Chapter 360 The Adventures of a Mischievous Child
Chapter 360 The Adventures of a Mischievous Child
Should we go take a look?
Upon hearing this, the little kids were all stunned!
"What are you going to see?"
After a long while, little Tommy finally stared wide-eyed at Modi with a look of fear on his face.
"Let's go take a look over in the forest."
Modi, however, seemed completely unconcerned.
"Didn't Amy say there was something?"
Let's go and see if it's true or not.
If you tell your parents something, they'll believe you, won't they?
"No, no!"
Hearing this, little Pete quickly shook his head, "The adults said we absolutely can't go there!"
Seeing the group of little ones looking terrified, Modi felt disdain.
"You're just a bunch of little brats, cowards."
"We are not cowards!"
Tommy's face flushed red upon hearing Modi's mockery.
"Then let's go."
Modi shrugged, a defiant look on his face, and said, "It's not like you're going in. You're just going to watch from the side. Take a quick look from a distance, and then come back. I really don't know what you have to be afraid of."
The children looked at each other in bewilderment upon hearing this.
For a moment, I was unsure of what to do.
To be honest, they really didn't want to go, but they didn't want to be looked down upon by Modi, and they didn't want people to call them cowards.
The little ones became hesitant.
Seeing that no one spoke for a long time, Sophie frowned and hesitated before saying:
"I still don't think it's a good idea..."
"Come on, Sophie, you're even more of a coward than my grandma."
Before Sophie could finish speaking, Modi rolled his eyes.
"You're too scared to go, but I can go alone."
I just wanted to bring you guys along to give you some courage. If you bunch of cowards don't want to go, fine.
After he finished speaking, he ignored the children and turned to walk north.
Upon seeing this, everyone's expressions changed.
"etc!"
Tommy jumped to his feet. "You're really going?"
"Nonsense, I, Modi, mean what I say."
Tommy looked at Sophie, then at Amy, completely conflicted.
He didn't want to go, but he was even more unwilling to be called a coward.
After a slight hesitation, he immediately seemed to have made a decision.
"Wait for me, I...I'm going too!"
After saying that, he ran towards Modi.
"Tommy!"
Seeing this, Sophie shouted and then ran up to grab the other person.
"Don't pull me! What if something happens to Modi alone?"
Tommy gave himself an excuse: "I'll go see him."
Sophie's lips twitched, then she gritted her teeth:
"Fine, I'll go too. If something happens to you two, no one will be there to collect your bodies."
Having said that, he could only follow Tommy's lead.
When the youngest, Pete, saw everyone was about to leave, he panicked:
"Wait, if you all go and I'm left here alone... I'll go too!"
Amy stood there, looking at the other four people.
She didn't actually want to go.
She had a bad feeling about that forest.
Ever since he moved into the farm, he's had a bad feeling about it.
Every time she looked out over that forest, she felt that something inside was waiting for a living person to enter.
He is now somewhat regretful, regretting that he told his friends about it.
If she doesn't say anything, then her friends won't go in, right?
But it was too late for regrets. A bunch of mischievous kids were already heading towards the forest. If she didn't go, what if they really encountered something...?
"Wait for me..."
After hesitating for a moment, she caught up with him.
Modi, who was walking at the front, heard the commotion behind him, turned around, glanced at them, and grinned:
"That's more like it. A warrior must bravely face all the unknowns..."
……
So, the five children slipped out of the camp while the adults weren't looking.
It's about six or seven hundred meters from the farm to the edge of the Black Forest.
In the middle was an open meadow, which was fairly clear under the moonlight.
Modi walked at the front, taking large strides, looking fearless.
Tommy followed closely behind him, taking two steps and glancing back every now and then.
Sophie walked in the middle, holding Pete's hand, without saying a word, but her steps were clearly hesitant.
Amy walked at the very back.
She kept looking at the northern sky.
She could feel it even at night.
That patch of sky was different from the surrounding area.
Scattered stars could still be seen in the surrounding night sky, but there wasn't a single star directly above the Black Forest.
That patch of sky looked as if it were being covered by something.
"Modi, slow down."
She suddenly spoke up, "Look at the sky."
"What?"
Modi stopped and turned around in confusion.
Amy pointed to the sky above the Dark Forest.
"Look at that patch of sky above the forest, isn't it strange? There isn't a single star."
Upon hearing this, Modi finally looked up.
indeed.
The sky directly above the Black Forest was pure black, as if it had been smeared with ink.
There was no starlight, no moonlight reflection, nothing at all.
Looking at the deep, eerie blackness, Modi couldn't help but feel a sense of unease.
However, not wanting to show any surprise in front of these little ones, he immediately scoffed.
"What's so strange about that? It's probably just blocked by clouds. Don't overthink it, little one."
However, Amy clearly disagreed with his statement.
"Then why are there no clouds elsewhere?"
"Is it possible that there's only one cloud in the sky right now? That's perfectly normal."
After Modi finished speaking, he lifted his foot and walked forward again, clearly not wanting to say anything more to Amy, this little brat.
Seeing this, everyone looked up at the sky and then at Modi, who was resolutely moving forward.
After a slight hesitation, they all lifted their feet and chased after them.
And so, a group of tiny kids, leading a long-tongued line, slowly made their way toward the forest.
After walking for about five minutes, they were less than a hundred meters from the edge of the Black Forest.
From this distance, the outlines of those black trees are already clearly visible.
Under the moonlight, the trees did look rather unsettling.
Each one was pure black, like a giant black coral growing out of the ground.
There were no leaves, only bare branches stretching towards the sky.
The group of kids were seeing such a strange plant for the first time, and Tommy slowed down.
"Um... Modi, I think it's about time, right? We can see it now. It's the black tree, just like before."
"What did you see that was unusual?" Modi asked, turning around.
"No, no," Tommy quickly shook his head.
"That settles it then." Modi pointed forward. "Let's get closer, see clearly, and then we'll go back."
"You said you'd watch from the side!" Sophie chimed in to stop them.
"Yes, Modi, we're at the edge."
"There's still a hundred meters to go!"
"Doesn't 100 meters count as the edge?"
Sophie gritted her teeth in anger, but seeing that Modi had already walked forward, she could only helplessly follow.
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