stonecrandall Chapter 723: Scared Fu Fu
Chapter 723: Scared Fu Fu
Zuo Xi never thought in his life that there would be such a cooperative target of attack.
After talking with Rosaline, he decided to scare Funina that night to further test her reaction and strength.
He had originally planned to visit Momang Palace and play around in Funina's bedroom. Unexpectedly, as soon as he left the house, he saw Funina playing with a cat on the side of the road...
As a god, is she so confident in her own strength? She dared to act alone without even a guard... But during the day, I was worried that I couldn't see that Funina was a master. Could it be that she was just careless?
Zuo Xi was a little unsure, but he was extremely confident in his own abilities.
No matter how strong Furninna is or what kind of ambush she sets, he has the confidence to deal with it completely.
So he took action.
"Little guy, do you want some cake? Eh? Why are you running? Do I look like a bad guy...?"
Funina, who was teasing a cat with a small cake on the roadside, found that the kitten, which was originally very docile, suddenly stood up and ran away as if it was stimulated by something.
This made Funina a little hurt, as she thought she was very friendly towards small animals.
However, gradually, she found that the moonlight above her head seemed to be blocked by another figure taller than herself, and then a voice that could give people nightmares rang in her ears.
"Oh... maybe I look like a bad guy, don't I? My dear Lord Fukaros... good evening?"
Finina looked behind her in horror. A strange man with a bronze mask and gears reflected behind him was approaching her very closely.
After she turned her head, the distance between the two of them was less than five centimeters... This distance made Funina feel suffocated.
"Who are you? What are you going to do... Don't kill me, please..."
Furninna was so frightened by the scene that her eyes became dull and her speech became slurred. She kept muttering things like "Don't kill me" and "Please".
This scene made Zuo Xi stunned for a moment. Being well versed in human nature, he could easily see that Funina's behavior at this moment was all based on the most instinctive reaction.
The fear in the other person's pupils couldn't be more real. Even the greatest actor couldn't express this level of truthfulness on the spot.
She was really scared, even desperate... She didn't even have the slightest thought of resisting. How could a person who had been on the throne of God for five hundred years beg for mercy as his first reaction when facing an assassination?
Zuo Xi found it difficult to comprehend the current situation. The strong sense of contradiction that he had felt during the day reappeared.
Obviously, the benefits that Finina gained from staying in the position of water goddess were far less than the physical and mental torment she suffered. She pretended to be a god, but she did not even make any profit from it.
The most important thing is that no matter if there is someone behind her forcing her, at least she is willing to pretend to be a god. And this is what Zuo Xi finds most difficult to understand... What is she trying to do?
"Please don't kill me, okay? I...I can't just die like this...I beg you...please...I really, really can't just die like this..."
Funina continued to beg for mercy. Zuo Xi saw that her whole body was trembling. Her eyes were clearly full of despair, but she still did not give up.
He tried to stand up and run away several times, but his legs were so weak from fear that he could not stand up at all. He could only stand up a little bit again and again, but then collapsed to the ground again.
In the end, she probably realized that even if she stood up, she would fall again after running a few steps, so she simply moved a little bit on the ground, just to get further away from Zuo Xi.
Seeing this scene, Zuo Xi's non-existent conscience suddenly felt a sharp pain.
Those who knew clearly that this was an assassination of the Water God by the executor, while those who didn't thought that Zuo Xi was bullying a decent girl from some unknown family.
However, what Funina said seems to be worth further investigation...
"Shh..."
Zuo Xi put his index finger on his lips and made a "shut up" gesture to Funina. Funina immediately covered her mouth with both hands, trying to restrain the sound she made subconsciously out of fear.
"Just like that, walk back to Momang Palace. I will follow you. Don't try to ask for help, and don't fantasize about escaping... If someone else finds out what's going on, I will kill you immediately. Do you understand?"
After saying this, Zuo Xi started disguising himself without waiting for Funina's answer, and instantly disappeared from Funina's sight.
Zuo Xi's disappearance calmed Funina's trembling body a little. Although she was told not to harbor any illusions, it was inevitable for her to avoid what had just happened if she couldn't see it visually.
“You can’t see me, but I’ll always be there.”
Just when Funina was wondering whether everything that had just happened was just an illusion because she had eaten too many cakes, that voice rang out again, and like a demon nightmare, it saw through her thoughts at a glance and ruthlessly shattered her fantasy.
Finina couldn't stop her tears from flowing, but she was worried that people would find out and kill her. So she tried hard not to cry, but the tears just kept flowing, and she looked really pitiful.
"...I don't know how you managed to pretend for the past five hundred years...I suddenly don't want to kill you anymore, get out of here, get out of here, get out of here!"
Zuo Xi felt quite helpless seeing Funina's appearance. How could she have survived these five hundred years with such a mental state? But now he was basically certain that Funina didn't take action during the day not because of any concerns, but because she was really a rookie.
If they had any ability to resist, even if it was just a splash of water or something, they would subconsciously splash him a few times when they were scared like this.
Furninna didn't do anything not because she didn't want to, but because she really couldn't do anything.
"Really? I, I, I, I, I, I will leave right away. I will leave right away!"
Fu Nina was overjoyed, wiped her tears and crawled away. Zuo Xi started to disguise himself and quietly followed behind.
Don't say he is not trustworthy. He only said that he would not kill Funina, but he didn't say that he would not follow her.
After Zuo Xi followed, he found that Fu Ningna actually chose a less traveled path to return to Mo Mang Palace. Moreover, she deliberately chose the time of duty to secretly take the elevator to ensure that no one would notice her abnormality during the journey.
This seemed even more unbelievable to Zuo Xi. Anyone who had experienced an assassination attempt like what happened to Furninna and was afraid of death would have the first reaction to run to a crowded place to seek help.
At the very least, it is impossible to take an empty path without being discovered by anyone.
All Zuo Xi could think of was that Funina was still working hard for her identity as a god at this moment... In Zuo Xi's opinion, there seemed to be only one explanation for Funina's behavior.
In her opinion, the position of this god is even more important than her life.
It’s hard to understand…it’s really hard to understand.
At first, Zuo Xi was just puzzled by the contradiction in Funina's behavior, but now he has begun to admire her a little.
Although it is unknown what the position of god means to her, it is undeniable that Finina is determined to put life and death aside for this purpose.
Even just now, when she begged for mercy so desperately, her reason was "she couldn't die" instead of "she didn't want to die"...
What she insisted on must be of great significance to her, enough to sacrifice her life for it, right? Zuo Xi respected such a will, regardless of her position and purpose.
But, respect is respect, and tracking is still necessary. Following Fu Nina all the way back to Mo Mang Palace, Zuo Xi had a better impression of this cowardly god.
If you think about it carefully, although Funina is not the real god of Fontaine, she has undoubtedly done a lot for the government... In the past five hundred years, she was quite diligent and I heard that she handled government affairs quite well.
As a guy who probably didn't want to be a god but was pushed to that position for some reason, Finina's performance was actually pretty good.
As the saying goes, once the concept changes, the whole world will change. This is exactly what happened to Zuo Xi now.
Because his impression of Funina began to change, all the previous prejudices were interpreted in a new way. As an outsider, it was difficult for Zuo Xi to judge whether Funina was a good god.
But there is undoubtedly something shining about Furninna that is enough for him to admire her...there is no doubt about that.
"Woo...wuwuwuwu..."
After returning to her room, Funina observed cautiously for a while, and finally couldn't help crying softly.
Her fear was concentrated and exploded at this moment, but even so she still didn't dare to cry loudly, because she couldn't let the people see her weak side and then doubt her identity and lose faith in her.
Living like this might be a little sad, but sticking to something for five hundred years, even with such fear, is not something that everyone can do.
Zuo Xi watched by her bedside the whole night, and Funina had trouble falling asleep the whole night. In fact, she did fall asleep for a short while, but she would be awakened by nightmares again within a few minutes.
After going back and forth like this several times, Funina simply sat on the bed, hugging her little quilt and staring blankly.
Seeing this, even Zuo Xi had to admit that he felt a little bit reluctant.
No matter how cruel he was or how many means he used, most of the "opponents" he faced had strong wills.
For example, Zhongli and Ying, no matter how high the pressure and disadvantage they face, they can always wield the blade of resistance. Because they are strong, their thinking is fundamentally irrelevant to the weak.
So Zuo Xi feels a sense of accomplishment when bullying them, and the feedback given by the other party is also in line with Zuo Xi's aesthetics...but Funina is a weak person, and her behavioral logic and way of thinking are also very consistent with that of a weak person.
When Zuo Xi bullied her, it was just like an adult bullying a child, bullying the child until he cried but not even thinking of fighting back... Not only did Zuo Xi not feel a sense of accomplishment, but she also felt a sense of guilt that did not exist.
God knows how interesting Paimon’s expression would be if he knew that Zuo Xi felt guilty... In short, Funina is a very special one among all the people Zuo Xi has met.
Although he was a weakling, he had always been in the position of a strong person. And he had persisted for hundreds of years... This was just like the novels about weak ancestors that Zuo Xi had read.
But only when you are really in this position, you will understand how difficult it is.
All in all, Zuo Xi felt a little sympathetic towards Funina. After all, in the beginning, his situation was not much different from hers... In the beginning, when his creations had not yet fully demonstrated their abilities, he was also living on thin ice.
At least he has the Queen's support behind him, but it seems that Furninna has nothing... If she really had something, she wouldn't have been so desperate when she was assassinated just now.
Now, he was even more curious about Funina's persistence. As the core of the entire Fontaine, why did this fragile and cowardly imposter persist until now... Zuo Xi was very curious about this.
And his intuition told him that the answers he was interested in would be found in the Oprykle Opera House.
After looking at Funina deeply, Zuo Xi finally turned around and left her room through the window.
……
"You're back? I thought you were seduced by the beauty of the Goddess of Fontaine and changed sides at the last minute."
When he returned to the Hearth House, Alecino was already in the reception room, drinking coffee and reading intelligence while waiting for him. Zuo Xi was not surprised by this. In fact, after he exchanged information with Alecino, he guessed that the other party would definitely try to contact Funina.
And tonight was obviously a hard-won opportunity, but he just happened to grab it first. When Zuo Xi was scaring Fernina, Alechino was watching the whole process.
"I've seen so many beauties, Funina has to stand back."
Without Sandoni, Zuo Xi spoke with a firm tone. Not to mention the distant past, there are many stunning beauties among the executive officers alone... I can only say that the Queen's XP is still so reassuring.
You can doubt the character of the executive, but you can never doubt the Queen's aesthetic taste and vision.
Um... you mean Pucciniera? Hmm... maybe he was originally, or in his race, also a handsome old man?
"Heh... Then how about you take the trouble to rank them? I'm curious about how these beauties compare to each other according to your aesthetic standards."
For the first time ever, Alechino started gossiping. Zuo Xi looked at her in surprise, as if she had seen a ghost in broad daylight.
"Come out, Sandoni. I know you must be here... Don't try. I won't be fooled."
After retracting his surprised look, Zuo Xi ignored Alechino's half-smile and began to shout to a certain place inside the room.
As the saying goes, when something is out of the ordinary, there must be something wrong. Alecino must be setting a trap for him.
"You have learned your lesson, my dear God."