Chapter 8 - The Opposite Side of the Coast
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The moment she held it in her hand, the girl understood this fact, and the American-made M9 was indeed a very good firearm. Her memories, no, the "memories" from the Book of DIO told her.
There are no superfluous movements, and there is no superfluous thinking. There is no need to think, just like the act of eating and eating, just like the most primitive instinct.
Shoot, then hit the target, it's as simple as that. The lead-zinc-copper "all-metal shell" bullet will fulfill its mission, shoot from the muzzle of the gun, hit the target, and then take the lives of the enemy, turning them into corpses, and that's what it was set to do in the first place, isn't it?
Sophisticated killing machine.
In the future, human beings will continue to make such weapons, easily taking away the weapons of several, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of people, and such weapons will fall into the hands of people like Dior, and finally ruthlessly the most accurate 'compatriots'.
'Monster'.
There would be no sense of disobedience in her own words, she closed her eyes and held her gun.
The sound of gunshots, the girl could not hear. In a world where time has stopped, the sound of gunfire has passed past her ears, a meter away from her side, and as long as it leaves this range, no matter what she does, the movement of objects will be stopped.
Thanks to the 'spearmanship' given to her by the red-haired traveler, she didn't have to go near the people of the Skull and Bones to hear their screams and screams.
She could feel the power of the book in her body, which was still repairing itself even when time stopped, and she knew everything she was doing, where her hands should be placed to shoot, her precise movements, and where her bullets would go.
It's so intoxicating, this power.
She smiled, a smile of intoxication and desire in the palm of her hand.
Then time begins to flow.
“!”
By the time Yuru reacted, the battle was over. The sound of a 9mm bullet casing hitting the ground, a .44-caliber shot that shredded rudimentary bulletproof equipment, and the screams of the Skull and Bones Society, along with Dior's maniacal laughter, reached her ears.
"Hehe... Haha, hahahahaha!!!haha
A smile full of morbid smiles, smiles of satisfaction at wanton deprivation of the lives of others, such sinful smiles appeared on her face.
However, such a smile seemed to have never appeared, and the next moment, Dior's face returned to its usual calm and slightly malicious face.
"Let's go. ”
She grabbed Yuru and ran quickly towards the vehicle left behind by the members of the Skull and Bones Society.
And Yuru was pulled by her like this, and then she came back to her senses and pressed down her hat to block her expression. She was scared, Dior could feel it, but she just let Yuru get into the car, then jumped into the driver's seat and started the jeep.
“... You've got fear on your face, Hunters. While driving the car, Dior glanced at Yuru, who was sitting in the passenger seat.
“... Yes, a little girl my age should be scared. ”
Unexpectedly, Dio got such an answer, and the girl frowned and looked at Yuru, who had regained her composure next to her, her small hand supporting her chin, as if thinking about something. Dio snorted coldly, not very satisfied with the girl's performance. As the girl said, people her age should be scared when faced with such a situation. But both Dior and Yuru understand one thing.
There's no time for them to be scared right now.
"If what the Skull and Bones people say is true, then you have to avoid the usual route and go to Belcaster, from where you will have the support of the Hunters. ”
Yuru quickly figured out a course of action, but Dior shook his head.
"If you know this, it's not surprising that the members of the Skull and Bones Society will know, and the nearest place to be supported by the Hunter Department is Douglas, right? The White Parish of London has become like that because of this, and it is not surprising that they will have hundreds of them. How about renting a boat from Newry, from the fishermen to Anglesey?"
"It's the closest road to London, and if they're going to defend, there's going to be a lot of eyeliner along the coast... No, we went around and went around from Cuxtown to Fort Bally. ”
“... I have an idea. ”
Dior stopped abruptly, the fork in the road to Cookstown and Newry.
"What?"
"Go to Ireland. ”
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Dublin, the port city of Ireland.
The mild autumn is bustling with travellers and pedestrians, and it's also home to Ireland's most important harbour, with regular boats to Douglas.
"It's unexpected... Indeed, it is unlikely that the Irish government would have allowed the Skull to take control of Ireland's most important transport hub and capital, which is much safer than Northern Ireland. ”
Wearing hoodies they had bought from clothing stores, the locomotive broke down in the middle of the road, and they had to travel from the British rail to Dublin. There was nothing wrong along the way, and the injuries of the two were also alleviated a lot, but Dior's purse was deflated a lot.
Come to think of it, the minions of the Skull and Bones Society have not yet reached this peaceful and scenic city. The city has historically been plagued by pirates and wars, and today it is one of the best places in the world. Ireland's heavy industry is less developed, and it is a better place to live than in the smoky city of London.
Since the Irish independence movement, Britain has lacked control over Ireland, and the Irish have refused to continue as British subjects, and the two men have encountered a lot of trouble when they come to Ireland. However, according to Yuru, the queen has reached some kind of secret agreement with Ireland, and the independence movement is now much less momentum, after all, even if Ireland gains independence, its closest neighbor is the United Kingdom.
"The rumors of a feud between the British aristocracy and the queen seem to be true. Dior sighed.
"Of course... If the queen lets Ireland out, other colonies will also be impacted, and Britain's international influence is becoming smaller and smaller, and the queen's approach will of course cause dissatisfaction among the radicals," the rain was like a deflated mouth, and her little hand quietly pulled Dior's sleeve, "Ireland alone is fine, but the distant colonies are too far away from Britain, and it is impossible to manage them normally." If you accept the queen's order to run a colony, you will definitely want to establish yourself as king, in addition to the pressure of the people. ”
"That's true. ”
The sky is high and the emperor is far away. Once the distance from the mainland is too far, there will be a lot of problems in management.
After the two came to the port, Dio and Yuru put down their hoods, and they would be regarded as suspicious characters if they always carried that thing, and the biggest problem with the boat was the gun that Dio carried, but Yuru confidently assured that there would be no problem.
"You're really unlucky," the conductor said, looking at him with some embarrassment, "the ship that went to Douglas yesterday only left for it, and the liaison ship that went here over there will arrive tomorrow, and it is conservatively estimated that it will not set sail until the day after tomorrow." ”
What should I do?Dio glanced at Yuru, who frowned slightly, and then said.
"Are there fishermen nearby who travel to and from Douglas or something? I want to rent a boat..."
"Ah, the ladies are British, aren't they?" said the conductor shook his head with a wry smile, "and no fishermen have been willing to go to Douglas since those fellows went out into the streets... If they had known that the fishing boat was going to Douglas, they would... The guys also smashed down the shops run by the British, stole things from them, and supposedly killed quite a few people..."
Yuru and Dior looked at each other, then frowned.
This has evolved into a nationalism, and perhaps the members of the Skull and Bones Society have already arrived. The two of them made up their minds and immediately put on their hoods and left the port, and they decided to go to the fishing village.
Neither Yuru nor Dio had experience in maneuvering ships, and if they did, maybe they would have snatched the ship and set out on their own.
The quiet fishing village and the flickering lights show that the people here live in poverty. Dio took the lead, Yuru following her closely and looking around warily.
The smell of fish, the smell of rotting wood, the stench of an overly long oil lamp were a sign that the people who lived here were not well-off, and that the small fishing boats moored on the sea did not look like they could withstand the high winds, except for a sailboat, much larger than the others, anchored quietly in the moonlight.
"Hello, anyone?"
Dio knocked on the family's door, and a little sawdust stuck to his fingers.
“... What's the matter?" asked the landlord without opening the door.
“... We would like to rent a boat. ”
The owner of the house opened the door, and it was a middle-aged man who looked malnourished and somewhat emaciated, and he pointed to a dilapidated house by the sea, and said:
"I'm not going to England, you can go to the people in that house... Old York, if he hadn't been killed by those men, he would have taken you there. ”
With that, the man slammed the door shut.
“... Old York?"
Looking at the house by the sea, Dior, who can maintain his daytime posture even at night, can see his true body clearly. A 'house' of tattered spicy chicken and foam board, no, it can't really be called a house, it looks just a little better than a little nest made of random things in the garbage dump.
When I came to the house, the oil lamp had long since been extinguished, and there was no one on the tattered bed inside.
"Nobody... What a hassle. Dior sighed.
"No, you see, here," Yuru crouched down, touched the fine soft sand, and grabbed a handful, "the sand was so tight that there were signs of something covering the edges, and 'Old York' must have been put on it with a plank or something like that, and went somewhere else... What is the purpose of hiding your whereabouts like this?"
"Isn't it because of the Irish?"
Dio angrily kicked the wooden board next to the house, and several crabs fled in panic from underneath before darting into the sand.
"Hands up, you goddamn independents!"
Suddenly a roar startled the two of them, and when they looked over, they saw an old man who was over the age and gray temples, holding a shotgun in his hand, and yelled viciously at the two, Dio frowned, and his hand was already on the handle of the gun at his waist.
"If you don't let Lao Tzu go, Lao Tzu will shoot! Then throw your corpses into the sea and feed the fish!"
"Wait a minute, we're here to rent a boat!"
Yuru saw Dior's movements and hurriedly said to the old man.
"We want to go to Douglas!"
"Ah, an Englishman, or a little girl?" the old man couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Yuru speak, and then roared again, "Didn't your special mother say it earlier? Come with me, get on the boat, maybe those guys will come again." ”
So saying, the old man put his shotgun on his back, and without saying a word, turned and walked towards the largest ship in the sea.
"Let's go. ”
Yuru grabbed the sleeve of Dior's left hand and ran with the old man, but Dior did not relax at all, and his right hand was still on the gun.