Under the brilliant chandelier of the city hall, the girl in rags opened her eyes wide and looked around in horror, leaving muddy footprints on the clean ground.

The decoration of this building is completely in accordance with the mayor's intention, retro and elegant, with hand-woven tapestries hanging on the walls, and an ivory white statue standing in a dimly lit corner - "Apollo and Daphne", a handsome god chasing a girl, but the latter turned into a laurel tree the moment he touched it.

In the Baroque-style decoration of the hall, the collector emits a dark blue light. All visitors must verify the information in front of the gate and confirm the existence of the reservation before they can pass.Kana Tsukino stopped in front of the collector, and just about to show her wrist, a gun barrel was pressed against her back immediately, and the guard's cold voice came.

"Go on, the mayor said he will see you before six o'clock, and there are three minutes left."

The reception android behind the harvester bowed to them, opened the gate, and motioned for Kana Tsukino to pass.She swallowed nervously, and staggered towards the elevator entrance. The guard pressed the button for her to go straight to the top floor.

The elevator opened again, and Kana Tsukino walked through the long corridor, finally standing in front of the mayor's office.The guard knocked on the door, led her in after getting permission, and exited the room by himself.

There was only one man leaning on a soft chair in the room. Robert Dylan was flipping through the official documents at hand. When he saw her coming in, he put down the documents, and a charming smile appeared naturally.

This is the first time Kana Tsukino has seen the mayor outside of the news. She looks around again, her left foot in the dirty sneaker can't help but shrink behind her right foot. When she tries to hide her hands in her pocket, Robert has goneHe came over, stretched out his hand and shook her without hesitation, and said with a smile:

"Kana Tsukino, right? Our city has many little heroes, and today we have one more."

The girl whose name was called did not show a look of flattery, but looked at each other suspiciously.She didn't understand why a simple report alarmed the mayor. At that time, the operator of the police station told her to "wait a moment", and then notified her superiors, who then asked the government personnel for instructions.She brought it.

"I don't think I can be called a 'hero.'" Kana Tsukino shakes her head, her diamond stud earrings flickering. "I just want to raise some money and save my friend, and I'll do whatever it takes."

"Oh, of course you are." Robert returned to the soft chair and gestured affectionately for her to sit opposite, "No matter what your purpose is, what you do is positive and beneficial to the city.Helpful. As a bonus, your friend has been admitted to the hospital in the downtown area, and the ambulance should be seen landing before you go to the Civic Center."

"Thank you for contacting the hospital for me. I would rather not have a bounty, just to ensure Nan's follow-up treatment."

"Of course, she will enjoy the highest-grade ward and the most top-notch medical equipment. However," Robert still smiled with grace, "whether all this can last depends on your honesty."

"What?" Kana Tsukino was stunned for a moment, but quickly realized, "...I mean, the police have been informed of everything about God's Residence, what do you want to know from me?"

The mayor stared at her meaningfully: "You are very smart, so I won't go around around the corner. The bionic man you mentioned in the report, what is his name?"

"I didn't pay attention," Kana Tsukino said truthfully, "but when I was in and out of God's Residence, I often saw him teaching gymnastics and other classes in the school, and many people there had a good relationship with him. By the way,His handler is a grim-looking bounty hunter."

"If I showed you his picture, would you recognize him?" Robert pondered for a moment.

"Yes. He looks good, and not only his face, but also different from other bionics in all aspects."

Robert took the electronic photo frame on one side, slid to the hidden one, and removed the red cross on the face of the person on the right.The photo is a warm and bright scene. Boys and girls in military uniforms are standing on the lawn with their shoulders crossed. From left to right, there are Rose in the letter V, Robert himself, and Rosie with long hair pinned to her sunglasses.The smiles of the three are equally brisk, and the blue sky is high and far away.

"is it him?"

Kana Tsukino took the photo frame and glanced at the young mayor's face. It was as if he had glimpsed a deadly secret for a moment, and he almost threw it away in fear.Under Robert's encouraging eyes, she held up the photo frame tremblingly, and saw the face of the man on the far right: "Yes, it's him. Mr. Mayor, I swear, I swear, I didn't see anything..."

Robert smiled and took back the photo."What did he do at God's Residence? Tell me."

"I don't know the details, but I can guess a little bit." Kana Tsukino said calmly, "Since he came, God's Residence has started to build hospitals and schools, and oil lamps have been lit on the roadside, and probably other aspectsThe change, but I didn't notice it—he and the bounty hunter seem to be helping to build God's Residence, and want to make the life of the criminals more comfortable."

"This is something he would do." Robert rubbed the photo, "He has fallen to this point, and he still hasn't given up on his lofty ideals... It's really epic."

Kana Tsukino didn't understand what the mayor was talking to herself, she paused, and continued: "It seems that he is guiding the bounty hunter's actions throughout the incident, which is very bizarre, and bionics shouldn't have such complicated thinkingNor should it be dominant.”

"I see." Robert made a holographic call and asked the secretary to come in. "Thank you for the information, you can go now."

Kana Tsukino gave him a wary glance, and the mayor seemed to be in an emotional state, all of his genial demeanor gone.Secretary Catherine walked in on high heels and whispered to Robert. Chanel noticed that she looked a lot like the blonde girl in the photo just now.

She wondered about the past between the mayor and the bionic man. As she walked out, she quietly raised her ears to eavesdrop. Fragmentary sentences came to her ears, such as "he woke up", "plan failed", "Chen Wei intentionally left behind during the operation."I can't find a clue at all with such confusing words as "opened the loophole" and "shameful traitor".

Or don't curiosity kill the cat.Kana Tsukino walked out of the room quickly. She had to contact Xue Nai before the police took any action. She had already sent a message to the other party before, but the stupid girl remained silent, wondering if she had escaped or not.

For the criminals in Shenmingju, she neither cared nor sympathized, but Xue Nai and Yue Yesheng were her family members in name after all, and if she didn't notify in advance, the guilt would toss her so much that she couldn't sleep.

Kana Tsukino thought, turning to close the door.At the last moment before the door closed, the conversation inside suddenly became louder, and she heard the mayor's voice clearly.

"Since it is his painstaking effort, of course it must be destroyed." Robert said coldly, "I want him to understand one thing, no matter how many times he wakes up, what he will face is endless despair."

The aroma of muffins spread between the teeth, and the sweet and soft breath touched the taste buds.After Rosie swallowed the pastry in his mouth, he couldn't help biting the fork. He was just about to sweep up the remaining muffins when he caught a glimpse of Deng Huailing watching him eat, so he passed the box over with understanding: "DengDo you want it, sir?"

Deng Huailing didn't answer for a long time. Just when Rosie was thinking about whether the other party disliked the food she had eaten, the man suddenly put his finger on the steering wheel, hid the smile in his eyes, and said, "Okay, I'm driving.you feed me?"

"The display on the main console is autopilot," Rosie reminded.They were driving above the city, and the roads in the air were intricate. Deng Huailing did not have a corresponding license, so he could only use artificial intelligence to replace the operation.

Upon hearing this, Deng Huailing pressed a button to switch to manual mode: "It's not anymore. Hey me."

"...In exchange, I don't want the car to crash!" Rosie rushed forward, trying to switch back to automatic driving but was blocked by Deng Huailing. Facing those playful eyes, she had no choice but to compromise, "Okay, okay,I'll feed you, please change back quickly."

"You should have some confidence in me." Deng Huailing seemed to enjoy the process of teasing him, and took the muffin that Rosie handed over with a fork. "Aerial piloting is also a necessary skill for hunters. I just don't want to take the driver's license."

asshole.Rosie inserted the fork into the pastry hard, and stuffed a large piece into Deng Huailing's mouth. Seeing that the other party was helpless with the muffin in his mouth, she finally turned her face away and laughed silently at the car window.When getting along with Deng Huailing, the joy and sorrow will be particularly vivid. At first, he was a little repelled by the feeling of being manipulated by others, but later discovered that Deng Huailing actually spent most of the time making him happy, as if he was the young one.people.

However, the smile quickly froze on his face. Looking through the glass, a wisp of black smoke rose from the sky outside the window, as if... a certain distant place was burning.

"Mr. Deng." Rosie said softly.

Without too many words, the unsteady tone at the end of the sentence was enough for Deng Huailing to notice that the other party was afraid.In this city, there is no threat that can scare Rosie, except destroying the people cherished by the other party, the fire that he lit with his own hands, and destroying his heart.

Deng Huailing followed Rosie's gaze to the west side of the city, which was the location of Kabukicho.He set the autopilot destination to Huajie, and the hover car quickly turned and headed west.

"Maybe the garbage disposal area is on fire." Deng Huailing comforted, noticing that the other party's gaze became colder by inch, "It may not be the thing you are worried about."

"It's God's Residence." Rosie stared at the approaching black smoke without blinking her eyes, "Xue Nai didn't reply to my email today, I was always worried, sure enough...Robert discovered my existence."

He stopped talking, changed to the back seat, opened Deng Huailing's arsenal in the car, assembled long and short guns quickly and efficiently, filled the ammunition, and when the hover car drove near Huajie, he tried to open the door handle, the door is locked.

Deng Huailing glanced at him from the rearview mirror: "What are you going to do?"

In the next second, the car lock was destroyed by the simple decoder built by Rosie. He picked up the gun and pushed open the door at a height of 10,000 feet. His long hair was flying in the strong wind, and everything in the car was swaying wildly.

Rosie glanced back at the other party, and said in a cold voice: "Mr. Deng, don't follow, this matter has nothing to do with you. I don't want you to be involved in the struggle against the government. I'm alone...uh..."

He was caught off guard, and was hit by Deng Huailing, his center of gravity was unstable, and he fell out of the car.The lunatic only had time to pick up the guitar case and put it on his back, rushed to the back seat and hugged him, interlocked his fingers and jumped into the void, the hover car was still parked above his head, and the silver shadow became more and more intense as the two of them fell.smaller.

The black ring brought up a strong airflow to envelop them. Rosie had to observe Deng Huailing's intentions and manipulate the wind field synchronously with the other party to avoid the danger of falling directly to death.In the line of life and death, he seemed to hear Deng Huailing chuckle, holding him tighter in his arms:

"I said, you have to face it with me. No matter what, you can't get rid of me."