Chapter 102 Is Xiaoxing back? (Key chapter!!)
After Kud left, Gerald didn't sleep for another night.
In this half-destroyed house, he searched for all the still usable things, such as rusty daggers and masks used to isolate pollution. He lined up these things that were almost scrap metal, and then refurbished, polished, and rusted them, just like an old hunter preparing for a hunt after many years.
After refurbishing all the items, he stuffed them into every corner of his body one by one, making himself fully armed.
When everything was done, it was already daybreak.
He opened his pocket watch and put it aside. Amid the ticking sound, Gerard sat on the ground, then slowly closed his eyes and began to rest.
According to the rules of Xiaoxing, three conditions must be met to enter the polluted area.
1. Excellent equipment and sufficient supplies.
2. Abundant energy.
3. Comrades who can be trusted.
If any of these three conditions is missing, you are not allowed to enter the contaminated area.
Now, he no longer had sophisticated equipment, but only old stuff that hadn't been updated for ten years, not to mention supplies. In terms of energy, he couldn't compare to himself ten years ago. Time had left too many marks on him, and now he looked like an old man.
As for the comrades who could be trusted, they had already been sleeping in the deepest part of the polluted land.
But what he has to face is something that is likely to be more dangerous and complicated than the deepest part of the polluted land.
But he said nothing, just waited quietly.
He waited for the rising sun to hang high in the sky and then slowly descend, causing his shadow to make half a circle like a clock hand on the ground covered with blood and flesh, but he did not make any movement.
It was not until the pocket watch began to tick louder that he slowly opened his eyes.
"Are you really going?" Bai Wei's lazy voice sounded, "I think that kid would rather you wait for news at home."
Jellal slowly stood up and put the fully charged chainsaw sword on his back: "I have waited long enough. I don't want to wait any longer."
Bai Wei asked: "Do you think that kid will succeed?"
"I don't know." Gerald shook his head, "But no matter what, I want to witness it with my own eyes."
Do you want to witness it with your own eyes no matter what?
Bai Wei seemed to be thinking about something, but he did not stop Jellal.
Because his fingers were already on Jellal's body.
So Gerard went out and arrived at the fourth district branch tower where he had been yesterday before the sun set, but he did not go in. Instead, he sat down in a cafe opposite the branch tower.
From here you can clearly see the people coming and going in the branch tower. If Kud wants to enter the branch tower, he will definitely be able to see it.
While staring at the entrance to the branch tower, Gerard heard the conversation between an old man and a young man coming from the next table.
"Grandpa, don't hesitate, replace your finger quickly, it's too old to be used anymore."
"No, absolutely not. This is a gift from your grandmother."
"But grandma is no longer here, and this is just a prosthetic limb that should be replaced."
Gerard subconsciously glanced at the next table.
The white-haired old man pressed the mechanical finger that looked very old and shook his head firmly: "No, except this finger. It's absolutely not okay. This is the last thing your grandma left me."
Gerald was in a trance for a moment.
At this moment, he heard Bai Wei's voice ringing in his mind.
"The boy went in."
Gerard immediately turned around and saw Kud's back disappearing at the entrance of the branch tower.
…
Yongxin stood on the top floor of the branch tower, with a huge door in front of him.
The person standing in front of the door is Zamen.
When he saw Yongxin, he immediately bowed and saluted: "Master Yongxin."
Yongxin asked calmly, "Bishop Holman, are you going to wake up?"
"Yes," Zamen answered, "a few minutes."
"Very good." Yong Xin smiled. "You can leave now. Let me talk to the Bishop."
Zamen nodded and then quickly retreated.
Soon, Yongxin was the only one left in the corridor on the top floor.
He walked forward alone and pushed open the heavy door.
Behind the gate is a huge amber, in which sleeps an old man in luxurious clothes.
The old man looked very painful, as if he was having a nightmare.
Yongxin walked forward, and then stood quietly in front of the amber, while the old man in the amber was also moving closer to the outside of the amber little by little.
…
Zamen walked quickly towards the office.
He just heard the front desk report that a team leader from the Skeleton Corps came to investigate the cause of death of the previous two secretaries and was now waiting for him in the office.
This made Zamen feel a little strange.
Why are you still investigating these two things? Isn't it enough to just kill Gerald? Lord Yongxin should have communicated with the Skeleton Army.
If possible, he really wanted to ask Lord Yongxin, but he didn't dare to disturb him in the current situation, so he had to bite the bullet and deal with it alone.
He pushed open the door of the office, and then smiled at the figure waiting inside: "Hello, Sir Knight, I am late, I am..."
Before he could finish his words, Zamen saw that the other person was holding a strangely shaped key in his hand.
"Kude, the captain of the 10th Squadron of the Skeletons." Kude interrupted Zamen and said calmly, "I suspect that a huge uncontrollable problem has occurred in the Fourth Division, so I will use Article 37 of the Lyra Emergency Response Act. I want to see Bishop Holman. This is the Key of Order. You are now obliged to cooperate with my investigation... In short, take me to see Bishop Holman, immediately."
Zamen was stunned for a moment. He realized that something might have happened, so he subconsciously wanted to retreat.
But the next second, the folding battle axe in front of Kud unfolded instantly.
Before Zamen could leave, he felt a chill on his face.
He subconsciously touched it with his hand and felt a large amount of blood.
Kud held the chopping axe, which was almost as long as he was, in one hand. The tip of the axe was hanging just above Zamen's head, and drops of blood were falling down.
"Do you think I'm negotiating with you? The 'Key of Order' has already unlocked my 'body lock' and 'heart lock'. I can chop off your head right now." Kud said coldly, "So, you only have two choices now. One, your head falls off, two, take me over."
…
Holman's cheek was emerging from the amber little by little.
When half of his body was completely out of the amber, his tightly closed eyes suddenly opened.
Then, like a drowning man floating on the shore, he began to cough violently, with pain, confusion and urgency in his cloudy eyes.
"Cough, cough, cough..." He wanted to say something, but as soon as he opened his mouth, his coughing became even more violent.
Yong Xin, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately stepped forward and patted him on the back gently: "Don't worry, Lord Holman, relax."
Holman did not relax. He raised his head suddenly, stared at Yongxin, and asked while coughing, "Now, now, what time is it now..."
"236 years, Your Excellency." Yongxin replied with a smile.
Holman's eyes flashed with confusion: "236 years?"
Then he thought of something quickly, immediately grabbed Yongxin's hand and asked urgently.
"Where's Vesperia? Is Team Vesperia back?... Where's Jellal? Where is Jellal?!"
He seemed to be in a state of confusion of thoughts and memories. The confusion in his eyes became more and more intense, and his speech became increasingly incoherent.
"Where's Evening Star? Has the Evening Star team set out yet?"
"Hurry up and let them go... No, they should have left, but why haven't they come back yet?"
"What year is it?"
"236 years... There is no time left. There is almost no time left."
Yongxin seemed to have expected all this, and he was still slowly comforting him: "Don't worry, Bishop Holman, tell me what happened."
"What happened..." The confusion in Holman's eyes quickly turned into fear and pain, "My Lord... I can't hold on any longer."
"He is being killed by that new evildoer..."
"He can't hold on any longer. He really can't hold on any longer..."
"Evening Star, if Evening Star doesn't come back... my Lord Tianqin... will be killed."
"There is no time."
"There is no... time..."
In response to Holman's mumbling, Yongxin continued to pat his back and spoke gently.
"Don't worry, Your Excellency."
"Xiaoxing, I'll be back soon."
…
Bang.
With a crisp sound, a cup was broken.
Gerard turned his head and saw the old man at the next table staring blankly at the old metal finger.
"Should I... replace it?"
He murmured.
"I should change it."
(End of this chapter)
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