Seizing Dreams [B1]

Ch10 - Interview

And at that moment, Yu Hao felt like his blood had stopped flowing.

He saw what General looked like underneath the helmet...but within that helmet, there was nothing.

Yes, nothing. The place where a head was supposed to be was just a mass of blurry mist and light.

"You......General?" Yu Hao murmured, then reached out to touch the place where his face was supposed to be, but his fingers passed straight through the mist.

"I'm not human." General said, "Actually, I don't even know what I am."

Yu Hao stared at him with a vacant look.

General said, "When I travel through the consciousness of you humans, I have no concrete form, and I have nothing to do with your real world. So, you should understand everything now right?"

Yu Hao's tears trickled down his face, yet he was smiling as he said, "Thank you, General. Can I give you something?"

General wore his helmet and said with slight bewilderment, "You want to give me something?"

Yu Hao raised his hand toward his totem; the golden light that surrounded his totem spilled a little and formed a bright, golden track along the sky, then transformed into a shield in Yu Hao's hands.

"For you." Yu Hao said, "This is the strongest shield in my heart. Will you still be entering other people's dreams in the future?"

"This......" General was actually at a loss for a moment.

Yu Hao pushed the shield towards him. General said, "Will it be okay to give me your totem?"

Yu Hao motioned to the General to look at his totem. It was still there, but its light had imperceptibly dimmed a little.

"If possible, I'd like to give you the whole totem." Yu Hao said, "I don't really want to leave a shield in my heart."

General mumbled to himself, "But this is the first time someone is giving me......something from their conscious world, and it's even......the totem, I don't know if I can take it away."

General lowered his head, lifted his hand and touched the shield, then he raised his head up again and looked at Yu Hao. He suddenly said, "Are you serious?"

Yu Hao said, "Of course!"

General said, "Do you know what you just gave me?"

Yu Hao insisted, "Of course I do!"

General held the shield, and his hands began to tremble involuntarily. Yu Hao continued, "This shield will protect you for me."

"Then I'll......accept it." General took the shield, then his right hand dashingly swept it behind him so that he could carry it on his back.

Immediately afterwards, Yu Hao hugged him.

"Thank you." Yu Hao whispered.

General raised his hand, then rubbed Yu Hao's head.

"Goodnight."

This word was like a magic spell — General turned into dust and suddenly scattered in all directions while Yu Hao ended up hugging air. His hands gradually let go, then he stared at the air in front of him in disbelief.

"Goodnight." Yu Hao said.

The sunlight fell upon his face, and Yu Hao opened his eyes within an instant. He sat up from his bed and put one hand over his forehead. He had forgotten to draw the curtains last night, so the sunlight shone in from the balcony at a slanted angle and coincidentally landed on the lower bunk he was on.