you turned on the love game

Two afterimages were intertwined on the circular battle stage of the Sky Arena. The arena was filled with eruption, and the gamblers shouted and cheered for the betting players.

The short figure among them suddenly bowed and jumped out quickly. When the opponent thought he was going to attack the waist and abdomen, his right foot smashed the floor instantly, turned around and jumped up with his strength, and decisively hit the opponent's back with the knife in his hand.

The opponent who couldn't dodge was stunned and fell powerlessly.

"Hit!"

"Down!"

The referee first raised his arm to announce the score, and then glanced at the score sheet to confirm that the victory and defeat had been scored, and then blew his whistle. The sharp whistle was broadcast throughout the venue through the loudspeaker.

"Player Qi Ya is the first to win ten points and win!"

The auditorium suddenly burst into warm cheers.

The silver-haired boy folded his hands behind his head, glanced at the excited audience, then closed his eyes, slightly raised the corners of his lips, and jumped off the stage pretending not to care.

"Cut, it's simple."

He walked out slowly, stepped into the back door, completely out of sight of the audience, and immediately accelerated to rush out of the passage.

There was no one outside the player's waiting room, but he stepped on the seat directly across a large distance, crossed the corner and came to the end of the corridor.The front door leading to the auditorium was pushed open, and two familiar figures walked out.

"Lucia!"

You waved to Qiya, bent slightly and handed him the drink, with a gentle smile in your eyes: "Qiya did a great job."

Hearing this, the boy raised the corners of his lips triumphantly, and his cat's eyes also curled up, holding a drink and sipping it, with the tip of his hair sticking to his sweaty forehead, looking rare and cute for his age.

After drinking nearly half a glass of drink, he let out a long breath as if he had finally come to life, and tilted his head to talk to you.

"That guy isn't that strong at all."

You poked his forehead amusedly: "You have become stronger."

Today, Qi Ya's opponent had also fought against him before. At that time, Qi Ya's victory was not as easy as it is now, and the strength of his opponent was about [-]-[-].

Qi Ya curled his lips and said, "Since they don't grow stronger as quickly as me, doesn't that just prove that they are not very strong guys?"

You thought about it for a moment, and found some truth: "You are right."

The approved child was obviously in a better mood. He bit his straw, raised his head, and the soft sunlight fell on his face through the glass, and his smug smile was full of youthful air.

Suddenly, he looked behind you alertly.

"what happened?"

Qi Ya didn't speak, and the potted plants and chandeliers in the corridor were reflected in his pupils, and he scanned all the suspicious places with keen eyes, and even Linna deliberately raised her hand and shook it in front of his eyes without responding.

After a few seconds, he relaxed and straightened up.

"Great, that guy isn't here."

that guy?

You also glanced back, only Linna, no one else, and the blonde girl showed thoughtful eyes after hearing Qi Ya's words.

Those who can make Qi Ya vigilant, and even people who may appear by your side.

Probably only Hisoka.

She should have guessed it from Linna's expression, but the girl's stern face thinking is so cute, you deliberately bent down to look at her, then blinked at her, and turned to face Qi Ya after making people laugh.

"Are you looking for Hisoka?"

Hearing this name, the corners of the boy's upturned lips fell instantly, and even his hair drooped spiritually by his ears: "Ah, that's right."

You looked at Qi Ya with some doubts in your eyes.

"Actually, I wanted to ask last time." You walked to the rest chair next to you and sat down, resting your face on your palms, "Did anything happen between you?"

Hearing this, Qi Ya let out a soft hum from his nasal cavity, then met your gaze, clenched his teeth hard, and the plastic straw creaked.

"Of course there is..."

He raised his face, and was about to count Hisoka's hateful things in detail, when his eyes suddenly fell on the ceiling, the beautiful sapphire blue eyes reflected horizontal and vertical lines, and the pupils dilated slightly.

"The time you were taken away by your elder brother..."

Dark and slender.

texture...

Just like when he was unable to move because of fear, he looked down and saw the lines of the street tiles.

They were torn and twisted by invisible and brutal forces, and finally fell into the boundless darkness.

"..." Qi Ya suddenly stopped his voice, lowered his eyes, so that people could not see the expression in his eyes clearly.But in the next second, he curled his lips into a smile as if nothing had happened, as if the momentary stupefaction just now was just an illusion.

"I went to that guy, Hisoka, for help. Not only did he not agree, but he also burst out with a sense of oppression similar to that of my elder brother. I couldn't resist at all, and only escaped in my mind."

Qi Ya turned his face away, let out a heavy "ts", and when he turned his head back, even the last trace of strange emotion disappeared.

"I still pretended not to know each other, but then I caught up again..."

Next, he described the scene in great detail. After listening to it, you generally understood what was going on, and stroked Qi Ya's hair apologetically: "Sorry, Qi Ya was probably implicated by me at the time."

"what?"

"Because I didn't keep my previous promise."

You tell him softly: "So Hisoka was very angry at that time."

Qi Ya first looked away, pretended to be angry and disappeared, and took a big sip of drink depressedly: "I know...you told me."

He turned his head, scratched the side of his face with his index finger, and looked at you with a lively expression again: "So... this matter is actually nothing."

However, this expression only lasted less than two seconds on his face.

"but--"

The little boy suddenly squeezed the drink cup tightly, and the wall of the cup was squeezed by external force to form several irregular wrinkles, and several drops of soda splashed out from the mouth of the straw.

Qi Ya gritted his teeth: "The way he looks at me is too strange."

Probably because he felt that sitting could not express his anger, he stood up abruptly, "And he still had a weird smile on his face, like a pervert!"

Qi Ya's description is so apt, you almost subconsciously recall the image of Hisoka staring at the little boy with his shoulders trembling while laughing.

"..." There was no way to refute it.

Linna was leaning on your shoulder in a daze in boredom, but when she heard this, she straightened up instantly, looked at Qi Ya in surprise, and began to applaud decisively.

Qi Ya turned to look at her, a question mark appeared on his head: "?"

The anger on his face froze: "What are you doing..."

"Of course congratulations."

Lin Na said sincerely: "Finally discovered the essence of Hisoka."

Qiu: "..."

Qi Ya: "I found out a long time ago!"

I'm so bored!

If you can't beat it!

Seeing the boy's angry and irritable expression, you poked his face lightly with a smile, and said slowly: "Actually, there is a reason."

Qi Ya opened his eyes wide in disbelief at first, then raised his eyebrows high, crossed his arms around his chest, and looked at you leisurely, with an expression of "I see what other nonsense you can make up".

"Hisuo likes children with potential very much, because they are likely to grow into strong opponents in the future and can satisfy his desire for fighting, so he likes to stare at you when he has nothing to do."

You finally concluded: "It should be looking forward to your future growth."

"..." Qi Ya's expression froze instantly.

That's it?That's it? ?

Doesn't this mean that he is a pervert? !

Seeing that the boy was about to explode with anger, you bent your eyes and smiled, and continued to add unhurriedly: "But Hisoka's behavior...it really does look abnormal."

"So ah-"

Qi Ya threw the drink into the trash can full of depression, and there was a muffled sound from inside: "I don't want to run into him face to face."

"Okay..." you smiled, "Then I will help you block it later?"

"no problem!"

After getting a satisfactory answer, Qi Ya sat down next to you again, leaning his head against the wall, the breeze blowing in from the window lifted his forehead hair, and his cat-like eyes narrowed comfortably.

From time to time, contestants pass by in front of you.

Since there are very few people in the sky arena sitting in a daze like you, they will basically look at you strangely.

After sitting quietly for a while, you turned your head slightly, smiled and said to Qi Ya: "Actually... today I came to say goodbye to Qi Ya."

"Huh?" Qi Ya suddenly opened his eyes, and your smile was reflected in his pure black pupils, "You've only been back for a while, are you leaving again?"

"Well, just like last time."

You lightly pressed the hair that was blown by the wind, "If there is no accident, I will leave for a while this time, but I will come back as soon as possible."

"When was that?"

"I don't know the exact time."

Qi Ya frowned, and guessed something cleverly: "Is it related to the things you can't tell me yet?"

You nodded: "That's right..."

The boy stared at you for a few seconds, then suddenly opened his arms, and his whole body was stuck against the wall in a large font, with a grunting sound from his throat, like a helpless compromise.

"Then there's no way..."

Qi Ya lowered his arms, propped his elbows on his thighs, supported his chin with his palms, and stared straight at the gap in the ground.

He mumbled as if casually: "Will you be back?"

You heard it clearly, curled up the corner of your lips and rubbed Qi Ya's fluffy hair, and retracted his hand before he could express his dissatisfaction: "Of course I will come back."

After having lunch with Qiya, he returns to the Sky Arena alone, and you take Linna to the other side of the city by bus, walk into an art venue, and take out three tickets for watching the performance through the ticket machine.

Linna's chin rested on your shoulder, as if she had no bones, and her green eyes showed some doubts: "Miss, what is this?"

"It's a performance ticket for the troupe."

You look at the back of the ticket, there is an introduction to the troupe, and there is also a program schedule for tonight's performance, "I heard that it is a very famous troupe now, and there will be acrobatics and magic performances, just like the circus in the past."

Speaking of which...

You closed the ticket, touched the smooth blond hair: "A long time ago, I wanted to take you to see a performance. At that time, the most famous one was the Youkexin Big Apple Circus, which happened to have a large-scale performance in Moligu City. "

But then you only took Hisoka to see it.

Because Linna was going to learn wild survival skills that week, you originally planned to take them there again the next week, but the circus left suddenly, and you regretted it for a long time afterwards.

"Can I make it up now?" You said with a smile.

Linna puffed up her face slowly and pursed her lips: "Um..."

She reached out and hugged your arm tightly, and asked curiously: "There are only three tickets... isn't Missy going to call Qi Ya?"

"Huh?" You asked her intentionally, "Why don't you guess it's Hisoka?"

"..." Linna was silent for a moment, and whispered in your ear, "Because you didn't bring Qiya here...although I hope Hisoka doesn't come."

You couldn't help chuckling, "It's indeed Qi Ya."

Lowering your eyes, your gaze falls on the show ticket pattern.A male lion with a strong mane occupies the center of the picture, a lion trainer not far away is holding a long whip, and behind him is a magician who bows slightly to salute.

"If there are performances in the future, call Qiya again."

You put away the receipt and said softly, "Today I'm just looking at it with you."

A few hours later, night fell.

Beautiful neon lights adorn the dark night sky. You and Linna leisurely walked towards the venue after having dinner. You thought you would wait for Hisoka at the door, but you didn’t expect him to arrive before you.

Hisoka was still wearing a convenient combat uniform, and he didn't change into a more formal costume because of watching the performance.

Exaggerated clown makeup is painted on the delicate facial features, and the red-haired young man sits lazily cross-legged on top of the statue, with a rare indifferent look on his face, and he is playing with playing cards.

The tourists who entered and exited the gate subconsciously glanced at Hisoka, then turned their heads and whispered to their companions.

But he didn't care, he didn't even look away.

"Hisso?"

After a pause in throwing the cards, he turned his head to look at you, half of his face was hidden in the darkness, only his dim eyes were exposed.

You held Linna with your left hand, raised your right hand and shook it towards him, with a very gentle smile on your face: "Come here, it's time for us to enter."

After a few breaths, Hisoka slowly raised his face.

Above his head is a bright light board with flickering patterns, his beautiful golden eyes are staring at you, as if the broken light from the light is reflected inside, and the dangerous aura in his body has also quieted down.

"Don't be dazed."

About 5 minutes before the performance started, you waved your arms again helplessly, and said in a brisk voice, "Hurry up, hurry up."

Hisoka glanced down at the poker between his fingers, threw it away casually, put his right hand on his side, turned over and jumped off.

And the light board that was originally located above his head ran behind him, and the light pulled out a long, dark shadow.

It looks like he's walking towards you with the backlight on.

……

The content of the circus performance is similar, but it may be because there are important people sitting on both sides, you still enjoy watching it.

The performance is about to end, and you suddenly think of the troupe you once joined, turned to look at Hisoka, and asked, "By the way, do you know the current situation of the Meritonio troupe?"

Hisoka propped his chin, the corners of his lips curled slightly: "I don't know..."

The golden pupils moved slightly and met your gaze, "After all, I'm not interested in those guys at all."

"Is that so..."

You are not surprised by his answer at all, "I checked on the Internet, that troupe has been disbanded a few years ago, and all the members should have left. It's a pity, those people are pretty good."

"It's possible that they're all dead..."

You thought about it carefully, and said, "Probably not, they are not trouble-making characters, such as actively looking for serial killers, they definitely wouldn't do it."

It was Hisoka.

He immediately shook his shoulders and laughed, changing his bored face from watching the acrobatic show just now: "Hehehe... because it's really interesting, and I learned a lot from that person..."

Lin Na suddenly said, "Miss, have you ever joined a theater troupe before?"

You nodded and said, "Well, yes, I used to be a member of a troupe before, and I just found Hisoka inside..."

Before you finished speaking, you saw the girl showing an aggrieved expression, and suddenly remembered that she had cried and asked why she had not contacted Hisoka, touched Linna's face in apology, and said softly to her: "I'm sorry... ..."

When you entrusted Lina to the housekeeper, you were very relieved. You never thought that she would keep looking for you and make yourself so haggard.

Lina shook her head, held your hand and pressed it against her face, rubbed it against her face, and said softly, "It's okay...but Missy can't forget to look for me in the future."

The venue echoed with the sound of equipment colliding on the performance stage, as well as the laughter of the audience. The lights were dim, and the girl's facial features melted into the darkness, suddenly revealing a sense of helpless loneliness.

"Linna...will be very scared."

You took a breath, obviously you didn't feel any pain, but your heart still felt a sudden constriction of suffocation, and the hand holding her tightened slightly.

Lifting the other hand around her shoulder, you hugged her tightly, slowly closed your eyes, and said in an almost breathless voice, "I promise you."

Never again.

After the performance, the audience left the venue one after another. Instead of taking them back to the hotel, you walked aimlessly on the street.

Because just as you were leaving the venue, the hand you planned to hold Lina suddenly passed through her palm. Others did not notice this scene, but Lina and Hisoka saw it clearly.

The surroundings suddenly became cold, and the passers-by shivered suddenly.

There was a tearing feeling in the depths of your soul, as if you were going to be pulled out of this body, you barely suppressed that feeling, and gently held Linna's hand after regaining your physical body.

"Don't freeze your face, I'm going to be scared."

The girl raised her face and forced a smile at you, and you looked over her shoulder to Hisoka, standing in the shadow cast by the auditorium gate, surrounded by the shoulder-to-shoulder audience, his breath was extremely indifferent.

You looked at him, and unconsciously raised the corner of your lips: "Aren't you happy? It will be my own body when I come back next time."

Hisoka didn't speak, and couldn't see his expression clearly.

After a while, he lazily pulled out a poker card, covered his lips lightly, restrained his thoughts, and walked out of the shadows, with dim light streaming from his long and narrow eyes.

"Well... I will look forward to it."

The more remote places you go, the fewer pedestrians there are. You hold Linna's hand, look up at the bright starlight in the sky, and feel the tugging feeling in the depths of your soul again, and stand still.

"Do you still remember the time when Kukulu Mountain?"

You turned to face Linna, stared at the girl's eyes like forest gems, smiled and raised your hands to gently pinch her cheeks, rubbed them twice, and finally put your hands on her hair.

"I'll be back soon this time too."

The shimmering light passes through your fingers and flows through your golden hair. Your eyelashes are slightly curved, and your dark purple pupils seem to be lit by it.

"It's a contract."

You combed with your hands, and slowly helped her comb out the messy parts, then lowered your head, touched hers with your forehead, and said in an extremely soft tone, "So be the same as before, don't cry."

"Otherwise... I will be very sad."

In the blink of an eye, Linna's eyes appeared crystal clear, but she forced them back again, like a poor little oppressed.

"Uh-huh!"

You couldn't help laughing for a moment.

The feeling of being pulled by the soul is getting stronger and stronger. The strange thing is that your body has not become transparent this time, and you can even touch Linna.

But soon you feel yourself getting lighter and lighter, your soul seems to be floating, you try to control yourself to take a few steps back, open your arms to her, and finally meet the pair of wet forest gems in the bright light.

"Come here, let me give you a hug."

Without the slightest hesitation, that beautiful long golden hair immediately threw itself into your arms.

The picture in his eyes quickly distorted, turning into one blurred picture after another.You seem to be holding her, but you don't seem to, even the touch of your arm is gradually disappearing.

Whispering, you close your eyes: "You have to be obedient and wait for me to come back."

Without any prompts, the scene in front of him suddenly fell into darkness, just like the loading screen when logging in to the game.

A few seconds later, you return to that ward again.

Surrounded by pale walls, and the ubiquitous sight of being watched.You are sitting at the desk with your hands on the desk, and in front of you is the virtual computer that you built.

The screen is no longer a "game failed" emoticon smiley face, but densely packed characters that fill the entire screen.

--"game over"

You exit this interface and return to the initial interface, which shows the original game rules, one of which is like this.

[All characters can get the final reward after reaching the normal ending...]

It stands to reason that you did not achieve this rule, and the so-called final reward on the screen has become an unattainable falsehood.

but……

When you raise your hand to touch the screen, the text on it seems to be integrated with you, and you can modify or delete it at will.So you rely on your intuition to delete all the words in front of the rules, leaving only the last one——

【Final Reward】

The moment these characters appear, a strange light lights up on the screen, absorbing your soul into it, and the picture in your sight instantly turns into boundless pure white.

This is an open place, the light is gentle and not glaring, and it can even bring you an indescribable sense of security.

Although there is only a mist here besides you.

Suddenly, you heard a weird laugh coming from a distance.

"KUFUFU, you are finally here, Lucia."

The white mist at the end of the line of sight reveals two figures, the shorter one has blue hair, emerald eyes, and a frog hat on his head;

The person who spoke had dark blue hair with very long tails, almost hanging down to his waist, and his hairstyle...

Your eyes become strange.

Frog Hat noticed your expression, raised his index finger expressionlessly, and said solemnly, "That's right, Miss Lucia, he is the legendary pineapple-headed demon..."

He knows your name?

Before you had time to ask, you suddenly noticed a dark gray afterimage flashing through your vision very quickly——

A trident went straight into the frog's hat.

"..." The two eyes on the top of the frog's hat immediately turned into dizzy mosquito-repellent eyes.At the same time, the young-haired boy's tone paused, and he said without emotion: "It hurts so much, Master, ME will die like this—"

"Shut up, Fran."

"Okay..."

You look at them with thoughtful eyes.

It's clearly two guys you don't know, but you have a vague sense of familiarity, as if you've seen such a scene somewhere before, and a little blurry picture emerges in your mind.

——You immediately realize that there is a problem with your memory.

"Oh?"

The dark blue-haired young man seemed to have noticed something, turned his head to look at you, and raised his eyebrows slightly.Then he easily drew back the trident and stood beside him, only then did you realize that his right eye was actually red.

"I haven't unlocked the lock yet, did you already have a vague induction? Sure enough, even if your strength is restricted, your talent is terrifying."

You noticed his wording: "Unlock?"

He raised his lips inexplicably, did not answer, waved the trident, and the end slammed into the ground, the whole space was shaken for a moment, and a concrete lock appeared in the depths of your brain.

"About this...you'll see right away."

Immediately afterwards, the lock began to vibrate violently, cracks spread from the center to the edge, and finally shattered into powder silently, and the surrounding white mist quickly gathered in front of your eyes.

In this ethereal mist, you see another memory:

In the empty room, you are lying on the hospital bed and sleeping soundly, but your spiritual consciousness has entered another world, which is called the dream world by the dark blue-haired young man who calls himself "Liu Dao Mu".

"Similarly, this is also the spiritual world."

"So no matter what happens, it will not be known to the outside world."

He was talking slowly, and at the same time his eyes fell on your face, as if he was looking at you, or looking through you at someone else.

However, the dark blue-haired young man quickly looked away again, the corners of his lips raised, and there was an unpredictable temperament all over his body, "As far as I know, your current situation is a little bit troublesome."

The corners of your lips are slightly curved, appropriately revealing two points of curiosity.

"How did Mr. Liudaoku know?"

But Liudao Mu didn't give any explanation, one red and one blue eyes stared straight at you, exuding a coquettish and ghostly feeling, and slowly pinched the trident with five fingers wearing dark gloves.

"It doesn't matter how I know... what matters is that I can help you find a way out of that place."

It sounds attractive, but instead of saying yes right away, you ask, "Why are you helping me?"

This is not a difficult question to answer.

Before that, you didn't know this young man named Liu Dao Mu at all.But now he not only found you on a special trip, but also claimed to be able to help, so he must have something for you to complete.

In other words, you are asking about the terms of his favor.

However, Liu Dao Mu didn't put forward the conditions as you expected, instead he tilted his head and smiled lowly: "KUFUFU..."

With his arm resting on the trident, he casually raised his index finger and tapped again and again: "Because of a commission."

"Commission?"

Liudaoku took off his black gloves slowly, threw them casually, hung them on the tip of the trident, rubbed his fingers against his chin, smiled lightly, and lowered his eyelids slightly: "That's right, it's a commission."

He took out a thin piece of letter paper from his coat pocket, shook it a few times, spread it out, and showed you the side full of words.

The tail sound rises inadvertently, and it sounds like there is no deep meaning.

"A commission from you 20 years later."

"Lucia, Moreau."