【024】Shadow of Time

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Qin Jiandan didn't know when he would meet other time travellers, so he stayed in the room very uneasily. Xiaoxia refused to leave after eating and drinking:

"Brother, are you nervous? Is this your first time chatting with a girl so close?"

"You have such fierce eyes, you must not have a girlfriend, right? It's so disgusting~"

Xiaoxia took out a round lollipop from the inside of her ninja uniform, stretched out her restless tongue and licked it, wondering which one would bring more pleasure, sugar or mocking Qin Jiandan.

Qin Jiandan was counting in his head in order not to change history... In short, he was ridiculed more than 20 times, right? Xiaoxia in the future will soon know that the steel armor breathing method can not only open time tunnels, but also other tunnels.

"Ah... I'm a little, a little sleepy..."

Xiaoxia skillfully pulled out the bedding and pillows from the closet and spread them on the tatami for a nap. She rewrapped the uneaten lollipop in candy wrapper and placed it within reach.

"You're not allowed to secretly lick my lollipop, you know? When I wake up... Oh, I should have asked the slave to help spread the quilt. It's because daddy always trained me to take care of myself that I forgot about it!"

Qin Jiandan swallowed his anger for a long time and was really angry:

"Who has such a perverted hobby! Don't lick my lollipop secretly!"

Xiaoxia got under the quilt and made a face sticking out her tongue at Qin Jiandan:

"As expected, big brother wants to do something to me~ But you'll die if you do that! Just guard the door for me while you're dreaming!"

This room was given to Qin Jiandan by Miyamoto Ichio for rest, but Xiaoxia occupied the magpie's nest to take a nap here. Although Qin Jiandan was dissatisfied, he could not treat this female brat like he would treat Xiaoxia in the future.

While thinking about the next course of action, Qin Jiandan suddenly found that the quilt was empty. Xiaoxia knelt down opposite him at some point, and the two played flower cards.

"Big brother, it's your turn, hurry up! You're such a loser if you don't know how to play flower cards!"

Qin Jiandan was shocked to notice that he also had a pair of flower cards in his hand, but he had no memory of when he picked up the flower cards.

And the sky outside... the moon has already risen, it was still noon just now, why is it suddenly night! ?

There seemed to be some rustling movement behind him. Qin Jiandan turned around to look and suddenly saw a black monster larger than a human being lowering its head to eat something!

This monster is all black and looks like a large mutated bat at first glance, but upon closer inspection it looks more like a pterodactyl. It didn't know when it came into the room, and seemed to be chewing on Qin Jiandan's shadow.

Xiao Xia, who was sitting opposite Qin Jiandan, should have seen the monster earlier, but Xiao Xia didn't react at all except urging Qin Jiandan to play his cards. It seemed that not only could he not see the monster, but he could not hear the sound it made.

Could this be the "other time traveler" Dr. Li mentioned? Why the image of a monster? Or do I also have this image in the eyes of other time-travelers?

Qin Jiandan trembled slightly and said, "Xiao Xia, you...can you really not see it?"

Xiao Xia was stunned for a moment, then raised the corner of her mouth teasingly:

"***'s big brother is trying to pull some tricks again, isn't he? Why don't the two of us take off a piece of clothing if we lose?"

Who wants to play strip card with you? When your father comes over to check, he will draw his sword and chop me down! You can't see such a big monster behind me, right? Maybe my shadow will eat yours after it finishes eating!

Because his body didn't feel any discomfort yet, Qin Jiandan didn't want to act rashly. He turned to stare at the monster eating and found that the shadow under the monster's mouth had not become thinner or broken.

If it wasn't the shadow that was eaten by the monster, what was it? The entire afternoon jumped by in an instant. Did it swallow up the time around me?

Qin Jiandan felt chills all over. He put the flower cards on the tatami, stood up and said:

"I'm going to the bathroom and I'll play with you when I come back."

Qin Jiandan went out, and the black pterodactyl monster followed him out. Xiaoxia had no idea why Qin Jiandan went out, and she even peeked at Qin Jiandan while Qin Jiandan was away.

Dan's hand.

Walking around the rockery in the courtyard, Qin Jiandan walked to an open space that was rarely visited by people. The moonlight was bright above his head, and a slight chill and mist shrouded the surroundings.

The monster followed Qin Jiandan's steps without making much noise. When Qin Jiandan's pace quickened, it flapped its wings and jumped into the air to speed up.

A maid in kimono met Qin Jiandan head-on and covered her mouth in surprise. Qin Jiandan felt that the other person looked familiar. He should be the one who was responsible for receiving him after he entered the castle tower.

"Can you see it?"

As soon as Qin Jiandan asked a question, the kimono maid hurriedly ran away. She did not stare at Qin Jiandan's back, but kept staring at Qin Jiandan's face.

The black monster suddenly made a playing sound similar to a low-quality audio tape:

"...Shasha...playing the cards so slowly and touching the edges of the flower cards so hard, big brother is really a pervert."

"...I wonder if today is the day when Shingen Cake Master cooks. You can go check it out for me later..."

"...Sword Dan, you have to be careful...time vampires..."

The first two sentences were said by Xiao Xia, but after the monster devoured time, Qin Jiandan had no impression at all. The last sentence is obviously Dr. Li’s communication across time and space, but the monster can even eat it!

"Are you a time vampire? What kind of thing are you? Don't imitate Xiaoxia and Dr. Li anymore!"

Qin Jiandan turned to face the monster and shouted the name "Time Vampire", causing the monster to freeze in place for an instant.

"hiss--!

"

The monster spread its wings and opened its mouth wide to reveal countless fangs. Using pterodactyl to describe it is still not accurate enough.

It is like the true form of a vampire in early horror movies. It is a mixture of humans, bats and pterodactyls. Its dark skin looks like a ghost beast, and a faint black mist flows and lingers under its wings.

Qin Jiandan felt that his memory began to drain away again, and what happened when he met the maid just now became confusing.

It's eating up my time again! Time vampires seem to be able to steal time from time travellers! Why did the maid look at my face and scream? What happened to my face?

Qin Jiandan was very afraid that he would grow a pterodactyl beak like a time vampire. He stretched out his hand to touch his face and felt no obvious abnormality, but the fear in his heart did not weaken.

My steel armor breathing method is used to support the time tunnel. Can I defeat the time vampire with my greatly reduced skill? But if I don't take any action, will it continue to steal my time until I become an old person?

Just when Qin Jiandan was determined to fight to the death, an old but powerful hand appeared from behind without warning and grabbed Qin Jiandan's collar.

"Master?" Qin Jiandan half-turned his head, surprised and happy, but soon he exclaimed:

"Master, your face..."