Ye Zuxi looked at the figures disappearing in the ceremony and took a breath.
"Zu Xi, this is the nineteenth batch tonight." Abu came to Ye Zuxi and said.
This was not a report. Ye Zuxi could hear its tone. The next step was probably that he was tired and it was time to take a rest. And Ye Zuxi was not stubborn. He was indeed a little tired and should relax a little.
Looking at a milk tea shop next to her, Ye Zuxi hesitated for a moment: "Will drinking milk tea in a dream make you pee your pants in reality?"
Seeing Abu looking at her strangely, Ye Zuxi shrugged and walked into the milk tea shop: "Let's see what's in here."
Fortunately, some of the ingredients were still inside. Ye Zuxi started the machine, started operating it skillfully, and soon served himself a cup of milk tea.
As for why he is so proficient, it was just a previous mission where he learned it by the way while lurking in a milk tea shop. It is not difficult at all.
He and Abu each had a cup of milk tea and walked out of the shop and found a bench by the roadside to sit down.
After looking at the high ceiling, Ye Zuxi shook his head and said, "If you can see the night sky, you should have a better experience."
"Zuxi, I have begun to like, enjoy, and live." Abu said kindly.
"I've always been able to enjoy it, but... I haven't enjoyed it as much as recently." Ye Zuxi said with an inexplicable tone.
Abu shrugged and said nothing.
Ye Zuxi looked at the dim light, and memories could not help but emerge like a tide.
…
"Dad, I won the grand prize in the piano competition, look!" He happily handed the exquisite certificate in his hand to the man in front of him behind the desk.
The man at that time was so tall that he once felt that he would never be able to climb the mountain and could only be sheltered under his shoulders forever.
The man raised his head from the paperwork, glanced at his certificate, and then looked at himself.
Then the man's brows furrowed.
He knew this wasn't a good sign.
"What level has your meditation progressed to?"
"Well...the second floor..."
"What level is the magic power worth?"
"Bronze...median..."
The man didn't speak for a long time, and his original joy was easily cooled by those two understated questions.
How long did he stand in front of the desk? He no longer remembers it, but for him who was only in junior high school at the time, it was definitely a very long and uneasy time.
After a long time, the man finally put down his pen and said: "I said, your task this semester is to complete the fourth level of basic meditation, and then increase your magic value to bronze to further develop your talents."
He was speechless. He really failed to complete these two tasks.
The man looked at him for a while and said, "You haven't completed any of the tasks I gave you, and you haven't been able to prioritize things clearly. Do you think you succeeded?"
silence.
"Go back to your room. Starting next week, I will cancel the piano lessons for you."
"dad……"
"There are other instruments too."
"but……"
"Zuxi." The man said in a deep voice.
"..."
"You may also have talent in this area, but your other talent is above this. I don't want you to become a person who is powerless after encountering danger."
Words that were coercive, one-sided, and authoritarian, but also contained regret, expectation, and sadness echoed in Ye Zuxi's ears.
…
A strange wind blew by.
Ye Zuxi opened his eyes suddenly and turned his head to look in one direction.
"What?" he asked.
Abu shook his head slowly.
The two stood up in unison, without the milk tea on the table, and walked towards the source of the ominous atmosphere they had just noticed.
Just turning a corner is like entering another world.
Scarlet, scarlet...
Sparks drifted past the eyes, and everything was coated with a scarlet filter, exuding ominous omens.
The scarlet sailor stood in the center of the crossroads. The anchor pinned a figure to the wall. The blood flowing was evaporated by the flames in a short time. The scene was full of violence, and the dead even died with their eyes open.
Ye Zuxi stood still at the edge, his face heavy.
The existence in front of you feels very dangerous.
The scarlet sailor seemed to be aware of Ye Zuxi's presence, and slowly turned around, as if scarlet flames were burning in his eyes.
"What does this thing have to do with Alon's Nichireimu?"
"I don't know, maybe, they are siblings?"
Whoosh! The scarlet anchor quickly enlarged in Ye Zuxi's eyes. Ye Zuxi stepped on the ground, and a sound wave barrier was erected.
boom!
Ye Zuxi retreated violently, and the barrier he established was quickly disintegrated by Scarlet.
Abu immediately stood in front of him, put his hands together and struck, and the clockwork rotated to make up for the incomplete barrier, blocking the scarlet sweep.
The anchor flew back to the scarlet sailor's hand, and he quickly rushed forward.
Abu stepped forward without showing any signs of weakness.
The anchor in the sailor's hand hit hard, but Abu deftly avoided it and sank deeply into the ground.
He tried to take it back, but Abu immediately put his foot on the anchor and punched the sailor in the face.
The collision sound of the blow spread, and the golden note was withdrawn by Abu, who gathered his strength again and punched the sailor in the chest again.
The scarlet sailor staggered back two steps, and then turned around quickly with a sweeping kick.
Abu tried to parry, but the opponent's strength was much stronger than the normal Abu, so Abu had no choice but to retreat.
The other party retrieved the anchor and at the same time waved the chain towards Abu.
Abu deflected the chain, but its heavy side blows still made him retreat step by step.
The scarlet sailor jumped up with a big jump, and the anchor was smashed under the blazing flames.
boom!
Smoke and dust are everywhere.
The sailor slowly straightened up.
Behind him, Ye Zuxi took out his baton, and a scarlet spark flew past the sailor's cheek, and soon became golden, and its shape also changed, becoming a golden note.
The notes suddenly unfolded and magnified, and Abu's figure appeared again, grabbing the sailor's hair.
The sailor tried to fight back, but Abu's ferocious attack quickly caught him.
The heavy sound of percussion played an exciting "percussion" under the command of Ye Zuxi.
In the rapid combo, the scarlet sailor seemed to finally react. In a certain void, he swung the chain and directly trapped Abu's iron fist, which was about to come into close contact with his face.
A critical moment.
Then a loud noise erupted from Abu's fist, and golden notes and lines entangled the sailor and flew out, finally shattering and detonating in mid-air.
boom!
The scarlet sailor fell down in embarrassment.
Abu untied the chains on his hands.
Whoosh!
The expressions of Ye Zuxi and Abu suddenly changed. The sailor stood up and waved the anchor. The scarlet color lost the agility of the flames and began to give it a suffocating heaviness.
That is, the scarlet ocean!
The scarlet waves hit Abu, but he couldn't hold on for long, and Abu was swept away by the waves.
Ye Zuxi pulled out the string music from his hands and grabbed Abu, pulling the two parties closer.
Abu hugged Ye Zuxi and threw him to the ground with his body as a cushion, bearing the impact for Ye Zuxi.
"Can fire turn into water?"
"This is an image."
"I know, but he also caught the rhythm of both of us... He has a pretty good sense of music." Ye Zuxi got up from Abu.
"So, do you think you can persuade him to learn music and let him throw away the damn anchor?" Abu accepted Ye Zuxi's words in a tacit understanding.
Looking at the figure slowly approaching in front of him, Ye Zuxi waved his hand to summon the Eight Sound Tower.