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Chapter 78 Undercurrent (1)
Chapter 78 Undercurrent (1)
It was night and the snow stopped.
The magnificent White Emerald Palace hides its figure under the night, and no one can see the figure of the imperial prince sitting in the corner of the top of the palace.
Garcia leaned against the frosted white brick, overlooking Aslan's star-studded street lights from a high point.
Two pairs of golden-red crystal bones extended from his waist and spread on the ground like dangling butterfly wings.
When the wind blew the curly hair on his cheeks, the prince raised his right hand and his eyes fell on the wafer on the wrist.
"..."
He looked indifferent, but at this moment he frowned in displeasure.
During the day, he actually really wanted to teach Jiang Jianming a lesson.
However, at the moment when the crystal bone was released, the ominous feeling soared, easily suppressing the anger.
will die.
This consciousness passed through my mind like an ice arrow.
His power is too strong, and the crippled humans on the opposite side are too fragile.
This is no joke and there is no room for willfulness. Your own tolerance or presumptuousness directly determines the life or death of the opposite side, and there is no buffer in the middle.
Garcia understands what death is all about.
After death, this person is gone, and there will never be another person like Jiang Jianming in the world.
Even if this crippled human being is a little vile and cunning, it is absolutely not the case.
...Forget it, it's enough to be frightened.
The night wind is a bit cold, and the temperature in the third district of Aslan has dropped a lot in the past two days.
I don't know when, the lights of the star city in the field of vision gradually went out. Residents who finished their day of work or study went home and went to sleep tonight.
Garcia is still sitting there. When he was in Alpha Alien, he often sat on the fortress of Yin Beidou all night watching the snow, quietly until dawn.
But tonight he was inexplicably irritable and confused.
After a while, Garcia took out the shell from his pocket and played with it between his fingers.
At that time, he didn't realize that the visitor was also a disabled human, and the real crystal blew out instinctively.
If Jiang Jianming didn't immediately cut off the shot to bring him back to his senses, and he reacted in time... the silver-haired youth who broke in would surely die.
Garcia raised his head, and there was a clean starry sky in his eyes.
I heard that three years ago, the crown prince died at the end of this starry sky.
I heard that the old crown prince's kindness and power were combined, and the Ming Dynasty was combined with the sun and the moon, and was praised by the empire all over the world.
Obviously, he does not have the elegant upbringing and conduct of the crown prince, but only has the destructive power contained in this body.
he is……
He is a veritable imperial monster.
There's nothing wrong with monsters, but everything that's wrong should stop there.
He won't have anything to do with that crippled human anymore.
The cold wind whistled at the top of the White Emerald Palace, Garcia closed his eyes and lowered his head, placing his chin on his knee. His crystal bones rose silently, covering himself from all sides.
It was very late when Jiang Jianming returned to the staff dormitory of the military academy.
He wandered outside for too long, thinking about Garcia all the time, realizing that he had walked several streets when it was cold, so he had no choice but to turn back and walk back on the snow all the way.
It may be because of the tossing all day, when he returned to the dormitory, he felt a little heavy.
Jiang Jianming opened the door in the dark, closed the door, bent over to change his shoes and got up again, suddenly fainted.
When he came back to his senses, he was already kneeling at the door with his hands on the ground.
There was a bitter taste in his throat, Jiang Jianming frowned and began to cough violently. After a few seconds, the dark liquid began to sporadically choke on the floor.
When was the last time vomited blood, it seems like a long time has passed.
The attack lasted for almost a minute before it subsided. Jiang Jianming was so dizzy that he could only lean against the wall, kneel on the ground and move to the bedside table.
He panted intermittently, grabbed a few pieces of paper by feel, and wiped the blood from his fingers and the floor.
Fortunately, His Highness didn't see it, otherwise it would be a big trouble.
After another pause, Jiang Jianming took out the medicine from the backpack he brought back and drank it. Then stand up as usual, wash, change clothes, and go to bed.
Closing his eyes, he put the Venus Wing on the pillow.
He shot Garcia today, and even if it was a desperate choice, he might have trouble sleeping again this night.
Jiang Jianming rubbed the cold trigger with his fingertips, turned over, buried himself in the quilt, and closed his eyes.
Tomorrow still has a way to go.
...
Wings of Venus, this new silver-gray crystal weapon was given to him by Ryan.
It was the winter when we met again on the street corner, and Ryan couldn't help hugging him with a crystal bone for a few days.
"It's called the Wings of Venus, and it's a new crystal weapon."
I don't know if it's a blurry memory before going to bed, or it's already a dream. The voice of the old days came from the ethereal distance.
"I promise never to unleash an aggressive crystal bone on you."
"So if one day in the future, I start to bully you, or if we take a hostile position...you can use it to kill me."
The room of the White Emerald Palace, the cool moonlight falling from the window, and the beautiful firearm.
At first, he only thought that the little Highness was making trouble.
Until Ryan held the muzzle in one hand and let it rest against his chest. The other hand took his right hand and put it on the trigger.
The still young prince calmly said to him, "Try it."
Jiang Jianming frowned: "Lian, don't make such trivial jokes, I don't like it."
He immediately wanted to pull out his hand, but he didn't expect Ryan on the opposite side to clench his wrist: "I'm not joking."
"Jiang, listen to me, look at me."
Seeing him angry, Ryan leaned over and hugged him again, rubbing the tip of his nose against his hair and cheeks, but those emerald eyes sank.
"You know how destructive my crystal bone is. I'm a natural monster. Even if I pretend to be perfect in front of the outside world, this essence will not change."
"You also said before that my emotions are prone to extremes. You said that I can't learn to digest extreme feelings by myself... You said that."
"..."
Jiang Jianming put an arm around Ryan's back and said dumbly, "If you can't learn, please study harder, I can teach you."
"no, do not want."
Ryan shook his head, his eyes narrowed, "I have been restraining myself all these years. Jiang, I am tired."
"Your Majesty once said to me that if I lose control one day, nothing in this world can stop me, including Your Majesty herself."
"Unless there is such a person who can put a shackle on me from the level of the soul, so that I will not dare to abuse a little power when facing him."
"I used to scoff at that, I didn't believe there was anyone in the world who would let me die without a finger on him under any circumstances—until I met you."
"ginger."
In the surging memories, Lean took his tense hand, bowed his head and kissed his palm, and solemnly put the Venus Wing in it.
"Tame me, you are my shackles."
Blame me when I'm wrong, stop me when I'm out of control...kill me when I'm utterly hopeless.
Even if I am really a born monster, please come to suppress my tyranny and imprison my minions.
Give me bondage and give me true liberation.
"Is it okay?" The silver-gray muzzle pressed against his chest again, the boy's platinum-blond curly hair swayed, and his expression was obviously very hard, but he was strangely acting like a spoiled child, "Try it, for me."
Jiang Jianming closed his eyes abruptly, and said abruptly, "...Your Highness, are you a little cruel?"
"No, no. Look, I've put the beam therapy device here. Don't hit the key, just fire a shot. I want to make sure the crystal bone's instinctive defense won't stab you."
"..."
"Jiang, don't be afraid, don't be afraid."
"I will always... always be with you."
...
The next morning, Jiang Jianming laboriously opened his eyes, and before he got up, he stared at the ceiling and sighed.
I almost forgot that I was still a shackle of perfection.
Should we be grateful for the foresight of the Emperor and Ryan? This person's memory has been cleared, and he has so paranoidly rejected his original identity. This broken shackle can still work...
Jiang Jianming thought bitterly and happily, it is customary to go out after washing and eating.
After the trouble is over, he can't hang on, and he still has a lot to say to Garcia.
So today, the shackles are going to find that tantrum monster.
He didn't catch up directly last night, but waited until this morning. This is a strategy, let the little highness vent his temper first, and think that they really had a cold war for a night, but he persisted until this morning and was defeated, so he gave in first.
Walking through the bustling roads of the imperial capital, Jiang Jianming walked towards the White Jade Palace, and sent a few text messages on the way.
"His Royal Highness Garcia, are you still angry?"
"Yesterday, it was my words that were inappropriate. I'm sorry. I thought about it for a long time last night."
"But there are some things, I still hope to be clear with you face to face, please at least listen to me explain everything before convicting me, okay?"
"...If you didn't reply to me, I went to find it without authorization. Is Your Highness in the White Jade Palace?"
It is obvious that the words that can be put together have to be split and developed into several lines, showing that oneself is active, eager and sincere, which is also a strategy.
These little tricks may make Garcia happy.
Jiang Jianming smiled and put away the wrist phone leisurely.
Ding ding... The maglev bus galloped past the projected signal lights in front of him, and he passed by a bridge crowded with pedestrians.
Under the bridge is the famous river in the third district of Aslan, the Nine-Leaf River, which is visited by many tourists all year round. This season, the river surface is not completely frozen, and the sun is shimmering.
There is no need to cross the bridge to get to the White Jade Palace. Jiang Jianming should have passed by the bridge pier, then walked straight, and crossed the signal light.
However, it was such a coincidence that God's will in the shadows happened just as the corner of his eye swept across the crowd on the bridge.
A man's exclamation sounded, and a shadow flipped over the railing of the bridge without warning!
thump! wow-
The figure fell into the river, and suddenly a very high splash of water was splashed, and the dazzling sunlight was reflected even more dazzlingly. Along with the screams that exploded on the bridge, don't know who was the first to shout:
"—Someone jumped into the river!!!"
In a few seconds, all four sides centered on the bridge boiled.
Countless people crowded around in horror, looking down from the top, only to see a head and a pair of hands fluttering in the glacier, up and down!
"Someone jumped and committed suicide over there!!"
"What's the matter, shouldn't there be a protective net under this bridge!?"
"Where's the patrolman!? Call the patrolman!!"
Di woo di woo... While others were still in a state of shock, Jiang Jianming had quickly pressed the alarm button at the intersection.
At this time, he ran to the bridge with the red lights flashing, and his first reaction was to go into the water to save people.
However, in the next moment, Jiang Jianming forced himself to stand still and pinched his fingers with a cold face.
In such a crowd gathering place, it is impossible to unfold the folding mecha. Once you get into the water, you can only rely on yourself.
His state today... can he survive under the glacier of this weather to fish for an adult?
Jiang Jianming leaned on the railing and looked under the bridge, then heaved a sigh of relief.
Those who fell into the water did not seem to be impervious to water.The man was barely swimming in this icy, biting river, and he seemed to be able to hold out until the patrol police came over.
But Jiang Jianming quickly lost his expression. Looking at this scene, he suddenly felt that something was wrong.
Before could think about it, there was another exclamation from the crowd:
"ferry!!"
"A ship is coming!!"