Jin took out the leaf from his arms, put it in my hand, and said, "Give this leaf to Di!"
Before we could argue, Jhin pushed us away and said one final word in a commanding tone, "Let's go!" Then he turned around and ran staggeringly in the opposite direction to us. Footsteps began to gather in Jhin's direction, and the guards had discovered his traces.
"Damn it!" One Eye cursed in a low voice, and chased after him desperately. I stepped forward and pulled him back. Although I didn't want to admit it, I still said, "Jhin is right, we must meet with Di."
"Are you afraid of death?" One Eye looked at him with undisguised contempt.
After what happened before, I decided not to be timid anymore, so I mustered up the courage to look directly at the other person and said, "I'm not afraid of death! There are more people who need us. If you blindly chase after us, you will only die in vain! Besides, Jin Didn’t he say that he could keep himself alive?”
"He means that if he is lucky, he will survive. What if he dies in the hands of the guards?" One Eye retorted.
I looked at the direction in which Jhin disappeared, gritted my teeth, and said, "I know what to do!"
Jhin kept running forward, and soon he heard footsteps on both sides, which were very close to him. Suddenly a black shadow appeared beside him and rushed towards Jin. Jhin's body had not recovered at this time, and there was no room for resistance. He was knocked to the ground by the shadow. He looked at the man's face and determined his identity. He was indeed the priest's guards. Several other guards arrived one after another and surrounded Jin. The reason they didn't take action immediately was that the person in front of them seemed different from the target mentioned by the priest.
Just when the guards were hesitant, the captain of the guards came out, looked at Jhin carefully, and said in a surprised but pleasant tone: "I didn't expect that we would meet again, Jhin!"
"Do they know each other? Maybe, they are friends?" I hid in the tree and whispered to the one-eyed person next to me.
One Eye sneered and shook his head, "Aliens will not have friends in Gray Town."
Sure enough, I felt a chilling murderous intent from the guard captain's next words.
"Finally I found you!" The captain of the guard said with a fierce tone, almost gritting his teeth: "Your death has come!"
"I knew this would happen a long time ago!" One Eye was restless and almost immediately jumped off the branch to rescue Jin.
"You can't help him like this, it will only make the situation more confusing!" I quickly stopped him.
"Are you going to let Jhin die like this?" One Eye glared at me and said angrily.
"If they really take action, I will go down with you!" I looked at One Eye firmly and said, "I will never run away again this time!"
One Eye gradually calmed down, and I finally relaxed and peeked outside. Fortunately, the guards' attention was on Jhin and they didn't notice the commotion on the branches.
Jin has been unable to stand up since he was knocked to the ground. He just lay there without any fear on his face and just said lightly: "If I die in your hands, the mayor will not let you go! "
"Mayor?" The captain of the guard was stunned and asked, "What does this have to do with the mayor? Do you think this can delay time?"
"No, it's just a well-intentioned advice." The corner of Jhin's mouth curled up slightly, "I'm doing it for your own good. You also know that the mayor wants to kill me personally. If you exceed your authority, what will be waiting for you?"
"As long as I kill you quietly, how will the mayor know about it?" The head guard sneered and glanced around. The other guards lowered their heads, not daring to make eye contact with him.
"Catch me, but you can get a reward from the mayor. Do you think these people can keep the secret? Or, in order to ask for credit from the priest, you don't even want the position of captain of the guard." Jin Youyou said, to the captain of the guard. He didn't care about the threat and even changed into a comfortable position lying on the ground.
The captain of the guard stared at Jhin fiercely, hesitated again and again, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Bring him back to me! Bring him back alive!"
The guards lifted Jhin up and almost dragged him away from the scene. The footsteps faded away, and silence returned under the tree again.
Until he saw this scene, One Eye let out a sigh of relief. I looked at the sky and the moon was already in the sky.
"No! It's almost too late to meet Di!" I exclaimed, jumping down from the branch and running towards the moonstone. One Eye took a deep look in the direction Jhin left, then turned around and chased me.
There is wind tonight, gently caressing the stream, bringing with it a subtle and gentle sound of water. I saw a flat and wide stone lying there on the edge of the stream in the distance, quietly emitting the light from the moon.
"Where is Di?" One Eye rushed to the moonstone and looked around anxiously, "Did we still miss the time to meet!"
I sat slumped under the moonstone. The running just now had used up the last of my strength. I couldn't answer his question except to gasp.
"If I had known earlier, I should have listened to you. If I could sneak into Ash Town, there would at least be a chance of rescuing Jhin!" One-eye fell to his knees on the ground with self-reproach, tiredness and disappointment evident on his face.
"Are you talking about...Jin?" Di's voice sounded from the branch nearby. I looked up and saw Di standing there.
Di's expression was complicated, he seemed happy and nervous. He asked: "Jin... my brother, what's wrong with him?"
My breathing calmed down, I stood up and said to Di: "Jin needs your help!"
I returned to Gray Town again, also under the leadership of Di. But this time when we entered Gray Town, we avoided everyone's sight and reached Di's room through a hidden passage. One Eye secretly looked at everything in Gray Town and sighed softly: "This place is still the same as before, as if nothing has changed."
I looked at the scenery in Gray Town, but I felt that it was shrouded in shadow, a darkness that even the moonlight could not penetrate.
In Di's room, we briefly told him what we had experienced during this time. Even when we mentioned the priest's heavenly fire magic, Di didn't show any surprise. Indeed, as Jin said, Di already knew what was happening in the shadows of Gray Town.
"Jhin has been taken away by the captain of the guard. How can we save him?" One Eye asked impatiently.
Di pondered silently and said: "Jin told me that once he fails to come back, my first priority is to find the magic weapon used by the priest to cast sky fire magic. Originally, I could not destroy the magic weapon alone. If I join you, I should be able to succeed!"
"Is this all you have been thinking about?" One Eye angrily punched Di, knocked him to the ground, and shouted, "Your brother is in danger, do you want to let it go?"