Chapter 51: The Silent Rabid Dog (Part II)
ββ¦β¦ In the praise of the joint defense command, this anonymous report circulating on the Internet has been strongly supported by anti-joint defense activists, this report mainly points out a series of problems in the management of the joint defense command, but the main thing is the lack of supervision, in the area where the joint defense bill is implemented, the joint defense command has a huge authority beyond supervision, can mobilize all military and civilian forces without the approval of the president or other supervisors, once this system is abused, would pose a danger that would be more severe than the ACA attack......"
-- Alliance Online News Network
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"Just in time." Ling Yu stretched out his hand and gently combed the hair on his forehead, he wrapped the remaining gauze in the palm of his right hand, smiled, and looked at Shangguan Mo who walked over slowly, "Anyway, she just stopped at the last moment, and I just didn't have a chance to return the favor to Mo Keke." β
"Oh?"
Shangguan was stunned for a moment, and the expression on his face instantly turned suspicious, "Are you going to surrender to me?" β
"How come," Ling Yu spread his hands and shook his head gently, "As long as I keep you alive?" β
"Bastard!!"
It seemed that there was no reaction, Shangguan Mo was silent for a second, but then, like a powder keg that had been ignited, he roared and rushed directly towards Ling Yu!
Ling Yu shook his head and looked at Shangguan Mo who was rushing towards him, and then turned sideways and directly dodged Shangguan Mo's right claw.
The pain in his waist instantly deformed Ling Yu's movements, Shangguan Mo was obviously not exactly a reckless man, and the right claw that he stabbed out instantly turned into an elbow strike, directly smashing into Ling Yu's injured right waist.
Ling Yu stepped back half a step to make way for space, and grabbed Shangguan Mo's arm directly with his right hand, he originally wanted to grab the opponent's arm and then use his knee to strike. But because of the injury in his waist, he couldn't do it, so he could only turn sideways again, stumble Shangguan Mura down, and then smashed a knife directly on her back with his left hand.
Predicting Ling Yu's attack method, Shangguan Mo slipped directly under his feet, and the whole person lay on the ground to minimize the damage of Ling Yu's hand knife attack, and then rolled on the spot to avoid Ling Yu's kick. The two distanced themselves again.
In the first round, Ling Yu had the advantage.
In other words, if Ling Yu was not injured, then it would be an overwhelming advantage against Shangguan Mo.
Shangguan Mo, who realized this, did not attack directly again, she even carefully retreated half a step back and re-examined the man in front of her with legendary experience.
The object of pursuit is Ling Yu, which is known to the Mo Coco Five, but the vast majority of people's understanding of Ling Yu is still stuck in the era when he protected the nuclear power plant and saved Paris. In addition, Mo Keke himself had saved Ling Yu's life, so although these Mo Keke's cronies knew that Ling Yu might be different from ordinary miscellaneous fish, they would not realize that Ling Yu already had the ability to fight with Mo Keke.
But as soon as they fought, Shangguan Mo realized that at least in terms of speed and reaction, the man in front of him was in an advantageous position even if he was injured.
"It seems to be a meat system TF with animal characteristics, look at these ears, it should be a wolverine? The fighting style is also very similar. Badgers are more irritable and ferocious, and in the case of small size, they can use sneak attacks to steal food from wolves and even tigers. β
Ling Yu said. Raising his hand, Shangguan Mo only realized at this time that the Penny hat he used to cover the beast's ears was taken off by Ling Yu easily!
"Give it back!"
Shangguan Mo shouted and directly pounced on Ling Yu again, Ling Yu didn't dodge this time, but only used a small amount of fine-tuning to dodge the opponent's claw blade. Then both fists came out together, directly hitting Shangguan Mo's shoulder and lower abdomen, and the girl flew out directly.
Shangguan Mo directly hit a brick wall behind him, and in an instant, flying bricks and stones shot out in all directions. The wall lamps on the walls have also gone out quite a bit.
Ling Yu almost fell to the ground with a stumble, he coughed lightly, wiped the sweat that had slipped from his forehead due to pain and body overdraft with the back of his hand, and raised his hand to wipe a handful on his right waist, blood dripping.
The battle must be ended as much as possible.
Ling Yu took a deep breath, opened the pattern to the speed strengthening, and on tiptoe, he rushed directly towards Shangguan Mo, who was struggling to get up on the ground.
Before he had time to react, Shangguan Mo was directly jacked up again by Ling Yu and pressed against the wall.
Shangguan Mo subconsciously waved his claws, but Ling Yu directly grabbed her wrist and then locked her throat with his elbow.
"Now, I said."
Ling Yu pressed Shangguan Mo's left hand against her throat, locked her right hand with the other hand, and pinned the girl's legs with her legs, sealing all possibilities for the other party to fight back.
But Ling Yu didn't rush to end the battle, his gaze fell on the other party's ears that didn't belong to humans, and his eyebrows furrowed.
"These ears are still quite cute, why should they be covered?"
"Bastard ......"
It seemed that because of Ling Yu's words, Shangguan Mo violently exerted force again, Ling Yu almost failed to hold her, and the sudden force also made the wound on the young man's waist bleed again.
"Forget it, it seems that every TF will have some strange attachments, and I don't have any position to criticize you."
"Thank you Mo Coco on my behalf."
After speaking, ignoring Shangguan Mo, who was angry, Ling Yu exerted his strength with both hands, directly lifted the girl's body, and smashed his backhand into the sewer that was rushing towards the sea like a small river because the water pipe had not been repaired.
"Hah...... Why did you suddenly say such a middle two thing? β
After completing this qiΔ and staring at Shangguan Mo who had disappeared into the water, Ling Yu suddenly showed a wry smile, reached out to wipe the wound, turned around, and walked quickly towards the branch of another sewer with some staggering.
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That's all for now.
When Helis said this, Aliyah. Sinaire was sitting at the table, looking at a blue window on the holographic screen in front of her a little tiredly, she was stunned for a moment, and then turned her head, I don't know when, Helis had turned off the holographic screens that shrouded her, in the black room, the girl in the T-shirt stood dumbfounded, the mechanical cat ears on her head seemed to shrug down because of the fluctuation of feelings, but her expression was still as calm as water. I don't see any fluctuations.
"Okay."
Arya raised her hand to take off her headphones, turned around and stood up from the stool, she came directly to Helis's house from New York in the afternoon, on the one hand, it was convenient to integrate the entire intelligence support network, and on the other hand, it was also Ling Yu's meaning. I want to restrain Helis in advance, so that she doesn't do anything too radical and add to the chaos.
Arya executed the order well, and the girl, as at all times, showed amazing adaptability and emotional intelligence, and throughout the whole process, she just quietly looked at some numbers and charts that could be called boring, and even handed over the main intelligence discourse to Helis during the previous meeting with Ling Yu. She only makes a few additions once in a while.
At this moment, before dawn came, her job was to observe Ling Yu's body count, and when she fought Mo Keco before, Ling Yu's body count jΓΉ reached a dangerous state for a while, and then continued to decline, just as Helis was about to intervene, his vital signs stabilized again. It should be that Ling Yu has found a safe place to escape from the pursuit and has begun to rest and recover.
But other than that. All of them had lost contact with Ling Yu, and even calls to the Empty Mechanical Eye went unanswered.
"It's almost dawn." Arya sat down on a stool and broke the silence with her mouth, "Aren't you going to take a break?" β
No, it's okay, I'm not tired yet.
Helis stood still. Shaking her head slightly, Arya looked at the girl's fair face and seemed to understand something, she sighed softly, and then smiled.
"Then ...... with me No. Can you have a chat with me? β
Helis was stunned for a moment, as if she was a little surprised by Arya's opening statement, but then she nodded, and a chair rolled automatically to her feet, and the girl slowly sat back, facing Arya's position.
"Actually, speaking of which, I don't know much about your team, and there is always a feeling of being an outsider...... But that's right, after all, I'm here for my own purposes. β
Arya stood up, walked to the coffee machine next to her, picked up the coffee pot and poured herself a cold cup of coffee, and took a shallow sip.
"To be honest, I'm tired," Arya held the coffee cup in her right hand, raised her left hand, slowly took off the boat-shaped hat and folded it, inserted it into the epaulette strap of her uniform, and then walked to the stool and sat down slowly, "I know how tiring it is to chase someone, but I can imagine that the captain is much more tired than me, and if I were replaced, I am afraid that I really can't survive this despair." β
Leviathan. Thea?
"Yes," Arya nodded in response to Helis, "The person I'm chasing is just an unknown mercenary TF, and the person he's chasing is ......"
"Do you know what the person chasing is most afraid of?" Arya didn't go on with the obvious, she paused, and seemed to change the subject.
Helis didn't speak, but shook his head.
"It's loneliness."
There was a rare look of exhaustion on Arya's face, and even some fear in it, she closed her eyes, and her voice was a little short.
"No one believes what you believe, everyone thinks you're crazy, but you can't convince them, even if you know you're right......"
"This is the chaser, the greatest pain."
Kronos & Co. ...... Don't believe in Leviathan. Shia still has sanity?
"Sort of...... But I know that kid ...... There is a real integrity and good side. β
"Absolutely."
Arya opened her eyes again, and the exhaustion and confusion in her eyes had completely disappeared, replaced by firmness and conviction.
I searched for some reports on Shia...... The situation does not seem to be promising.
The cat's ears on Helis's head twitched, and the girl was silent for a few seconds before speaking, apparently considering the words.
"So you know now how difficult it is to trust me, but what about the captain?" Arya shrugged and smiled helplessly, but didn't continue on the topic of Thea.
Therefore, you should understand how happy it is for a chaser to have a person who can trust him unconditionally, and if on this basis, two people are dependent on each other and trust each other...... Probably, these two people can do anything for each other. β
You mean...... Trusted?
Helis pursed her lips, as if playing with the two words.
"Yes, trust, not only trusting what each other believes in and the path each other chooses, but also believing that you are an indispensable part of the other party, is a necessary help for the other party's success, will not suffer from gains and losses because of some small things, will not constantly blame yourself for occasional setbacks, and will not see yourself as a burden to the other party because of some possible mistakes......"
"I don't feel ashamed of making a request to the other person."
Arya's narration is not fast, but there is an invisible force in it, just as this always inconspicuous girl should have shown - seemingly dispensable, but in fact indispensable.
"And most importantly, believe in one thing." Arya paused, and without waiting for Helis to truly understand this sentence, she directly gave a conclusion, "I believe that what you need is also what the other person needs." β
"Because as far as I can see, you're never the only one looking forward to this ball, or someone like us who has nothing to do with it."
Arya exhaled, then stood up, walked over to Helis, and gently patted her on the shoulder.
"Go to sleep, I'm used to working the night shift, just come to change shifts at ten o'clock in the morning."
With that, the girl turned around, walked to her desk, sat down in a chair, and put on headphones.
Helis looked at Arya's back, pursed her lips, and then turned and walked to her room.
There are not a few hours left until dawn. (To be continued......)