His thoughts were interrupted, Lei Luo frowned slightly, unconsciously stopped and looked forward:
But he saw two children, no more than a meter tall, squeezing through the surrounding pedestrians in a panic and staggering toward him.
There were two children, a boy and a girl. The one running in front was a boy with short orange hair, holding a bulging little cloth bag in his hand.
At this time, the boy was running and looking back from time to time. There was a nervousness on his face, and there was a faint anxiety in his eyes, as if he was afraid of being caught up by the people behind him.
The other girl had long light blue hair. She gritted her teeth and followed the pace of her companions closely. She also ran at full speed with a small cloth bag in her hand.
Both children were wearing short clothes and short sleeves, which seemed a bit out of place in this environment where the climate was quite cold and most pedestrians around were wearing long robes.
After a while, perhaps because the girl's physical strength was not as good as the boy's, in just a few seconds, she fell behind the boy, her steps getting slower and slower, and she started panting hard.
The sound of rapid breathing could be heard clearly even by Lei Luo, who was a few meters in front of the two of them.
Perhaps realizing that the girl probably couldn't run away, the boy's face showed a tangle of confusion, and the palm of his hand holding Budou unconsciously clenched slightly.
But then, he gritted his teeth, and then, as if he had made up his mind, he shouted to the girl next to him:
"Xonan! Throw away what you are holding!"
The words that came to her ears made the girl hesitate. After all, this was their ration for the next week. If they cut it by half...
Because of this, the girl subconsciously glanced back while maintaining her running posture.
In less than a second, when she saw the aggressive stall owner who was about to chase after her, she immediately made a decision:
Letting go of his palm, Xiao Budou hit the ground with a thud. Several bright red apples immediately flew out from it and rolled to... Lei Luo's feet.
The heavy burden was thrown away, and the girl named Xiaonan felt relaxed all over.
At that moment, she no longer hesitated and quickly accelerated her pace, trying to catch up with the boy and get rid of the "pursuers" behind her.
But at this moment, when he was about to pass Lei Luo...
The figure inadvertently glimpsed from the corner of the eye was so rich in black that it seemed that it could never be dissolved, and the countless horrific nightmares that emerged in my sleep day and night...
At this moment, it seems that I have suddenly overlapped with the man in black robe beside me.
Although, the other party was not wearing that weird black and white mask this time.
Here, it is no longer the dark and humid forest.
Although, the other party was lowering his head at the moment, as if he was looking at the apple on the ground, and seemed to be thinking about something, and seemed to have no intention of paying any attention to them.
But... Xiaonan felt as if her legs were filled with lead in an instant, making it difficult to move forward any further.
My heart trembled suddenly, as if it had stopped beating for a moment.
Her big light yellow eyes were filled with fear at some point. Xiaonan subconsciously took a step forward, but unexpectedly her ankle softened and she fell to the ground with a plop.
Hearing the sound behind him, the boy instinctively looked back. When he saw his companion falling, he couldn't help but shouted anxiously: "Xiaonan!"
After shouting this, the boy turned his head without hesitation and quickly ran to Xiao Nan. While bending down and reaching out, he tried to help her up, while looking back frequently, the anxious look on his face became more and more serious.
On the side, noticing the movements of the young girl, Lei Luo briefly looked at the girl named Xiaonan, and then did not say anything. He just bent down and picked up an apple on the ground.
As the boy swayed from side to side and pulled back and forth, Xiao Nan seemed to have gradually recovered, but when she raised her eyes to look at her companion, unexpectedly, behind her...
A strange young face suddenly appeared in her eyes. It was the man in black robe just now. He was half-crouching and looking at her with an interesting look.
At this moment, the eyes of both parties were level. Xiaonan's pupils suddenly shrank, and her body seemed to be frozen. No matter how much the boy screamed, there was no response.
"Xonan! What's wrong with you?"
"Run! That uncle is going to catch up!"
After shouting a few more times, the boy was stunned when he saw that his companion was motionless as if he was stupid, and his eyes were firmly focused behind him, and he subconsciously wanted to turn his head.
But at this moment, a deep voice came from behind him, clearly appearing in the boy's ears:
"You look like you know me, but I don't remember when I met you. This is puzzling to me."
"I don't know, can you help me clarify my doubts?"
"Xonan...right?"
The words in my ears seemed to be filled with a strong sense of doubt, as if the speaker really wanted to find out the answer to this question.
Maybe he felt the emotion conveyed in the tone of the person behind him, or maybe he had a keen intuition and noticed something inexplicable. In short...
The boy did not completely turn his head, but stood up decisively, facing Lei Luo, and then assumed an attacking posture while roaring like a frightened beast:
"Who are you?!"
"What have you done to Xiaonan!"
He looked at the boy in front of him in a funny way... who seemed to be preparing to launch an attack on him that, to a certain extent, wasn't even a taijutsu attack.
Lei Luo did not stand up, but just kept squatting, raised his hand, placed the apple in his palm in front of the opponent, and said calmly:
"I just want to remind you that your things have fallen off."
"And..." Turning his head slightly and looking at Xiaonan's position, Lei Luo continued: "I want to get the answer to a question that I am more interested in from your companion."
Seeing that Lei Luo didn't look malicious, and he didn't look like a ninja based on his appearance, the boy felt a little relieved and opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something.
But at this moment, a loud shout not far away interrupted what the boy was about to say.
"Yahiko! Konan! You two thieves!"
"This is the first time! You..."
It was a fat, middle-aged man with an expression that seemed full of anger.