Chapter 29: The Covenant
Miss Puff's ferocious firepower was far from being matched by a pistol, and the worm poured out a frenzied firepower, and the already seriously injured wanderer, who dared to fight the turtledove again, dragged the injured leg and ran into the night in embarrassment, and did not know where to escape.
But the worm knew that the wanderer was very vengeful and that it was likely to come back, so the worm walked up to the turtledove and dragged him up from the ground.
With a few gasps, Ikaruga finally recovered from her vertigo.
"Get in the car."
Without too many words, the two of them, Worm and Turtledove, returned to the modified pickup, still driven by Worm, and Turtledove sat in the passenger seat, rubbing his still a little confused head.
The engine sounded again, and the pickup truck carrying the two of them sped away outside Poplar Town under the control of the bugs.
Surprisingly, the few wanderers who attacked Poplar Town did not pay attention to such a pickup truck anymore, perhaps because there was enough food in the town, or because they were entangled in the Rattlesnake Legion and could not get out, as for what happened to this town and the Rattlesnake Legion and other nearby forces, to be honest, no one cared too much about the little worm and the turtledove.
……
"How did you get back?"
As she drove the car, the little worm's face was full of happiness for the rest of her life, and she tilted her head to glance at the turtledove, and her smile was even bigger.
"If I don't come back, won't you be food for the wanderers this time?"
The turtledove's expression was also relaxed, and he looked back at the town of Poplar at the end of the skyline, which had truly turned into a sea of fire, and after so far away, the turtledove could even hear the roar of wanderers coming here.
There was silence, but the atmosphere did not seem awkward, on the contrary, there was a sense of harmony and warmth that gradually spread, and they did not have nothing to say to each other, but were too busy to be happy, and had no time to speak.
……
It was not until dawn that it was far away from the range of Poplar Town, and the modified pickup truck finally stopped, and the little worm and the turtledove in the middle changed shifts several times, and both of them were vigilant that they had not slept all night, and only then did they have a chance to rest.
There is no visible red sky in the town of Poplar here, the east will not be bright, there is a meager light scattered on this desert, but it is not very real, the vast distance, there are high and low, rolling mounds, everything is so quiet and serene.
The turtledove found a few sticks of dry wood nearby, so he made a small fire on the spot. At this time, although the sky is almost dawn, the temperature in the desert is still a little cold, and it is easy to catch a cold if you don't make a fire.
The firewood crackled and burned, the sparks danced, and the flames danced excitedly and strangely, and the little worm looked at the turtledove sitting opposite him and suddenly smiled.
"What's so funny."
The turtledove said this, but he also smiled.
"I knew you'd be back," the little worm folded his arms around his knees and rubbed his hands together against the fire, "because Uncle Galahad said that you have little brain." ”
As soon as Galahad was mentioned, Turtledove couldn't help but think back to the middle-aged man with a lewd face, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he said: "As if he didn't say anything about you, do you remember what he said at that time, you don't have a string in your head." ”
"I'm going to get something to eat."
As he spoke, the worm got up and walked towards the pickup, and after a while he came back with a large stack of things, and the turtledove said "yo", and then said:
"What's the matter? Don't you plan to live in the future? ”
"Let's celebrate."
The worm grinned and unscrewed a can of fruit and handed it to the turtledove.
……
The sun had risen high, the fire had been extinguished for an unknown amount of time, and there was still smoke curling from it. The turtledove sat in front of the fire, staring at the flickering sparks inside, while the little worm slept in the cab of the pickup truck.
Even now, Ikaruga still hadn't figured out whether he should come back or not.
He and Xiao Worm have not known each other for a long time, and their friendship is not deep, but they have already experienced several lives and deaths together, but the turtle dove knows that Xiao Worm's identity is special, and what she has to do is even more dangerous.
When it comes to dancing, Ikaruga has never learned it.
"Ah......h
Turtledove scratched his head in pain, and he didn't know what he was thinking about, because from his past, thinking had never been his forte, and even if he did, he might not be able to give himself a reasonable explanation.
In that case, then I still want to be an egg.
Not everyone needs a reason for everything, at least not for Turtledove, most of the time he does what he wants on a whim, according to his ideas, if you have to think about the cause and effect of everything, and then find your own reasons and motives, then it is too tiring to live.
"Because I'm happy, I'm happy."
The turtledove looked up at the sky and made up her mind.
……
At noon, the modified pickup truck was on the road again.
This time, the turtledove said that he was going to accompany the little worm to the oasis, but the little worm didn't refuse again, and she also found a reason for the turtledove:
"You're looking for Uncle Galahad, aren't you?"
Turtledove was stunned: yes, sooner or later, he will meet Galahad again with the worm, doesn't he know the way to make "Fury" evolve, and he has the right to do so.
It's a good reason to make yourself stronger.
"It's dangerous to go to the Oasis."
The worm added to the turtledove.
"So what?"
Turtledove asked rhetorically.
"So you little kid who has never been too far from home will listen to me, if you don't listen to me, not only will you kill yourself, but I will also have to be unlucky."
Innocently called a little fart child by the little worm for no reason, the turtledove is a little inexplicable, and feels unreasonable, because no matter how you look at it, she is older than the little worm, what qualifications does she have to call herself a little fart child?
"Don't be unconvinced," the worm continued, "tell me that you've ever left the Extralegal Land before?" ”
Turtledove thought for a moment and shook his head.
"That's right, let me tell you, the oasis is indeed in the northwest of the lawless land, but it is no longer an outsider land, it is called a 'barren land', the outside of the law you live in is actually quite small, and there is a very large world outside, which you have never seen before."
The turtledove pouted, and almost wrote the word "unconvinced" in his head.
"I'll tell you about that later, but I'll tell you about three rules you have to remember."
"Number one, don't leave Miss Puff behind unless you have to."
"Number two, the people of the Wings of Liberty and the New Empire are bad."
"The third one, the people of the Wings of Liberty and the New Empire are bad, never trust the people of the Wings of Liberty or the New Empire, because it is a very important thing, so I originally planned to say it three times, but there are too many four guidelines, so it is better to say it twice."
After listening to Xiao Worm's "Three Chapters of the Law" to himself, the turtledove couldn't help laughing.