Keep running, keep running, can't stop.

The little boy ran as hard as he could.

He stepped through the muddy cobblestone streets, splashing dirty water. He left behind the dilapidated and withered traditional Oriental shops on the side of the street, and on several occasions almost bumped into passers-by or shopkeepers holding goods. A few people chasing after him shouted while chasing:

"Catch the kid in front! Thief! ”

“Thief! (thief)" was mixed with Western language.

Two of the four men in pursuit were dressed in elaborate black suits, both Westerners, and one of them was about middle age, with a short beard and gold-rimmed glasses, like a civil servant. The other was a tall, thin black man.

The third is a swarthy, young and strong, short-haired Yaning man.

But the half-breed who ran in the center was completely different—he wore large gold-framed sunglasses, dark brown curls covered with hairspray, a well-made printed shirt on his upper body, but the buttons were only tied to his chest, and he wore a gold chain around his neck, and his lower body was black trousers, not only did he not wear socks under his trousers, but he also wore a pair of slippers, but he ran very fast, and cursed as he ran:

", stinky boy! **Dare to steal my wallet! I'll hack you to death! Don't run! Little Mouse! ”

The one who was scolded as a little mouse was a dark and thin little boy, dressed in a gray ragged cotton coat, covered in soot, and looked to be only fifteen or sixteen years old. Although he was thin, he was running fast, and he was still clutching the golden wallet in his hand. When passing by the street

During a series of bottom merchants, he knocked on the window of one of the households. As soon as the shopkeeper opened the window, the black man who followed him did not have time to dodge, and just hit the open bottom merchant window, and fell to the ground on his back.

Hong Yuesheng didn't reply, and had already turned over the vendor's cart blocking the road at the intersection in front of her. The half-breed of the remaining three pursuers made a gesture, and one of the young men Yaning ran in the direction to the right of the intersection to outflank the boy, and the half-breed and middle-aged Westerner-looking Westerner pushed away the vendor's cart and continued to chase the boy closely.

In the blink of an eye, the boy had already run into an alley, and he saw the young man Yaning who suddenly rushed out of the intersection in front of him, and bowed down to stop the ragged and dirty thief. The little boy didn't seem to be able to turn, and when he was about to hit the man, he fell to the ground and slipped over, and drilled under the man's crotch, the speed was too fast, and the little boy's left leg and thigh were broken, but he didn't care, got up and continued to run, almost crashing into the oncoming old-fashioned car in front of him, fortunately, the car was not fast in the alley, the boy stumbled onto the roof of the car, and ran directly over the car.

"Hey!!" The driver of the car, a middle-aged man who was delivering goods to a grocery store, was startled by the sudden situation and cried out in distress when he saw the boy stepping on his car and turning over.

The young man Yaning threw himself into the air, turned around and jumped into the car after him, he was much stronger than the boy, and he stepped on the car with a clatter.

"Little Bunny!! Give me down! ”

The protest of the driver of the car was nothing but a futile struggle, and by the time he cursed, the man had already jumped off the roof of the car and stepped on the roof of the car in a pit. "Catch him!" At this time, the mixed-race and middle-aged Westerners also followed, and like the former, they all rolled over the cars blocking the road.

The driver of the sedan was already helpless, and buried his head in the steering wheel in frustration.

By this time, the little boy had already slipped into the narrow alley next to him.

The "pursuers" from behind then arrived, and the skinny boy was already in the middle of the alley. The chasing people also wanted to follow suit, but the alley was too narrow, only enough for one person to pass sideways, plus a few strong people, when they squeezed between the alleys, the little boy had already crossed the alley and ran into the roadway in front of him.

During the evening rush hour, the roadway was bustling with traffic, and the traditional car room was occasionally mixed with anti-gravity engines brought back from their own countries by Western consuls, floating at low altitudes and gliding without resistance as they quickly moved through the lanes, causing a wave of confusion among the traffic.

“WatchOut! Asshole! (Look at the road!) Bastard! )”

"Where did the wild child come from!"

The drivers cursed as they swerved sharply to avoid the children.

When the little boy was about to run across the roadway, he was almost hit by a hovering car that could not be avoided, and the streamlined body shoveled up the little boy, but saved him, the little boy turned over on the front cover of the car, and then was thrown in the direction of the sidewalk, and fell heavily to the ground, and the hovering car flew out sideways due to the driver's over-turning steering wheel, and crashed into the old-fashioned car in front. When the hovercar was raised, the anti-gravity vortex under the car spewed a powerful whirlwind, which blew over the motorcycle driving next to it...... By the time the "pursuers" crossed the alley, the scene was already chaotic.

The half-breed and a few companions reached out to stop the incoming car, and ran through the chaotic lane that was disturbed by the acutely stopped car, only to find that the place where the boy had been knocked down just now was only a pool of blood, but the person was gone......

Vapor from the sewers enveloped the dilapidated Thirteenth Street, and the boy limped toward the agreed direction with his broken leg in tow.

It was almost there, the boy thought, and looked down at the road, until he found that a huge shadow had completely enveloped his thin figure, and he looked up, only to find that at some point there was a tall police mobile soldier standing in front of him—this was the standard configuration of the mobile unit: the mobile mecha, commonly known as the "mechanical heart", was an improved version of the military product of the last war, and was specially adapted for the maintenance of urban security. When a human sits in a mech, it is as if the whole body is wrapped in huge armor - armor powered by an internal combustion engine behind it, about three meters tall, usually armed with a Gatling gun in the right hand, and has a powerful fire system. In terms of appearance design, in order to make it easier for the Yaning people to accept, the mecha was designed in the style of an oriental samurai, and forged a beast-shaped pattern. Under the steel helmet of the head, a total of three switchable faces are distributed in the center of the head, on the left and on the right: they represent the three emotions of peace (Buddha), anger (demon), and mourning (Bodhisattva). On patrol in normal times, most of them are "peaceful" faces that indicate a state of alertness, just like now, green eyes are looking at the boy.

Even so, the boy was taken aback. He knew that if he was considered a dangerous element by the mobile soldiers, he would undoubtedly die.

The face of the mobile soldier Buddha looked unusually gentle, and the round black camera in the center of the eyebrows kept zooming to detect the boy's state, until after confirming that there were no dangerous weapons, the mobile soldier did not seem to plan to continue to spend time on the boy, so he walked over with heavy steps, and the boy quickly turned sideways to the wall to make way for the mecha, and at the same time sighed.

How can there be mobile soldiers here?! Shouldn't all the mobile units be on duty in the central square area at this time?

The little boy didn't have time to think about it, but in any case, the original plan had to be changed, and he was about to leave Thirteenth Street as soon as a shout dragged him back into danger.

“Catchhim! He’sathief！ (Catch him!) He's a thief)!" It turned out that the "pursuers" caught up.

The mobile soldier who had already walked past the boy had not yet turned his legs, and his upper body had suddenly turned one hundred and eighty degrees and rushed towards the boy, and the devil's face had quickly switched from the steel helmet to replace the Buddha's face, fierce and vicious, and at the same time issued an extremely piercing warning sound!

The boy ignored the warning, ran away, and as soon as he turned and followed the fire ladder next to him, he climbed up to the tiled house on the side of the street, which caused a lot of disturbance to the activities of the mobile soldiers, and the chasing mulattoes and others chased the little boy to the roof of the house through the mobile soldiers blocked by the narrow street.

There were also a few figures hidden in the alley near Thirteenth Street, and when they saw the little boy changing routes, they hurriedly followed from the side road.

Keep running, keep running, can't stop.

For eleven years now, this is the only thing the little boy remembers, and it is how he survived—everyone has their own way of survival.

Despite the pain of his leg from falling, he still ran on the roof.

Tonight is the eve of the "League Day," and although the sky is overcast, the snow has not yet fallen, there is no wind, and the weather is dry and cold, but the downtown area is still bustling with activity -- after all, the "League Day" is the most important holiday after the war. Aborigines and immigrants of different colors and nationalities, but from the same lower classes, crowded the narrow streets, shopping for goods, running their cheap shops for both business and residence, shouting and selling, and the wires on the telephone poles were intertwined. Hong Yuesheng and the "chasing soldiers" behind stepped on the roof, causing the shop owner to scold angrily.

Thump! The young Yaning man in the "Chaser" accidentally stepped out of a hole in the roof of a cheap house, slipped directly into a dim sum shop, plunged into the pea yellow piled up into a hill, and then raised his head like a gingerbread man, causing a burst of screams in the store.

At the end of the downtown area, the Haishi Canal, the largest man-made canal leading directly to the city, the little boy gritted his teeth when he saw that the end had come to an end.

Keep running, keep running, can't stop.

He accelerated to run, and when he reached the end of the roof, he jumped hard, grabbed a few bundles of wires connecting the two ends of the river in front of him, and the friction caused him to spark as he slid, like sprinting fireworks, and the snowflakes falling from the sky slapped on his face like a knife, and the little boy gritted his teeth, and was about to slide across the river! But the slide had worn off the plastic skin of the wires, revealing the metal cables inside.

The two people chasing after him, the well-dressed Westerners braked sharply, but the young and vigorous mixed-race people were not reconciled,

"! Underestimate Lao Tzu! He roared, and sped toward the end of the roof.

“ZhongJiu,forgetit！ (Zhongjiu, forget it!) The older Westerner slipped and fell in an abrupt stop, shouting to stop the half-breed known as "Nakahisa," but it was too late, and Nakahisa had already slid across the river as he slid across the river as he slid into the middle of the Haishi Canal.

Boom!

The already damaged wire couldn't bear the weight of another person, and suddenly broke one. Nakahisa hurriedly looked up at the remaining two bundles of wires above...... Late.

Boom! Boom!

The three wires broke one after another, and Zhong Jiu kicked in vain a few times, fell down, smashed the thin ice on the surface of the river, sank into the water, and then fluttered out in an instant, struggling desperately, obviously he didn't know how to swim.

After the little boy landed on the ground, he turned over on the spot, got up and continued to run, looking back at the situation of the "chasing soldiers" behind him while running, only to find that more and more people were gathered around the canal, watching Zhongjiu struggle in the water, but none of the locals were willing to jump into the water to save people in the winter.

Hearing the shouts, the little boy slowed down. At this time, people's attention turned to the canal, and no one paid attention to him anymore, and now is the best time to run, or...... The owner of the restaurant next to him also went to see the excitement, and the hot fat cake on the simple brick paving spread was full of tempting fragrance, and now grab a few and take them, no one will find out......

The little boy stopped, swallowed, rubbed his hungry stomach with his hands, and clenched his fists.

Zhongjiu's two partners finally rushed to the area around the canal, and at this time the banks of the canal were already crowded with people watching the excitement, and the two of them desperately squeezed through the crowd, and before they reached the river, they heard someone shouting:

"Someone jumped into the water!"

With a thud, a man jumped into the water, and someone in the crowd let out an exclamation. When someone poked his head out of the water, it turned out to be a boy. In winter, the river was cold and the water was panting, and every time the boy paddled the water, he had to fight off the cold, resist the waves that tried to sweep him into the depths, and finally got close to Zhongjiu, at this time Zhongjiu was already exhausted from struggling, despite this, when the little boy grabbed Zhongjiu from behind, Zhongjiu still grabbed the boy desperately like a life-saving straw, and his feet kicked wildly, the little boy was obviously not as strong as Zhongjiu, and he couldn't resist him. The people on the shore were terrified, and the two men were about to sink into the water together.

But the little boy was clearly prepared.

In the shop where the little boy stopped just now, there was not a single piece of hair cake, but there was a piece of simple stacked paved bricks......

The boy picked up the brick in his hand and smashed it on Nakaku's head...... Zhong Jiu suddenly had blood on his forehead, and his limbs kicked and splashed even bigger.

“Bastard! (Bastard)" Zhongjiu's Yaning partner saw the little boy attacking Zhongjiu and jerked out the gun from his arms, causing panic and screams from the surrounding crowd for a while. He pointed his gun at the middle of the lake, but the little boy and Nakahisa were scuffling together in the water, and he tried to aim many times but did not dare to shoot. ”

“Stop! AJie (Stop!) Applejack "The Westerners also rushed over, fearing that they would miss the shot, and hurriedly raised their hands to suppress Applejack's gun.

At this time, Zhong Jiu and the excessive struggle and choking just now had already fainted.

So the little boy threw down and turned his head, grabbed Nakaku's chin firmly from behind, made him turn his back, and wrapped his elbow between Nakahisa's shoulders, and swam to the shore.

The temperature of minus 20 degrees Celsius made the little boy's face pale and his body numb, and the weight of Zhongjiu made it even more difficult for him to swim, and the icy river water slapped him under the water several times. The people who looked at him from the shore could barely make out the slow-moving dots on the water, and they felt that they were hopeless.

Keep running, keep running, can't stop.

The little boy had only one thought in his head.

But he could have run away just now, so why was he struggling in the icy water now?

Was he reckless? Is he stupid?

Possible.

But his thoughts were so simple that although his muscles were aching and his heart was pounding, the ice water could not defeat him. Finally, he swam to the shore with Nakahisa.

The little boy struggled to drag Nakahisa to the shore, and two of Nakaku's companions also rushed over. One of them, Ajie from Yaning, came up and punched and kicked the little boy, and the boy no longer had the strength to resist, so he curled up on the ground with his head in his hands. Another Westerner immediately knelt beside Nakahisa, let him lie down, and pressed Nakahisa's chest together. After a few strokes, Nakaku spat a few mouthfuls and regained his senses.

"That's enough...... Stop it. Zhong Jiu, who was still lying on the ground, waved his hand and stopped the subordinate who was beating and scolding the little boy, "Bring him here." Seeing that Zhongjiu was relieved, the Westerners quickly took off their clothes and put them on Zhongjiu, helping Zhongjiu to sit up. Applejack then takes the stolen wallet out of the boy's arms, kicks the boy twice before he can hit him enough.

"! Applejack! I told you to stop, you didn't hear wow! As soon as Zhong Jiu came back a little later, his temper returned.

Applejack doesn't dare to disobey anymore and quickly drags the little boy over while handing the wallet to Nakaku.

The water completely drenched the curls that Zhong Jiu had styled with hairspray before, and now the hair was completely patted in front of his forehead, and he was unusually embarrassed. Zhongjiu squinted at the boy in front of him, and the boy's condition was a little worse - his clothes were in tatters, and his thin body was covered with bruises; The short black hair was wet and sticking to his scalp, and the river water washed away the soot on his face, revealing a typical Yaning face, his thin and pale face was still a little delicate, and a pair of black eyes looked at Zhong Jiu stubbornly, without a trace of fear.

Zhongjiu spat and asked, "Hey, what's your name?" ”

The little boy didn't say anything, just gasped.

"Damn," Nakaku shook his head slowly, "Looks like I'm going to eat you?!" ”

He glanced at the wallet in his hand, flicked it to the little boy, "Take it, little mouse." ”

The little boy grabbed his wallet, surprised. Even more surprised was Zhong Jiu's two partners, and Applejack couldn't help but want to stop Zhong Jiu: "Big brother, you ......" "You are embarrassed to call me big brother!" Zhong Jiu turned his head viciously to look at his subordinates, even if he was half-sitting, he stretched out his leg and kicked his lower leg, "Big brother come, big brother goes, where did I run away from the water ** just now!" Damn ......"

Zhong Jiu's two companions immediately lowered their heads, not daring to answer any more, obviously this half-breed who looked like a gangster and was full of swear words was obviously above them - it was common for half-breeds to have a higher status than the Yaning people, but even the Westerners next to them were really respectful.

At this time, a siren sounded in the distance, and Zhong Jiu turned to the boy: "Hey, little mouse," he waved his hand, "The money has been taken too, don't get out of here!" Waiting for the police?! ”

The little boy looked at Zhong Jiu, then at the wallet in his hand, turned around and ran away, and the crowd next to him quickly made way for him.

After running a few steps, the boy stopped, turned his head, and looked at Zhong Jiu, "Hong Yuesheng." ”

"Huh?" I haven't had a taste for a long time.

"My name is Hong Yuesheng." The little boy repeated, pausing, "I owe you, and I will pay it back to you one day!" With that, he turned and ran away.

"Damn, a little mouse is quite ambitious!" Nakaku smiled, spat on it, and then looked at his two men:

“Hey,youtwoidiots! Youarejustgonnaletmesitonthegroundsoakingwet? Shit, youarenotevenasgoodasrats! You two shit, do you want me to sit on the floor soaking wet all the time! Damn, it's not even a little mouse. ）”

The two subordinates hurriedly apologized and helped Zhongjiu get up, and Zhongjiu did not forget to slap the back of the two people's heads with his hands while getting up. At this time, several policemen had also arrived, followed by a "mechanical heart" mobile soldier, who was relying on the jet device on the back of the mecha to accelerate and follow the police car. The police car stopped, and a policeman acting as a Yaning man shouted as he got out of the car:

"What's going on?! It is strictly forbidden to gather without permission! "Hey! Say what about you! Don't leave yet! ”

The other onlookers saw the police and quickly dispersed.

Seeing several policemen approaching, Nakahisa looked at the Westerners beside him: "Kevin." ”

Kevin nodded, walked over to the Yaning policeman, took out the ID from his bosom, handed it to the policeman, and negotiated.

Zhongjiu didn't seem to care about the police who arrived, he touched his forehead, which had just been smashed by a brick, and muttered, "Drink!" It really hurting! Then he looked in the direction of the street where the boy had gone, where the setting sun was shining through the gloomy clouds, the oriental loft at the end of the street cast a black silhouette on the mud and sewage floor under the winter sunset, and the ringing of the bells of the temple at sunset and the muttering of monks chanting sutras could be heard in the distance.

Nakahisa smiled, "It's a little interesting......"

At this time, a figure hiding in the alley next to him observed Nakahisa, who was surrounded by the police and the tall motorized machine heart, hid back in the shadows, and raised his hand to report to his companion through the secret intercom:

"Report sir, the decoy mission has failed. Again, the decoy mission failed. ”