I can't see the magic spirit, I'm fighting against the air every day

No. 04 Survival [-]

Hua Huazi was lying on the edge of the window, staring at the direction of the courtyard door.

The dark sky covered by overcast clouds, giant trees swaying in the strong wind, a lot of water rushing on the road, coupled with the thunder from the distant sky and the occasional lightning that climbed over the dark clouds, the whole world looks like a group of demons dancing wildly. scene.

Huahuazi didn't dare to open the window completely, so she just looked out through a gap.

With its small body, the strong wind outside can completely blow it into the air.

In Tianhe Zhaosheng's words: "Hua Huazi is so cute, if you blow it into someone's arms, they won't return it."

Huahuazi doesn't want to be picked up by others, Huahuazi still wants to be by Tianhe Zhaosheng's side, but...

When will Tianhe come back?Huahuazi is so worried.

The worried Huahuazi took another look at the branches that were blown wildly by the strong wind outside the courtyard, and suddenly rubbed her "eyes".

The courtyard door seems to be opened?

After confirming that it was not an illusion, there was indeed a familiar figure, who seemed to be carrying something, and quickly ran in across the yard.The little flower on the top of Huahuazi's head suddenly became energetic, closed the window that had been left open, and ran towards the living room.

then……

Huahuazi saw Tianhe Chaosheng, who was soaked all over her body, as if she had been fished out of the water, heading straight for the bathroom, carrying the...

fish?

Put it in the bathtub in the bathroom.

Huahuazi: "..."

Huahuazi standing at the door glanced at the fish tail protruding from the bathtub. The "person" who was in a coma ran to drag a dry towel that was too big for him, and came to stand by the bathtub. A distressed Tianhe Chaosheng was beside him.

Huahuazi poked Tianhe Zhaosheng's ankle, Tianhe Zhaosheng came back to his senses, took the dry towel, hugged Huahuazi, and put it on a slightly higher place aside.

"Hua Huazi is so caring."

Hua Huazi, who was touched by Tianhe Chaosheng with his fingertips, twisted happily.

Tianhe Zhaosheng is back, Huahuazi is relieved, but...

Standing on a high place, Hua Huazi, who finally saw the whole picture in the bathtub clearly, shook her head.

It turns out that Tianhe brought back a mermaid?

Huahuazi has never seen a mermaid, but she has seen pictures of mermaids in the fairy tale books her grandfather showed her, and Huahuazi has also heard the story of "The Little Mermaid".

But this mermaid...

Huahuazi tilted her head strangely, unable to describe the emotions surging in her heart.

Tianhe Chaosheng simply wiped his body, stared at the unconscious mermaid in the bathtub for a while, and finally sighed.

Forget it, just add normal cold water to the bathtub.

Although I feel that the mermaid's body is too cold, if I heat water inside, it will turn into a boiled fish.

After filling up the water, Tianhe Chaosheng ran to take a bath, cleaned up the house, and called his grandfather by the way.

Grandpa was not at home recently, so he went to play with his good friend Knotabazu Wasuke, along with Knotabazu Yuuhito, who is also a drop-out boy.

After confirming that the wind and the sun are sunny on Grandpa's side, and everything is going well, Tianhe Zhaosheng is also relieved.

After that, he stayed with Huahuazi at the bathroom door for a long time, staring at the unconscious mermaid in the bathtub.

During this period, Huahuazi suddenly remembered something, and ran to drag something over.

Some letters, newspapers, and a videotape.

——All of these were brought back by Huahuazi from the mailbox outside the house before it rained.

After picking up a handful of capable flowers, Tianhe Zhaosheng browsed these letters and newspapers.

Most of the letters were sent back by grandpas who went out to play, and the newspapers were local tabloids, saying some simple things.

Among them, there was a piece of information that made Tianhe Chaosheng a little bit concerned. It was in the area where Tianhe Chaosheng picked up the mermaid. It said that a crazy man appeared, shouting "fish" and died on the road for no reason.

As for the cause of death, it is still under investigation, but many horrific portraits were found in the man's home.

Tianhe Chaosheng thought of many legends related to mermaids, such as beautiful singing voice, immortality, curse, ferocious cannibalism and so on.

It's just that these legends are too complicated, and it is impossible to determine which one is more reliable for a while.

And finally the videotape.

With the development of science and technology in human society, things like video tapes have gradually withdrawn from the historical stage. Only in some places that specialize in collecting old objects can you find machines that can play video tapes.

However, there is a website address on this video tape.

Tianhe Zhaosheng glanced at the website, and made sure that there was no information other than this, and he didn't even know who gave him the video tape. After thinking about it, he stretched out his hand and broke the video tape in half and threw it into the trash can.

For such unknown and mysterious things, Tianhe Zhaosheng has always been lacking in curiosity.

Especially in this cursed world, there are also urban legends about Sadako and her videotape.

If it were a different world, Tianhe Chaosheng might still be a little curious about what is in this video tape, but in this world full of curses, anything that is feared by the human collective consciousness is really likely to become a real curse ...

Forget it, whether or not this thing is Sadako's video tape, Tianhe Zhaosheng is not curious.

The heavy rain outside tends to become weaker, and the mermaid in the bathtub still hasn't woken up.

Tianhe Chaosheng made dinner, and after eating with Huahuazi, they watched TV together for a while and then went to rest.

In the middle of the night, when the heavy rain finally stopped and everything was silent.

The mermaid soaked in water in the bathroom slowly opened its eyes...

Tianhe Chaosheng, who was sleeping, smelled a smell of sea, blood, or fish, and at the same time heard the sound of something heavy being dragged on the ground, accompanied by the door of the room being pushed open, and A feeling of something approaching.

Tianhe Zhaosheng wanted to open his eyes to take a look, but found that his body was very heavy, and he couldn't open his eyes at all, nor could he move.

Until the sudden sense of danger appeared, accompanied by Huahuazi's "scream".

That was indeed Huahuazi's "scream", not heard through the ears, but a feeling.

Tianhe Chaosheng "felt" Huahuazi's voice and the strong worry.

Tianhe Zhaosheng suddenly opened his eyes, and then...

I saw Hua Huazi, the size of a palm, jumping on the mermaid's face and thumping non-stop.

The mermaid, who had been in a coma since being brought back, grinned and threatened Tian Hechao alive, was at a loss.

It seemed that it wanted to tear Huahuazi off its face, but Huahuazi resisted fiercely, kicking the mermaid's face with its own feet, as if it wanted to fight the mermaid desperately.

The mermaid's reaction was relatively strange.

Although it was seriously injured, the sense of weakness in the mermaid was much less at this time.

It is not difficult for it to just tear the Huahuazi apart.

But it was a bit restrained, even if Hua Huazi pulled its face, which obviously made the mermaid feel painful, it did not treat Hua Huazi roughly, but turned its eyes for help to the awakened Tianhe Chaosheng.

Tianhe Chaosheng: "..."

Tianhe Zhaosheng didn't forget the sudden sense of danger, he didn't call Huahuazi back immediately, but turned on the light, took a rough look around the room, and even went to the living room.

According to the water marks in the room, it can be clearly inferred that the mermaid who woke up at night ran out of the bathroom and ate all the food in the refrigerator.

After that, the mermaid ran towards Tianhe Chaosheng's bedroom.

Combined with the sudden sense of danger, it goes without saying that this mermaid has a high probability of wanting to kill Tianhe Chaosheng, but was stopped by Huahuazi.

As for why the mermaid is unwilling to hurt Huahuazi, Tianhe Chaosheng doesn't know, and doesn't want to know.

Because he has only one idea now.

——"Send away" the picked mermaid.

When she returned to the bedroom, the mermaid had given up struggling and was lying on the ground with a hopeless expression on her face.

Hua Huazi is like a general who has won a battle, walking around on the mermaid, showing off his might.

Seeing Tianhe Chaosheng come back, Hua Huazi even patted the mermaid lying on the ground, as if telling Tianhe Chaosheng not to worry.

After Tianhe Zhaosheng opened his eyes, Huahuazi's voice could no longer be "feeled", just like before.

Tianhe Chaosheng's gaze swept across the mermaid's fingertips and fish tail.

The mermaid looked miserable when she met Tianhe Zhaosheng before, but now she is much better.

New nails grew on the fingertips, and the exposed fish meat on the fish tail also showed signs of healing.I believe that it won't be long before the mermaid can grow back with its strong recovery ability.

It's just that she is still thin and pale, her ribs can be clearly seen, and she is so thin that she is out of shape.

"Can you understand me?" Tianhe Chaosheng hugged Huahuazi back.

The mermaid lying on the ground nodded after a brief silence.

Tianhe Zhaosheng was expressionless, "I brought you back because I was worried that you would be in danger, but you seem to be in better health now, and you don't like humans very much, so I will give you two choices.

"One option is to send you back to the water connected to the sea, as long as you go back to the water, I believe you can live better;

"Another option... Have you ever heard of Count D?"

The mermaid fell silent, and its eyes fell on Huahuazi.

Huahuazi "stared" back as soon as she inserted her waist.

The mermaid didn't listen to what Tianhe Chaosheng said afterward, her eyes just followed Huahuazi.

This appearance makes Hua Huazi a little embarrassed, and there is an indescribable sense of intimacy with the waking mermaid Hua Huazi.But thinking of the mermaid's previous intention to kill Tianhe Chaosheng, Huahuazi immediately became ruthless, and didn't give the mermaid any good looks at all.

Seeing that they couldn't communicate, Tianhe Zhaosheng gave up directly and decided on his own, throwing the mermaid into the nearest river that can connect to the sea first, and then trying to find a way to contact Earl D later.Count D cherishes and loves these existences, no matter how vague his words are, he will rush to find and take the mermaid away without stopping.

Tianhe Chaosheng, who was extremely resigned to his life, did not hesitate, and immediately turned out the map, tied the mermaid to the battery car in the dark, and ran towards the nearest river that could connect to the sea.

When the mermaid realized it, Tianhe Zhaosheng had already thrown it into the river, waved it away from human society, turned around and ran away.

And the mermaid who stayed in the river: "...???"

When Tianhe Chaosheng, who had returned home at night, returned home, it was almost dawn.

Thinking about what happened today, Tianhe Chaosheng sighed, he really didn't expect that the first thing this mermaid woke up was to kill himself.Tianhe Zhaosheng didn't know what happened to this mermaid in human society. It was not a good memory, and he didn't want to keep a mermaid who tried to murder him by his side.

Sure enough, it is better to send it away.

Originally, Tianhe Zhaosheng also had an inexplicable affection for this mermaid who suddenly appeared...

Thinking about how to contact Earl D, and what to say about this matter, Tian He Chaosheng yawned and walked into the house.

And in the sewer manhole cover not far from Tianhe Chaosheng's house, a pair of pale hands stretched out.