C62 (1/2)

”Why do I have to smile so much for you to see?” ”Let's go,” I said, and hurried them off. I purposely quickened my pace so they could see if there was anyone behind me. However, there didn't seem to be anything out of the ordinary, because neither of them reacted. But I did hear that laugh. Were we followed by those things because a single sentence from the glass made them laugh?

We stopped near the shop, which was on the north side of the road, next to the road. The door to the street was open, and it wasn't big, but it was filled with all sorts of things. People from the west side of the village usually came here to buy things. The light from the small window illuminated the road. The light from the bulb was not very powerful, so it was very dim. The sound of the television set was loud and annoying.

I think we should find a secluded place to stay and make sure that we can always see the shop. I looked around and saw that there was a haystack diagonally to the south of the road. It was about two men's height, and one end of it had been torn open. There was a lot of straw scattered on the ground, and the haystack was only about ten meters away from the stall. If you lie on the wheat straw, you will not be discovered, and you will also be able to see the situation in the shop.

So I turned around and was about to explain the situation when I realized that there was something black lying on top of the glass and on top of it, so that I couldn't quite make out what it was. I quickly rubbed my eyes and looked again. There was nothing. Something has happened. Could it be that my eyes were dry at night, making a visual error? Because I had invisible eyes, it was normal for my eyes to be dry at night. But I've never seen anything like this.

I still didn't dare say anything. I just pointed at the haystack and whispered, ”You two just lie there and guard it. Remember not to sleep. Pay attention to what's happening around you.” The reason they were not allowed to sleep was that there was a saying that once a person fell asleep, the three fires on their body would weaken and they would be easily struck.

”I'll go to the small shop on the east side to guard it!” I turned to leave, but was stopped by the glass. When I turned my head, he pointed a finger at my forehead, causing my whole body to tremble.

”What is it?” I asked.

He took back the glass handle, wiped his forehead and said, ”It's the bottom of the pot. According to the movie, using the bottom of the pot on the forehead will prevent the yang energy from leaking out, so the target won't be exposed. Although I don't know if there are any grounds for it, I can give it a try. ”

I ignored him, because this thing isn't reliable at all. The movies are all for fun, so how can it be real?

I had only taken two steps when I heard a whisper to the glass. ”There's something behind Jiro. Did you see it?”

The voice was loud enough to be heard even when he lowered his voice, but I preferred not to hear it. Initially, he was still skeptical of the laughter from before, suspecting that he had heard wrongly. However, after hearing those words, he realized that it wasn't the case.

”Shh, don't talk nonsense. ”He's on fire …” The glass said it in a low voice, but the sound was much lower than the sound of a single thought, so I didn't hear the rest of it because of the distance.

I walked east along the road myself, and after about ten minutes or so I reached the small shop on the east side of the village, which was also on the north side of the road and next to it was a house. The walls of this courtyard were made of earth, including the four walls of the side room, which were also made of earth and were made of straw. It had been a long time since anyone had lived in this empty house, and the walls of the house had collapsed in several places as a result of the erosion of the rain. The back wall of the side room, the east wall of the yard, had also collapsed, revealing a V-shaped hole. Because of this hole, the roof was not evenly balanced, so the entire roof fell to the ground, meaning that the side room only had one frame, not even one frame, because the back wall was missing a piece. I could see the shop next door through the V-shaped gap, so I stood there with my back to the side, feeling very comfortable.

I took out a cigarette, lit it, and smoked it. I wasn't worried about being discovered because I was about a dozen meters from the shop. If someone came to buy something, all I had to do was put my hand over my cigarette and I wouldn't expose myself.

It was getting late, so I rested against the wall. As long as there were footsteps, I would raise my head and take a look.