On the way to the bridge club in the city center, everyone's expressions were more or less excited, because as long as we found Colonel Moran, the seemingly invulnerable case would be opened by us, which would be an important turning point for us to open the game.

I was a little distracted, and while walking with everyone, I kept wiping the barrel, checking the magazine, and making sure ...... Over and over again, it's like I'm obsessed, and I can't settle down without that. For some reason, I always had some bad premonitions.

"What's wrong with you, why do you look absent-minded all the time?" Xiao Ai asked me in a low voice as she walked behind the crowd, tugging at my clothes.

I looked back and saw Mayuya looking at me worriedly. I smiled slightly and said, "It's okay, don't worry, leave everything to me." ”

That's right, it's going to be fine, I've been through so many ups and downs, it's impossible to be defeated by this setback.

Everyone, you must be protected by me! I clenched my fists tightly!

Xiao Ai looked at me deeply, and stopped talking, with a faint worry on his face, but I didn't pay attention, and all my attention was focused on the number of the bridge club not far away.

"So, everyone is waiting for me here, Minghui and I slipped in through the back door to see what's going on inside. Walking to the door of the bridge club, Conan said to everyone, patted me on the shoulder and said, "Follow me." ”

"Be careful. Xiaolan instructed us with some anxiety. I nodded, and slipped behind Conan into the club's back door.

As soon as we entered the interior of the club, a noisy heat rushed to our faces, and the smell of smoke, sweat, alcohol, and the noise of wanton play in the hall filled our brains, and even made us feel dizzy for a moment. After getting used to it and calming down, Conan and I hid behind the large wooden plank of the staircase handrail, and through the gap in the staircase handrail, a pair of eyes were exposed, carefully observing the situation in the room. Although the room was cluttered with people, we quickly found what we were looking for from a group of people.

It was a large mahogany table with five seats, and on the edge of the table sat four men of about forty or fifty years old playing cards, three of them were nothing special, except that they were very well dressed, probably the local gentry, and the fourth person caught the attention of Conan and me, it was a burly man, some gray hair was meticulously combed, and the cuffs and neckline were also properly buttoned, just sitting, there was a domineering atmosphere, like a leopard ready to pounce on the hunt, the neatly dressed suit was bulging by muscles, and it was evident that he was carrying a gun, Although he was just playing cards, his sitting posture was unusually upright, his face was cold, and a glimmer of cold light flashed in his eyes from time to time, hiding cunning, like a poisonous snake looking at his own things, which was awe-inspiring.

This person must be Colonel Moran.

Oddly enough, the seat was always empty, and in front of the seat there was a bottle of wine and a glass. And the four people who played cards, although they were playing cards and kept babbling in their mouths, none of them ever mentioned the topic of the main position, obviously, it was a seat reserved for the big man, and it was a big man who was recognized by all four.

Conan and I looked at each other, nodded silently, and without speaking, we had agreed.

"One. "The people at the table didn't notice our snooping and were still playing happily.

Colonel Moran first glanced at the monkey behind the person opposite, and when he saw that the monkey was eating the fruit in the plate, he squinted slightly, and said, "I have two." He drew two cards from his hand and threw them on the table.

"The monkey. I stared slightly. Obviously, Moran is using the monkey to cheat, and the trained monkey can choose to eat different fruits by looking at the different suits of the cards in the hands of the person in front of him, and the person in front of Moran obviously does not know that he has fallen into Moran's trap.

"Hmm. Conan also saw this, and bowed his head slightly.

Really.

"Straight. Seeing Mo Lan following the cards, the person opposite Mo Lan proudly spread out the cards in his hand, but he didn't see the sinister smile that appeared on the corner of Mo Lan's mouth.

"Sorry, I'm a flush. As if he had known it for a long time, no, it should be said that he had known it for a long time, and Moran also put down the cards in his hand, which were just a little bigger than his opponent's cards.

"How's it going, can you capture Moran?" Conan asked me in a low voice.

“...... Leave it to me. Looking at Conan's trusting gaze, I hesitated slightly, touched the gun, gritted my teeth and responded.

Yes, in this world, no matter what, I will stand at the front and bring everyone back safely!

"It's okay, as long as it's the same as before, there won't be danger. "I secretly cheered myself up in my heart, and the gun in my hand seemed to give me infinite courage.

"Yo, Moran, have a great time!" I walked to the table where Moran was playing, looked at everyone with a smile, and said, "Of course, it's better if you don't have a lot of money." ”

Because someone suddenly interjected, everyone at the table who was talking about playing cards stopped their movements and focused their attention on me, while Conan, taking advantage of the distraction of everyone's attention, shuttled back and forth around the scene, checking if there were any other characters that needed attention.

"Imp, watch the tone of your voice. Do you have any evidence that I am out of the woods?" Hearing my words, Mo Lan's face became gloomy, and he slowly got up, and his height of more than one meter nine pressed towards me with a violent aura.

"Of course. While I was with Mo Lanxu and the snake, I stroked my hand to my waist and secretly opened the safety bolt on the gun: "That monkey has a good relationship with you, it is very tacit, looking at the cards of the person in front of you, the left hand is black, the right hand is red, and the number of fruits eaten is the size of the card, isn't it?"

Hearing my words, Colonel Moran was shocked!

"Moran, you are too despicable!" The person sitting opposite Moran understood my words, and then saw Moran's suddenly changed face, and he didn't understand what was happening, and immediately became angry!

"Well, it doesn't matter what happens to you, Colonel Moran, can you tell me the whereabouts of Professor Moriarty?" I sneered, pulled out the long-prepared revolver from my waist, clenched my hands, and aimed at Moran's head.

Everything is in my calculations, first to mess up their game, provoke their infighting, and then say the name of Professor Moriarty to disturb Colonel Moran's mind, and finally just take advantage of the fact that everyone is not reacting, put a gun against Colonel Moran's head, exit safely, if necessary, you can kill Colonel Moran, anyway, there are so many hooligans here, there will always be someone to report to Professor Moriarty, presumably when the time comes, Professor Moriarty will naturally take the initiative to find us.

"Uh!" As if hearing something forbidden, as soon as I heard the words "Professor Moriarty" from my mouth, Moran's face, which was originally fearless, suddenly changed greatly: "Little ghost, how do you know him!" As he spoke, he pressed towards me without hesitation, and his already huge and abnormal body was even more terrifying at this time, just like a huge bear rushing towards me, and the already violent aura became even more tyrannical, so that I was almost out of breath.

"Shut up! Stop!" I said fiercely, while suddenly turning sideways, flashing Moran's body that pounced on him, taking advantage of Moran's empty moment, with his right foot as the axis, his left foot kicked the ground, like a monkey, his body dexterously turned back three hundred and sixty degrees, just out of alignment with Moran's body, and turned behind Moran in an instant, and then by the inertia generated by rotation, he slammed his foot towards Moran's knee socket!

"Click!" Although the force was small, but it also played a just right role, Moran fell to his knees in surprise, and before he could react, the cold barrel of the gun had already hit the back of his head!

The whole process was over in the blink of an eye, and the people who saw this scene probably just felt dazzled, and the scene inexplicably became the scene of me holding a gun at Colonel Moran, right? Not to mention everyone present, even Conan, who had been watching my movements, did not react.

"Well, now it's time to speak. I smiled. In fact, I was so nervous just now, my heart was about to jump out, and I am still pounding. Because as a real child, my strength is too small, and Moran is an officer, if I can't restrain him instantly, I'll be finished. I didn't shoot directly, because I knew that if I shot, the odds of winning would not be great, because with my strength, it was difficult to control the recoil generated by shooting, even if the distance was only one meter, the chance of hitting Moran was not great, but it might give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of, it was better to trigger it and not launch it, so that they had some fear in their hearts.

"Hehehe......" To my surprise, Moran did not answer my words, but let out a low laugh, like a glance squeezed out of the depths of his throat, very penetrating: "Little ghost, do you think you won?"

"What......"

Subconsciously I felt bad, but my body couldn't react at all, and I saw Colonel Moran slam forward with his back to my body! Roll on the spot skillfully! I reflexively pull the trigger!

"Bang!"

"Uhh

The huge recoil knocked me over and knocked me dizzy, and if I hadn't held the gun in both hands, it would have been enough to dislocate my wrist. And because of the recoil, I was unsteady in my grip, the muzzle of the gun was raised, and the bullet only grazed Moran's left shoulder, and as I had thought, it didn't hurt him much, and I, too, was gone.

"Arrest these imps for me!" Colonel Moran, holding his left shoulder, shouted to the other thugs in the hall who were playing cards!

My previous plan was completely frustrated!

I overestimated my own abilities, and at the same time, I underestimated Colonel Moran's loyalty to Professor Moriarty, not thinking that Colonel Moran would protect Professor Moriarty even if he sacrificed himself.

Seeing the many thugs in the hall rushing towards me, I was a little helpless and ran around to dodge, not knowing what to do, and Conan, who had been hiding on the side, was also exposed by my failure, jumping up and down to avoid the thugs' attacks.

In fact, until now, I haven't adapted to my current body and strength, and I haven't really realized what it means to be a little kid.

Just now, Colonel Moran actually suffered a small loss from me because of carelessness, and he didn't suffer any damage at all, and the moment he fell, it was not so much that he was kicked by me, but that he tripped over me, and it was he who fell because of his physical imbalance, not because of my kick, as I thought, so he was able to react quickly and dodge my gun. And what about me? I can only watch him dodge, I can't do anything, his movements are too fast for a child, so fast that I can't react at all, just like everyone knows that when running, as long as you take bigger steps than others, you can win faster than others, but you can only watch yourself fall behind and can't control your legs. The gun fired was also startled by his sudden movements, and inadvertently touched the trigger.

All in all, I was utterly defeated because I did not see my own abilities, overestimated myself, and underestimated the enemy.

"Be careful!"

I was startled, and saw a wooden stick swing at me! Before the stick hit me, a fierce wind had swept over my face!

Can't hide!

I gave up and closed my eyes, the strength of the child was really too weak, so weak that I couldn't do anything......

However, after a while, there was no stick falling, and when I opened my eyes, I saw Xiaolan looking at me with a smile, her eyes full of concern: "Xiaohui, are you okay? ”

"Xiaolan...... Sister......" I said in a daze.

Seeing that I was fine, Xiaolan breathed a sigh of relief and rushed in the direction of Conan again.

"Conan! Minghui-sama, we're here too!" Immediately, Yuantai's familiar loud voice came to his ears, and it was naturally accompanied by the sound of chickens flying and dogs jumping.

I looked up and found that I didn't know when, Xiaolan and the children who had been waiting outside rushed in one by one, Yuantai, Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, Jiang Shou, and Zhuxing...... Even the real reason is there, and none of them are missing.

"You ......" I didn't know what to say for a while. Because of my defeat, Armageddon was brought forward. Isn't that bad?

I was desperately trying to think of a plan to deal with the attacks in all directions, but the difference in strength was so great that there was no way to think about it! Just dodging the attack had already exhausted me.

What the hell should I do......

However, I don't have to worry about this problem soon, because ......

"Minghui-san!Be careful!!!" Because I was absent-minded, or I couldn't do it, I was soon in danger again, but when I was in danger again, Kikukawa, who had not made much noise, slammed down on me, and the wooden chair that came from it exploded on Kikukawa's body, and Kikukawa's body lit up with bursts of light, needless to say, we also understood what this meant.

"Minghui, so I will repay your previous life-saving love, Zhuxing told us that you have the bearing of a big man, I hope you can take the rest of the people out. This was the last word Kikukawa left me.

Soon after Kikukawa disappeared, Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, Motota, and Mayu followed in Kikukawa's footsteps one after another, and were attacked by gangsters and disappeared. For small children, the possibility of victory in this head-on clash with adults is zero from the very beginning. Although Xiaolan's karate is very powerful, she is entangled by everyone, and she has no spare strength to protect us.

Under the desperate protection of the children, my cheap life was finally saved.

I was completely stunned, the look of their vanishing demeanor had been hovering in my mind, especially Mayu, until a long time later, I still couldn't forget Mayu's trembling hand reaching out to me for help, the mournful eyes, the slightly furrowed eyebrows, the gently twitching lips, and the despair of disappearing......

No, it shouldn't be like this......

Why is this happening? Why can't I save everybody? Why can I just watch them disappear?

Is it all my fault?

That's right, if it weren't for my carelessness just now, if I could have shot Moran in one shot, if I had expected Moran not to be caught with his hands tied......

Why is this happening......

If I can't protect everyone, what's the point of my existence? Conan will hand me over to the police right away, right?

My ears are buzzing, my head hurts, I'm obviously just a spiritual body here, why do I still have a headache......

"Minghui, what's wrong with you, Minghui?!! wake up, don't scare me! Wake up!" ......

Who's calling me?

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PS: I'm sorry for the delay for so long to start re-updating, because of all kinds of accidents, but what I said before is still valid, I will remember it, and I will try to change it as much as possible during the summer vacation, so everyone can rest assured.

PS2: The number of words in this chapter is a little less, I don't know if you are used to reading it? After all, it used to be a big chapter of seven or eight thousand words, in comparison, this is a rare small chapter, a small chapter of five thousand words (Khan)...... But even if the number of words is a little less, if the two chapters are even updated, it's not lazy, right?

I hope you all enjoy reading.