[成歷|西玉]棋手 英文版 007
? ? On his halfway to school, Jackie Chan received Captain Black’s call telling of Hsi Wu’s escape. He hurried back and saw Section 13 have been damaged.
? ? “What’s going on?” Not until he came to the treasury and saw Uncle and others uninjured, would Jackie relieve a little. Hsi Wu’s escape this time did not damage Section 13 severely. No staff was killed. Because his aim was not to destroy Section 13.
? ? “Phut!” Uncle knocked on Jackie’s head with a phut.
? ? “Oh!” Jackie got hit for no reason, rather confused.
? ? Uncle had been in a mood for Hsi Wu’s escape. Now his temper seethed from everywhere seeing his nephew’s innocent look, “Where did you go?”
? ? Jackie became more puzzled. Didn’t Uncle know that he went to the school?
? ? “I went to the school to pick Jade up.”
? ? “Jade is in Section 13!” Uncle stepped back a pace, behind whom appeared Jade who had hidden.
? ? “Jade!”
? ? Knowing that she could not hide anymore, Jade could only grin to wear a big smile, “Hi, Jackie.”
? ? Because Jade was reluctant to explain Miss Hartman’s call, this thing could only be set aside, not least that there was something more important with which to cope – Hsi Wu.
? ? Because Uncle and Tohru were still worried, they did not allow Jade to help Hsi Wu. At last, it was Hsi Wu himself that crawled out of the ruins. Hsi Wu knew exactly he was a demon, still a demon even if he was the good half. So he did not approach Jade and others after crawling out, but turned into Seymour’s look and sat quietly in the corner of the treasury.
? ? “The Sky Demon!”
? ? “Jackie, he is not the Sky Demon; he is just the good half of Hsi Wu,” explained Jade hurriedly, showing Jackie the Tiger Talisman cracking into two parts.
? ? “Then what about the evil half?”
? ? “Escaped,” said Tohru full of frustration and bowing head.
? ? On hearing this, Jackie’s hair was frightened to bristle, “Oops, bad news!”
? ? “Phut!”
? ? “Oh!”
? ? “The good half connects with the evil one. Uncle can use a spell to find the evil half by the good.”
? ? “And Uncle, quickly find Hsi Wu’s evil half and send him back to the Netherworld!”
? ? “Phut!”
? ? “Then why aren’t you preparing for Uncle? You want the demon to rule the world? No! Then go!”
? ? The roar of Uncle startled everyone on the spot. They were all to follow him to prepare the spell right now, except Captain Black bid by Uncle to stay and watch Hsi Wu.
? ? “Uncle, could the spell only seal the evil Hsi Wu into the Netherworld, and leave the good one here?”
? ? Uncle looked down at Jade, whose eyes were filled with eagerness, expectation, and the hope that Uncle could give a positive answer. Uncle raised his head and looked at Hsi Wu, who was still seated in the corner, stooped his head, and spoke nothing. He did not even react when they spoke of sealing him into the Netherworld as if what they said had nothing to do with him.
? ? It recalled to Uncle what happened a few months earlier when Jade was really close with Seymour. If he were a human, they might really be very good friends. But many things would not go as he had expected. Seymour was a demon from the beginning to the end, and the spell could not just lock up Hsi Wu’s evil half and let go of the good.
? ? Uncle could not bear looking at Jade, covered his eyes with his hand, and said frustratedly: “The spell is very powerful. When it drives the evil half away, the good half will also follow to be driven away.”
? ? Jade proceeded to ask: “Then can we leave the evil half in the human world, only sealed it rather than the whole?”
? ? Hearing this, Uncle was more depressed, “Uncle doesn’t know this sort of spell.”
? ? “Jade.” Jackie perceived that Jade hoped Hsi Wu’s good half could stay here but Uncle could not manage it. He sighed from the bottom of his heart, squatted down, and comforted Jade, “Though it is the good half, it’s still a demon, a being that shouldn’t exist in the human world.”
? ? Jade did not listen to Jackie’s words, eyes rolling fast, “If Uncle doesn’t know, someone else may know this kind of spell. We need a wizard who knows many ancient spells.”
? ? Everyone instantly thought of a person and said simultaneously: “Lo Pei!”
? ? “Who?” said Captain Black.
? ? “Jackie, if Lo Pei have the spell for leaving Hsi Wu’s good half here, can we not seal him? Could we? Uncle, Tohru, Captain Black.” Jade folded her hands together, looking at them eagerly.
? ? Uncle gave in first, “Alas, how could Uncle say no to this pair of eyes?”
? ? Tohru agreed next, “Maybe it doesn’t matter to leave Hsi Wu’s good half here.”
? ? And then Captain Black yielded, “As long as he stays at Section 13.”
? ? Only Jackie still did not speak.
? ? “Jackie…”
? ? “But Jade, Hsi Wu is a demon…”
? ? Jade interrupted Jackie before he finished speaking, “Jackie, how can the good half of a demon do evil things? Now he even dares not trample a bug to death.”
? ? Jade pointed at Hsi Wu to show Jackie. She did not virtually see Hsi Wu’s attitude toward a bug so felt somewhat uncertain when she spoke. But controlling well her expression, she did not look it.
? ? Jackie kept silent for a long while and gave in at last, “Well, as long as he doesn’t leave Section 13.”
? ? Jade sprang to her feet, “Hooray!”
? ? After dealing with this thing, Jackie and others began to prepare for the next.
? ? “Tohru, you and Uncle prepare the spell; I take the Rat Talisman to visit Lo Pei’s statue. Captain Black, please watch Hsi Wu. And Jade…”
? ? “Jackie, I go with you!”
? ? “Jade, you stay here.”
? ? “Ah…”
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