zero o'clock

【artificial puppet】

Afterwards, Li Huan drove Du Qiu back to the bedroom and waited for arrangements, while he called Ari to collect the body of the mutated Aoyin lying outside.

The female demon was too big to carry directly into the tea house. Li Huan thought about it and had to take the NIKE bag out. He wrapped the body tightly with a large waterproof cloth, stuffed it into the backpack, and finally stored it together with the bag in the basement The freezer is planned to be processed further after Qi Jingyu comes back.

Ari pulled her ears and tail together, panting.

Li Huan locked the back door and bent down to touch the fox's head. He couldn't feel the temperature through a thick layer of fox fur, so he said helplessly, "Is it uncomfortable? You don't have a fever, do you?"

Ari leaned forward listlessly, and spread it into his arms. The big spirit beast was about to shrink into a small lump, whining and acting like a baby.

Although one shrunk very seriously, it couldn't stand the weight of hundreds of kilograms. Li Huan's arm was sore from the weight of Hu Ling's big head. He couldn't help poking its fat buttocks, and said with a smile: "I haven't eaten less recently, you look fat, can you still dance after this year?"

Fat Fox: "..."

"Hey!" Hu Ling frowned and said angrily, "Where is your love, young master? Is this how you treat the sick? I thought you had an accident and ran all the way back from the Changping ravine! I didn't even bother to speak ——" Before he finished speaking, two streams of shiny snot dripped down very untimely.

Fat Fox: "..."

Li Huan: "..."

Li Huan laughed unkindly.

"You go!" Hu Ling said sadly and indignantly.

"All right, all right, don't lose your temper." In order to prevent a pet from jumping up and beating him violently, Li Huan forced the corners of his mouth to tighten, resisting the urge to laugh again, and comforted him, "If you want me to hug you, just turn it into a smaller one." Height, let's go back and test our body temperature, if you have a fever, take medicine quickly, don't procrastinate."

Hu Ling was so angry that he didn't look at him, and turned into a fox dog.Li Huan hugged this emotional millennial monster into his arms, and strolled across the backyard while smoothing his hair, "You have to hold on later."

Ari gave him a white look like a doormat, "What do you endure?"

"Of course it's a temperature test."

"What's so hard about taking your temperature?"

Li Huan smiled without saying a word, and the two returned to the main room. He took a feather pillow and put it on the sofa, then put the fox on it, and then turned to get the pet medicine box.For no reason, Ari shrinks her neck, and has goosebumps all over her hair. She always feels that her young master's smile just now is sinister, and it looks like he has malicious intentions.

After a while, Li Huan came back and put the medicine box on the coffee table. Ari stared at him eagerly, and saw that the other party took a large thermometer from the box, and then went around and sat on the sofa. The next move was ——

Ari was stunned, and asked with a silly face, "Why are you lifting my tail?"

"Take your temperature." Li Huan said.

Ari: "Aren't all human beings caught under the armpit?"

"You also said that it's a human being. You have thick hair, and you can't find it if you add armpits." Li Huan rolled up the fur tail and pressed it on the fox's back, pressing it tightly, and warned: "Don't move around, in case you use too much force It will be troublesome if it is snapped inside."

"Oh." Ahri blinked, lying down honestly, thinking that it was really strange, the young master still didn't say that measuring body temperature has anything to do with tail lifting.

Then, the cold head of the thermometer passed through the hair and touched a soft part, and the sensitive muscles there began to contract due to the heat.

Ari: "????"

A second later, Hu Ling came to his senses and turned around in horror, "What are you doing?!"

Li Huan raised the corners of his mouth cunningly, "I've said it several times, take your temperature."

Ari suddenly collapsed, struggling to wriggle like a caterpillar, and said solemnly: "Nimma, you didn't say that you were taking anal temperature! No need for labor!"

"Don't move," Li Huan said with a firm hand, no matter how hard this guy struggled, he didn't move, "You forget that you are just a dog now?" After speaking, he aimed at the position and poked it in decisively.

Ahri's eyes were wide open, his eyeballs protruded, and his sphincter tightened immediately: "Aww~~~~~!"

Under the long night, the tea house that was originally completely silent suddenly sounded a tragic, soul-stirring howl after tasting it carefully.

Du Qiu, who was playing games on Li Huan's bed, shivered in fright. The iPad fell and slapped his face. Du Qiu was so painful that tears came from the corners of his eyes. He squeezed the tip of his sore nose and got up. Invite him to restart the friendly.

Half an hour later, Li Huan opened the door and came in. Little Du Qiu looked up from behind the iPad, "What happened just now? Someone screamed?"

Li Huan opened the cabinet door to get his pajamas, intending to quickly take a shower and change out of the blood-stained one, and said casually, "Ahri said he was not feeling well, so I'll help him take a look."

"The spiritual pet will still get sick?" Du Qiu wondered, "Is it serious?"

"No fever, psychological effect," Li Huan said, "Take some medicine to prevent it."

Du Qiu let out a groan, and continued to play the game. At the end, he suddenly remembered something, and said: "Someone here added you as a friend, and I accidentally clicked yes...I didn't ask for your opinion."

Li Huan turned around and saw the kid shaking the iPad at him, so he asked, "What's the ID?"

Du Qiu stared at the players' names and frowned, and read: "I contracted Taobao pajamas, do you know each other?"

Li Huan: "..."

Li Huan instantly thought of the guy who killed him in the morning, his face darkened, and the corners of his mouth twitched and he said, "It's a jerk, delete him."

"Can't delete..."

"..."

"Forget it, don't worry about him." Li Huan rubbed his forehead, turned and walked to the desk, picked up the Demon Subduing Master's backpack and put it on the table, and then dug out the contents one by one.

Du Qiu stared at it for a while, leaned over, and said weakly: "Brother Yi doesn't like outsiders touching him—" Before the little guy could finish speaking, Li Huan flew over with a sharp eye, and Du Qiu shut up wisely. up.

There are not many things in the backpack, except for regular items such as mobile phone wallets, there are also a few scrolls fastened with leather buckles, judging from the touch, it should be some kind of animal skin.Li Huan unwrapped one of the rolls of animal skins for inspection, and saw a monster with a fox face and a dog body drawn with dark red dye in the middle of the skin. It was the Cheng Huang who discovered their hiding place not long ago!

"This is your puppet scroll?"

"Well," Du Qiu said, "Brother Yi subdued all top-quality beasts, but the Chongming Bird was gifted by the president. There are not many such ancient monsters. Take it for your own use."

"Then you're lucky," Li Huan sneered. "The nine-tailed demon fox is even rarer than the Chongming bird. Why don't I ask the teacher if he likes it when he comes back?"

Hearing this, little Du Qiu's forehead was covered with cold sweat, he tugged on Li Huan's cuff, and said flatteringly, "Huanhuan, you really know how to joke, hehe...hehehe..."

Li Huan put down the scroll, picked up the wallet, and took out a Beijing local ID card from it. This time, without him asking, Du Qiu consciously replied: "The fake ID is just provided by the government. The association is all through the local government, after all, subduing demons and demons is also for building a harmonious society~"

Li Huan: "..."

This little devil doesn't have a handle on his mouth, so he's not afraid of dying!

But I got used to it after listening to it this night. Thinking of this, Li Huan smiled instead of anger, slightly raised the tails of his narrow eyes, and squinted at Du Qiu with a half-smile.

It was seen that Du Qiu was covered in white sweat, his whole body was dead, and he didn't even dare to breathe.

"Don't be nervous, I'm not hungry now, and I won't eat you just because I said something wrong." Li Huan glanced down at the ID photo on his ID card, and smiled lightly: "If we really talk about our work, it's not enough." It's somewhat similar, except that what the 'Hunter' kills are those demons who deserve what they deserve."

"All living beings are supposed to be equal in this world. Wild beasts have been cultivating for thousands of years to transform into monsters. If they can be safely integrated into this world of disputes and do not disturb the purity of ordinary people, there is really no need to drive them all to extinction, what do you think?"

Du Qiu hummed, and Li Huan immediately smiled seeing his preoccupied appearance, "You don't have to force yourself to agree, after all, the four words 'killing demons and eliminating demons' are enough for a demon-subduing master."

"No!" Du Qiu said.

Li Huan raised his eyebrows slightly, "Oh?"

As if he didn't know how to respond, Du Qiu shook his head in silence for a few seconds, then silently took out an animal skin scroll from his backpack, and took off the gourd jade pendant he was wearing next to him, and handed them to Li Huan together.

Li Huan couldn't see the kid's intentions, so he opened the animal hide, and saw that the scroll was a little monster with a rabbit body and a leopard face, "This is—" His eyes narrowed, and he looked up after identifying it Xiang Du Qiu, "Jiao? Your puppet beast?"

"Well, but I didn't tame it myself, but it was cultivated by the association. Every newcomer who just graduated will get one, a bit like the baby given by the novice village system in online games." Du Qiu said: "I picked it up. My name is Dabai..."

Li Huan was amused by Du Qiu's metaphor at first, but after careful consideration, he immediately felt that there was something wrong here.Du Qiu didn't notice any difference in the other party's expression, and still said to himself: "The jade gourd contains a strand of demon soul, I don't want it to turn into a soulless walking corpse, so I only took out a strand, so that Dabai Can obediently be controlled by me, but also retain a sense of autonomy."

Li Huan looked at the jade pendant in his palm according to his words. The gourd jade was delicate and warm, and when it was illuminated by the light, it turned green all over, and he could vaguely see the flocculent ghosts circulating inside.

Du Qiu continued: "However, if you continue to follow me, sooner or later other demon subduing masters will find out that Dabai's three souls are still alive, and I should be punished at that time, and it is estimated that it will be taken back by the association, even the body will not be left. "

"You said that there are so many monsters in the capital because of the protection of the high-level monster Nine Tails, then... can you please ask him to protect one more jiao, at least let it go away when Dabai grows up and can transform into a human being and be alone? I—" Du Qiu paused, "Since demons can erase memory, then I want to forget everything related to demon subduing masters and return to being a mortal."

Li Huan put the puppet scroll and jade gourd into the drawer and locked them, and looked at Du Qiu with a very solemn expression, "I will tell the teacher, but before that, you have to answer my question first."

Du Qiu: "What?"

"The Demon Subduing Masters Association mastered the method of cultivating young demons. When did this matter start?"

"It's said that it's been a long time, but it's only in the last few years that the baby demon has been successfully produced."

Li Huan was taken aback, his eyebrows tightened immediately, "You mean manufacturing?"

Du Qiu hummed to express his affirmation, and explained: "Because all monsters have been cultivated for thousands of years, and their Taoism is not enough to transform into form, so there is no possibility of artificial cultivation - the association just uses the soul of the ghost to make ordinary animals It has the characteristics of a demon, not a real demon, but it is much more powerful than ordinary animals."

"Traditionally, the demon subduing masters would disperse the three souls after subduing the monsters. Later, because of the demonization technology, the association asked the demon subduing masters to collect the three souls and use them to create primary puppet beasts for newcomers. This is also a response to the call Achieving sustainable development~”

Li Huan: "..."

"Uh..." Du Qiu touched his nose in embarrassment, "Sorry, it's not funny."

Li Huan didn't speak, and re-read what the other party said in detail in his mind.

"You seem to care about it?" Du Qiu asked.

Li Huan nodded slowly: "It's a bit strange."

Du Qiu said: "What's the matter, it's very dangerous for newcomers without puppets, and conventional weapons are not very effective against demons, they—" He learned the lesson from before and carefully worded his words, "It's also to ensure the survival rate of newcomers. "

"So the demon-subduing master who takes killing demons and demons as his mission tries to artificially demonize wild beasts, just for the ridiculous reason of providing puppets for novices?" Li Huan raised the corners of his mouth silently, but the gloomy pupils seemed to be frozen Generally speaking, he picked up a puppet scroll and weighed it, his meaningful eyes flicked across Du Qiu's face.

"Aren't they afraid that those man-made products will get out of control and cause trouble?"

- To Be Continued