[Quickly, he's back on his feet and hangs the shotgun over his shoulder in exchange for drawing his pistol. It's easier to move with, if they have to keep dancing around this snake.
And surely they'd better not continue to waste time doing that. Cao Pi is right, find the culprit. But how? If a green-eyed spirit is simply sitting and watching them somewhere, causing this hallucination but not attacking, how would they know?
Time to take a risk. With pistol pointed ahead of him, he presses forward toward where he had seen and heard those shifting leaves earlier, confident that Cao Pi will try to give him at least some sort of backup if things go awry. He pushes a branch aside as he looks down, then up, and sees a dark shape scamper upward through the branches. At the same time, the massive shadowy serpent turns its head from Cao Pi and heads straight for Rosinante's back, jaws wide.]
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And surely they'd better not continue to waste time doing that. Cao Pi is right, find the culprit. But how? If a green-eyed spirit is simply sitting and watching them somewhere, causing this hallucination but not attacking, how would they know?
Time to take a risk. With pistol pointed ahead of him, he presses forward toward where he had seen and heard those shifting leaves earlier, confident that Cao Pi will try to give him at least some sort of backup if things go awry. He pushes a branch aside as he looks down, then up, and sees a dark shape scamper upward through the branches. At the same time, the massive shadowy serpent turns its head from Cao Pi and heads straight for Rosinante's back, jaws wide.]