Fog Formula-Warning Book of Fog City Search Chief's Strange Talk

"It's here... cough cough!"

Minamoto and Izumi Saori pushed open the door and broke into the castle. The moment the door was opened, choking smoke and dust rushed towards the two of them. When the door panel was flapped, sand and soil fell rushing down, and the gravel in the crack of the door fell on the tiles, making a dripping sound.

"It's... so old."

Almost the moment they entered the door, the two couldn't help but began to doubt their own thoughts. Because no one has been to this place for a long time. The windows on both sides were broken, allowing the wind to bring in the dust outside, and the dust on the ground accumulated a thick layer. The corners of the room are covered with cobwebs and mildew spots. Just a little movement will leave footprints on the dusty floor, and turning around slightly will lift up the dust on the ground.

"..."

No one can move without leaving traces in such an environment. You only need to look at the ground to know that no one has been here at all. The two walked slowly to the center of the main hall, looking around, they only saw their own footprints. The surroundings are quiet, like a mockery of them.

It was an afternoon, the sun was shining brightly, the hall after several rounds of dismantling was empty, there were no curtains on the walls, and the windows on both sides could let in the bright sunlight without blocking it. Walking in the middle of the hall, you can see the reliefs on the walls and the paintings on the window sills, even if they are covered with dust, they will not affect their exquisiteness. The colored glazes on the windows are still in good condition after many years, and they still have dreamy colors under the light.

It can be seen that in the past this must have been a well-lit hall. When the sunlight fell on the central marble high platform, it still had water-like refraction. Even though it is dilapidated into what it is today, you can still feel a finely crafted beauty from this building.

If it weren't for the unpleasant musty smell of the wood used for construction, probably the hall today still exudes intoxicating magic. From the building itself, you can see how paranoid and arrogant the people who designed this hall were. Those people created such a layer of gorgeous decoration, but it was just to cover up something.

"Nothing at all……"

Minamoto Taichi said, couldn't help but look around, there was no sound around, and there was no sign of any biological activity. The only moving things in the room were the cobwebs in the corners, slightly agitated by the wind blowing in from the windows on both sides.

"No, wait!"

But just when Genta was approaching the central high platform, his body suddenly jumped back like an electric shock, a spontaneous shock appeared on his face for a moment, and he took a few steps back in a row, full of astonishment Looking at the air ahead, he even almost bumped into Saori Izumi who was following behind him.

"what have you found?"

Izumi Saori stretched out a hand to support his back, so as not to be bumped by him, she moved her feet while speaking, poking her head out from behind him, wondering what frightened him.

"Just now... I seem to have bumped into something."

Gentaichi looked at the empty air in front of him with eyes full of surprise, and there was nothing in the air in his line of sight. However, his arm still had the feeling of touch just now.

"In that air... I seem to have touched... a man's elbow?"

"A man's elbow?"

Izumi Saori crossed him and wanted to step forward to find out, but was stopped by Yuan Taiyi just as he took a step.

"do not move."

The blond boy stared at the high platform in front of him with a serious expression, leaned forward slightly, and slowly pulled out the blade with his right hand on his waist.

"From there... I felt the killing intent."

...

Meanwhile, on the other side.

"..."

Jian Shenxiu, who was standing on the high platform in the center, pointed his gun at the darkness below in surprise, and stared at the air below the stage with a pair of red pupils. In the second that just ended, he suddenly turned around suddenly from his calmness, and at the moment of turning around, he twisted his waist and pulled out his gun, pointing directly at his back, his robe flew up, and there was a sharp explosion in the air , when the action ended, there was still dust flying on the ground.

It was late at night on his side, and when he acted, he turned on the light source in his hand, the dazzling light flickered, and the movement was so loud that it even scared Marchesias, who was observing the surroundings. While Jian Shenxiu turned around, he quickly approached Jian Shenxiu from the side, assumed a fighting posture, flipped his wrist, and the black blade slipped into his hand instantly.

However, the expected attack did not come. After the sudden touch, there were no subsequent attacks. That piece of inexplicable, suddenly bumped into the space where God was cultivating, and after that touch, it returned to calm again, and the surroundings were quiet, without any extra noise.

"……this?"

After a few seconds of guarding, Markesias got his attention and began to ask Jian Shenxiu the reason in doubt. Seeing Shenxiu is definitely not a person who is surprised at first glance-Marksias is quite sure of this. But even with his keen five senses, he really didn't feel any movement before seeing Shenxiu's sudden explosion.

"Master, what happened?"

So he couldn't help but asked Jian Shenxiu next to him, not understanding what Jian Shenxiu had discovered. For the young man, this is a terrifying fact that frightens him. His five keen senses have always been his greatest reliance, but something unexpectedly surpassed his five senses and attacked Jian Shenxiu. Thinking about it carefully, the boy's hairs stood on end, and cold sweat broke out from his body.

"... Someone just bumped me from the back. It must have been a male's arm."

Seeing that Shenxiu was silent for a while, and then spoke slowly, while speaking, his eyes were still fixed on the void in front of him, and there was a trace of doubt in his red pupils.

"Sorry, I didn't notice any movement." Markesias said guiltily, his voice was a little low.

"No, I didn't notice anything either."

Seeing Shenxiu shaking his head, it was incredible that the other party could still touch his back when he was fully on guard and investigating the surroundings. At that moment, he was even ready to be severely injured, but the expected attack did not follow.

This surprised him, and he couldn't help but began to recall the tactile sensation from the contact just now.

"The touch is very virtual, not like a real touch, but... it does exist."

Seeing that Shenxiu was silent while talking, he gradually realized what was wrong with the matter. The first contact between the two sides gave him the feeling of "collision", but what followed was not the proper "bounce", but the completion of the "penetration" of each other. It was a physical sensation like "casting through the mold", he and the other party touched each other like two clouds of different colors - and then passed through each other.

"Lend me your sword."

Thinking of this, Shenxiu tilted his head and said to the young man next to him. While speaking, his eyes were still fixed on the void, guarding against possible attacks, and he just stretched out a hand to catch the sword handed by the young man.

"Oh well."

So Markesias immediately put one of the pair of black blades in his palm, letting him hold it firmly. Seeing that Shenxiu also turned his wrist, he held the black blade in his hand.

Then, he began to slowly approach under the high platform...

...

"The other party is approaching."

Gentai squinted his eyes and looked at the empty high platform in front of him, and suddenly said this to Izumi Saori beside him.

"What?" Izumi Saori looked at him suspiciously, "I didn't see anything."

"Stand back a little. There may be an attack next."

Yuan Taiyi frowned, staring at the air seriously, as if he was facing some great enemy, he didn't even dare to turn his head to look at Izumi Saori behind him, but turned his head slightly to order her to retreat.

"alright, I got it."

Izumi Saori looked at him, finally nodded, and took two steps back slightly, leaving space for Yuan Taiyi, leaving Yuan Taiyi standing alone in the field, facing the high platform above.

"Be careful."

But Yuan Taiyi was no longer distracted talking to her, he held the sword and focused on the air in front of him. At that moment, the young man holding the sword had a rising aura, staring at the empty high platform in front of him, as if he had locked on an enemy across space through some kind of resonance among swordsmen.

"Who are you?" The blond boy's eyes flickered fiercely, and he walked slowly towards the high platform, "Did you take Hinoshi away?"

"..."

However, the air only responded to him with a long silence, so quiet that it seemed that there were no "enemies" from the beginning to the end.

...

"Can you hear something?"

Seeing Shenxiu stepping off the stage slowly holding a black blade, he asked softly to Hino Minoru next to him.

"No." Hino replied confidently, "There is no change in vibration, sound, temperature, etc., and there is no sound in any physical sense. But... there is a faint evil spirit."

"Me too……"

Seeing Shenxiu walk down a step, a pair of red pupils gradually began to light up, and there was a strange afterimage in the dark hall.

"Then... let's touch it and give it a try."

In the next second, as if a certain "bottom line" had been crossed, Shenxiu's eyes instantly turned red, and he rushed forward in an instant.

"I want to see what you are!"

...

at the same time--

"It's over here!"

At a certain moment, Gentaiyi suddenly opened his eyes wide with anger, stepped forward and swung his sword fiercely towards the void in front of him. The step was strong and strong, and the silver-white sword blade was sharp and precise. That sword skill has been honed over time, and the moment he swung it, there seemed to be a fierce ghost roaring on the young man's body. The young man's slash was full of desolate determination, and when he slashed out with his sword, the blade made a pitiful sound. Before the sword fell, the wind of the sword had already stirred up smoke and dust on the ground.

"..."

However, nothing happened after such a sharp sword strike. The arena was quiet, except for Gentayi who was making waves alone. After slashing out with a sword, Yuan Taiyi also froze in place. After retracting the sword, he stroked the sword in his hand for a long time without recovering.

On the contrary, Saori Izumi's eyes lit up, looking at the image of Yuan Taiyi's back was the key to breaking the game, but she didn't dare to disturb Yuan Taiyi who was in the aftertaste, so she could only ask cautiously from behind:

"...Are you okay?"

"It's okay..."

Only then did Yuan Taiyi regain his senses as if he had just woken up from a big dream, and turned around and shook his head at Izumi Saori.

"I just... did have a fight with a certain opponent."

"Then...how did it turn out?"

Will swordsmen show such an expression when they fight each other? Izumi Saori didn't have the nerve to comment on the young man's appearance at the moment, as if his soul had been taken away by a dream lover. After hesitating, he could only ask the question in such a neutral way to avoid making his question appear too rude.

"There was no result. Neither of us could hit the opponent's blade. The blades of both sides passed by. But after the intersection, we felt that the blade became a solid body and was about to hit the opponent's body."

Gentaichi shook his head, frowning, still recalling the confrontation just now.

"The other party used tricks secretly? Isn't that very dangerous?"

"It's really dangerous. At the critical moment, the other party stopped the knife in his hand." Genta nodded, with a strange expression, and even a hint of guilt in his tone.

While talking, the blond boy raised his hand to touch his collar, and showed Izumi Saori the gap in his collar.

"But I couldn't stop it, I chopped it on the opponent's... well, probably something like armor or body armor."

"Okay, then we can probably guess who the other party is." Izumi Saori's expression also became subtle when she heard this, and she didn't expect their first confrontation with the other party to be in this form.

But this kind of subtlety didn't last long. Soon, Izumi Saori raised her eyebrows and said to the blond boy.

"However, I have good news. When you were fighting each other just now, the opponent showed a little flaw in order to make that move."

"I think, I found the location of Minoru Hino."

...

"……Um."

Seeing Shenxiu groaning, he staggered back a few steps before slowly standing still.

"Owner!"

Markesias rushed to see Shenxiu, and asked anxiously:

"Are you all right?"

"……fine."

Seeing that Shenxiu slowly retracted his posture, he first shook his head at the boy, then turned his head and looked down, looking at the tear in his shirt on his chest.

It was a very long cut. The clothes were cut through several layers until it penetrated into the ceramic composite plate of the body armor. The defensive layer that can resist bullets absorbed the kinetic energy of the sword at the cost of its own cracking and shattering. Shocking cracks were left on the layer.

You don't need to take off your clothes to see that the skin under the crack must have been bruised. Seeing that Shenxiu's expression was obviously displeased, he moved his arms and said angrily:

"I knew those people would be trouble."

"Those people?" Markesias was taken aback, and immediately realized who Shenxiu was talking about, "Those people I met that morning?"

"Yeah." Seeing Shenxiu nodded with a sullen face, "It can be seen that after being caught, he still retains self-awareness. At the last moment, he wanted to withdraw the knife, but he confiscated it... Tsk, the strength is not small."

"……I see."

It's just that this overly nervous young man didn't seem to hear the second half of Jian Shenxiu's sentence. The moment he confirmed the target, there was a fierce look in his eyes, and there was an obvious evil spirit between his eyebrows and eyes, and even the dog hanging by his side Without knowing when, the hand was also quietly put away, secretly clenched the black blade in his hand.

"Don't mess around."

From the corner of Shenxiu's eyes, he caught a glimpse of the boy's change, which interrupted his thoughts.

"It's just a body armor, those people have other uses."

"...Okay." Then the evil spirit in the boy's eyes dissipated immediately, and he returned to his previous appearance.

"Let's go, let's go investigate other places." Seeing that Shenxiu returned the black blade to him, he led Markesias towards a side door of the main hall, "Even if you can't get into the hidden place, there are people here." Other places to investigate."

"Yes." So Markesias nodded immediately, and quickly followed Jian Shenxiu's footsteps, "What about the three people in the hermitage?"

"At least they should be quite energetic now... Tsk, let them figure out their own way first."