Joel: "Did he say that before or after he left your organization?" ”

Marlene: "He's left you, too... He's a good guy. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Tang Tu sighed in his heart, it turned out that the person who joined Huoying was Tommy, but why did he leave again? Where is he now? There will be no answers to these questions for the time being.

Tess said to Joel, "You and 'Cook, Not Butcher' take her to the tunnel to the north and wait for me over there." ”

Joel didn't seem willing yet, and Tess persuaded, "She's just a cargo, Joel." ”

"Marlene—" Ellie didn't seem reluctant.

"Say no more, you'll be fine." Marlene clutched the wound in her abdomen, looking weaker and weaker.

It was decided that Joel, Tang Tu, and Ellie would go north to wait for Tess, while Tate and Marlene went to Firefly's base to check on weapons. After Tess meets them, they escort Ellie to the Capitol.

Tang Tu and the three came to the street, and the beautiful women who walked with them changed from Tess to Ellie.

Erin seems to be quite well-behaved, and is more talkative and inquisitive than a child. Joel didn't pay much attention to her, but Tang Tu didn't have a match to talk to her.

"Wow... I heard gunshots, what happened? Ellie asked.

"Fireflies, the Zhengfu army is exchanging fire with Fireflies." Tang Tu replied.

There are a lot of corpses on the street, all of them are fireflies who have been killed, and it seems that the situation of fireflies is really bad.

"Hurry up, or we'll be like these people." Joel said.

The streets were constantly being lit with announcements: "Please note that harboring or aiding wanted criminals is punishable by death." Do not defy the law and report any suspicious activity immediately. ”

Joel led the way, and the trio walked through the underground through several blocks to a residential building.

"Is this place for you to hide?" Ellie looked around curiously.

"It's not." Tang Tu said.

"Are you smuggling goods?" Ellie asked.

"Sometimes, it's all about survival." Tang Tu smiled bitterly.

"Have you ever smuggled a child?" Ellie asked again.

"No, it's the first time. What's your relationship with Marlene? She seems to be nervous about you. ”

"It's a bit complicated, I guess she's a friend."

"Friends? Are you friends with the Firefly Queen? Little girl, are you twelve years old? ”

"She knew my mom and she took care of me all the time. I'm fourteen years old and I'm an adult. ”

"Hehe, has the adult standard of human beings dropped to fourteen after the outbreak of the Spore War?"

"Where's your parents?"

"Like most people... Passed away. ”

"I'm sorry. Why did Marlene send you away? ”

"I can't tell you."

"Hey, kid, you make me want to know why."

Joel suddenly turned to look at Ellie, "Listen, do you want to know what the best part of our job is?" I don't need to know why. Honestly, I don't care what you're going to do. ”

"That's good." Ellie shrugged.

Tang Tu choked for a moment, he always felt that this child was not so simple, and Marlene Fei was so desperate to send her out, especially in the fiasco of the firefly, there must be a very important reason.

But since Joel said so, Tang Tu couldn't ask any more questions.

When the three of them came to a room, Joel didn't even take off his backpack and collapsed directly on the sofa, looking very tired.

"What are you doing again?" Ellie looked at Joel in bewilderment.

"Kill time, we'll wait here for Tess to come back." Joel closed his eyes as he spoke.

Tang Tu also looked around at the sofa next to him, to be honest, he was a little unsure if this was the one he refreshed at the beginning, because after walking around outside, he completely lost his sense of direction.

Ellie asked uncertainly, "Okay, so what do I do?" ”

"Feel free."

Ellie walked around the room, keeping her eyes on Joel, looking at the watch on Joel's wrist and saying, "Your watch is broken." ”

Joel didn't speak, and it looked as if he was asleep. But Tang Tu's heart jumped suddenly, this watch should be Sarah's birthday gift to Joel at the beginning.

Outside the window, the sky quickly darkened, and the street lights were lit up. It was dark and it was raining. The atmosphere in the room was uncharacteristically warm.

Joel suddenly woke up, as if he was having a nightmare, and sat up from the couch and rubbed his face.

Ellie stood by the window and said, "I hate the rain. ”

"yes, so do I." Joel replied subconsciously.

Tang Tu still maintained the posture of sitting on the sofa, for the two NPCs, time may have passed a long time, but for Tang Tu, it was only a few blinks of an eye.

Ellie still looked out the window and said, "This is my first time... So close to the outside world. Look, it's dark outside... It's already bad out there, can't it be worse? Is that right? ”

Joel was silent for a moment and then asked, "What is the reason for Firefly to take you with you?" ”

"You said you didn't ask why..."

At that moment, the door was suddenly pushed open, and Tess returned.

"Sorry for taking a moment, there are damn soldiers everywhere."

"How's Marlene?" Ellie asked Tess.

"She's fine."

After Tess glanced at Ellie, she said to Joel and Tang Tu, "I have seen those weapons, there are indeed a lot, do you want to do this?" ”

"Of course." Joel said.

Tang Tu also nodded.

"Let's go, then."

Tess and Joel walked in front, followed by Tang Tu and Ellie.

Joel suddenly said to Tess, "Don't you think it's a little strange that Marlene asked us to help them smuggle things?" ”

"Marlene originally wanted to do it herself, and we were neither her first choice nor her second choice. She has lost many of her subordinates, and they can't be too picky when they ask for something. Tess said.

"I hope someone will live to pay us." Joel said.

"Someone is going to be there." Tess said.

Tang Tu glanced at Ellie, there was no expression on the little girl's face, and she couldn't tell what she was thinking.

"Who is waiting for us at the delivery location?" Joel asked again.

She said some of the fireflies came from all over the city. This girl must be important..."Tess looked at Ellie and asked, "What's so special about you?" Are you the daughter of a dignitary? ”

Tang Tu looked at Ellie silently. This is also a question that he has always been puzzled about.

Ellie rubbed her chin and said, "Pretty much." ”

Tang Tu raised his eyebrows. Ellie was lying, she had laughed unconsciously, it was a mockery, she was trying to cover it up.

"How long will it take us to get to the Capitol?" Ellie asked suddenly.

"If all goes well, we can get you to them in a few hours," Tess said, "Ellie, you'll have to follow us as we get out of quarantine." ”

Ellie nodded.

Tang Tu smiled in the back and said, "I will protect you in the back." (To be continued.) )