, which is a blessing among misfortunes.

Seeing this, Xia Youjie immediately activated his spell to release the spell spirit to retrieve the transparent crystal wrapping the girl. However, when the two young spellcasters leaned over to look at the crystal sealing the girl, the surface looked pure and pure. The harmful transparent crystal changes rapidly——

Countless whirlpools of mana spewed out from it, and the hallucinogenic substances quietly swirled and dispersed in the dizzying whirlpool.

Uchiha Hitomi was in a daze for a moment. After waking up, she looked around and found that the surrounding environment was very different from before——

eerie

On a scary night, the mountain forest turns into a deep blue sky and green grassy land. Clusters of tenacious and brightly colored wildflowers poke their heads out mischievously when the wind blows, creating a breathtaking and refreshing scene.

The scene changes so quickly, it's like suddenly going from a horror set to a fairy tale set next door.

It is the domain space.

But the atmosphere in this area is very pure, and there is no dirty atmosphere like the curse spirit that can be detected from a long distance.

His friend Xia Youjie was missing. This discovery made Hitomi Uchiha frown.

But what's even weirder is that there is no desire to attack Hitomi Uchiha in this area.

It just runs on its own, and the magic power in the space changes into various forms calmly and contentedly——

Lively rabbits, colorfully patterned pythons, dancing butterflies, clever deer, lazy leopards, and even a huge whale leisurely swam past Uchiha Hitomi's head.

None of these magical creatures had the intention of attacking Hitomi Uchiha, they were chasing and playing with each other. The lazy leopard jumped down from a high place, and jumped in front of Hitomi Uchiha in two or three times, lowering its proud head and gently He rubbed her hand and purred, eager to be touched.

This strange situation left the young super conjurer a little confused.

Hitomi Uchiha made a relaxed gesture and scratched the leopard's chin. The leopard closed its eyes and lay down comfortably, rolled out its belly and wiggled around delicately. The rabbit jumped in front of Hitomi Uchiha, and the deer jumped over. Chasing the rabbit, when he passed by her and the leopard, he stopped and looked at Hitomi blankly, his clear eyes filled with childish curiosity.

Butterflies are rising and falling, far and near, huge whales are swimming slowly in the sky, white clouds are rolling in the sky wherever they pass, everything is as sweet and pure as a child's fantasy.

But secretly, Hitomi remained vigilant, patiently waiting for the domain master to reveal his flaws.

Suddenly, Uchiha Hitomi's eyes flashed.

The blazing and gorgeous flames mixed with dazzling lightning swept towards the eyeballs peering deep into the grass.

"ah!"

A delicate childish voice suddenly cried out in pain.

Along with this sound, the leopard suddenly extended its sharp teeth to tear into the rabbit's flesh and blood, the python slowly wrapped around the panicked deer, the giant whale fell hard from the sky to the ground, and the flesh and blood collapsed and exploded in mid-air... all the wonderful things. The illusion was torn apart, revealing the bloody reality.

child?

Uchiha Hitomi calmly changed her mind.

"Hate!"

The broken fairy tale illusion faded and turned into a wide and deep dark space. A little girl wearing a dark kimono and long black hair appeared in front of Hitomi Uchiha with a gloomy expression.

In the blink of an eye, Hitomi Uchiha controlled the little girl's movements.

"Where's my friend?"

The little girl in kimono looked at Hitomi Uchiha gloomily. When Hitomi looked back calmly, the girl avoided Hitomi's gaze.

The little girl sobbed hard, her hands and feet muscles were weak, and it was almost effortless for Uchiha Hitomi to restrain her.

"How could this happen?" She muttered, and then glared at Hitomi fiercely, "It's all your fault! Why aren't you disturbed by illusions!"

Uchiha, who started out playing illusions, just raised his eyelids calmly when he heard this. His voice was soft and sweet, but it was extremely oppressive.

"Where's my friend?"

"Human! What's so good about people, why do you want to find that person? What's wrong with the cute little animals in that fantasy just now!"

The little girl screamed sharply.

"What's wrong with people?" Hitomi pinched the little girl's face with her hand, forcing their eyes to meet. "Jie is a very important friend of mine. I must make sure that he is safe now."

"I would rather be with beasts than with people!" The little girl's eyes were scarlet with anger.

"Why?" Uchiha Hitomi asked seriously.

"The things that humans do are much more horrific than those of beasts! The beasts ate my dead body just out of pure hunger, but the terror of humans is far more than that! Those who share the same blood as me have countless evil thoughts. and the accompanying clever means to torture the weak and extract pain from others

to usurp distorted satisfaction and happiness. "

Mentioning these, this easily excited little girl showed a calm and sarcastic smile that was befitting her age.

Then the little girl's eyes were indifferent and dead, immersed in the memories of the past, and she didn't want to speak anymore.

She is a little girl with a lot of stories.

Hitomi Uchiha whispered an apology. When he opened his eyes again, they were already blood red. Hitomi directly used his Sharingan to enter Chiba's spiritual world.

The girl was born in a Chanyuan family and was named Qianye. She was an ordinary girl with no spells or spells in a Zenyuan family where magicians were the most respected and hierarchical family.

Qianye can't see the cursed spirit, and she doesn't even have the strong flesh and body bound by the sky and the curse. She is a weak girl - in the feudal Zenyuan family, she can be said to be an existence that everyone can step on and spit on.

Her parents, who were both magicians, were ashamed of giving birth to a useless and weak ordinary child like her, and they did not even give her the surname of Zenyuan.

People with magic skills in the family feel dirty even when they look at Qianye. Even if Qianye stands in front of them, she will be treated like nothing.

But people who also have no magic skills and are looked down upon by spellcasters are very happy to bully the weaker and helpless Chiba. The strong will draw a knife on the stronger, and the weak will vent their anger on the weaker when they are humiliated.

People with powerful spells and spells look down on weak spellcasters, while weak spellcasters insult those without spells, physically strong people bully thin people, men despise women, and older people dominate younger ones... …Such chains of contempt are endless, and Chiba is unfortunately at the bottom of all chains.

This kind of mutual strife among the weak made Qianye suffer a lot.

Although he briefly became friends with Maki and Zheni, who were in similar situations, it was just a way for weak people to warm each other up and could not change Chiba's situation at all.

Even after being truly exposed to the warmth of her kindness, Chiba, who had been paralyzed by the harshness of life and couldn't feel the cold, realized in her heart that her surroundings were so cold and malicious.

Without the protection of his parents, Chiba was wantonly bullied by the tribesmen with the same blood. After catching a cold one winter day, Chiba died quietly due to lack of medicine and care soon after.

Naturally, her death did not stir up any ripples in the Chanyuan family.

Ah, there is no way, why is she not a respectable magician, but who is weak and mediocre to the point of embarrassing her parents.

This family of magicians that has stood for thousands of years is a machine that operates completely coldly. Only the powerful magicians are the most valuable and most worthy of careful care in this behemoth, and a weak existence like Qianye is just one of them and not worth mentioning. , waste that can be discarded at will.

Chiba's body was randomly dumped in the countryside and devoured by hungry wild beasts.

After her death, her special heavenly and cursed physique finally came into play. With a deep desire that she did not understand, she turned into an evil special-grade cursed tool, and came back to life as an artifact in the body of the beast. .

Chiba, who was resurrected as an artifact, could not restrain her desire for revenge. As a special magic instrument, she finally had the powerful power she dreamed of. Those who she had feared and looked up to before could now finally be trampled under her feet.

Qianye began to use his own ability to cultivate curse spirits, seduce the magicians of the Yusan family, especially the Zen Yuan family, and ordered the curse spirits he created to kill them cruelly, and then carefully destroyed the curse spirits, so that those with great magical powers could be used. The teacher also had no choice but to do anything to her.

These acts of revenge gave her happiness, but the happiness she gained from such actions was short-lived - she still cried in the clear moonlight of the mountains and forests all night long, trapped in a deep emptiness that she did not understand. among.

She was very sure that she was born out of some deep desire, but as the price of being "cursed", Qianye could not recall this strong desire to resurrect her at all, and could only allow herself to be blurred by this. , The overbearing and unreasonable desires tortured her endlessly.

Chiba seduced the explorer Yukino, but not with the intention of killing her. She sealed Yukino, just to let Yukino experience everything she had experienced during her lifetime, and to figure out what she wanted.

...and she was lonely.

The encounter with Hitomi Uchiha and Natsu Youjie was purely accidental. Chiba could see that they were magicians, but not from the Gosan family. This was easy to tell. The behavior of spellcasters from the Gosan family often changed. With a rotten smell that is difficult to hide, no matter how young you are, you can't hide the smell of decay anytime and anywhere.

Chiba knew that the two young conjurers who suddenly appeared here were here to investigate the incident in which she killed the three conjurers of the Yusan family.

So she took the initiative to seduce the two young spellcasters, planning to put them into an illusion and knock them out, wash out their memories, and instruct the spell spirits to throw them away, just like she did to the civilian spellcasters before.

Hitomi Uchiha watched Chiba's painful and humble life through genjutsu.

"So this is ah."

Chiba stiffly stiffened her neck and looked at Hitomi. This feeling as if her whole body was completely seen through made her suddenly feel a strong sense of shame.

Chiba even thought a little bit - laugh at her, uncover her old scars, peel off the mask on her face bloody, and see that her true face is the kind of person who is as humble as dust, and Yu Zhi A spellcaster like Hatomi, who is naturally powerful and upright, is completely different. She is the kind of villain who is twisted and despicable in the dust.

But the humiliating scene she envisioned didn't happen.

The beautiful and powerful super magician reached out to gently tidy up the girl's messy hair, and gently kissed her forehead under Qianye's surprised and astonished eyes.

"You are longing to be loved and saved."