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Chapter 16 hole cards
Sue discovers that her life has completely changed.
Persephone didn't seem to have any intention of arresting him back, nor did she intend to kill him, so Su naturally wouldn't think about suicide or desperately. Like all living things, Sue has an unusually strong desire to survive.
As for escaping or even countering Persephone, Sue is always ready, but at the same time has no illusions.
Persephone's abilities were completely beyond Sue's detection range, Sue didn't know what her main ability domain was, and sometimes she didn't have any abilities at all in Sue's perception, but her instinct reminded him that danger was around him all the time. The subconscious is diametrically opposed to reality, which often makes Sue feel a little confused when she looks at it.
But Sue clearly remembered that Persephone's appearance showed overwhelming strength, and then took his weapon with ease and haphazardness, this qiΔ was not an illusion, and it was definitely not a coincidence. The only thing Su can confirm is that in front of this mysterious woman, he will not have any ability to parry back. So since Persephone had at least superficial respect for him, he would not try to do something stupid that he was not sure about, so as not to bring shame on himself.
Sue carried Persephone's "luggage" and walked down the ridge towards N958. This intricately crafted women's canvas handbag contrasts with his worn-out clothes and the rugged Barrett on his back. Even without using her nose, through the skin on her right hand, Sue could feel the faint fragrance coming from the bag.
Persephone walked side by side with Sue with her hands behind her back, the black pencil bouncing between her nimble ten fingers. As she walked, she kept chatting with Su, from Su's age, experience, hobbies, and skills to her height, weight, and how many women she had, and she always didn't forget to suddenly interject a sentence "Let's go back to the Dark Dragoon".
Su basically answered all the questions that could be answered, and ignored all the questions about his ability. Regarding the topic of returning to the Dark Dragoon together, Su has always responded directly: "You can take my corpse back." β
Although Sue didn't believe that Persephone was really going to live with him next, when she asked where she was staying for the night, Sue decided to take her to N958. Anyway, it's impossible to hide this old private base, so it's better to take Persephone over to have a look, maybe she has the ability to repair the base's water circulation system. If the system is repairable, then even if it falls into the hands of the Dark Dragoon, more water will always mean more life.
There are no roads in the mountains at all. Sue walked very smoothly on the rocks, as if she were walking on a smooth airstrip. Persephone, who wears high heels, has to jump up and down the rocks, always opening her arms to keep her body balanced, looking at her joyful figure and her hair fluttering, like a carefree, fanciful young girl in the old days, who needs to be protected and loved. From time to time, her shaking arms and body would bump into Sue's body, seemingly unintentionally.
An hour later, Sue stood in front of the gate of N958 with her "luggage" and a lively and sunny Persephone.
Watching the gate retract sideways into the mountain wall to make way for a deep passage, Persephone let out a low cry and her eyes began to glow.
The base was almost pitch black, with only a few emergency lights emitting a faint red glow, but they could illuminate a meter or so. For Su, who has a shimmering vision, this faint light is enough. In order to save energy, he never turns on the superfluous lighting.
Su firmly believes that this light is definitely too much for Persephone.
However, this mysterious woman from the Dark Dragoon was looking blankly into the base at the moment, constantly leaning towards Sue, and quietly grabbed Sue's clothes with her left hand, and clenched it tightly, like a cat afraid of the dark.
Persephone, who was in high heels, was almost as tall as Sue. But her expression and movements at this time somehow reminded Su of the little girl who would always pull his clothes silently.
Su sighed quietly, no longer caring about the realistic Cheng dΓΉ of Persephone's acting, but walked to the door and clicked a few times in front of the control stage. The base gradually lit up, and a faint roar began to be heard on the ground, purified air was blown out of the vents, and the gate of the base slowly closed behind the two people.
Thousands of miles away, on the top floor of the seven-story building of the Dark Dragoon Headquarters, the old man held a cup of coffee in his left hand and clicked a few times on the screen with his right hand, bringing up the picture of the N958 base. It's time for fun and leisure again.
In the first picture that popped up, the old man saw Persephone holding Sue's arm like a little girl.
Strike! The old man squirted out a sip of coffee, splashing all over the table and screen.
The old man coughed violently, hurriedly took out a white towel, and wiped the coffee spilled from the corner of his mouth and clothes.
The door opened silently, and the female assistant leaned in and asked with concern, "What's wrong with you?" β
The old man had wiped his face and shirt clean, and was wiping the coffee cup with a paper towel, when he heard the female assistant ask, and replied with a smile, "It's okay." It seems that he is old, and he will choke on a sip of coffee. β
The cold female assistant stepped back and gently closed the door. As soon as she closed the door, she took a deep breath, and finally calmed down her fiercely beating heart and left with a steady pace. It's been three years since she's been working in the building, and it's the first time she's seen him smile, and it's the first time she's seen the eagle-like old man behaving at a loss and spilling coffee.
Sue led Persephone and toured all over N958. When they finally reached the second floor, Persephone, who had been holding Sue's arm tightly, let go of her hand and ran around the lavish and well-appointed suites like a chirping bird, and finally froze by the pool, as Sue had done at the beginning.
Sue stood beside her, looked at the empty pool, and said, "Until now, I can't imagine what it would be like if this place was filled with water." β
"I don't know." Persephone said quietly.
"......" Su was silent.
"Hey! You're a man, don't be so stingy, okay? She cried out.
"Well, it looks like we're the same people." Sue surrendered somewhat resignedly.
Persephone pulled Sue into the suite, which was clearly reserved for the base owner, and her eyes began to light up again as she looked at the clean, incredibly large bathroom.
"You can take a shower!" She didn't say this question in an inquiring tone at all.
Su was stunned on the spot. Since the discovery of N958, he has only produced synthetic nutrients once, used less than a kilogram of water, and drank a total of one kilogram of water, and the rest of the water produced is stored in the central water storage system, which is already dozens of kilograms, if it is used for bathing, it is barely enough. After all, this base was equipped with the most advanced water purification circulation system at that time, and the sewage produced by bathing could be reprepared into clean water within one minute, and of course loss was inevitable. The problem is that in Su's concept, these are pure water that has reached the highest level of purity, Level 5, and is only for drinking. The bathing water should be secondary water with slight radiation, or even primary water. Of course, the standards of the turbulent era were different from the old era, and the so-called secondary water was enough to kill in the old era.
Bathing with clean water is as unbearable as swimming.
Persephone jumped in front of Sue, put her hands behind her back, leaned forward, her eyes wide open, looked up at Sue, and asked expectantly, "Is it okay?" β
ββ¦β¦ All right. β
This N958 is actually her possession. No matter how good Persephone's acting skills are, even if she really has such a character, Sue will always remember that she is a big shot from the Dark Dragoon. Sue connects the central water storage system to the master bedroom's bathroom on a console in the bathroom, and restores the master suite's full energy supply.
In the bathroom of more than 100 square meters, soft lights are slowly lit up, and the air circulation system constantly brings in fresh air and is accompanied by the fragrance of plants and trees. This is a truly all-natural spice that takes with Persephone's pickiness and Sue's sensitivity, and can't find any blemishes. Soothing background music begins to play, and the fully transparent shower begins to spray a faint mist of water. This is the bathroom's intelligent system, which judges that the amount of water stored is not enough to start the bathtub, so the preheating procedure of the shower is initiated.
Persephone leaned forward slightly, stretched out her left hand to the door, and smiled sweetly.
Persephone's breathtaking beauty is perfectly accentuated by the soft lighting, and the bathroom is a backdrop for simplicity and space, as well as extravagant details that are beyond imagination.
It's just that her beauty doesn't seem to have any effect on Su. Sue put her "luggage" on the floor and silently walked out of the bathroom, never looking back, let alone finding an excuse to stay in the bathroom.
Persephone was not disappointed by this small frustration, and as soon as the bathroom door closed, she straightened up, looked up at a wall lamp in the corner of the bathroom, and smiled.
In the Dark Dragoon Headquarters, on the old man's screen, he could just take in Persephone's charm that blended dignified and wild. I saw her squint one eye, and her left hand made a pistol pose, pointing right at the center of the old man's eyebrows.
"Bang!" The sound of a pistol shot came out of those slightly open sexy lips.
The screen on the old man's desk immediately went black, and then a choking puff of cyan smoke came out. The old man coughed again, this time with a little more embarrassment on his face.
Sue hugged Barrett in her arms and sat at the top of the stairs, her mind in a mess. Although he had thought countless times about what would happen when he faced the Dark Dragoon for the third time, he could never have imagined the strange situation he had today. He diligently guessed Persephone's possible next move, as he had done in the past when he had analyzed the enemy's movements, but he had no clue at all. Sue couldn't even guess the real purpose of her visit.
After thinking about it for a long time, the door of the master bedroom quietly opened, and Persephone, who was covered in mist, walked out and sighed with satisfaction.
She had changed into her classic business attire, a light-colored silk suspender nightdress that hugged her bath skin, and a hem that would cover her upper thighs. The stockings had long since faded, and they had been replaced by a pair of cool slippers, and in the light, a pair of barefoot feet were extremely dazzling. Her gray hair was still coiled on top of her head, but it looked much more casual, and her black-rimmed glasses gave her an air of seduction.
Persephone had an extra bottle of open whiskey in her left hand and two glasses in her right hand, standing in front of Sue and staring at him: "Look at the posture of you holding a gun, it is like holding a woman." β
Su raised his head, and from the current angle, he could almost see the end of those long snow-white legs. It's almost, because it's just 1.5 centimeters off. Sue, who is good at sniping, is really a little helpless about the number 1.5 centimeters automatically appearing in his mind, and he has to admit that Persephone's charm is indeed too amazing.
Sue patted Barrett, who was wrapped in strips of cloth in his arms, and said with a smile, "Women are unreliable, but guns are different." β
Persephone smiled lightly, sat down beside Sue, put a pair of snow-white long legs almost all across Sue's face, and said, "This sentence should not be said in front of a woman. Would you like a drink? β
In this posture, her proud figure was almost revealed in front of Sue. The moment Sue's gaze swept over her, a thought came to her mind that she was wearing nothing in it. This was purely due to the fact that his gaze measured and calculated the thickness of the nightdress on his own, and then came to such a conclusion. This conclusion came out so quickly, and Yu Su didn't have time to block it at all. He suddenly felt that the instantaneous reactions he had relied on to survive in the past didn't seem to be very good at some point.
Looking at the glass of whiskey that Persephone pushed over, Sue was very embarrassed. After hesitating for a few seconds, he took the glass and drank it all in one gulp, determined to die.
Persephone also drank it dry, stretched out the tip of her pink tongue, gently licked the wine stains on her lips, poured the wine glass full, held a full glass of wine, leaned forward, put her arm on Sue's shoulder, the tip of her nose almost touched Sue's pale golden hair, and said softly: "Follow me back to the Dark Dragoon." β
"You can bring my body back." Sue replied.
"It's boring." Persephone muttered, she drank the wine in her glass in one gulp, pulled the bandage on Sue's face a little with her right hand, pressed it to his ear, and said in a very soft voice: "I have the last hole card, and I will definitely let you go with me willingly, but I don't want to use it now." And your face, I'll always see it, but you'll have to show it to me...... Did you hear that? β
She gently blew in Su's ear, and Su's pale blonde hair immediately stood on end! Then slowly calm down.