It can only be said that in such a strange city, Alice's practice of taking John away without permission has not gone through the brain. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although John grew up under the influence of his father's adventures since he was a child, and after some careful cultivation by Alice (and Aleze's transformation), he gained a power that is beyond the reach of children of his age, and even most adults, so it is dangerous...... Basically, there is no danger.

But it must not be forgotten that no matter how much John exercised, he was still only a seven-year-old mentally child.

In Alice's previous life, seven-year-old children had just entered elementary school, and some of them had weak self-care skills, and I am afraid that even going to the supermarket next door to make soy sauce alone would be a problem. But now, she wants him to rescue the little girl in trouble in the city, which is obviously difficult for a strong man.

Looking at the industry, the only child who can play wherever he goes is probably Crayon Xiaoxin.

Maybe in the past, there would be some more out-of-the-way variety shows, in order to win ratings, deliberately giving young children all kinds of nonsensical problems. But even if it is this kind of show, there will be a photographer and staff to accompany and follow you.

I have to say that Alice is too irresponsible to leave it alone.

In the blink of an eye, an hour passed, but John's task of "saving the girl" was no progress.

After all, in the eyes of others, the current little John himself is just a poor little girl.

Many well-wishers (?) even took the initiative to ask if the pretty little maid was lost, and tried to take her away with a bunch of green fruit candy (a snack with a special layer of honey wrapped around the green fruit, according to Alice, it is a green rock sugar gourd, very popular with children).

However, little John, who is determined and has high self-esteem, will certainly not be easily abducted because of a string of sugar, he flatly refuses the kind invitations of various brothers and uncles, and resolutely devotes himself to the noble mission of saving the trapped girl.

But having said that, John Jr.'s criteria for judging "predicament" are very strange......

She followed Alice's instructions, looking around the city for the 'troubled-looking' girl, alternating between her hands and clutching on the green fructose (although she was not abducted, the candy was unceremoniously forcibly accepted by John). But along the way, I missed a lot of good opportunities.

There was a little girl who fell - John was indifferent.

There was a little girl who was bullied by her peers - John remained unmoved.

There was a little girl crying and calling out to her mother - John was still unmoved.

In fact, Alice's original idea was to let John pass the time casually, do some trivial things like this, and carry forward the spirit of Lei Feng.

But she didn't expect that John, who was trying to prove his manhood, didn't take this little predicament around him seriously at all, and secretly set a very ambitious goal - he had to find the girl who was hunted by the villains or monsters and fell into a danger of life, and stood up at the most critical moment, exerted overwhelming strength, foiled the villains head-on, and saved the girl in a sassy way.

In other words, in his mind, he must stage a standard heroic drama to save the beauty to be qualified.

I have to say that it is very much in line with the heroic imagination that the little boy longs for. And the reason why John came up with this stubborn idea is, of course, from his father, Charlie, the deputy captain of the garrison.

At home, Charlie likes to talk about his martial arts as an adventurer in his youth. Unbeknownst to John, most of these stories were fictional and exaggerated.

Even Charlie, a model man with deep affection, in front of his son, he is a father who only wants to save face after all, and he will inevitably exaggerate a few words, trying to establish a great father image.

But reality and stories are different, how can there be opportunities for heroes to save beauty everywhere?

So, even if John had a lot of kung fu, he wouldn't have just coincidentally found a little girl in the city who was being hunted by the villains.

"Dead girl--don't run!!Stop!!!"

At this moment, a rough shout came from the surrounding alley, and two figures flew out from the depths of the alley.

Running in front of her was a short girl who was about eight or nine years old, and behind her was a middle-aged man with a turban, a beard and bulging muscles.

The girl was dressed in a messy cloth dress, and her cheeks were still lovely, because they were covered with dust, and they looked dirty, and her short flaxen-colored hair was even more dry and wet and sticky together, as if it were a bird's nest.

Maybe this is the so-called rookie's luck, and he was really bumped into by John......

If you are racing on a flat stone road, then two people who are far apart in age and physique, I am afraid that the winner can be separated in a blink of an eye.

But the little girl in front of her is in the alley full of debris, swinging her small limbs flexibly, cleverly stepping over various obstacles, and skillfully using the terrain to distance herself.

The muscles of the strong man behind him not only did not show the explosive power they should have, but instead became an obstacle to his progress, preventing him from moving quickly through the narrow paths.

It can be seen that the little girl is very familiar with the terrain here, and she deliberately lured her opponent to this escape route that she has practiced at least dozens of times. And the reason why John can see this at a glance is because not long ago, in order to win against Alice, he himself did a similar drill. The result...... Of course, it was still a fiasco, because Alice simply ignored the obstacles and would shamelessly use [Light Gong] to fly the eaves and walk the wall......

Seeing that he couldn't catch up with the little girl, the big man was in a hurry, he grabbed a piece of gravel casually, waved his thick arm, and threw it in the direction of the girl. I don't know if it was the blind cat that caught the dead mouse, or the strong man's brilliant stone-throwing skills, the gravel hit the little girl's ankle accurately, causing her to lose her balance in a scream and tumble to the ground.

So, the situation was reversed, and the strong man came to the little girl's side in three or two steps, grabbed her hair like a rotten rag, and dragged her entire thin body off the ground.

But unexpectedly, the little girl did not cry because of this, she actually lifted her limbs and kicked the man's body desperately.

Of course, the strong man would not let her go on with nonsense, and he raised his fist and hit the girl on the cheek mercilessly.

Seeing this, John, who thought that the time was ripe, stuffed the remaining green fructose in his hands into his mouth as quickly as possible, and then stepped out of Alice's secret light footwork, burrowed into the alley like a wind, and grabbed the wrist of the man who was about to inflict violence on the girl.

"Hey, hey,

John's words sounded slurred by the fact that his mouth was stuffed with candy and he didn't have time to swallow it.

"What are you doing!?Are you an accomplice of this stinky girl!?Then let Lao Tzu teach us a lesson-"

Before the other side could finish speaking, the battle was over.

I saw the little maid raise her right leg high, and the sole of her foot hit the man's jaw firmly, instantly taking away his consciousness.

However, the strong man who was stunned looked a little intoxicated...... Probably because before fainting, the last thing that caught my eye was the mysterious realm under the little maid's skirt, the black stockings with suspenders, and the snow-white thigh skin.

One trick worked, John took advantage of the situation to catch the girl's body that fell in mid-air, and swallowed all the remaining candy in his mouth with a grunt. Pretending to say-

"Woman, you're in luck! I was passing by today when you met me. ”

It is said that this sentence was the killing line when his father Charlie attacked his mother. As long as you hear a man say this condescendingly, no matter what kind of girl she is, she will fall in an instant.

But what it meant to fall, of course, John did not understand. He only knew that no matter what, it was always human to thank the benefactor who saved his life, and in this way, Alice's goal was achieved by one-fifth.

What he didn't expect, however, was ......

"What a foolish thing you are! You're a woman, too!"

"I, I'm—"

"Okay, don't be in a daze! Run! This way! He's not the only one chasing him!"

Her face still had bruises from the beating, but the girl slipped from John's arm as if nothing had happened, and she ran into another alley without looking back. Loud voices could be heard from the direction where the two met, and the voices became clearer.

- Hey, why did you faint here! Where's the dead thief!

- Abominable ...... That stinky girl, she actually stole twenty silver coins from Lao Tzu today, and if she catches her, she will definitely break the bones of her body!

-Yes, yes-!!

Even John, who was not very sensible, finally came to his senses after hearing these words.

"You turned out to be a thief!?"

"You just know?"

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After this, John followed the girl into the sewers and followed her all the way into the depths.

"Hey, it's wrong to steal!

Along the way, John struggled to persuade the girl. But the other party looked impatient, and proudly tethered the stolen money bag to his fingers, completely ignoring John's words.

"Just~~ Don't do it! Being stolen by me can only be said to be stupid~~ Who is to blame? Don't follow me anymore, you guy!"

"No way!"

John was taught by his father that stealing was the most shameful act of all. The simple sense of justice made him finally unable to hold back, grabbed the girl's wrist, and tried to drag her back the way she came.

"It hurts!you,, what are you doing~~!"

Although the girl is two or three years older in terms of age, she can never be compared with John, who has a vindictive spirit.

"Come back with me and apologize to the person who was stolen!"

John said stubbornly.

"Don't—let me go! Go back...... If I go back, I'll be killed, right?"

The girl resisted strongly.

"How, how is it possible, how can an adult kill a child!"

"Yes! We have companions who are beaten to death by adults every day! How can you understand how miserable we are!"

The girl's crying scream made John involuntarily let go of his palm...... Since John was born in Silya, a city of simple people and harmonious neighborhoods, he certainly does not understand how sinister the current state of the empire is.

It is not uncommon for street children to be killed for stealing. In fact, if it hadn't been for John's action just now, the girl might have turned into a beaten corpse by now.

"I'm sorry...... I just, I don't think it's good to steal. ”

"Hmph! Because you don't lack money at all, of course you think so! Orphans like us, who have no relatives and no reason, if you don't steal, will starve to death in no time!"

Then, the atmosphere between the two fell into awkwardness, and John didn't know what to say as if he had been reprimanded for doing something wrong...... In fact, John was not wrong about the concept of good and evil. But for young John, he didn't understand that things were often not measured by mere good and evil.

Therefore, he was at a loss, so he could only silently follow behind the thief girl. And the girl did not say anything to drive John away, until the two came to the deepest part of the waterway.

"Here we are, this is our nest...... Everyone lives here. ”

"Everybody? Is there anyone else here? like you?"

"No, now...... Stealing things...... I'm the only one left......"

As she spoke, the girl showed a sad look, "The companions who missed and were captured have all been beaten to death by the adults. If I miss, the children here will starve to death. So, you just go, let's go, don't see anything!"

"Wait, wait, that's not what I meant......" John looked around suspiciously, "I mean...... Are there kids like you around here? but...... There was no one else's breath at all except the two of us. There should be no one in it. ”

After the training of martial arts, strengthened by the fighting spirit, John's senses became extremely sharp. Here, however, he could not detect anyone's breath.

"Eh...... you, what are you talking about, there's no one in there?" John's words made the little girl nervous suddenly. She shouted like she was frantically, "Everyone, come out quickly! it's me, I'm back!" as she pushed deeper.

But in the dimly lit waterways, only echoes echoed in the damp and smelly air. But no one responded to the girl's anxious cry.

In the depths of the den, traces of struggle and beatings can be found everywhere, which most likely means...... It is very likely that the dozens of poor children who were supposed to be hiding here were forcibly abducted.

"Why, how can this be......! Woo...... Could it be that it was ...... Slave trader ......!woo...... Whoa, whoa, whoa!"

The traces left at the scene made the little girl make the most terrifying conjecture, and at the same time made her cry out of despair.

And this scene, even John couldn't help but be confused about it.

――What do you do next?

John never imagined that he would be involved in a case of a foreign slave trader kidnapping a poor child just to save a girl.

The situation in front of him was completely out of the reach of seven-year-old John. It reminded him of what Alice had said - not everything can be solved by brute force. It is necessary to conduct a complete analysis and judgment of the situation......

John is not a detective who is a child on the outside and an adult on the outside, he is just a child on the outside as he is on the inside...... At best, he was just a group of junior detectives next to the detectives. There is no way to draw any conclusions by observation and reasoning, and the best thing to do now is to find Alice and her father and ask them for help.

However, John didn't want to do it, because if he did, he felt as if he was throwing in the towel to Alice, which was the last thing he could accept.

"I can't help it...... If you use it secretly, if you don't use it to fight, you shouldn't be able to foul it......" John muttered to himself as if he was making some excuse for himself, and then-"[Luna Armor]!"

With a faint voice, John's maid outfit began to glow softly. In this glitter, the fabric of the dress was quickly covered with an indescribable layer of beautiful substance like steel and ice crystals. This made the girl, who was still kneeling on the ground crying, so shocked by this beautiful scene that she couldn't make a sound.

"Hey, don't tell me what you're seeing now, especially not to complain to Alice?"

"Woo...... Ahhh......hh Uh-huh......!"

The thief's little girl sobbed and said blankly. Of course, she had no idea who John's 'Alice' was.

And then ...... By the way, this is it![Assassin] Load!Open the Magic Pattern Detector...... Search for mana residue...... Record the Magic Pattern Vibration Frequency...... Explore a wide area within 20 kilometers...... Compare plane map coordinates...... This order should be correct, right...... Hmmm......"

Until at the end of some self-talk, the little maid suddenly announced loudly-

"Found it! All the remaining demonic reactions here are now all gathered together, near the coast at 3.5 kilometers south! Do you know what's there?"

"Yes, yes! There is a merchant port for exporting to foreign countries!"

"How many of these kidnapped children are girls?"

“...... Huh?"

"Answer quickly. ”

"Four, four ......"

"Plus you, five?"

"Well, yes...... Why do you ask?"

"Great! I'll get them all out!" John declared confidently, and at the same time, he finally found an opportunity to complete the task in one go, "When the time comes, remember that all the girls will have to say 'thank you' to me!"

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Ten minutes later-

In the shadow of the wooden box on the shore of the harbor, John found a dark-skinned, androgynous girl who was about to move.

It seems that not all children are caught by traffickers. In front of her, there is no doubt that she is one of the children of the poor.

However, if it weren't for her features and gender in advance, John would have mistaken her for a boy.

In short, the opening remarks first apply the lines taught by Charlie, which are enough to fascinate women-

"Hey, woman, you look like you're in trouble, do you need help?"