Dave was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "Oh ho ho, dear neighbor, of course it is alive."
"It's not worth taking the risk of being surrounded by mobs. Let's take a look."
Gao Yi withdrew his gaze and swallowed in anticipation. Penny had already slowly opened the trunk without him needing to reach out.
Click.
As the sunlight penetrated into the dark confined space, some thin gray-green scales and a limb with webbed feet slowly came into Gao Yi's sight.
He looked around curiously until the trunk was completely opened, and then he saw clearly the true identity of Dave's so-called "gift".
"This is……"
Gao Yi widened his eyes.
The creature in front of him had the appearance of a fish head and human body, with gray-green scales all over its body, and its white abdomen was rising and falling crazily as its limbs struggled constantly.
"The Deep Diver?"
Deep diver.
From the Cthulhu mythology, an ancient ethnic group serving the great Cthulhu.
They live in the deep sea and have built countless underwater cities. The long rows of vertical columns and the footprints of their flippers are everywhere in the world's oceans.
"Neighbor, do you know this guy?"
Dave looked a little surprised and explained: "I saw fishermen worshiping that altar before, and I thought there was something good on it. I didn't expect that when I went over and took a look, it turned out to be this guy."
"I just thought - 'Maybe it will be useful to you?', after all, if you have a siren head, raising a little fishman doesn't seem to be a big deal."
True.
There was nothing wrong with Dave's idea, but Gao Yi, who knew a little bit about the inside story, didn't think it would be that easy to raise a deep diver.
First of all, as servants, all deep divers believe in Cthulhu, and worship causes them to gather in the cold deep sea.
Because this is the only meaningful "social activity" besides mating in their eyes.
This shows how strong this belief is.
It's so strong that no matter how high-minded you are, you don't have the confidence to completely eradicate it from an individual.
Not eradicating it would mean having second thoughts, not saying whether Gao Yi would be able to raise it, or just throwing it into the sea. He wouldn't be surprised if the phantoms of Dagon and L'lye surface one day.
If this is the case, he might as well stop causing chaos to the world and let this young deep diver go back to where it came from.
Gao Yi reached out and took the young deep diver out of the trunk and placed it on the lawn.
Suddenly coming into the light from the darkness, the young deep diver was a little anxious, and kept struggling in Gao Yi's hands, until he received a slap on the head, and then he became a little more honest.
"With this size, it looks like he was born not long ago."
Gao Yi touched his chin and judged: "Maybe some accident happened, causing it to wash ashore and be picked up by the group of fishermen."
"Innate faith is suddenly important, but the worship brought about by the acquired atmosphere may not be as paranoid as I imagined."
"Try it." Gao Yi gave Xiao Di a look.
After receiving the instruction, Xiao Di immediately turned around and ran to the villa, took out a pack of cookie crumbs that seemed to be running low and handed it over.
——[Snacks for training].
After being tortured by Xiao Di and his cousin, there were not many biscuit crumbs left hanging in the transparent bag. Gao Yi shook a little off and looked at the young deep divers splashing on the lawn.
"ah."
Gao Yi murmured softly.
The young deep divers who are beginning to gain wisdom have great fear in their eyes.
It chooses to struggle crazily.
However, a hand suddenly grabbed his jaw, forcing him to open his mouth and look at something that looked like moldy sawdust, occupying his sight bit by bit from the sky.
Woo woo woo...
afterwards.
"Neighbor, it won't be fed to death by you, right?"
The three of them stood aside. Dave looked at the young deep diver lying motionless on the ground, feeling a little worried.
"rest assured."
God Gao Yi said: "When using medicine for the first time, the dose must be larger, otherwise their bad habits will not be cured in a short time."
"Look, isn't this sober?"
The young deep diver, who looked like a large frog, had just climbed up from the ground when he was led into the house by Gao Yi in advance.
With a confused look on its face, it was surrounded by three people taking a bath in the bathtub.
Dense steam rose in the bathroom.
Although secretly, it understood that the guy who spread the salt wanted to adapt to the fresh water environment, and the guy who threw the ginger wanted to get rid of the fishy smell on his body.
but.
What does the guy who brought over all the condiments and side dishes want to do?
Blah blah blah!
Seeing the look of fear gradually replacing the young deep diver's face, Gao Yi finally noticed the problem and followed its gaze and looked back.
"Little flute."
"Eh."
"What do you want to do?"
…
There was a big swollen bag on his head. He opened the closet and threw the automatically generated pieces of clothing next to the young deep diver.
"Whatever clothes you want, pick them out yourself."
Surrounded by colorful clothes, the young deep diver was in trouble.
Until a black thing flew from the sky and landed at its feet.
"Um?"
Gao Yi, who was thinking about the positioning of the new members, suddenly let out a light sigh.
He saw the young deep diver bend down, pick up a black round hat from the ground, and then slowly put it on his head.
A sense of déjà vu emerged in his heart, instantly surrounding him.
Black round hat.
green skin.
Also, this familiar body shape...
Seeing the young deep diver wearing a hat and circling the room as if adapting, Gao Yi lost his voice and said: "I know!"
Dave, who was debating whether "fish head man" or "human leg fish" was better, was startled.
"Neighbor, have you thought of a name?"
"Follow me!"
Gao Yi picked up the young deep diver and came to the TV in the living room.
He grabbed the remote control and quickly requested - Phineas and Ferb!
On the screen, a platypus also wearing a black round hat appeared, but compared to the ignorance of the young deep diver, it appeared much more capable.
With a call of "Agent Artest", Terry, the platypus, who received instructions from his superiors, saluted, turned around and slid out of a pipe.
[Dubidubadu——]
"Ah Shen!"
Gao Yi pointed at the TV and made a decision: "From now on, your name will be Ah Shen—Secret Agent Ah Shen!"
"A Shen?"
In the ignorant eyes of the young deep diver, his expression showed emotion for the first time because of his name.
Looking at Gao Yi who gave it its name, it opened its mouth, not knowing how to express its feelings.
Until he remembered the actions of the platypus on TV, it hurriedly saluted in a mock-like manner.
"Although I think its style is indeed similar to Terry, but you... don't really intend to let it carry out secret missions, right?"
Xiao Di felt ashamed: "The cities in the animation are full of unscientific shortcuts and secret passages. We don't have anything to send secret agent Ah Shen to the mission location."