Reborn as Xiao in another world, targeted by the little red bird

Chapter 252 Rehearsal

Meeting place.

Dozens of people gathered here, and props for lion dance were piled up nearby. A man stood in the crowd holding a lion head, teaching others at the top of his voice.

When it was time to rest, people from the Red Butterfly Army gathered in groups of three or four and started chatting.

"Hey, are you going to play the little lion, or are you going to play yourself?"

"Well, I don't have that talent. I understand it in my head, but when I really start to practice, I feel like my body is out of control. How about you?"

"Hey, I'm lucky. I passed the selection."

"You're great, tell us what it's like to dress up as a lion."

"That's it, I don't feel anything."

"By the way, do you know who was chosen as the general?"

"do not know."

"I did hear a little news that the person who was chosen is also from our army, and he is not an officer."

"Is this true? I've never heard of it."

"Anyway, it's not Brother Yuan. He's also here practicing with us."

"It's not Brother Yuan? Then who else can be the one? Anyway, I won't accept it."

"..."

Just when everyone was taking a break, Luo Yun brought the two here, immediately attracting the attention of most people. Expressions of curiosity, confusion, shock, and understanding appeared on everyone's faces.

"Why are some people coming here just now? We have already been divided into teams."

"I'm afraid it's not through the back door."

"You dare to give someone a backdoor when cooperating with the Red Butterfly Army? You are really brave."

"Stop for a moment. Does the shortest boy look familiar to you?"

"Is there? Hiss...it seems like there really is one. It's really strange that I feel he looks familiar. Who is he?"

"Did one person single-handedly challenge a whole team of new recruits a few days ago?"

"A bit like."

"By the way, what was the new recruit's name?"

"Xiao!" Xiang Feichen waved at Xiao who had just arrived.

Xiao looked up and found that there were many people here whom he had met once before, and Luo Yun beside him was still talking.

"In the stories that are circulated among the people, there are often plots where people make contracts with beast tribes to watch over each other, so we also added this setting, letting the lion represent the strange beasts in the story that fight against the Nian beast together with humans. Because it involves fighting, which is not the area that folk lion dance teams are good at, so we can only trouble people in the army."

"Now that the manpower has been divided up, we invited the two of you to start the formal rehearsal."

Xiao nodded. He didn't know if it was his illusion, but he felt that as soon as he entered here, almost everyone's eyes were on them, and some people looked unfriendly. Wasn't it because Red Xiao had beaten up some of them before? It shouldn't be that serious, right?

Luo Yun introduced the character played by Xiao to everyone, and everyone showed an expression of "as expected". When she was about to introduce Huang Guxuan, a silver pangolin suddenly climbed onto Huang Guxuan's shoulder and blocked her fingers.

"This... plays the role of the Nian Beast."

As soon as he finished speaking, the pangolin jumped down from his shoulder, revealing its original form that was as tall as a person. A faint pressure spread out, shutting up all the doubts.

"No way, seriously?"

Everyone felt that this fake dragon could kill them with just a flick of its finger.

But what they didn't expect was that something even more shocking was yet to come.

"You guys should get used to each other with the Silver-Armored Earth Dragon first, to avoid any accidents during the performance." Luo Yun said to the ten people playing the lions and the lion dance team members.

"What about Xiao? Doesn't he have to fight against the Nian beast? Doesn't he?" someone asked.

"Xiao, he doesn't need it. The Silver-Armored Earth Dragon won't hurt him by mistake."

Everyone:?

As the rehearsal progressed, the days passed one by one. Just like the end of the year when we need to meet our sales targets, many things happened in the city.

For example, rumors of a haunted mass grave in the west of the city were spreading, and the popularity even attracted the attention of experts. However, the experts found that the mass grave was cleaner than some people's homes. This caused an uproar, and a newly promoted young housekeeper even said that this was slander.

For example, the Chen family took action to ban an illegal organization. According to a young master of the Chen family, this organization used the name of a well-known arena player to cheat people of money and favors, which was very abominable. The leader of the organization was very skilled, and even he was deeply involved in it. Fortunately, he came to his senses and ended the evil deeds of this organization.

Soon, the day of the performance came. Luo Yun suggested that everyone from the army have a New Year's Eve dinner together to wish the performance a success. Xiao calculated that the time was almost up, and just as he went out, he ran into Su Yunyan who came to see him.

It turned out that Su Yunyan wanted to celebrate the New Year with her acquaintances. Although she usually wandered around the city and met many people, the only four people she could really consider as her acquaintances were Xiao, Huang Guxuan, Qiu Liuyun, and Helan Liuying. After all, she had spent a thousand years with them in the Eclipse Dream World.

Helan Liuying is the weakest among the few people. Like the others who participated in the mission to clear the Eclipse Dream World, she has shown no signs of waking up until now. Qiu Liuyun has gone back to make a mission report, and Huang Guxuan is nowhere to be found, so she came to find Xiao.

Xiao asked Luo Yun if he could bring his friends to the banquet, and only after receiving a positive answer did he agree to Su Yunyan's request.

Huang Guxuan did not attend the banquet.

During the brief time with the others, he accidentally revealed his identity. When everyone knew that a "killer god" had mixed up among them, they all felt uncomfortable and became restrained. He simply did not go, and only asked Xiao to go with his contracted beast.

So, when Xiao, holding Lingli and Fengjianwei in his arms, pushed open the door with Su Yunyan, a cry of "wow" was heard in the room.

Someone took the opportunity to tease: "Xiao, did you bring your girlfriend here?"

"We're just ordinary friends." Xiao looked down at the two little creatures squeezing each other in his arms and said, "We're here, come down."

Lingli rolled out of Xiao's arms with a "gurgle". Wind sickle weasel took the opportunity to occupy all the positions in Xiao's arms, put on a winner's attitude, and looked down at Lingli.

Lingli gave it a cold look: childish.

Not long after Xiao took Lingli from Huang Guxuan, the Wind Scythe Weasel jumped out and tried to push Lingli out of Xiao's arms. But how could it be a match for a demigod beast? Lingli wanted to leave, as it was not used to staying in other people's arms. But when it saw the Wind Scythe Weasel like this, it just stood still and let it pupate on its body.

"You go down too." Xiao spoke again, and the Wind Scythe Itachi did so reluctantly.

On the other side, when Su Yunyan saw so many people here, she was stunned for a moment, then she introduced herself and quickly joined everyone.

There were people who were making jokes about her and Xiao, but both of them denied it, without any trace of guilt. In addition, Xiao's eyes when he spoke were a little creepy, as if some terrifying existence was staring at him through his eyes. So, no one mentioned it anymore.

Red Mandrill: Oh? You guys are smarter than that unrepentant guy.

Because there was a performance later, everyone drank tea instead of wine and played finger-guessing games. The atmosphere was very lively. Who would have thought that Su Yunyan had a talent for finger-guessing games? She won every time she played, as if she was in an unmanned environment.

Since they didn't get any advantage from her, everyone turned their attention to Xiao who was quietly eating his food.

Sensing those ardent gazes, Xiao retracted his chopsticks and looked at everyone warily: "I don't want to play, you guys play."

"Xiao, come and play. Everyone is playing and you are left alone. It's embarrassing. It doesn't matter if you don't know how to play. Just give it a try."

"..."

Xiao: Thank you, you don’t have to care about me extra. I think this is good enough. Don’t be embarrassed.

Xiao couldn't persuade so many people, so he had to agree. He lost the game quickly, punished himself with a cup of tea, and sat in a less crowded place to continue eating. Everyone looked at each other, but didn't force him any further.

Red Xiao: "Tsk, why are you so useless?"

Xiao: "Then...you go?"

Red Mandrill: "You've already escaped."

Xiao: "You can go back and find them."

Red Mandrill: "Eat your food. You're talking so much. Be careful not to choke."

Xiao suddenly coughed violently, attracting the concerned gazes of others.

"Xiao, what's wrong with you?"

"Nothing...anything." Xiao finally caught his breath and replied.

He suddenly felt a burning sensation in his throat.

Red Xiao: "I told you to stop talking. How do you feel? Do you want to come back and rest?"

Green Mandrill: "Communication in the mind should not affect eating."

Red Xiao: "You're here. That's great. You can take his place."