Pinnacle of the Stars

Chapter 20 20. Behind the Darkness

"Come out yet?"

Looking at the flames behind him, Lu Qiu, who was covered in gray marks, knelt on the ground with his head raised.

Xiangweiniao on the side was also panting heavily, feeling hot all over. After shaking his head, he moved his body slightly to lie down next to Lu Qiu.

Even though it was supplemented by Xie Mi's physical strength, the continuous release of high-intensity skills in this way still exceeded the maximum load on its body.

Fatigue and sleepiness kept coming.

If it wasn't for his talent to support the belief that he wanted to lead Lu Qiu out, I'm afraid he would fall into the sea of ​​fire halfway.

Even so, it still broke through the limit several times during the process. Let alone walking at this moment, if it does not receive treatment as soon as possible, there may be life-threatening dangers in the future.

Pokémon do have all kinds of magical abilities, but in the final analysis, like humans, they are just ordinary lives that will die suddenly due to accidents.

Facing Xiang Weimao's feigned spirit, Lu Qiu's heart seemed to be twisted tightly together.

At this moment, he didn't understand whether it was right or wrong for him to do so.

"Meow."

As if seeing through the trainer's mind, Xiang Wei Mao raised his head and rubbed against his body to comfort him.

"Take a good rest, Meow Xiangwei."

He didn't continue to be in a daze, and after recovering some strength after a while, Lu Qiu supported his trembling legs and stood up again, looked around a few times, and found that he was already out of the center of Jihua City.

In addition to the road blocked by the flames behind, if you want to go to the Pokémon Center, you can only go around the city again, or you can only wait for rescue after the flames are extinguished.

And the surrounding residents seemed to have escaped to seek refuge, so that Lu Qiu couldn't even find someone for help.

Reset a bad mood.

Lu Qiu took out the Pokémon ball from the Pokémon storage device on his waist, and under the watchful eyes of Xiangwei, he put it back into the ball temporarily.

Even if he didn't want to, the elf ball somewhat stabilized the injury. Before returning to the Pokémon Center, it would be better for Xiangwei Cat to stay inside.

With Xuemi in a coma, Lu Qiu dragged his body and walked around the outer city step by step.

'It was a bit reckless. '

'But I really don't regret it. '

Turning his head to look at his unconscious left arm, Lu Qiu laughed mockingly.

In the final analysis, it was too slack before.

'If Leah sees it, Xiangwei and I will be scolded to death by her. '

He promised to live a good life, but in the first big city he encountered after leaving home, he almost lost his life here.

I don't know whether to say that this world is too dangerous, or to cover up the fact with a sentence of bad start.

The thoughts in his head became more and more chaotic, and his vision became more and more blurred.

The moment he walked out of Jihua City, the tight string in his heart finally broke.

The cold wind blows quietly at night.

Lu Qiu fainted and fell heavily on the ground.

Xie Mi in his arms was pushed to the ground by his last struggle, and rolled forward twice without losing his inertia.

"damn it."

Gritting his teeth and clenching his fist, he hit the ground to support himself.

Just when Lu Qiu was about to get up again, he saw someone walking out of the darkness in a daze, and one of them stepped on Xie Mi's body suddenly while his pupils were constricting.

Those were two men in black walking together.

"What a pleasant surprise."

Under Lu Qiu's trembling eyes, the man in black kicked Xie Mi at his feet towards his companion, then lowered his head and asked the former with a half-smile, "You rescued him?"

"Bastard, what are you doing?!" The anger of hatred instantly filled Lu Qiu's eyes.

this person.
this person!
"If you don't want to die, just lie down on your stomach. For the sake of helping us a lot, I will spare your life."

Unaware of the angry eyes looking at him, while speaking, the man in black raised his leg violently, exerting all his strength, he wanted to kick Lu Qiu who was trying to stand up.

"Absolutely. Zero!"

Gritting his teeth and roaring.

The icy white stream of frost burst out from Lu Qiu's right palm, sealing the man in black and the cruel smile on his face in a moment of dead silence.

He turned his head to look behind the man in black, the companion who grabbed Xie Mi's neck and lifted him up.

"Do you want to hurt it too?"

Lu Qiu murmured unconsciously.

At this moment, the purple spots that symbolize necrosis have climbed to his neck.

"Able, capable person?" The remaining man in black took a few steps back, and just as he was about to turn around and run away after clarifying the situation, his face showed ecstasy at the sound of "rustling" coming from behind.

"Why are you so slow?"

A group of guys dressed similarly came out of the night one after another.

The person in the lead was wearing a black windbreaker, and there was a scarlet letter printed on the vest at the bottom that was faintly visible.

——R.

Looking at the situation in front of him, the person who spoke frowned, "Explain to me."

"Ah, Mr. Apollo!" The man in black carried Xie Mi, rushed to the man he called Apollo, and said respectfully and flatteringly, "I got it."

Apollo glanced at him, "Very well, now tell me what's going on here."

"It's a capable person!" Seeing that the other party seemed to let him go, the man in black breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly pointed to Lu Qiu who was spewing cold mist, "That guy killed NO.19."

Stretching out his hand to push away the black-clothed man standing in front of him, Apollo took a few steps forward, looked at NO.19 that was sealed under the ice, and then at Lu Qiu who was staring at him, wondering: "He Na Like that woman?"

"No, it's not a superpower, it's a kind of frozen power." The man in black answered quickly.

"Shut up, I can see it." Apollo waved his hand nonchalantly, then turned his head and shouted to the shadows following him: "Prepare to retreat. The success of this plan will not be without the benefits you deserve."

"Yes!"

"Keep your voice down, don't call people over." Apollo scratched his hair and said impatiently, "Otherwise, we can only kill everyone we see."

"Don't mess with my plans."

While speaking, he prepared to take the lead and leave under the respectful surrender of the others.

"Stop for me."

As if there were eyes growing behind his back, Apollo easily dodged the ice arrows that shot at him with just one tilt of his head.

He looked at Lu Qiu who was still trying to stop him, shook his head and said, "You too, don't make trouble for me, since you are about to die, you will fall down immediately."

"Otherwise, even the right to look at the moon for the last time, I will take it away from you."

Lu Qiu ignored the threat.

He recognized the emblem on Apollo's chest.

Although he doesn't know much about the origin of the scarlet letters, he can more or less call out the name of that organization under the influence of his ears and eyes a long time ago:
"Fire, arrow, team."

"Ok?"

Apollo was a little surprised, "You know us?"

Lu Qiu didn't answer.

It just continued to urge the heart of winter that was about to take his life.

In the face of death, at this moment, he was not afraid of the cold, but complained that it was not strong enough.

'why. '

'Why just this? '

He raised his hand and pounded his heart heavily. Under Apollo's playful gaze, Lu Qiu paused word by word, and squeezed out from his mouth:
"Extremely, coldly, coldly"

Warm palms rested on Lu Qiu's shoulders.

Unfamiliar, yet extraordinarily relaxing touch.

The move that was halfway brewing quietly spread out, and he turned his head to look with the remaining strength.

A butterfly-shaped mask, a pitch-black cloak, and cold eyes without a trace of emotion.

Instead of looking at each other at the moment, Lu Qiu, who was about to face his own death calmly, finally couldn't help laughing.

Then, his feet were soft and he was about to fall to the ground.

The moment before the consciousness dissipated, the man reached out to catch his body, and then, there was a flat tone of comfort:

"give it to me."

(End of this chapter)