Underworld 03 Corpse Soldier and Death Flower

Jiazai didn't ask Aska "where is this place?"With this little guy's ingenuity, it's impossible not to notice the strangeness of "this ghost place", but the other party only asks some minimal questions that are most related to daily life, as if deliberately avoiding the focus.

The Ajiujin that Aska knew was not such a kind and considerate species. Although his appearance was docile like a herbivore, his way of expressing his words was stronger than that of a beast, perhaps similar to a hunter.The knife saw blood and the gun shot to death.

But the little guy now... is so cute and pitiful.

If you want Aska to infer why such a cute child grows up to become that kind of ice and snow rose who is indifferent to everyone, lacks the ability to deal with advances and retreats, and is covered in thorns. Celebrity parents of business and social activities are inseparable from tutors whose education methods are completely inexplicable.

Who said you can't learn to be a pastry chef if you have a high IQ?Whether it's a zoo, a museum or an art gallery, as long as you hold this guy's little hand, you can go anywhere?Anyway, is there still a shortage of geniuses in this world?Not to mention how many supernatural beings/heretics there are in the City God's Mansion building, don't even the Ten Kings Hall in the next building have characters like Yu Lu Liangjie?

Ah, Yugong was transferred from Chenghuang's Mansion.

Aska and Xiao Jiazai chatted about what they wanted for lunch today, went down to the first basement floor, walked through the long document delivery corridor, and came to the elevator with the pattern of ivy.This elevator goes up to the "Ten Kings Hall" located a little further away from the City God's Mansion, next door.

In fact, this itinerary, yesterday, when he took Jiazai to the "Mengpo Pavilion" in the Cafe Jian Restaurant attached to the Chujiang Hall, he also came here once.It seems that Jiazai has already memorized the route, and when Aska is about to remind him to turn, he always turns first.

Aska had never even seen Ajiujin who seemed so excited just by walking.If you see the adult version of the other party doing such a thing, you will probably be surprised.

"Are you so happy...going to the zoo?" Aska asked.

"It doesn't count." Jiazai tilted his head and thought for a while, "It's probably the same as knowing the Bezu equation for the first time."

"...Hey, that's something I only learned in eighth grade."

"Will you prove it?" Jiazai's eyes obviously lit up.

"Forgive me." Aska sighed.Little kids are cute, but geniuses are annoying.No matter how much it looks like a little angel, please first touch the ass to see if there is a poisonous thorn tail growing behind it.

"Why do you show such a sad expression? The first person in history to prove Bezou's theorem was the French mathematician Claude Gaspar Bache de Méziriac, who published a book in [-]. It's called "A Delightful and Cozy Problem Collection About Integers," and I think anyone who has learned Bézout's Theorem should read that..."

"...Should I start complaining about the mathematician's stinky and long name, or should I explore the title of this book first?"

Jiazai glanced at Aska with deep regret, shook his head at last, and said nothing more.

"Hey, I feel your rudeness! I really feel the rudeness of a seven-year-old!"

In front of him was a large elevator with an ivy pattern, and several people were already waiting in line, including a corpse soldier.

Walking to the end of the line, Aska stretched out his hands to cover Kaya's eyes from behind.

"I can't see it anymore." Jiazai protested softly.

"Aren't you afraid?" Aska bent down and whispered in the other's ear, "That gray person."

"Don't bite my words." Jiazai shrugged.

"No." Aska smiled and put down his hand.At this moment, the elevator door finally opened, but Jiazai turned around, went around Aska, and took his hand actively.

"Don't be in such a hurry, the zoo won't run away." Aska teased.

"No, it's because I'm afraid of waiting for the next elevator." Jiazai stuck out her tongue.

The two followed the document transport troops and then boarded the upper box.As the elevator went up all the way, Aska pressed down on the seventh floor, and arrived in a short while.

As soon as you step in, you will be attracted by the interior decoration. The lobby on the seventh floor is just like the welcome hall of a luxury hot spring hotel... no, more than that.Men and women in Japanese-style overalls were in charge of the reception in the lobby. A few men with particularly different auras handed their luggage to the staff and walked towards the counter.Aska intuited that these people came from above/heaven.

Turning his head to look, he found that on a carefully carved wooden screen beside the door, the names of several people and the name of the unit they belonged to were painted with gold powder: Four Heavenly Kings.

"... Where is the zoo?"

Not being dazzled by the beautiful scene in front of him, the little guy probably only wanted to take pictures with the pandas. "It's my first time here, so I should ask someone." Aska smiled wryly and rubbed Jiazai's soft hair.

Walking towards the counter, Aska asked the girl inside: "If you want to visit the zoo, how do you go?"

"Oh, I'm really sorry, the spirit beast garden today..."

The girl showed regret, and when she was about to explain, an old woman came out from the backstage and said, "Let me receive this group of guests."

The girl seemed taken aback, but she nodded and backed away.

The old woman's gray hair was not sparse, but it was still coiled on her head in a dignified manner. Although the hairpin was fixed with a wooden hairpin, the end was decorated with a large yellow amber, which looked very luxurious.The black kimono is embroidered with bright and conspicuous golden sweet-scented osmanthus blossoms, the gray gladiolus is set off low-key on the back layer, and red and white butterflies are flying on the shoulders and cuffs.A string of black pearls on the goose-yellow belt replaces the rope, and a white gauze flower is embellished on the left side. It has a sense of retro luxury and is not too old-fashioned.

"What a lovely child." The old woman walked out of the counter, bowed gracefully to the two, narrowed her eyes and smiled at Jiazai.

This was the most beautiful woman Aska had ever seen.

If you compare it with the earth spider Isshikimaru, the beauty of Isshikimaru will look rough.The old woman is "beautiful" just from her walking posture, demeanor, and even every word she utters. It has nothing to do with the impact of appearance. As long as she touches it a little, she can clearly feel that her soul is indeed "beautiful". Baptized.

Jiazai stretched out her hand politely, and the old woman smiled and passed her hand. Jiazai lowered her head, kissed the back of the other's hand and said, "Good day, madam."

Ah... this scene is just like a painting.Aska sighed in his heart, and even wondered if he had come to the wrong place, and he should leave immediately.It's no wonder that after twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, Cintilella would be anxious to escape from the palace, not because she was really told anything, but because she knew that her status was extremely incompatible with this place, so she felt ashamed.

"What's your name?" the old woman asked kindly.

"Kaiya Lotiston Akutsu Utan. Just call me Kaya."

"Where is this gentleman?" The old woman turned to Aska.

"Ah, um, Asuka." Aska scratched his face uncomfortably.

"Two honored guests, please go this way." The old woman calmly gestured "please", and took brisk small steps. She was obviously wearing wooden clogs, but she never made any sound when she stepped on the ground.

Aska patted Jiazai on the back, and the two quickly followed, passed through the corridor on the right, and went outside. In front of them was a beautiful courtyard paved with white sand, and a few pine trees with well-arranged and graceful postures. , There is a stone road in the middle, with red-painted wooden lanterns on both sides, and there are neat waves on the white sand on the ground, probably raked out with a bamboo broom.

"In the past few days, the spirit beast garden in the living room is undergoing general cleaning, and it is inconvenient to receive guests..."

Hearing what the old woman said, Aska noticed that Jiazai's shoulders had drooped significantly.

"So in order to compensate the guests from all over the world, our hall specially borrowed some lovely aquarium compatriots from the Crystal Palace for exhibitions and performances. I hope this way can satisfy the two of you."

Jiazai's disappointment changed to doubt, and she looked at Aska with flexible eyes, hoping that he could help her answer.But Aska could only shrug his shoulders and say, "We'll know when the time comes."

Pass through the courtyard and enter the building again. This time, the first thing that attracts the two of them is a huge sailfish decoration, which is placed in the center of the entrance. A lifelike sailfish jumping on the waves, and a piece of glass The stele that was made reads: Crystal Palace Annex.

"We're here." The old woman turned her head and said to the two of them.

The lighting in the hall is a bit dim, and the decoration is not the Japanese style you saw all the way, but it is starting to be western style. The white carved columns extend into the hall one by one, and in several cylindrical glass tanks filled with water, there are some fluorescent lights. The colored thing is shrinking and wriggling.

"Ah, jellyfish! Jellyfish!" Jiazai tugged on Aska's hand.

It is indeed a jellyfish, and judging by this arrangement...

"If you want to visit, please buy a ticket first." The old woman introduced the counter in front.Although the waiters at the counter are all wearing suits and neat suits, they all wear the same thing on their heads - a puffer hat full of spikes!

This, this impression seems to be a ridiculous dress that only a certain fish expert in white can do...

"...Can I buy it?" Jiazai asked with her small face raised.

"That hat!"

"Tickets."

"...That's true." Coughing to cover up his gaffe, Aska walked to the counter, paid with his employee identification card, and got two tickets and two cans of what looked like fish feed.

He handed over Jiazai's share, and then the two followed the old woman's footsteps into the depths of the building.

After passing through an arch carved with mermaids, the horizon changes accordingly.The soles of the feet are not the terrazzo in the hall outside, but the soft white sea sand, and the mixed broken shells are shining inside.

"You two are welcome to visit freely." After bowing to them, the old woman retreated gracefully back to the loop.

Flat-bodied stingrays swam over their heads, brightly colored tropical fish darted past them, a few seahorses swam up and down and drifted away, and squid waving transparent wings floated within reach.Is this under the sea?

Dreamlike.The fragrance of the sea tide came to the nose.

"What a powerful projection technology, how did you do it? Is there a technical management room here for people to visit?" Jiazai blushed and exclaimed excitedly.

"I think this should be "true"." Aska squatted down, picked up a handful of white sand on the ground, stretched out his hand, and a small star flounder hiding in the sand showed its original shape, and quickly swam away after being frightened.

"How is it possible?" Jiazai expressed her disbelief.

"Otherwise, go and touch that shark." Aska pointed to a short-tailed real shark slowly swimming towards him.Although the mouth is closed, but because of its huge size and the darling of horror movies, it looks quite bold.

"……Well."

"Since you don't think it's true, there's no need to be afraid, right?" Aska snorted. "Just go..." Jiazai cautiously took a few steps forward, and when the shark swam past, he cautiously reached out and pinched its tail fin.

Unexpectedly, the short-tailed real shark turned its head suddenly, and opened its mouth full of fangs towards Jiazai.Aska was also taken aback, and was about to go to the rescue, but the shark closed its mouth again at this moment, and before swimming away, it bumped Jiazai's face with its flat nose, as if to say, "Follow me." You're kidding."

"Ah, haha..." Aska breathed a sigh of relief, and then walked over.After all, it was indeed for exhibition, if it was really capable of attacking people, it would not be released on purpose.

Snapped.

Jiazai sat down on the sand, biting her lower lip, and lowered her head.

Knowing that the little guy was severely frightened just now, Aska had no choice but to squat down, "Are you okay? Here, I'm sure it's true..."

Tick.

A few drops of water fell into the sand and were quickly sucked dry. Aska was startled, and held up Jiazai's little face in a panic, as expected tears were streaming down his face.

Wow, bad, crying!Was it really too much just now?No matter how smart you are, you are still just a child... No, even an adult, it is not uncommon for a big shark to suddenly open its mouth and threaten it, even if it is frightened, it is not uncommon.

"...It's my fault, hey, don't cry, don't cry... hold one." Aska hugged Xiao Jiazai into his arms, patted the other person's back comfortingly, feeling the accelerated heart beating in that small chest .He picked Jiazai up from the ground, but she didn't resist, obediently buried her face in his shoulder and rubbed it, trying to wipe away the tears.

""Why are you so nice to me? "" Jiazai whispered in Askar's ear.

Aska couldn't answer.He couldn't say that he had known Ajiujin a long time ago.He couldn't tell of their previous friendship.He couldn't say...he projected his "wish" on little Jiazai.

It was a wish he could no longer have.He wants to be a happy little kid who plays pranks on his friends, worries his parents, and gets his ears scolded by his teachers.Maybe he took part in the church’s poetry class in middle school, and went to other people’s homes with baskets to sell chocolate candies to save poor families during the holidays; maybe he joined the football team in high school, put aside his homework, and was full of thoughts about whether he could make it to the championship game Well, maybe ten percent of the attention is on the cheerleading girls on the sidelines; maybe he'll get a job first, and then go to college after making money, he thinks the business school is good... no, maybe he You can engage in art, be a designer... Oh, in fact, he also loves cars, or should he go to a specialized college?

There is no bright future that shines with golden colors.

Aska the Asuka did not.Neither did Akutsu Kiaya.But at least now, he can try his best to give the little one in his arms some joy that he has never tasted before.better than nothing.

"I'm a kidnapper, too much trust is not good." That's all Aska said.

"Lie." Jiazai was still sharp.

"Is it interesting here?" Aska changed the subject forcefully.

Jiazai hugged Aska's neck even harder, "Tell me the truth, Asuka."

The command tone is the same as "A Jiujin", but "A Jiujin" doesn't hug him so intimately.

"Do you want me to remind you of your position as a hostage?" Aska chuckled, pinching the back of Jiazai's neck with his fingers.Feeling itchy, Jiazai shrank her neck, and finally loosened her hands.

The little face left Aska's shoulder, Jiazai tilted his head, looking at the young man who couldn't stop pampering him: "Did we know each other before yesterday?"

"I don't know." Aska replied quickly.If there had been a polygraph here, the moire line must have suddenly risen so high.

"Then, what about the future?"

The current question is neither from the mouth of a genius engineer nor from a seven-year-old child. It seems that there is some philosophical smell mixed with the tide fragrance, which makes Aska's back sweat.

"We have no past and no future, only this moment called "now", where we meet "here". Are you satisfied with this answer? Associate Professor Akutsu."

This was the slightly frivolous, sarcastic, yet trusting tone that Aska used to speak to Ajiujin.

"Is "that" my future?" Jiazai asked.

"Hush! "" Aska squeezed Jiazai's mouth, "Everyone has a secret, and I might tell you when we get to know each other better. But don't ask now, okay?"

Jiazai nodded quietly, but Aska let go. "Do you want me to just hold you for a while like this, or do you want to get down and go by yourself?"

"Hold me." Jiazai said.

"Okay." Aska smiled, "There are sea turtles over there, do you want to see them?"

"want."

Aska hugged Jiazai and walked towards the place where the turtles were swimming, "Take out that can of feed, maybe they will eat it."

Jiazai reached out from his trousers pocket and took out the small bottle of feed that came with the ticket purchase. He poured the feed on his hand, and the turtles slowly swam over and stretched their necks to eat.

Seeing the innocent smile on the little guy's face again, Aska finally felt relieved.All he wanted to see was this.The adult version of Ajiujin seldom smiles, and it doesn’t mean that there is nothing in Mingdao that can make the other party happy. It’s just that he is used to being expressionless and subconsciously suppressing many wishes. The higher his achievements in the industry, the more this person will only Lonely, and, no one has told the other party yet, this thing has long made ordinary people crazy.

The distortion of the future learning environment created by the talent, and what kind of educational guidance parents only want to push him to, is simply a mess.Not every Helen Keller will have Sullivan behind him, but at least for now...he just wants to give this little guy a time to open his eyes and see the world without any worries.

After feeding the turtles, Jiazai decided to get off Aska, because he found a big octopus hiding behind the colorful coral reef. He approached and tried to pull the soft feet of the opponent, but he was fled when he touched it. I did not give up, and continued to reach out to catch, one person and one mollusc creature, and I didn't get tired of spending a long time here.

Aska stood not far behind and watched, thinking that the parents who stared at their son playing with other children in the park probably felt the same way.In fact, octopuses are sometimes more vicious than sharks. If they are entangled by those powerful eight legs... Forget it, it should be fine.

This place is like a real seabed, but there is no predation of the weak, no chasing and hunting. Although there is no water wave around, the light is reflected on the soft white sand and the fish are swimming around, touchable and touchable, but there is nothing unique to aquariums. If you say this is the bottom of the sea, it will be a "submarine paradise".

The colorful corals sway with the flashing waves, there are not many seaweeds, and there are a few clusters of emerald green dots. The large shellfish seem to have no sense of crisis that they may be eaten. The two shells are opened by a third, and the soft meat spit out.Others include gently rolling horse dung sea urchins, hermit crabs darting across the sand, and elongated eels poking only their heads out of coral reefs.

"Flying bird!"

Hearing the call, Aska came back to his senses, only to see Jiazai holding a big red lobster and holding it up in front of him.

"Lunch!"

"...Put it back." Aska rubbed his forehead.Didn't you just play with others?Want to eat it now?

"...Then, can you raise..."

"put it back."

"Okay." Jiazai pursed his lips, let go of his hands, and the big lobster twisted its waist a few times lukewarmly, flicked its tail, and then swam away, seemingly unaware of the fact that it was almost used as a food just now.

"Hungry?" Askar asked.

Kaya nods.

"Then go to the restaurant." Aska bent down and picked up the little guy again.

"There's no need to hug now." Jiazai thumped Aska's shoulder, asking him to put him down.

"Now I want to hug you." Aska smiled.After walking forward for about ten minutes, I found the archway of the mermaid statue similar to the one I came to. Knowing that it was the exit, I walked out with peace of mind.Sure enough, once outside, the aquariums swimming in the illusory sea waves and the soft white sand on the ground disappeared without a trace.

And the exquisite glazed stele sign that appeared in front of you pointed in the direction of the "souvenir sales department", an important department that every amusement park must have.

"How?" Aska asked deliberately, "If you don't want to buy anything, just skip here and find a restaurant." "Look, take a look." Jiazai said hurriedly.

Aska held back his smile, and walked into the store with Jiazai in his arms.Ah, sure enough, there is a prickly puffer hat for sale!The clerk is still wearing it!Huh?five colors?Are you planning to form a pufferfish team?

"I want to go down." Jiazai pushed Aska's shoulder, obviously very excited by the colorful puppets and trinkets in front of him.

"Yes, my little princess." Aska said, he bent down and put Jiazai down.

Jiazai jogged to the puppet area, picked up every kind of puppet and hugged it, and then turned to volumes of hardcover fish illustration books, fairy tale picture books and postcards.

Instead, Aska walked towards the stationery area, and picked out an automatic pen with a stinging puffer fish on the end and a blank notebook with a cute blue sea turtle printed on it.

"Have you chosen?" He walked behind Jiazai who was flipping through the illustrated book.

"Yeah." Jiazai nodded and took a postcard with an octopus on it.

"Is this all right?" Aska asked.

Jiazai nodded again, and followed Aska. When he walked to the counter, he couldn't help but take another look at the red octopus, which was the most conspicuous and the largest in the puppet section.

Aska took out his employee card to pay the bill, and then said to the waiter, "That octopus over there, the biggest one, deliver it to my residence, okay?"

The waiter answered with a bright smile: Of course, no problem.

At this time, Jiazai tugged on Aska's clothes several times, blushed and shook her head desperately.

"I like octopus too, can't I?" Aska knelt down and rubbed Jiazai's hair a few times.

Jiazai bit her lower lip and stopped talking.

After shopping, Aska asked about the location of the restaurant, then took Jiaya's little hand and left the souvenir area.

"...Asuka." Jiazai called out in a low voice.

"Ok?"

"Thank you."

"You're welcome." Aska smiled.

Following the instructions of the waiter in the souvenir area, the two walked towards the restaurant.In order to match the layout of the Crystal Palace, of course, the restaurant is also in a marine style.

There is a big turtle next to the entrance, with the artistic "Welcome" written on the large glazed tablet on the back of the town, and the surrounding area of ​​the counter is made transparent like a fish tank, and bubbles are blown from the bottom. Although there are no real fish swimming, But plant red and green aquatic plants.

"Excuse me, how many?" The smiling waiter asked kindly.

"Two." Aska replied, but his gaze involuntarily drifted to the puffer cap on the opponent's head.Who the hell came up with the idea of ​​wearing this stuff on staff!Who is it!

The waiter took them to the window seats, handed them menus, stepped back, and brought two sodas after a while.The tables and chairs are all ingeniously designed. The table top is a piece of round-shaped glass, the bottom bracket is a red fine coral, and the chairs are light green fashionable steel pipe chairs.

Decorative lamps of shells hang from the ceiling one by one. Even the pillars are deliberately made with holes and unevenness like dead white coral reefs. There are a few small models of crabs and hermit crabs climbing on them. Although the ground is dark It is made of wood, but at intervals, there is a piece of transparent glass, which is also marked with floating bubbles and lights.

"Whales, Asuka, look! Whales!" Jiazai suddenly pointed out the window excitedly.

Not to mention that he hasn’t noticed yet, Aska turned his head and looked out of the window... This is not a window, but it may be a huge aquarium that surrounds the entire restaurant. Through the glass, a huge whale slides gracefully from far to near. When it came over, it had a square head, a large number of white star spots on its back, and two crucian carp stuck to its abdomen.Other cartilaginous fish such as small tiger sharks and hammerhead sharks shuttle quickly.

"Okay, okay, let's look at the menu first." Although Aska urged so much, in fact, he himself was also attracted by the emperor of the seabed, so he couldn't help but take a second look.

Jiazai grunted and lowered his head to open the menu.The content was a wide variety of seafood dishes, and when he didn't know which one to choose, Aska said, "Do you want to leave it to me?"

"Yeah." Jiazai nodded.

"Is there anything you're allergic to?" Aska asked while flipping through the menu.

Kaya shook her head.

After a while, Aska pointed to a transparent crystal bell on the table with his chin, "Ring the bell for you."

Jiazai smiled, obviously thinking that this job was very interesting, took the bell up and shook it twice.The waiter who was standing not far away heard the bell and walked over quickly.

"May I ask if you two have decided?"

"Well, we want..." Aska flipped through the menu, pointed to the waiter for a while, and after the snacks were arranged, the waiter retreated respectfully.

Although he had finished ordering, Jiazai was still very interested in the menu. He turned from the first page to the last page, and then turned back from the last page backwards. Finally, he looked up at Aska, who was staring blankly at the aquarium swimming outside the window. .

"It's like a date," he said.

Aska was stunned for a moment, then turned around and asked, "So you know this word." The adult version of Ajiujin is probably insulated from the behavior of "dating".

"I learned from your book yesterday. The book "No.20 A Wedding Attended by a Girl in High Heels" is really a good story, isn't it? Dinah Lynn took off her high heels and rushed out of the church to stop the sad wedding planner Hanton The Beckson part. So what about Dixon Riad, the fiancé? I think..."

"...Ah, that." Aska coughed, "I only read the first third and then gave up. I didn't really like the kind of things that come and go because they are in the book. On the library's recommended bibliography, it is No.1 in the recent borrowing rate, so I took it to read..."

"Really? The final ending has an unexpected sense of surprise." Jiazai seemed to be a little disappointed and stirred the blue soda water in front of her with a straw.

"Isn't it just that Dinah Lynn had a car accident, and then Dixon was by his side to take care of her, and finally she felt true love come, didn't she?"

"Didn't you say you only watched a third of it?" Jiazai asked in surprise.

"The combined thickness of the head, the middle, and the tail is about one-third of the entire book." Aska shrugged, "I borrowed them anyway, and if someone talks about this book with me in the future, I can also Pretending to talk about before and after."

"...Does Asuka not have a girlfriend?" Jiazai asked curiously.

"Now that we are recruiting, at least it shouldn't be Dinah Lane. I have a cold for people who have excessive fantasies about love and are always in a state of hysteria." That's why he couldn't read this book, "still Yes, isn't it you who I'm dating right now? It's against the rules to bring this up, right?"

When Jiazai shrugged his shoulders and chuckled softly, the first appetizer was served.It is a smoked salmon egg roll that has been cut. Inside the tender yellow egg skin, smoked salmon, chives, and pickled ginger are rolled.Cream cheese mixed with coarse peppercorns flowed from the fracture, just looking at it aroused the appetite.

"Bring here the plate," said Askar.

Jiazai picked up the small dinner plate and asked Aska to pick up two small rolls with a fork and spoon and put them on top.Although the tone of the other party is sometimes rude, the table manners are quite correct, even elegant.

What kind of person is he?Why do you treat him like this?What was the relationship between them?Impossible... If he had known each other a long time ago, he would definitely have an impression, because "Only Asuka would treat him like this", he is completely different from other people, neither alienated nor jealous, just very ordinary Very, very good...

Jiazai put the smoked salmon roll in his mouth, and the melted cheese dripped down onto the plate.

"Mouth, it's all over the place." Aska looked at the other person's eating, smiled wryly, picked up the napkin and folded it into a triangle, stretched out his hand and wiped the corner of Jiazai's mouth with the tip.

Jiazai was stunned.

It seems, I'm used to being treated like this, why?This kind of... when?Where?