At that moment, the blood-stained white horse rushed into the front defensive position, and the spear pierced straight through, tearing through the face of the front, and chiseled through the outermost defensive line like a bamboo.

The alchemical bombs that fell from the horse's back buried everything in the engulfing fire and roar.

Huai Shi is still moving forward.

The white horse leaped, jumping over the trenches on the ground and the sharp iron spikes, the iron hooves trampled on it, bursting with blood, and the Huai Shi on the horseback swept the blade of the spear, and casually slashed the axe blade to the left.

Bones and blood fall apart.

In the tragic voice, a corpse fell on its back in the sky, blood splattered, and then more deaths came suddenly.

Chaotic roars and roars rang out, but then they were annihilated by brutal ravage.

The iron hooves trampled on, and the white horse stepped forward step by step, breaking through the second layer of defense.

Before the old commander could react, the blood-stained knight roared in, and the blade of the axe wrapped in lightning swept through, shattering the barrier of nothingness like a bamboo.

The man on the white horse stood up, smashing his weapon, hissing and stirring up a belated storm of blood.

A pitch-black shotgun was lifted from the horse's back and aimed at the commander's face.

"Talk?"

At the last moment, he heard a hoarse sneer coming from the horse's back: "You are also worthy??"

The trigger is pulled.

The rain of metal that erupted brought death and darkness, signaling the beginning of the final battle.

Ahead, there is no more obstruction.

Huai Shi turned her head, her blood-stained eyes quietly staring at the pursuers who had not yet dispersed, and once again, raised the blade of the gun in her hand.

With the final thunder, a downpour fell from the sky, engulfing the last screams and wails.

For a long time, a long time, when Huai Shi numbly pulled out the blade of the gun from the corpse, he looked around and could no longer see other figures.

There are no more enemies here.

He gasped with relief, felt the white horse staggering to its knees in the mud, his scarred and bloodstained head slowly turning his head, one last glance at him, a slap on his shoulder, and then dissipated into an illusion.

In the midst of the rainstorm, Huai Shi got up from the ground, stretched out her hand, helped Ai Qing, and slowly walked to the broken city gate in front of her.

After passing through the broken walls and broken gates, you can enter the Border Stone City.

But Ai Qing's footsteps stopped abruptly.

Stopped where it was.

Huai Shi looked back blankly and saw her calm eyes.

"Once you enter the border, you really have to defect, you know?" Ai Qing said, "Astronomy will not allow this level of malfeasance and rebellion." ”

Huai Shi did not answer.

He knows.

Ai Qing thought for a while, and then asked, "What are you going to do after you go to the border?" Will anyone accept me? There will only be more people waiting inside, maybe Yin Cliff is there waiting for us to deliver to the door...... Are you sure you can win him?"

Huai Shi did not answer.

He didn't know.

Ai Qing stared at him silently for a long time, and asked the last question again: "Do you think that I would not have thought of what you would do after you came to the Yin family, after encountering this kind of thing?"

Huai Shi did not answer.

He didn't know if he knew.

"I'm using you, Huaishi. Ai Qing asked, "Is it really necessary to do this kind of thing for this kind of woman?"

"You know I'm not going to leave it alone, am I?"

Huai Shi smiled and replied in a calm tone that made her extremely unhappy: "Knowing how to rely on friends is your growth, right? ”

If you want to use it, wouldn't it be even more when he used Ai Qing and used the identity of the Astronomical Society as a cover?

When we were young, we were friends, but in the adult world, it is said that there are only pros and cons, so it is good to be good friends who can use each other.

Why do you have to be so persistent?

He grabbed Ai Qing's hand and continued to move forward, hearing the suspicious voice of the girl behind him.

"Huaishi, you shouldn't be in love, right?"

Huai Shi looked back and was stunned for a long time, and was amused by her solemn tone, and couldn't help but shake her head: "Don't talk about it, a woman like you, where can anyone fall in love with you." ”

"yes, then I'm relieved. ”

Ai Qing sighed softly, "But even if I don't care, I can't help but want to be angry when someone says that......"

As she spoke, she reached out and pressed Huai Shi's neck.

Small anger and unhappiness erupted at the fingertips.

There was a soft snap.

The last straw fell.

The exhausted camel was finally crushed.

Huai Shi fell down on her back, but soon, she was supported by Ai Qing. She helped Huai Shi forward, walked to the place under the city gate where the rain could not spill, put it down, and leaned against the wall.

"Don't you understand, Huaishi. Ai Qing looked at his stunned look, shook her head and sighed: "Now, I am your last stumbling block." ”

There is no one who needs Huai Shi to take revenge anymore.

But as long as she is still there, Huai Shi will always be entangled with the hatred and Yin family of the past.

Only when Ai Qing is gone can he be completely free.

Go and live the life you want.

"You don't need to be so surprised, do you?"

She suddenly laughed, "If there's one thing you've taught me, it's to do my own thing." Now it seems that I am doing well, so why should you continue to meddle?"

Huai Shi was stunned.

For the first time, he saw Ai Qing's smile, calm and kind, no longer gloomy, but with the smell of sunshine.

She's free.

It started when she broke free......

But for some reason, he remembered what the muscular old man had said to him a few days ago.

"Are you mistaken, Huaishi, not everyone will fall into the abyss of misfortune without your help...... Why do you have to make everyone live without you?"

Huai Shi shook her head and couldn't help but want to laugh.

Yes, why bother with heroes everywhere?

Not every girl is obsessively looking forward to a prince charming falling from the sky, Huaishi, and not everyone thinks that there will be a savior to settle everything neatly.

Your Highness, times have changed.

Rather than waiting for the prince to be in good shape, they probably prefer to take matters into their own hands. Perhaps when they had finished picking up the Gatling, they would be able to smoke cigarettes and ask the belated prince to borrow a fire.

When did the young ladies become such terrible creatures? It's really hard to accept......

"It's so sad to talk like that, Ai Qing. ”

Huai Shi choked and laughed self-deprecatingly: "I originally wanted to be friends with you......"

"Forget it, I hate you. ”

Ai Qing sat beside him lightly and glanced at him: "I hate it from the first time I saw you, and I don't understand why my mother likes you so much."

It's even more annoying to see that you won the second place in the cello competition and still don't care about it in the future.

If I had to say, from that time on, I didn't want to be friends with this kind of person who got by...... As a result, I didn't expect it to be entangled until now. ”

She glanced at Huai Shi with pity, "You should take it as a bad fate." ”

"Bad fate...... Is it?"

It doesn't seem like a bad idea to have a little more of this kind of bad fate.

Huai Shi smiled and didn't say anything more, just quietly watched the torrential rain pouring outside the city gate.

In the thick sound of the rain, the whole world fell silent.

The roaring cruel world gradually moved away from them.

Leave them where they are.

In the wordless silence, everything becomes unimportant, whether it is attachment or grievance, it is like water vapor, dissipating in the long silence.

But only now, he suddenly felt that Ai Qing was real. It's not the lonely phantom in those fragments of memories in the past, nor the woman who clings to a higher place and makes people feel out of reach.

She really exists in this world.

Right next to him, just a short gap away.

I was even able to hear her heartbeat and breathing.

In the silence, it was as if they were no longer lonely, freed from the shadows and grievances of the past, and accompanied each other in this cruel world.

Even if it's just for a short time.

Until the pouring rain gradually thinned out.

Ai Qing slowly got up from the ground and looked into the distance.

"Ready to go?"

"Hmm. She nodded.

"There's nothing you want to say to me?" Huai Shi looked at her, and after speaking, he thought for a moment, and added: "You know, for example, parting words, suggestions, or goodbyes and regrets. If you want to apologize, it's still too late. ”

"Apologies, are you dreaming?"

Ai Qing coldly extinguished his illusions, and after thinking for a while, he said seriously: "If you really have any suggestions, you just learn to be ruthless...... Don't be a bad person, but don't be too bad. ”

She said, "Don't be like me. ”

Seeing Huai Shi's stunned appearance, she shook her head and laughed: "From nine years ago to today, I have been thinking about how to gain more power and status all the time, how to find other people's handles against others, and take revenge on those who have suppressed me......

Should such a life be bleak or fulfilling? I can't figure it out at all......

"But there's only one thing I can be sure of. ”

Ai Qing said seriously:

The last few hours have been the freest time of my life. ”

She lowered her head, stared into the young man's eyes, and said solemnly.

"Thank you, Huaishi. ”

Huai Shi was stunned for a long time, coughed dryly a few times, and couldn't help but look away: "If you really want to thank you, can you stay and be a cow and a horse to repay me?"

"Don't dream, Huaishi, in the story, isn't that generally a matter of the next life?"

She took a step back, as if she was going to leave after work, and told him calmly.

"Goodbye, Huaishi. ”

She turned and walked into the rain, step by step.

When she saw the sneaky shadows that lingered behind the rain curtain and did not dare to approach, she showed her trademark mocking smile and withdrew her gaze with disdain.

Stand still from the lonely rain.

"I hereby turn myself in. ”

Ai Qing raised her head and said to the sky that was empty except for the clouds, "Everything Huai Shi has done is my order and command, and he is just doing his duty. ”

At that moment, the torrential rain stopped abruptly.

It's as if the world is frozen at this moment.

Countless hastily falling rain hovered in the air, illuminated by the blazing light that suddenly appeared in the void. Blinding lights burst out of the void, piercing the rain and enveloping Ai Qing's body.

It was like countless suns rising in an instant in the rain and mist.

Under the reflection of countless suns, the shadow of a huge building silently slipped out of the void and stood above this desolate and muddy land.

In an instant, even the mud dried up in an instant, turning into a solid and neat green meadow.

And just above the high gray walls, among the countless dazzling lights, the sign of the Astronomical Society hung coldly, overlooking the sinners who had reined in before the last limit.

The icy aura spread in all directions, intimidating all fanatics who dared to harbor ill intentions.

Without any mercy, a warning was given to kill.

Or don't move.

Either die.

So no one dared to step forward.

Only two black-clothed men with sunglasses stepped forward, as if they had been waiting for a long time, looked at Ai Qing, and then looked up at Huai Shi who fell under the city gate, and asked a few words softly.

After Ai Qing answered, they nodded, took out handcuffs, and cuffed them to Ai Qing's wrists.

"Ms. Ai Qing, the Ministry of Justice has evaluated and reviewed the laws you have violated, and you will be temporarily detained, and your trial will take place in a week's time. ”

After showing her the document stamped with the seal of the Astronomical Society and the signature of the Ministry of Justice, the man in black at the head asked, "Do you have anything else to say?"

"No, I'm sure the Astronomical Society will give me a fair verdict. Ai Qing shook her head calmly, and then said, "But before that, can you give me a blanket?" ”

Soon, a thin and warm blanket appeared in the hands of the female man in black and covered Ai Qing's shoulders.

"Is that okay?" she asked.

Ai Qing nodded, turned around, and followed them towards the door that opened without resistance.

Finally, I heard shouts behind me.

"Wait a minute!"

I don't know when, Huai Shi has already gotten up from the ground in embarrassment.

He propped up his body with the sword of virtue and shouted to Ai Qing with all his might, "Wait a minute, Ai Qing!"

Wheezing violently, Huai Shi stared at her back and said with all her might, "There is one more question...... I have one more question for you!"

There was one more question that he had to ask.

He was afraid that if he didn't ask, he wouldn't have a chance in the future.

But when Ai Qing turned around, he fell silent, his lips pursed, but he couldn't speak.

The two men in black didn't seem to be in a hurry, and they were tolerant of this kind of thing, but it was better to say that after witnessing all this from beginning to end, the eyes that looked at Huai Shi behind the sunglasses were full of admiration and sympathy. It's only a few minutes, and you can afford to wait.

Ai Qing calmly looked at Huai Shi's flushed face.

Doubts await him.

It seems that the most brutal answer has been prepared.

"You ......"

Huai Shi hesitated for a long time, as if she had finally mustered up the courage, and asked loudly, "Where did you buy your divine grace?"

“......”

In the dead silence, Ai Qing was stunned.

The words that were about to blurt out were stuck in her throat, and for a long, long time, she finally reacted, her shoulders couldn't help but shrug a little, and she chuckled.

It's not just self-deprecation or helplessness.

I should be angry, but I don't know why, but there is an indescribable helplessness.

"I really still hate you, Huai Shi......"

She took one last look at Huai Shi, then turned and disappeared into the darkness behind the gate.

The whole world hates you the most.

The door was behind her, slamming shut.

The glare of the sun and the emblem of the Astronomical Society vanished along with the massive, cold building, and only the depleted rain drizzled feebly from the sky.

Huai Shi staggered back and leaned against the damp wall.

"What......"

He chuckled softly and shook his head, "Don't you even want to send me a link?

No one answered.

Through the sparse rain and the dissipating clouds, he saw the distant sun gradually sinking into the night, and in the clear twilight, there was a fluttering starlight from the dim sky.

The rain is stopping.

He closed his eyes in weariness.

Immediately afterward, I felt the rain falling on my face stop abruptly.

A black umbrella was propped up above his head, and a passing cowherd looked down at his helpless embarrassment and laughed gloatingly.

"Yo, boy, out of love?"

Huai Shi rolled her eyes at him, thought about it, and suddenly asked.

"Are you free?" he said, "to a bar...... I'm in for a treat. ”

"Okay. Liu Dongli smiled and stretched out his hand and pulled him up from the ground, "Let's go...... But have you figured out the toast?"

"Respect for death, how's it going?"

"Yes, anything else?"

"Freedom. ”

Huai Shi took one last look at the direction in which Ai Qing had left, smiled softly, and walked forward.

He said, "I'm free." ”