It was obviously the sun at noon, but it made Strangling feel a burst of coldness in his heart.

… For some reason, when he gets along with Xiaoya, he always thinks of the pain of the past.

Thinking of my mother smiling and hugging herself, thinking of showing off what she had learned in my mother's arms, thinking of the worry hidden by the smile on my mother's face......

Thinking of the strawberry cake that fell to the ground that day, and remembering her dying call sign.

- so much so, remembering his own name. Hated by him, hated by him...... The name that was separated by his fear.

Great heroes.

Am I worthy?

I'll have a few handfuls.

Even the most reorganized heroes will never be able to save even one person.

He didn't even dare to mention his name...... If you do

If he is asked, he will be asked curiously, "Since you are called the Great Ying."

Xiong, who have you saved?"

He was afraid of such an inquiry.

The answer is zero.

In the end, "strangling" no one can save anyone, not even yourself. The people around him died one after another, and the things he valued withered one after another. He felt nothing but his own weakness and incompetence.

Because of his weakness, he never dared to promise anything; Because of his incompetence, he never dared to put his true desires in front of the stage and inform others of his goals. In this way, he will be able to retain his last dignity from infinite failure......

「… It's not like that."

The girl with long wavy blond hair and dark blue eyes shook her head vigorously with tears in her eyes.

She listened to the words of strangulation and self-deprecation, but she cried directly.

The wound hurts...... There was a burning pain at the port of the tail that grew clearer. But she didn't cry out because of the pain. It's just that I feel a little inexplicably aggrieved because of it.

And this kind of grievance, when the strangulation hung his head and felt sorry for himself, turned into sadness and poured out of his eyes.

"You saved me...... In the severe pain after the operation, I was able to save me from being useless..."

Xiao Ya whimpered, "It's useless for me..."

She could inexplicably feel the self-deprecation in the strangulation's heart, and it was because of it that she was angry—angry at the pain of the past that had always haunted her benefactor, and also resonated with her own incompetence.

- She can understand the feeling of strangulation.

Because she is so weak, so incompetent. When she is attacked, she must be saved. It's like a princess kidnapped by a demon in a fairy tale.

But she's not a princess after all.

She didn't have a father who was king, she had no money herself, and she wasn't lovable enough. She's just an aquarium fish that no one wants, and she can't offer anything. She can't fight, she doesn't have psionic powers, and she can't awaken the power of the Holy Rank.

But even so, she has always been loved and protected by people. The people who helped her died one after another, and she witnessed the death of one old man after another who loved her......

The more this happened, the more guilty she felt. Because she can't do anything decent in return, she can only do her best to help others. In this way, I hope that my incompetent self can repay the kindness of others for helping me as much as possible before I die.

Because of this, she can clearly feel that the essence of strangulation is the same as her.

He's just a little more careful than he is... Because he was deeply wounded, he instinctively wanted to protect himself. That's why he hid his soft essence within a hard shell. Over time, he even forgot about himself.

"Mr. Strangulation... At this moment, you are my hero!"

The strangled pupils shrank slightly. His fingers touching Xiaoya's hair withdrew like an electric shock.

Xiao Ya did not hesitate, used her last strength to say what was in her heart: "Even if I am the only one, I will remember your kindness...... I will never forget. There was a man whose operation had not yet been completed, and in pain, rushed over and rescued him from under gunpoint, which had nothing to do with him

I.

"I will never forget it until I die! I will never, never, forget!"

She shouted with all her might, with all her might.

But even so, her voice was still not very loud. She was so weak that she spoke like the murmur of the night. The sound of explosions outside drowned out many of her words...... But only this sentence, she hoped that the strangulation could hear.

Just shouting these words would make her feel dizzy, and she would feel a sharp pain coming from her severed tail - but she still did her best

force, is to hope that the strangulation can sense her sincerity.

Because she had felt it, her consciousness began to fade away. If not

Because of the previous fear of death, maybe she was in a coma now. But being scared like this once before suddenly made her energetic again.

Now that this obsession is gone, she feels like she could fall asleep at any moment.

If you fall asleep this time, you may not wake up.

So no matter what, she has to convey her heart to Mr. Strangulation before she goes to sleep.

Otherwise she would have absolutely regretted it - she would have regretted it to death!

「… Ahh

Strangulation opened his mouth, trying to say a lot, but nothing came out.

Only then will he resent his own reticence and regret that he is uneducated.

「… Thank you."

He was silent for a long time, but he could only say in a low voice, "Thank you for believing me...

"No, don't waste time—your wounds still need to be treated."

He now became unconcerned about why the battle was fought.

He scooped Xiaoya up from the ground and held her side in his arms, careful not to touch the root of her broken tail.

This was much simpler than he imagined, and he didn't expect that Xiaoya would be so light.

Is this the weight that a girl of this age should have?

Or is it because she's missing a big tail that she's like this?

Strangler hesitated, but picked up the tail from the ground and slung it over his shoulder.

He didn't know if he could take it back. After all, take it first, and he won't be too heavy anyway.

And Xiao Ya, who was strangled and held in her arms, suddenly left the cold floor, and Xiao Ya's body temperature became very low, and even made her feel hot because of the hot temperature on the strangled body.

But at this time, this "spicy" hug made her so relieved. The strangled hug is like a pot of hot soup with red oil. It was as if she was soaking in the slightly hot hot spring water, and she felt intense sleepiness and could fall asleep at any moment.

"Don't sleep."

Strangling noticed Xiaoya's sleepy expression in his arms, and he whispered.

His deep voice was like the roar of a lion, and his voice was as low as a bass speaker, and his heart trembled. It immediately maintained some spirits.

"Hmm..."

Xiaoya muttered unconsciously.

Suddenly relaxed, she felt like she was about to melt into the pot of red-oiled soup.

"Talk to me, Xiaoya."

Strangling Dao.

"Say what..."

「… Say whatever you want."

The strangulation didn't know what to ask the injured to say at this time.

But soon he won't have to think about it anymore.

"Hum—"

"Hum—"

Because at this moment, a lot of drones flew over and surrounded him.

Surrounded by a swarm of wasps, the beeps overlap and resonate. It was a daunting buzz.

Xiaoya was also woken up by the beep - she immediately realized what was happening.

Without hesitation, she patted the strangled arm vigorously. But it was like shooting a hard stone, and the strangulation was completely unmoved.

"Run..."

She earns

"This is the company's security drone...... They'll track down the murderer, and the scaleless who suspect crime, and then explode..."

"Ah, I've seen it."

Strangler replied flatly, "It's not a big problem...... But your tail may not be saved. I'm probably going to have to change the prosthetic."

As he spoke, a ray of light turned into a barrier, enveloping Xiao Ya in his arms layer by layer.

This time, he didn't plan to carry Xiaoya behind him anymore.

He shifted to hugging her — like carrying a bag of rice. Although it was not pretty, he had a free hand because of it.

「… Am I going to drag you down?"

Seeing this, Xiaoya was silent for a while, and asked in the ear of the strangulation. She said firmly, "Put me down. You use spells to protect me... None of us can survive.

"They won't hurt me... Because I am a scaly man, and I have never killed anyone, really..."

"I don't believe it."

Strangler replied flatly, "I don't dare bet. And you have to get it right away

Treat... I'm no different from killing you here."

"But I have nothing to do with you, Mr. Strangulation..."

Xiaoya's voice became whimpering again.

She hated herself for being so incompetent, and she could only cry when she encountered such a thing...... Even her very existence will drag down the strangulation.

She'd seen the shield of light that strangled him—that was his strongest defense, the one he was capable of.

If it's used to protect itself...... Mr. Strangulation may not have happened at all......

"You just said that I am a hero. There has never been a hero who can escape."

"But... It is better for one to live than for two to die..."

"Someone has said that before. But I regretted it later."

- I don't want to regret it this time.

He said.

Strangling looked at the approaching drones and slowly clenched his fists. Then slowly release it.

finally let go of the matter of "prioritizing his own life", and he was in his heart

Regrets...... It's all about exhilaration and relaxation.

Maybe he should have died a long time ago. He thought to himself.

"If I don't succeed, we'll die together."

Mahavira whispered, "But I'll do my best to go some more distance. If we are lucky, we can all be saved.

"Die together or live together.

"Good luck to me, Xiaoya."

The next moment, without hesitation, Mopila rushed in the direction of the previous prosthetic clinic.