The day I was forced to be a detective pendant

"Please come in." Zhai Qi's voice sounded from behind the door.

I walked into the school doctor's office - there were no students in the corridor, and the teacher on duty had also gone to take a lunch break, and Zhai Qi was the only one in there.I took two boxes of Xiaochao from the cafeteria and said, "Senior brother, I brought you rice."

"Thank you." He gathered the documents on the desk sideways, took out a stack of newspapers and spread them out on the table: "Put it here."

I opened the lids of the lunch boxes one by one - one box was green pepper shredded pork and fried stuffed tofu, the other box was dry pot cauliflower and sweet and sour pork ribs, and gave him a portion of rice.Zhai Qi took out the disposable chopsticks and rubbed them against each other. Looking at his ordinary movements, I really couldn't connect him with the word "God of Calamity".

The lowest temperature outside today was minus 2 degrees, and the forecast said that it would snow again in the afternoon, but Zhai Qi was only wearing a white shirt, with a camel-colored overcoat hanging on the side.I found that no matter how cold it was, he didn't wear much, and the bird with flame feathers appeared in front of my eyes again - Zhai Qi said that the scene I saw was an illusion created by him, such a torn spiritual realm, magma Inferno and the sunset bow... how much of it is real?

And what Xiang Wuzheng saw at that time made him show such a dazed and lost expression.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Zhai Qi asked casually, "Where's the little snake?"

"Bian Yao has class at one o'clock in the afternoon, and the lunch break is short..." I said, "Brother, do you have any taboos?"

Zhai Qi shook his head, looked down at the dishes on the table, and the little snack said in surprise: "Hey, isn't it hard to get the sweet and sour pork ribs in the cafeteria?"

I didn't feel self-satisfied: "You also know? I just ran fast to grab it today."

Zhai Qi smiled and said, "It's amazing."

I laughed for a while, and suddenly thought that from the first time we met, he seemed to be able to dispel people's vigilance with a few words every time—no matter how nervous you were before you came, just make eye contact with him, hear his voice, and immediately will relax.

It's like hearing the chirping of a firebird to dispel the pain.

Originally, I didn't think much about it, and I probably only attributed it to the talent bonus of the psychiatrist.But since I met Xiang Wuzheng, I began to slowly think about how many of our behaviors and mentality are influenced by the spirit of words in our daily life.

"Brother, last time you said that you would not use the power of speech to ordinary people in your daily life, but... it seems that not all people with abilities are like this."

Zhai Qi nodded: "Well, sometimes it is not so easy to consciously restrain the power in your hands."

"In the past, only creatures with spiritual awareness could possess the power of speech. The vulgar wildness has been evolving in a long and chaotic time. There are more and more 'spirits' in the world. According to ancient Chinese sayings, we can It’s a monster.” Zhai Qi seemed to see through what I wanted to ask, and without waiting for me to go around in circles, he said straight to the point: “Later, the number of monkeys increased, and most of them could open their mouths since they were children. The power of the spirit is unconscious, and the power of uncleanness fills the whole world."

I nodded: "Bian Yao told me that curses, rumors, and bad words are all counted as impurities in the spirit of speech."

"If there are so many creatures that can control the power of words..." Zhai Qi picked up a piece of shredded meat and a green pepper with his chopsticks: "Then there are so many creatures that can't understand this kind of power at all."

I looked at the canteen-style green pepper shredded meat ratio with tears streaming down my face: "Sometimes I feel that my surroundings seem to be all small animals unconsciously, and sometimes I feel that the world is quite normal."

"There are as many phyla, genus, classes, and families of animals and plants in this world, and monkeys are only one in a billion." Zhai Qi said, "But since modern times, the ancient gods have left, and the world has been occupied by monkeys. Like Even if we have power, we are at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers, so we gradually began to hide our abilities and whereabouts."

"Isn't it because you can't become a spirit after the founding of the country?" I laughed twice, and thought of the monsters I met in the spiritual realm in the past—they were all normal human beings, but their hearts have become like that.

"In ancient times, there were people who said it was scary, but now there is cyber violence." Zhai Qi raised his eyebrows somewhat helplessly.

I was suddenly blessed, and asked, "Is this why you became a psychiatrist? To purify the impurities of the word spirit from the perspective of a non-capable person."

"It's not as great as you said, but I just feel that I'm just good at it." Zhai Qi smiled, "Usually, I usually ask questions for appointments, and the other party keeps talking, but today it's the other way around."

"You don't have to imagine the ability to control the speech spirit as something extraordinary. Most of the children you have met so far are children with outstanding attributes who were specially trained as a spirit contract team, including Xiao Snake. So after he lost his attributes , his mentality plummeted in an instant, because he had never seen the world of ordinary people before. But in fact, the world is made up of ordinary people, and most of them just have some weak attributes of nature. The social elements are alive, just like me, just a neutral and free individual." He changed his expression, and said: "Of course, among the capable people, there are also many organizations with huge resources and wealth, and their demands are different."

"Appeal?" I asked curiously.

Zhai Qi used chopsticks to divide the white rice noodles in the bowl into several portions: "This kind of people can be roughly divided into three categories. One category only manages the affairs of their own clansmen. No matter how strong or weak they are, they will give asylum to their clansmen who need it. A group of people wantonly enlist the strong, and believe that capable people should occupy the dominant position of the world."

The dog clan led by Brother Yue should be the first type of people described by Zhai Qi, I thought to myself, and looked at him with a tangled face: "Stop playing with food, brother, and, what you just said is only two types .”

Zhai Qi cleared his throat, let go of the riddled rice, picked up a piece of ribs instead, and said, "Because the second type of people is divided into two factions. Most of them hide in the secular world, maybe they are the heads of financial groups, Maybe it is a political leader, living as a monkey, trying to ensure that more people of the same race can go to the lifeline seats of economy and politics. There are also a small number of extremists, who don't even bother to put on the skin of monkeys, thinking that people with the ability It is a more superior existence—it can be regarded as populism in another sense.”

I nodded: "Lawful neutral, lawful evil, and chaotic evil."

"Xiang Wuzheng...it's the organization that boy was in that day, the third type you mentioned." I said, "He once said that ordinary people will help them achieve their wishes when they pay for them, and they don't hide themselves at all." ability means."

Zhai Qi chuckled suddenly: "It's just a little crow."

Although his tone was not disdainful, there was a hint of evil in his smile. I shuddered and began to seriously consider the possibility of a five thousand year old monster sitting in front of me.

I was stunned: "A crow?"

"It's a purple howling thrush, and it's also a bird considered unlucky by humans," Zhai Qi said, "If you have an ominous premonition in your heart, once you say it, it will become more and more true... The crow's mouth is not correct. What does that mean?"

He used the word "also", I think, it seems that he is quite familiar with his title of "God of Calamity".

"So, that little crow is not important, what is important is the organization behind him, and even... even the dragon weapon that is partnered with him is more worthy of embarrassment." He shrugged, "Unfortunately, I don't have any more information to tell you about this organization."

I nodded, ate my meal in silence for a while, then raised my face to look at him again.

Zhai Qi put down his chopsticks helplessly, and said, "You want to ask me how to control the Dragon Soul?"

I nodded honestly.

Zhai Qi said: "I told you last time, in theory, you can drive the dragon power in your body and pour it into the weapon that has formed a spiritual contract with you, so that it can play a more effective role. The little snake is a golden dragon. Jiao, if he can't adapt to the Dragon Soul, it is estimated that there will be no other more decent weapon in the whole world."

"But Dragon Soul is still very weak, a premature baby, and you have never received systematic training as an art body, so it is normal that you can't perceive strength on weekdays." He changed the subject, "Unfortunately, I have never I have done body surgery, and I don't have much experience to share with you. For me, it is a natural thing for the lotus fire to flow in the body. As for where this ability comes from and how to use it, I really don't know. Some of them can’t be explained. You can ask Xiao Snake to go back to his house and find a powerful art master to teach you.”

I was a little hesitant: "Since Bian Yao was injured and lost his ability, it seems that he doesn't have much contact with his family, but..."

I suddenly realized - when it comes to the powerful art body, isn't Brother Yue the art body?The vast ice field impresses me deeply.

It's just that Brother Yue seems to be the kind of president who manages everything every day. I don't know if he has time to answer our request.

Zhai Qi saw that I had an idea in my mind, so he didn't say anything more. He didn't eat much, except for the famous sweet and sour pork ribs in the cafeteria, he didn't move much.With the principle of not being wasted, I cleaned up all the food, and while wiping my mouth with my stomach full, I also realized the huge gap between myself and Senior Brother Jing.

Just before I was about to leave, I suddenly thought of another thing and asked, "Senior Brother, after I was injured that time, were you the one who treated me?"

Zhai Qi smiled, as if he had expected that I would ask this question, and had been waiting for me to ask it.

"Yes."

I asked, "Did you turn into a bird and fly in through my window?"

Zhai Qi laughed: "Forget it."

I also laughed, and asked, "Why? This time it was because I happened to meet Xiao Fei. What about that time? Why did you know about my injury that time? You just met me then, right?"

"Because of Yao Jing." Zhai Qi said.

"Yao Jing?" I was stunned for a moment, but I didn't expect the answer to be this.

Zhai Qi put away his smile and nodded: "You know that, right? After Yao Jing came out with her family, she faced enormous psychological pressure and sought help from a psychiatrist."

"I remember the police saying she was getting better at one point."

"That psychiatrist is me." Zhai Qi said, "She also found me through an appointment recommended by the school. Once a week, sometimes twice, she will come here to see me."

Zhai Qi looked around the office: "After coming here a few times, her mental pressure is indeed slowly easing, and I also helped her formulate phased and achievable goals so that she can leave this place after graduation. Cities, get out of this environment."

He sighed softly: "Then, it's summer vacation."

After hearing this, my heart sank—During the summer vacation, Yao Jing suffered the atrocities of her cousin Gao Fan and the neglect of her family. Since then, her mental state has plummeted, she cut off everyone including her girlfriend, and closed herself into an isolated island.

"Do you think you are responsible for Yao Jing's suicide?" I asked.

"I don't think it's just that I'm responsible." Zhai Qi said, "After the new semester started, I contacted Yao Jing several times to ask her if she would like to come and chat, but she was fooled by her preparation for graduation. You know Well, people’s cries for help when they are on the verge of despair are very weak, if you don’t pay attention to them, you will easily ignore them, and afterwards you will always wonder why there is no sign of these tragedies.”

"There are signs," Zhai Qi said. "Among all the people, I should be the one who can see it."

I looked at him and wanted to comfort him that it was not his responsibility, but I also felt that such flimsy words were not worth mentioning in front of death.Suddenly, the label of "thousand-year-old demon" disintegrated in my mind - Zhai Qi in front of me seemed to be just a reliable but ordinary senior, annoyed by his own negligence and sorry for the lost girl.The soul of history must also be used to seeing death, but I can't see such arrogance and indifference in him.

I nodded and stood up. When I walked to the door, Zhai Qi suddenly said: "Do you really understand? What you have to face is not just a single evil person, but also a larger and more dangerous force." .They will covet your dragon soul, either trying to plunder it, or trying to destroy it. And next time, they will not have such good luck, and I will fly into your window to save you."

I turned my head to look at him, and said with a playful smile on purpose: "If you don't face it, is there any other choice? It won't be possible to drink some wine and spit out the dragon soul."

"I was just an ordinary person. Maybe, as you said, the world is made up of ordinary people. There is nothing wrong with being ordinary. However, once I have the ability to change others, I can return to the original point. Do you just sit back and do nothing about good and evil? If I hadn’t participated in helping Yao Cheng wake Xiao Fei up, you wouldn’t have come to save me just because you met them, wouldn’t you? Brother, you, even if you insist on “neutrality and law” in your mouth, don’t Help us out time and time again."

I looked down at my hands—there was a layer of thin calluses worn out from practicing swords, and I held out a curved golden scissors: "Besides... I have more important things, I need this dragon soul!" To complete it. I feel that the early awakening of the Dragon Soul is not so much a burden to me as a reward."

Zhai Qi laughed, and a flame-red feather floated in the air: "Then, I wish you good luck."

【End of Romance to the Abyss】

The author says:

Brother is the kind of task NPC in the game, the kind that can help you unlock key props and provide key information.