I'm not really the lord of the abyss

The young man who came to apply for the cleaning job and surprised Six was naturally Aron Forth.

Aaron Foss' entry into the branch was also the result of Lu Mi's consideration.

Even if the devil didn't speak, he could tell that the other party didn't intend to go back to the abyss.

In this way, he can't let the devil hide in his shadow all the time, it always feels... strange?

Besides, there are only a few people in the K8 branch, and they get along day and night, so it's hard to guarantee that they won't find anything unusual.Instead of outrageous rumors such as haunted beings appearing at that time, it is better to let the demons disguise themselves as humans generously.

For this reason, Lu Mi even gave the other party a piece of refined blue steel——

This piece of blue steel came from the faint blue stone he picked up from the man in the small garden.

Afterwards, after research by Lu Mi, he learned that the stone was actually a crystal refined from countless blue steels, which had an amazing effect in blocking breath.

What made Lu Mi a little concerned was that this kind of refining technology, even the current Blue Steel Empire itself could not reach the purity.Later, he got a surprising answer from Six through insinuating.

"...You mean refined ore?" Xicks looked up in surprise, as if wondering why the silver-eyed youth would be interested in this kind of thing, but he still replied after thinking for a while, "As far as I know, it is possible to use this kind of technology To achieve the ultimate, we must count the Academy of Sciences.”

Lu Mi: "Academy of General Science? You mean the one at the headquarters of the Transcendent Guild?"

Xikes nodded, and looked up with emotion, "The pinnacle of world technology, a paradise for scholars, and a pilgrimage place for those who seek knowledge... There are all the scientific research elites from all over the world gathered here, so that geniuses can find their own kind. People who go there People either continue to shine and reach a higher level, or they disappear from everyone and can only be an assistant."

Lu Mi: "It sounds like fierce competition and cruelty."

"Because there is the headquarters, the General Academy of Sciences, the General Operations Section, the General Assault Force, the General Medical Department, and even the Tartarus Prison... The world's top supernatural beings flow in there, just like water droplets flow into the sea. Only the strongest and most talented can make a splash there."

Xikes said, paused, and said earnestly: "If you are interested in the headquarters, you'd better calm down. When you have accumulated enough qualifications and resumes, I will try to write a recommendation letter for you. ……where did you go?"

Before he finished speaking, there was no one in front of him.

The silver-eyed young man who walked away waved his hands lazily, still with that calm and leisurely look, which made Xikes who stayed in the same place hate iron for steel.

"One or two, both are so disturbing!" Xi Kes raised his forehead and looked at the half-person-high document on the table again.I thought I could breathe a sigh of relief when I returned to the branch, but in the end I still have so much work to do.

Who can save the social animals!

As Lu Mi walked into the hall, he was thinking about what Xiks mentioned just now.

It is still not completely sure that the piece of refined blue steel came from the General Academy of Sciences, but it can be regarded as having a direction.Then go to the archives to look through the information, if you can find a market for this kind of ore, it would be great.

"Hey, Lu Mi, you are here! I was looking for you." Donald saw the young man who appeared in sight, his eyes lit up, and he came towards him.

Lu Mi paused, and raised her eyes unhurriedly, "Have you made arrangements for Aaron...that new employee?"

Just like Lu Mi was arranged to join the job at the beginning, the task of leading the newcomers in this time still fell on Donald.

"Oh, that's no problem anymore!" Donald said here, dragging his tone and expressing helplessness, "This time the newcomer is quite worry-free, ah——It's just like you before, because it's too much The guy who is so reliable that I can't find a sense of accomplishment at all, you two can't be together!"

Lu Mi: "..."

"Hahahahaha, I'm kidding!"

Lu Mi looked at the bright and heartless smile on the other party's face, and couldn't help falling into silence.

Don't tell me, they are really a team.

"Oh, that's right." Donald scratched the back of his head, "The new guy wants to live next door to you. Although I told him that there are still many vacant rooms here, he seems to like the lighting in that direction..."

"It doesn't matter, the empty room was chosen randomly." For some reason, Lu Mi was not surprised at all, and instead asked, "Are you looking for me?"

Donald quickly replied: "Isn't this a salary increase? I remembered that when you first came here, the first meal here turned out to be a self-heating fast food. I have always felt sorry for it, so I want to invite you to my favorite place." A shop! I know the proprietress of that shop very well, and she is very good at cooking and the dishes are super delicious! I wanted to take the couple there, but he said he wanted to tidy up the room, so he refused."

That's not surprising.Lu Mi knew that although demons could perfectly disguise themselves as humans, they might not be keen on truly integrating into human society.

Looking at the young man who was eagerly waiting for his reply, Lu Mi remembered that he hadn't visited the surrounding area well, so he agreed immediately.

The store Donald mentioned was not far from the branch. After passing through the woods in front of the branch, we drove the aircraft for more than ten minutes and arrived at a slightly popular street.It's the one at the end of the street.

This is a quiet and rustic little shop.

In the store, which can be seen at a glance, there are more than a dozen wooden tables empty.

Although the population of the K8 star area is indeed small, and the consumption level is not high, it is still somewhat rare to be so deserted.

Especially when Donald came and went, the shop was always bustling.Thinking of this, he couldn't help calling in the direction of the kitchen in doubt, "Madam Boss, are you there?"

The blue curtain that separated the back kitchen from the small shop swayed, and a few seconds later, a woman in her 30s wearing a light blue cloth came out from behind the curtain.

She was surprised at Donald's arrival at first, and then hurriedly greeted him: "Busy people, it's not easy to see you once. Did you bring friends this time? Sit down casually, and just say what you want to eat."

After asking Lu Mi for his opinion, Donald skillfully ordered several signature dishes.After sitting down, he said casually, "Why are there so few people today?"

"Who knows what's going on." The proprietress sighed, "There was a heavy fog last night, maybe the old people think it's a bad omen, and they don't want to go out today."

fog?

Donald and Lu Mi looked at each other, why didn't they see it.

It was quiet for a while, only the sound of the proprietress cooking.

Afterwards, Donald looked around, but he didn't see the little figure from before, and he couldn't help asking, "Why isn't your daughter here today?"

Because he came here so many times, basically every time Donald could see a five or six-year-old girl.

After a few times, he realized that the little girl was the daughter of the proprietress.The proprietress's husband died early, and she has no other relatives.After taking her daughter to this small town to settle down alone, the proprietress usually let the girl stay in the store so that she can take care of the child.

"Daughter?" The proprietress stopped cooking and couldn't help laughing, "Did you forget, where do I have a daughter?"

"..." Donald heard the other party's words, and suddenly felt dense goose bumps rising from his body.

He seemed about to show a surprised expression, but his cheeks froze.

no daughter?how can that be possible?Obviously——!

At this time, the proprietress had already fried the first dish.It is a home-cooked fried shredded pork with green peppers, but it looks very good, and it whets the appetite when it smells from a distance.

Donald stared at the dish subconsciously, while Lu Mi had already picked up the chopsticks.

"Wait a minute..." He didn't have time to say anything.

Then, seeing Lu Mi put the dish into his mouth, Donald paused and put the chopsticks back on the table.

"...Are you okay?" Donald stared at him nervously.

Lu Mi glanced at him lightly, and commented: "It's hard to eat."

"What?" Donald looked over, hesitated and took a sip. The next second, he immediately jumped up and frantically looked for water, "Bah bah bah! It's so salty, why is it so salty! Could it be that the whole bag of salt is filled with water?" Pour it in!"

When Donald came back after pouring a whole glass of water in embarrassment, he couldn't help but envy Lu Mi's calmness.

But as soon as he sat down, before he could speak, Lu Mi suddenly looked out the window and said in an unclear tone: "It's foggy."

Donald was taken aback, and couldn't help but follow suit.

The white mist rose from nowhere and spread around.

A wisp of light floated to his side from outside the door, and Donald couldn't help being lost in thought, as if something was slowly pulled out of his body in a trance, and then...

When Donald came back to his senses again, he was sitting at the dining table, and the proprietress was calling him anxiously in front of him.

"You've finally woken up. You've been in a daze just now. I thought you were in a daze!" The proprietress heaved a sigh of relief.

Donald blinked, and quickly woke up. Looking around, he found that there were only the two of them left in the store, and all the doors and windows were closed, and even the cracks in the door were blocked with wooden boards.

"Where's Lu Mi?"

"Who?"

"It's the companion who came with me!"

"Oh, it's the man with the silver eyes... He couldn't wake you up just now, so he asked me to stay here and guard you, and told me to block the doors and windows to prevent the fog from drifting in. Then he rushed into the fog alone !"

"what!?"

Donald's pupils shrank suddenly, and he stood up quickly, grabbing the transparent window on the side, but he could only see the fog that gathered like the sea outside, covering everything.

After a few short breaths, he hurriedly took out the terminal and dialed immediately: "Hello, Xicks! This is Donald! In the small town outside the branch, it seems that unknown abyssal creatures appeared!"

No one knows what is happening behind this fog.

On the other side, Lu Mi walked slowly in the fog.

It can be seen that there is a lot of "fog" that wants to float on him, but the protection imposed on him prevents it from entering, and protects the young man firmly.

Even, some invisible force spread from his side, directly blowing away the mist.

Over time, the fog formed a vacuum around Lu Mi, only a few meters away.

Lu Mi looked at it, or they, and said with emotion: "It's really an old acquaintance."

That's right, Lu Mi knew what these creatures were.Compared with the unfamiliar snake head pterosaurs before, this time I happened to meet someone I met in the abyss.

— Forgotten worms.

Although the appearance can give people the illusion of mist, in fact, the real body of these mist is countless insects as small as cotton.

Amnesiacs are not physically harmful because they are memory-eating bugs.The longer you stay in this "fog", the more and more important your memory will be lost.

Starting from forgetting how to cook a dish, forgetting important people and things around you.In the end, I even forget who I am, and forget that I need to eat...

When Lu Mi met in Abyss for the first time, he was overwhelmed and suffered a lot.But after figuring out the ability of this creature, it is easy to deal with it.

——Forgotten bugs are afraid of high temperature.

"Knowledge, Yan." The instruction flashed through his mind.

A blue-silver spear appeared in his hand, and it didn't even need to be enchanted.

Golden flames exploded from his body.

The silver-eyed young man stood quietly in the dense fog, with flames lingering around him, changing and surging, turning into a sea of ​​flames like the scorching sun melting gold in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, he was like a god born in the fire, holding a golden banner, walking step by step from the flowing flames.

Wherever Lu Mi walked, the dense fog burned and faded away.

The inaudible wailing of insects came from the air, which turned into unique sound waves and spread sharply into the distance.

The dense fog began to shrink rapidly, turning into clouds, and flying towards the sky.

"Do you want to escape?" The soft words sounded, and the golden flame roared away.

At this time, in the dense fog that collapsed on one side, Lu Mi heard the faint cry of a child from the other side.

Before the white mist on the side where the voice came from was completely dispelled, Lu Mi turned her head slightly and walked over.

And in the white mist at this moment, a five or six-year-old girl was tightly clutching the hem of a brown-haired man's clothes.

The brown-haired man was wearing a golden watch with an hourglass-shaped emblem on the dial.

He was holding the little girl in his arms while looking around vigilantly.

The panicked crying of the girl next to his ears gave him a splitting headache.

"Whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooomomma!"

annoying annoying annoying annoying!Why are children so troublesome! !In the man's dark eyes, a fierce red light appeared faintly, wishing he could just throw the girl here and leave!

Who the hell wants to control other people's lives! !

But—no!

The brown-haired man's forehead was stretched out with blue veins.

His mind was in chaos at the moment, and he even thought about his own name for a while before he remembered it.

...Yes, his name is Gaudí.

He held a piece of paper tightly in his hand, which was something he managed to get out of himself: Extraordinary K8 Branch Recruitment.

Lost memories are difficult to piece together in my mind.

Gaudi finally remembered two things——

First, he was going to that branch to be an undercover agent for an adult who swore allegiance to the death.

Second, he wants to hide his malice and try to be a good person. (Actually, it is to win the trust of others.)

That's why he came to this small town close to the K8 branch, and that's why he chose to help this little girl standing in the road crying.

But before he had time to help the other party find a home, this weird and inexplicable fog came.

"Damn it, my head hurts..." Gaudi tried hard to recall the appearance of the adult he was loyal to, but for some reason he just couldn't remember.

It seems, is blonde?No, it's gold, gold...

Just as he was thinking hard and in pain——

Gold appears.

At that moment, it was like the sun falling and the dawn rising.

The young man who burst out of the fog and came with golden flames all over the sky lit up the sky and the earth in an instant.

Raging flames surrounded him, perfectly unifying gentleness and violence.

He walked in the sea of ​​flames, just like the sun from the sky descending on the boundless land.

The lofty god lowered his eyes, obviously not saying a word, but those clear and quiet eyes possessed a strange and soothing power.

The little girl who had been crying was suddenly quiet.She was the first to see the most magnificent light and the most flawless beauty in this world at an age when she didn't know how to awe and reverence.

The golden flames lit up the child's panicked eyes, dispelling the helplessness in them, like a bright sun rose in her eyes.

"Are you the god who is written in the storybook and will come to save us in times of crisis?" The childish and innocent words echoed in the air.

Gaudí was completely stunned.

Since the appearance of the thick fog, the feeling of being pulled away from the body and being pulled away from the soul suddenly disappeared.The heart, which was beating at a high speed in the fog until it was about to suffocate, suddenly relaxed.

He seemed to have fallen into a momentary emptiness that shook the world, and then, a look of sadness and joy suddenly appeared on his face, which was slightly distorted by the sudden suddenness.

——This is the adult he is loyal to!

The blurry image in my mind was completely replaced by the person in front of me.

At that moment, his head with a splitting headache was immediately liberated, and his whole body instantly relaxed, as if it should be like this, there is no problem at all!

That's right, it must be to shine under such unprecedented brilliance that he will abandon the dark and turn to the bright, choose to suppress his nature and be a good person! !

"My lord!" Gaudí ran over with hands and feet, knelt down with a plop, and said with tears running down his cheeks, "This subordinate has lived up to his trust and finally came here!"

The author has something to say:

Gaudi: Undercover, but not fully undercover.