The hovering speeder skimmed in the air, and the dark blue tail flames meandered like shooting stars.Looking from a high place, one can see a hemispherical barrier covering Cesina. They flow slowly and form the skyline of the city. At this moment, the vast whiteness of the morning is revealed.

Rosie leaned against the car window, looking at the shrinking buildings below.A river crossed Cesina, branched densely, and spread to the edge of the city.The direction they were facing was almost the same as that of the river. The suspended vehicle sped past, the large buildings disappeared, and the small houses were crowded together like bacteria.

What is particularly striking is that the city itself is gray, but bounded by the barrier that envelops Cecina, the gray stops abruptly and is replaced by an earthy yellow.That's another area not protected by the radiation shield, and people call it-Sector Two.

They were heading towards the border of Cesina, Deng Huailing leaned on the seat, holding the tablet in one hand.A real-time map is displayed on the tablet, and a bright red target point is marked, zigzagging towards the edge of the city.

That was the young man who assassinated Mary Ellis. His facial image was captured by CyberRose, and then the location was monitored in real time through the eyes of the sky all over the city.The young man obviously noticed this. After reaching the edge, he was trying to find a way to bypass the checkpoint and return to the second district. It would take some time, and he hadn't succeeded yet.

"We're already above him," Yuya Takasaki poked his head out from the co-pilot, "Mr. Deng, I'll leave it to you later."

Deng Huailing nodded: "No problem." When the suspension car landed in the dedicated parking lot, he loosened his seat belt and got out of the car with Rosie.

The cold wind is blowing over here, the heat island effect no longer works here, and the temperature is much lower than the city center.Deng Huailing carried the guitar case and compared the surrounding terrain with the map.

"Mr. Deng, I can also receive the red dot signal." Rosie pointed to her own temples, "Please allow me to lead the way for you."

"Yes. I almost forgot that you are a bionic person." Deng Huailing smiled and followed behind Rosie.

They left the parking lot and hurried towards the cluster of houses.It is not an exaggeration to say that this place is a slum, only the government-built buildings are a little tidier, and there are piles of garbage in the jagged streets and alleys, and the potholes are full of sewage.

Seeing them passing by, several dirty children chased after them with smiles and shouts, and were thrown far away within half a second.Rosie did not get lost in the complex terrain at all, and turned and turned agilely, getting closer and closer to the red dot.

The road was quiet, the noise of children could be heard vaguely, a few people were sitting in front of the house, with cigarettes in their mouths, their eyes were distracted, and the stench of marijuana wafted everywhere, other than that, only theirfootsteps.In such a dense slum, there are almost no pedestrians in the daytime; however, through the windows, you can see that there are people lying on the bed in each house, wearing the same device on their faces.

"There's only one hundred meters left." Rosie stopped at an alley and whispered to Deng Huailing.Sweat dripped from his bare neck, but there was no trace of fatigue on his face.

Deng Huailing took out a pistol, unlocked the safety and handed it to him."I don't need this, you have a spare. But don't shoot without my order."

Rosie nodded, her eyes bright.He thought it was an expression of trust. Mr. Deng rarely used a gun, but prepared a weapon for him, and he really regarded him as a partner.

They stepped on the rubbish and debris silently, passing one quiet house door after another.Suddenly, the red dot on the map trembled and moved quickly again.

The red dot is moving towards them!But there was no sound, everything around seemed to be dead, the cold wind slowly blowing through the gaps in the house, mixed with the smell of rotting garbage.

Rosie turned on the infrared sensor function, then tugged on Deng Huailing's sleeve, and whispered, "It's on top."

When he finished his last word, gunshots rang out, and a series of bullets poured over them.Deng Huailing didn't dodge, turned around sharply, and raised his eyebrows and smiled at the young assassin who was sneaking up on the rooftop.

The bullets spun slower and slower, and finally stopped in front of his eyes. The bounty hunter raised his hand wearing a black ring and held one: "Well, it is indeed you."

The man at the top didn't expect the sneak attack to fail like this, and with a look of hell, he put the gun on his back and jumped to another roof.The houses here are generally poorly built, with flat roofs and close together, which is very suitable for escape.

Deng Huailing was thinking of breaking in, and went up to the roof with the help of the stairs, when she turned her head and saw that Rosie had dexterously climbed up the protrusion on the wall, and easily climbed into the roof."Mr. Deng!" The bionic man had already disappeared, but poked out half of his head from the rooftop, "If I catch him for you, is there any reward?"

The sunlight was dazzling, and Deng Huailing squinted his eyes, making it difficult to see the expression on Rosie's face.He's pretty sure the brash part isn't programmed into Rosie, it's more like a natural temperament, because he doesn't give orders at all.

"You can try it." Deng Huailing found it interesting, "Speaking of which, there is no way you can intercept him before me."

Rosie didn't answer any more, and immediately followed her from the rooftop.Deng Huailing didn't notice the smile on his lips, he weighed the strap of the guitar case, and his figure also disappeared into the deep alley.

It didn't take them much effort to stop the young man one after the other.

It was a dead end. Deng Huailing browsed the map when he came, and remembered it clearly in his mind, and deliberately forced the other party to go in that direction.Letting Rosie lead the way was just a whim, and he wasn't the kind of person who would be lazy when he had convenient means.

He grabbed the young man by the collar first, tied his hands and feet on the ground, and confiscated the guns and knives from the other party.The young man was covered in mud and dust, struggling hard, his white armbands were covered with dust, and his face was stained with blood.

The next moment, Rosie jumped down from the next house, saw that Deng Huailing was already there, and couldn't help but sighed regretfully: "You won, Mr. Deng."

"This is normal. After all, I have chased at least ninety targets this year." Deng Huailing looked down at the young man on the ground, and his relaxed tone suddenly turned cold, "Name?"

The young man pressed his face to the ground and gritted his teeth unwillingly.Deng Huailing stepped on the opponent's wrist bone, which was where the ID chip was implanted, and the bone made a creepy sound: "It's okay if you don't say it—just take a little effort to take out your chip."

"Che...Che Guangxu." The man looked away in pain, "Please, please, I'm still useful, no...don't kill me."

"What's your use? Let's hear it." Deng Huailing said casually.He instructed Rosie to look up the other party's relevant information in order to determine the level of the bounty. As for Che Guangxu, he had no intention of doing anything, just hand it over to the police.

"I got the memory center of Mary Ellis, she is the mayor's mistress and knows many core government secrets!" Che Guangxu went all out, speaking quickly, "The center is destroyed, as long as youLet me go, and I can share with you the most important secret, something closely tracked by the Cesina government..."

"Let's stop here," Deng Huailing said cheerfully, while switching on the communicator to contact Yuya Takasaki, "I still want to live a few more days."

"You...you don't want to know?" Che Guangxu stared.

"I'm sorry, I don't want to. Aren't you a living example?" The bounty hunter showed his poisonous tongue, "If you come into contact with secrets, you won't live long."

Rosie was silent for a moment, and Wen Sheng interjected: "I found Che Guangxu's information. He was born in the second district. He was a hacker. He used to work with the deceased adjudicator Cheng Wen. Cheng Wen appointed him as an alternate adjudicator before his death."

Deng Huailing was stunned for a moment, "Are you the candidate for that person yesterday?"

"So what? Uncle Cheng is dead, and I will inherit his will and continue to fight." Che Guangxu tried to raise his head and maintain a little self-esteem, "Are you trying to say that I am unworthy?"

"I don't care about your 'skills'." Deng Huailing spread his hands indifferently, "I'm only responsible for catching you, and the police will take you away later..."

There was a sudden chill behind him, he stopped talking and turned his head abruptly, seeing Rosie draw out his gun and point it at the rebels on the ground.

With that cold expression again, Deng Huailing immediately understood that Rosie's deep program had been activated.That kind of icy eyes, as long as you take a look, you will never forget it.Holding the gun, the bionic man focused on the target in front of him, without blinking his eyes: "Mr. Deng, please get out of the way."

The voice lost its usual gentleness, it was mechanical and clear, as if it had been preset.

Deng Huailing speculates that this is the logic of Rosie's deep-seated program. All high-level "skills" will be shot and killed at all costs.Che Guangxu was not originally an adjudicator, but after Cheng Wen died, he inherited this position, which aroused the killing intent of the bionic man.

But Deng Huailing didn't care about this. What he cared about was—if he and Rosie had a conflict at this time, would the other party kill him "at all costs"?

He took two steps forward, held Rosie's muzzle against his heart, and lowered his eyes slightly to look into her eyes."Are you going to kill me if I stop you from doing that?"

"The instructions of the deep program are superior to all the administrator's orders." Rosie frowned, and did not back down in the face of Deng Huailing's pressing every step of the way. "For the sake of your personal safety, please step aside immediately."

The bionic man's body was as tense as a bowstring, his finger was on the trigger, and his gaze was cruel.As long as the fingertips are lightly applied, a blood hole will be opened in the chest of the bounty hunter in front of him, hot blood will splash on his face, and the dilapidated body will fall down and be dumped in the garbage dump, losing its vitality from then on.

"I just want to confirm my priority with you." Deng Huailing said softly.

The rubber band at the back of Rosie's head was loose, and a strand of long hair was hanging in front of his eyelashes. Deng Huailing helped him move it behind his ears, clearly capturing that the bionic man was at a loss.He lowered his voice, as if to seduce, "If you think that the instructions of the deep program are more important than me, then shoot and don't have any worries."

"Mr. Deng, don't force me anymore." The bionic man turned his face away and took a breath nervously, "You have no idea what I will do."

"Then, show me what you got baby." Deng Huailing whistled provocatively.In fact, he already had the answer in his heart, but for some reason, he just wanted to tease Rosie in this rogue way and observe her reaction.

It wasn't a good sign, he shouldn't be too interested in Rosie, but he was obsessed with it.

The two stared at each other for a long time, testing each other's bottom line, and finally Rosie was defeated. He didn't understand how Deng Huailing could be so sure of winning: "You won again, Mr. Deng."

He withdrew his hand and returned the gun to Deng Huailing, looking aggrieved, sitting by the wall with his knees hugged, scratching his half-length hair.For the next time, the bionic man pursed his lips tightly and didn't say a word.

Yuya Takasaki brought people to hear the news, and the command staff carried Che Guangxu away.The group returned to the parking lot. This time Rosie did not follow, and fell far behind. Deng Huailing was very patient, and turned back slowly, reaching out to him.

"I want to take another look at that gun," Rosie said.

As expected, Deng Huailing took out the pistol and threw it to him.Rosie took the gun, loaded it without hesitation, aimed at the opponent and pulled the trigger——

click.

It was an empty gun.The modified weight is almost the same as that of a full-load pistol, and it can't even be seen through the loading action.At that time, he trusted Deng Huailing too much and did not inspect the gun at all.

"A small toy I bought on the black market." Deng Huailing took the gun back and tossed it back and forth in his hand to play with. "I have lied to many people. I didn't expect you to see it."

"Mr. Deng." Rosie looked at him angrily, "You don't trust me."

"My trust is not easy to gain." Deng Huailing said, "but I know from this that in your logic, the personal safety of the administrator is higher than the deep program, so now we can trust each other. No matter whatMeans, the end is good, isn't it?"

"It's different!" Rosie said loudly, causing Yuya Takasaki in front to turn to look at them, "If I pulled the trigger just now, were you planning to kill me?"

Putting his hands in his pockets, Deng Huailing said calmly: "There are some possibilities, it's meaningless to get to the bottom of it, because they haven't happened. Because they haven't happened, I can say anything to perfuse you."

"I just want to know, yes, or no?" Rosie bit her lower lip, still asking stubbornly.Looking at the bionic man in front of him, Deng Huailing suddenly had an illusion that the other party seemed to be extremely sad, as if it was made of white porcelain, and would shatter into sharp pieces all over the ground if touched.

"I'm not sure. But I think," Deng Huailing paused, and chose to express his truest thoughts, "Yes."

There was a crack in Rosie's eyes, something must have broken.He fell silent, letting the broken hair blow in the wind, his eyelashes trembling slightly.Deng Huailing turned his head away, suddenly his heartstrings were twitched severely, and he felt that he had done something wrong.He shouldn't have told the truth to a bionic person he trusted with all his heart, maybe it would be better to appease him.

But somehow, he didn't want to lie to him anymore.Not a word.

So he only shook Rosie's shoulder, and walked away lightly: "I seem to have told you that human beings are a hundred times more cunning than you imagined—especially me."