The Fire Chaser of the Collapsing World

A familiar smile flashed in my mind, as if a girl's hand was pulling the corner of her mouth, trying to make the cold face under her mask smile too.

But this attempt was undoubtedly futile—no, maybe given her a little more time, she could indeed recall the instinct to smile, but a burly figure had already stood in front of her.

"leader……"

"follow me."

The man is the only human in Poison Chrysalis who doesn't wear a mask, no...it's not so much that he doesn't wear a mask, it's better to say that there is no need to wear a mask.

Sakura's eyes gradually moved up from the fat leather boots to the man's face, even though it was not the first time she saw her, her pupils still couldn't help shrinking and trembling.

The light of the fluorescent lamp caressed the scarred face of the man, just like the river wading through the mountains and rivers inside and outside, finally reflecting the facial features that gradually became blurred due to the scars that bloomed to both sides like chrysanthemum petals.

Sakura quietly followed him to the deeper part of the base.

"Since you are back, does that mean that your surveillance object has completed the task?"

The man's voice is hoarse and deep, every breath of his will attract a bellows-like whistling sound, this sound passes over Sakura's ears, and when it rushes into her mind, it can only remind her of the time when she was burned by the coal fire. , still squirming flesh and blood.

"Well, that lunatic named Wei Wei has been sent to Dr. Mebius' laboratory."

On the contrary, even though Sakura keeps lowering her voice, it's not hard to hear the immaturity in it.

"Mebius?" Vasago muttered the name in a low voice, "Did you find anything? For example, did the two people you monitored show abilities that humans shouldn't have?"

"No."

"Really do not have?"

Vasago stopped, turned and looked down at the girl.

And the girl confronted Vasago through the hole in the mask without fear.

Vasago seemed very dissatisfied with this result, he sat down with his hands on the table, only then did Sakura realize that she had unknowingly followed Vasago to the deepest part of the poisonous chrysalis.

He took out a folder from the drawer, and looked through the records in it for an unknown number of times.

"Poison Chrysalis No. 007, do you know? My suspicion of these two is not groundless, nor is it just a routine surveillance like Famas."

Sakura assures that this is not the first time she has heard Vasago say this, but like many times in the past, he did not tell her what the so-called "not groundless" suspicion is?

She stared at the handwritten "Vostok-51" on the folder lost in thought.

"Leader, so far, we have not been able to find anything unusual about them, so will the future surveillance be..."

In fact, she was not completely unaware of the so-called anomalies. For example, on Twilight Street, the boy named Mikael almost rushed to the garden wall at a speed that is impossible for normal humans. He was also carrying a mop bottle. , is how to do it?

But the dust rolled up by the explosion at that time obscured her vision, making it hard for her to see clearly.

For another example, in the process of escaping, Mikael smashed the building with her body more than once, but she recalled the conversation she heard in the Famas office last time, and it seems that humans may not be able to do this.

Of course, according to the rules of the poisonous chrysalis, although these observation results cannot effectively point out the abnormality of the other party, she should still report them exactly.

But she didn't.

The reason is also ridiculous...

It was a very vague feeling - where did I seem to have seen this brother and sister?

But she searched through her memory, and she was very sure - she had never seen such two faces.

Of course, as a poisonous chrysalis, she has her own professional ethics, so these reasons alone are not enough for her to cover up the object of surveillance.

And the decisive reason is the word that has been repeatedly mentioned by Famas, the people under surveillance, and other members of Moth Chased for the past two months-Honkai.

"By the way, you mentioned in your last report that the No. [-] Surveilled Person has sneaked into Mebius' laboratory in disguise many times at night... Forget it, if Mebius' laboratory is so easy to manipulate, That's not Mebius anymore... But, what shameful things are they doing..."

Taking advantage of the opportunity of Vasago muttering to himself, Sakura suddenly mustered up her courage and asked a seemingly irrelevant question:

"Boss, what is the Honkai that the outside world has been talking about...?"

Vasago narrowed his eyes and looked at the girl in front of him again.

"Did you forget the oath you made when you joined the poisonous chrysalis?"

Sakura pursed her lips, "We don't care what the human beings are facing, we only swing our knives at the traitors among the human beings."

She said the cruel oath in her immature voice, but Vasago knew that the girl in front of her had a maturity and stubbornness that didn't match her age.

Of course, she also has a powerful strength that a human cub of this age should not have.

Fortunately, the chain that controlled her is still in his hands—— Vasago thought so.

"Bengkai...you can understand it as a disaster, no different from floods and epidemics, and since you work for the poisonous chrysalis, your sister is naturally under our protection, don't worry, she It'll be fine."

"Poor child..." Vasago couldn't help mocking in his heart, "Maybe you don't know that your power beyond ordinary people came to help..."

Sakura was silent for a while, then said, "I haven't seen Suzu for half a year."

"Oh, is that so?" Vasago pretended to be surprised, "Then, after performing the new mission, I'll let you see her... well, but you can only take a look from a distance, and you don't want Ling to smell it." The smell of blood on your body..."

Sakura's heart skipped a beat, "New mission?"

"That's right!" Vasago tapped the cold table with his index knuckles.

"Since your subject has never voluntarily revealed his abnormality, then we will force him to show..."

Sakura instinctively touched her waist, but suddenly remembered that she had handed in her weapon when she entered the base, and her right hand felt empty.

But Vasago was very satisfied with her reaction, "That's right, it seems that your professional ability is getting more and more proficient. I just said that, and you understand what you should do..."

"Operating inside the base is too difficult." Sakura replied coldly.

"No, no, there is no deadline for this mission. You can choose the time and location at will—as long as you think it's appropriate."

Sakura silently closed her eyes.

"Hangkai...what the hell is it..."

The question still lingered in her mind.

In the blurry darkness, the crying sound became clearer and clearer, and she couldn't help but recall the monster she met many years ago, before she entered the poisonous chrysalis...

The monsters were bigger than their former home, and the shadows cast by their feet were enough to envelop them.

At that time, Ling tugged at the hem of her skirt, crying helplessly like this.

And as her older sister, she could only stand in front of Ling in vain, not even having the courage to open her eyes.

Until the huge body of the monster crashed to the ground, she opened her eyes, only to see two figures not much taller than her in the darkness, holding blue translucent swords in their hands, as if the swords were not real weapons, The next moment, they disappeared in front of her.

Such helplessness, she didn't want Ling to experience a second time

But her own helplessness was no different from back then.

A strange moan interrupted her reverie, Vasago still put all the weight on the back of the chair, he murmured softly: "That day, He fell from the sky. The people on the ground looked up and saw the starry sky .”

Vasago's voice was as ugly as ever, making it hard to tell whether it was a prayer or a song.

But he quickly sneered.

Then Sakura knew that it was neither a prayer nor a song.

Chapter 22 With My Hand

"You love me, I love you, Alicia loves you..."

Mikael stretched out his hand from under the quilt in a daze, swipe on the phone screen, and turned off the social death alarm clock recorded by Alicia himself in time.

"Uh..." He got up and stretched. On the other bed in the bedroom, Yimer was curled up, rubbing against the quilt between his legs...

Mikael took out his phone decisively and recorded a video.

"Ymer, Yimer..." He pretended to be nonchalant and patted Yimer's butt.

"What's the matter...the sub-captain..."

"It's time to get up and train!"

"Uh... ah! Sub-leader, are you okay! You just finished the mission, shouldn't you have three days off?"

"Today is the first day."

"Last day of vacation!"

"Oh... oh..." Mikael scratched his head angrily.

"By the way, sub-team leader, you didn't get up so early to train two days ago, did you?"

"Uh……"

"Okay, team leader, you are amazing!"

Yimer turned over and lay on his back, staring blankly at the ceiling. After a few seconds, he tilted his head and snored again.

Mikael silently took another photo of the flag raising.

After outputting to the simulated Honkai Beast all morning, Mikael yawned and walked out of the training room.

Looking at the data: "Well, very good, overtaking Ellie!"

But immediately, he felt empty again, as if he had forgotten something important.

"That... that... Captain Mikael..." The young lady at the gate suddenly waved at Mikael.

"what happened?"

She blushed, pursed her lips, suppressed a smile, and pointed to the locker behind her, "Your phone rang just now."

"Is the phone ringing nice?"

"Okay... puff... I didn't hear anything, I, I'm going to the toilet!"

Mikael took out his mobile phone, and the first thing he saw was a series of calls from Ellie, and then he read the text message:

[7:27] Alicia: "Today we agreed to go to the city to see Phyllis, and we leave at eight o'clock, don't forget!"

[8:03] Alicia: "Mikael! If you don't show up within 10 minutes, I will go alone!"

[8:33] Alicia: "Mikael, you are finished! I went to find Phyllis alone, do you want to come?"

【8:34】Alicia: "Alicia decided to ignore you for a day!"

"Oops!" Mikael slapped his head, and ran outside before he had time to eat lunch.

Along the way, many Flaming Moth staff recognized this young man who had gained fame in the past two months, but before they could salute, Mikael had already run away.

When he arrived at the guard, he had a vacation, so he just showed his ID card, and the guard didn't stop him.

But when he stepped out of the base, he remembered that Ellie was responsible for Padu's food, clothing, housing and transportation, and he didn't even know where she lived.

After thinking about it, he took out his phone and sent a message to Ellie.

【Information sending failed】

He didn't give up, "Cut, it's just blacklisting, it doesn't matter, I can still ask Patuo!"

But until he searched the list three times, he couldn't find Patuo.

Only then did he remember that Paduo's mobile phone was newly bought, and before Ellie asked him to add Paduo's friends, he kept forgetting to add it.

Hurry up and look through the chat records with Ellie, find Paduo's account, and add friends.

【The other party rejected your friend request】

"I...Ai Li, you..."

Mikael returned to the dormitory, and Yimer had already gotten up, playing games connected to the intranet of Flaming Moth.

"Captain, are you back?"

no respond.

Yimer took off his earphones and looked back to see Mikael lying on the bed, covering his face with a pair of underpants to block the light.

The corner of his mouth twitched, he took out his mobile phone, took a picture of Mikael and made it into an emoticon package, and then sent it to Alicia.

"You love me, I love you, Alicia loves you!"

Mikael jumped up from the bed, his underpants flew to nowhere, he took out his phone and looked:

【Padofelice request to add friends】

"What kind of curve saves the country..."

Although he complained, Mikael's body was very solid, and he quickly pressed the pass button.