Chapter 22: The Little Action of the Two (Part I)
"Of course I'm going with you." Ge Wen smiled and said in a natural tone. Peter only felt that his headache was a little worse.
"Nope."
"Okay."
"What are you going to do?" Peter felt a little mad and spoke a little more aggressively. But Gewen grimaced at him reluctantly, and rolled up her sleeves to show off her brachial muscles, revealing a very fierce look.
"Protect you!"
"You—" Peter was so angry that he could barely speak. He has never had any way to deal with Gewen who has entered stubborn mode, and this time is no exception.
The two were at a stalemate for a while, and Gwen, who felt that the heat was about the same, took the initiative to break the silence and stepped forward to put her arms around Peter.
"Okay, okay, I'll make sure I'm safe, okay to hide behind?" She began to coquettishly and tried to look pitiful. "You know how reliable I am, I won't let you worry!"
"You..."
It was a few seconds before Peter let out the breath that had been in his mouth. "Gwen, what the hell do you want to do? You make me wonder if it's the right thing to do to teach you these things. ”
Hearing Peter's question, Gwen thought for a moment before giving her answer: "I just... I want to get in touch with these things. ”
"Huh?"
"After all, every day outside, fighting with all kinds of gangsters. It's a big part of your life. I don't know when, Gewen has already raised her hands and began to twist and pinch her fingers on her chest, and the volume unconsciously raised. But I don't know anything, I don't know anything. Because it's dangerous, I can't accompany you, I understand that. ”
"But now it's different! I now have these abilities and the opportunity to stand with you. So I want to know more about these things and be able to be with you more! ”
In the face of Gwen's sincere confession, even though they have been together for a long time, Peter still feels that his face is hot. He coughed lightly twice, and uttered his last protest with some weakness.
"So what if you reveal your identity? Gwen, I understand your feelings, but we need to be rational and not take these unnecessary risks. Listen to me, next time I will..."
"I've been ready for a long time!" Gwen had taken out a white mask with lilac goggles from her backpack and brought it to her face. Peter glanced at Gwen who was bouncing around a few times, although helpless, he had to admit that this mask and Gwen's white tracksuit looked quite compatible.
"You... I can't help you, but you have to remember..."
"Be sure to stay out of danger." Before he could finish his words, he was picked up by Gwen. "Let's go, it's too late if you don't go."
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The cool night breeze was a bit chilly under their high-speed movements. Although Peter did not approve of Gwen's actions, he had to admit that she had an amazing talent in this area.
In just a few days, she had already mastered the use of the hook and rope launcher, and with the support of that unreasonable physical fitness, she could barely keep up with Peter's speed.
"Wait for me!" She shouted loudly, but because the movement of her hand was too fast, her body did not relay normally, and she fell off the roof with an unsteady foot. Peter's heart sank straight to the bottom, and he rushed as fast as he could, in the direction where she fell. And in the next second, she turned over and jumped up as if nothing had happened.
"I'm fine, I'm fine!" She waved her hand, and Peter felt a little relieved.
"Next time, be careful and pay attention to your hand movements." He whispered, and he ran to his destination again. Gwen gritted her teeth and followed.
Doing so between buildings ten or twenty meters tall should have been extremely dangerous, but Gwen's abilities made it seem extra safe for her.
Her strength and agility allow her to make a variety of moves with ease, her early warning ability allows her to anticipate small mistakes in most situations, and her ability to climb allows her to 'stick' herself to walls. And even if she did make some serious mistake and fall, her extraordinarily human physique would allow her to fall from a height of five or six stories without serious injury.
Without these layers of security, Peter would have said that he would not have agreed to her coming out with him.
The area where the crime was reported was not far from them, and it only took six or seven minutes for the two people who had taken a shortcut to arrive at the scene. At this time, the nearest police car to them is also half a kilometer away, and it is expected that it will be a while before it arrives.
And the situation on the scene has reached a rather grim point.
In a grocery store, a middle-aged man who looked like a shopkeeper was lying on the ground trembling and a shotgun with the barrel of a gun sawed off was pointed at his back. This powerful, inexpensive, and easy-to-hide weapon has always been a favorite weapon for the low-level gangsters.
"Don't... Other... Spare me..."The shopkeeper who was lying on the ground couldn't see the situation behind him at all, so he could only whisper for mercy. However, this did little to the three uninvited customers who broke into his shop, and one of them kicked him in annoyance.
"Damn bastard, if you don't die, you won't die, haven't you heard?" He spat on the ground, cursing in a low voice. "Just pretend you didn't see anything. I even called the police..."
To be honest, he himself felt quite unlucky. They had been visiting the shop for several nights in a row, and they had long since determined that there were basically no people around the shop after seven or eight o'clock in the evening, and the shop itself was not equipped with any anti-theft system, and the big lock in front of the door was the kind of bargain that could be easily cut.
There was no problem breaking through the door, and they quickly ransacked the store of cash and valuable goods. While they were in high spirits to pack up their 'loot', a mobile phone ringtone in the corner completely shattered their good mood.
The damn shopkeeper had been hiding in a locker and had called the police.
If this guy hadn't turned off all the lights in the store to save power, the three of them wouldn't have rushed in thinking that there was no one inside. It's too late to say anything now, the police are already on their way, and the middle-aged man in front of him has also seen the faces of his own group.
Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth, and a fierce color flashed across his face. He slowly raised the gun in his hand and aimed it at the back of the shopkeeper's head.
The companion on the side suddenly sensed that something was wrong here, and pushed the barrel of his gun away first.
"You're crazy!?" He shouted. "It's bad enough now, do you want to get worse?"
"He saw our faces!" The murderous young man roared back, pushing his companion away. "I can't get caught in again, I've already been in twice, and this time they're going to lock me up for the rest of my life!"
"And then you're trying to pull us into the water!? I don't want to be charged with murder! His companion did not show any weakness, and also came back and knocked him back two steps. The quarrel between the two is getting louder and louder, and it looks like it is about to escalate directly into a brawl. The poor shopkeeper did not dare to move, but shivered on the floor.
"Enough of you!" The rest of the gangsters, who had not spoken, finally spoke. "Hurry up and put things away. We have to go before the strips arrive. ”
"Then I'll kill this guy first." The young man with the gun twitched his face and raised his gun again, and the shopkeeper, who finally understood the situation, let out a terrible howl.
"Bang!"
Without hesitation, the young man pulled the trigger, and tongues of fire erupted from the muzzle of the gun.
However, after the gunshot, the shopkeeper was still crying on the ground, but there was a suspicious water mark on his pants. The young man was a little dazed, and looked at the gun in his hand in confusion.
At the last moment, his gun was jerked upwards by some force, sending the sprayed shotgun to the ceiling of the shop. It wasn't the first time he'd shot, and he knew it wasn't something recoil could do when firing.
Before he could continue to think, he felt a chill run through his throat. He stiffened his way to his side, only to see a red figure that had appeared beside him at some point.
"Red... The Red Knight—" he said with difficulty.
Almost at the same time, a white figure rushed in from outside the window and punched him in the jaw. With the sound of tooth-aching bones cracking and the sudden fishy smell of his mouth, he lost consciousness in an instant.
"And the White Knight!" Gwen shouted loudly, posing to the other two gangsters in the room who thought she was very handsome.