I must have seen him somewhere!
Wait... did he say "little girl"? Li Huiyuan? The Convenience Store? Was he in the Convenience Store then?
The scene from back then flashed through Lin Yi's mind, but no matter how he searched his memory, he could find no trace of the Convenience Store Owner having been there.
Since he couldn't figure it out, he simply stopped thinking about it. Remembering what Lao Mo had told him before his annihilation, he said, "Lao Mo said... Mu Daxian is there. He hoped you could save him..."
"Mu Daxian?" The Convenience Store Owner smiled lazily. "I can't save him. Let '02' do it."
As he spoke, he strolled over to Night Watchman "02" in his flip-flops and reached out to touch him.
"Wake up. If you don't, the Clock Tower is going to fall."
Before he had finished speaking, Night Watchman "02" opened his eyes with a boom.
At that moment, wind and clouds converged, as though a terrifying storm had formed above Night Watchman "02"'s head.
But the storm vanished into thin air when he saw the Convenience Store Owner.
"You... why are you here?" A hint of surprise colored Night Watchman "02"'s cold voice.
"Why am I here? You'll have to ask yourself that." The Convenience Store Owner's voice was as lazy as ever, yet carried an indescribable gravity.
Night Watchman "02" froze briefly, then immediately located Lin Yi. Seeing the state he was in, he felt that something was terribly wrong. "I'll talk to you later. Repeat-after-me Kid, how much time has passed?"
Lin Yi forced a wry smile onto his skull, though it was difficult to make out. "It's 2:58..."
"That long?! Then the bell...?"
"I rang it three times... the owner just hit it with his head once..."
"I didn't