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

The tightly closed windows blocked out the moonlight, and the room was as dark as if it had been soaked in ink.

In this quiet night, the pounding heartbeat in the room was very obvious.

Xiao's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he slowly opened his eyes, waking up from a disturbing dream.

Before he opened his eyes, he vaguely felt the furry touch on his face. Now that he opened his eyes, he saw the furry body of the wind sickle weasel.

The Kaze Weasel who was sent to deliver the letter came back at some point and considerately closed the window to prevent the moonlight shining into the house from disturbing Xiao's rest.

Seeing Xiao wake up, the Wind Scythe Weasel, which had been curled up into a ball, stood up suddenly. Its two eyes, which were emitting green light, rolled around, revealing a bit of guilt, as if it had done something wrong behind Xiao's back.

Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly.

Seeing the wind sickle weasel like this, he had a bad premonition in his heart, and also felt tired.

"Were you discovered?" Xiao's voice was a little tired.

After hearing this, the Wind Sickle Weasel first nodded slightly, then quickly shook its little head. Xiao saw two green lights shaking up and down, then quickly swung left and right, leaving two green afterimages.

"Ok?"

Xiao was made even more confused.

Relying on the connection with the contracted beast, Xiao finally understood what Wind Sickle Itachi meant.

It was discovered, but not by Ye Lingchuan, but by Mo Zuche who was staying outside the City Lord's Mansion and had not left yet.

Mo Zuche recognized it as Xiao's contracted beast, and asked it to help convey a message to Xiao - to gather at a certain place at 9:00 p.m. tomorrow morning.

The wind sickle weasel grasped the two sides of a piece of paper tightly with its two little paws, carefully unfolded it, and stood in front of Xiao.

This piece of paper was also given to it by Mo Zuche, and it had the meeting place written on it.

The light in the room was already very dim, and Xiao had just woken up not long ago, so his vision was still blurry and he couldn't see the words on the paper clearly.

Xiao grabbed the paper, propped himself up with his hands, and staggered out of the bed.

But he did not use the moonlight to read the contents of the paper. Instead, he lifted the quilt, moved into bed, and placed the paper on the bedside table.

As long as it wasn't exposed in front of Ye Lingchuan, it would be fine. As for what Mo Zuche asked her to find him... we'll talk about it after dawn.

Sleepiness soon dragged Xiao into sleep again, and this time it was still a nightmare. In this empty dream where even the sense of space had completely disappeared, he was tightly wrapped in an inexplicable uneasiness.

I couldn't see anything in the dream, but it was very noisy.

Xiao couldn't hear clearly what these voices were saying, but at certain moments, he vaguely heard someone calling him.

The voice sounded very familiar, somewhat like his own voice.

Moreover, the sound was very soft, so soft that the slightest disturbance could break it and drown it out. He even suspected that he was hallucinating.

But I was dreaming, so is it possible that I would still have auditory hallucinations?

……

In the dim guest room, a pair of golden eyes quietly opened.

Xiao woke up again, the fatigue in his eyes had not diminished at all.

"Were you calling me when I was sleeping just now?"

The first thing he did after waking up was to ask the green goblin.

"No." Green Xiao hesitated for a moment, then asked with concern, "But did you encounter a nightmare?"

Xiao thought about it and replied, "...I guess so."

In the second half of the nightmare, he realized that the source of his inner uneasiness was that familiar voice. If he didn't figure out the reason for the voice, he would probably continue to have nightmares when he went to sleep.

Since the familiar voice had nothing to do with the green goblin, he planned to go find the red goblin and ask again.

But immediately, Xiao recalled what Red Xiao said when he met him last time.

Red Xiao didn't want to disturb his rest.

He hesitated for a moment, but soon made up his mind.

Ever since communicating with Huang Guxuan and obtaining some information, Xiao has had some doubts about whether Red Xiao has truly recovered.

Could it be that the guy didn't want to worry him, so he pretended to have almost recovered, and then said those words, but was actually preparing to bear it all by himself?

Seeing Xiao open a scarlet passage that exuded a poisonous aura, Green Xiao showed a look of understanding and said, "You should also pay more attention to rest."

Xiao made an "OK" gesture to the other party, and without caring whether Green Xiao understood it or not, he entered the passage without hesitation.

……

The space filled with bloodshot eyes was dead silent. Compared to the last time I came here, there was not much difference. It could even be said that it remained the same.

The badminton that carried the red goblin's consciousness was still nowhere to be found. The huge space was empty. Not only did the vengeful soul disappear without a trace, but even the red goblin was gone.

Xiao roughly circled in this space. No matter how he called Red Xiao, Red Xiao did not show up, as if this guy had already left.

But in this space, Xiao can still feel the breath of Red Xiao.

"What's going on? Where's he? He told me last time not to disturb him. Is he really hiding from me now?" Xiao couldn't help but complain. As he spoke, he rubbed his eyes with a helpless expression on his face.

He was already over-exhausted and had two nightmares in a row. He felt like his soul was about to break apart. Now Hong Xiao was playing hide-and-seek with him again. He felt an unknown fire of karma rising from the bottom of his heart.

Soon, Xiao realized that his emotions were abnormal.

Although those resentful souls disappeared for some reason, the coldness and karma in this space still existed. With his current mental state, he would inevitably be affected if he stayed in it.

Xiao began to take deep breaths, trying to calm himself, and soon found that he was a little optimistic about his condition.

The longer he stayed in this space, the deeper the impact it had on him and the harder it would be to remove.

Red Xiao refused to show up no matter what, and Xiao didn't want to be in trouble if Red Xiao finally came out. He would accidentally lose control of his emotions and get angry at a wounded soldier, and ultimately return empty-handed.

Shortly after he left, a sound suddenly rang out in the dead silent scarlet space.

"Tsk."

The Red Xiao, who had been nowhere to be found just now, walked out from some corner of the space. He stared at the direction where Xiao left. There was no warmth in his blue eyes, like a pool of cold stagnant water.

Under his feet, a dark red shadow spread and diffused in all directions like a living thing. In just one breath, it became hundreds of times larger than Red Goblin himself, covering at least 30% of the space, like a huge unfolded curtain.

On the scarlet curtain, countless strange shapes were crowded inside, twisting their bodies wildly. From time to time, eerie and terrifying howling sounds came from inside, as if countless resentful souls were roaring.

No, that is the voice of the resentful spirit.

All the disappeared resentful souls were included in this curtain. They roared, fought, and struggled in that scarlet world, just like the moment before the individual named "Red Goblin" first gained consciousness.

Hong Xiao glanced at the twisting shadow behind him, and a sinister arc appeared at the corner of his mouth.

After a moment of silence, he said grimly, "The next time you come here, it will be your death."