[Death] Acacia inkstone

"I think Hua Yuan was probably awakened by Aizen." Kaoru Sakurai handed the ancient book back to Toshiro: "All captains are free to enter and leave the restricted book area, and Aizen is of course no exception."

Dong Shilang nodded, but remained silent for a while. He had already read the book "Secret History of the Spiritual World", and the key content was actually only a few pages, so he could finish it soon.It's just that the clues contained in it... can't be cleared up in a short time.

He remembered that Huayuan had indeed said before her death that she served Aizen, but there was some disagreement later that she devoted herself to planning the murder on Datura Island, and cut off Aizen's living party members completely.

"It can be seen from this that Aizen knows Huayuan's details." Dong Shilang rubbed his temples, and a tired look finally appeared on his face.

"There are two possibilities. One is that Lan Ran read this book first, and then found the place where Hua Yuan proclaimed her soul, awakened her, and reached an agreement with her, so that Hua Yuan became her subordinate; Another is that Aizan awakened Huayuan by coincidence, and then deliberately came here to find books in order to find out her details." Sakurai Kaoru rubbed his chin with one hand, trying to figure out the clues while pacing.

"No matter what the situation is, what is certain is that—" My heart sank suddenly, a bad thought suddenly popped into Sakurai Kaoru's mind, and the words stopped abruptly in the middle.

"——Hua Yuan has been working for Aizen since he woke up." Dong Shilang finished the remaining half of the sentence for her, affirming her deduction.

"The three extermination cases in the world of souls were all done by Huayuan. The one in the present world probably has Aizen's remnants of the present party involved." Dong Shilang used spiritual power to hang the ancient book in the air, and his slender and powerful palm moved forward lightly With a slight push, he returned the book to its original place: "I asked Takikawa not long ago, and he said that he had seen the techniques used in these cases from a book of forbidden techniques. But that was already He only has a vague impression of what happened when he was a spiritual officer thousands of years ago."

"That classic book has been lost hundreds of years ago." Dong Shilang stood leaning against the wall, a few strands of silver hair hanging down his ears, and the luster in his eyes seemed to dim for a moment.

"That is to say, the clue is broken again?" Sakurai Kaoru smiled angrily: "Ai Ran, this bastard, made me spend so much overtime for nothing... It's best not to meet him, or I-- "

"It's not that there are no clues, it's just..." Dong Shilang looked up at her with a complicated look on his face. After hesitating for a while, he still said, "We have to go to the animal training ground in the west of the city."

"Taming ground?" Kaoru Sakurai was very dissatisfied with Dongshiro's ambiguous gaze, she pouted: "Captain, why are you looking at me with sympathy? Don’t you even dare to go to the animal training ground? Isn’t it just raising a few tigers and lions—”

"Wait—wait," Kaoru Sakurai's face suddenly turned black, and she stammered a few times: "Phantom, phantom beast? Captain, you mean to go to the animal training ground in the west of the city where there are six or seven phantom beasts?"

Dong Shilang glanced at her, who was extremely dissatisfied with his gaze just now, and said that he was not afraid of anything?

Kaoru Sakurai caught Dongshiro's little action, and obviously guessed what he was thinking.She made up her mind, gritted her teeth and said, "Just go! Isn't it just a few phantom beasts! I won't be afraid!"

"Sakurai," Toshiro sighed, and said lightly, "You don't have to go, you don't have to push yourself so hard."

Decades have passed since the rebellion of the Ruoye family. Although Jinglingting claimed to have caught all the culprits, in the top-secret files of the central government, the rebellion has become a long-term unresolved issue because of several doubtful points. one of the cases.The ancient alien beasts that had been extinct for a long time returned to the world because of the Luoye family, but the method of domestication was lost with the death of the Luoye sisters, so these illusionary beasts had to be permanently imprisoned in prisons, and... The [-]th team of illusion is in charge.

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"Let me do it," Kaoru Sakurai gently took the key made of fine iron from Dongshiro's palm, put it into the keyhole with a click, twisted the door lock, and then stretched out his hand to pull the door: "It's already time to join the team and sleep together." It happened a long time ago, no matter how serious the sequelae are, I should be fine."

But Dong Shilang suddenly grabbed her wrist to open the door, the iron door creaked open and did not move again: "I didn't mean that."

Wakaba Kaori's rebellion was definitely a sensation in anyone's eyes.What's more, it's someone like Kaoru Sakurai who is in it.Moreover, Kaoru Sakurai was still a young player who had just joined the team with inexperienced qualifications and insufficient talent, but she was like this, not only had a life-threatening fight with Wakaba Qingliu, but also witnessed many of her companions go crazy instantly , but he was helpless.

No matter how optimistic and good-natured a person is, it is impossible for him to experience such a thing without leaving the slightest trauma in his heart.However, Toshiro knows very well that Kaoru Sakurai is not such a timid person, what he is really worried about is...

"The you now," he met her gaze straightly, with a coldness in his eyes, and said seriously and seriously: "You can no longer resist the illusion of phantom beasts."

"Huh?" Kaoru Sakurai obviously didn't realize what Toshiro was saying.

"During the camp, you were the only one who was not affected by the phantom beasts. I thought it was because you were very good at resisting illusions. But the real reason... I didn't understand it until recently." His voice was low And cold, but it seems to be softer than before: "When the phantom beast casts illusion, people will see the most painful moment in their life, but at that time you—"

——The most painful moment in my life has been sealed by the Soul Resurrection Technique.

Kaoru Sakurai suddenly realized that it was no wonder that when the flute sounded for the first time, there was only a white mist in front of her eyes, but a few words from the jailer in the spiritual prison mocking her echoed in her ears—it was, after all, from her previous life. Knot.

Dongshiro saw that her expression was clear, and knew that she had understood, so he went on to say: "When I confronted Wakaba Kaori later, you were not affected by the illusion, and it was the same reason. The first flute sound was In order to remind people of the past, the second flute has a stronger effect and can directly restore the most painful scene."

"I didn't expect it to be used on you, but the effect is reversed." The emerald eyes were calm, Dong Shilang still maintained the posture of holding her wrist, and said in a flat voice: "Because you don't have that memory at all, Eudemons can't restore the scene at all, but you won't be affected at all."

"But now, your memory is back." He withdrew his hand and looked at her fixedly: "Do you still want to go?"

Sakurai Kaoru was stunned for a moment, then suddenly burst out laughing.The person in front of her is handsome, cold and gentle. With such a person by her side, even if it is a mountain of swords and seas of fire, where else would she not dare to go?

"Captain, you're thinking too much." She pulled her hand hard, and the iron door made an unpleasant slamming sound, but she curled the corner of her mouth: "Of course I'm going."

"Wherever the captain is going, I will go there with you."

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Facing such a determined Kaoru Sakurai, Toshiro was slightly lost.How long has it been since I saw her like this again?

Although he always looks like a slapstick and messy person on weekdays, he can always be serious when it's critical.This is how she has accompanied Toshiro for decades in the [-]th squad.

"The spirit pressure of the phantom beast is not low," Dong Shilang held the iron gate for her, and walked in first: "Follow me closely."

"After recovering my memory, my Reiatsu seems to be gradually recovering." Kaoru Sakurai smiled faintly: "Although it is impossible to restore all of them, as long as I can have three or four points of the original."

——As long as I am no longer your burden, that's enough.

One of the most dangerous alien beasts, Eudemons is guarded in the basement of the taming farm.Even those who are at the captain level must submit an application to the central government, and they can only enter after review and approval.

"Is it already so noisy before reaching the basement?" Sakurai Kaoru pinched his ears that were numb from the roar of the beast: "I really don't know how the guards here survived."

"It's very simple," Dongshiro said slowly, holding a candlestick in one hand, walking down the dark corridor, "They are all deaf."

At the end, I added another sentence: "Because I guard the phantom beast here every day, my hearing gradually deteriorates, and I will become deaf over time."

"Ah?" The light of the candle flickered, Kaoru Sakurai walked down the cold and damp stone wall carefully, and when he heard Dongshiro's words, he almost fell down without stepping on his feet: "Then we What about visitors? Is there no other way?"

Dong Shilang looked back at her, as if to confirm her safety, then turned his head away and said, "No."

"Jing Lingting is really stingy," Sakurai Kaoru pouted, "If my ears don't work anymore, I'll sit at the door of Room 46 every day and play the piano for them."

The figure in the white haori seemed to be crooked for a moment in the darkness.

"Someone has to do these things." Shiro Dong sighed. In fact, he also recognized a few guards inside, and one of them graduated at the same time as him. If he hadn't stayed here, he might be at the deputy team level now. "Guarding Eudemons requires a certain amount of strength. After all, it can't be done by just finding a deaf person outside."

There are always people who have to sacrifice themselves.

Everyone understands this truth, but no matter how many times I hear it, it still feels cruel.

The dark corridor finally came to an end.

In front of them was a closed stone door.

This stone gate is made of murderous stone, so anything that needs spiritual power will not work on it.

Toshiro handed the oil lamp to Kaoru Sakurai, and he took out a yellow talisman paper from his pocket.Two slender fingers clamped the talisman paper full of dense characters, he closed his eyes and silently recited a few ghost words, and then stuck it on the stone door with a snap.

The black characters on the talisman paper suddenly flowed, and at the same time emitted a faint golden light, turning on the paper like a stream of water, spreading out a little every time it turned.In less than half a stick of incense, the entire stone gate was already covered with golden characters.

Toshiro turned his head and glanced at Kaoru Sakurai, his eyes reflected the dark and deep corridor.Kaoru Sakurai immediately understood what he meant, nodded, and told him that he was ready.

Crack——crack———

The stone door was already extremely thick, and it was rarely used, even Shiro Dong spent a lot of effort to push it.

However, the strange thing is that after the door was half-opened, no matter how hard Shiro Toshiro tried, he couldn't push it any more.

Dongshiro looked at his hands and frowned.

"Captain, maybe it's just that this door has been in disrepair for a long time—" Sakurai Kaoru stopped halfway through her words, because she saw behind the half-open stone door—a white corner of her clothes.

His hands trembled involuntarily, and a great fear surged in his heart.Sakurai Kaoru subconsciously grabbed one of Toshiro's sleeves, bit her lip, and whispered in his ear, "Captain, before you go in, please promise me one thing."

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