Of course, the fox quickly pretended that nothing happened, lowered his entire body and spoke again:
"Then Yuanyuan... come up, I'll run with you, and we'll go out together."
Tang Yuanyuan looked at the huge fox that was leaning down in front of her and looked around, and found a place that seemed suitable for climbing up. But as soon as she took a few steps closer, she remembered something and turned her head and said: :
"By the way... I actually have no experience riding any large animals, so I may pull your hair later..."
The fox was silent for a moment after hearing this, and then quickly responded: "...It's not a big deal, just feel free to climb up by the back of my neck."
"Okay then..." Seeing that the other party really didn't care much, Tang Yuanyuan bravely climbed onto the back of the fox's neck. When she finally sat firmly on the fox's back, she suddenly asked again Fox a question.
"By the way, what's your name?"
Only then did Tang Yuanyuan realize that she didn't seem to ask the other party's name. The previous situation was another matter, but now that she and the fox were in a contractual relationship, they naturally needed to have a matching name.
"I have no name." The fox quickly answered her question, but failed to give the answer she wanted to hear. "No one in the underworld gave me a name. In fact, it is normal to have no name in this place. ? But in terms of the 'position' that I was imprisoned in the past, I am the Hades Fox."
Tang Yuanyuan frowned when he heard this: "Well...but it's hard to call you without a name?"
Then she was silent for a while, and then said thoughtfully: "Well... how about I give you a name?"
Tang Yuanyuan put on a look of great interest and stretched out his hand to rub the fox's fluffy hair.
"...As you like." The fox responded after a brief silence.
In fact, even if Tang Yuanyuan didn't mention it, it would tell Tang Yuanyuan that she needed her to give her a name, because the name itself was also part of the contract.
The reason why the fox was silent for a short period of time was because it felt somewhat familiar after hearing this conversation.
It suddenly recalled that someone had said similar words to it more than a hundred years ago, saying that she wanted to give it a name and give it freedom. But unfortunately, before it could get the name from her, the girl disappeared.
Today's Tang Yuanyuan is too similar to her then, especially her eager tone, but it's a pity that it can no longer remember that girl's face.
Tang Yuanyuan, who was leaning behind it, did not have such complicated thoughts in his heart, and was just seriously searching for a suitable name in his mind. It wasn't until a while later that she suddenly poked her head in, patted its neck and smiled at it: "Then how about calling it '洬'?"
"洬?" The fox repeated the pronunciation, seeming to have some doubts.
"Yes, it's the word "洬" that means the sound of rain... I think this word is very handsome and easy to pronounce!" Tang Yuanyuan said happily, but did not wait for the other party's response for a while, then he hesitated and asked again: "Why? ...Don’t you like it? Then I’ll think about it again? Um...Although you seem to be a little less literary, I don’t think you are like a firefox who is short of water..."
"No, no need." She was interrupted mid-sentence by the fox, "This name is quite good, I like it very much."
"Just accept it..."
Tang Yuanyuan felt relieved, stretched out his arms and hugged the back of Zhen's neck, then made an expression ready to go, and said:
"I'm ready, let's go and get out of here."
After hearing her words, Zhen nodded: "Hold on then, let's go."
Before Tang Yuanyuan could respond and nod, he felt a strong gust of wind rushing toward him. Zhen had quickly turned his head and ran wildly along the red line connecting Tang Yuanyuan's fingers.
And when Tang Yuanyuan recovered from the momentary dizziness and looked up again, she found that a few warm and bright flames had appeared around her and Zhen at some point. Those flames seemed to be specially lit lamps, with a warm orange light following them around.
At this moment, Tang Yuanyuan finally had the feeling of being separated from the fear of endless darkness. She silently lowered her eyes and looked at the back of Zhen's neck that she was holding tightly. At this time, Zhen's body no longer seemed like It was as cold as before, but as warm as a living creature that gained life from that contract.
When his mood finally relaxed a little, Tang Yuanyuan once again turned his attention to the red thread that led them forward. Then he noticed his fingers when he lowered his head, looking at the red thread tied to his little finger glowing in the distance. extend.
She lowered her eyes and looked at the tiny red thread, and the light from the red thread was reflected in her eyes.
Doubts that had been driven away by countless questions came back to my mind again.
Why isn't the relationship completely broken? And then tie it...not on the wrist, but on the fingertips.
No, maybe the red line on the fingertip has always been there from the beginning and has never been broken? But why is it the little finger?
Tang Yuanyuan seemed to vaguely remember where he had seen a saying... The red thread tied on the little finger represents a special fate, and what it represents...
She thought about it for a long time, but in the end she could only sigh softly because she couldn't remember what the fate was tied to her little finger.
But this is not a big deal.
She said this in her heart, feeling that the top priority should be to completely end this trip to the underworld.
So with these thoughts in mind, she raised her head again and looked at the vast darkness ahead, which seemed to be endless.
I don’t know how he is doing outside...?
............
Outside the Underworld Life and Death Detention Center.
This area, which was rarely approached by ghosts and monsters, was unexpectedly extremely noisy at this moment.
Not long ago, due to an urgent order from the Ghost King's Mansion, many ghosts who were left in this area came here one after another, and were ordered to catch the criminals who broke into the Life and Death Detention Center.
The vast front gate square of the detention center is almost crowded with figures of all kinds. Ghosts of different shapes gather here. They are densely packed around the outside of the gate of Shengshengbo Detention Center, and their eyes are all focused on one figure.
And that figure, far away from all the ghosts and monsters, standing alone on the long steps of the front door of the detention center, is No. 4 waiting for his return in front of the Detention Center.
He drove the spiritual fire that had been following him around him to transform into a raging flame, creating a wall of blue fire that surrounded the gate of the detention center.
Even with such a dense gathering of ghosts and monsters, none of the ghosts staying here dared to take a step closer to the walls of fire, let alone capture the rebels who violated the ban.
Because no ghost dared to get close to his spiritual fire that could burn out the soul, and the wall of fire blocked the progress of the ghosts.
The ghosts looked at No. 4's independent figure on the long steps in front of the detention center and started talking in whispers, making the originally quiet area extremely noisy.
In stark contrast to the talkative and noisy ghosts behind him, No. 4 was standing in front of the Shengshengbo Detention Center without saying a word.
He stared quietly at the huge door that was like an abyss and a whirlpool. No matter how noisy the ghosts behind him were, he didn't cast a second glance at the gathering ghosts. It seemed that to him at this moment, he was the only one. Everything outside the door in front of me is just an unreal shadow.
From the moment Tang Yuanyuan entered the Shengshengbo Detention Center, he stayed here and never left.
He was waiting, not only for the news that might bring him hope, but also for the girl who promised that he would come back to him.
All the ghosts and ghosts looked at him and felt that he seemed calm and composed. However, in fact, standing alone in front of the huge door, his heart was not as stable as his apparent silence. All kinds of complicated emotions.
And those complex emotions, such as inexplicable unhappiness and anxiety, actually appeared when he pushed Tang Yuanyuan into the door with his own hands. When the girl who had followed him really disappeared in front of him, he felt a kind of A strange feeling of despair passed by.
Even at this moment when he was standing in front of the door, there was an unknown emotion called regret and fear quietly spreading in his heart.
Because even he himself had no idea whether Tang Yuanyuan would be able to come back smoothly after entering the Life and Death Detention Center.
Behind this door to the unknown space, he knew of only one returnee, and there was no other precedent.
In fact, this action was his first attempt in a long hundred years, because no human being had ever been so special as to reach this point before.
He chose Tang Yuanyuan because she was very similar to the "her" in his vague memory. Her specialness and similarity made him feel that she might have a subtle connection or fate with the person he was looking for. .
That's why he sent Tang Yuanyuan to the "record" just like he did a hundred years ago to seek answers, because he hoped from the bottom of his heart that she could get the answers like "she" did in the past.
The fear and anxiety spreading in his heart were because he knew how to leave that space. In fact, there was no real correct way or answer.
The red rope he tied on Tang Yuanyuan's hand was actually just imitating the promise "she" left for him in the past. He himself was not convinced of the efficacy of that fragile "fate".
And he actually didn't know how long Tang Yuanyuan would linger in that space during this trip, because according to "her" description in the past, time in that space was actually disordered.
In other words, even for the beings in that space, even if real time and lifespan do not pass, their perception of time is not synchronized with the difference in time outside.
Being unable to perceive the correct time changes is never a good thing for a human girl who is only fifteen or sixteen years old.
So the worst-case scenario, in addition to Tang Yuanyuan really being unable to come out of that space, is that when she returns, she can no longer adapt to the return of time and falls into irreversible madness.
Of course, in addition to being irritated by the risks that he already knew might lead to the failure of the plan, what made him even more anxious and puzzled was Tang Yuanyuan himself.
No. 4 stared irritably at the huge door and remained silent. He really didn't understand why his heart was enveloped by those overwhelming complex emotions after a long time at this moment.
Standing in front of this door, he recalled the girl's figure and face many times, and didn't understand why he seemed to be unable to let go of something.
Obviously this was just a try plan for him, why did he regret it so much at this moment?
