Chapter Twenty-Six: Distress Galaxy in Distress
The team escorting Sneve was on the road, with Jose and Cherie at the front of the line, Galaxy and their five children and Sneve walking in the middle of the group, Dan Husheng on one side of the line, and Dr. Emilio and Kochi at the back.
After going on the road, Xinghe found that the wooden stick Rong Ruo held in his hand was actually a weapon, a smoothbore gun brought by Snake Flef, but there was only one bullet in it, so Rong Ruo used it as a crutch.
"Miss Hegu, this smoothbore gun is not designed as a crutch. Sneef reminded.
Rong Ruo rolled her eyes, "I want you to take care of it!", and then deliberately plunged the gun into the snowdrift until it reached the trigger.
Snake smiled, didn't say anything more, and quietly followed the group.
According to Xinghe's estimates, it would take about five hours to walk along the route drawn by Sniff to the end, which was still ideal, and he found that this time might have to be added a lot after entering the city.
Because of the accumulation of a thin layer of snow on the roads of the city, although Jiangcheng is not very prosperous, it is also the largest city in the area, and every winter the city hall will send people to clear the snow on the main road, but in terms of the current situation in Jiangcheng, no one will definitely organize scavengers anymore.
On the one hand, the snow slowed down their march, and on the other hand, Rong Ruo's state did not look very optimistic, she was on crutches, although she could barely keep up with the team, but she was already out of breath before entering the city, and Xinghe couldn't figure out if she could hold on.
With these in mind, after entering the city, when facing an intersection, Xinghe proposed to Dan Huisheng, "Two intersections to the left here is Dongcheng District, but if we go straight, we can consider bypassing Dongcheng District, from this side directly to Square Street, and then turn out, it should be faster than the route on the map." ”
"Are you sure?" Dan stopped at the intersection with a steel fork in his hand, looking down at the galaxy.
Before Galaxy could answer, Sneve suddenly interjected, "I must reiterate once again that the route on the map is very meaningful, and I hope you will be more careful when making decisions." ”
Dan Huisheng turned his head to look at him, "What's on the other side of the intersection?"
Sneve smiled and didn't answer.
Dan Huangsheng frowned, stepped forward, and looked left from the intersection, "What's in Dongcheng District?"
"Casinos, underground gladiatorial arenas, docks, thieves, robbers, beggars, **, the lowest things in the entire Jiangcheng can be found in Dongcheng District. Anton stood up and replied, he also looked at the Dongcheng District on the other side of the street, with inexplicable emotion in his eyes.
Dan Huangsheng nodded and pointed ahead, "Then let's go straight." ”
After Dan Huangsheng made his decision, Cherie and Jose set off to open the way, and Xinghe went out of his way to see Sniff's expression, and the meaningful smile on the other party's face gave him a bad premonition, and he shook his head, leaving this feeling behind him as an illusion.
They hadn't walked two blocks before José and Cherie suddenly stopped, clenched their daggers, and looked around warily.
"What's wrong?" Anton asked.
"Someone, there are footprints ahead. Rong Ruo held a smoothbore gun, pointed ahead, and explained to him in a low voice.
Xinghe walked around José and looked ahead, and saw a line of small footprints in the snow, stretching into the distance, judging by the size of the footprints, it should be a child, but it could also be a Moro.
Cherie bent down and gestured at the footprint, then got up and announced, "It's a child, a human or a demon, about a meter tall." Her voice was hoarse, sounding like a bellows, and Xinghe suddenly understood why this woman had not spoken.
It is still two blocks away from the most prosperous square street in Jiangcheng, but it is also a relatively prosperous area in the city, but at this moment, the houses on both sides of the road have traces of being smashed, the shop windows have been smashed open, the outer walls of the houses have traces of burning, and all kinds of rubble and garbage are buried in the snow, only a corner is exposed.
Looking at the bustling streets that were no longer bustling, Xinghe asked Sneve in a deep voice, "You did all this?"
"No, I didn't do that. He smiled and shook his head, "I just created a little commotion and broke the original order, and these are the choices of the people of Jiangcheng themselves." ”
Galaxy scoffed at this, would anyone choose to destroy the place where they lived?
Sneef seemed to be afraid that Xinghe would not understand, so he explained specifically for him, "All I have given this city is chaos, do you know the benefits of chaos, it can bring fairness, it can tear away all the cloak of hypocrisy, it can show the most real side of this world." ”
Dan Huangsheng finally couldn't stand Sniff's nonsense, "Strong words, chaos will only bring destruction, not anything else." ”
"Mr. Hegu, it's just your prejudice, take a closer look at the city, I think you'll soon understand. Sneve looked directly at Dan and smiled.
As soon as his words fell, Shigego suddenly spoke, "There's a kid over there. ”
Xinghe looked in the direction he was pointing, and a ragged child was watching them from behind the mouth of an alley, and when he realized that he had been discovered, he immediately hid in the alley.
José had just walked towards the alley where the boy was hiding, when a half-human-high stone suddenly slammed into him, and although it didn't hit, the flying snowflakes splashed him, and Xinghe looked up and saw a burly Snow man on the roof.
"In the capital under the rule of order, a demon spirit will be fined 200 for throwing stones at a Snowian, but a Snow person will be sentenced to at least ten years in prison if he throws a stone at a demon. Sneve looked at Dan Huangsheng, and the smile on his face grew even stronger.
Dan responded to him by pushing the steel fork less than two centimeters from his neck, "Snef, you said you would be caught!"
"Yes, you see. Sneef showed him the handcuffs in his hands, "I'm free, but the lovely people of this city aren't tied up!" He blinked, as if to show his innocence.
More and more people appeared on the roofs on both sides, they looked at the few people below, the gaze in their eyes was not friendly, Xinghe found some familiar figures among them, those people he had seen in Dongcheng District, they were all gangsters in various underground gladiatorial arenas, he knew that these people, they were all bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, in the face of a group of demon spirits wearing Valhalla uniforms, how could they dare to make a move, unless they were instructed to do so.
As if sensing his thoughts, Sneef opened his mouth to clarify, "Trust me, I didn't tell them. ”
No one believed his nonsense, and Sneef noticed the disbelieving gazes of the people around him, and he continued, "Don't use your vulgar common sense to look at this city, this is a city ruled by chaos, and only the truest side of this world is shown, and the truth here is that the high demons are not pleasant, all I do is teach them how to defeat a demon who can do magic." ”
As if he didn't say enough, Sneve continued, "I suggested you take the red line a long time ago, didn't I?"
The lovely people of Jiangcheng on the roof held up some wine bottles tied with strips of cloth, and they held these homemade incendiary bombs and made a throwing gesture.
Kochi suddenly took out a piece of paper from his bosom and held it up and shouted to the upstairs, "Attention people upstairs! We are agents of Valhalla, we are on official business, this is a ticket, you can go to the Imperial Bank to withdraw 300,000 Dan in cash, as long as you agree to let it go and don't cause trouble, it is yours!"
Some people dropped their Molotov cocktails, but many more threw them down, and the streets were in flames.
"Tsk, I thought the so-called special agent had a slightly better brain, and what difference is the money that symbolizes order in a chaotic city and a blank sheet of paper?" Sneef taunted Koch.
The offensive methods of those lovely Jiangcheng people were not limited to those incendiary bombs that were not accurate at all, some big buckets appeared on the roof, and a strong man pushed it to bring out the sand and gravel inside.
"They're blocking the road!" exclaimed Xinghe, who was planning to seal them off here.
Rongruo, who had been on crutches, was not idle, she lifted her crutches and aimed it at the strong man who controlled the giant fight, but when she pulled the trigger, the bullet did not shoot.
Snap reminded in time, "This type of smoothbore gun has poor cold resistance, and it is easy to freeze the spring inside when inserted in the snow." ”
Rong Ruo was stunned, and before she could make any more movements, Jose suddenly rushed over and grabbed her under her armpit and ran all the way, as soon as they left, there was a pile of sand and gravel in the place where Rong Ruo was standing.
There was not only one giant fight on the roof, those sand and gravel accumulated more and more on the street, and soon they were more than a meter high, and at this time, Xinghe was also surprised to find that their team had been separated, Jose and Rongruo were together, Dan Huisheng was with Cherie and Kochi, and the four of Xinghe were with Emilio and Sneve in one place.
It was unrealistic to get the team back together by bypassing the rising piles of sand and gravel, and the sparse incendiary bombs being thrown down the rooftops were still not accurate, but it also made it very dangerous to bypass the piles of sand and the flames that had already been lit in the streets.
Dr. Emilio was the quickest to accept the situation, grabbing Sneve by the collar and carrying him to her shoulders, while shouting at the Galaxy and the others, "Run!"
Xinghe glanced back at Rong Ruo and them, who were cut off from the sand, and without any further hesitation, he led Lan Yue and them to follow behind Dr. Emilio.