The 'cozy' daily work life of a witch lady in a cyberpunk interstellar era, occasionally also a passionate epic.
She is a timid girl growing up in a cyberpunk city.
She is a cry...
Chapter 472 Calm Thinking and Outburst
There is no doubt that Shan is now faced with a time when he needs to make a choice. Should he succumb to the persuasion of the man in front of him, or continue to keep it secret at great risk?
However, the trick of words is that it will make the other party feel that he has the opportunity to choose and should choose between the two answers.
Reality is not a game. There are no two necessary options. All behaviors are extremely free. When you hesitate between the two answers, you often fall into the trap of the questioner.
As an excellent student, Shan is not stupid. Although he was indeed frightened at the beginning, as time goes by, his reason slowly recovers.
The other party did not tell him his identity, and he could not guarantee that the other party would keep it secret for him after he spoke. Speaking at this time would not only fail to gain any benefits, but would confirm his behavior.
Perhaps at the beginning, he should pretend not to know the other party's questions, leave quickly, and not answer any questions from the other party.
Put yourself in his shoes. If the other party can easily take you away, why waste your breath here? With the development of technology now, few ordinary people can stand the torture.
Since the other party did not take him away by force, it means that the other party has some concerns. After all, this is Academy City, and he is still a student at a prestigious school. If he disappears that night, the school will definitely look for him. With the power of the Lapis Lazuli Academy, a search order will be issued. After receiving the task, those high-level professional firms will do their best to investigate and search. The man in front of him
may not be able to hold on. The evil ones need to be dealt with by the evil ones. Those firms that wander in the gray area are not easy to
get along with. He didn't like this kind of organization before, but now he finds that the existence of some firms is indeed necessary. After taking a deep breath, Shan's heart calmed down. He looked around with the corner of his eyes, ready to find a breakthrough.
After waiting for more than ten seconds, the man who had not gotten the answer he wanted gradually lost his patience. He snorted coldly and simply raised his hand. Another blazing blue ring flew past Shan's body. The violent static shock made Shan's body numb and he fell to his knees. His head almost hit the floor. In the end, his tilted shoulder slightly cushioned it.
"Delaying is not the behavior of a good student. It seems that you still have a lot of luck." The other party continued to speak, but Shan, who was lying on the ground, became more and more certain that the other party did not dare to really kill him.
If the other party was a member of an official organization such as the Tribunal, there would be no need to do these things. He could just detain him directly. However , since the other party did not do so, it could only mean that he was also a person in the gray area, who was not allowed to see the light, and did not even have a strong background.
Thinking of this, Shan became more and more confident. He moved his throat and tried to pretend to be hesitant and nervous.
"How can you guarantee that after I say it, you will not continue to threaten me with this."
"Haha, so you are worried about this. You are very smart.
You are worthy of being a student of a prestigious school." The man stopped. "I am a person cooperating with the official. If you can confess valuable information, I can make a guarantee for you and admit that you are a special informant, so that you can avoid being tried and convicted."
"Guarantee, what form of guarantee?" Shan continued to ask, trying to delay time.
"I will explain this to you later, but now is not the time for you to ask questions." The other party also gradually realized that there was no awe in Shan's tone, and his voice became cold.
"You are not lucky enough to think that what you did was small, right? For students like you, the school has always dealt with them strictly, otherwise the reputation of the school will be ruined." He explained the danger and badness of Shan's behavior from the facts.
However, Shan increasingly realized from the other party's words that the other party was strong on the outside but weak on the inside. Violence is always the most direct language. When the enemy talks to you at length, it often means that the other party cannot kill you with a sure thing, and he also has his concerns.
Shan, who regained his confidence, walked out of his previous fear and gradually clarified his next choice.
When the man opposite raised his hand again, Shan did not sit and wait for death this time. A special light flashed in his eyes, and his body rushed forward.
The fiery blue ring brushed past his side again, causing a large amount of electric sparks and shocks, but this time he was prepared, relying on the isolation and drainage barrier on his body surface to greatly mitigate the impact of the electric current shock.
Shan You, who escaped from the impact of the ring, fell to the ground, then kicked up again and rushed towards the opponent. His figure was like an afterimage, and the magic light on his body turned deep red without him noticing.
"Uh ah ah ah——" He let out a tearing cry, his pupils flashing with red and blue light, and then he swung his hand out like a chopping knife.
Although he had never learned sword techniques and related combat skills before, he was extremely proficient at this moment. The dark red magic blade flickered in the night sky. Although it was thin, it still carried a certain danger. It might not be able to kill the man in front of him, but as long as the opponent's clothes were torn, leaving wounds and bloodstains, it would become extremely troublesome to deal with the scene later.
While the man saw through Shan's weakness, he also saw through the opponent's weakness. Since he appeared in such a tight tights, it meant that the opponent was also afraid of exposing his identity.
The fierce confrontation started instantly, and the two crossed several times. A blue-blazing magic ring suddenly appeared on the man's wrist, smashing the dark red blade like a steel bracelet. Then he retreated violently, constantly dodging the close-up attack. The blue-blazing ring continued to emerge and spread, bombarding and knocking away the attacking blade.
The dark blue figure drew a long arc in the night. After dodging the sharp blade swung by Shan, the man floated in the air, then clenched his fist, and several blue cubes formed around him, their light flashed, collapsed inward, and then rushed out with his fist, directly penetrating Shan who was running forward.
Under the violent high-energy particle flow, Shan flew high, bursting with various sparks all over his body, and then fell heavily to the ground.
Indeed, Shan saw through the man's concerns and made a clear plan, but violence is violence, and the crushing strength made many strategies useless.
Shan fell to the ground unconscious, most of his body was destroyed and roasted by high-energy particles. If he was not sent for rescue, he would probably die on the spot soon.
The man was very dissatisfied with this result, but he also realized that tonight's operation was a failure. Just as Shan guessed, killing this boy at this moment would not bring any benefits. Instead, it would greatly offend the school and the authorities, and bring many bounty hunters who smelled blood.
He was not the kind of person who devoted himself to his ideals, so he naturally had to consider the gains and losses.
After a little thought, he prepared to leave the scene. It was no good to stay at this time. The battle just now would soon attract the attention of others. As for the unconscious boy on the ground, as long as the roadside surveillance that he had blocked was restored in a while, he would be taken away by the ambulance sent, and he didn't need to worry about it.
Fine textures appeared on the tights, and as the magic power filled up, his figure gradually faded and gradually disappeared into the night.
Just as everything that happened tonight was about to end, a bright silver light passed through the night sky and hit the air, making the outline of a human figure emerge.
The man who threatened Shan before was floating in the air, holding his burnt tights. Although the wound was not serious, it caused his invisibility to fail, and the risk factor tonight was greatly increased.
He moved quickly, and then his eyes searched the direction of the ray. A number of hoverbikes sprayed blue fire mist trajectories, and quickly passed through the night sky, heading towards the place where the battle took place. On the leading motorcycle, there was a girl wearing a silver short jacket. Her black hair with purple highlights was flying rapidly in the night sky. As the motorcycle approached the location, she turned over and jumped to the side of Shan who fell to the ground.
After a careful inspection, she found that Shan was still alive. Alana breathed a sigh of relief, then raised her head and looked at the man who was fleeing rapidly in the distance. She raised one hand and a crisp snap of her fingers rang out in the night.
Then several bright balls appeared in the night sky, emitting several silver rays of light, chasing the man in the distance.
The extremely penetrating high-energy particles shot several burnt holes in the man's body, causing him to cough up blood on the spot, but after a brief pause, he changed his shape again, and his figure became increasingly blurred in the night, making it difficult for subsequent rays to track and hit him, and finally disappeared into the darkness.
"Humph." Alana was very dissatisfied with this result, but she didn't have the time to chase the other party at this time.
The companions behind him carried Shan onto the motorcycle and put him away. Then several people rode the motorcycle again and escorted him to the nearest medical center.
(End of this chapter)