Chapter 9: Spoils of War
Darkness is the main theme of the edge of the night.
The group of yellow-clothed people just now were too geniuses, and they first used the high concentration of polluting energy in the alchemy potion to alarm the wandering mutants that were already extremely sensitive at night, causing all the surrounding mutants to gather inside and outside the square, and then ignited the flames. Although the light did not travel far due to the dense fog, the hazy light still attracted the attention of the mutants who had gathered, and they all surrounded it. The besieged yellow-robed people not only did not get out of the battle as soon as possible, but also used energy to create various sound and light effects and energy fluctuations, so more mutants rushed to the battlefield, making the area around the square more and more lively.
Fortunately, the reckless behavior of the man in yellow was interrupted in time, and he did not continue to show his existence to the surrounding mutants, although the firelight attracted nearby mutants, but at least there was one benefit, that is, it illuminated the darkness, even if it was far away from the light source, relying on the weak light, he could barely distinguish the obstacles through the surrounding light and shade, and it was in this way that the four men in yellow saw the kidnappers who suddenly appeared, and chased them all the way to the stone hut in the garden behind the art museum.
And Babu, who was a kidnapper, relied on the light of the fire to guide a group of madmen who set fire and fought at night out of the battle and sent them to the relative safety of the camp.
But no matter how vigorous the flame is, it will still be extinguished after all, the flame is weak, and the city of Dulun is getting darker and darker.
There are no stars and no moon, the dust keeps falling day and night, and the blood-colored mist that covers the sky and the sun, Dulun at night has returned to the situation of not being able to see his fingers. Buildings, streets, sculptures, nothing can be seen, only pitch black in front of you, and you can't tell the direction at all.
Night is a taboo on the edge, which is one of the reasons, the light will attract the attention of nearby mutants, turning themselves into targets, but without the light, not only can they not find their destination, they cannot find a safe shelter, and even their actions are extremely dangerous, so they can only stay where they are, and let fate arrange them.
No one can go against this experience, no one can conquer this darkness and find the way to go.
In the midst of this darkness, Babu walked against the wall in the familiar and unfamiliar streets.
Usually at night on the edge, there is nothing wrong with turning on the lights occasionally, but there are many mutants in the abandoned city, and now they have just been alarmed, and they are all in a sensitive state, Babu does not dare to turn on the lights at all, otherwise he will inevitably become the target of all monsters.
But even if you don't turn on the lights, it's not necessarily much better.
In the darkness, from time to time, there was a moving energy reaction passing by, it was the wandering mutant who was returning to its original territory, but there was only darkness in the field of vision, but there was no strange sound of rustling in the ears, near and far, big and small, and every time the sound sounded, it would make Babu's heart twitch. At this time, he finally realized Anna's daily pain and inner fear, but he had no choice but to try to restrain all his breath.
"Click", another sudden and soft sound, which Babu could hear, the sound was less than three meters away from him. The movement approached, and the sound of the skin rubbing against the skin of the unknown mutant as it moved was clearly discernible in the silent night. Holding his breath and stopping, Báb's back pressed against the wall, motionless like a lifeless stone.
"Hiss, hiss", the voice from far and near, had reached Babu's side, and at that moment, the sound suddenly stopped, and Babu's surroundings fell into a dead silence.
Silent, silent.
Babu remained motionless, even his heartbeat became invisible, and after a pause of a few seconds, the voice in the darkness resounded and slowly faded away. After a few more moments, the Báb resumed his movements, and continued to press against the outer wall of the roadside building, leaning against the wall with one hand, and slowly moving forward step by step.
Nothing could be seen, but the Báb was able to navigate the city streets, slowly, without turning back.
There was no sound of battle coming from behind him, and it seemed that the four rescued people did not insist on seeking death, at least not continuing to set fires, but even so, Babu still smelled a scorching smell. The smell was faint at first, but gradually intensified, and the burnt and foul smells mixed together, allowing Babu to confirm that he was not mistaken, that it was a few freshly charred bush mutants.
It seems that the square has arrived.
However, there is no reference to touch in the open square, let alone find the bell tower in the fog.
Even walking in a straight line is almost impossible, and unless a reference can be found, the possibility of returning to the bell tower is slim.
However, Babu was not in a hurry, but stood still and waited, although he did not discuss it, he knew that someone would find a way to take him home.
So, here comes the reference.
At first, all I could smell was the smell of burnt, but after standing there for a while, there was a sudden smell of alcohol in the burnt smell. Although the smell of wine is very light, it is very recognizable, which makes Babu turn to the direction where the smell of wine wafts from immediately.
Smelling the smell of alcohol, Babu immediately crouched on the ground, curled up his body to a minimum, and minimized the possibility of contact with the environment, almost clinging his hands and feet to the ground of the square, crawling silently in the direction where the smell of alcohol came.
The smell of wine became lighter and weaker, and the smell disappeared completely after climbing a short distance, but as soon as it dissipated, another smell of wine came from the direction just now, this time it was closer, and the smell was more obvious.
The biggest problem of direction was solved, and soon, a huge black shadow appeared in Babu's field of vision, and the shadow was two or three meters away, but Babu knew this moment and barely discovered its existence.
And under the shadows, a vague figure is standing there, it is Monica, who is holding a wooden wine barrel in her hand, opening the keg from time to time and splashing some on the ground.
"Click", Babu flicked his fingers, a small pebble flew out and smashed at the feet of the blurred figure, the movement of the figure paused, as if frozen, Babu popped the pebble at the same position, and then did not come out, backhand pulled the safety rope hanging from the bell tower, and climbed up lightly. Almost as soon as he entered through the window, there was a soft knock on the door to the top of the bell tower, and Monica returned to camp.
In the camp's room, the fire was kept at its lowest level, until Babu re-sealed the windows with tarpaulin, and the brightness was slightly turned up, so that at least the room could be seen.
Judy and Little Anna, who stayed behind, sat on one side of the fire, and a stranger in a yellow robe lay diagonally opposite them, his eyes closed and his breathing was steady and even, but he had not yet woken up.
As soon as she entered, Monica glared at Babu viciously, and without saying a word, she walked straight to her handbag and stuffed the half-empty barrel back in her hand. His face sank like water, which made the air around him depressed a lot.
Babu spread his hands at the puzzled Judy, smiled and leaned over to Monica and explained, "It happened suddenly, I really didn't have time to give notice in advance, I think you should be able to understand what I want to do, so I made my own decision first, sorry, hehe."
"Hey, hey, hey." Monica stepped on Babu's feet, and as he screamed, she sneered, "Do I need your notice, you're not my dead child, I'm not one of yours, no matter how dangerous it is, you can do it if you want, and you don't need to consult with me, tell me what to do?"
"This, that...... After all, it was five lives, and they didn't do anything to hate us, and it was a little unbearable to watch them toss themselves to death." Babu scratched his head and said with a smile, "We don't do self-sacrificing things, but it's a matter of human life, and if you can, if you can, you won't help, in case they all die because of this, I'm not worried that you will feel uncomfortable afterwards."
"Do I have to thank you, it became my reason in the end." Monica lifted her toes again, and seeing that Babu was hiding quickly, she didn't really step on it this time, and said through gritted teeth, "If you don't save someone who feels the need to save, it will indeed make people feel uncomfortable, but you also know in your heart, provided that you don't pay for it yourself." What about you? Well? What about you? In the middle of the night, you didn't even bring a searchlight, so you rushed out recklessly, and now you're lucky to come back, what if you're unlucky? I've seen an idiot run around at night, and he still carries a torch, and then he disappears, and he doesn't even know whether he is alive or dead, do you want to try it too? Can you take care of yourself?"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's me." After a moment's hesitation, Babu explained, "Actually, I dared to run out just now because I was sure to come back, and if I wasn't sure, I wouldn't dare to act rashly."
"Dare to talk back." Seeing that Babu came over by herself, Monica suddenly made a move and grabbed him by the collar,
Pulled him in front of him and shouted, "Tell me in advance if you're sure, you didn't find the answer to those things yourself, I know if you're sure?" rushed out without a sound, and asked me to stay and cooperate with you, do you know that I am also a human being, and I will also worry about your safety? I've said we're going to travel together in the future, and I'm going to worry about when you'll leave alone?"
With a bad tone, a fierce expression, and round eyes, Monica completely lost her usual casualness and calmness at this time, looking like she was going to eat people, but Babu saw a layer of mist from these close eyes, and her voice was faintly trembling. With a warm feeling in his heart, Babu no longer explained anything, but pressed his lips fiercely against the lips that were close at hand.
"Ahem."
Not long after it was pasted, a dry cough woke up the two people who were sticking together, the two of them separated suddenly, and their eyes took a few steps back, and then they turned their eyes to the direction of the dry cough.
Judy was sitting by the rekindling fire, staring down at the notebook on her lap, and when she saw the two of them looking at herself, she said indifferently without raising her head: "It's okay, it's just that my throat is a little itchy, maybe the chicken I ate just now didn't clean the hair, and the chicken feathers stuck into my throat." Now it's okay, it's coughing up, leave me alone, you go on."
"Keep it up." Monica glanced at the woman who was making trouble while peeking, but she didn't hold back, she laughed out loud, her hand stroked the long hair of her sideburns, her face was red and she bit her lip, glared at Babu fiercely, and said angrily, "Foul guy, actually use this kind of trick, don't think that the matter will pass like this, I have written down the account, and if you dare to commit it again in the future, you will settle it together."
"Hey, hey." Babu stroked his lips and smiled meaningfully.
"You dare to laugh." Monica stepped on it again in confusion, and stood up and ran it over a few times, only then did she remember what Babu had just said, and asked, "Okay, don't laugh, but what you just said is true?" Didn't you rely on luck to get back to the square?" qs
"Well, in order to pass through the passage or sneak into the secret room in the dark, I have specially trained to identify the path in the dark, and the simple path of the city is the most basic, so I am completely sure that I can find the square, as for the rest of the matter, of course, it will be left to you, you are the most reliable help, you can be trusted wholeheartedly."
"Shut up, I don't believe it."
Monica wrinkled her nose, but her smile softened, and she muttered twice, finally letting Babu's foot go back to the fire. By the fire, Anna was looking in the direction of the yellow-robed woman with a vigilant face, and seemed to be a little restless, even if Babu came to hold her in her arms, she squirmed a few times from time to time, looking quite uneasy.
"Lockpicking, stealing, tearing down walls, blowing up buildings, cheating, infiltrating, infiltrating...... Now there's kidnapping and extortion." Monica glanced at the woman whose hands and feet were tied, squinted at Babu, and said, "What else would you do?"
"Hey, you kidnapped it too, I wouldn't tie people up so beautifully."
"I'm an accomplice at best, and you're the mastermind." Monica asked, "But wouldn't it be good to lure her away with those guys?" Why did you bring her back alone? Are you going to get involved in human trafficking? Well, she should be able to sell it for a lot of money."
Monica only looked at the yellow-robed man carefully at this time, and even she had to admit that this was a very beautiful woman.
Less than twenty years old, when she was young, with a bit of enviable immaturity in her dignified and beautiful appearance, fair and delicate skin, obviously living a privileged life all year round, as for her figure, although she wore a loose robe, but those wicked ropes could still set off her beautiful figure.
"I think you're having a good time, and you look like you want to turn her into a toy for life." Babu suddenly put away his smile and said in a deep voice, "If you look closely at her clothes, do you feel a little familiar?"
Monica was stunned for a moment, took a few steps back and looked at the woman in the yellow robe carefully, looked at it, suddenly widened her eyes, pointed to the handbag on the side, and said in surprise, "And that ...... It seems like it."
She also remembered that the dangerous statue was a grotesque image wearing a robe, and the robe on the woman in the yellow robe was almost identical to the robe on the statue in terms of style and shape. Think of the ones that are nearby
The gate of the present world, and the attitude of the other four towards her, Monica had already vaguely guessed what Babu was thinking.
"I see." Monica thought for a while, suddenly pulled out her whip and snorted coldly, "Don't pretend to be asleep when you wake up, it's torture time, and honestly explain your identity and purpose, otherwise, ......
"Smack", another whip.