Accel World (先飞看刀) Chapter 24: Deep in the shadow of the wood

Six fluorescent lamps are divided into two rows and inlaid on the ceiling made of square aluminum edge templates, illuminating the entire small dining hall.

On both sides of the dining table next to the window, the injured twin sisters are turning their grief into appetite. Nie Chengyan was holding a glass of orange juice, while looking at the boy opposite her who was devouring the big bowl of fried noodles in front of her: "Mr. Xiaohan... haven't you eaten tonight?"

Yang Xiaohan raised his head: "How do you know?"

Nie Chengyan took a sip of orange juice and choked it out... Really didn't eat it?

"I need to check some information after school, and I forgot to eat after I checked it!" Yang Xiaohan said with a chuckle, "But it's nothing, it's a very common thing."

"I said you are still at the age of growing your body, right?" Nie Chengyan seemed to be coaxing a child, "Eating on time is a necessary condition for growing taller, and if you don't eat often, you will not grow taller."

"That... I am the teacher..."

"So give me a good meal!"

"... Oh!"

The small canteen is located between the two floors of Genjing Guangyao Building and Duijingrou Building, near the high wall.

Since it is called a small canteen, there is naturally a big canteen. The big canteen uses meal rolls, and the things they provide are relatively cheap. Of course, the taste of big pot rice is limited. The small canteen is almost a restaurant on campus. The dishes are more abundant and expensive than the big canteen, and they are open from morning to night Always on.

Actually, it is the time for evening self-study. It is not allowed to come here to have dinner at this time, but the evening self-study of the Phantom Academy is very loose, you don’t have to stay in the class, the library, the practice field After waiting for a few places, I signed in at one or two places to prove that I was on campus at this time, and generally no one would take care of me.

On both sides of the square dining table, there are benches with backs that are close to the wall and facing each other. At this moment, Ai Xiyue, Yang Xiaohan, and Mercury Xiaohan are sitting on one side, and Nie Chengyan and Mercury Xiaowei are sitting on the other. side. Because Nie Chengyan was the guest, Mercury Xiaohan and Mercury Xiaowei both ordered a lot, wondering if they wanted to eat up the squad leader who had caused them psychological trauma just now. Yang Xiaohan is thinking about his somewhat deflated wallet, and if he can save a meal, it is a meal. Although the salaries of the teachers of the Phantom Academy are very good, there is still some time before the official salary is paid.

Although they are twins, the two sisters who look exactly the same still have a very different feeling. Next, the younger sister looks much weaker, sitting there relatively quietly, her posture looks very elegant, but the speed of eating snacks is not slow at all.

"Xiaohan, Xiaowei...you two didn't eat dinner, did you?"

"How is it possible?" Mercury Xiaohan laughed, "Don't look at us like this, in fact, we eat well for three meals a day."

"Ah, that's good!" Nie Chengyan felt relieved.

"But sister, the egg yolk pie is almost finished, and there are sandwich biscuits. I have been eating that brand for a while, and I feel a little sick. Let's change it tomorrow. By the way, what are we going to have for breakfast tomorrow morning?"

"The crispy strips I bought last time, and those two packs of candied fruit. The milk is gone, but there is still soda. Eat the rest of the egg yolk pie at noon tomorrow, and then go buy..."

"Wow, students Xiaohan and Xiaowei, you have a good life, can the teacher come to join us tomorrow?"

"Did I say these things can be eaten?" Nie Chengyan went crazy.

Yang Xiaohan, Shui Xing Xiaohan, and Shui Xing Xiaowei looked at her at the same time, looking a little dazed...Is it not possible?

Nie Chengyan suddenly turned to the right, covered his forehead with his right hand, and pushed back with his left hand, trying to calm down his heaving chest. Then she turned her head abruptly: "From tomorrow onwards, you will follow me for three meals a day, and eat in the cafeteria properly."

"Go to the cafeteria to eat?" Mercury Xiaohan asked in surprise, "Is the food there for people to eat?"

"Squad leader, do you want to murder?" Even Mercury Xiaowei raised her mouth.

"Xiaohan, Xiaowei, you two can't escape!" Yang Xiaohan laughed gloatingly.

"Mr. Xiaohan, you too!" Nie Chengyan stared at him.

"Wait a minute, why am I under control too? I'm a teacher..."

"So give me a good meal!"

"... Oh!"

The relationship between the four of them looks very good! Ai Xiyue thought in her heart.

After hesitating for a while, Ai Xiyue finally made up her mind that she must find a way to hint to them about the possible dangers. She clenched her fist with her right hand and coughed vigorously, attracting the attention of the other four people. Then she grabbed Zhuo Yan with both hands and leaned forward slightly: "By the way, have you heard? It's just a ghost car...do you know ghost cars?"

"What's wrong?" The others looked at her together.

"I heard that Ghost Che likes to eat twins, so you have to be careful..."

"Hahahahahaha..." Shui Xing Xiaohan pointed at Ai Xiyue, laughing non-stop, "Last time the monitor said that monsters like to eat children, and now you say that ghost cars like to eat twins, that's not how you lie Looks like."

Mercury Xiaowei snorted and laughed, "Sister Xiyue and the class monitor are indeed junior high school classmates."

Ai Xiyue said anxiously: "I mean it..."

"It's useless," Nie Chengyan sighed, "Xiyue, I know you want to scare them for me, but this method has long been outdated."

Yang Xiaohan nodded vigorously: "Yeah!"

"I mean it!!!" the girl yelled.

***

Deep in the shade of wood.

As a part of the ghost city left over from the "Yangshidifu" in the Chinese legend, there are still many remains of the ghost halls that have collapsed. The light moonlight sprinkled on the desolate earth and rocks, the shadows were faint. A beam of light shines on a stone pillar standing on the ground about ten meters high. At the top are four hollow square railings, covered with a round stone cap.

The cone-shaped beam of light moved down and landed on a sloping temple roof. One side of the stone roof had long been buried in the soil, and the other side extended toward the sky at an oblique angle. The beam swept back, another beam swept over, and the two cone-shaped beams intersected for a while, and then separated from each other.

The light from the two flashlights continues to move forward among the gloomy ruins. In front of it is an arched mound. If you look at it from the night sky, it looks like a stone bowl with a radius of half a mile has been buckled upside down on the big mountain. on the ground. In front of the square stone gate made of stone, on the left and right sides, are the legendary beast statues guarding the prison gate.

"This is the Santu Cave!" Di Pengtian held a flashlight and said, "A long time ago, this was also the place where the Jizo of Luofeng City vented. According to the county records, there were three local ways of escape The aristocratic family sealed the Yin cave deep in Santu Cave through the magic circle. The three aristocratic families are the Pan family, Ye family, and Hong family. However, Pan, Ye, and Hong are not unpopular surnames. Which ones are specifically sealed? People, in fact, I can’t tell clearly. After all, after a hundred years of troubled times, it’s unclear whether any descendants of these three families are alive, and the county chronicles only briefly mentioned this matter, and the records are unknown.”

The man in the black windbreaker nodded, handed the flashlight to his companion, stepped forward, stood by the stone gate, placed a certain instrument on the ground, and opened an inspiration abacus, crackling, no know what to do. After pondering for a while, he put away the instrument and inspiration abacus, turned around: "Go back!"

"That's all right?" Di Pengtian returned the flashlight.

"Just to make sure, there is no yin from the underworld overflowing here!" The man in the black windbreaker replied. "According to the investigation of the data, there are nine out of ten that this is not the real Ksitigarbha vent, just in case, come and have a look."

"I don't know what this 'prevention' is about."

"Nothing, just an academic investigation!"

"Brother Yan Wei, you are a private detective, not a scientist, and you are talking about an academic investigation. Isn't this answer too perfunctory?"

"Hehe!"

The two sometimes walked side by side, sometimes one behind the other, walking towards the campus. On the way, Di Pengtian tried to get some wind from the mouth of the man in the black windbreaker. Naturally, he didn't get too many clues. His name was Hua Yan. The great man just answered without saying a word.

Like this, they returned to the campus. At this time, the evening self-study had also ended, and the Genjing Guangyao Building and Duijing Rouli Building were brightly lit. Hua Yanwei took out his mobile phone and made a call. Not long after he separated from the No. 1 Vice President, he met a girl named Ai Xiyue at the gate of the college. To his surprise, besides her junior high school classmate named Nie Chengyan, Ai Xiyue was with a boy of twelve or thirteen years old, and a pair of twin sisters.

Unexpectedly, Ai Xiyue would be with the twin sisters from the Phantom Academy, Hua Yanwei was a little surprised, and glanced at his female apprentice. The girl in the dress stuck out her tongue, showing a very innocent look, as if to show that she "didn't say anything nonsense". However, her master's eyes had already landed on the pair of little dolls in red official uniforms hung by the twin sisters' waists, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.

God escape—a blessing from the heavenly official? ! Hua Yanwei pondered in his heart.

"Master?" Ai Xiyue called out.

"It's okay, we're done, let's go!" Hua Yanwei walked out of the gate.

"Chengyan, I'm leaving!" Ai Xiyue said goodbye to her former friend.

"Xiyue, as long as it's not a holiday, I'll be here for the next three years. If you have anything to do, come here to find me! I'll go home during the holiday, you know where my home is!" Nie Chengyan pulled Ai Xiyue's hand. She didn't know what happened to this good friend from junior high school. She disappeared inexplicably a year ago, but now she suddenly reappeared, and followed a strange private detective, and she didn't even return home. Clearly, it seems that Ai Xiyue will not tell her, but she still has unavoidable worries about her good friend.

"Yeah!" Ai Xiyue responded readily, thought for a while, but said in a low voice, "What I just said was serious, you guys have to be careful..."

Mercury Xiaohan laughed loudly: "You mean ghost cars like to eat twins..."

Ai Xiyue rushed forward all of a sudden, covering her mouth tightly, preventing her from finishing her sentence. On the other side outside the door, some students living in off-campus apartments walked out in twos and threes. Among the crowd, a man in a black windbreaker turned his head and glanced at Ai Xiyue.

It's over, master knows! Ai Xiyue knocked on Mercury Xiaohan's head angrily: "I didn't say anything!" She ran towards Master, followed in Master's footsteps, and walked to a distant intersection. On the way, she turned around and Xiangyang Xiaohan, Nie Chengyan, and Sister Mercury waved their hands...