Haki (II)

Hearing that, Little Fox nearly laughed. How was that giant dragon not bad? It had just tried to kill Little Fox. If it had persisted, no one could have stopped it.

"Why did you save me?" Little Fox asked, staring at Fanxin.

Little Fox couldn't understand it. Little Fox had tried to kill him earlier. You could say Little Fox was his enemy. Yet he had saved an enemy, and Little Fox couldn't understand why. Wasn't he worried Little Fox would attack him again?

"You're not bad, so why should you die?" Fanxin said with a smile. His smile was innocent, almost childlike and pure.

"Heh, I was about to destroy you just now. Aren't you afraid I'll attack you again?" Little Fox asked.

"You won't attack me. I believe that," Fanxin said firmly, looking at Little Fox.

"Oh? Why are you so sure?" Hearing that, Little Fox grew curious. Little Fox didn't know where Fanxin got the confidence to say Little Fox wouldn't attack him.

"Because you're not giving off any killing intent. Besides, I can sense what you're thinking. You didn't actually want to kill me. You only attacked because you had no choice, right?" Fanxin said with a smile.

He wasn't lying. He really had sensed what Little Fox was thinking. But he didn't know why he could do it. He found it very strange.

"Heh, what a conceited fellow." Little Fox hardly knew what to say. Waving a paw, Little Fox said, "Go back to your body. I won't kill you anymore. I'll stay in your mind for now. Once I find a suitable body, I'll leave."

"All right. I'll definitely help you find a suitable body," Fanxin said with a nod. Then, without hesitation, he immediately returned to his body.

Back in his body, Fanxin felt much more solid. Before, his body had felt so light that whenever he moved a little too much, he would immediately float up. It hadn't been easy to control at all.

After returning to his body, Fanxin slowly opened his eyes, ready to get up and find Little Black Cat and Ren Fang, then return to his island with them.

But when he opened his eyes, he saw neither Little Black Cat nor Ren Fang, but a head. It had no body.

"Ah... a ghost!" Fanxin suddenly shouted, rolling away until he was far from the head. Only then did he stop.

"Ghost, my foot! Boy, get over here and call me Grandpa!" Grandpa Nick was furious. He was a person, not a ghost; he just looked a little strange.

"Hey, who are you, anyway? Why are you just a head?" Fanxin didn't go over. He watched Grandpa Nick warily. He had never seen him before and was worried he might harm him.

"I'm your grandpa," Grandpa Nick said. "Boy, who do you think raised you? If it weren't for me, you'd have died long ago."

"What? You raised me? How's that possible? I've never seen you before." Fanxin immediately shook his head, refusing to believe Grandpa Nick. He had no memory of this old man at all.

"You... you little brat, you're driving me mad!" Grandpa Nick said. "If you don't believe me, wait until Little Black Cat wakes up and ask. Little Black Cat will tell you everything."

After that, Grandpa Nick stopped talking to Fanxin. Fanxin simply didn't believe him, so it was unlikely that he could teach Fanxin anything.

The two stared at each other, eyes locked, neither saying a word.

Half an hour later, Ren Fang and Little Black Cat woke up. The two immediately rushed over to Fanxin, checking him here and there, afraid something had happened to him.

"All right, all right, I'm fine." Fanxin waved a hand. Then he grabbed Little Black Cat, pointed at Grandpa Nick, and asked, "Hey, Little Black, who's that old man who's just a head? Why does he say he's my grandpa?"

"That's right. He is your grandpa!" Little Black Cat said with certainty.

"Th-this... how did that happen?" Fanxin no longer doubted it. Little Black Cat was closer to him than anyone, so if Little Black Cat said so, it clearly couldn't be wrong. But he didn't understand when he had gained a grandpa. He had thought he had no father or mother and was an orphan nobody wanted.

"Sigh, I can't explain it very clearly either. Anyway, the reason I came to your side was that this old man told me to. He saved my life and asked me to do something for him: stay with you and protect you. That was ten years ago. You were only six at the time." Little Black Cat scratched his head and said, "If you want the details, ask him!"

"But there's one thing I'm sure of: he raised you until you were six. Without him, do you think you could have survived as a baby in such a dangerous forest? Those fierce beasts would have eaten you long ago."

"That's true!" Fanxin thought it over and agreed. He had trouble dealing with those wild beasts even now, let alone when he was a baby.

"Then why is he just a head?" Fanxin asked curiously.

"Heh, I don't know either. When I first saw him, I was scared out of my wits too. I thought a ghost had come. It took spending some time with him before I calmed down," Little Black Cat said with a chuckle.

"Oh, all right, I'll go say hello." Fanxin nodded, stood up, and went over to the old man. When he reached Grandpa Nick, Fanxin bowed respectfully and called him Grandpa.

Since this old man was his grandpa, he couldn't deny it even if he wanted to. Besides, the old man had raised him. Fanxin wasn't a heartless, ungrateful person, so naturally he had to go and pay his respects to his grandpa.

"Mm, that's more like it." Hearing Fanxin call him Grandpa, Grandpa Nick finally felt a little better.

"Grandpa, can you tell me who my parents are?" Fanxin asked. Since he had a grandpa, he must have parents too. Fanxin wanted very much to know who they were and ask them why they had abandoned him in this forest. If he hadn't been so lucky, he would have died long ago.

"Sigh, in a few days, you'll find out who your parents are. Don't hate them. They had no choice but to leave you in the forest." Grandpa Nick sighed and said, "Let's not talk about that for now. All of you, get on me! Let's go back first. I've been away for so long that I feel very uncomfortable. I have to go back."