K-type Mage

This is a dark forest.

The Thorn Bird led Jason to a deep and winding path.

"Where is this?" Jason asked.

Thorn Bird once again showed more confusion than he did, asking, "Jack, I'm your best friend. Why hide your true self from me?"

The birds that never stopped flying stared at him with those dark eyes like dots of ink.

Jason: "..."

He had to wonder if Yuan had made a mistake in designing the game.

How could Jason know what [Jack] knew? !Asking questions should be a matter of course, but in the end it should not be asked?The Thorn Bird is a task target, and its flexibility is so real that it seems to have real wisdom.

The translucent light screen faded to such an extent that it almost lost its sense of existence after they embarked on the journey to find the dragon. Jason boldly decided not to pay attention to it, and gave a thoughtful answer to the Thorn Bird's question.

"Should 'Jack' show you everything? "

Asked with a kind of ironic mockery.

Jason himself was startled when he said it.He swore that he was just a little confused about the relationship between Jack and the Thorn Bird in the real story, but for some reason, such a question sounded particularly cold and contrary.

But in the next moment, changes in the surrounding environment confirmed the concept of "game".

Everything stops.

The bright sunlight is dyed with a layer of misty halo almost refracted by bubbles, and everything illuminated under it seems to be shrouded in a transparent and tough plastic sheet, vaguely teaching people that it is inaccessible. false existence.

Things that stopped also faded away; this became a world of black and white in an instant.

There were also thorn birds that stopped, but the originally black and white birds blended into this world without any difficulty.

Jason watched in amazement at the flying bird standing in front of him, as if controlled by an invisible thin thread, and then lowered his head to look at his hands and the clothes on his body - the colors were still "bright".

A question comes to mind.

Is [Jack] supposed to be, or is it because he is [the player]?

In this game, the concept of time is almost non-existent, and the weakening of physical strength is far less than the daily level in the roughly calculated distance, perhaps weakened in terms of perception.

He hesitated for a while, then stretched out his hand to touch the delicate-winged thorn bird, in line with the sound, its spread wings were about the size of an adult's palms spread out, and its tail feathers were very long, the same as the body.

There was warmth from the fingertips.Compared with the body temperature of living things, it is more like absorbing the heat of the sun's temperature.

"..." Jason touched it again, and he wanted to lick it from beginning to end.Knowing the background and mission of the game, he had no clue, but he got a sharp response from the Thorn Bird when he asked the question twice, so he had to admit that he was a little anxious.

"Don't touch it, Jason." The Thorn Bird moved again, and the young man whose name was called suddenly took back his hand, and took a few steps back—its voice changed from a childish voice to a deep voice, so that Jie Sen had the illusion that it was that person who was stroking earlier, and was a little embarrassed.

"Sorry, did I scare you?" Yuan Shen apologized proficiently, with a steady tone, "There is an error in the game program, I will correct it a little, and then follow your way."

"Where are you now?" Jason asked, "Why was [You Guang] the one who answered the phone before?"

"[You Guang]?" Thorn Bird, who made a deep voice, looked at a loss again, "She answered the phone?"

Jason didn't know for a while whether it was a double or a triple.

"Well, Eun gave me some trouble," Yuan Shen quickly reacted, and coughed a few times guiltily, "Don't worry about what she said. Afterwards [Jack] will enter this forest, remember, you can Trust the Thorn Bird, but you can't give everything to it." He said solemnly, "It's complicated."

Jason with question marks all over his forehead: "I can understand that you can't give hints too blatantly, but you've messed up the question like this, Yuan."

"..." Yuan Shen was silent for a while, "I will judge whether the mission is successful or not, Jason. Do as you like." He said something like breaking a can, "Remember, you are Jason , not Jack."

After saying this, before Jason could react, everything returned to normal.

Thorn Bird's voice changed back to a childish one, full of doubts, and said, "Shouldn't it? I'm your closest and unique friend."

It was unaware of what had happened before and answered Jason's question naturally.

Jason had a dull pain on his forehead, and felt a little toothache.

I can't tell at all how the characters in this dungeon are set up—something that Chaoying outside can see, and Jason in it is not as stupid as a fan of the authorities.He also believes that there is a close connection between dragons, demons and thorn birds.

And this line is too Genji style, right? !That kind of frankness that cuts everything apart... Yuanshen is always like this, especially when talking about his best friend!

Is the Thorn Bird Yuanshen?Who are the dragons and demons?Or maybe the Thorn Bird is Eun...

I don't understand.

The young man frowned, carefully organized his words, and said, "This shouldn't be." He showed a cruel mocking expression, "There is never a day when individuals can be completely honest."

"As long as there is an intelligent creature, there must be certain thoughts and experiences that cannot be revealed... These are generally called "secrets". "

"Are you keeping nothing from me, [Jack]?"

"..." Thorn Bird fell silent after thinking.

***

The outside world that Jason didn't know, the people who observed what happened here didn't realize the short Pause; in their eyes, the Thorn Bird answered Jason's questions very smoothly, and Yuan Shen appeared in the dialogue with Jason It's as if it didn't exist...or, it was deleted by external force.

But Jason's question was also their question.

The dragon and the demon sound like important and powerful characters. They are at the beginning and end of the story. Currently, there are only two creatures in the discourse, but the player's task is to "fulfill the wish of the Thorn Bird".

Thorn Bird, who is actually appearing now, seems to run through the whole text, and has a candor and cheerfulness similar to Yuan Shen in words and deeds—but on the other hand, he always insists on the setting of "being best friends with [Jack]"; The attitude that demands [Jack's] authenticity is taken for granted to the point of innocence, a performance that matches the childlike voice.

The name of the copy is "The Song of the Thorn Bird" again.

People watching outside have begun to analyze.

The thorn bird in the story is not the rare bird from South America with bright red feathers like burning flames; the name of the copy and the performance of the bird that has not fallen yet make it easy to realize that this may be related to The legend of the Thorn Bird—although that was only the result of a certain work being widely disseminated—was somehow connected.

The protagonist is not a "player", but a Thorn Bird.

They judge so.

But what is distressing and aggrieved is that they can only watch Jason in the picture being led into the black forest by the thorn bird.

"...Yuan also said that he would be reminded." Tony complained, "It turned out that he didn't appear at all."

The low air pressure around Bruce was getting heavier.

Batman is suspicious and controlling, but he is not cautious to the point of nervousness in many people and things-he can't be a dark knight if he can't be flexible, and he can't be a consultant of the Zhenglian.

He didn't know what Jason did after leaving Gotham, but he knew that he went to New York.After that, of course, he noticed a land transaction that was carried out secretly, but the traces were not completely erased.

So Batman acquiesced that his adopted son "do what he wants to do". This is a temptation and a gamble.

He got a satisfactory answer.

Therefore, it can be said that he does have trust in Yuan Shen.Therefore, it is quite clear that Yuan Shen, who originally promised to remind him at the beginning of the game, failed to remind him that Jason's sudden entry into the game must be because the other party encountered a situation that he could not take into account.

The same is true of what Tony said.This is also to remind others that Yuanshen must have a reason.

Natasha was thoughtful, and Steve looked genuinely worried.

Strange, who just refused to reveal the "truth", looked away with some stomachache.Of course, it would not be strange to face the unspeakable evil god no matter what the situation - he had to be shocked why Yuan Shen could make that existence do so well.

...What exactly happened so that Yuanshen could not find any trace at all?

He was lost in thought.

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"Everyone is talking about you, Shen." [Yuen] said with a smile.

This is beyond the illusory world, full of emptiness, coldness and darkness, as well as profane and frantic "creatures" lurking in the gap between the world and time and space.

Nocturnal creatures can only be like blind blind men here, wandering around unable to touch anything of value.

[Yuen] is standing on a platform emitting dark light, in front of him is a light curtain similar to a movie screen, with flashing images; what is shown in it is looking at Jason in the copy Superheroes.

It is difficult to explain why this is so in pure darkness, so let it be attributed to the mighty power of the gods and strange laws.

No voice answered him.

The person who could talk to Jason and give reminders before didn't seem to be here.

But [Eun]——Nyarlathotep, just continued to smile, and his eyes fell on the light screen that suddenly changed the content.

On it is [You Guang], and "Yuan Shen" who is "unconscious".

Even if the beautiful oriental girl sat on the sofa presumptuously, she still had a kind of reserved beauty, while the black-haired young man on the bed was as pale as the Sleeping Beauty I had seen...but his chest didn't heave, like a corpse.

The phone call from Jason was picked up by [You Guang], but at this moment the cell phone was casually thrown on the coffee table, lonely.

[You Guang] raised his eyes casually, and looked at [You En] across the distance of time and space. The end of his eyes swept across all kinds of amorous feelings, charming and moving; the latter had a handsome face full of vigor and vitality. Each has its own characteristics.

The appearance that can be recognized by Yuan Shen is naturally sought after by humans in the past tens of thousands of years. Nyarlathotep admired it with human eyes for a while, and then acted.

The long silence was broken when [Yuen] drew a cloud of black mist.

"Silly!" Yuan Shen's voice was two parts shocked, three parts angry and five parts melancholy and desperate, "You're too attached to me, aren't you?! Seriously, you're so stalking, it's like Yin Ai Hate the scum who thinks he is affectionate—" He scolded loudly, "Don't stuff it in! I really like this projection!"

Nyarlathotep bent his eyes, he let go of his right hand holding the black mist, and spoke slowly.

"How come? You are the one who was deceived, Shen."

"Love, hatred, and hatred are nothing but vain, and this traveler has already discovered it." Yuan Shen replied indifferently and quickly, "Metaphor, do you understand?"

——What I always want to watch is whether you, the scourge, are good or not.

He resisted becoming irritable.There is no way, the projected body is on the side of [You Guang], when he entered this crack actively, even though he expected to attract attention, he never expected that the other party would actually come to "watch over".

Although he knew what was going to happen to him after he was caught playing tricks in the Avengers Building that day, but Naia didn't play tricks until this time... Tsk, I made a mistake.

... maybe not?

His thoughts paused, and when he was thinking about Nyarlathotep's behavior, he looked back at what he had done before, and Yuan Shen caught something vaguely.

"Indeed, on this point, even though I have seen many humans, I have to say a word of admiration." Nyarlathotep nodded in agreement.

Almost interrupted, he grasped the source of inspiration: "...Thank you for the compliment? Why don't you watch the game and torment me? I'm trying to fight you with all my strength. "

He grumbled blankly—although now he has no body but only a spirit without substance.

"I also like this kind of attitude." The other party said, and then explained the reason, "Although it's not an escape, it's totally cheating, Shen."

[Yuen] showed a troubled and depressed expression. [You Guang] has the same expression.

"——acting me from the beginning to the end, it's really too much."

"I have to correct it." Yuan Shen said, "It's not from beginning to end."

And each other.