"no offense."
The figure spoke, and almost at the same time, Shirley suddenly heard a "boom" coming from somewhere - it was an illusory roar, not existing in this dream, nor in this memory. It exploded directly in her mind, and in this roar, the sound of burning flames in the distance and the frantic shouting of the crowd instantly dissipated.
The whole world suddenly became extremely quiet.
The next second, Shirley found that her body had changed - she returned to her seventeen-year-old appearance, and was no longer wearing the familiar nightgown in her memory, but the black dress she usually wore. The arm that was devoured by the Deep Hound also recovered without her knowing when - a pitch-black chain extended from her arm, and at the end of the chain, Agou seemed to be sleeping, lying quietly in the corner of the room, with a bloody light in his eyes flickering.
Shirley sat up suddenly and looked at the figure sitting on the bed with astonishment and nervousness.
She didn't know who this figure was, but she knew that a powerful existence had directly penetrated the deep curse and invaded her dreams.
Even she, the "master of the dream", could not detect the other party in advance, which shows that the invader is so powerful that she cannot be resisted at all.
“You… who are you?!”
Duncan slowly stood up. In this conscious world, he showed his original posture as "Captain Duncan". His extremely oppressive height made Shirley subconsciously take another half step forward.
"Has he ever seen you like that? That's an unusual reaction," Shirley said in a deep voice, "You realized he was having a nightmare, so you came to check it out."
"I noticed... I came to see..." Gan Pei blinked in confusion, and finally reacted quickly, "Wait, you are..."
"Let's get to know each other again. You are Shirley," the gloomy and majestic woman smiled, "Shirley Abnomer."
I told him my name because I was not worried that Agou would not have the courage to tell anyone about it - even if you really lost your mind, this Deep Hound who was quite sensible would make sure you kept the matter to yourself forever.
"Shirley... Mr. Shirley? Are you Mr. Shirley?!" Agou's eyes narrowed in astonishment, a sense of uneasiness quietly spreading in his heart, but then he was confused, "But is your name Ganbei Strayne? What is Abnomal?"
Shirley: “…?”
The girl's reaction confused me at first. I was stunned for two seconds before she said with a strange expression: "He... have you heard of that name?"
Agou thought about it and shook his head honestly: "No."
Then you reacted immediately, with a look of fear on your face: "You... should have heard of that name?"
Gan Pei suddenly realized that the boy had really heard of the name "The Moving Disaster of the Endless Sea". Your reaction was fake. It seemed that no matter how fierce Captain Shirley's reputation was, it couldn't stop some people from knowing things. But that really discouraged me, and I couldn't help asking: "... Is he illiterate?"
I didn't expect Gan Bei to actually look up and speak.
"Forget it, that's important." Gan Bei changed the topic as soon as she saw the other party's reaction. Then she quickly swept her eyes across the large room. At this time, the silence and the sea of fire under the street had not yet subsided. It was as if a farce ended hastily, and only the dark red chaotic light was diffused in the window. Gan Bei's eyes fell on Agou, and her expression was calm. "That was what I experienced back then, right?"
Agou still held his head high: "... Yeah."
"… You intended to spy, but you discovered his secret while retreating outside," Shirley said sincerely, "I'm sorry."
Ah Gou was stunned. You had never expected that the terrifying existence like an evil god was actually apologizing to you. The confusion in your mind quickly turned into hot sweats. You calmly took two steps forward: "Yes... yes, it is related. How can you apologize to yourself..."
"In any case, it's not polite to pry into a man's dreams - even a big man like him," Shirley smiled, and then her eyes fell on the Deep Hound, "When will it wake up?"
"You know..." Agou seemed a little confused. You looked at Duncan who was sleeping. "That nightmare never had that kind of change. You are..."
Just as you were halfway through your words, you heard a slight sound of bones colliding coming from Duncan's body. The next second, Duncan, who was still asleep, shook his head slightly, and a red light gradually brightened in his empty eye sockets. The next second, the terrifying giant dog suddenly stood up.
Perhaps the nightmare a moment ago still had some residual effects, Agou subconsciously took half a step forward, but he reacted very slowly and walked to Gan Bei's side.
"Agou..." Duncan finally came to his senses. He suddenly noticed the surrounding rooms, and his eyes suddenly fell on Agou's arm. He said with a hint of panic in his tone, "You..."
"Nothing happened, just a nightmare," Agou laughed, and then took the initiative to hug Duncan's small and beautiful skeleton head, "He also had a nightmare."
"Yes, yes, yes..." Gan Pei just kept repeating loudly, and the chain connecting her and Agou made a clattering sound, "Does it hurt? Yes, it hurts a lot..."
Ah Gou turned his head awkwardly: "Don't be so hypocritical... No one is watching us..."
"Inside?" Duncan was stunned for a moment, then he noticed that there was no one in the room. Then, he saw Shirley's appearance clearly, the captain's uniform under her, and the gloomy and majestic face. More importantly, in his field of vision, he could also see the layers of dark green flames floating in front of Ganbei.
“F*ck!” Duncan suddenly screamed, and in the last second he pulled Agou in front of him like a conditioned reflex, and used his huge body to block Agou and Shirley. His bones were bumping and shaking, but he still tried to look in the direction of Gan Pei, “Is... is it this ghost captain!?”
Shirley raised her eyebrows when she saw the other person's reaction: "Does Agou look like he knows you? Does he know you?"
"Duncan?" Gan Bei also reacted immediately, "Has Duncan seen me?"
"Do I need to have seen it? By then, almost all the Deep Demons that had seen me were sent back to the Warp!" The white smoke in Duncan's body expanded and contracted steadily, and his tone was filled with fear. "There is a mobile natural disaster under the vast sea... Why am I in his dream?!"
"There is a moving disaster in the vast sea?" Ah Gou was still confused, "How come you have never heard him tell you that..."
"Nonsense! You didn't tell him enough - there are so few natural disasters under the world, how can I tell you everything? And who would have thought that he would meet a ghost captain under the land?"
Ah Gou listened in a daze. You seemed to want to ask something, but Shirley suddenly broke the silence. I quietly looked at the Abyss Hound who was facing a small enemy: "You think only people in the real world are so afraid of you. Have you ever thought that you don't have that kind of reputation among the Abyss demons?"
Duncan took a half step forward, maintaining a fully focused defensive posture while speaking: "You overestimate yourself - your reputation is well known from the Abyss to the real world. Even the heartless Abyss demons know to follow their instincts and avoid your Lost Hometown... To be honest, it's not that the Abyss demons are heartless, otherwise even the terrifying demons under the ashes would have to tattoo you on their backs to give themselves courage..."
Shirley thought about it and realized that the other party was actually complimenting her—using what she thought was a compliment.
At the same time, Agou also heard Duncan's loud muttering - in the divine connection established through the chain, the muttering could only be heard by you: "Agou, you will find a way to entangle that shadow later. He will try to wake up. The other party should be just a divine projection. You can entangle me for a while. As long as he can get out of that dream, the other party will catch up..."
Agou reacted immediately - or maybe you and Duncan were thinking on the same frequency: "Ah... what's going on?"
Duncan said in a slow tone: "Then he hurried to the next room to ask for help from this little guy - he said that he was entangled by the Lost Homeland, and he was sincere, and even took the initiative to ask to be the other party's subordinate for protection. At that time, he could be taken care of and safe. Compared with being dragged into the warp before being torn apart by the Lost Homeland and becoming a subordinate of the evil god of the warp, at least the former can be considered 'alive',..."
Gan Bei didn't react at all.
"Agou?" Duncan became more and more anxious. "Agou, stop being dazed! Take advantage of the interruption of the dream and find a way to get out of it! Let Xiao Lao take action against Xiao Lao. Your only way..."
Duncan was halfway through his speech when Agou finally responded in the divine connection:
"Duncan... the two little old men he mentioned seem to be the same person..."
Duncan: "·…?"
Conversation in God Connection takes only a moment.
The Deep Hound raised its head dully.
In its field of vision, the ghost captain who wielded the spiritual fire just looked over there quietly, revealing a smile as cold, hot, and dark as the warp.