novelraw Chapter 315: The Countdown to Return
Chapter 315: The Countdown to Return
Chapter 315: The Countdown to ReturnWhat the hell!
What just swaggered right through security check?!
Is that made of adamantium?! It's so damn huge!
"Hey you in front, stop right there!! Did you hear me! Our country explicitly prohibits carrying any controlled items, stop right now!"
Several staff members immediately shouted and surrounded Bai Yi.
Bai Yi trembled and said, "I'm not carrying any controlled items!"
The staff member shouted, "Still saying you're not? What's that in your pants?! Such a large metal rod, are you planning to commit violence on the train?! Hurry up and take it out for inspection!"
Bai Yi panicked.
Lynn immediately stepped forward to explain, saying seriously, "Everyone! I think you've misunderstood, that's not a controlled item, it's a prosthetic my brother just had installed abroad. My brother was in a car accident, left with a disability, so he had no choice but to get it installed."
The surrounding staff looked at each other.A prosthetic?!
But they've seen leg prosthetics, arm prosthetics, but how come they've never seen one installed *there*?!
Finally.
After some explanation and inspection, the staff in the security room finally gave the green light, allowing them to pass, but they had to register and sign.
And in the column for Bai Yi's personal belongings, an extra line was added.
[Special Prosthetic x1]
Only then were they allowed to board the train.
...
Even after getting on the train, as it started speeding along, Bai Yi was still crying o(╥﹏╥)o.
Lynn crossed his arms, eyes closed, and said, "A real man, what are you crying for? You didn't cry when your kidney was harvested, why cry now? Acting like a girl."
Bai Yi wiped his tears and said, "I don't want to either! But they bullied me too much! They already said it was a prosthetic, but they acted like they'd never seen anything like it, touching it randomly, it's so embarrassing!"
Lynn said with closed eyes, "Weren't they girls too! Didn't you see the awe in those girls' eyes? As a man, shouldn't you hold your head high and proudly show off your masculinity? So dazzling!"
Bai Yi wiped his eyes ˃̣̣̥᷄⌓˂̣̣̥᷅ and said, "I'm too shy!"
"……"
Taking a deep breath, Lynn then closed his eyes and said:
"Alright, you should rest too! It's probably over an hour's journey to my place, don't overthink it!"
Bai Yi (ó﹏ò｡) said, "Yes, Big Brother."
Accompanied by the train's jostling.
Lynn closed his eyes, as if returning to the scene from years ago when his father took him to the provincial capital for the first time.
Everything seemed as vivid as if it were yesterday.
On the high platform, his father, who had toiled all his life, personally saw him off to study in another city. To let him taste the citrus from their hometown, his father climbed over the railing alone, going to the opposite side of the platform to buy oranges for him.
At that moment, Lynn knew that in his heart, his father loved him just as much.
But he was truly very old.
For this family, he had toiled all his life, the heavy burden had hunched his back.
Especially the scene of him being caught by security after climbing the railing and fined 200 yuan.
Even now, it remains vivid in his memory.
Lynn raised his head, his eyes slightly moist, a reminiscent expression on his face.
Many more past scenes flashed through his mind. He remembered the stunned expression on his father's face when his teacher brought flowers and his leave request form to pay condolences.
He remembered the frantic look on his father's face outside the venue when he used his dad's membership card to attend a concert, remembered the excited expression on his father's face when his modified version of his dad's little car led traffic police on a chase and successfully won the rally championship...
One after another, incident after incident...
All permeated with his father's love.
And now.
He was back.
...
Time slowly passed.
Lynn finally fell asleep from exhaustion. He was too tired and needed a good rest.
Accompanied by the rumbling and jostling of the train.
Bai Yi sitting opposite also yawned, constantly nodding off, his eyelids drooping continuously.
He drowsily opened his eyes, glanced at his watch;
an hour had already passed, but clearly there was still a while before arriving at the station.
He subconsciously glanced at his Big Brother sleeping soundly across from him, yawned, and was about to doze off again.
But at that very moment.
His eyes snapped wide open.
He suddenly saw that his Big Brother seemed to flicker for an instant, like a silhouette on an old TV.
Was he seeing things?
He immediately stared in shock at Lynn.
And in the very next moment.
He suddenly clearly saw that the body of his Big Brother, who was sleeping soundly, once again showed signs of flickering similar to before, as if about to vanish into thin air, suddenly becoming transparent for a moment.
This scare almost made Bai Yi's heart leap out of his chest.
"Big Brother! Something's wrong!" Bai Yi instantly panicked, quickly reaching out to shake Lynn awake vigorously.
"What's wrong?" Lynn asked impatiently, yawning.
Bai Yi trembled and said, "Big Brother! I just saw your body flicker suddenly, could it be the summoning time is about to end?"
He remembered this situation vividly.
Because when he was about to leave the Dark World, his body had shown similar reactions.
That was a sign of the summoning ending!
But why so soon?!
And Lynn also instantly became alert, sat up sharply, and subconsciously looked at his own hands.
Whoosh—
In an instant, like a film with dropped frames, his body vaguely showed a disorganized, fragmented disruption.
Lynn's heart instantly sank into an icy abyss.
His expression turned grave, and he immediately opened his System panel.
And he immediately saw a countdown appearing on his panel.
[Return Countdown: 11 minutes 03 seconds.]
Buzz—
Lynn's pupils instantly contracted.
The summoning time is almost up?!
He suddenly looked at the Blood Doll snuggled beside him, snoring with bubbles, immediately grabbed her, and said:
"Can my summoning ritual only last this short?"
The Blood Doll was startled, subconsciously looked at his body, and immediately noticed his abnormality, exclaiming in surprise:
"Is the time almost up? I already told you before, the summoning time can be at most over two days, at least a few hours. Big Brother, being as strong as you are, half a day is actually quite long already."
Lynn frowned, immediately looked up and checked his watch.
Over half an hour left until arrival.
If he waited, time was clearly not enough.
"Is there a way to extend the summoning time?" Lynn asked with a frown.
The Blood Doll shook her head and said, "Impossible. We're just summoned entities in this world, the initiative isn't with us at all. To get a longer summoning time, you can only start with the summoning magic circle, and that depends on the summoner."
Lynn's fists clenched tightly.
The reason he was in such a hurry to come here was also due to his fear of the summoning time limit.
But why did it have to be now?
He was clearly about to reach home, he was clearly about to see his parents with his own eyes...
No!
At this moment, Lynn suddenly looked up, clenching his fists tightly.
Waiting for the train to arrive was definitely too late.
Only the last ten minutes remained.
If he hurried, there must still be a chance to see his parents once.
In that instant, Lynn suddenly stood up and punched through the train window.
Boom!
With the shattering of glass.
Instantly, all the passengers on the train looked over, faces full of shock, clearly not knowing what had happened.
Bai Yi exclaimed in horror, "Big Brother! What are you doing?!"
Lynn stepped onto the window frame, his gaze grave as he looked outside, pressing down his top hat and whispering:
"No matter what, I have to go. Even if it's just a glance, because I don't know when I'll be summoned here again next time. Sorry, Bai Yi, I have to go ahead. Thank you for accompanying me here."
"I hope we have a chance to meet again."