Chapter 14

The trajectory of the rainwater is clearly visible, the fine rain feet elongated into white lines, and finally turned into decomposed water droplets in the field of vision.

The frenzied wind blows through everything, and countless chaotic voices are engulfed in the wind, falling on the ears, bit by bit, and concretized into objects in the mind.

Cloud eddies that are gradually gathering in the sky, rustling and flying leaves, shaking wires, running people, rushing water, breathing, heartbeat, blood, soul, ether...

Ji Zhixu felt that his soul was pulled out, but it was not completely separated from his body.

The soul is no longer the appearance of the soul, it begins to expand and relax, just like a huge octopus rising into the void, gradually stretching out its countless tentacles around.

Ji Zhixu was at a loss for a while, and then realized the current situation.

She instinctively looked towards the bookstore, but she seemed to see a cloud of fog, and she seemed to see nothing.

Through the glass window on the door of the bookstore, Lin Jie can be seen picking books from the bookshelf, still looking ordinary.

She shifted her gaze to the gargoyle.

Seeing nearly a thousand souls condensed on the small dark stone statue, densely packed skeletons of different degrees of decay crowded together, howling and roaring, as if reaching out to grab something.

Among them, very conspicuously, there is a most complete soul screaming in pain.

It was "Rat" Ryan who had died unexpectedly not long ago.

Ji Zhixu didn't see the "loyalty" rune on his soul.

As expected, Heywood's brand was removed!

As soon as Ji Zhixu thought about it, the tentacles floating in mid-air rushed towards the distance quickly, entangled Ryan's soul that was about to be assimilated by the gargoyle.

A burst of tearing.

Ji Zhixu suddenly felt a sharp pain in his mind, as if being hit and stirred by a heavy hammer.

"Well……"

Ji Zhixu snorted, and took half a step back as if he had been hit hard, and stabilized his figure.

She opened her eyes suddenly, looked at the pages of the book in her hand, and panted heavily.

"Heh—so that's how it is..."

The hunter felt her mutated soul—the octopus-like invisible soul was still floating behind and above her like a ghost, but it was temporarily unable to leave her surroundings.

And the countless tentacles of the octopus are entwining a soul with a fearful expression.

That was Ryan.

He seemed to want to speak, his eyes widened, but his mouth was tightly covered by the tentacles.

"The indelible iron will, the power that directly acts on the soul... As expected of Mr. Lin, he easily transformed my soul structure and instilled a huge ether. Now I can be called a veritable panic level Hunter, in the animalized state, maybe it is not impossible to fight against the destruction level."

Ji Zhixu muttered to himself, and wiped away the nosebleed with the back of his hand, but his iron-gray eyes were exceptionally bright, and he smiled: "This feeling of being full is not bad."

All of this was given to her by Mr. Lin.

Even, if the bookstore hadn't opened the door for her at that time, she might have been hunted down to death, and there would be no follow-up.

Ah, it is not an exaggeration to say that Mr. Lin gave her a second life.

Ji Zhixu was emotionally ups and downs, and finally stood in the rain, bowed towards the direction of the bookstore, silently expressing his surrender and allegiance.

This is respect for the strong, and it is also a courtesy to be willing to be a subsidiary.

From Ji Zhixu's point of view, since the other party has put so much effort into her, she has improved her strength and eliminated traitors.

But so far, none have offered to ask for returns.

Then most likely, they want to cultivate their own power and gradually change the class ecology of hunters.

Her voluntary allegiance must have been liked by the other party.

So why not be more obedient and obedient?

However, having said that...Mr. Lin's strength is indeed unfathomable.

She felt that in the state just now, she might even be able to see some flaws in the destructive ether disguise, but there was nothing abnormal about Mr. Lin's disguise.

He looked as ordinary as the naked eye!

It's amazing!

...

Lin Jie reached out and took down a picture book, sorted out the order of the books, and put them back.

When he turned around and was about to go back, from the corner of his eye, he saw that Ji Zhixu seemed to be wiping his nosebleeds first, and then bowed towards this side in regret.

Lin Jie twitched the corners of his mouth, paused while arranging the bookshelves, and watched the other party go away slowly, feeling a little bad.

Hello.

This guy... doesn't have the attributes of a slut, does he?

Coming to his bookstore so frequently, could it be... No, no, no, it's better not to make such impolite assumptions.

Bad for both parties.

Lin Jie shook his head, shaking off all those floating thoughts.

Sitting back on his fixed seat, he picked up a book and continued reading to pass the time.

The one that happened to be drawn was the very healing and heart-warming "The Little Prince".

This fairy tale full of philosophy, the stories and truths it tells are really gentle and lovely. It is a good book that Lin Jie has read many times and never gets tired of it.

Satisfied, Lin Jie decided that this was the bedtime reading for today.

"jingle."

"welcome."

After Lin Jie subconsciously finished speaking, he was taken aback for a moment and realized—there was another guest.

Ok? What kind of day is this today?

That young lady is indeed a koi!

He straightened up a little and looked towards the door, his eyes lit up even more. This time it was a completely new guest.

But...it doesn't look very friendly.

"boom."

The door closed, and the leather shoes fell to the ground.

A heavy voice sounded.

I saw an old man casually dressed in a suit with a tired expression come in from the door, his muscular body completely blocked the glass window on the door.

In an instant, most of the light in the bookstore, which was not considered bright, was blocked again.

Lin Jie had no choice but to reach out to turn on the warm light, and then said with a business smile, "Hi, may I help you, reading, borrowing or buying books."

Under the light, the mountain-like body makes people think of Schwarzenegger, but the white hair does not make people think of him as an old man, and his tired and sharp eyes are like a resting lion.

He walked in, his eyes wandering, as if he was patrolling his own territory.

It was difficult for Lin Jie to judge the age of this guest for a while.

Then... Grandpa, it's always right to call him Grandpa.

The old man looked around, and finally landed on the gargoyle on the counter, his gaze froze, he knocked on the counter, raised his eyes and said, "Are you the owner of this bookstore?"

Lin Jie nodded: "Oh, sir, that's right."

"..." Joseph was silent for a moment, and squeezed out a sentence through his teeth: "Master?"

Your uncle!

If another little knight came to talk like that, Joseph swore, he would definitely smash that guy's hollow skull!

His chest heaved a few times, but he swallowed his breath when he thought that he was just an ordinary person in front of him.

"Slap" propped his hands on the counter, stared at Lin Jie, and said in a deep voice, "Is that gargoyle yours?"