Chapter 72 Cole's Dream
After a burst of bird song and flower fragrance, Liu Bai quickly confirmed something.
This evening lily bird is dumb.
Looks like I need to find someone who can talk to do the experiment...
Liu Bai thought so in his mind, but before he found the experimental target, Tinari had already prepared a sumptuous lunch to entertain them.
Thanks to the giant mushrooms provided by Nashida, the meal had a few extra mushroom dishes.
Compared to Xumi's meat, Liu Bai is still interested in mushrooms, but he would be more interested if they were cooked together.
So Liu Bai was very satisfied with the meal. After eating, he couldn't help but find a place to lie down and rest.
On the other hand, after getting familiar with Nashida, Cole was not so nervous anymore. Instead, he happily took her around the Huachengguo and introduced her to its situation.
Due to Cole's poor health, although she strongly requested to work like an ordinary ranger, the work assigned to her by Tinari was mostly easy, and she often had a long period of free time after finishing the work.
Just like that, since Nashida was not in a hurry to leave Huachengguo and rush to Xumi City, Liu Bai also stayed in Huachengguo for a day.
After having a meal in Huachengguo in the evening, Liu Bai and Nashida returned to their respective rooms to rest.
"..."
Lying on the hard bed in the wooden house, Liu Bai stared at the roof in a daze.
Liu Bai turned his head and didn't see the familiar voice coming from the window. Then he remembered that he and Nashida did not live in the same room.
Liu Bai found it a little difficult to fall asleep without anyone familiar around him. He had to temporarily take out his sea otter doll from the system storage room and hold it in his arms so that he could fall asleep peacefully.
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"I'm going back first. I hope you have a good dream tonight. Good night~"
Narcita said goodnight to Cole.
"Yeah, good night, Lord Grass God."
Cole nodded and sent Nashida back to her resting room, and then Cole returned to his own room.
Lying on the bed, thinking back to meeting Nashida today and how his symptoms had improved a lot, Cole couldn't help but smile happily. He reached out and hugged the doll named "Korianba" and fell asleep with a smile on his face.
Logically speaking, since I'm so happy today, I should have a good dream when I go to sleep at night, but...
"Well……"
Cole raised his head groggily and heard the conversation.
Looking carefully toward the fire in front of him from the dark cage, Cole saw the Fatui executive called "Doctor", and next to him was a black-haired boy.
"Don't worry, Lerch. Being my subordinate is very rewarding, as long as you are still worthy of being studied."
"Come on, show me your power that is different from elemental force, even if it's against my slices."
The Doctor's voice sounded from the fire.
Then Cole saw the black-haired boy nodded, raised his right hand and grabbed a pure white lightsaber that appeared out of thin air. The light from the sword slightly illuminated the dark laboratory.
Then he put his index and middle fingers together on his left hand.
hum-
"what!"
Accompanied by the sound of a sword and a bright light, Cole suddenly woke up from his bed.
"..."
After taking a breath, Cole realized that it was already dawn. The strong light just now was a ray of sunlight outside the window that happened to shine on his pillow.
"That person... is the Fatui? But why is he next to the Little Lucky Grass King?"
"Should I tell Master Tinari?"
After taking a breath, Ke Lai finally remembered why Liu Bai looked so familiar.
"No, you should tell her first."
Cole shook his head, got out of bed quickly, and left the room without even washing up.
By this time, Nashida had already gotten up and was sitting on a branch in the sun reading a book, her little feet swaying gently in the air.
When she saw Cole running towards the room where she lived, Nashida jumped down from the tree branch holding the books and landed at the door of the room.
"What's wrong, Cole?"
Nashida reached out to hold up Cole, who was running a little too fast, and asked her in confusion.
"Um, Lord Grass God... Liu Bai is from the Fatui!"
Cole already knew Liu Bai's name yesterday. She looked around and made sure that no one was approaching before reminding Nashida.
"Hey, how did you know?"
Nashida was a little confused when she heard this. After all, although Liu Bai was an executive, he was not famous at all. There were a lot of people in the Fatui who didn't know him as an executive.
"I just remembered that I had seen him in the doctor's laboratory before. He seemed to be the doctor's subordinate!"
"He, he must not be a good person, you must be careful not to be deceived by him!"
Cole explained carefully to Nashida.
"Oh? So you have seen him. What did he do then?"
Hearing that Cole had actually met Liu Bai, Nashida couldn't help but become curious.
She had no idea about Liu Bai's previous experience in Zhidong.
"Hmm... He seemed to be doing some experiment with the doctor, and accidentally cut the entire laboratory in half. I followed the others and took the opportunity to escape at that time. I don't know what happened afterwards."
Although the dream allowed Cole to recall some of his memories, the memory was still a little vague, and this was all Cole could say.
"So that's how it is. Then he actually did a good thing."
Nashida nodded slightly. She had often paid attention to Cole who had returned to Xumi, and had heard about her experiences.
"But Cole, you might be mistaken. He is not the doctor's subordinate."
Nashida shook her ears and said with a smile on her face.
"Eh? You got it wrong? That can't be true. I do remember him being with the Doctor."
Cole was a little confused.
"I'm really mistaken. He is not the Doctor's subordinate. Maybe he was in the past, but now he is the twelfth executive officer of the Fatui."
Nashida continued to explain. Since Cole had recognized Liu Bai as a member of the Fatui, Nashida did not hide it any more.
"...Then, isn't the problem even more serious? The Fatui Executor must be plotting something by following you... Let me think about it. Yes, I'll ask Master Tinari to notify the Order for you!"
Nashida's explanation made Cole a little restless, and he hurried to find Tinari.
Seeing this, Nashida quickly grabbed her.
"Don't worry, Cole. I won't let him do anything bad while I'm here."
Holding Cole in place, Nashida comforted her.
She didn't want the people in the Teachings Institute to know that she had escaped and returned before she even returned to Xumi City.
They did not recognize her as a god, and Nashida did not want them to rebel against her, as that would only cause unnecessary damage. Nashida's idea was to secretly settle accounts with those sages.
At this time, Liu Bai, who had gone somewhere unknown early in the morning, also came back from outside, and he seemed to be carrying something on his shoulders.
"Girl! I caught a fat carrot with legs! This thing must be delicious when stewed in soup!"
Liu Bai saw Nashida and Cole from afar, and immediately waved and called out to them.
When the other rangers heard the voice, they couldn't help but look at Liu Bai, only to find that he was waving towards Nashida with his shoulders raised.
In the eyes of Cole and Nashida, they saw Liu Bai carrying a fat Lanaro on his shoulders...
"Woo woo woo! Lansaka is not a carrot spirit! Don't eat Lansaka, you bad boy!"
Poor Lanaro kicked his short legs on Liu Bai's shoulders and screamed in fear, but ordinary humans could not hear his voice.
"Eh? Could that little guy be Lanaro, the forest elf in the story?"
Ke Lai said this with some surprise. It was the first time she saw such a little fellow, even though he had lived in Huachengguo for quite a long time.
"Well, they are the followers of the Grass God. It seems that he is very scared. Let's go over there quickly."
Nashida nodded and hurried towards Liu Bai.
And the little fat carrot named Lansaka on Liu Bai's shoulder also sensed Nashida's breath.
"Woo woo woo, it's the King of Grass, King of Grass, save Lansaka!"
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