Kicked out of Rhodes Island, a small quilt was covered in the hole of the Longmen Bridge

However, there was no one in such a well-decorated shop, and the aroma wafted out from the door leading to the inner side of the room.

Bai Hua bowed her body and came to the door, poking out her blue-gold eyes again, and finally saw the owner of the pawnshop and the source of the scent.

The pawnshop owner 'Li' who had met once before was sitting at the table in the living room, and opposite her, Bai Hua saw a man with long black hair dressed in an oriental cassock. Luo girl.

The girl is wearing a sleeve on her left hand, and the palm and forearm are wrapped with rosary beads, just like a monk.

However, what made Bai Hua unable to look away the most was the steaming bowl of thick and sweet black sesame paste that the other party was holding.

"Although Uncle Liu's newly baked rice cakes are hard to part with, it's still the hot and sweet black sesame paste, which is even more irresistible to the monk! Shopkeeper, do you really not want to drink it yourself?"

The monk with the bowl said something to the shopkeeper in front of him, but the shopkeeper just smiled and shook his head.

"The little monk is not impolite, hehe... eh?"

After asking the girl in front of the pawn shop that she was not interested, the monk showed a simple and honest smile, holding up the bowl with both hands and preparing to taste the dark nourishing dessert.

But the moment before his mouth touched the sesame paste, the monk only felt a chill behind him, as if there was some kind of terrifying beast staring at his back, so the monk could only temporarily put down the bowl and look behind him.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!?"

I don't know if I don't look at it. The moment the monk turned his head, he looked at Bai Hua, whose eyes were shining and drooling.

"This benefactor, you, are you...?"

Although the monk was taken aback by the white birch that was ready to hunt at any time with the gaze of a wild beast, he still instinctively guarded the black sesame paste in his arms, resisting the silent pressure and harming others. Hungry and skinny confrontation.

"Delicious food that I have never eaten..."

Gray Wolf swallowed his saliva, and his tail stood up, as if planning to pounce on a hungry tiger.

"Ha... Please wait a moment, there are still surplus ingredients, I will go and prepare a bowl for you."

When the sword was on the verge of breaking out, the shopkeeper of the pawnshop, Li, sighed. She smiled wryly and got up and walked into the kitchen. Not long after, she brought another bowl of black sesame paste and handed it to Bai Hua.

The crisis that was on the verge of breaking out was resolved without bloodshed, and Bai Hua sat obediently in front of the table, holding a bowl with the monk to taste the dark dessert, then put down the pottery bowl together, stuck out his tongue and licked his lips together, and shook happily together Tail.

——The dog has become two.

The shopkeeper thought to himself looking at the two people who were almost carved out of the same mold.

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"So, it turns out that you, Saga, are also an outsider?"

"That's right, the little monk has been living in Poshan Town for several years. Although it is not possible to 'work at sunrise and rest at sunset' here, the little monk has already adapted to the rhythm. Ringing the bell, patrolling, picking fruits and vegetables, the days are counted. Take it easy."

"It turns out that you are responsible for striking the alarm bell... But since you are also an outsider, do you feel that this place is a bit weird?"

The birch dog sniffed the pawn shop and got a bowl of black sesame paste from the shopkeeper, then started chatting with the monk beside him, maybe because they were both dogs, or maybe because they both compared each other. Because of their open-minded and optimistic personalities, Gray Wolf and Shiba Inu can be considered to have a good conversation, and the two quickly became acquainted with each other.

The self-proclaimed "little monk" named Saga is actually not a monk, but a somewhat subtle "wandering monk". It seems that she strayed into this place a long time ago, but because the life here is peaceful and leisurely, she has stayed here peacefully since she came here. .

"Weird? The Birch benefactor should be referring to the phenomenon of the sun and the moon in the sky, as well as the strange attack by Mo Ling?"

"Moyao—are you talking about those cute little monsters? It's quite appropriate."

"It's cute... Well, Donor Baihua is really not an ordinary person... In short, it's exactly that, the name that I came up with on the spur of the moment, just listen to Donor Baihua."

Saga wiped off his sweat, the dog-like gray wolf in front of him was actually able to describe those monsters as 'cute', it can only be said that all the outsiders who came here are top-notch.

"Although the little monk thought it was a bit weird at first, but now he has long been used to it. In fact, between the mountains and rivers of this scroll, as long as a little—"

"Saga, Shirakaba, although it's really interesting to listen to your chats, but I'm here to prepare the collected scrolls for Layman Zhuzan, if you two don't mind..."

In the middle of Saga's speech, Li suddenly got up and interrupted. The other party had a smile on his face as usual, but this slightly tough way was obviously to see the two of them off.

"I'm sorry shopkeeper, but the little monk is only interested in chatting, which has caused a lot of trouble for the shopkeeper—"

“Intimate Masai with Red Bean Paste!”

A wolf and a dog apologized to the girl at the same time, and the synchronization rate was almost enough to drive a robot in Pacific Rim.

"Hehe, don't worry, refreshments will be prepared tomorrow, and the chat between the two of you is no worse than that of a storyteller."

Seeing the state of the two of them, Li smiled and said, then asked the two to leave the living room, and closed the door by the way.

After seeing off the gray wolf and the Shiba Inu, Li came to the courtyard, and a monster called 'Moyao' slowly hopped over, but that Moyong didn't have any desire to attack, and his body was only up to the calf of the pawnshop shopkeeper. .

"Gah"

"Isn't the name Mo Ling quite good, 'A Bite'?"

Facing the monster, Li didn't panic. Instead, he knelt down and patted the head of the monster known as 'Abite', then stood up and looked at Yunyue above the courtyard.

"I have a hunch, Xi...everything stagnant or necessary has been broken. Are you prepared, or do you plan to...continue to maintain it? If you don't look here, something that will shock you may happen Maybe."

"Gah..."

Ah Bite made a hesitant sound, this little monster didn't know what would happen next, but it seemed to be able to feel: the big one was coming.

On the other side, the combination of Shiba Inu and Gray Wolf who had left the pawn shop began to wander the streets.

"Speaking of which, Saga, where do you usually live?"

"Young monk? Most of the time I spend the night in the hut next to the bell-strike courtyard. Occasionally, if I have nothing to do, I will spend the night in the park to the west."

"Park? I'm not sleepy when you say this... Uh, no."

As soon as she heard that there was a park in Poshan Town, Bai Hua immediately became interested.Bai Hua originally planned to ask if there is a bridge hole in the park here, but he suddenly thought that Jing Zhe was also traveling with him this time.It doesn't matter to me, but if Miss Supervising Department of Dali Temple sleeps in the bridge hole with me, it can only be said that I am really tired of life and want to experience the million volts of Master Jingzhe.

"Is there anything unspeakable about Bai Hua's benefactor? It is fate to meet each other. If I can help you, I will definitely help you!"

"Thank you very much, but it's really not a big deal, the main reason is that my partner and I are currently living in a tavern. If we can't afford the accommodation fee after a long time, we don't know where to go..."

Bai Hua rubbed her hair in embarrassment, she and Jing Zhe are currently living in a tavern, if they don't pay, they might be kicked out.

"Oh, donator Baihua, you can rest assured about this. After a day passes, everyone outside the painting closes their eyes, and the world in the painting will naturally flow and start again. In this way, there is no need to worry about the rent for 'tomorrow'."

Saga explained this to Bai Hua, but her words made Bai Hua frown and froze for a moment.

"Outsider, picture scroll?"

"Ah, the little monk didn't think well. The benefactor Baihua has just arrived, so he must not understand. This world is just a corner of the picture scroll, and you and I are actually living in the world in the picture scroll at this moment, but it's not the people in the picture, but outside the picture. observers. If all observers do not look at the scroll, it will naturally return to its original state.”

Speaking of this, Saga himself frowned.

"It's strange to say that the little monk was looking at the clouds shortly after ringing the bell yesterday, but suddenly felt that his eyes went dark, and his surroundings returned again. Could it be because he forgot to eat during his practice and passed out accidentally?"

——It seems that this place is indeed a virtual world, but this place itself depends on the existence of observers to operate, otherwise it will stagnate backtracking.As for the "black eyes" that Saga said, it should be the previous "restart".

If what Saga said is correct, under normal circumstances, the world will reset only when all observers stop observing, but when it just restarted, whether it was me, Sister Jingzhe, or Saga, they were all in the observation state, But the world in the picture is still 'rebooted'.

In other words... the maker of this world forcibly interfered with the world?

Thinking of this, Bai Hua vaguely realized some kind of 'method' to find the perpetrator.

"Thank you for your explanation, Saga. This way the matter becomes much clearer. Rather, I finally know what to do next."

Bai Hua began to rub Saga's ears Yoshi Yoshi, expressing her gratitude constantly.

"Hmm... Did the monk say anything serious? However, the method of Baihua's benefactor... really opened the eyes of the monk...!"

Although Saga didn't know what he said that made Baihua so excited all of a sudden, Saga's mood also improved after being rubbed ears.

After confirming what to do next, Bai Hua immediately took Saga to look for Jing Zhe, and the two found Jing Zhe in the place where they had heard about the book before.

"Sister Awakening"

"Huh!? Bai, Bai Hua, when did you come here..."

Jing Zhe, who was still fond of recalling the story after the show, was taken aback by Bai Hua, and even his hair frizzed a little.

"I just saw that sister Jingzhe was so focused, so I didn't bother you. I'm sorry to scare you."

"Don't, don't talk nonsense, I'm also collecting information...! For example, although the storyteller has lost his memory about us, the story he told today is not about the poor scholar yesterday, which means that the 'restart' is not It is a [-]% replica of yesterday, but with changes... who is this?"

Jing Zhe quickly explained to Bai Hua that she did not fish during working hours, which is also part of a good job, and then noticed Saga around Bai Hua.

"Oh, this is Saga, a wandering monk from the Eastern Kingdom. For some reasons like us, he also entered this world. According to Saga, this is indeed a fictional world in the painting."

Bai Hua introduced Saga to Jing Zhe, and the latter immediately opened his eyes wide after hearing the identity and experience of the Pello in front of him.

"Just call me Jing Zhe, so... this world is really a fiction?"

"This is just my humble opinion, but I don't think there is any problem with this understanding."

Saga nodded, his voice was calm, he just narrated what he believed to be the truth.

Jing Zhe looked at Bai Hua, and Bai Hua's calm expression seemed to prove that Gray Wolf also recognized Saga's point of view.

"If we are really in the world in the painting... how do we leave here? Ms. Saga, how long have you been here, have you ever thought about leaving?"

Jing Zhe frowned and asked Saga, and at the same time looked at Bai Hua, and Bai Hua quickly retracted her tail behind her back to prevent the Miss Supervision Department from using "checking is it true" as a pretext to play private dogs.

"The little monk may have been wandering in this painting for more than seven or eight years. Although the world in this painting is difficult to time, the little monk has indeed spent several springs and autumns here."

"As for the little monk, has he ever thought about leaving? To be honest, this village is quiet and pleasant, without any disturbances. I actually quite like it, so I didn't deliberately think about leaving from the painting. It's a pity that the little monk still couldn't forget everything. , after all, I am an 'outsider who strayed into the painting', not a 'person in the painting'. I can't blend into it, and I can't wake up from the painting. I hope the benefactor will not laugh at this half-baked appearance."

Saga stuck out his tongue in embarrassment and said.

"In other words, Saga, do you think that as long as the belief is firm enough to deny everything in the painting, you can wake up from the painting?"

"This is how I understand it. After all, before the two of you, there were scattered outsiders. The monk saw that almost all of them, without exception, quickly fell into the world in the painting. But before they completely entered the painting, they seemed to be He was instructed again, and was forcibly driven out. If you are determined, you may be able to see through the fog on your own initiative."

"..."

Jing Zhe was silent, and she had heard from her master more than once when she was practicing Lei Fa, that the mind is like calm water, and the unity of man and nature can lead to perfection.If everything here is a virtual scene in the painting, then if you let yourself have no distractions, you may indeed be able to wake up from it.

But how easy is it to have no distractions?My own cultivation is far from reaching this level, and I feel even more irritable after knowing that I am in the painting.

"So that's the case, but I actually have my own ideas."

After listening to Saga's words, unlike Jing Zhe, Bai Hua nodded, and then showed a subtle smile that seemed to be trying to play a prank.

"Perhaps we can indeed wake up and escape from this painting by ourselves, but the difficulty is too high, and no one knows what level the so-called 'enlightenment' requires."

"It's still very difficult for young monks to do it now..."

Saga rubbed his ears, and Jing Zhe beside him also sighed.

"So we're going to choose PLANB——Saga, you just said that some people leave the picture scroll world after being 'taught', right?"

"The little monk is just guessing, but there are indeed experiences of perishing people disappearing suddenly before completely becoming the person in the painting."

"You'll know if it's true or not after a little trial—to sum up, the next task has been booked, Sister Jingzhe!"

"...?"

Jing Zhe blinked her eyes, it seemed that she didn't follow Bai Hua's train of thought.

"We have to find a way to get the owner of the painting to come to us. Of course, it can't be in the way of sinking into the world in the painting. That's too long, and it's not sure that 'the painter' will definitely help."

"Then what are we going to do?"

Jing Zhe asked curiously. After all, she and Bai Hua have been together for a long time. No matter how you look at this time, Bai Hua looks like she has already thought of an idea. Type of slant.

"Hmph, first of all—let's hold a cooking competition!"

"?" Jing Zhe made a confused voice.

"Natto bibimbap!" Saga suddenly became energetic.

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in an unknown room

"Gah..."

The red-skinned 'A Bite' approached the artist holding the brush. The other party just waved his wrist lightly, and the tip of the brush passed over, and A Bite's appearance changed back to its original appearance.

After restoring Ah Bite, the artist put away the scroll on the table, put it aside, and stopped staring at it.

"What happened to the guy who strayed into the picture before..."

The painter sighed. It has been a long time since he used "Abite" to drive away those who strayed into the painting. met once.

That person seemed to have completely ignored Ah Bite's 'viciousness', but he was full of love for the little monsters he had created.

I really think that 'A Bite' is very cute, after all, it can be regarded as a creation created with heart.But... being so praised by outsiders, the painter told himself, would not make him feel happy.

Although the painter was a little concerned about that 'heretic', it was only a little bit.She didn't have the mind to spend her energy on the other party. The smearing and modification of Ah Bite before should have made that guy suffer so much that he didn't dare to mess around anymore.

Although the painter is not interested in watching the repeated life of the people in the painting, but if there are mistakes in the painting itself, as a painter, she will never let it go.

From now on, just as before, spend the years without being disturbed with peace of mind, and finally wait for those guys to get rid of them before they are about to sink——

"Ah!"