Back to the Future 1999: Raining at the Same Time

"What about others?"

The Foundation's white masks finally defeated the golden lion at the door. It slowly fell down with a final unwilling roar and dissipated... degenerating into a sharp tooth.

The people from the foundation looked around the store. Apart from the customers who were cowering in fear in the corner, there was only a girl kneeling on the ground with tears in her eyes.

"Excuse me, ma'am, where is the man who was injured and bleeding just now?"

The person from the foundation politely asked Anna and stretched out a hand to help her up from the ground, but she slapped it away.

Anna's eyes suddenly filled with anger as she questioned the tall, white-masked figure in front of her:

"You murderers! What did you do to Chen Xi?!"

Anna suddenly grabbed the other person's collar. Although she didn't feel any threat, she still expressed her anger wantonly.

"Hey, hey, calm down, young lady. We didn't do anything. We were just following orders to arrest someone."

"And the Chen Xi you mentioned might not be as wonderful as you think."

In the following time, the staff of the foundation patiently explained to Anna the Hand of Reshaping where Chen Xi was and the foundation he worked for.

He also specifically stated that the people of the Reshaping Hand were a bunch of desperate lunatics, twisted, paranoid, and without any sense of human integrity.

"Impossible! You must be lying to me. Chen Xi...how could he be a member of that kind of organization!"

Anna was still holding the sharp tooth that Chen Xi had given her.

As if it had exhausted all its strength, Li Chizi lay quietly in Anna's hands, completely lacking the liveliness of Chen Xi's other awakened creatures.

Stroking the small poem carved by Chen Xi stroke by stroke, Anna could not imagine that the gentle figure in her memory would be a villain who did all kinds of evil.

Looking at the bloodstains on her hands that were gradually drying up and disappearing, Anna's eyes became more determined. She looked at the white mask and said word by word:

"I want to join the Foundation!"

The person in front of him was obviously stunned, and his raised eyebrows could be seen through the mask.

"Are you serious, miss?"

"Why do you want to join us?"

"You just said that Chen Xi is in the Hand of Reshaping, so I want to join the foundation! This way, one day, we will definitely meet, and I want to ask everything in person!"

"and……"

Anna clenched the sharp tooth in her hand and said with determination:

"I'm his girlfriend! I'll definitely be able to help you when you face him in the future!"

The man in the white mask looked at Anna and slowly nodded.

"Okay, Miss Anna. I will report your request to the foundation. We will inform you as soon as we have any news."

After saying that, he turned and left the tavern.

The moment the man disappeared from her sight, Anna seemed to have suddenly lost all her strength and slid to the ground.

Chen Xi, who are you?

……

"Well, where is this place?"

In the chaos, Chen Xi slowly woke up, and in a daze he felt as if someone was holding his hand.

"You are awake, my child."

In front of him was Arcana lying on the head of his bed, with his left hand on the bed, extending outward and disappearing into the quilt covering Chen Xi.

It turns out that the person holding my hand is really her...

For some reason, Chen Xi felt a little excited and touched in his heart, but he soon let go of Arcana's hand in the quilt with a blushing face.

Arcana smiled slightly after noticing this:

"Looks like everything's fine now."

"Would you like to tell me what happened on this trip?"

Her voice was soft and warm. He didn't know when it started, but she really acted like a mother, gently soothing every pain in Chen Xi's heart, making him want to rely on her a little bit.

"My injury..."

Without asking any further questions, Chen Xi used his mysterious magic to heal his body again.

Then he selectively told Arcana about his experience of the trip.

"I went deep inside there, but accidentally activated the defense system there, and I was injured like this."

"Then I quickly escaped back using the floppy disk."

"Ah~ It's really surprising that there is a defense system that can hurt you like this."

"You're not hiding anything from me, are you?"

Arcana looked at Chen Xi with a kind face, staring at him until he broke out in a cold sweat.

"Okay, okay, I was wrong, I was wrong, please don't look at me like that, I'm scared."

"Actually, there was someone from the Foundation who went in with me. We met on the ship going there."

"How did you two meet?"

"It's very simple. The rainstorm has just started, and the Foundation is also very cramped. I just pretended to know a lot about the rainstorm, and I gained their trust."

"uh-huh."

Arcana looked at him with amusement, and did not comment on Chen Xi's words.

"but……"

"The person you risked your life to protect, couldn't she also be a girl?"

Arcana suddenly lifted Chen Xi's chin, preventing him from looking away.

"How...how could that be? He's just an ordinary Foundation member."

"Ok?"

Seeing Chen Xi's clumsy denial, Arcana suddenly understood and leaned close to Chen Xi's ear, deliberately letting his warm breath tickle his sensitive earlobe:

"Children who don't tell the truth will be punished~"

A tingling electric current spread from his ears throughout his body, and soon Chen Xi felt completely limp.

Her face flushed with shame, and she pushed Arcana away.

"Don't come over here suddenly!"

"What's wrong? Are you moved?"

Arcana kept pursuing him, and Chen Xi knew that if he didn't change the subject, he would be completely eaten up by her tonight!

"Let's not talk about this for now! Arcana, quickly go find a container. I have something important to show you."

I wanted to send her away for a while to let her recover her composure, but Arcana simply stretched out a hand, and the black liquid that flowed out gradually condensed into a round container.

"Is this okay, little one?"

Arcana smiled and held the bottle in his hand, his eyes never leaving Chen Xi's face.

"Well... well, can it be completely transparent? It would be easier to observe..."

Chen Xi, who was unwilling to give up, planned to struggle one last time, but Arcana just shook the bottle in his hand slightly, and it slowly faded and turned transparent.

"how about this?"

"Okay... okay."

Seeing that his plan had failed, Chen Xi had no choice but to draw out his sword with a red face and insert the tip of the knife into the mouth of the bottle.

"This is the little bit of liquid I collected from the jar. The moment the lid was lifted, I had Dao Wu use air manipulation to draw some of it up and wrap it around the blade with a shield."

"The fact that it's immune to heavy rain may have something to do with this thing."

A little bit of silver liquid flowed down the tip of Dao Wu's knife, reflecting the luster of metal. If you look closely, you can see a hint of black lines emerging in it.

As a small drop of liquid dripped from the tip of Dao Wu's sword, a majestic aura of mysticism suddenly spread in the surrounding space. Even Arcana's small bottle showed signs of collapse and cracks appeared little by little.

“It’s amazing!”

"It's amazing that you were able to collect such an amazing sample under those circumstances."

"I believe that now your reputation within the Hand of Reshaping will be much better."

Arcana looked at the small drop of flowing liquid with satisfaction while constantly repairing the broken bottle.

I guess those people have nothing to say this time.

Thinking of this, Arcana suddenly snapped his fingers and turned off all the lights in the room.

"Ah...Arcana, what are you doing?"

Chen Xi's voice was trembling with fear.

"The business is done, now it's time to settle the accounts between us."

"Didn't I tell you? Children who lie will be punished tonight~"

“No~~~!”

Regardless of Chen Xi's shouting, Arcana had already gone to bed in the dark.

There was no conversation that night, and the night was quiet and beautiful.

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Yay!