How come I was the one being targeted?

But before Xue Yi could say anything, the tail behind him suddenly became excited, the blue flame surged a bit, and it forcefully carried Huo Huo into the sky, flying towards the top of the Prison.

"Ahhh! No, I don't want it!"

Chapter 66: Facing Huo Huo's tears, Tail Master's choice is... (4k5)

Chang Letian's flute, which he used to tell time, played once, and it was already dark.

The moon unknowingly hung above the lights of thousands of homes, and the bustling streets became less prosperous and more deserted.

The market in Luofu is different from that in other areas. Usually, a cave will be specially divided into morning market and night market areas. This way, it is convenient to manage the market and it can avoid the normal work and rest of the residential areas. In Changletian, most people's night activities are concentrated near Jinren Lane.

As for the shops on Dongtian's main street, they closed their doors early as the crowds of people went home after get off work, so that now, apart from the unmanned convenience stores, only a few pedestrians can be seen on the street.

Sitting on a bench near Sanyu Bookstore, Bai Jun looked at the street gradually becoming deserted and yawned deeply.

"I'm so sleepy and cold. I want to sleep..."

The cool night wind filled the lining of his clothes, making him shrink his neck.

The time displayed on the watch was 21:37. More than half an hour had passed since he and Xue Yi last chatted. Although they had only agreed to meet at Sanyu Bookstore, it was not a good idea to wait like this, so he decided to ask Xue Yi about her situation on Yuzhao.

As soon as he opened the jade sign, a voice came from the other end of the street. Bai Jun raised his head and his eyes swept over a green figure, and his eyes became confused.

The green-haired little fox girl walking on the street looked around nervously from the beginning. Every time she opened her mouth, she would say a few words to someone, but she would soon be frightened by the slightest movement around her and tremble with fear.

Bai Jun's memory was always good, especially after seeing her tail burning with cyan flames. He immediately recalled her name. It seemed to be Huo Huo. He remembered that she was the little underworld messenger following behind Xue Yi and Jackdaw, and the tail behind her was a very powerful Sui Yang.

Although he didn't know what she was doing here, he thought it must be related to Xue Yi. Bai Jun, who had just been leaning on the bench in a daze, immediately stood up and walked straight towards the direction of the little underworld messenger.

At this time, Huo Huo's attention was completely focused on her tail, and she didn't notice the figure walking towards her.

"I, I, can I not go? That Bai Jun is so strong, he feels much stronger than Master Xue Yi, so scary..."

"I just asked you to say hello and get something, not to fight him with real weapons. Besides, are you an ostrich? You just retreat into yourself when things get tough. Why are you such a coward?"

Wei Ba saw Huo Huo covering his whole body with talismans, waving flags to boost his courage, and almost burying his face in his clothes. He was immediately furious and scolded him with a look of disappointment.

"You, what do you know? Everyone has their own aura. The stronger the strength and luck, the stronger the aura. For example, Lady Xue Yi's aura is very powerful. Every time I stand next to her, I feel like I'm immersed in ice. Not to mention that Bai Jun!"

"What's the use of this? Stand up straight now. Just think of this as a way to strengthen your will. It's shameful to cry when you encounter problems. I feel ashamed of it-"

"I, I don't want to temper my will. If you hadn't insisted on dragging me here, I would have definitely rejected Master Xue Yi directly. Besides, you don't know how scary that Bai Jun is!"

Although Huo Huo felt a little strange about Wei Ba's sudden silence, she thought she was more right, so she raised her voice even louder.

"I still remember the first time I met Bai Jun. His aura was incredibly powerful! Almost five or six times that of Master Xue Yi! And that was just his natural aura. If I accidentally made him angry... wow, I'd definitely get eaten!"

It cannot be described with words like tiger. If I have to say, it is simply a towering mountain that one needs to look up to. I remember the last time I saw someone with such aura was General Jing Yuan.

"I remember your name is Huo Huo, right? Hehehe... Is this a midnight snack delivered to your door?"

"Hey, hey, hey... Don't, don't eat me, my meat is very tough! If you want to eat, eat my tail--!"

Huo Huo, who was complaining to Wei Wei indignantly the previous second, was instantly frightened when she noticed Bai Jun standing next to her. She covered her head and squatted down, burying her face in her clothes, leaving only her long green hair hanging outside and shivering.

"I heard that the ears and tails of the fox people are very delicious, especially the underage fox girls. Hehe, I want to eat the fox ears and teeth..."

Bai Jun showed a harmless and kind smile, but his whole body exuded a joyful aura that it was really fun to tease this girl. He squatted in front of Huo Huo, grinned wickedly, and poked her soft fox ears with his fingers.

"Aaaaaah~ No, please don't do that. My tail was eaten a long time ago. If I don't have ears anymore, I'll never get married... And, I'm already an adult. My meat is super tough and tastes terrible. If you want to eat, eat the tail. It's the most tender!"

The little girl's pretty eyes were immediately filled with tears. She tremblingly raised the small chess flag in her hand in surrender, and at the same time quickly transferred the pot to the tail behind her.

"That's enough. I didn't eat you, but you're rebelling and letting others eat me?"

The tail emerged quietly from behind Huo Huo. It didn't say anything just now because it saw Bai Jun coming over and said hello. But when it turned around, it found that Huo Huo, the coward, was actually scared and crying.

"It's all because of you! If I hadn't been talking to you and not paying attention to my surroundings, I would have run away a long time ago. Now I'm done for, I'm going to be eaten! Wuuwu~"

"Hmph, you'd better be eaten clean, so that I can regain my freedom."

Huo Huo, who was trembling with fear just now, immediately plucked up the courage to argue with it after hearing the sound of the tail, but whenever he noticed Bai Jun was still beside him, he would be scared to death again and buried his head in his clothes and tremble.

"Okay, I won't joke with you anymore,"

Although it was funny and cute, Bai Jun still had something to ask her, so he put away the idea of ​​teasing her and stood up and held out his hand to her: "I have something else to ask you. Hurry up and get up from the ground. Aren't you cold?"

"Ah, sorry..."

After hearing that Bai Jun was just joking with her, Huo Huo's flustered face turned red with embarrassment and shyness. She stretched out her little hand tremblingly, supported Bai Jun's hand and stood up from the floor. But when she looked up and saw Bai Jun's face, Huo Huo's expression turned into QAQ again.

"Hello... I'm Huo Huo. Well, I'm leaving now if I'm fine. Bye..."

"I asked you to come and say hello, not goodbye!"

With Bai Jun looking bewildered, Huo Huo tremblingly brushed the dust off her clothes, then took stiff steps with her hands and feet, trying to leave like a little crab. Fortunately, her tail appeared in time and interrupted her embarrassing behavior.

.............

"I see. Xue Yi asked you to come here to get the gift. Is there something else that keeps her from coming?"

Bai Jun nodded in sudden realization. After a period of comfort and explanation, he finally understood what this little underworld messenger was here for.

"Yes, yes, Master Xueyi said that he had something else to do, so, so I have to come and collect it on his behalf."

Although Huo Huo was still trembling with fear, he could at least manage to speak a few complete sentences.

"Oh, I see. Thank you very much. The arm armor in the storage box is for Xue Yi, and this little notebook is for Jackdaw. Please return these two items to them for me. Remember not to mix them up, okay?"

Bai Jun took out the storage box and notebook from his arms and handed them to the other party. Huo Huo also kept his words in mind. After taking the two things, he stood up and prepared to leave.

There was no way. Bai Jun's aura was too scary. She felt like there was a mountain sitting next to her. The air around her was so thin that even breathing seemed to become difficult.

But Huo Huo had only taken two steps when, out of nervousness, her left foot accidentally tripped over her right foot. She instantly lost her balance and stumbled. Her petite body drew an elegant but helpless arc in the air, and she fell flat on her face again in front of Bai Jun's surprised eyes. The paper figures in her pocket also fell to the ground in a very appropriate manner.

"How shameful! Has this become a ritual you must have when meeting people?"

A ball of green flame rose up behind her again, turning into a small ball of green flame floating in the air. A very human helplessness was revealed on the face of the flame. Huo Huo felt a familiar pulling force in her body. When she came to her senses, she was brought back to Bai Jun by the tail uncle again.

"Hey, kid, long time no see. How is Emperor Sui doing recently?" Tail took the initiative to speak.

"Emperor Sui? He...hasn't changed at all."

"Look at how listless you are. Shouldn't it be an honor to be recognized by the Sui Emperor? The last person recognized by Him was Lan."

Bai Jun was stunned, sighed and waved his hands, saying that you'd better hurry up and leave. He almost killed half of his life, so what's the point of being glorious?

Looking at his expression, Tail could roughly guess what he meant. He just chuckled and said mysteriously, "It is precisely because He denies everything fairly, yet always selflessly tolerates everything, that He is the Sui Emperor. Don't worry, you will understand later."

Bai Jun hated this kind of riddle-telling behavior, but no matter how much he asked, Wei Ba refused to speak. He sighed helplessly and finally could only turn his gaze to Huo Huo who was standing beside him.

"Honestly, I've always been curious about how you got connected to this Sun of the Year. Logically speaking, its strength isn't weak enough to be sealed by the Jackdaw."

"Eh? Me, me..."

Huo Huo shuddered all over. After noticing Bai Jun's gaze, she didn't dare to refuse. She could only swallow nervously and said slowly:

"When I was little, I saw a dying ball of fire in a corner of Luofu. I was soft-hearted and put it on my tail. But I didn't expect that the tail master actually wanted to eat me!"

"Hey, hey, hey, don't talk nonsense. I was almost starving to death at the time. I was hoping to die soon and be reborn. But you insisted on putting me on your tail. Don't you know that fox tails are the most delicious?"

Tail, who had been silent for a long time, immediately stood up for himself after hearing these words.

After all, when a person is about to starve to death, if his favorite food is placed in front of him, anyone who can resist eating it is a god. Obviously, Tail is not such a god.

Huo Huo seemed to have not heard its rebuttal and continued to talk to himself: "I have been thin-skinned and timid since I was a child. Ever since I was entangled by the tail master, it's like falling into a nightmare. Everything goes wrong. In the end, I was forced to be appointed as a ghost messenger by the Ten Kings..."

After listening to the story of the unfortunate little fox beside him, Bai Jun had an expression of "I understand you", and his eyes looking at Huo Huo became more full of emotion.

"Hey, hey, hey, you believe this? If I were to tell you, the root cause of this little girl's misfortune is me. It's such a trivial matter, yet she always gets scared like a bear and blames others... Do you think I want to be tied to you?"

"I don't want to be tied to you either!"

Hearing Wei's complaints, Huo Huo was very angry, so he let out a soft "Hmph!"

"You still don't want to be tied to me? You're always more of a hindrance than a helper. Besides hanging your creepy little paper figurines all over the house, you have to rely on me when you run into trouble. If you ask me, you should just open a small stall and sell snacks!"

"Do you think I don't want to? If, if you hadn't been pestering me, I would have... would have set up a small stall and lived a peaceful and stable life..."

Huo Huo was in an unusually low mood, with tears in his eyes. Even Bai Jun, who was watching the show nearby, noticed something was wrong and quickly pulled its tail to stop it.

Tail seemed to be getting more excited, and he took advantage of Huo Huo's weakness and continued to complain: "Ha, with your cowardly attitude, you will definitely be scared away by some hooligans from nowhere on the first day of your stall opening! You can't drive away ghosts, you can't catch Sui Yang, and even selling snacks won't work!"

"I, I, I don't want to be such a coward! I've tried my best... Otherwise, do you think I want to stay in a scary place like Juousi? If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have left my parents. I'm also afraid of ghosts and evil spirits. I want to live like a normal person!"

Huo Huo was sent to the Ten Kings Division early on in order to prevent the tail from escaping and doing evil, and to keep her safe. But didn't she also want to play and frolic in the sun like other girls of the same age?

Gradually, as Huo Huo became more familiar with the work of the underworld messenger, she also began to understand the various evil spirits recorded in the Ten Kings Bureau. While knowing the harm that evil spirits cause to the world, she also took on a trace of responsibility in her heart.

"Perhaps if I work harder, if I endure more misfortune, I can make life better for others who fear evil spirits, right?"

With this idea in mind, she tried hard to change something.

Although she was not indifferent to her own cowardice, she tried to cultivate the courage to defeat evil spirits, but no matter what she did, she could not overcome her fear of those things.

"Why, why is it that no one recognizes me? Obviously...I have tried my best..."

The last thread that usually maintained her rationality finally broke under the strain, and the girl couldn't help sobbing, tears sliding down her face.

Seeing that Huo Huo seemed to be really crying, the tail that was screaming happily just now was instantly scared into a bunch of flames, and even the color of the flames changed from blue to white. It can be seen that it did not really mean it, but it still would not admit its mistake.

"Uh, Bai Jun, go comfort Huo Huo. His crying is more annoying than the intermittent buzzing of mosquitoes..."

"You were the one who made me cry, so why should I be the one to comfort you... Unless you tell me what you didn't finish saying just now?"

Wei Ba came close to Bai Jun, quietly wanting to ask him to coax Huo Huo, but Bai Jun seemed to have caught a good opportunity and threatened him as if to retaliate for the Riddler's behavior just now.

"Oh! You, you, ah.....Okay, okay, as long as you coax her, everything will be fine."

Tail agreed without hesitation.

Chapter 67: If you cry, happiness will slip away quietly (5k)

"How many years has Huo Huo been serving as a ghost messenger?"

While Wei La had an expression of "Let's see what tricks this kid can come up with", Bai Jun moved closer to Huo Huo little by little.

"It's been about 30 years...

"More than 30 years, so now Huo Huo can go out on missions alone?" Bai Jun pondered for a moment and asked softly.

Huo Huo nodded while sobbing, trying to hide the tears rolling down her eyes with her sleeves, but they still couldn't stop falling on the back of her hands.

For more than thirty years, she has been constantly trying to hone her courage and shoulder the responsibilities and obligations of a ghost messenger.

—Staying up late to watch a low-budget B-grade horror comedy, trying to build up my courage, but only getting a black eye.

——Buying all the new scientific exorcism tools to improve combat power only made the wallet even emptier.

——He asked for divination and directions, but was told by the boss of Jianyaoxuan that he had a "fatal destiny" that was rare in a thousand years, and he was afraid that he would be plagued by bad luck for the rest of his life.

——I went to the doctor and asked for medicine, hoping to get "courage-boosting drugs" to boost my courage, but in the end, my cabinets at home were just filled with many expensive health supplements.

——The art of making paper figures that I had painstakingly learned from ancient texts was often ridiculed by my tail as being completely futile, and he tried his best to exaggerate the process and make it even worse.

Looking back, I always tried to grasp those tiny opportunities for unrealistic ideas, but the final result was always empty-handed. I neither gained courage nor learned any skills to exorcise demons. It was extremely stupid.

Even though she believed she was incompetent, she couldn't muster the courage to resign and could only continue to persevere in fear, because in her heart, there was always a voice constantly telling her - such a coward like herself, even if she left the Ten Kings Division, she would definitely not be able to adapt to the outside world, right?

So after hearing Wei Ba say that she wouldn't be able to make it even if she sold snacks, Huo Huo seemed so sad and angry. It was not because of the lies and curses, but because what Uncle Wei Ba said was the truth, and it was the reality that she was incompetent and cowardly.

Perhaps deep down in her heart, the target of this burning anger will always be her cowardly and incompetent self.

Even she hated and looked down on herself for being like this, let alone others. It goes without saying that Lord Xue Yi and Lord Jackdaw must have complained about her immaturity countless times in private, and the same must be true for Bai Jun in front of her.

Even if he didn't say it on the surface, he must have thought so in his heart.

"You've actually been able to carry out missions as a ghost messenger for over thirty years? This is truly unheard of. You're so amazing that I have to look at you with new eyes, Huo Huo."

A look of surprise appeared on Bai Jun's face, and his eyes were full of admiration when he looked at Huo Huo.

"Huh?" Her tears stopped for a moment.

A person's expression and movements can be fake, but their aura and smell will not lie. No matter how Huo Huo observed, she could not sense any trace of lies from the person in front of her, which meant - he was serious!

"Ah, no wonder Xue Yi told me last time that you were the person she and Jackdaw favored the most. Well, I was a little skeptical at first, but now I can gradually understand."

In order to make his point more convincing, Bai Jun counted on his fingers and analyzed it in detail with Huo Huo:

"According to the regulations of the Netherworld, if an ordinary underworld messenger wants to be qualified to go on a solo mission, he must work for at least three or four hundred years, right? But you were able to obtain this qualification in just thirty years. Doesn't this prove your qualifications and potential?"

"But...but all that was done by Mr. Tail. I was just hiding in the back out of fear and didn't contribute anything..."

Huo Huo sobbed and rubbed the red corners of his eyes with his fingers.