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

After leaving the cafeteria, Xiao went to the place mentioned by Helan Liuying. Everything was normal there and no locked door was found.

It seems that if we want to verify it, we have to wait until midnight.

That's it for now, let's get started.

Thinking of this, Xiao turned and went to the street.

……

In a restaurant, a waiter who was waiting not far from the door saw a handsome young man walking towards them. He immediately put on a smile and was about to greet him, but saw that the young man suddenly stopped at the threshold, then retracted his steps and turned to leave.

It seemed as if a cold wind blew across the frozen smile on his face, and then he saw the young man suddenly stop and look at him from a distance.

Just as he was trying to interpret the meaning of this gaze, the boy walked away without looking back.

"Ok?"

What he couldn't see was that there were actually two teenagers coming, and although one of them left, the other had already walked in.

Noticing the gazes behind him, Hong Xiao turned around, and the moment their eyes met, he changed direction.

"What's wrong?" Hong Xiao asked after following up.

"I suddenly remembered something." Xiao replied.

"what?"

“You can’t touch the physical object when outsiders are present.”

"?"

Hong Xiao didn't follow his train of thought for a moment, and the two of them came to the market.

Looking at his other self who was selecting ingredients, Hong Xiao asked, "Do you want to make it yourself?"

"Ah."

"Why didn't you go into the store to eat just now?"

"I'm not used to having people watching me while I eat."

Only then did Hong Xiao understand the meaning of Xiao's previous words.

"You think I'm an eyesore?" Hong Xiao crossed his arms, his face showing no emotion. "I can leave and come back after you finish eating."

Xiao held the ingredients in his hands and looked up at him: "Is the food I cooked bad?"

"Not bad." Hong Xiao answered almost immediately.

It’s okay, it’s quite to his taste.

Xiao lowered his head and continued to select the ingredients: "That's it."

Red Mandrill: “…”

"What a waste of time." Red Xiao turned his head and his eyes happened to fall on the place where the almonds were served. "Whatever you want."

After buying some simple food, on the way back to the Adventure Association, Xiao asked, "By the way, how did you get into this fantasy world of mine?"

Red Xiao told Xiao how he was on equal terms with the Messenger after leaving the illusion. During the battle, he suddenly sensed Xiao's breath and plunged into the illusion.

Xiao looked at Red Xiao with half belief and half doubt. He did not doubt the latter's strength, but was this description a bit exaggerated?

Ling Shi had two major realms of suppression over Hong Xiao. This was also his Eclipse Dream World, so he had the home advantage. But in the end, he ended up with a draw?

It feels a bit fake.

Looking at the expression on the red monkey's face, he suddenly thought of the male bird showing off its gorgeous wings that he had seen in a video.

Forget it, I won’t expose it.

"What about the remaining 'me'?"

"You mean the new guy? I haven't seen him, so he's probably still trapped." Red Xiao paused, then added, "Don't worry about his strength. If he's held back by something like last time, we can just rescue him after we get out."

"So, you are the first among us to break through the illusion?"

"Hmmmm~"

Red Goblin snorted complacently.

Although he did not take the usual route and directly used the special violence of his own power to break the impasse, but... you can tell whether he is the first one to come out?

He said, "Why don't you guess who I met in the illusion?"

Since Red Xiao asked this, it was not difficult for Xiao to guess given his previous experience of falling into a trap in the ruins.

"Me?" Xiao pointed at himself.

Red Mandrill nodded.

Xiao praised: "Great progress, what reward do you want?"

Recalling the last time, Red Goblin was still in a trance because of the illusion.

"I won't be fooled by a fake a second time." said Hong Xiao proudly.

Looking at Xiao's expression, he suddenly realized something and narrowed his eyes: "Do you think of me as a child?"

"No." Xiao denied it flatly and changed the subject without changing his expression. "By the way, where is your breakthrough point in the illusion?"

"Don't try to change the subject!" Red Xiao said hurriedly.

How would the other self view him if he knew that his actual operation was similar to flipping a table in a game, which had just been praised by him for withstanding the test?

This question cannot be answered at all!

"Uh..." Seeing Red Xiao's big reaction, Xiao didn't think much about it, thinking that the other party had seen through his little thoughts. Then he used the same trick again and asked, "What do you want to eat later?"

Red Xiao thought for a moment and replied, "Whatever you want. I'm not picky about food."

Having said that, his eyes have never left Almond since Xiao asked the question.

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Xiao breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It takes time to make almond tofu. We can only wait until tonight."

Red Mandrill: “Oh——”

Xiao added: "If you can lend a hand, it should be faster."

Red Mandrill: “Yes——”

They returned to the Adventure Association and borrowed a kitchen. After enjoying lunch quietly, they searched for clues in the city again. Although they didn't find much, all the signs pointed to the door in the college toilet that only appeared at certain times, which sounded like an urban legend.

As we all know, in the world of fantasy, strange stories are all true.

We can only watch the action at night.

……

evening.

Xiao appeared on a tall building in the city. Beside him, Red Xiao was eating freshly baked almond tofu.

The two people's legs were dangling in the air and swaying from time to time.

The terrain here is high, with an excellent view, and there are few people coming and going, which will not affect the red mandrill's eating. It is a good place for a halftime break.

Now that I have some free time, I have time to think about other things.

Hearing the noise coming from afar, Xiao couldn't help but sigh.

This kind of scene can only be seen in fantasy now, right?

When gathering information in the afternoon, it is inevitable to communicate with people, especially with acquaintances.

During the whole process, he kept telling himself to just treat it as a dream, a dream that was free from reality.

But on second thought, if he were alone, he might really be trapped in the dream and unable to get out. After all, he is not a man with great ambitions.

The ambition to defend the country?

maybe.

Once, in the city surrounded by a tide of beasts, he covered himself in blood. In addition to wanting to help his friends, he felt that he was reborn as "Xiao" and that this was how it should be.

In addition, becoming stronger is to trouble less people, and exploring opportunities is because "since we are here, we are here too."

The atmosphere here is absolutely stunning to him, just like the nostalgic high school days in his memory, leaving behind studies and exams, and all that is left are those innocent smiles and tears.

But, he is not a person after all, and the shadows cast by these light spots in memory are not as great as those cast by the people around him.

Besides, if he is not there, what will happen if the other two Xiaos start fighting?

Based on his observations over the past few days, the probability of a fight between the two of them is very high, and Red Goblin will definitely suffer, which is not acceptable.

In this world, there is no reason for the two of them to fight to the death, and there is no need to torture each other like before.

"Hmm?" Hong Xiao looked at Xiao doubtfully. He felt a hint of sadness from the latter.

He was a little confused. Did something happen just now that he didn't know about?

He wanted to do something to comfort his other self, but he didn't even know why his other self was sad.

Never mind. He will adjust himself. Don't worry about it.

Not being able to read minds is really troublesome.

Red Xiao took a bite of almond tofu and moved towards Xiao, leaving no space between them.

……

In a blink of an eye, it was midnight, and Xiao came to the bathroom again. This time, there was a locked door inside as rumored.

Xiao tried to open it, but failed.

He studied it carefully for a while and found no mechanism to open the door, so he adopted Hong Xiao's suggestion - to break the door violently.

A punch containing king-level power smashed against the door, but the door did not move at all, and even the surrounding walls were not affected.

Hong Xiao carefully felt the power emanating from the crack in the door for a while, then took a step forward and said, "Let me try."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao felt two saint-level auras rising.