Chapter 114 Chapter 114 Aquaman Dad 3
Zhuozhuo, who was concentrating on doing something bad, was startled. He leaned over Wu Jingqiu's shoulder and looked back, and saw a very good-looking young man wearing a uniform that was more serious, formal and handsome than that of a patrolman.
Gazed at by the two, the man smiled gently and raised his injured left hand in a gesture of goodwill. "I'm a mercenary. I had a conflict with my teammates tonight and was forced to leave the inn. I've been hanging out in the alley across the street, not noticing the time. Now it's curfew and I have nowhere else to go. I think you two might have a solution for tonight's whereabouts. Could you help me? I swear on my knight's honor that I will never harm you."
Wu Jingqiu was worried the man might attract the patrol, so he was thinking about calming him down before knocking him out. But Zhuozhuo angrily threw a small ball of light at him. "Bad guy, you're lying!"
The man nimbly dodged the attack, looking a little stunned but not angry. He half-jokingly said, "Kid, did you misunderstand something? Someone who suddenly appears at night isn't necessarily a bad person."
This didn't have any effect. Wu Jingqiu immediately protected Zhuozhuo and retreated. She remained vigilant, assessing the man's fighting ability. She asked seriously, "Zhuozhuo, where did he lie?"
Zhuozhuo glared at the man and whispered in Wu Jingqiu's ear, "I saw him this afternoon. He was sitting in a carriage, wearing red clothes. Everyone said he was a cardinal, not a mercenary."
Upon hearing this, 9972 immediately scanned the man in front of him and not only discovered that he was indeed the cardinal he had met in the afternoon, but also discovered that he was the male protagonist Cheng Su.
[……]
What kind of fate is this?
Take Zhuozhuo and run!
Wu Jingqiu received the message synchronized from 9972, and her face changed. She realized that Cheng Su had come with ill intentions, and was about to run away with Zhuozhuo in her arms, but she heard the sound of orderly footsteps and the collision of armor. The patrol team was coming!
Zhuozhuo was very nervous and subconsciously wanted to rub the little light ball again, but Wu Jingqiu held his hand tightly and said, "Don't be afraid, baby."
To better protect Zhuozhuo, 9972 gave Wu Jingqiu the highest martial arts rating within her authority, equivalent to a high-level warrior in this world. Escape from a patrol was easy. However, Cheng Su was acting a bit unpredictable. Fearing he might launch a surprise attack or tip off the patrol, Wu Jingqiu hesitated, quietly casting a soundproofing spell.
Zhuozhuo didn't have so many concerns. He made a face at Cheng Su and whispered, "Bad guy, bad guy, liar!"
Cheng Su had also heard Zhuozhuo's whispers. He smiled helplessly and explained good-naturedly, "I was just disguising myself for safety when I was away from home. I didn't mean to deceive. Zhuozhuo, you won't tell me everything, right?"
Unable to refute, Zhuozhuo rolled his eyes, hugged Wu Jingqiu's neck and buried his little face in her collarbone, saying sullenly: "We don't want to help you, we don't want to be with you. Bye!"
Cheng Su looked regretful. "Although I don't want to follow you guys, it's too late."
As soon as he finished speaking, before Zhuozhuo and Wu Jingqiu could ask, energy fluctuations suddenly came from not far away. The leaping light split the darkness, revealing several knights of light standing in formation, and behind them were two cardinals who were well protected.
Wu Jingqiu's pupils shrank, and he immediately ran away with Zhuozhuo without looking back. The sound of fierce fighting came from behind him, and the light from magic and sword moves made the night as bright as day.
Zhuozhuo leaned on Wu Jingqiu's shoulder and looked back, shocked and envious. He said childishly, "How amazing! The police officer is so awesome!"
9972 screamed in anger in his mind, "Those aren't just ordinary patrols! They're the Knights of Light and the Cardinals of the Vatican. They must be here specifically to capture Cheng Su! Cheng Su, that bastard, got in trouble and still dared to ask for help from passersby. Doesn't he know that passersby are most likely to be implicated and killed? He deserves death!"
Wu Jingqiu said calmly, "Maybe he did it on purpose. He disguised himself as a cardinal that afternoon, intending to infiltrate the Vatican. But he took the risk of speaking to Zhuozhuo on the street. He must have heard Zhuozhuo say 'Uncle Police' and was deliberately testing her background. Now that he's here, he's probably trying to take Zhuozhuo away before fleeing Central City."
9972 was furious when he heard this, yelling, "What a scheming bastard! I thought it was the world consciousness that was causing all this trouble!"
Wu Jingqiu interrupted, "Zhuozhuo didn't have any positioning props or magic on her. Cheng Su was able to find her so quickly, perhaps without the hidden help of the world consciousness."
[……]
[Let's go! Let's go now! This rotten world, do whatever you want, destroy it, I don't care!] 9972 was extremely angry, jumping out and roaring to the sky, [Do you think that Xiao Zhuo Zhuo has no one to protect her, so you can scheme against her! I'm telling you, if you keep doing this, I'll have my uncle delete mission 2203, and no one will help you anymore!]
Mission 2203 is the mission number of this Western Fantasy Continent.
I don’t know if the world consciousness has received the threat from 9972, but nothing strange has happened.
Zhuozhuo patted the cat's head back to his mind and warned it in a serious voice, "Tongtong, run for your life. Don't disturb your aunt."
9972 always had a bad feeling and anxiously warned, "Baby, Cheng Su is too cunning and he's always targeting you. You can't let your guard down and you can't like him. He's not a good person!"
If it was anyone else, Zhuo Zhuo would definitely agree, but she felt uncomfortable when it came to Cheng Su. She pouted and snorted, "I'm not a fool. I don't like people casually."
Wu Jingqiu also felt that 9972 was too paranoid. Cheng Su was just a stranger to Zhuozhuo, and a bad guy who was full of lies. Zhuozhuo didn't even have time to dislike him or hate him, but suddenly 9972 gave her such a serious instruction, which was like an insult to her IQ. The little girl was definitely unhappy.
9972 was inconsolable, and after a moment's silence, he said, "Run away! Zhuozhuo, don't use your little bow or rub your little light ball, or you'll be recognized."
After saying that, 9972 and Wu Jingqiu remembered at the same time that as soon as they met Cheng Su, Zhuozhuo threw a small ball of light at him because he saw through his lies. If the people from the Vatican were nearby at that time, they would definitely have seen it.
Looking at the Knight of Light who was chasing him closely, Wu Jingqiu ran even faster.
However, she didn't know whether the people of the Holy See were too well prepared to capture Cheng Su, or they had discovered Zhuo Zhuo's whereabouts early on. When they ran into an alley, a dozen knights of light and bishops suddenly appeared from the high walls in front and on both sides, and surrounded them together with the pursuers behind.
The two sides engaged in a silent fight. Wu Jingqiu's two fists were no match for the four, and she had to protect Zhuozhuo, so she was quickly injured. Zhuozhuo was so anxious that he almost jumped up. In the melee, a ball of white light hit Zhuozhuo. She didn't feel anything, but she heard someone say, "Elf ears, full affinity with light magic, it's that elf!"
Well, I came here specifically to catch her.
Now Zhuozhuo no longer had to worry about being exposed. She pulled out her small bow, lifted her foot, and used one hand to push against the bowstring while quickly throwing small balls of light with the other. Zhuozhuo didn't aim, but this was more difficult to defend against, and with so many people in the Vatican, several of them were blown away in a short time.
A tiny little girl, but her attack power was comparable to that of a high-level magician. The people from the Holy See immediately began to focus their attack on Zhuo Zhuo, giving Wu Jingqiu a chance to catch her breath.
9972 also jumped out, waving its mechanical arm to help Zhuo Zhuo fight, protecting Zhuo Zhuo's body as tightly as a solid wall. Moreover, its cat head and body came from the main world, and almost nothing in the small world could hurt it.
For a moment, Zhuozhuo and Maomaotou were the only ones outnumbered, defeating the Vatican's forces without a fight. This, however, only strengthened their resolve to capture her. While searching for a way out, Wu Jingqiu keenly noticed a bishop secretly pulling out a flare and throwing it into the air. She leaped up and kicked the flare into the well in the nearby yard before it exploded.
"Hurry up, they have reinforcements!" Wu Jingqiu hugged Zhuozhuo and ran wildly in the direction they liked. Zhuozhuo lay on her shoulder and threw small light balls with his left and right hands. The cat's head floated behind, and the mechanical arm waved out afterimages to block all attacks.
Just as he was about to shake off the Vatican's men, a dark figure suddenly rushed towards him. Wu Jingqiu jumped to the side just in time, and the man on the other side also stopped, avoiding a tragic collision.
Zhuozhuo looked back and said, "Ah, it's the liar!"
Cheng Su's breathing was a little disordered. He smiled and waved his hand, "It's so dark, but Zhuo Zhuo can still recognize me. His eyesight is really good."
Wu Jingqiu's expression changed slightly. She looked behind Cheng Su and saw a figure approaching at high speed. Even though Cheng Su acted like it was an accident, Wu Jingqiu didn't believe it was such a coincidence. This guy must have done it on purpose. She kicked Cheng Su towards the group and ran to the side path.
Zhuozhuo twisted his neck to look back again and found that Cheng Su had stabilized his body in time and threw a bunch of small light balls at him to make sure he was blown down.
Wu Jingqiu: "Baby is really amazing."
[……]
Shocked by Zhuozhuo's quick finishing blow and worried about Cheng Su's revenge, 9972 said: "I have a magic notebook with spells and principles for various magic systems in this world. Baby, you need to practice more and not just play around. But these things can't be used against ordinary people, only Cheng Su, understand?"
Zhuozhuo possesses a strong talent, and his magic is a bit simpler than cultivation. If we were to compare, ordinary cultivation is equivalent to dual cultivation of magic and martial arts in Western fantasy worlds, while sword cultivation is similar to triple cultivation of magic, martial arts, and swordsmanship. Alchemy cultivation and weapon cultivation are dual cultivation of magic, witchcraft, magic, and alchemy, respectively. Zhuozhuo has a grudge against Cheng Su, and being too young, he has to take shortcuts to improve his magic skills to avoid being defeated by him.
Zhuozhuo clenched his fists, his fighting spirit high, and childishly threatened, "Okay! Zhuozhuo will beat this liar to tears, sob sob!"
9972 was worried that Zhuozhuo would be as reckless as he was today, so he carefully warned her, "Baby, only fight if you can beat him. If you can't, don't fight."
"Zhuozhuo can win." Thinking back to when Cheng Su fell down because of avoiding the small ball of light, Zhuozhuo shook his little head proudly.
9972 didn't say anything else, but it felt that Cheng Su's cultivation might be stronger than what was described in the plot of the same period. At least as far as it knew, Cheng Su was exploring the abandoned temple in the Death Swamp at this time, and might be having a hot affair with the orc priestess. How could he appear in the central city and attract the pursuit of the Holy See, and still be able to walk around with two cardinals and a group of knights of light with ease?
It wasn't that 9972 was prejudiced against Cheng Su. He was a Sea King. It had seen too many of his male gazes on women when it came on previous missions. When he saw Wu Jingqiu today, Cheng Su didn't even look at her as if she were looking at an innocent young woman. Instead, he acted normal and serious.
Thinking of the frequent little tricks of the World Consciousness, 9972 thought maliciously, could it be that the World Consciousness was giving Cheng Su some backdoor just to curry favor with him? That would be too pathetic.
The reason for Cheng Su's change is still unclear, and Zhuozhuo hates him enough, so 9972 has to tell Wu Jingqiu alone to be on guard against Cheng Su and not to fight him if possible.
Before 9972 could finish his rambling, he heard a noise behind him. He investigated and angrily said, "Cheng Su has also fled this way. He's led the Vatican here!"
Zhuozhuo immediately straightened up, two small balls of light emerging from her palms, ready to go. She wasn't nervous, but she found the lingering liar extremely annoying.
Wu Jingqiu found the situation tricky. She had observed that Cheng Su was faster than her. If she just ran, she would definitely be caught up by him. So when passing by a house, she took Zhuozhuo over the wall and hid behind a pile of firewood.
"Shh-"
Zhuozhuo understood and covered his mouth, nodded with sparkling eyes, and imitated Wu Jingqiu by putting his ear against the wall, listening attentively to the noise outside.
Within a few breaths, footsteps were heard running past the wall, followed by the chaotic sound of chasing getting closer and closer.
Between the narrow and dirty pile of firewood and the wall, the dark clouds in the sky obscured the moon, and everything was pitch black. Outside, there were pursuers chasing them relentlessly. Zhuozhuo couldn't help but become nervous, and pressed his chest with his little hand covering his mouth, afraid that his heart would jump out.
The perception of time was infinitely stretched, and a few seconds felt like centuries.
Finally, the footsteps reached their loudest and then grew farther and farther away.
Zhuozhuo breathed a sigh of relief, loosened the little hands on his mouth and chest, and was about to hold the cat and lean its head against Wu Jingqiu's arms when suddenly a thunderbolt struck -
Boom
Click
The wall collapsed and the firewood pile caught fire.
Zhuozhuo jumped up with a scream, holding Wu Jingqiu in one hand and the cat's head in the other and ran out.
The people from the Vatican who had not yet run far heard the noise and turned around, just in time to see two people and a cat head jumping out. Both sides were stunned.
After a moment of stunned silence, Wu Jingqiu picked up Zhuozhuo and ran away.
A part of the people from the Holy See continued to hunt down Cheng Su, while the rest pounced on them.
Zhuozhuo lay on Wu Jingqiu's shoulder, skillfully throwing small balls of light behind her. She had been throwing small balls of light non-stop since the two groups first met. Now the bishops were almost out of magic power, and only the Knights of Light could still hold on. Zhuozhuo was still throwing, and she didn't seem to be struggling at all, which meant that this was far from her limit.
So, the more Zhuo Zhuo threw, the more embarrassed the Vatican's eyes became, and the brighter they became. With such unfathomable magical reserves at such a young age, what would he be able to achieve when he grew up? Even the current Vatican Saint, hailed as the most favored by the gods in thousands of years, didn't have such extraordinary powers at the age of three.
The people from the Holy See were no match for the two men and the cat head, but they also had no way to break through the knights' sword formation and kill them in a short period of time. However, continuing to be in a stalemate was not a solution, as the Holy See might send stronger reinforcements at any time.
On the outskirts of the pursuing crowd, a bishop threw another flare. By the time Wu Jingqiu noticed it, it was too late. She could only run away faster, but a terrifying aura was still getting closer and closer.
Zhuozhuo felt threatened and looked up to the sky, where a massive hand, condensed from light magic, swooped down from the night sky. The Archmage's overwhelming pressure was overwhelming, and Wu Jingqiu was stunned to the spot, watching helplessly as the giant hand transformed into a giant net, enveloping them.
Zhuozhuo was both scared and angry. She gathered her strength and threw out a small ball of light. She slid off Wu Jingqiu, went around to the back and pushed her legs to push her away.
9972 wanted to take Wu Jingqiu and Zhuozhuo away, but the moment he moved, he felt a sense of suppression, a suppression from the rules. The system's manifestation in the mission world was subject to many restrictions, strength being one of them. The Archmage couldn't harm or intimidate the Cat Head, but if it attempted to display force beyond its limits and disregard pressure, the rules would suppress it.
Cathead howled in anger, wanting Zhuozhuo to escape first, since Wu Jingqiu wouldn't really die. But in this emergency, Zhuozhuo couldn't understand Wu Jingqiu's uniqueness, and even if she did, she wouldn't abandon her and let her be caught.
Just as the giant net was about to close, a dark figure suddenly passed by, picked up the person in the net, and ran away. The members of the Church tried to give chase, but they found that the person had torn open a teleportation scroll and disappeared on the spot. The archmage who arrived a second later was too late to seal the space. With a gloomy face, he shook his sleeves, and the escaping magic power knocked everyone around him to the ground.
"Archbishop, please calm down!"
Zhuozhuo was grabbed by the collar and lifted up. Before he could resist, he felt a spatial fluctuation. By the time he settled down, the surroundings had changed. In the pitch-black forest, the roars of beasts rose and fell, and the fishy, damp, and rancid stench was almost intoxicating.
"shining?"
[Baby is not afraid.]
Two voices sounded at the same time, and Zhuozhuo was immediately comforted. She stretched out her hand towards Wu Jingqiu's voice and said in a baby voice, "Auntie, hug me."
The next second, Zhuozhuo felt the hand holding her lift her up, and she fell into a broad and firm embrace. A nasty voice was close to her ears, "Sorry, Zhuozhuo, I can't let your aunt hold you now, but I will take good care of you, okay."
Cheng Su groaned and swayed as Wu Jingqiu punched her. He suppressed her struggles and continued with a smile, "Miss, please don't be angry. I just wanted to ask Zhuozhuo some questions. Meeting you is a pleasant surprise. Please let Zhuozhuo live with me for a few days. When you come to me with the answers I want, I will reunite your family."
Before she finished speaking, another spatial fluctuation occurred. Zhuozhuo came to her senses and immediately looked for Wu Jingqiu, only to find that they were in a magnificent palace. The palace was tall and empty. Apart from her and Cheng Su, there was no one else in the palace. Not even the cat was there.
Zhuozhuo glared at Cheng Su, struggling to prevent him from holding her, and screamed sharply, "Bad guy, bad guy, bad guy!"
Cheng Su had no choice but to put the little girl, who struggled even harder than a New Year pig, on the ground and watched her run and hide behind a pillar.
Zhuozhuo poked his head out from behind the pillar, and after confirming that Cheng Su hadn't followed him, he called 9972 in his mind: "Everyone, everyone, everyone..."
"I'm here, baby. Don't be afraid." He calmed Zhuozhuo down first. 9972 then took the initiative to explain Wu Jingqiu's situation. "She's at the edge of the Death Swamp. She's safe and unharmed. Baby, stay with Cheng Su for now. Don't start a fight or an argument with him. I'll have Wu Jingqiu find you as soon as possible."
9972 also explained why it couldn't show up immediately, worried that Cheng Su would guess its origins. However, it would always be with Zhuo Zhuo and would appear at critical moments.
Finally, 9972 angrily explained why he couldn't stop Cheng Su from taking Zhuo Zhuo away. "Cheng Su, what a scheming bastard! He must have opened the temple first, then used the teleportation scroll to leave, wreaked havoc in Central City, and then used the same trick again to return to the Death Swamp. The temple sensed him and pulled him back. I was so focused on preventing him from using the teleportation scroll that I didn't even think of this trick!"
"Oh, don't be angry at all. You never think of many things. If you want to be angry, you will always be angry. It's not good to be angry. Don't be angry." Zhuozhuo comforted 9972 seriously and almost made him cry.
After a pause, 9972 said sadly: "Baby, you're about to come face to face with Cheng Su. Remember, you're not alone. Don't be afraid..."
"Okay, Zhuozhuo is a brave baby and is not afraid."
As he said this, Zhuozhuo poked his head out and glared at Cheng Su unhappily. Noticing that Cheng Su was getting a little closer, he immediately snapped fiercely, "Don't come over here! Back off!"
Cheng Su didn't move, and Zhuozhuo immediately rubbed a small ball of light and was about to throw it at him. 9972 was so frightened that he frantically tried to stop him in his mind, "Baby, we don't have to be so angry, right?"
Seeing the little guy's resistance, Cheng Su raised his hands and took three steps back, then asked with a smile, "Is it okay?"
Zhuozhuo thought Cheng Su was afraid of her, so instead of taking the little light ball back, she raised it even higher and said with a serious face, "If you bring my aunt here, I won't hit you."
Cheng Su didn't answer, but instead said in a tone of just the right amount of doubt and inquiry, "Hasn't your parents and kindergarten teacher taught you to be polite?"
Before 9972 could stop him, Zhuozhuo subconsciously shook his head and said softly, "Mom and Dad have taught me. Zhuozhuo hasn't even started kindergarten yet. But being polite is useless here. Bad guys will bully Zhuozhuo."
Maomao was extremely upset. It hadn't even started yet, and Zhuozhuo had already revealed so much about his situation. What a cunning Cheng Su!
Cheng Su nodded in agreement, his expression sympathetic. "You don't need to be polite to bad people. You should be polite to good people. Zhuozhuo, although I snatched you away, I'm not a bad person. I came to you because you speak like someone from my hometown. Zhuozhuo, do you know what hometown means? Does Zhuozhuo miss his family? That beautiful lady tonight is your aunt. Are your parents here? Who told you that the people on patrol are police officers?"
9972 was angry. What a twisted logic, what a mess. He was talking nonsense here just to confuse Zhuo Zhuo!
[Baby, don't tell him, he's trying to trick you.]
Zhuozhuo immediately covered his mouth and hid behind the pillar cautiously.
Cheng Su noticed the obvious change in Zhuo Zhuo's expression. He stared at the pillar with deep eyes and said in a gentle and contagious voice, "How about we switch? I'll tell you one of my secrets first, and then you can decide whether to tell yours."
[Baby, don’t agree. He’s lying to you. He definitely won’t tell you the real secret…]
"I'm not from this world. To be more precise, I'm a transmigrator. I originally lived on the Blue Planet and am Chinese..."
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