Chapter 15: Longmen and Red's Changes
Chapter 15: Longmen and Red's Changes
"Mom, wake up, we're already in." Red pushed Reinette
who fell asleep in the passenger seat while sitting in the driver's seat.
"Hmm?" Reinette opened her deep blue eyes, yawned,
rubbed her face, and when she opened her eyes again, the deep blue in her eyes
faded into a clearer azure blue.
"Are we in?"
"Yeah." Red nodded and pointed to the gantry
checkpoint reflected in the rearview mirror of the car.
"I had a really comfortable sleep. It seems that my
decision to teach you how to drive was the right one. Driving while tired is
not a good idea."
When they were in the wilderness, Reinette not only taught Red
some common sense of life, but also tried to teach Red how to drive to share
some of her chores.
Red didn't learn very well at the beginning, but fortunately,
there was no chance of collision in the wilderness, so Red could drive as she
pleased. Gradually, Red learned to drive under Reinette's mediocre teaching.
Because of this, Reinette regained the right to take a nap...
ahem, extra rest time.
Anyway, Red didn't have the habit of taking a nap, so Reinette
naturally forced her to do labor.
Red had no objection to this. On the contrary, she was very
happy that she could help her mother, so she was very excited when learning to
drive.
"By the way, Mom, is that lupo...Lappland okay?"
"Miss Laplander chose to get off the bus early, so of
course we respect her opinion. After all, the reward has been paid to us, and
Laplander's identity is indeed not suitable for her to appear in places like
checkpoints openly."
After all, the obvious Originium crystals on Lappland's legs
and the two swords hanging at her waist have already proved that she is a
dangerous person, and the checkpoint will not let Lappland in so easily.
Lapland was self-aware and got off the car early after
arriving near Longmen, preparing to find a smuggling crossing by himself.
After all, the mobile city is too big, and any sewage pipe
that is large enough can become a place for illegal immigrants to enter. Do you
want to arrange people to guard it?
For a few illegal immigrants who came from who knows where and
when? The manpower and material resources consumed are simply not worth it, and
no city manager would do that.
Capable city managers will try to control or form a gang in
the slums to actively guide illegal immigrants into the slums.
This will undoubtedly facilitate many aspects, whether it is
allowing some stupid gangsters to be complacent with their smuggling fees, or
preventing some obviously problematic smugglers from accidentally falling into
places like garbage disposal pools.
However, what Lapland is most sensitive about is her identity
as a top killer and an infected person. But it is still unknown whether the
gangs will know Lapland, a killer from siracusa.
To be honest, there is no hidden meaning in the identity of
the infected. No matter which city the slums are in, there are plenty of
infected people unless there is a deliberate eviction.
Therefore, Reinette was not worried about Lappland's ability
to sneak into Longmen. This kind of thing might be easy and common for
Lappland.
As for Reinette and Red, of course they passed the Longmen
checkpoint openly. They are not infected, nor are they dangerous people. Reinette
is still a well-known positive character.
She doesn't have to come in from the dark and gloomy sewer
like poor Lappland. Maybe she is now carefully holding her wolf tail and
avoiding the dirty water on the ground. Woo woo, well... cough cough, she has
never eaten a fox before.
"Achoo! Achoo! Achoo!" Lappland rubbed his nose.
"For the sake of God, please wear your mask. I know the
smell of the sewer is bad, and the mask is indeed a bit old." The man in a
cloak in front turned around and said viciously to Lappland.
"But don't make any special noises here. I don't want the
Rat King's people to find out that I'm smuggling."
"Okay, okay, I'll lead you on your way." Lappland
rubbed his nose, turned his head and touched the plastic bag that had just been
put on his tail.
"I just felt a chill, could it be Reinette?" Lapland
looked up.
After a few days of getting along, Laplander keenly discovered
that Reinette, except when facing the medical career, she would be more
concerned and emotional, but how should we describe her behavior in normal
times? A little dark and a little bit Sadistic.
"What are you standing there for? Do you still want to go
in?"
"Here I come."
...
"Drive carefully, we'll find a place to stay." Reinette
touched Red, who had been staring at her from the beginning.
"I know what you're thinking. When we find a place to
live, I'll let you touch me."
Reinette sighed. Ever since Lappland got off the car, Red has
been hinting at Reinette to change back to her original form and let her touch
her tail.
"This child..." Reinette opened the car window and
put her arm on it. Of course, she was not dissatisfied with Red. Red was very
cute like this. Moreover, Reinette did not have the habit of finding excuses
not to fulfill the promise she made to the child.
...
"Okay, okay, I really don't know where did you learn this
trick of starry eyes, Red?"
Reinette put down the portable medical box that she usually
wore around her waist, and turned around to see Red sitting on the bed, staring
at her with her big watery eyes that she didn't know how to make.
Reinette snapped her fingers lightly, and the feathers on her
head transformed into dragon horns in an instant. The hem of the windbreaker
behind her fluttered for a while, and the slender dragon tail gently lifted the
hem of the windbreaker and poked out.
Reinette looked at the red eyes sitting on the bed, almost
shining, and couldn't help but complain in her heart.
"I didn't buy you any funny skills like eye flashlights,
what's wrong with you? Your eyes are almost glowing. Did you learn it on your
own?"
Reinette complained as she walked over, picked Red up and put
her on her lap, her tail wagging to Red's hand.
Red, who had been waiting for a long time, grabbed the tail in
her hand without hesitation, stroked it, and rubbed it on her face from time to
time.
"Woo~ woo~ Mommy's tail~"
Reinette smiled as she watched Red excitedly touching her
tail. Of course, Reinette's two hands were not idle either. She pinched Red's
tail with one hand and began to touch it from time to time, while the other
hand played with Red's elastic wolf ears.
It was a very reasonable and equal exchange. Reinette touched
Red and Red touched Reinette, and everyone was very satisfied.
"Red, let's go eat."
"Yeah, okay, Mom." Red rubbed Reinette's tail
reluctantly for the last time, then jumped out of Reinette's arms.
Reinette looked at Red standing aside, stood up, swung his
tail and turned into a ball of water, then retracted into the hem of her
windbreaker. The dragon horns on her head turned into a ball of water and shook
twice, quickly shrinking, and blue ear feathers slowly emerged from it.
"It's harder to change my image now that I'm famous. This
Liberi is almost more skilled in using it than I am in my original form."
Reinette looked in the mirror to see if there was any problem
with her disguise.
Now that she has transformed into the form of Liberi, she
almost feels no resistance to returning to the dragon form. However, there is
no other way. Since her identity as Tiamat has been confirmed, it is really
difficult for her to change her image.
Last time, she had a sudden idea and changed her ear feathers
to a more common brown color, and was almost thought to be an imposter.
Fortunately, Reinette pretended that it was caused by dye, and she was almost
kicked out of the mercenary group.
Of course, it is also possible that a fight breaks out and the
person becomes your dog.
'I miss it a little bit, but if not everyone here has
non-human features, I would have thought I was back.'
Reinette looked at the surrounding environment and thought
with nostalgia.
Familiar buildings, occasional small shops or restaurants on
both sides of the street, and people around speak yang language with a slight
accent.
If the people around her didn't have some non-human features
on their heads or behind them, Reinette might have thought that she was back.
"Huh... It's really peaceful. I really prefer the current
atmosphere. Compared to Columbia and Victoria where money is everything or siracusa
where the mafia is the rule, this place suits me better."
The Yan Country system is more suitable for the physique of
Chinese soul from another world. It is skin-friendly and non-allergenic. (Nods
in confirmation)
Suddenly Reinette smelled a spicy scent.
"Spicy hot pot? Um... Red, let's go eat hot pot."
"Okay, Mom." Red nodded.
"Good evening, guests. How many people are there at Dejia
Hotpot?"
"You two, if possible, please take a quieter seat."
"Okay, this way please."
The waiter led Reinette to a table inside, then took out a
menu from his arms and handed it to Reinette.
"Guest, what soup base do you want to eat?"
Reinette took the menu and turned to look at Red on the side:
"Well, does Red like spicy food?"
"Um, Mom, Red, I don't know."
Reinette nodded and looked at the menu: "A double-boiled
hotpot with spicy bone soup."
"OK."
Then Reinette ordered some horned beast rolls and tumorous
beast rolls. Horned beasts and tumorous beasts are actually equivalent to
mutton and beef in her previous life.
Then we ordered some other common hotpot dishes and asked the
waiter to take them away.
"Mom, Red, it's so hot~" Red, who was sitting next
to her, rubbed Reinette and said cutely.
"Okay, come~" Reinette took off Red's coat.
Reinette didn't know what was wrong with his educational
policy that caused Red to be so clingy to her and even do such things to act
coquettishly from time to time.
When Reinette took off Red's coat and helped smooth her hair,
she found that a spot of hair on the back of Red's head had turned a light
blue.
"…"
Reinette gently stroked that patch of hair. The sudden
gray-blue hair blended perfectly with the surrounding gray hair. Instead of
destroying the original harmony, it had a light and elegant feeling except for
the slightly awkward position.
There is definitely no possibility that Red dyed her hair
under Reinette's supervision, so the hair could only have grown by Red herself.
"What's wrong? Mom." Red rubbed Reinette's arm with
her head.
"No, nothing." Reinette withdrew her hand.
"Although I have a rough idea of what caused the
trouble, I still feel more at ease after taking a look."
Reinette opened the system, searched in the mall, and then
took out a black iron ball from the air.
[Life detection device (disposable)]
[Type: Item/Consumable]
[Effect: Use on a single life unit target to generate a
relatively detailed physical verification report for it (Terra physical
examination template has been selected)]
[Evaluation: A quick and convenient detection device that can
detect physical conditions in most cases, including those affected by some
mystical factors.]
[Price: D + medical privileges 1000 medical points]
Reinette had used this thing before, and she also had a
physical examination report that was issued using this thing.
However, Reinette didn't dare to take out the physical
examination report because it clearly marked the abnormal blood source stone
concentration in red.
"Come on, Red, don't move."
"Hmm?"
Reinette aimed the iron ball in her hand at Red. The iron ball
cracked, and a not-so-conspicuous green light emanated from it. It scanned Red's
body from top to bottom and then disappeared. Then the iron ball slowly turned
into iron powder.
Reinette made a water ball where the iron powder fell, caught
the iron powder, took a bag, filled it up and put it in her pocket. It is
better not to dirty other people's shops.
Afterwards, Reinette looked through the report on system and
was caught by her.
[Tested]:Red
[Gender]: Female
[Race]: luper/lupo(Sea creatures)
[Height]: 162cm
[Ore disease infection status] According to the medical test
report, it was confirmed that the patient was not infected.
Comprehensive physical examination test
[Physical Strength]: Standard
[Battlefield Maneuverability]: Excellent
[Physiological tolerance]: Standard
[Originium Skill Adaptability] Normal
Diagnostic analysis: The results of the angiography test show
that the operator's internal organs have clear contours and no abnormal
shadows. The detection of Originium particles in the circulatory system shows
no abnormalities and no signs of mineral disease infection. At this stage, he
can be considered not to be infected with mineral disease.
[Somatic cell and Originium fusion rate]: 0%
Operator Red shows no signs of being infected by Originium.
[Originium crystal density] 0.009u/.L
An extremely abnormal state, the Originium content in the body
of the person being tested is surprisingly low, almost the same as that of a
newborn baby or someone who has lived in an ecological greenhouse with high
environmental quality for a long time.
Reinette took a deep look at the final blood source stone
concentration and the words "child of the Sea" behind the race above.
"As expected, is it because of my race as a Oceanid?
What's the reason? Is it because we have lived together for a long time, or do
I subjectively think that Red is my family?"
"Hmm?" Red curiously wanted to come closer to watch.
"Nothing, just a red test report."
Red tilted her head: "Mom, is there something wrong with
Red's body?"
"There is no problem. Or rather, there is a little
problem, but it is a good thing, a very, very good thing."
Red nodded when she heard this. She stopped asking questions
and was no longer curious. Since her mother said there was no problem, then
there must be no problem for Red.
Reinette touched Red's head, put the report away and put it
together with her own report.
"This is another bad report that has been made known to
others."