Recalling the shops she had just seen on the shopping street, Mingzhu fell asleep lightly in this strange hotel room. She had a very light dream, in which she was chasing a man in black. She couldn't see his face clearly because he had a very strange clown mask on his face.
Bang bang bang.
There was a knock on the door, not loud but urgent. She was pleasantly surprised from her dream. She looked around subconsciously before recalling that she was actually in the demon world at this moment.
She shook her head, trying to wake up, then walked to the door and asked quietly: "Who?"
"It's me, Xiaohua!" The cat demon girl's voice came from outside the door.
Ran Mingzhu quickly opened the door when she heard this, and she and the cat demon girl looked at each other and smiled in tacit understanding. But the smile was still frozen on her face, and she remembered that she had forgotten to cover her face with a hat, and now her appearance was completely reflected in the eyes of the cat demon girl.
"You are..." The word "human" did not come out of the cat demon girl's mouth. She covered her mouth to prevent her from making too much noise out of surprise. Then she waved to Ran Mingzhu and said, "Follow me. bring it on!"
However, Mingzhu followed her down from the third floor. As expected, there was no sign of the hotel owner at the counter. All the guests in the lobby had dispersed at some point. At this time, only a few small lights were left for illumination. The whole hotel was like is in sleep state.
The two of them arrived at the backyard smoothly, and the warehouse she had dreamed of entering finally appeared in front of her.
"Thank you!" Ran Mingzhu nodded towards the cat demon girl and said.
"The boss won't come to the counter within two or three hours from now, but you have to hurry up, he is often nervous!" the cat girl said playfully, and then took something from the pocket on her waist. Take out the key and open the lock on the warehouse door.
However, when Mingzhu walked into the warehouse, the cat demon girl did not follow her in, but closed the door again. It was obvious that she didn't want to disturb her, and when she heard her footsteps slowly walking away, Mingzhu relaxed and lit the small lamp hanging on her waist to find the entrance to the secret passage.
Because Ouyang Xiaoleng had marked the entrance and exit of the secret passage to Dong Muya and the others after they found it, she had already memorized them by heart, and naturally found the place at the entrance easily. A movable floor.
She pushed the floor and jumped into the secret passage. In the narrow space, the small lamp hanging around her waist seemed even brighter. She went all the way down, and after walking for a while, she entered the main body of the flat secret passage.
The walls of the secret passage are all made of stone. The air inside is slightly thin and a little humid. Occasionally, water drops will drip down, and you can vaguely smell some strange smell, like rusty metal. issued. It is so quiet here and the echo effect is so good that the sound of water drops, breathing and footsteps are infinitely amplified.
Walking alone in such a place, it seemed impossible not to be afraid, but the excitement and anticipation in Mingzhu's heart drove all fear away from her heart. She felt that everything was going too smoothly, which seemed to be a sign that she was destined to reunite with her father and take him back to her home in Japan.
For as long as she could remember, she had never seen her mother smile when she was awake. Her mother only occasionally showed a faint smile in her dreams. When she grew up, she guessed that it must be because she dreamed about the time she spent with her father.
Directly opposite her, another light source suddenly flashed past. She thought it was just her hallucination, but soon she discovered that the light source was indeed there. The other party may have been panicked by her appearance. He paused for a while and then started to retreat quickly.
Ran Mingzhu took out a charm from her pocket and shouted: "Who are you?!"
Her voice continued to echo in the secret passage, which also made her bolder. If the spell is used here, the power will definitely be greatly enhanced.
But the man didn't answer her questions, nor did he mean to stop. Instead, he ran away in the opposite direction to her at a faster speed.
"Who are you?! Stop! Otherwise I won't be polite!!!" Ran Mingzhu didn't know where she got the courage, silently recited a spell and used a spell to transform into a waiter in the form of a big dog.
The big dog ran wildly along the secret passage, chasing the flickering light source in front of him. However, after seeing the big dog, the owner of the light source stopped running away and stopped.
He suddenly raised his hand, and he didn't know what kind of spell he used. In an instant, the waiter of Ran Mingzhu began to spontaneously combust, and finally turned into the talisman before, but the edges of the talisman had been burned. With a flick of his head, he extinguished the lamp he was carrying and disappeared into the darkness.
Ran Mingzhu's footsteps were the only one left in the secret passage, but she didn't want to give up and continued to move forward. She came to the place where the big dog waiter had been set on fire. Next to her own broken talisman, she was surprised to find another talisman.
What the person just used was not a magic spell, but the same talisman as hers. Only a monster hunter knew how to use this talisman. And although the talisman was also broken, the pattern painted on it was Still vaguely discernible.
"Father!" Ran Mingzhu blurted out.
She was convinced that this talisman came from her father Ran Tianyou. Who else could draw the talisman so accurately except him. My mother has long said that although my father's talent and ability are not the strongest among the monster hunters, he can definitely maximize the knowledge he has mastered. His hard work and rigor cannot be surpassed by anyone. She picked up the talisman, put it away carefully, and continued to speed up her pace until she reached the exit at the other end of the secret passage.
After finding the mechanism and opening the exit, she walked out of the secret passage. But what greeted her was only the bright moon in the purple sky, and the figure she had been waiting for for a long time did not appear.
This should be outside the royal city, with bushes and huge rocks everywhere, but her mood was even more desolate than this scenery. She stood there, spinning around and around, feeling dizzy and unsure of where to go.
If he could realize earlier that the man in black was most likely his father and call out his name, he might be able to keep him. But all this can only be if, the figure who may be his father has disappeared without a trace. She touched her pocket unconsciously, making sure that the spell was still there. Its presence was proof that everything just happened really happened and was not just an illusion of hers.
Father, must still be somewhere.
However, Mingzhu returned to the secret passage and returned to the Sparrow Hotel along the original path, her whole heart felt empty. What she didn't expect was that the cat girl was waiting for her outside the old warehouse.
Seeing her, the girl showed a look of surprise and said, "Thank God, I saw you hadn't come out, so I went to the old warehouse to look for you, but you weren't there. I was worried that something had happened to you."
Seeing the pure face of the cat demon girl Yu Xiaohua at this time, Ran Mingzhu felt particularly kind. She hugged the girl and started crying.
The cat girl patted her shoulder, took her arm and took her back to the hotel, and then led her into a small basement in the hotel. There was only a small lamp lit in the basement. Although the space was small, it was very cozy. In addition to a bunk bed, there was also a small table and a small chair.
She let Ran Mingzhu sit on the lower bunk, then climbed up the ladder lightly and patted the person who was sleeping with his head covered on the upper bunk. A pair of cat ears that looked exactly like hers popped out of the quilt. Through the light, Ran Mingzhu saw that it was a very cute cat demon boy. The freckles on his face were particularly cute, and the pair of round ears were very cute. Her big eyes are very similar to Yu Xiaohua.
"Sister, why did you wake me up?!" the cat demon boy complained, and then suddenly realized that someone else had entered the room. He pointed at Ran Mingzhu and shouted, "She... who is she?!"
"You are my friend, don't worry about it for now! Go to the kitchen and make a cup of milk tea, just use the tea we brought from Miancheng." When the cat demon girl spoke to her brother, her tone became stern.
"Yes!" The cat demon boy was surprisingly obedient. He jumped from the bed to the ground in a very light manner, rubbed his still groggy eyes, and walked out of the room.
After a while, first a scent came from outside the door, and then the boy walked in with a cup of hot milk tea. Seeing his sister pointing at the girl who came with her, he nodded and handed the milk tea to her.
"Drink! If you drink it, you will feel better!" The cat demon girl said to Ran Mingzhu with a smile.
Ran Mingzhu held the warm cup and took a sip. She had never drunk such sweet and delicious milk tea. Both the taste of the tea and the concentration of the milk were just right. The proportion of the mixture must be very particular, otherwise it would be absolutely perfect. It is impossible to make such delicious milk tea.
She realized that the cat demon girl and her brother were just looking at her enjoying the sweet milk tea, but did not make herself a cup of the same, so she asked: "Why don't you drink?"
"Because milk is used, if you take too much, the boss will find out." The cat girl explained.
"I'll buy it for you!" Ran Mingzhu blurted out, just as she was about to pay.
But the cat demon girl shook her head and said: "Although we are poor, we are definitely not beggars. We stay in this hotel just to have a place to stay so that we can find our savior."
Then Mingzhu understood why the cat demon girl refused to accept her money before, so she said to her: "Friends can also give gifts to each other. If there are good things, they will share them together. This is not because of my respect for Your mercy. Although this is the first time we have met, I don’t know why you have an indescribable feeling of intimacy."
"I'm sorry, we are from Miancheng and don't quite understand these principles, and we misunderstood your kindness!" the cat demon girl said apologetically.
"Don't call me you. Just call me Mingzhu. Mingzhu is my name!"