One of the Twelve Kingdoms

A year ago, Bella was no different from other girls except for her crippled legs.

"How did you get here?" Alexander asked, looking at her huge fishtail.

The other party's breathing became heavy, and it took a while to explain; "I was in a car accident once, the tire crushed my lower body, and I lost my legs. It didn't take long for a woman to come to the door and assure me Will free me from disability." Bella recalls those dark days, the eyes staring at her clumsy and ridiculous prosthetic limbs so embarrassing her that she almost went crazy.She couldn't accept that she was going to spend the rest of her life like this, let alone her ugly mirror self, those mismatched bloated calves that came to her every night in her nightmares.Half a day after re-entering the school, she decided to accept the mysterious woman's suggestion.

"They turned me into a mermaid, which is very beautiful, but I'm not even human now."

So she hid here and didn't dare to go out, and she didn't even think about going home.But at least she was whole and beautiful, and Bella couldn't tell if she regretted it.

"Where are the others? Do you know where they are?" Jonathan asked.

"My lord, it's time for us to go." Cheng Qi said at this moment, Joshua knew what he was in a hurry, but whispered: "Wait a little longer."

Bella looked up at Jonathan, her pupils were as pale as clear water in the light.She nodded: "he's right, you'd better not go, just let them stay there."

"why?"

Bella took a deep breath, her voice trembling: "I am a successful example, physically sound, rational and thoughtful, but most of the others are not so lucky, they are just scary beasts."

Jonathan frowned: "Where's Anissa?"

"Are you her boyfriend?" Bella asked, Baihu couldn't help looking at Jonathan, but Jonathan didn't speak.Seeing that he didn't answer, Bella changed the question: "Where are you going to take me after I go out, Mr. Police?"

Alexander glanced at Jonathan, who was usually in charge of the Circus, and replied, "Go to the police station to take a statement, stay for a few days, and then send you home."

Bella patted her tail on the ground a few times as if she was thinking about it, and then refused: "No, I won't go with you, I won't go anywhere."

"It's not a good idea, God knows how much your parents will worry about you." Alexander persuaded, Bella lost her sad expression, and smiled sarcastically: "No, they won't." She leaned on the tail of the fish The support stood up, and suddenly everyone present was taller: "I have to go, good luck to you. They're just one floor below, if you want to find it, take advantage of them while they are struggling."

"Where are you going?" Joshua stopped her, and Bella couldn't answer, but at least it was a place where no one would find out.

"You don't have to keep hiding, I can provide you with a place to live, and it's safe, I swear." Joshua looked at her alienated eyes and said, "I think maybe we can find a way to make you return to an ordinary person." method……"

"Turn me back into a disabled, trash? No way," Bella cut him sharply.

"Bella, you understand that blindly hiding will not work. Things will not get better by luck, they will only get worse. You are a human being, and you should retain the appearance of a human being, not a weird cold-blooded animal." Josh Ya looked at her, he didn't want Bella to gradually alienate the world and the crowd like himself, and finally become a different kind.

When Bella was hesitating, the ground suddenly shook violently. "What's the matter, an earthquake?" Several people almost staggered, Joshua supported the wall and said strangely, the strong vibration seemed to come from the ground, and when they were still wondering, there was a loud sound of heavy objects collapsing nearby .

The panic in Bella's eyes was quickly replaced by a kind of schadenfreude. "There is no need to make a fuss. This kind of shock will happen every now and then. They have raised a monster underground."

Suddenly there was a high-frequency crackling sound above their heads. They looked up and found a group of green beetle-like insects crawling from the bottom to the ceiling in groups, leaving light green slime wherever they passed. , It seems that it is going to go to the ground.

Joshua's scalp felt numb all of a sudden, and he retreated outside the door with a distorted face and let out a long sigh.Yanqi didn't move, instead he leaned closer to those insects and stared at them carefully for a while, before suddenly saying: "This seems to be a pest in our farmland, but it's not so big." He observed the direction of the pest's movement, and then looked at Bella, the only insider here, asked, "What monster are you talking about?"

Bella looked at the boy who was less than her waist but was extremely calm, and replied unconsciously: "I don't know, the buildings here are not strong anymore, and some animals often run out."

Jonathan and Alexander immediately explained the two incidents of the previous attack by men and horses and the flock of eagles rioting on the streets.

The last beetle crawled into the gap at the edge of the ceiling, and the air was quiet again.

Joshua suddenly raised his head and looked towards the other end of the corridor.

He heard the voice again, clear but faint and familiar.At the same moment, Yanqi looked around as if he had noticed something, and then saw Gongqi's pale face.

"Yu Taisuke."

Yan Qi hummed, looked at him, Yan Qi smiled and encouraged him: "Cheer up."

Yan Qi was taken aback for a moment, his eyes flickered a few times, and finally he nodded in gratitude.

"Let's go down." Joshua said, and after taking two steps, he turned his head and looked at Bella as if thinking of something: "If you want, you can go with us." He left the choice to the other party. It doesn't make sense.Joshya thought.

Following the voice, he found the stairs leading to the basement after a while.The tunnel seemed newly dug, with rough walls and ground.They can only go in one by one, and after walking for a while, the space instantly becomes wider.

"Oh, God..." Alexander, who walked first, sighed.

"What's the matter?" Joshua, who was blocked by his tall figure, struggled to squeeze out, and was also stunned for a second.

The scene they saw was more like a cave than a secret room. All kinds of ferns and vegetation grew enormously as if they had been injected with hormones. The soil under their feet was slippery and soft, and the surface was covered with a layer of ground cover. Leaves and bushes blocked their view, making it impossible to tell where the exit was.

A few people moved forward cautiously, and suddenly a girl dressed as if she was going to go to the moon in the next second screamed at them.

She was still holding something like a vacuum cleaner in her hand, seeing them was like seeing a monster, and she could imagine her expression through the black glass mask.

She raised her voice and asked nervously, "Who are you? How did you get in when the outside door was closed?"

They didn't even see the door when they came in, did they?

"We..." Joshua tried to answer with pain in his ears, but the other party quickly pointed the vacuum cleaner at his foot that had moved a step: "Don't come here!"

Joshua coughed, straightened his back and asked seriously, "I'm the new boss here, what are you doing here?"

"Boss?" The other party suddenly relaxed his vigilance, took off his mask and looked at them, as if he doubted the authenticity of the words.Joshya preemptively asked, "What are you doing here? Why is no one taking us in?"

"Me? I'm cleaning the room. I'm sorry, half an hour will be enough." The girl explained, and suddenly remembered something and suddenly raised her voice: "You can't stay here, I'll ask someone to take you in."

The few people were almost driven crazy by her startled look, Jonathan went up impatiently and picked up her collar: "You can just lead the way."

"But I still want to... the wrong way is to the right."

That room full of water vapor and giant plants could have been a hall, and obviously it wasn't their intention to create such a tropical rainforest.The cleaning lady dragged her bulky protective clothing and swiped the card to open the door. There was a changing room and a disinfection room inside.

The girl took out a change of clothes from the cabinet and looked at them. Her eyes lingered between Jonathan and Alexander, and there was a strange excitement: "You guys had better take off your clothes and disinfect them."

Joshua and his brother looked at each other and asked, "Why?"

The girl smiled nervously and said in a low voice, "I don't know, but the plants there will grow wildly after being cleaned out every week. Anyway, it's better to be careful."

"What's your name?" Joshya asked, pretending to understand.

"Jenna."

"Okay, Jenna, you can go back to work, you're doing a good job." Joshya dismissed her, walked straight past the changing room, and actually entered the interior of the basement.

After crossing the wall, the sound suddenly increased a lot, and everyone heard it.They all had an extremely uncomfortable feeling for a moment, just like the instinctive sense of crisis when a weak creature meets a strong one.

Yanqi stood for a while, then whispered: "Things are a little troublesome."

Everyone else looked at him: "What's wrong?"

"Jonathan, long time no see." A black-haired woman with ponytail, glasses, and some old-fashioned clothes happened to appear as if she had been waiting for them. She looked at Yanqi, then turned to Jonathan, and said with a smile: "Do you still remember me?" ?”

Jonathan stared at her for a while before answering, "The one that hit the wall."

"I'm Benica, hello, Yanqi." She walked up to Yanqi and bent down, looked at him like a jewel, and whispered to herself: "It's really exactly the same as the photo..." sighed After finishing, he straightened up and looked at Yanqi: "I want you to save us."

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