Fantasy Clock～Dream Ruler～

"Hey, loosen the rope!"

On the chair next to the bed, the girl with messy hair and messy hair leaned her hands on the back of the chair, resting her head directly on her arms, looking sideways at us, and "begging for mercy" in a coquettish tone... Compared to " The word "begging for mercy" may be more like a playful girl who likes to play pranks and was pranked by her friends at a party. She had to act cute with her friends and discuss how to untie the rope, but in fact she was secretly planning how to play tricks back later.

Su Huilin and I looked at each other, and looked up and down the girl on the chair again.

"Hmm... I don't know."

Then we went our own way and stopped talking to the girl.

Su Huilin called her mother to report the situation. I considered that Dream Thief was involved with "The Name of the Virgin" and that this organization was too mysterious and might infiltrate into various organizations. In the end, I didn't call the police and chose to explain the matter to Xia Yinci.

Although I used to think that Xia Yinci's interests were useless, but now, I can only turn to Xia Yinci who always has many crooked ways for help.

It was still early, and instead of calling her, I just sent her a text message and turned off the screen.

However, this girl...why does she look familiar?

I tried my best to remember, and turned my head to look at the bed. I didn't expect the girl to stand on tiptoe and move over with the chair little by little. Under my gaze, she didn't stop, she stuck out her tongue in a cute way, and continued to move in front of me before stopping.

"are not you tired……"

Can't understand her behavior. She is so dishonest even after being tied up by the enemy, doing such laborious and inexplicable actions, I really don't understand what she is doing.

"My physical strength is good, don't worry hehe~ little brother, you don't want to waste time, right? Since it's not our first meeting, shall we make a deal?"

What's going on with this guy...

Instead of feeling bored because we ignored her, why was she so excited?

Shaking... Wait, what does "it's not the first time we met" mean? So I have an inexplicable sense of familiarity with this girl, is it not a unilateral illusion?

"Ah, your expression...don't tell me you don't remember we met."

Sorry you got it right.

I admit that this dango girl in a sailor suit looks cute and is the type that attracts attention. If one chanced upon her on the street, no one would have guessed that she was a housebreaker. However, my impression of her is still very shallow, and I can't remember who it is.

Under what circumstances would I not have much impression of a person whose personality and appearance are very conspicuous?

"Little brother, little brother, you don't...are you the type of boy who doesn't remember anything when he's drunk?"

The girl suddenly gave a suspicious answer, but the subtle words brought me into a wonderful misunderstanding. Even Su Huilin, who had been unresponsive, looked away from the phone, first glanced at the girl, and then He took a serious look at me.

"Tsk."

As a result, a hint of disgust slipped into her eyes.

"No! What is the development of this inexplicable misunderstanding, sister Rin, don't be so eager to draw conclusions! Although according to my drinking capacity... it is true that I may not remember things when I am drunk, but that is impossible!"

"Oh~tsk."

I always feel that the two words that Su Huilin seemed to read unintentionally are weird. Coupled with the way she folded her hands and looked at me with a condescending manner, it was impossible not to feel that she had some deep meaning.

"What...there's really nothing!"

"Oh~ what about the declaration of innocent virginity~" The girl who was tied to the back of the chair still refused to settle down, and added gloatingly, "I remember the information provided said, aren't you brother and sister? Oh, sure enough, brotherhood can develop A forbidden love?"

The girl was shaking her head and thinking, and her eyes became more and more subtle. As a result, Su Huilin, whose cheeks were slightly flushed, suddenly turned cold, and ruthlessly strangled her arm with one hand, directly lifting her and the chair. I got up and dragged her from in front of me to the end of the bed.

"Add oil and vinegar, and tear your mouth apart."

The moment the soft murderous voice fell, the atmosphere fell into a cold silence.

The girl, who thought that no one could stop her emotions from continuing to rise, opened her small mouth at this moment. She moved her hands bound by the rope, and made a movement of zipping around her mouth.

"I won't mention this anymore, I promise I won't mention it! Young lady is so scary..."

Su Erin didn't care about her anymore, shook off her arm, raised her phone and walked to the window.

The girl glanced at the arm with the purplish red mark on it, squeezed out a little bit of crying in grievance, and said in a whimpering voice:

"Well, I have great strength, big breasts, and good looks, but I can't even fight... ANIKI, I lost!"

Who is "ANIKI" referring to? Are you calling me? Knowing that my sister is here, calling me "ANIKI" is not a provocation on the spot?

In the end, she just stopped making fun of our siblings and chose to continue chatting with another target?

Obviously just received death threats... Is she skinned to the level of a monster?

Having said that, after the girl and the chair were pulled to the end of the bed, I could only see her side face from my angle. The scene where she glanced sideways at me made me suddenly have a clue about the identity of the girl.

"You said 'drunk' just now... Could it be that..."

I can count on one hand the number of times I've touched alcohol since I was born, and when it comes to getting drunk I've only had one recently.

——The time when Chen Yun got me drunk in the barbecue shop.

Thinking carefully about the van that kidnapped me... it seems that there is indeed a girl?

Sitting in the passenger seat, holding a bag of potato chips in her arms, a girl was biting the potato chips leisurely and self-absorbed.

When I was pushed into the car, I vaguely remembered that the girl seemed to look back at me, and it just happened to merge with the picture I saw from the angle in front of me.

"Well, am I so scary...Why is ANIKI looking at me with this expression~ Hey, don't tell me...Little brother, do you remember who I am?"

The girl tilted her head and put on a harmless appearance. But what I think of is the picture of her unhurriedly fighting with the black cat that smashed the window and broke into the car. Although this evaluation is not very good, but the black cat girl is indeed a "monster".

A person who fights against a "monster" back and forth without gaining the upper hand must also be a monster, right?

I hesitated whether to answer her words or not. Su Erin, who was sitting by the bed, clutched the lower end of the phone, suddenly turned around and asked:

"Brother, do you know her name?"

"Ah... name..."

Realizing that it was the mother on the other end of the phone who asked her the question, I ignored the girl who was looking at me provocatively, and replied:

"The name is Chen Xue."

"Hey, you really remembered, Aniki!"

"I just remembered who you are. But in this way, I am also a witness of the previous incident. Don't you, aren't you afraid?"

Chen Xue was stunned for a moment, shrugged his shoulders as if no one was there, and said lightly:

"Strange, what am I afraid of? Anyway, it's about the same to me."

Speaking of this, she suddenly leaned on the back of the chair and wanted to come closer, but because of the rope on the chair, she just trembled with the chair, but this didn't stop her from getting closer to me.

"By the way, ANIKI, with a life sentence, will I never have to go back? Then, ANIKI, can you add a few more crimes for me? Can ANIKI take me in at the dreamland?"

Her pupils shone with a strange light, and I couldn't find the right words to respond to her due to the heightened emotions again.

[If you can meet dream stealers similar to me, please give them liberation... no matter which way! 】

The appeal of the dark knight echoed in his mind again.

Is she the kind of person that the dark knight said?

"Om—"

The phone in his hand vibrated just at this moment.

I simply stopped responding to the girl's words, pretended not to hear, lowered my gaze, and slid open the text message displayed on the lock screen.

"Why do you ask me?"

The arrogant breath came through the screen. I pursed my lips helplessly, wondering if she was going to change back to her previous non-arrogant way of speaking, and quickly typed on the keyboard to reply.

"Please! I have no one else to ask."

"You can ask your dad, or the tea cat."

At a time like this, it’s definitely not okay to fire a straight shot and reply to her, “How did you see my text message before dawn?” and tell her, “Then I’ll ask my dad goodbye.” That’s courting death. Well, how to deal with people with hidden arrogant attributes?

Of course it's coaxing!

"Dad, what can I ask? I'm not familiar with tea cats either. I can't help you. I don't want to ask anyone else, I just want to ask you."

I'm sorry Dad... I definitely didn't mean that.

"I don't understand what you mean, what's the point of asking me?"

There are finally signs of letting go! I breathed a sigh of relief, thought about it carefully, and quickly replied:

"You look good,"

"Oh. Thank you, I know I'm pretty, so you don't need to tell me."

Don't give me Su Erin's tricks! You can only pretend to be calm if you hide across the screen, okay?

According to Xia Yinci's character, she was definitely blushing badly while typing these words.

"Forget it, since you already asked me... I think you'd better not rush to call the police! (serious face)"

Sure enough, is it the same as I thought?

"If it's not the kind of dream thief who is extremely admired, or those people who can't leave the dream king or "Mother's Anonymity", then this person must be of value. In this regard, your parents and tea cats, Might be better."

After a long time, Xia Yinci just mentioned that Dad and Tea Mao were not all because of being arrogant, but really asked me to find them?

I quietly glanced at the girl on the chair, but I didn't expect that she was still looking at me with a smile on her face. As a result, her eyes met her directly. I quickly retracted my gaze and looked down at the screen again.

Although she talked a lot, she hardly stopped from just now, but she never mentioned the name of the Dream King or the Virgin, right?

"Are you busy?"

"Okay. If you have any important information, remember to tell me www."

It's been a while since I didn't call her back just now, she might have mistaken me for being busy.

I thought about it, but I simply didn't clear up her misunderstanding, and replied:

"Yeah. I'll let you know as soon as possible."

How do you feel something is missing? Then let me add one more sentence.

"It's still early, you should sleep more."

In any case, it was impossible for Xia Yinci to wake up so early. Although I sent the text message with the idea of ​​not wanting to disturb her sleep, but judging from the results, she must have woken up not long after the text message was sent.

I can't answer her "Did you wake me up?", according to her current arrogant temperament, she definitely doesn't want to admit it, so letting her sleep for a while is the best answer.

This dishonest guy, nine out of ten, set me as a special reminder.

"ANIKI, what are you giggling about? It won't be broken~"

What does it mean to take one bite of ANIKI?

Although I call her a girl, although she is wearing a sailor suit, she is obviously a few years older than me.

"It has nothing to do with you! Why are you talking so much!"

This guy has been staring at me like this, no matter how much I pretend to ignore her, it will inevitably feel unnatural.

I tried my best not to ignore the girl, raised my phone and dialed my parents' number, but my father's phone told me to turn off the phone, and I probably left the door without fully charging my phone, while my mother's phone said I was on a call, Su Erin might Haven't hung up yet.

I glanced at Su Huilin, her lips opened and closed from time to time, as if she was talking about something, and the girl was blocking the corridor, after thinking about it, I still didn't interrupt their conversation, and chose to call Lin Yu's phone. What I heard this time was the message left by Lin Yu in advance.

"Hi~ I have something to go out now. If you have anything to do, please leave me a message in a text message or WeChat. I will reply one by one when I come back. Goodbye!"

In desperation, I had no choice but to walk over to Su Huilin, but the girl deliberately squeezed towards me, holding down her chair, and finally crossed this "city" and reached Su Huilin's side.

"Little Rin, you haven't hung up the phone yet?"

"Um"

"Ask mom or dad..." At this point, I noticed that the girl was observing the movement here, so I leaned closer to her ear and said in a low voice, "Ask them how to trick other people."

"It's Xiaoyin... I asked you to ask?"

"Yes, I think the same as her, don't call the police yet. Besides, it's inconvenient to tell the police about the control of the war."

Su Huilin nodded her head lightly, said a few words to the other end of the phone, and then looked at me again.

"They said they would come back in a while, and they will handle the next thing." Su Huilin hesitated for a moment, glanced at Chen Xue who was dangling on the chair legs, and said, "You are drunk Are you going to be very perverted in the future, the kind who can do anything wrong?"

"Hey, it's really not what you think! Don't you even have this kind of trust between siblings?"

"Just kidding~ It's weird that you're so nervous." Su Eirin blinked playfully, and said in a soft tone, half a smile, "Didn't she just say that she wanted to 'make a deal' with you? I I think you should ask her what she means first?"

"Hmm... that's fine. Stop thinking about it and add some strange characters to your brother!"

I stretched out my index finger to warn Su Huilin, she circled her fingers with a smile and said "OK", I took a long breath, stood up, walked to the end of the bed some distance away from Chen Xue, and faced Chen Xuelue Sitting down with scorching eyes.

"How about ANIKI, have you discussed it? Have you decided to add a few more crimes to me~"

"Let's not mention this for now... The "deal" you mentioned just now doesn't mean just a trivial matter like "unbinding"?"

"Just untie, let me go~" Chen Xue put away her smile, and looked at me for the first time with eyes other than a smile, but after only two or three seconds, she raised the corners of her mouth again, "In exchange, I will Provide the information you want to know."

"How do I know if your information is what I need?"

"Oh~ Of course it depends on trust~ Since there is no mutual trust, there is no need for a transaction."

trust? They clearly belonged to opposing camps, yet they actually mentioned trust? I really don't understand what she wants to do more and more.

"However, if you don't trust me, then I will fight for it. Anyway, I can't explain it when I go back like this. It doesn't matter if I tell you."

"You mean, you will tell me a piece of information as a 'deposit'?"

"Well, that's pretty much what it means. How about it? Yes, listen?"

"Then tell me."

You can't help but play tricks, can't you? It's not that after listening to me, I have to do what you say.

I thought secretly in my heart, and inevitably felt a little bit guilty.

"I think about it~"

She seemed to have made up her mind that this information would interest me. After thinking about it for a while, she suddenly raised her smile, shook her head and said:

"For example, although we have found you, your sister, and other rulers of the second clock, the goal of Thief of Dreams is not just to get you out of the game. The most important goal is to get his What he wanted was William's information~ To put it more bluntly... In fact, what he really wanted to "steal" with all his heart and soul was William's dream."

No wonder it was the same last time, and this time too. Obviously you can do it directly, but you have to kidnap us.

As I guessed before, what they want is not just our lives, but also a piece of information we have.

The Dream Stealer's "Dream Stealing" refers to killing other rulers on the real side, so that the other party is forced to withdraw from the domination war. Combined with Chen Xue's words, the information that the dream robbers want is William's address.

"Why do you think this matter will make me willing to trade with you?"

"This matter alone is really not enough~ But what it means, ANIKI can't miss it? But ANIKI, you didn't seem to be there last night, so let me give you a hint! Last night, many of us followed Inception The king went to your number two clock."

last night? As for the time of the dream, Chen Xue and I should be out of sync. But according to her words, it can basically be judged that her last night and mine tonight were at about the same time.

She was referring to what William had mentioned about the Dream Thief taking advantage of the opportunity to attack our clocks again. And when it happened, I was indeed not in the cracks of the dream, because I had other tasks.

What if, Thief Dream King had expected that this attack would be detected, so he didn't start his actions for this matter?

Gathering information about William, and attacking the clock, what is the conclusion to be drawn from the combination of these two things?

——The Thief of Dreams doesn't intend to destroy our entire clock at all at this stage, his purpose is to kill William.

As for Stealing Dreams, it's just by the way. Getting rid of other rulers is to prepare for future actions.

I had heard before that William and the King of Pirates of Dreams had a relationship, but I didn't expect them to have such a grudge that they had to fight to the death.

What if William also decided to make a break with the King of Pirates of Dreams?

It is very likely that he will fight against the Dream King for a long time. According to the fact that their abilities are "absolute observation", it will definitely consume a lot of time.

Once the battle between them is exhausted until the Dream Thief grasps William's address, isn't that the same as being tricked by the Dream Thief?

"Looks like you've figured out the answer~"

Chen Xue stretched out her rope-bound hands towards me, tilted her head and asked:

"How? Can you help me?"

"What are you going to do after you untie you? Go back to the Dream Thief?"

"I'm not going back."

Her answer reminded me of what happened to the Dark Knight.

"You, you can't escape, right?"

"What I mean is, ANIKI, help me untie, I won't go back, I'll just stay here."

"...Why are you staying here? Is it fun?"

"Let me help~"

"What gave you the illusion that I would help you?"

"Hmm~ I promise, you will definitely help me with the information I can provide."

I couldn't take what she said this time, and I always felt that I had fallen into the trap she set every step of the way, but this was just an unfounded feeling, so I had to stare at her, thinking about whether she had any value in staying.

"I'm not in a hurry, Aniki, you can think about it slowly."

"Aren't you worried that when I think about it, you've already been imprisoned and you won't be able to get out again?"

"You guys have been discussing for so long and hesitating for so long just now. I don't think I will be sent to the police in all likelihood, right?"

She was right.

For a moment, I had the illusion that I was actually tied to the chair, and the girl walked around my chair, teasing me from time to time, like teasing a caged bird.

"That's right~ Since you guys have decided to deal with me privately, you don't have to worry about running out of time. When you think about what to do, we still have a chance to make a deal~ So, I'm not in a hurry~"

Maybe at first, her downplaying attitude was because she was ready to give up on herself, but now the same downplaying is because the situation is already in her hands.

I haven't forgotten that the Dark Knight asked us, so it's not that I don't want to help her.

The problem is that although she talks a lot and looks harmless to humans and animals, she actually has a quick brain, and I can't beat her alone. Keeping such an overly clever person, after all, some heart palpitations.

However, this matter can be ignored for the time being, because there is another more important matter that needs my attention.

"Hey ANIKI, I don't have the same opinion as the Dream Thieves~ I think the mazes that Dream Thieves use to connect layers of dreams are not reliable, and you have probably broken through to the third level... um, no, Have you reached the fourth level?"

The labyrinth she refers to probably refers to the route we take all the way up from the dream of the dream thief at the lowest level, right? As for the third and fourth levels, it is probably the difference between the invisible and the executioner.

"I got it right again~ Then you are actually only one dream away from the King of Dream Thieves. But the King of Dream Thieves thinks that this kind of maze can drag you for a long time. However, although he miscalculated , but you may not be able to pass the fourth level."

"That's not necessarily the case."

"If you don't believe me, I'm fine~ If ANIKI encounters trouble, I'm welcome to come to me again."

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After my parents came back, some people brought by my father took Chen Xue to another place, and Chen Xue stopped talking to me. My mother was worried that someone would break in again, so she chose to stay with us.

And I was worried about William's situation, so I discussed with Su Huilin and returned to the dreamland at the same time.

How to achieve "simultaneously"? Of course it is...

"Hey, don't sleep on my side!"

Su Huilin suddenly opened her eyes, her lavender pupils were a little shy, she stretched out her index finger, pointing at me in a warning manner.

That's right, the method is "brothers and sisters share the same bed".

"Sorry..." I clasped my hands together, turned around quickly, and changed my back to Su Erin.

I swallowed my saliva, things that were obviously common when I was a child, but now I don't feel used to them anyway.

Anyway, Su Erin and I have grown up too.

Little boys and little girls, teenagers and girls, there will always be some differences.

"Then you have no problem facing me?"

As soon as I turned around, it was Xia Yinci's turn to ask me in a cold voice. Xia Yinci's cheeks were slightly flushed, and her pupils trembled slightly. But she still kept looking me in the eye.

"Sorry!" I had to turn to the ceiling. It can be seen that as long as the line of sight is slightly tilted, Xia Yinci and her sister will be facing me from the corner of the eye. If I sat up, I would see my mother sitting on the sofa outside the room through the ajar door.

Ah, why on earth did I want to come to Xia Yinci's house?

"Can you two, turn around, too?"

"Su Huohuo, you are so troublesome! It was you who sent me a text message to make me sleep again, but you knocked on my door not long after, okay!"

You think I am willing, am I still worried about your safety?

Of course, I would not say this directly, but said in a tactful way:

"At a time like this, you stay at home alone, who can rest assured..."

"Tsk." Su Huilin clicked her tongue, suddenly opened her eyes and stared at me, half complaining and half coquettishly said, "I can't fall asleep again after you talk! Sure enough, I slept with my brother who was drunk and disorderly. I just feel weird on the bed, you go to sleep!"

"Hey, you are too much! And what kind of messy adjectives are you! I said it all, don't just add characters to me!"

Returning to the dreamland, the time continued to pass the second before waking up.

My field of vision was shaken violently by Su Erin's rough actions before, and I hastily took a step forward to stabilize my pace.

I took a deep breath, turned around and looked behind me.

The nearest black cat looked at me from time to time, and sometimes stared at Su Huilin, with strange eyes.

Going a little further, Su Huilin rubbed her messy hair by herself, not going to explain her behavior to them at all.

Xia Yinci looked directly at me, put her index finger on her mouth and twirled around, as if she was thinking about how to speak.

As for the dark knight and the red-haired boy at the front, they turned around and looked at me in confusion.

"You...have a fight?"

The first person to break the silence was the Dark Knight, and he raised his eyebrows in a familiar way.

God knows what happened during his time as Su Eirin's dreamer.

"Hmm...the dream thief broke into their house, so Su Eirin, who found out about it first, woke up Su Ruoyang from her dream~"

Xia Yinci explained the reason succinctly, and I couldn't help but glance at Su Huilin sadly, and echoed in a low voice:

"Yes, she just brought me back to reality, just a little bit rough...well, maybe not just a little bit."

"Dream Stealer?"

The black cat blinked twice, and its eyes fell lightly on me.

"Hmm. You'd better go back and check if there is any danger."

"Don't worry~ I'm fine here. It's just about the Dream Thief, can you explain it a little bit more clearly?"

"Before that... I need to confirm one thing." I noticed Ye Yuan's eyes, looked at him from a distance, and then moved my eyes to the dark knight, "What is your relationship with this Ye Yuan?" ? If you can, I hope you can make it as clear as possible.”

I didn't ask him bluntly if Ye Yuan had a trustworthy relationship with him, but I think he could hear what I meant.

"Ye Yuan is what I saw at the stronghold of the Stealing Dreams in reality. It is said that he is the child of the ruler of the "Stolen Dreams". I didn't notice him when I did it. When the person who handled it drove away, he I ran away from home, but was discovered, so I brought him to the stronghold. When I saw him, he was only six or seven years old at most, so I intentionally stayed by his side, at least to protect his safety. will be bullied by others.”

The dark knight put his arm on the boy's head, the boy put his hand away with some disgust, but he stuck it back, the boy simply stopped thinking about it, and put his arms around him.

"This kid can't be considered calm. Many times he almost quarreled with other dream stealers, even the king of dream stealers. If I wasn't by his side, I think it would be difficult for him to continue to survive among the dream stealers."

"So... I can understand that you are the relationship between godfather and godson?"

"That's right."

The dark knight smiled and agreed to my words, but Ye Yuan protested.

"It's far away, okay? Don't take advantage of me."

No matter which level of relationship they are closer to, as long as Ye Yuan is confirmed to be trustworthy.

"Okay. I've confirmed it then."

I nodded my head to the dark knight, and looked back at the black cat I was hanging aside, she smiled warmly.

"How about it, can I tell you?"

"Hmm. As for the Dream Stealers, most of them probably thought that they were performing the same tasks as before, but the requirement for individual objects was no longer to kill them directly, but to bring them back to the stronghold."

"That's what I was thinking at the time~ Last time I was going to follow their plan to see where they would send me and what to do. I didn't expect to see you on the way."

The black cat's tone contained some complaints, and it stared at me deliberately, as if it wanted to see my embarrassing expression.

"Oh, I'm sorry black cat..."

It seemed that my serious apology made her feel amused. The black cat stared at me for a long time, and then chuckled lightly.

"No... why are you apologizing to me?"

"Then, thank you?"

I looked tentatively at the reaction of the black cat, she seemed to raise the corners of her mouth from the bottom of her heart, narrowed her eyes and smiled.

"Forget it~ It's better for you to thank me than apologize, so let's continue."