after waking up.

Chapter 18 Double Variables
The storm is still going on. As Mulan worried, Valentine is not a place with little rain, but it has never had such a long period of high-intensity rainfall, coupled with the denser urban buildings and the water in the surrounding direction, although the current is positive. It kept flowing to the sea, but it was still flooding all over the city of Valentine.

Compared with the previous days, the wind has been much lighter, but the rain has a tendency to intensify, and even the street where Jonest's house is located has begun to accumulate water.

By the warm fireplace in the kitchen, Leo fell asleep on the recliner, Old Buck was cleaning the kitchen, and Mulan stood alone in the upstairs room, looking through the window to see everything near and far.

The water on the street outside is not shallow, and the underground drainage system seems to be completely useless. Even though the water is slowly moving towards the port, it cannot offset the continuous rainfall and the water that gathers from various heights.

Cold, strong wind, torrential rain, standing water, even in such a bad situation, in Mulan's sight, there are pedestrians on the street outside. Everyone knows that one should not go out in such weather, but there is no way, not every one. Families have plenty of reserves. After so many days, many people have no food at home.

Some people are holding umbrellas, some people are wearing raincoats, or all kinds of rain gear of varying degrees of simplicity, wading through the cold, under this weather, the water must be freezing cold, and the people outside are of different ages, young and old. The young ones are still young, and the old ones are gray-haired.

Those rain gear were totally inadequate to withstand the pouring rain, but in order to survive, those who couldn't hold on at home had to go out under these conditions.

Some people's homes have even been soaked in water. After all, the water level outside the Jonster's house has already submerged to the second step.

At this moment, Mulan seemed to see the other side of Valentine. In the prosperous port economy city, under the appearance of wealth, the hardworking people struggling to survive
Maybe there are many people like Mulan, or people who live better than Mulan, who are in different moods at this moment, looking through the windows to the people exposed to the rain, the same Dill Cana, the same Valentine.

Mulan's mood was complicated. He was glad that he was able to live in a warm room without worrying about food and clothing in this weather, but at the same time, he sympathized with people outside, but he also knew that his power was very small.

After all, the Jones family is not rich. Even the vest that Old Buck often wears has patches. Leo's salary is the main source of income for the family. A considerable part of the rent must be paid first, and the rest maintain the family's living expenses. .

Mulan looked at the water-filled street in the distance. No one here would ride an assault boat to help the people, no one would come to distribute supplies, and people could only rely on themselves.

Yes, the motherland in the 21st century is not perfect, she has all kinds of acute or moderate problems, but in the moment of crisis, everyone is willing to believe her, and can believe her.

"Master Mulan, Master Mulan"

Old Buck's voice came from outside, Mulan opened the door to go out, and Old Buck shouted from the stairs downstairs.

"Master Mulan, we only have some potatoes left. Do you like boiled potatoes with salt or roasted potatoes for dinner?"

The reality hit Mulan mercilessly, and it turned out that he was not much better.

"Grandpa Buck, boiled potatoes are ready."

"Okay, dinner is ready and I'll call you."

Old Buck went back to the kitchen, and Mulan went back to the window, but before he glanced out the window, his eyes narrowed slightly. At the end of the street in the distance, three figures walked out from the other end of the intersecting alley, and walked again. Entered the other end and disappeared behind the house.

Although it was still raining heavily at the moment, although the three people appeared in Mulan's eyes for a short time, and although he didn't even see each other clearly, Mulan was still quite sure that the two of them knew each other, and they were the same people who were in Nice. A pair of pickpockets on the Princess Hellier.

This is not only based on visual judgment, but also has an intuitive influence. After spending a period of time with two characteristic teenagers in a tense moment, it seems that Mulan has left a peculiar feeling that he did not look at. Must be very clear to understand this.

'How could they be here?Who is that woman leading them? '

Mulan didn't see the boy and girl until he got off the ship that day. He thought they had already left Valentine on the Princess Neshuriel, but he didn't expect to appear here on such a rainy day.

Mulan immediately had the urge to go and have a look, and at the moment when the urge occurred, he had already rushed out of the door and walked towards the stairs.

"Grandpa Buck, I need to go out immediately for something."

When he was talking, Mulan had already arrived at the entrance, and started to get dressed, put on a windbreaker, put on the high-top military boots he brought back when he retired, and put on a cloak-style raincoat with a hood. Finally, he grabbed his cane and was ready to go out.

"Master Mulan, what are you going to do?"

"If you find an acquaintance, you must go and see it. You don't have to wait for me to eat."

After speaking, Mulan didn't wait for Old Buck to respond, and opened the door directly and rushed into the world full of heavy rain.

"Crash, crash"

Wading forward brought some resistance, but it had little effect on Mulan. During the war, he had encountered worse situations than this, so he had a trot-like speed when striding forward.

According to what I saw upstairs just now, the three of them were not moving very fast. After walking down the street for a while, Mulan came to the intersection, and soon found that the three had not gone too far. figure.

After wiping the rain off his face, Mulan reconfirmed that he had no dizziness, but at this time he glanced back in the direction of his home, hesitating whether to continue chasing him.

There is no news about the perverted murderer. It's hard to say if he knows the Joneses and will risk doing crazy things. Although it is unlikely that the other party will come out in this kind of ghost weather, in Mulan's eyes, the other party is nothing at all. normal people.

If Mulan is at home, he has the confidence to deal with the murderer in his hand, but if he is out of his range, the injured Leo will definitely not be able to, and Old Buck is no longer young, although when he was a child, Old Buck replaced his dead father. The Jonest Cavaliers had traditionally trained Mulan and Leo, but it was obvious that they were not as active as they used to be when they went out that night.

While Mulan was hesitating, a beautiful melody interrupted his thoughts.

"Umm~~~~ah~~~~"

Mulan's pupils were dilated, and he turned to look at the three backs again. He would never forget the melody and humming. Although the sound was extremely slight, it clearly came from a third person in the distance.

'The Kraken? '

At this moment, Mulan had reached into his arms and grabbed Lunguang's gun handle.

That is, when Mulan was in a panic, someone pulled the trigger in the attic of a building on the corner of the street.

"Bang~"

The terrifying intuition that transcended the wild beast made Mulan shrank slightly, and reacted instinctively at the first moment of the crisis, and his figure rushed forward almost at the same moment as the gunshot.

"Pfft~"

Mulan's shoulders were slightly numb, her body was already in the water, and she rolled up and pressed against the wall of the opposite building, and pulled out the wheel light, her eyes swept to the door on one side and the windows everywhere, thinking about breaking into it or The danger of breaking through the defenses.

"Cut, it didn't hit!"

In the attic, the gunman threw away the long gun and immediately went downstairs with only the pistol. He had no plans to do it a second time. When he reached the second floor, he jumped out of the back window of a room.

"pat~"

The gunman landed on the stagnant water on the street behind, and then quickly fled. At the same time, Mulan also noticed the other party's escape, and instantly turned to the front door of the house, kicked the door fiercely, and the huge force directly kicked the door. open.

As he glanced at the blood in the house, he rushed to the second floor, raised his gun in one direction and shot.

"Bang, bang, bang"

A light wheel erupted from the muzzle, and the three bullets caught up with the gunman in an instant. Even though the opponent's reaction speed was also very terrifying, he did not expect Mulan's action speed to be so fast, and his marksmanship was fast and accurate, so even if his body dodged and twisted It was very strange, and he was still shot on the side of the thigh.

This time he was shot, and his body was staggering, but his speed did not decrease at all, and he turned directly into an alley on the side.

Mulan jumped down from the second floor without hesitation, jumped into the water-filled street amid splashing water, and rushed forward quickly.

At this moment, Mulan will not care about whether there is a Kraken. Even if there is, let the Valentine official or the church worry about it. He must deal with the gunman now. He was the only one who hated Mulan in the whole of Valentine after all.

(End of this chapter)