【Tangbai】Light

The smell of disinfectant filled Sentinel's sensitive nerves.Even with the suppression of white noise, Tang still felt a little headache.

But something bothered him more.

Not seeing each other for two years, Guang is no longer what he remembered.The girl's dream was to become a popular Internet idol, so her skin is well maintained, and her delicate makeup does not miss a single corner in front of the camera.But now she is lying on the hospital bed with her eyes closed, her face pale and her hair messy. Only the beating electric waves on the screen prove that she still has vital signs.

"Light..." Tang bit his lower lip tightly, trying to reach out his hand to smooth her frown, but Jia Luo grabbed it.

"Don't touch her. Her mental state is very unstable. Without the protection of a guide, rushing in is death." Jia Luo's expression was serious, "The white crow can only protect you from her mental disturbance, but can you get rid of her?" It's all up to you to bring out your consciousness. It's really a big challenge for someone entering the spirit world for the first time, but we have no choice."

"What if I really fail...?"

"If she loses control, she and you will enter a state of brain death at the same time; if you lose control..." Jia Luo turned to look at him, "In order to protect the mental safety of the white crow, I will stand by outside the door. execution."

"It's really an overlord's clause. I didn't have the right to refuse from the beginning to the end." Tang twitched his lips, "However, I won't stop here."

"I hope so."

The door was opened, Okra came in first, and behind her was the white crow who was playing a game console with his head down.

"Are you ready?" She looked at Tang, "White Crow, get down to business."

"Wait for me to save a file." The white crow moved very quickly, and the only S-level guide in the "tower" was waiting for him like this.Tang felt that his knowledge in a certain aspect had been refreshed again.

He put the PSV in his pocket and looked up.Only then did Tang notice that he had changed his clothes—the inpatient department was naturally not as good as his conservatory. White Crow’s padded jacket was tightly buttoned, the scarf was wrapped around his neck several times, and the brim of his hat was pulled down so low that his eyes were barely exposed. Not because it interfered with the operation, and Don believed he would never mind wearing two layers of gloves.

He is very afraid of the cold.This conclusion is not difficult to draw.

"Okay and I went outside first." Seeing that everyone had arrived, Jia Luo nodded to Tang, "Be careful."

The moment the door of the ward was closed, there was only awkward silence in the air.

White Crow looked up at Tang, "Is this your first time working with a guide?"

"Uh... sort of." He scratched his head, "So I'm not sure—"

"Just listen to me." The other party didn't seem to want to talk to him, so he closed his eyes.

Some kind of invisible force surged towards Tang, and he was dragged into the abyss before he had time to react.

The body is obviously motionless, but there is a feeling of falling endlessly.When Tang finally opened his eyes, he found himself lying on the boundless grassland.In the distance are rolling mountains, and strong wild flowers grow on the cliffs.Tang subconsciously stretched out his hand to touch the grass on the ground, and there was dew on his fingertips.The broken branches on the ground and the burnt bonfire seem to represent traces of human existence.The apple fell from the tree and rolled a few times in the green grass and got soiled.

This scene made him feel like deja vu, because it was so beautiful, and it was so beautiful that it didn't look like the spiritual world of "White Crow".

But Don doesn't care about that now.Because in the world separated by a line, he saw the light in the sky.

The endless black mist revolved around her.She seemed to be having a nightmare from which she could not wake up, and the pain could be seen from the struggling expression.There was bottomless darkness under her feet, and those black mist were dragging her to the depths.

"Light!" Tang hurriedly ran towards her, but was grabbed by the collar.

"Her consciousness is still resisting, there is still a chance. Don't provoke her."

familiar voice. "White Crow! Why are you..." dressed like this?

"I know what you're going to ask. In the spiritual world, I can become whatever I want." The white crow lightly smoothed the fur collar of the cloak, "My actions are not hindered by anything here. Don't move yet. This is A battle between guides, Sentinels are meaningless here."

Don did understand.Since he came in, his five senses have returned to the level of ordinary people.

"Let me finish my task first..." White Crow seemed reluctant to say.In the next second, he disappeared from Tang's eyes.It actually teleported directly to the back of the light, and fired a shot at her head.

"Got you."

The black mist enveloped the light in panic, but was scattered again by the second shot.

"It's no use hiding. The Phantom Thief can find anything he wants."

As if realizing the futility of pure defense, the black mist pounced on the crow, trying to swallow him up with it.

"Useless struggle." Tang could barely see the afterimage of his movement, only knowing that the black mist was blowing away time and time again, "It seems that you have fought against the black flower, and you have made some progress. However, the game is over here."

It was as if he had turned translucent and passed directly through the light's body.

"I'm a winner."

With the last gunshot, all the black mist dispersed.The originally pitch-black spiritual world suddenly began to vibrate violently, the light unbound by the black mist unconsciously fell into the darkness, and the dark clouds in the sky suddenly dropped thunderbolts.

"Catch her! Don't let her disappear again!" White Crow, dodging strong lightning in the air, shouted to Tang, "She won't attack you!"

The instincts resulting from long-term training made Tang very clear what to do at this time—the restraint imposed by the enemy had been broken by the crow, and now it was the light as a guide who unconsciously repelled the crow that invaded her spiritual world.But Tang Ben has always occupied an important position in her spirit, as if her own existence is as natural, and she will not be attacked indiscriminately by her sister.

Suddenly bearing the weight of a person on the arm should have injured him, but the enhanced physical strength of the sentry made him resist the impact, and Don finally caught him before the light fell into the black vortex on the ground. "Old sister! Wake up!"

"Tang..." Guang's eyes were a little distracted.

Tang just wanted to hug her, but Guang suddenly began to struggle violently, her nails pierced into Tang's arm, and there was no bleeding but excruciating pain.

"Go away! Don't lie to me! Don is not here!"

"Who else can it be if it's not me!" Tang was a little anxious. If Guang couldn't regain consciousness, both he and the white crow would be trapped here.

"Don't get excited, comfort her..." White Crow's voice came from his mind, a little weak.You can't see your fingers around, Tang can't see where he is, but he can clearly feel that he is adjusting his emotions, "Those people instilled a lot of illusions in her... mention your shared memories..."

The spiritual combing from the guide made Tang calm down and be able to think clearly.He hugged the light, and slowly told her the stories of their childhood: about mother's celery and coriander dumplings, about the haunted house trip in the amusement park, about basketball games and online voting...

Guang's trembling body gradually calmed down, but she still didn't speak, but gently raised her hand to caress Shangtang's cheek.

"is it you……"

"I'm here." He hugged Guang tightly into his arms.

"Their guides created illusions in my mind... I saw our home was broken into by a group of people, it was a mess, my mother died at gunpoint protecting you, and you were taken away by them. You will become Their weapons, their pieces, their victims." There was no focus in Light's eyes, and Don wondered if she couldn't see himself.But she went on.

"They told me that this is the masterpiece of the 'tower'. Only by leaving the 'tower' and joining them can we be free." Light was crying, and every time a little teardrop fell to the ground, the darkness around her dissipated, "I It's scary, Don. It's so real what they've shown me."

"That's all over." Don smoothed her tangled hair with his fingers. "Now you're safe."

Guang held his hand, "I want to go home and eat dumplings again, it doesn't matter if it's celery or parsley."

"I promise you."

The soft white light gradually enveloped the two of them.

"Huh—" Tang let out a long breath after being highly nervous, and the feeling of returning to the real world made him feel at ease.In the situation just now, if what he said was a little wrong, it was very likely to cause the restless light to go berserk again.

"Mission accomplished. We did it, Bai... White Crow! What's wrong with you!"

In front of him, the boy wrapped up in a ball knelt on the ground, his head fell into the quilt of the hospital bed, unconscious.

Okra looked at the busy medical staff through the glass of the observation room, frowning.

"One wave is not flat, and another wave is rising." Jia Luo sat on the cold stool in the corridor with his hands in his pockets, his face was not good-looking.

"There is always some good news." Okra sighed, and turned to look at the anxious Tang beside him, "Because the white crows were dispatched this time, there is no need for a second interrogation, and you can rest in the hospital for a while."

"What does this have to do with White Crow? Also, since he is so weak, why should he be allowed to carry out this mission?" Tang's hands pressed five deep fingerprints on the glass.Inside, the boy with closed eyes and shortness of breath had a sickly flush on his face, and his body twitching from time to time made people tremble.Every drop that fell into the tube also dripped onto Tang's heart.

Jia Luo looked at Okra hesitantly, and was able to speak in the affirmative eyes of the other party, "You don't know. White Crow's ability is 'stealing', which can take away part of the target without arousing strong resistance from the other party." information. He is an important assistant in our torture."

Don remembered that in the spiritual world, the white crow had indeed taken something from Light's body.

"Then why would he..." Don didn't continue.

The corridor was very quiet, and no fourth person was present.Okra's eyes flicked back and forth between him and the white crow a few times, until Tang was so stared that he felt hairy before opening his mouth, "Do you really want to know?"

Don nodded earnestly.There are too many unsolved mysteries about this young man, and his curiosity has long been overwhelmed.

Okra unfolds the spiritual realm, making sure your surroundings are safe. "Although the juniors have never heard of it now, and it is not important anymore. But more than ten years ago, this was one of the top secrets in the 'tower'." "

"White Crow is the child of two guides."

[Tip: The scene of the spiritual world is taken from the original location of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild]